Jessica Simpson, 44, slips back into Daisy Dukes and shows off 100-lb weight loss 20 years after famous role
ing in The Dukes of Hazzard.
Singer and actress Jessica, 44, confidently posed in the tiny denim shorts to plug her latest clothing line, having worn something remarkably similar in the 2005 action
comedy
.
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Jessica Simpson stunned as she slipped back into a pair of Daisy Dukes
Credit: Alex Berger/Jessica Simpson Style
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It's been 20 years since she starred in The Dukes of Hazzard
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Pairing the hot pants with a plunging leopard print top and red
heels
, she accessorised with a pair of necklaces - all from her namesake brand.
Posting the shot to Instagram, she wrote: "Cut denim blues and red shoes are this Summers go to's."
Jessica previously said she has a 'ridiculous number' of cheeky shorts in her wardrobe, including the very ones she kept from the
film
.
But the star admitted her clothes aren't as glamorous as those belonging to
She laughed: 'Her archive is filled with sequins that make you salivate and mine is filled with Juicy
suits
and Daisy Dukes.'
The
Jessica Simpson
Collection, launched in 2005, has evolved into a billion-dollar fashion empire.
Initially focusing on footwear, the brand expanded to include clothing, accessories, and more.
In 2024, the collection collaborated exclusively with Walmart, bringing its boho-chic styles to a broader audience.
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Jessica - who has lost 100lbs through a combination of changing her eating habits and exercise - worked with long-time friend and coach Harley Pasternak.
The Newlyweds star stepped up her fitness routine to
Jessica Simpson listing massive LA mansion at $17m is 'really smart' move to 'fight' Eric Johnson in divorce
To start, she got to walking 6,000 steps a day with the kids, before increasing it to 14,000 daily while she kept her diet to three meals a day and two snacks from his Harley's Body Reset Diet.
Jessica then added 45-minute workout sessions three days a week, and unplugged from technology and attempted seven hours of sleep a night to also help reset her mental health.
The singer has been candid about the pressure she felt to have the perfect body throughout her career.
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Jessica previously said she has a 'ridiculous number' of cheeky shorts in her wardrobe
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Jessica lost 100lbs through changing her eating habits and exercise
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It all started when Bill and I went round to Ozzy's house looking for a singer, says Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi
FOR 57 years, Tony Iommi has been Black Sabbath's keeper of the flame. He is 'Master Of The Riffs' — some say he invented heavy metal — and he is the only band member to stay the course. 5 Heavy metal Black Sabbath in 1970, pictured Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward and Ozzy Osbourne Credit: Alamy 5 'Master of the riffs' Iommi Credit: Getty 'Everybody else has come and gone and come back,' the guitarist tells me in his soft Brummie tones. 'I've been the constant one.' Talking to the affable Iommi, 77, it's hard to imagine that he's responsible for some of rock's darkest, dirtiest, most bone-crunching riffs. Tomorrow, he and the rest of the original line-up face It's our last chance to hear Paranoid, War Pigs and Iron Man performed live by the four musicians who created them. READ MORE ON BLACK SABBATH No doubt all eyes will be on the singer, the 'Prince Of Darkness' himself. Despite complaining to me recently that he has enough health issues 'to fill a medical dictionary', Ozzy Osbourne is set to give his hometown of Birmingham a hellraising last hurrah. But let's not forget that the Back To The Beginning extravaganza at Sabbath are held in highest esteem by the bands that followed in their wake, hence an incredible supporting cast. Most read in Music With Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello serving as musical director, there's a blizzard of metal titans paying their dues. Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Alice In Chains, Sammy, Hagar, Steven Tyler (Aerosmith), Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), Duff McKagan and Slash (Guns N' Roses), Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit) — the list goes on. Ozzy Osbourne announces final Black Sabbath gig as band reunite for 'greatest heavy metal show ever' with HUGE line up 'It's a great honour,' says Iommi. 'I'm so proud of everyone who has come forward to support Sabbath. 