05:16 PM EDT 07/02/2009
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Tony Romo Sees Nothing Crazy About Life with Jessica
Originally posted 07/01/2009 09:20AM
Tony Romo may be under intense pressure as star quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, but one thing's for sure: His relationship with Jessica Simpson "is not hard."
"It's a normal relationship," Romo, smiling and relaxed, told PEOPLE during batting practice at Yankee Stadium as Starter athletic gear chaperone to Ben Brant, a 10-year-old Albany, N.Y., boy diagnosed with leukemia.
"There's nothing exotic or crazy about it," Romo, 29, says of Simpson. "We're two people who care about each other, and it's not hard to make it work when both of you want to see the other one. We make each other happy."
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Jessica Simpson Sings for a Good Cause
Originally posted 06/08/2009 05:35PM
Jessica Simpson rocked the house on Sunday afternoon, but the audience wasn't her usual crowd.
Instead, the singer took the stage to perform for about 2,000
pediatric cancer survivors for the 18th annual Celebrate Life with Hope event.
"To be able to give back is my sole purpose in life," Simpson says about why she decided to get involved with the event, which benefits the Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles.
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Jessica & Tony Celebrate a Friend's Wedding and Birthday!
Originally posted 06/03/2009 06:00AM
• After attending a friend's wedding in Dallas, Jessica Simpson and beau Tony Romo headed to Al Biernat's steakhouse to celebrate another pal's birthday after the reception. Simpson and Romo, who were there with 10 people, "were very loving with each other – very affectionate," a staffer tells us. The couple had a good time over dinner, and Simpson even signed autographs for young female fans who approached. "She was very gracious," says the staffer.
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Caught in the Act!
Originally posted 06/03/2009 06:00AM
• After attending a friend's wedding in Dallas, Jessica Simpson and beau Tony Romo headed to Al Biernat's steakhouse to celebrate another pal's birthday after the reception. Simpson and Romo, who were there with 10 people, "were very loving with each other – very affectionate," a staffer tells us. The couple had a good time over dinner, and Simpson even signed autographs for young female fans who approached. "She was very gracious," says the staffer.
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Does Reality TV Ruin Marriages?
Originally posted 06/02/2009 08:15AM
Jon and Kate Gosselin aren't the first reality stars to face marital problems. Although audiences love the unscripted TV couples, the constant scrutiny can put the brakes on "happily ever after." Here are a few couples whose marriages couldn't survive another season.
Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica
Aired: August 2003 to March 2005
Split: November 2005
Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey became household names by adjusting to married life after their 2002 wedding. In the 41-episode series, Simpson played the "dumb blonde" while Lachey was the longsuffering husband.
Simpson and Lachey announced their separation just eight months after the last episode aired on MTV. In the divorce filing, Simpson cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason behind the split. Lachey later told USA Today that the reality show was a factor in the decision. "Jessica and I began playing these parts even when we were by ourselves," he said of their roles. "It became a really blurred line. There was a question about what truly was our reality."
Since the split, Lachey has been dating Vanessa Minnillo. Simpson briefly dated John Mayer and is now seeing Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo.
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Couples Watch: Jessica & Tony, Ashlee & Pete …
Originally posted 05/18/2009 06:00AM
• Jessica Simpson and boyfriend Tony Romo, leaving Al Biernat's steakhouse in Dallas carrying a bottle of Macallan 21-year-old single-malt Scotch whiskey. Clearly, there was plenty of football talk over their meal: The pair dined with new Dallas Cowboys backup quarterback Jon Kitna and his wife Jennifer, as well as quarterbacks coach Wade Wilson and offensive coordinator Jason Garrett.
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Couples Watch: Jessica & Tony, Ashlee & Pete …
Originally posted 05/18/2009 06:00AM
• Jessica Simpson and boyfriend Tony Romo, leaving Al Biernat's steakhouse in Dallas carrying a bottle of Macallan 21-year-old single-malt Scotch whiskey. Clearly, there was plenty of football talk over their meal: The pair dined with new Dallas Cowboys backup quarterback Jon Kitna and his wife Jennifer, as well as quarterbacks coach Wade Wilson and offensive coordinator Jason Garrett.
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Eminem Debated Whether to Parody Jessica Simpson's Weight
Originally posted 05/14/2009 03:30PM
Eminem is known for saying exactly what he feels, but even he thought twice before lampooning Jessica Simpson in his latest video. In the video for "We Made You," a heavy Simpson lookalike eats a hamburger and gyrates in her daisy dukes with a Tony Romo lookalike.
"Tony Romo is one of my favorite quarterbacks," Eminem tells Detroit's Metro Times. "So I felt kinda conflicted doing the Jessica thing."
The original plan was to have a slender Jessica Simpson lookalike in the video. "When I say, 'Jessica Simpson, sing the chorus,' we were gonna have a chick who looked like Jessica Simpson come out and sing,' he says.
As the video was shooting, Simpson's curvier figure started making headlines, prompting Eminem to change the video. "But then Jessica got fat," he says. "I mean, not really fat but she certainly got fat for ... well, Jessica Simpson got fat for Jessica Simpson!"
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Hugh Laurie! Jessica Simpson! They're Big Overseas
Originally posted 05/12/2009 08:00AM
Who says success is measured only by Hollywood's terms?
In France, House star Hugh Laurie is right up there among such literary luminaries as Jean-Paul Sartre, Jules Verne and, oui, Victor Hugo.
The British star's novel Tout Est Sous Contrôle, a translation of his 1996 thriller The Gun Seller, is currently No. 2 on France's best sellers list, according to global news agency Agence France-Presse.
The novel, a James Bond-like spy spoof, has sold more than 100,000 copies since its release in February by a little-known French publishing house Sonatine.
And though the success comes 13 years after it was original published – and in another language – Laurie will happily take it.
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Jessica & Tony Weather the Criticism Together
Originally posted 05/04/2009 11:50AM
Having professed her love for Tony Romo – whom she's been dating since Thanksgiving 2007 – Jessica Simpson now has the Dallas Cowboys quarterback speaking up about her.
"We're very similar in that we both appreciate the hometown feel to a lot of things, and live our life like that," Romo, described as "big, easy, handsome," tells the June issue of Vanity Fair (on sale in New York and Los Angeles May 6 and nationally May 12). "She comes to a ton of games," he says. "She's a supportive girlfriend."
Not that this has been unanimously viewed as an advantage. In what at the time was perceived as a curse – and, as Vanity Fair's Rich Cohen points out, in Texas where the Cowboys are a religion, Simpson's dating Romo is like she's dating the Pope – the couple vacationed in Mexico before the Cowboys lost to the New York Giants in the 2008 NFL playoffs. The Giants, meanwhile, went on to win the Super Bowl.
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