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Jessica Simpson talked about having babies this weekend. Well, her sister, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, having babies, that is.

"I want her to have another baby," Jessica said at Ash's 25th birthday celebration on Saturday at the Wet Republic pool in Las Vegas. "I want another nephew or a niece."

The Melrose Place star, along with her big sister, jetted into Sin City on Saturday morning with family and friends, including hubby Pete Wentz and parents Tina and Joe.

Holding court in a private bungalow, Ash was surprised with a three-tiered cake topped with cupcakes.

Not sure if this has anything to do with the not-dating-anyone Jessica, but...

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If being single and losing her dog to a coyote weren't bad enough for Jessica Simpson, she now has to find out her ex-husband is getting back together with his ex-girlfriend.

Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo have been on a total PDA parade for the last three days (and nights!) in Las Vegas...

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Jessica Simpson is sporting a new diamond ring today.

No, she and Tony Romo haven't reconciled with an engagement.

Ms. Simpson hit a listening party in Hollywood last night for An-Ya, a Russian pop singer signed to Joe Simpson's music label. Before the night was over, Jessica walked away with a $10,000 5-carat ring from party host jewelry designer Pascal Mouawad's Black and White Diamond Collection.

"If you didn't already know Jessica just went through a breakup, you really would have no way of telling from the way she was behaving at the event," an eyewitness reported. "She really seemed happy."

While Jessica refused to do media at the soiree, Papa Joe gave us an update on his unlucky-in-love offspring.

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You'd think after starring alongside his now ex-wife, Jessica Simpson, in Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica, Nick Lachey would have had it with reality television.

But this time, he's not showcasing his private life.

Lachey is the producer and creator behind Taking the Stage, a 10-episode series on MTV (premiering March 19) that follows five students at Cincinnati's School for the Creative and Performing Arts. Lachey, along with Sarah Jessica Parker and Carmen Electra, are among the Fame-like school's former students.

"I saw these shows that MTV does, whether it is Laguna Beach or The Hills and they're very, very glossy and glamorous—rich kids in southern California," Lachey tells me. "I thought, 'That's not really representative of the entire country.' "

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Rocco DiSpirito has had a bumpy ride on Dancing With the Stars. His first performance earned him just 14 points, but then he and Karina Smirnoff shot up to 21 points for their sizzling mambo.

But last night, at just 16 points, they walked away with the second-lowest score. (Feisty wisecracker Cloris Leachman was at the bottom with 15.)

Carrie Ann Inaba pooh-poohed their lackluster rumba with a simple "Nice try."

But DiSpirito isn't letting the judges' not-so-nice critiques get him down.

Read on to find out what he just told me about his mom's message to the judges, why he may be sending a gift basket to grumpy judge Len Goodman, and cooking for Jessica Simpson...

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Jessica Simpson's week got off to a rough start when her live performance on Good Morning America suffered a technical malfunction. But things are definitely looking better right now.

Not only is her debut country album, Do You Know, the most downloaded album on iTunes since its release yesterday, but a source reveals to me that it’s expected to hold the top spot on the retailer's site for the entire week across all music genres.

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Jessica Simpson has returned to her Southern roots. If ya haven't heard by now, the former pop-singing, reality-television star is about to release her first country album, Do You Know.

But it was less than two years ago that Simpson thought her music career was over. The 28-year-old Texan blond bombshell filled me in on exactly what happened as we sat down earlier today for a little chitchat about the new album at the Casa Del Mar hotel in Santa Monica.

Read on to find out why she almost called it quits, why we probably won't see her acting again any time soon and why we shouldn't be thinking about Tony, John or Nick when listening to the lyrics of her many new songs about livin' and lovin'...

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Jessica Simpson was full of holiday cheer today.

And a full entourage, as well. I'm told there were at least a half a dozen people in her posse when she arrived to shoot her Macy's commercial this morning in Brooklyn, N.Y...

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I saw Jessica Simpson kissing Santa Claus.

Well, not exactly. But she will be in New York tomorrow shooting the new holiday television ad campaign for Macy's department stores.

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Pamela Anderson isn't the only one crackin' jokes about Jessica Simpson's "Real Girls Eat Meat" T-shirt.

"But I think that [T-shirt] phrase can be interpreted in many different ways," quipped CSI star and longtime animal-rights activist Jorja Fox. "We should ask Jessica what meat she was referring to, because there are several out there."

But is Fox truly upset over the shirt?

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If ya think there's a blonde-on-blonde battle brewing between Pamela Anderson and Jessica Simpson, think again.

Reports that Anderson has lashed out against Simpson for wearing a T-shirt recently that read "Real Girls Eat Meat" have been greatly exaggerated...

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The breakup buzz keeps getting louder for Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo. But her camp is shooting down the split rumors.

“Not true, not true,” Simpson’s rep tells me. “I spoke to Jess yesterday and the day before. They are still together.”

And while Romo spent the weekend in Chicago, sans Jess, expect a reunion any minute now: The quarterback will be Simpson’s date when little sister Ashlee marries Pete Wentz this weekend, a source tells me.

But what about those photos that hit the Web today of Romo partying in the Windy City with a mystery blonde?

There was no hanky-panky, another source tells me. In fact, the source reports, the young woman has a serious boyfriend: “She’s a doll and they did have fun at the club, but nothing happened with Tony!”