Photo SpecialNick & Jessica's Troubled Year

See the highs and lows of PEOPLE.com's Most Fascinating Couple of 2005. By Emily Fromm

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AUG. 28

With her first movie, The Dukes of Hazzard, in theaters, Simpson (in shorts and a Rachel Roy blouse), hit the MTV Video Music Awards in Miami with her husband. Later, a tabloid reported that she'd snapped at Lachey, "Are we gonna do this together?" before they walked the red carpet. Simpson's rep called the report "nonsense."

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