'They've come from everywhere to be a part of something. This is a real one-off.' Iommi is particularly chuffed that his old mucker Ward, who he first met at Birchfield Road School, is back in the Sabbath fold for the first time since 2005. At school, I didn't even know that Ozzy could sing Iommi 'Bill and I were in a couple of bands before Sabbath,' he says, 'and that's when we went round to Ozzy's house looking for a singer. It was how it all started.' Seeing that the gig is called Back To The Beginning, I ask Iommi to sift through the mists of time to describe how the band came together. He begins by giving me his first impressions of Ozzy before moving on to Geezer. 'At school, I didn't even know that Ozzy could sing,' he says. 'It was a racket at first, I must say, but after we'd been playing for a while, he got really good.' As for the singer's madcap behaviour, Iommi adds: 'He got more loony as we went on. In the early days, we'd be on this little stage at a club or somewhere and we had this thing between us. 'If I broke a string, I'd shout to Ozzy, 'Organise a raffle, organise a raffle!' which meant, 'Talk to the audience'. 'He wasn't very good at that in the early days, he didn't know what to say. 'But he got more and more confident and, eventually, he became like he is — very out front.' Iommi moves on to Geezer and says: 'Before Sabbath, Bill and I used to play these all-nighters at a place in Birmingham. 'I always remember seeing Geezer there, crawling up walls because of the drugs they were on in those days. 'I made my fingertips' 'Me and Bill used to think, 'Blimey, he's mad, that guy'. Of course, when we got together with him, we realised he was very, very sensible. 'Geezer had never played bass before — he was a guitar player — but it was amazing how quickly he picked it up.' So what about Iommi himself? 'Originally, I wanted to play drums,' he replies, 'but because of where we lived with my parents, you couldn't get a drum kit in the house. It was so small. 'My mother bought me a guitar, one of these cheap £20 ones from a catalogue, and I sat in my room learning to play. I really enjoyed it.' Then he adds with a self-deprecating chuckle: 'And I'm still trying to learn to play the guitar!' This was the early Sixties when one band in particular caught Iommi's ear — The Shadows led by his guitar hero Hank Marvin. 5 The band now, from left Bill, Geezer, Ozzy and Tony ahead of their last gig Credit: Ross Halfin 'I used to listen to the Top 20 on my little radio,' he says. 'The Shadows really inspired me because I loved their sound and style. 'They were an instrumental band and it was great because I had something to learn and to relate to. Then I could go off and do my own thing.' I thought that I'd become involved in the scene in some way and I didn't expect to become a musician Iommi Iommi was also shaped by his tough upbringing in Aston. Of the neighbourhood where he lived, he says: 'It was rough and gang infested. You had to be careful walking round the streets because you'd get beaten up if you were in the wrong area. 'I started doing martial arts — judo and karate — purely to protect myself,' he continues. 'I went training three or four times a week. 'I thought that I'd become involved in the scene in some way and I didn't expect to become a musician.' Iommi recalls having 'a dream of being on a stage, look-ing out, I always thought it was to do with martial arts but, of course, it wasn't. I later realised it was about being on stage playing guitar'. At 17, he had a horrific industrial accident which would have a profound effect on Black Sabbath's signature heavy guitar sound. While operating a guillotine press in a sheet-metal factory, Iommi lost the tips of the middle and ring fingers on his right hand. He says: 'I went to the hospital and they said, 'You might as well forget playing the guitar'. 'I just couldn't accept that attitude so I made my own fingertips with thimbles. I had to come up with a totally different way of playing. 'I also worked on the guitar all the time. I had it in bits and put it back together, trying to make it more comfortable to play. 'Eventually, that extended to experimenting with amplifiers, making a sound that would be more full.' By the time Sabbath, originally known as Earth, got together in 1968, Iommi was on a mission to make a success of it despite financial hardships. 5 Black Sabbath's Top Of The Pops performance Credit: supplied 'Oh God, I drove the bloody van!' he exclaims. 'Unloaded the gear, played, drove back. 'We were hard up. We might make 15 quid and, on our way home, stop off and spend it all at a fish and chip shop. 'But it was great because we started from nothing and we went through the whole thing together. 'We became glued to each other, we lived in each other's pockets, and it really made us a band.' Iommi continues: 'The name was Geezer's idea after he watched a Boris Karloff film called Black Sabbath. It was appropriate for our music and it stuck. 