day 217

back to the small screen

after a semi-successful music career and a not so successful movie one, jessica simpson is returning to the medium that launched her career in the first place: tv. after the pictures to the left surfaced earlier this year, jessica simpson started a major media campaign to fight improper portrayal of body image. jess is continuing that fight the price of beauty, a tv show she conceptualized with her team. the show will premiere later this year on vh1 (apparently none of the non-cable networks wanted it - it was shopped to every major network before cable), which makes sense because jessica does have a successful track record with mtv networks - newlyweds was the mtv ratings winner before the hills premiered. beauty will follow jessica as she travels both the us and the world to try everything involving beauty in each of the places she visits - from fashion to food, she'll try it all. in a statement, jess said, "i am really looking forward to discovering how beauty is perceived in different cultures and participating in some of the crazy things people do to feel beautiful." so far, so good. i'll probably tune in for at least the first ep and we'll go from there.