What is in that head of Jessica Simpson‘s????

The singer/actress just posted this letter to her fans on her official fansite.

Hey everyone. I hope you are all doing well! I am getting ready to start MAJOR MOVIE STAR and I am so excited! I just got back from spending some time in Europe, and while I was there I visited many museums, and have been reading about different artists. I have also been writing a lot in my journal recently. I was reading a book about Michelangelo and there were 2 quotes that caught my attention –

“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” Michelangelo

“Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.”

These quotes inspired me to write the below passage. I hope you can find your own individual meaning in it, as I keep coming back to it and find new strength.

“Sometimes we are all so afraid to be honest with ourselves because we know that honesty will lead us somewhere off the path of the life we’ve mapped out in our minds. Today, I challenge us to ask ourselves this…
What if we allow our fear to provoke us into action?
Can facing our fear be what walks us to somewhere better?
I do not have your answers, but in the quest to find my own, I’ve discovered somewhere worth traveling to…
In my life, I ignore my fears too often, but then I’m left with nothing to challenge the best of me. I just remain cowering from my true identity. There is no discovery.”

So profound!

P.S. How many of you actually believe Jessica was really reading a book on Michelangelo????

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After the fight to end all fights Wednesday morning, Elizabitch Hasselbeck is playing the Donald Trump card – she’s whoring herself out to every media outlet to talk about the big bust-up with Rosie O’Donnell.

“I am fine,” Hasselbeck tells Extra TV. “We are used to debating things there. You have women who care a lot about things.”

Elizabitch defended her clash with O’Donnell, explaining, “We’re honest, and we deal with things up front. I’m not a person to put aside my inner feelings for somebody and not deal with an issue just because of their name and who they are.”

She even tries to spin the drama, saying it’s good that the fighting happened because: “For two women who disagree on many things – socially, politically – we also have a lot of passion. I’d rather be dealing with someone with passion for this world that we live in than someone with apathy.”

The two sparring View co-hosts haven’t spoken since the bitchfight went down. However, Hasselback adds, “I believe that we are mature women who can resolve, and I hope we can. I’ve been able to develop a friendship with Rosie, and I would hope that a disagreement or a heated debate wouldn’t be the end of a relationship.”

While O’Donnell is taking Thursday off to celebrate her partner’s birthday and Friday is a pre-taped show, the pair’s next encounter will sure be….interesting.

“It’ll be a little awkward, I’m sure,” says Elizabitch. “Whenever we have a heated debate, the next day is awkward. I bet we’ll talk about some fun things.”

Hasselbeck also spoke to OK! magazine, telling them, “Rosie certainly can defend herself. I don’t think it means as much when someone else defends you as it does when you defend yourself. We’re great friends. We have our disagreements,
but we work them out.”

Or maybe not this time!

We’re going to miss this drama next season!

After Wednesday morning’s explosive war of words with Elizabitch Hasselbeck on The View, Rosie O’Donnell is taking her feelings to her blog.

The on-her-way-out host just posted the following on her official website:

cease fire

a split screen
new heights
or lows
depending on who u ask

is this kelli
no rosie
well hello it is betsy
i saw the view today
and wanted to call u
and just say hi and i hope u r ok

betsy and i chatted
i thanked her
fed the geese
put on amy winehouse

loud
always loud
the soul shakes
the heart awake

like it or not

tomorrow kelli turns 40
i will not be at work

peace out

Admit it, you tune in for this drama!

It’s gonna be hard to replace Rosoe on The View.

The 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards were announced on Wednesday.

Rockers Billy Talent have five nominations (good) and Nickelback have five nods too (not so good).

Belly and k-os scored four nominations each.

Other Canadian buzz bands on the list include Alexisonfire, Feist, finger eleven, and Tokyo Police Club

International artists nominated include Akon, Hilary Duff, Fergie, My Chemical Romance, Justin Timberlake and many more.

The MMVAs will air live from Toronto on MuchMusic at 9 PM on Sunday, June 17th.

And, once again, Perez will be headed up North for the big awards show!

Click here to see the complete list of nominees.

Ulikely friends party at the Cannes Film Festival.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Snoop Dogg and Kid Rock walk into a bar ___________.

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Money money money money!

Courtney Love‘s bank account just got a little (or a lot) bigger.

The image of the late, great Kurt Cobain is being used to hawk Doc Marten shoes.

Thoughts???

Wow!

Sharon Stone soaked up the sun in the South of France.

The actress relaxed aboard a yacht in Cannes on Tuesday.

Stone is in town for her annual amFAR gala this evening.

What a banging bod. She’s an inspiration for mature women in their 60s, 70s and beyond!

Rosie and Elizabitch, fighting worse than we’ve ever seen before.

Just click here to watch the ten-minute drama unfold.

Congrats to Linkin Park. After a long absence from the music scene, the sensitive hard rockers’ new album, Minutes To Midnight, has debuted atop the U.S. album charts this week with sales of 625,386.

Not too shabby!

Michael Buble stayed strong at #3 with his album, Call Me Irresponsible, which came in first last week and moved 86,961 units this week.

Other notable debuts include Gretchen Wilson‘s One of the Boys at #5 with One Of The Boys.

And, former American Idol contestant Elliot Yamin was able to crack the top 20, coming in at #18 with 26,219 copies sold of his self-titled debut.

Congrats to all!