'When we were Earth, we got misbooked because they thought we were a pop band. We absolutely died a death!' An all-important step for Sabbath, like any up-and- coming act, was getting a record deal. Iommi remembers how it happened: 'We used to play at a club in Birmingham where Jim Simpson, who became our first manager, would get people to come down and see us. 'Of course 99 per cent of them said 'no' and one per cent said 'yes'. We were playing something different. In those days, it was all soul, not our kind of music.' The self-titled debut album contains the song Black Sabbath which bears Iommi's first great riff. He regards it as their breakthrough moment. 'That track hit home,' he says. 'It was so different and we knew straight away, 'That's it, that's what we want to do, that's the benchmark'.' 'Screaming girls' Iommi took on a lot of the responsibility at the time, getting the others out of bed and into the studio by 9am. 'Everybody needs somebody to direct them,' he affirms. 'Otherwise it turns into chaos.' That first album, now regarded as a trailblazing triumph, landed to lukewarm reviews but it didn't deter Iommi and his bandmates. I always remember somebody — I won't mention his name — came to review us. He left unknown to us and we DIDN'T play, but he still reviewed the show. What does that tell you? Iommi 'Of course, you never want a bad review but you have to believe in what you do,' he says. 'If we did get a reasonably good review, we'd bloody faint, but we never lost that belief and that's what made us stronger. 'I always remember somebody — I won't mention his name — came to review us. He left unknown to us and we DIDN'T play, but he still reviewed the show. What does that tell you?' Next came the album which propelled Sabbath to the stratosphere, Paranoid, with its iconic three-minute adrenaline rush of a title track. Iommi says: 'We never went to the States with the first album but Paranoid opened up America for us.' And yet the song itself was almost an afterthought, as he explains. 'When we were finishing the album, we went out to get something to eat. 'The producer came out and said to me, 'We need another track. We haven't got enough tracks'. So I had to come up with Paranoid. I waited for the others to come back and played it to them. 'Geezer wrote some lyrics, the guys learnt the song and we recorded it there and then. 'It was supposed to be filler but it was the one that took off — and we ended up on Appearing on the UK's premier pop showcase went against everything Sabbath stood for in their quest 'to be an album band taken seriously for our music'. Iommi says: 'It was funny. You've got people like 'And the last thing we wanted to do was attract screaming girls.' After Paranoid, Sabbath were on a roll, producing a string of high-octane, high-quality albums — Master Of Reality (1971), Vol.4 (1972), Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) and Sabotage (1975). 'For each album, we tried different things,' says Iommi. 'On Master Of Reality, I started tuning down a bit to get an even heavier sound. 5 Appearing on the UK's premier pop showcase went against everything Sabbath stood for in their quest 'to be an album band taken seriously for their music' Credit: supplied 'The whole vibe on Vol. 4 was great. We went to Los Angeles where John du Pont was unfortunate enough to rent us his house. 'It was a fantastic place with a ballroom, swimming pools and, God, did we have some fun.' It was only after ten years in the business that the wheels started to fall off for Sabbath, resulting in Ozzy's exit. 'Obviously, drugs were involved,' says Iommi. 'It got to a stage where Ozzy had lost interest. He'd go missing for a couple of days in Los Angeles — things like that. 'I was nominated to go to the record company and make all the excuses. We were coming up with riffs but it just wasn't going anywhere. 'It got to a point where I had to say, 'Look, we'll have to replace Ozzy or break up'. At the time, it was best for both of us and Ozzy went off and did his own thing.' Sabbath regrouped with Ronnie James Dio taking over on lead vocals, the first of a succession of singers. Then, in the late Nineties, the original Sabbath reformed and toured until 2005. Minus drummer Ward, they got back together for the Rick Rubin-produced 13 (released in 2013) and played live again until 2017. Now, eight years on, Sabbath are making their last stand. They've all had well-documented health issues but Iommi and Ozzy see the funny side. Ozzy even called himself 'Iron Man' after surgeons inserted bolts in his neck following a fall at his home in the outskirts of Los Angeles 'He should be called the Six Million Dollar Man,' laughs Iommi. 'I hear from him every few days and we complain to each other. 'We've all had problems so it's quite an achievement for us to get on stage again after so many years. 'We'll do the gig – then we'll probably keel over!'
