Jessica Simpson says the relentless gossip about her marriage to Nick Lachey drove her to visit a therapist.

"Yes I have," the singer-actress tells Teen People in its December-January issue, on newsstands Friday. "I respect knowledge of the psyche. I would be a therapist if I weren't an entertainer."

Jessica, 25, posed for the cover of the magazine with her sister, Ashlee. Both talk about the difficult challenges of the past year. Jessica, who had a starring role in "The Dukes of Hazzard" movie this summer, has been the queen of the tabloids this year — much of the coverage dissecting the marriage of the "Newlyweds" couple. The pair have denied persistent rumors of a split. "Hopefully mine and Nick's story will continue for the rest of our lives, like what we vowed, through sickness and in health."

Ashlee, 21, recently released her second album, "I Am Me," and it debuted at the top of the charts. But she has still had to live down her embarrassing lip-synch disaster on "Saturday Night Live" last year. "Yeah I messed up in front of everybody," she says. (Last month, Ashlee revisited the scene of her musical flub, performing on "SNL" — really live, this time.)

However, she adds: "I love to sing. It's a joy to me. I don't do it for anyone else — I do it for me. "I've had to learn that my voice is the most important one. Otherwise, I'll drown in what everyone wants me to be."

--Personally, I think Papa Joe should attempt some session with the shrink as well.

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LilÂ’ Kim is reportedly writing songs like crazy during her time behind bars.

Currently serving a 366-day bid in Philadelphia for perjury, the rapper is said to be penning lyrics constantly, according to the New York Post. "She's writing a lot of music in there," said Maricela Cuvlye, a prisoner who was released last week after serving six years. "She spends lots of time in her cell by herself, just to write."

--I mean, what else does she have to do?

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Miss Paris diligently works on her new album. I bet it will be the worst thing since William Hung's.

Source: Oh No They Didn't

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Hollywood Halloween:

Justin Timberlake and girlfriend Cameron Diaz heat up the dance floor at Timberlake's Halloween bash on Monday at Manhattan nightclub Marquee. The couple and their entourage of about eight pals – who partied until the club closed at 4 a.m. – wore Eyes Wide Shut-themed outfits: formalwear plus elaborate masks.

Liv Tyler and son Mylo

Lindsay Lohan as an NYC Firefighter

Heidi Klum and Seal

Jason Biggs

--Source: People

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Next year's Golden Raspberry Awards is set to be a catfight between Hollywood's top party girls, with Jessica and Ashlee Simpson, Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie the front runners to land Worst Actress dishonors.

Insiders claim the foursome are the favorites to fight it out to be named the Worst Actress of The Year. Movie awards expert Tom O'Neill, who runs website TheEnvelope.com, says, "Expect to see Jessica Simpson and Paris Hilton clawing it out at the next Razzies to 'win' Worst Actress of 2005."

"Simpson's a shoe-in to be nominated for the Dukes Of Hazzard, but it's unclear which of Hilton's films she'll compete against: Pledge This or House Of Wax. Hilton could actually be nominated for both, if she's placed in the supporting race for Wax. "Nicole's also up for Kids In America and Ashlee should get nominated for Undiscovered."

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Jennifer Lopez's upcoming drama South Beach has been hounded with problems, thanks to this year's extremely active hurricane season.

The Miami, Florida-based series, which stars Vanessa L Williams, has shut down production three times since launching in August, because of threats posed by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. Lopez serves as executive producer on the upcoming project, which revolves around a group of young Florida professionals.

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Kid Rock will make a guest appearance on ex-fiancee Pamela Anderson's comedy series, "Stacked."

Rock, whose real name is Bob Ritchie, will guest star as a delivery man on the Nov. 9 season premiere of the Fox show, according to a statement posted on the rap-rock star's Web site. Anderson and Ritchie became engaged in the Las Vegas desert in April 2002, but never set a wedding date. Their romance ended in 2003.

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Tom Cruise, Teri Hatcher and Kanye West are among the names on Barbara Walters' list of the 10 most fascinating people of 2005.

The list of the year's most prominent names in entertainment, politics and sports also includes Lance Armstrong, Michael Jackson's lawyer Tom Mesereau and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, ABC announced Monday.

"Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2005" will air Nov. 29 (10 p.m. EST). The No. 1 most fascinating person of the year will be revealed on the special, now in its 12th year.

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Gucci is being blasted by the Humane Society of the United States for using baby seal fur in a coat in its men's collection — and designer Stella McCartney, one of the fashion house's star talents, is siding with the seals.

HSUS senior VP John W. Grandy sent a letter yesterday to John Ray, Gucci's creative director for men's fashions, protesting the "ebony seal skin fur coat" being sold on Gucci's Web site. "The seals are clubbed or shot to death for their fur, almost all of which is shipped to Europe, where it is sold in fashion markets," Grandy writes. "The seal carcasses are usually left to rot on the ice, because there are few markets for the meat. The Marine Mammal Protection Act prohibits the sale of all seal products in the United States, and very little sealskin is sold in Canada. Thus, European fashion designers such as Gucci are largely responsible for the continuation of this barbaric and needless slaughter."

