Linda Ronstadt

The Aladdin is undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, however, and Robert Earl, CEO of Planet Hollywood, the corporation which will be taking controlling interest of the Aladdin when it emerges from bankruptcy protection, was quoted as saying that he would like to take Moore up on the film maker's offer to join Ronstadt on the Aladdin stage to sing "America the Beautiful". [12] (http://www.ashleemedia.net/displayimage.php?album=435&pos=2). Ronstadt had previously been quoted in the Las Vegas Review-Journal that she was eager to get out of her Aladdin contract, and hoped that she would annoy them enough to not bring her back. Simpson was on the cover of the February 2005 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, [11] (http://www.ashleemedia.net/displayimage.php?album=435&pos=0) and she was chosen as its "Fun Fearless Female of the Year". "I didn't know they were mad at me until we were gone, and I didn't know what they were mad at me about until about an hour later, when apparently they called up one of the people that was traveling with us and went, 'She's talking about Michael Moore, and this is a place for entertainment, not politics,'" Ronstadt said. Elsewhere, she said that the tour would be "stripped down", without pyrotechnics, and that "it's going to be me and my band getting out there and having fun." [10] (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050208/ap_en_mu/people_ashlee_simpson_1). She was not aware of anyone throwing drinks, was not escorted off the premises, and it wasn't until later that she learned Aladdin's management was angry. In a TRL appearance on February 7, in which she talked about the tour prior to its start, she said that she planned to work on her next album with her band while touring, and that the next album might be released around Fall 2005.

However, Ronstadt says that the media reports were inaccurate. She has also included the unreleased song "Hollywood" in her setlists. At the same time, it was reported that the angry shouts and boos were overpowered by cheers and people clapping. Her opening acts are Pepper's Ghost and The Click Five (Ryan Cabrera is scheduled to also join her during her Texas concerts at the end of the tour); she performs a generally consistent setlist, beginning with "Autobiography" and ending with "La La", then returning to the stage to sing "Pieces of Me" in a white dress as an encore. Initial reports were that Aladdin president Bill Timmins escorted her out of the premises without having a chance to go to her hotel suite to obtain her property, and vowed that, as long as he was running the casino, she would no longer be welcome. During the tour, she has performed three cover songs in addition to her usual Autobiography songs: The Pretenders' "Brass in Pocket", Blondie's "Call Me", and Madonna's "Burning Up". It was reported that some members of the audience walked out, tore down posters, threw drinks, and demanded she be removed from the stage. headlining tour on February 16, 2005, in Anaheim, California, [9] (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1497210/20050217/simpson_ashlee.jhtml?headlines=true) and it is scheduled to end on April 20.

On July 18, 2004, during a performance at the Aladdin Casino in Las Vegas, Ronstadt praised Michael Moore and his documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11. Simpson began her first U.S. In a career spanning four decades, she has recorded more than forty albums, her latest a return to her roots in pop-rock ballads. [8] (http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/38963). Showing her versatility yet again, in 1996 Ronstadt released Dedicated to the One I Love, an album of children's music. A post on Metafilter claims that the marketing company posted the same text under the user name "mandyc19" on over three hundred different music-related forums. After appearing in the Broadway play, in 1983 she co-starred with Kevin Kline and Angela Lansbury in The Pirates of Penzance, a motion picture based on a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. Also in early 2005, Simpson's marketing campaign was accused of astroturfing on various websites.

In addition to pop-rock hits such as her popular version of the Roy Orbison hit, "Blue Bayou" and duets with Aaron Neville that received much critical acclaim, her long singing career has been filled with an eclectic mix of recordings, including Big Band sounds, Mexican canciones, an album of old-time country music, an album of Latin music, and an album of rock classics redone as lullabies. [7] (http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/entertainment/11036610.htm). Ronstadt dated Jerry Brown, then Governor of California, in the late 1970s. You don't always have to be a fan of everybody's music." She also mentioned the support she has received from her "amazing fans". Her breakthrough year was 1975, when she released a series of hits beginning with the single "You're No Good." She hit #1 on the Billboard magazine charts with her 1974 album Heart Like a Wheel, and followed that up with the #1 albums Simple Dreams in 1977 and Living in the U.S.A. in 1978. [6] (http://launch.yahoo.com/read/news/14285421) Simpson later said about the petition that "an 18-year-old girl started it, and that's cool. Her first solo hit single came in 1970, with the country rock crossover single, "Long Long Time." She achieved her greatest commercial success during the 1970s, with a string of platinum albums, as she branched out from the earlier country rock sound to include more conventional rock, often covering early rock classics from the 1950s and early 1960s. In January, an Internet petition at petitiononline.com [5] (http://www.petitiononline.com/StopAsh/petition.html) complaining about Simpson's singing was among the most active of the site's petitions.

