Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson Will Keep Collaboration Private
By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith
Nov 30, 2007
Don't look for Fall Out Boy cutie Pete Wentz and his girlfriend, Ashlee Simpson, to be performing together soon -- or at all. "I never say never, but the world should not expect there to be a Pete Wentz-Ashlee Simpson song, or a Fall Out Boy-Ashlee Simpson song. We believe it's best if our relationship is never used for monetary gain, and we keep it very separate from our careers," says Pete.
Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson Will Keep Collaboration Private (Image: Wenn)
"We're attempting to keep the relationship as normal as we possibly can," continues the genial pop punk rocker. The word "normal" isn't the first description most people would use for Pete, what with his chart-topping records, his intense tour schedule, his eyeliner, his New York bar, his photo constantly gracing the covers of teen mags and so on. Anyway, he adds, "When I go to support something she's doing, I don't go as Pete from Fall Out Boy. I go as her boyfriend, and vice versa."
Pete cameos as himself in upcoming editions of "lovebites," the two-minute microseries TBS has attached to its "Sex and the City" reruns on Monday and Thursday nights at 11:15 pm and midnight. Paul Reiser is among the producers, and "that was interesting to me," says Pete. "And being, like, next to 'Sex and the City' is about as close to being on 'Sex and the City' as you can get, which is cool."
Right now, Fall Out Boy is in the midst of touring the United States -- including a show on Christmas -- with a trek through France coming up early next year. After that, there may be some time off for the 28-year-old Wentz.
"You always think you're going to take this gigantic break, but then it always ends up being filled with stuff," he notes. But he doesn't mind keeping up the driving pace: "I'm very aware we're mortal. But as creative people, you get to make your ideas immortal. As a band, we haven't captured an immortal idea yet."
PATERNAL OUTLOOK: "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" star Vincent D'Onofrio says his upcoming indie film, "The Narrows," struck a personal chord with him. D'Onofrio, a father to two in real life, plays Kevin Zegers's father in the coming-of-age story about a young man caught between two worlds. "I think what happens with me when I'm playing a father is it takes on a life of its own," says D'Onofrio. "It's just something that you just feel like you can play, and while the camera's rolling, I feel so emotional and so open. This fatherhood thing really is something." He adds, "Kevin's a great kid, and we got along really well. We're a father-and-son team in the movie, and it was touching for me. It's a very emotional situation between a father and son, and being a father now, it comes naturally. … I think it opens all your emotions when you're acting as a father."
IN THE SPIRIT: Gail O'Grady says she's been waiting to do a Christmas movie since she started in the business -- and now she has one, Saturday's (Dec. 1) "All I Want for Christmas" on the Hallmark Channel. The "Boston Legal" actress is one of those people who are very big on holidays. She admits she has so many Easter and Fourth of July and Halloween decorations stored in her four-car garage that "you cannot fit a car in." Her 3-year-old son got her to leave the haunted-house Halloween stuff up until mid-November -- it was THAT good. But now it's the big one. "I get so excited about Christmas, I can't wait," enthuses Gail. We believe her. She started her shopping last summer.
On "All I Want for Christmas," she plays a single mother whose young son wins a national essay contest with the aim of finding mom a husband -- and she soon finds herself with thousands of suitors.
IN TOON: Zach Tyler Eisen's character Aang on the hit Nickelodeon series "Avatar: The Last Airbender" has been in a constant struggle between being a kid and having to be the Avatar who must save the world in the first two seasons. But in tonight's (Nov. 30) special one-hour TV movie, "Day of Black Sun," Eisen says, "Aang sort of realizes his responsibility as the Avatar and is not as resentful. He really wants to fulfill his duties."
The "Day of Black Sun" telepic brings together "all the old characters we've met in previous shows," says Eisen. "They build an army, and invade where they think the Fire Lord is." Of course, complications ensue. The 14-year-old, who has some 40 episodes of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" under his belt, says he only has "five or six more" to do for the third season, which will run into next year. There's no word yet of a fourth season, but he makes it clear that "if the fans want more, I'll be glad to lend my voice."
With reports by Stephanie DuBois and Emily Fortune Feimster.
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