A spokeswoman for Gucci declined to comment, but McCartney is donating a portion of the proceeds from one of her new H&M T-shirts to the Humane Society's Protect Seals campaign.

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Jason Bateman of Fox's "Arrested Development" underwent surgery Tuesday to remove a benign polyp in his throat, his publicist said.

Cara Tripicchio, a spokesman for Bateman, said the operation went smoothly and the 36-year-old actor was doing well. Production on "Arrested Development" will be on hiatus for a few weeks while Bateman recovers, executive producer Mitch Hurwitz told TVGuide.com.

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Sheryl Crow will perform at halftime of the Thanksgiving game between Denver and Dallas in support of The Salvation Army's Red Kettle Christmas campaign.

"Sheryl Crow is one of the most popular entertainment artists today and we are excited about the opportunity to have her with us on Thanksgiving Day to kick off one of the most important fund-raising drives in America — the Red Kettle campaign," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Tuesday.

The Red Kettle campaign, started in San Francisco in 1891, has traditionally been The Salvation Army's most prominent fund-raiser. In 2004, the campaign raised over $100 million in communities nationwide, with the nickels, dimes, quarters and dollars all remaining in the towns where the money was deposited into the kettles.

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That Eva Longoria is a bit of a tease. The Desperate Housewives star has revealed that she has a tattoo of her basketball-playing boyfriend Tony Parker's initials... somewhere quite intimate.

"You can see of my tatts, they're all on public display, but the one that has Tony's initials is only seen by him," she reveals. "I'm not saying where it is - but let's just say he gets to view it on a very regular basis."

"We're heading for our first anniversary now, he's such a doll," she gushes.

--That's idiotic. Did she not learn from Johnny Depp and Angelina (among many others)? On another note, what the HELL is she wearing in her hair?

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Christian Slater apparently fell off the roof of Paris Hilton's neighbor's house during a weekend party at the West Hollywood home of the hotel heiress.

Slater, 36, purportedly made his climb to inspect some folks who complained about the noise. He then landed in the bushes and was "not injured, not hurt, not arrested," Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Karen Leong tells the New York Post. She denied reports that officers used a Taser gun on the actor. "Not true," she told the paper.

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Britney Spears has been asked to write a Kabbalah children's book.

Spears - who became a follower of the mystical Jewish faith after being introduced to it by Madonna - is set to follow in the pop superstar's footsteps after reportedly being approached by representatives of the church to pen a story inspired by the religion's teachings.

Madonna has already written five children's books, including 'The English Roses' and 'Yakov and the Seven Thieves', inspired by her Kabbalah beliefs and Britney, who recently gave birth to son Sean Preston, is said to be keen on the idea.

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Hope they didn't come knocking on your door last night:

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It will be Halloween every day for Martha Stewart — the house she recently bought is haunted.

The rundown property, on Flax Hill Road in Norwalk, Conn., is set to be used in a new reality show in which the domestic diva will teach a group of troubled women the skills they need to renovate it. But The Stamford Advocate reports that Martha and company will be sharing the place with a cast of ghosts, including a soldier in a Civil War uniform and an old man.

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Actors Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams welcomed a daughter in New York City on Friday night around 5 pm. Matilda Rose Ledger weighed in 6 lbs, 5 oz, and was 19 inches long, according to a friend of Heath's sister.

Source: Celebrity Baby Blog

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France's best known cinematic export, Gerard Depardieu, is saying au revoir to showbiz.

The Oscar-nominated thespian told the French newspaper Le Parisien Dimanche that he plans on putting an end to his prolific film career, which totals nearly 200 credits.

"I'm in the process of stopping filming," he said in Sunday's edition. "I'm a guy who's leaving! A guy who's not drunk. For once." The seemingly sober Depardieu spoke with the weekly paper from the set of his next--and apparently, last--film, Michou d'Auber. "I have nothing to lose," the 56-year-old actor said. "I have done 170 films. I have nothing left to prove. I am not going to hang on like a jerk."

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Jennifer Garner has signed up to star in an erotic thriller.

Sabbatical follows a couple that after seven years together agree to two weeks apart. They decide during the two weeks they can do whatever they want reports The Hollywood Reporter.

When the wife returns to the agreed-upon meeting place two weeks later, however, she discovers that her husband has disappeared.

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British movie fans have voted Mickey Rourke "man of the year" for his portrayal of the swaggering down-on-his-luck Marv in "Sin City."

"Batman Begins," the most recent adventure of the comic superhero starring Christian Bale in the title role, was voted top film of 2005. The movie fought off competition from "Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith" to land the No. 1 spot in the poll of 15,000 film fans by Total Film magazine. The poll was released Sunday.

Scottish actor Ian McDiarmid, who played Supreme Chancellor Palpatine in "Revenge of the Sith," was named best movie villain; 11-year-old Dakota Fanning was named best child actor for her role in Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds"; and the nut-eating squirrels in Tim Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" were named best movie animal.

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