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"The songstress is set to star in an untitled NBC comedy that, although scripted, will be inspired by her real life.\r\nThe 32-year-old hasn&amp;apos;t exactly proven herself to be a great thespian; she won four Razzie Awards for her work in the movies &amp;quot;The Dukes of Hazzard&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Employee of the Month.&amp;quot; Her resume also includes stinkers like &amp;quot;Major Movie Star&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Blonde Ambition.&amp;quot; (If you&amp;apos;ve never heard of them, you&amp;apos;re one of the lucky ones.)\r\nStill, she has proven that she&amp;apos;s excellent at playing an exaggerated version of herself.\r\nHer MTV show &amp;quot;Newlyweds,&amp;quot; which ran from 2003 to 2005, was a big hit, and helped transform her from just another pop singer into a huge celebrity. Simpson&amp;apos;s empire now includes her lucrative Jessica Simpson Collection, a seat on the panel of NBC&amp;apos;s reality competition &amp;quot;Fashion Star,&amp;quot; and a $4 million deal as a spokesperson for Weight Watchers.\r\nMuch of the reason &amp;quot;Newlyweds&amp;quot; was so successful was because Jess played up her goofy side. She came across as down-to-earth and ditzy, and generally played &amp;quot;I Loved Lucy&amp;apos;s&amp;quot; Lucy to then-husband Nick Lachey&amp;apos;s no-nonsense Desi. Their roles were clear from the very first episode, when Simpson famously wondered whether the Chicken of the Sea brand tuna she was eating was actually chicken.\r\nSimpson&amp;apos;s sure to have similar moments on the new show. &amp;quot;I often find myself thinking that no one could ever make up the things that actually happen in my life,&amp;quot; she told The Hollywood Reporter. &amp;quot;So between the real-life elements and a great team of writers, I think we&amp;apos;ll have people laughing!&amp;quot;\r\nThe &amp;quot;With You&amp;quot; singer actually filmed a TV pilot for ABC back in 2004, but it was rejected. However, the New York Times quoted one network executive as saying that Simpson was &amp;quot;the best thing on it.&amp;quot;\r\nDo you think Simpson&amp;apos;s new show will be a hit?\r\nMore Celebrity Features On Yahoo!:\r\nKardashian Makeup Line Slapped With $10 Million Lawsuit\r\nLance Armstrong Comes Clean in Oprah Winfrey Interview\r\nWhy We&amp;apos;re Still Obsessed With Natalie Wood&amp;apos;s Death\r\nFollow omg! on Twitter"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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