She scored her first hit single in 1967, as singer for the Stone Poneys, with the song "Different Drum," written by Monkees member Michael Nesmith. When her performance was finished, many of the 72,000-plus spectators booed.[3] (http://www.local10.com/entertainment/4048912/detail.html)[4] (http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1495731/20050111/index.jhtml?headlines=true) Various explanations for the booing have been suggested: that it may have been a belated reaction to the SNL incident, a distaste for Simpson's singing (some claimed that her voice during the performance was poor and off-key), or simply dissatisfaction with the half-time show as a whole. Born in Tucson, Arizona to a German-Mexican father and a Dutch-English mother, Linda Ronstadt began her career in the mid 1960s singing in Los Angeles, California clubs with the folk-rock group, the Stone Poneys. On January 4, 2005, Simpson performed "La La" at the halftime show for the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15, 1946) is an American singer. During the October 25, 2004 Radio Music Awards broadcast, Simpson made fun of the SNL mistake by pretending at first to be caught in the same mistake with "Pieces of Me" as before, before saying "Just kidding, you guys!" and going into a performance of "Autobiography." On the morning of October 26, she discussed the incident with Katie Couric on The Today Show, and on October 31, the CBS news program 60 Minutes aired footage from Simpson's rehearsals before the SNL performance, in which she was shown having trouble with her voice and being visibly upset. 2004 Hummin' To Myself. It's just not me.".

2002 The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt. I'm going out to let my real talent show, not to just stand there and dance around. Personally, I'd never lip-synch. 2000 A Merry Little Christmas. Prior to the incident, Simpson expressed her distaste with lip synching in an interview with Lucky magazine: "I'm totally against it and offended by it. 1999 Western Wall (with Emmylou Harris). For the second performance, Simpson said that her drummer had hit the wrong button and consequently the wrong track played. 1999 Trio II (With Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris). top ten music video show, and explained that she had been having trouble with her vocal cords due to acid reflux and could not sing well, and thus had no choice but to perform with a guide track.

1998 We Ran. On Monday, October 25, Simpson called in to Total Request Live, a widely-viewed U.S. 1996 Dedicated To The One I Love. After an emergency commercial break, she appeared again during the show's closing with the guest host of the night, Jude Law, and apologized, saying that her band had started playing the wrong song. Others, however, criticized her for what they saw as evidence that she was lip synching. 1995 Feels Like Home. Simpson, uncertain of how to react, danced nervously (as she later called it, a "hoe-down") and then left the stage. 1993 Winter Light. As is customary for musical guests, she was scheduled to give two performances, the first of "Pieces of Me" and the second of "Autobiography." As she was beginning the second performance, however, a recording of "Pieces of Me" started playing before she raised the microphone.

1992 Frenesi. Simpson appeared on Saturday Night Live as a musical guest on October 24, 2004. 1990 Mas Canciones. Blackwell wrote that "from gaudy to grim to downright frenetic these two prove that bad taste is positively genetic.". 1989 Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like The Wind. Blackwell's list of the worst-dressed celebrities of 2004. 1987 Canciones de Mi Padre. Simpson and her sister Jessica were tied for third on Mr.

1987 Trio (With Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris). In October 2004, they did a series of concerts at high schools together, and this was shown in the second episode of the reality show's second season. 1986 Round Midnight. The two were reported to have split up in August 2004 due to their busy schedules, but they were still sometimes seen together in the months that followed, and in the first episode of the second season of The Ashlee Simpson Show, Simpson indicated that they had resumed their relationship. 1986 For Sentimental Reasons. Soon she began her relationship with Ryan Cabrera, a musician who also released his debut album in 2004; this relationship also featured in the reality show (particularly in episodes three and four of the first season), and Simpson appeared in the music video for Cabrera's song "On the Way Down" as Cabrera's love interest. 1984 Lush Life. Simpson's relationship with Josh Henderson, who had previously appeared on Popstars 2, lasted about two years and ended during the first episode of The Ashlee Simpson Show.

1983 What's New. "I decided that I didn't want to talk about that because it's super personal," she has said.³ Ashlee also got a tattoo of a star on her left wrist after the release of her album. 1982 Get Closer. She has refused to discuss her sex life, in contrast to Jessica, who openly stated her intention to remain a virgin until marriage. 1980 Linda Ronstadt's Greatest Hits Volume 2. Simpson often wears shirts with "punk"-style designs and typically has her fingernails painted black. 1980 Mad Love. Her vocals, while generally not thought to equal her sister's range, have been praised by some as fitting the style of her music, and are sometimes described (positively or negatively) as raspy.

1978 Living In The U.S.A. Ashlee's songs also have rock elements absent from her sister's music. 1977 The Southern Belle. Previously blonde like Jessica, she dyed her hair dark during the recording of the reality show (in the fifth episode), after she had finished filming for 7th Heaven. 1977 A Retrospective. Ashlee has a somewhat more rebellious and rock-oriented image than that of her sister. 1977 Simple Dreams. [2] (http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1493864/11182004/story.jhtml) She was shown talking about the film on its set in a segment on Total Request Live on November 30.

