(Writing and reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis)
Singer Jessica Simpson is going back to her roots, in more ways than one.
Having recently re-invented herself as a country music, rather than a pop, star, the blond, Texas-born daughter of a church minister says she now wants to study religion.
“I’ve been contemplating taking a college course in religion,” Simpson told Marie Claire magazine in an interview. “I love religion. I remember whenever the book ‘The Da Vinci Code’ came out, the Discovery Channel did this three-night piece on it that I TiVoed and then watched eight times.”
Simpson, 28, started singing in the choir of her Baptist church but later became a teen pop star in the mode of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. A strong Christian, she wore a purity ring and said she had remained a virgin until her short-lived marriage in 2002 to boyband singer Nick Lachey.
Simpson later branched out into acting, appearing in the 2005 movie “The Dukes of Hazard”. But in September she released a country music album that went to the top of the Billboard country music charts, giving Simpson her first No 1album.
1984: Poison gas leaks from a Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal, India. It spreads throughout the city, killing thousands of people outright and thousands more subsequently in a disaster often described as the worst industrial accident in history. Union Carbide chose Bhopal, a city of 900,000 people in the state of Madhya Pradesh, because of its central location and its proximity to …
A Queens tour company that took more than 1,000 customers for a ride to the tune of some $350,000 has reached a deal with state and city authorities to pay them back.
The singer and Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez – who are yet to officially confirm they are dating – are reportedly searching for the perfect home in the US city.
The singer and Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez – who are yet to officially confirm they are dating – are reportedly searching for the perfect home in the US city.
A plan to build close to 400 homes in Pohatcong Township has some environmentalists up in arms. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is hosting a public meeting at 7 o’clock this evening to discuss the Hamptons project, which…
A plan to build close to 400 homes in Pohatcong Township has some environmentalists up in arms. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is hosting a public meeting at 7 o’clock this evening to discuss the Hamptons project, which…
WHAT Michael Feinstein, the newlywed singer-pianist (he married his partner, Terrence Flannery, in California), brings his tour to the Hamptons behind a new recording, “The Sinatra Project.” But don’t be surprised if Feinstein asks you to adopt a Chihuahua named Benji. The dog, rescued by Feinstein after an L.A. recording session, is a headliner on his Web site, michaelfein
WHAT Michael Feinstein, the newlywed singer-pianist (he married his partner, Terrence Flannery, in California), brings his tour to the Hamptons behind a new recording, “The Sinatra Project.” But don’t be surprised if Feinstein asks you to adopt a Chihuahua named Benji. The dog, rescued by Feinstein after an L.A. recording session, is a headliner on his Web site, michaelfein
The following students are participating on sports teams this year: eighth-grade girl’s volleyball: Hannah Pell; seventh-grade girl’s volleyball: Daniella Gonzalez; eighth-grade boy’s basketball: Sebastian Antonio, James Patrikis and Devon Trent; seventh-grade boy’s basketball: Christopher Bautista.
