Jessica Simpson was impressed by a thespian technique passed along to her by Willie Nelson when they were filming The Dukes of Hazzard.

She reportedly told Harper’s Bazaar:

"Willie Nelson taught me an amazing thing. He memorizes his lines by writing them as a song, and they become a melody to him."…

"In my music career, there have been moments of failure, and with acting, I haven’t had that yet. But music is opening up my heart and every emotion inside of me."

That sounds like great advice! When we think "skilled actor," we think "Willie Nelson."

Of course, the trick would be more helpful if Jess was smart enough to remember lyrics.

Sit tight, Princess. If you didn’t think Employee of the Month was a moment of failure as an actress, you’ve got a big ol’ acting bomb coming down the pike in Blonde Ambition. Congrats!

According to The Mirror, Lindsay Lohan has reconciled with Calum Best and is looking forward to more peaceful living after she leaves rehab.

Fresh from rehab, the actress - who was 21 on Monday - says she’s looking forward to calmer days with Calum in tow.

"I have a boyfriend now and pretty soon I’ll be going home to LA, so everything will become much calmer," she says.

The folks in these pictures, reportedly from a Malibu party over the July 4th holiday, may beg to differ.

The man Lohan is on, doesn’t appear to be Best, and that doesn’t look very calm, though she does a remarkable job of protecting her cigarettes, dontcha think?

Of course, everything is relative and for the famed partier, this may be a quiet night. There certainly isn’t any obvious evidence of cocaine or alcohol. It’s an improvement, regardless.

Plus, could you swear that’s Lindsay and not Mom Dina in these pics?

Didn’t think so.

If the Daily Mail is to be believed (and why wouldn’t they be) Diddy’s "friendship" with Sienna Miller led to the latest off-again of his longtime, intermittent relationship with the mother of three of his four children, Kim Porter.

Apparently, Diddy’s most recent gallivanting with the skanky Brit was the last straw for Porter, who gave birth to the couple’s twins in December.

Rumours of a rift between the two began circulating earlier this year when, right after the birth of the twins, Combs was seen out partying with Sienna till the early hours of the morning.

After the Factory Girl premiere the actress was spotted sneaking into her hotel at 9am in the morning with the rap star in tow.

But Diddy, told photographers at the hotel: "Man, I was just being a gentleman and dropping her off.

"Yeah, we all hang out together but there’s no more to it than that."

However, in the week prior to that they were seen cosying up after meeting at a film festival in Utah.

The friendship between Combs and Miller was rekindled last weekend when he arrived in London to perform in the Concert for Diana at Wembley Arena.

We’re guessing that January was pretty busy for Porter, and that she delayed her departure for a more manageable time. That in her postpartum hormonal state she resisted tracking Miller down and strangling her is a real testament to Porter’s self control.

If we had just delivered number 3 and number 4, out of wedlock for Thug Cheaty and heard that lame excuse about being a "gentleman" we would be on trial for double murder right about now. Or hiding out in Mexico learning Spanish and drinking mucho Pinas. Ole!

Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez is sick and tired of her stage name J.Lo, now she is going to ditch it since it brought on a negative image of her as diva.

The 37-year-old star has a reputation of being demanding and prima donna-like such as throwing little tantrum at times, but Lopez insists it’s just an alter-ego that was meant to be fun but “got out of control and really crazy”.

She told The Sun, “That’s all gone with the ridiculous stories about me throwing tantrums and insisting on Egyptian sheets. That’s all firmly in my past.”

The diva oops I mean Mrs. Marc Anthony wants to take on more serious roles and music projects. But in my opinion, should she learn how to act and sing first before delving into such ‘serious projects’?

Jennifer earned millions from romantic comedies like Maid in Manhattan and The Wedding Planner.

But she added: “If you focus on the money you’re not going to get anywhere. If money is your motivation you’re going to be such an empty shallow person.”