1976 Linda Ronstadt's Greatest Hits. The Lions Gate property is directed by Meiert Avis and is described as a "romantic comedy". 1976 Hasten Down The Wind. She cut her hair shorter for her role as Clea, an aspiring actress and "tomboy". 1975 Prisoner In Disguise. Simpson has a role in the upcoming movie Undiscovered (originally titled Wannabe), which began filming in November. 1974 Heart Like A Wheel. [1] (http://abc.go.com/specials/nickjess_xmas.html) Ashlee also sang "Christmas Past, Present, and Future" on the 2004 holiday album Radio Disney Jingle Jams.

1973 Don't Cry Now. Ashlee and her sister Jessica recorded a duet of the Christmas song "Little Drummer Boy" together for Rejoyce, a 2004 Christmas album by Jessica; they sang the song together during "Nick & Jessica's Family Christmas", a variety hour special which aired on ABC on December 1. 1972 Linda Ronstadt. She performed "Pieces of Me" during the pre-show for the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards on August 29, and during the actual show she presented an award with Tony Hawk for "Best New Artist in a Video." In December of the same year, she won a Billboard Award for New Female Artist of the Year. 1970 Silk Purse. At the August 8, 2004 Teen Choice Awards show, Simpson received the "Song of the Summer" award for "Pieces of Me," as well as the "Fresh Face" award. 1969 Hand Sown Home Grown. Her manager is her father, Joe Simpson.

On September 29, 2004, she announced on her website that the band would be named "Ashlee Simpson and Submission," taking the name from the fact that they had received so many submissions of proposals for the name. Simpson performs live with a backing band, which consists of Ray Brady (guitar), Braxton Olita (guitar), Zach Kennedy (bass guitar), Lucy Walsh (keyboards and vocals) and Chris Fox (drums). on January 26, 2005. The first episode of the second season aired in the U.S.

for eight weekly episodes from June 16 until August 4, 2004, and dealt with the process of writing, recording, and performing, and with aspects of Simpson's personal life. The show ran in the U.S. She had previously appeared on Newlyweds, an already successful reality show about the married life of Jessica and her husband Nick Lachey, and The Ashlee Simpson Show aired in the subsequent time slot. Simpson and her music career were the subject of The Ashlee Simpson Show, a successful reality show on MTV.

The next single, "Shadow", was less successful and not released in the U.K. The U.K.-sourced "La La" single followed in 2005. in mid-2004, and sold well internationally. The single "Pieces of Me" preceded the album, was one of the most widely-played songs in the U.S. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified triple platinum in September 2004.

on July 20, 2004. She recorded an album, Autobiography, released in the U.S. In 2003, Simpson recorded a song, "Just Let Me Cry," for the soundtrack to the movie Freaky Friday, and also signed a record deal with Geffen Records. Simpson played the character Cecilia on the television show 7th Heaven from 2002 until the beginning of her singing career in 2004, at which point she stopped regular appearances.

She also appeared in an episode of the TV sitcom Malcolm in the Middle and had a minor role in the 2002 movie The Hot Chick, a comedy starring Rob Schneider. After her sister Jessica signed a record deal, the family moved to Los Angeles, California, where Ashlee began auditioning for television commercials—her first commercial was for the department store Kohl's.² Jessica achieved success in pop music in 1999 with her song "I Wanna Love You Forever" and the album Sweet Kisses, and Ashlee became a backup dancer in Jessica's concerts. While her sister Jessica, four years older, displayed an early talent for singing, Ashlee danced from the age of three and was admitted to the School of American Ballet in New York City at age 11.¹. Simpson, the daughter of Joe and Tina Simpson, was born and raised in Texas, where she was home-schooled by her mother.

In October 2004, she was seen to be singing with a pre-recorded tape on Saturday Night Live; this highly publicized incident drew substantial negative attention from the press. She rose to prominence in mid-2004, when her first album, the now triple platinum Autobiography, debuted at number one in sales, accompanied by a successful reality show, The Ashlee Simpson Show. singer, actress and the younger sister of singer Jessica Simpson. Ashlee Nicole Simpson (born October 3, 1984) is a U.S.

YM, "The Sister Who Rocks". (http://www.ashleemedia.net/displayimage.php?album=207&pos=3) September 2004, pages 112–117. Adams, Patty. Seventeen, "Ashlee Simpson". (http://www.ashleemedia.net/displayimage.php?album=334&pos=4) November 2004, pages 86–89. Brown, Janelle.

The New York Times, "Who Wants to Be a New Simpson?", (http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60C12FA3F5C0C708CDDA90994DC404482&incamp=archive:search) October 3, 2004.). (Leeds, Jeff. Although the minimum age for admission was technically 12, Joe Simpson said that he lied about his daughter's age to get her into the school in an October 2004 interview. "La La", single, January 24 2005.

"Shadow", single, November 8 2004 (Australia), December 20 2004 (Europe). Autobiography, album, July 20 2004. "Pieces of Me", single, June 29 2004.