Melrose Place Promotional Shoot [HQ]

“Pilot” Stills [HQ]

Thanks To Maria

Cast of Melrose Place at the top of the Empire State Building – May 21, 2009

Whoops! I Did Forget To Credit Thanks For Reminding Me Thanks To Texas

Where have all the writers gone? For some reason we are getting regurgitated shows out the wazoo. First, we get 90210 and now Melrose Place.
They were both shows I watched a million years ago but how many different combinations of crazy can they cram down our throats?
Best of all? We get to see Ashlee Simpson-Wentz on TV. I know you are all just squealing with excitement. Other than being Jessica’s sister and lip-syncing on SNL, I don’t really know that much about her so I’ll reserve my judgement for after the show airs.
Here is an excerpt from the CW’s description of the show:
Melrose Place – In an elegant Spanish-style apartment building in the trendy Melrose neighborhood of Los Angeles, a diverse group of 20-somethings have formed a close-knit surrogate family. Sydney Andrews (Laura Leighton, the original Melrose Place) is the landlady, still beautiful at 40, and a central figure in the lives of all her tenants, especially handsome and rebellious David Breck (Shaun Sipos, Shark). [Hold up! Didn't Sydney die??] Sydney started an affair with David despite her turbulent history with his estranged father, Dr. Michael Mancini (Thomas Calabro, the original Melrose Place). Both father and son learned through experience that Sydney was not above using blackmail to control people. Another tenant, high-powered publicist Ella Simms (Katie Cassidy, Supernatural), once considered Sydney her mentor, but their friendship was destroyed by betrayal, and Sydney threatened to evict Ella and ruin her career. Sydney also played a pivotal role in the career of Auggie Kirkpatrick (Colin Egglesfield, All My Children). After they met at an AA meeting, she became Auggie’s sponsor and encouraged his dream to become a chef. Now a successful sous chef at the trendy restaurant Coal, Auggie has been avoiding Sydney since she began drinking again.

The other tenants include Lauren Yung (Stephanie Jacobsen, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), a medical student in desperate need of money to pay her student loans, and Jonah Miller (Michael Rady, Swingtown), an aspiring filmmaker who has just proposed to his live-in girlfriend Riley Richmond (Jessica Lucas, Cloverfield), a first-grade teacher. The newest tenant, 18-year-old Violet Foster (Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, 7th Heaven) [Well, I missed that! I had no idea Ms. Ashlee actually had acting experience, must be the rock I'm living under], has just arrived in LA with her own secret connection to Sydney. When a bloody body is found floating in the courtyard pool, David is the leading suspect. However, as the police are soon to discover, almost everyone living at Melrose Place had a reason to want the deceased out of the way. An updated version of the popular 1990s series, MELROSE PLACE is from CBS Television Studios with executive producers Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer (Smallville). Oscar-winner Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) is the director and executive producer of the pilot.

So now you can commence with your summertime activities knowing this gem of regurgitation will be waiting for you in the fall when you plop your bootie down for some more good trash TV. I’ll be putting it up for Tivo and will give it a chance because you know, I’m nothing if not addicted to trashy TV. Will you be watching? What shows are you looking forward to in the fall?

Source: Zimbio.com

Success.
Ashlee’s had two number one albums, Autobiography and I Am Me, which sold around 620,000 combined in their first weeks. Last year’s Bittersweet World was far less successful, considered a commercial flop. As for Wentz, Fall Out Boy’s 2005 album From Under the Cork Tree won several MTV and Teen Choice Awards and sold more than 2.5 million albums in the US alone. Not bad, but that was four years ago, and both of these kids’ careers seem to have cooled off a little since then.

Attractiveness.
Ashlee has always been cute, but she gained more mainstream attention for her good looks after her nose job in 2006. And it doesn’t help that she grew up in the shadow of her bombshell big sister, Jessica Simpson For his part, Pete is pretty average-looking and relies on eyeliner and hoodies for his signature edge.

Popularity.
Last month, about 673,000 people searched Google for details about Ashlee and 368,000 for Pete, pushing them into the top half of our most popular couples list.

Staying Power.
These two have only been married for about a year, but they have their son, little Bronx Mowgli Wentz, binding them together, along with an affinity for PDA. Still, they’re fairly young — Ashlee is 24, and Pete’s 29, so anything could happen. Watch the video below to hear how they’ve bonded over seeing each other naked and a mutual love of makeup.

Compatibility.
Since Ashlee’s a Libra and Pete is a Gemini, these two make a great team. They’re well-rounded with a wide range of interests, so they won’t get bored with each other either, and they’ll probably inspire each other’s creative pursuits. Raise your hand if you want to see Pete on Melrose Place, too.

Source: Zimbio.com

Melrose Place Cast was interviewed at  CW upfronts, here’s the video:

Thanks to Amy & May for letting me know!

NW – May 2008 [Australia]

Sophisticate’s Hairstyle Guide – February 2008

Cosmopolitan – January 2008 [Hollandia]

I added 7 new  icons, made from different performances of Ash to our Icon Archive and I made it a new layout too, so enjoy it!:

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Ashlee and Pete at Nobu Restaurant in Manhattan – May 22, 2009 [HQ]

Melrose Place “Pilot” Stills

Ashlee at Madison Square – May 21, 2009

Ashlee was featured as the #30 hottest celebritie on twitter by bikinibuys.com

PEOPLE.com had an interview with the whole cast or Melrose Place and this time Ashlee revealed a lot of things about her character Violet Foster click in the picture below to watch the video