... when the show started, and the only reason that anyone paid attention was because Ashlee Simpson was going to be in it? What’s Melrose Place going to use as a marketing hook now? ... stars Michael Rady from The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants? Actually, it might. After all, it was desperate enough to use Ashlee Simpson as a marketing hook, so who knows? Still, on the bright side at least ...

... spoke to executive producers Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer who had this to say: What was behind the decision to let Ashlee and Colin go? TODD SLAVKIN: Well, we always knew that this murder mystery would end in ... first saw that dead body in the pool, my first thought was, gee, who could the killer be? Maybe Ashlee? My second thought was, who programmed the DVR to record this? I’m gonna kick ...

... the new Melrose Place and while publicly those involved with the show have been saying that it was planned for Ashlee to leave early all along, many are assuming that there’s more to the story. An insider on the set told Star Magazine that there is, in fact, more to Ashlee’s departure than is being said and it apparently has to do with the arrival of another diva: OG Melrose ...

... , sexier direction – one not including Ashlee. Proud sister Jessica made her feelings ... fire back at Jessica Simpson yesterday and simply said Ashlee's "Melrose" role ... told Us magazine last week that producers just didn't like Ashlee's acting. "They hired her because they needed ... Melrose Place bosses after sister Ashlee gets fired Ashlee Simpson-Wentz finds dead ...

... much buzz that the show is highly successful and that they no longer need Ashlee Simpson anymore? Yeah, right. From what I have heard, she was lame. ... can act. NE: “Pals fear Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is teetering on the edge of an emotional breakdown ... and soul into the job. She feels like the rug has been pulled out from under her . . . Ashlee’s friends are concerned that she’s headed ...

... of Melrose Place didn’t get along? That’s the buzz since Ashlee Simpson-Wentz was fired from the new Melrose Place &# ... the set. At this point, it’s all rumor… while Ashlee Simpson’s castmates may not have enjoyed working with ... Wentz’s) character would move on.” Then there are rumors that Ashlee was booted to make more room in the budget for Heather Locklear ...