Like every emo kid that came before him, Pete Wentz thinks his son's name, Bronx Mowgli, is above everyone else's comprehension:
'I feel weird — people have all these ideas of what it means now,' Wentz says of his offspring's name during a phone call today to E! News' Ryan Seacrest. 'I think it's kind of cool to leave the narrative the way it is. People are stoked or pissed or whatever … I don't think anybody knows the real story of why or how.'
'We came up with the idea Bronx, we'd been throwing it back and forth a while ago,' he says. As for the origin of the middle name? 'The Jungle Book is something me and Ashlee bonded over. It's really cool.'
Trust us, Pete, you're not nearly as ground-breaking or cool as you'd like to think you are.
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WHAT A NAME • "Ashlee Simpson and husband Pete Wentz have welcomed their first child, a boy. Bronx Mowgli Wentz — who weighed 7 lbs, 11 oz, and was 20.5 inches long — was born Thursday night, a spokesperson for the couple confirms."
• Your first look at Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. Needless to say, this movie is going to be awesome. [ICYDK]
• Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson's baby refuses to come out. We don't blame him. [PS]
• The Kardashian sisters and a washed-up Laguna Beach star posing for pictures on the beach. If that's not newsworthy, we don't know what is. [HT]
• Vivienne Westwood must be really desperate. [INO]
• The Victoria's Secret fashion show: Because there's nothing sexier than 50-pound wings attached to a 90-pound girl. [Yeeeah]
• Courtney Love spent her Sunday writing up 60 (60!) posts for her MySpace blog in a matter of hours. [DListed]
World famous pornographer Hugh Hefner, who's somehow convinced everyone that he's better than the common street pimps who do what he does, is being forced to can Playboy staffers in both New York and Los Angeles.
Since Hefner's once reputable magazine went from interviewing people like Malcolm X to interviewing people like Pete Wentz, and since anyone interested in masturbating to pictures now has the Internet for that, Playboy the brand has seen its stock fall precipitously, from $11.40 to $2.85.
This is just the latest blow to the 83-year-old Hef's empire, which has been in a rough patch for quite sometime now. Besides being turned down by falling starlet Lindsay Lohan, it's rumored that Playboy's notorious mansion parties have a tenuous future and that two out of three of Hef's girlfriends, Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson, have ditched him for younger men (magician Criss Angel and football player Hank Baskett, respectively).
Whaddya know? Women for whom one pays have no loyalty.
Update: Whoops! Page Six reports today that Hef's final girlfriend, Bridget Marquardt, is now dating Marisa Tomei's ex.
• Just in time for the weekend: Drunk celebrities! [CityRag]
• DMX is behind bars. Try to hide your shock. [ICYDK]
• Pete Wentz can't stop being a d-bag. [DListed]
• Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears organized a mini family reunion, and somebody forgot to leave Lynne off the invite list. [PS]
• The latest celebrity to join Scientology. [Yeeeah]
• Jamie Kennedy can't keep it in his pants. [INO]
We can only hope that after this photo was taken Britney Spears told the Jonas Brothers to run for their lives. If there's anything interesting about the VMAs, it's the interactions behind the scenes between stars who would normally never speak to each other. For more audience and backstage photos, click through. CONTINUED »
• Hayden Panettiere wants to assault your ears and your eyes. [Yeeeah]
• Seriously, Alba: Stop talking. [ICYDK]
• What type of person goes to Coldplay concerts? Well, Katherine Heigl, for one. [PS]
• Things we never want to imagine: An Arnold Schwarzenegger cage match. [CityRag]
• The newest Barbie looks like she could be working a street corner. [DListed]
• It's Pete Wentz's lucky day: His baby is due to be born on Halloween. How emo. [INO]
Today the world celebrates 28 years of being graced with Jessica Simpson's intelligent presence. The pop-turned-country singer celebrated last night in California with Tony, Pete, Ashlee … and Vivica Fox?
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Ashlee Simpson's baby bump is growing bigger by the day, which leads me to wonder when she's going to retire the uncomfortable-looking skinny jeans and start sporting some maternity wear. Sure, she and husband Pete Wentz probably have closets full of skinny jeans in every brand and color, but those things are painful when you're sporting a food baby, let alone a real fetus. Or maybe that's just me.
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PAPA JOE IS SURE TO BE DISAPPOINTED "Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are expecting a baby boy, a rep from the baby boutique Petit Tresor tells CelebTV.com. The couple, who married in May, filled out a registry for their baby in June and our source says, 'almost everything is blue.'"
Pete Wentz may have knocked up Ashlee Simpson, but he still gets shit for being a homo. The Fall Out Boy bassist tells Out that he regularly gets called out on the street - and he’s all right with that. In fact, he’s basically embraced the abuse.
Pete Wentz's latest venture, FNMTV, was tainted by Ashlee Simpson and Snoop Dogg in a hilarious sketch where Snoop gives the couple parenting tips. Oh, did we say "hilarious"? We meant "uncomfortable." Or, you know, any other adjective that comes to mind when you think of a root canal.
Ever the media-savvy businessman, Joe Simpson has publicly responded to the same rumors we hear about him every week (he's a creepy control-freak), and his defense isn't helping. "The media says that I try to plan everything," Joe says. "If I had half of the power they give me…" Um, then what? Do we want to know?
He then went on to address reports that he's jealous of the men in his daughters' lives:
[Tony Romo]'s a great guy. I love Tony to death. He’s just a good kid.
I love Pete [Wentz] to death. He has a patient spirit and a kind heart. I’m honored to have Pete as my son-in-law.
Key word, of course, being "death."
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• This is Christina Aguilera's idea of "mommy-daddy" time. [DListed]
• A member of the paparazzi has been arrested for stalking Jamie Lynn Spears. Um, isn't that his job? [ICYDK]
• "ABC breaks obvious, rude news." [QT]
• The Sex and the City women have competing Marie Claire covers. We smell yet another catfight. [PS]
• Pete Wentz says he felt "content" once he heard the heartbeat of Ashlee and Joe Simpson's unborn child. [Us]
Are you ready for the worst 30 seconds of your life? Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt and Pete Wentz teamed up to shoot a commercial for some new Friday Night MTV thing (called F N MTV), but for the first few seconds we thought we really were watching an episode of The Hills. If this is the couple "acting," then that should clear up any confusion in the minds of the slower MTV viewers as to whether or not the Speidi relationship is authentic.
John Mayer's blog always makes an interesting read because the stuff he says is just so off the wall, like his latest post revealing his man crush on Pete Wentz. In his ramblings, John reports that Pete is "one of the best eggs in the music industry," which … is stretching it. But love is blind, so we'll excuse the over-the-top declarations.
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Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz finally — finally — confirmed via blog that they are expecting a child together:
While many have speculated about this, we wanted to wait until after the first trimester to officially confirm that we are expecting our first child. This is truly the most joyous time in our lives and we are excited to share the happy news and start our family.
They went on to announce that the sky is blue, we're living in the year 2008 and two plus two equals four.
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