The Irish Sun
an hour ago
- The Irish Sun
The Chase star forced to give away comedy show tickets for FREE just days before hitting the stage
THE Chase star Jenny Ryan is giving away comedy show tickets for FREE just days before she takes to the stage. The quizmaster, 43, is set to appear at The Pleasance Theatre in London over multiple dates in July and August. 2 Jenny Ryan has been forced to give away free tickets to her comedy show in London Credit: Instagram/@jenny_from_the_quiz 2 The ITV star will be previewing her brand new show, Björn Yesterday on Saturday Credit: Splash Jenny will be performing a special singalong comedy investigation all about Swedish pop group Abba. The descriptions says she will go "public with her theory of the Mamma Mia multiverse". Tickets are usually priced around £15, but a number of tickets have been released for her July 5 show for no cost at all. Fans can bag themselves a free ticket to her one-hour show and will only need to pay a £4 admin fee. While those keen to be in the audience can also purchase a ticket for a little as £10, as stated on the website, depending on the day you go. Although fans may be able to secure themselves a bargain, a show insider said it's not highly unusual that free tickets are given away. A rep for the show told The Sun: "Often in hot weather for preview shows, if they're not completely sold out, it is standard practice to offer some complimentary tickets." Jenny will be previewing her brand new show, Björn Yesterday on Saturday. Most read in Showbiz Jenny, known to many as The Vixen from The Chase, surprised fans last year as she embarked on a new adventure. Jenny hit the road last September with her Out of the Box tour, which ran until November. Watch as The Chase's Jenny Ryan reveals new role away from ITV show At the time she shared her excitement and nerves about stepping away from her stern quizmaster persona with the new venture. Speaking to show host Ed Balls on GMB, Jenny explained: "We took the show to Edinburgh Fringe last year really on sort of a whim. "It's a big risk to take something like this, as presenters know, after a stern role and you try something new. "It's a bit of a challenge for people to change their expectations and perceptions of you." The former MP joked "Tell me about it!", referencing his segue from a political career into presenting. When "But we sold out [at the Fringe] and we got such excellent feedback." The Chase: Current lineup of Chasers on the ITV show The Chase first premiered on ITV back in 2009 and has become a firm favourite among viewers since then. The roster of professional quizzers ('chasers') has grown significantly since the show's launch. Mark Labbett (2009 - present): Known as 'The Beast', Mark is a former Maths teacher and previously won £32,000 on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Mark has also reprised his role as a Chaser in the US and Australian versions of the show. Shaun Wallace (2009 - present): Shaun, a barrister and former Mastermind champion, goes by the 'Dark Destroyer'. Shaun has appeared on the Australian version of The Chase. In 2008, he finished as runner-up to Barry Simmons in Are You an Egghead?, a contest to find a new member of the then-BBC quiz team. Anne Hegerty (2010 - present): A former contestant on Mastermind, Fifteen To One and Are You an Egghead?, Anne goes by 'The Governess'. Since joining The Chase, she appeared on I'm A Celebrity... in 2018. Paul Sinha (2011-present): Comedian and qualified doctor Paul joined the Chaser line-up in 2011, taking the nickname 'The Sinnerman'. He has appeared on The Weakest Link, University Challenge and Brain of Britain. In 2018, Paul starred in series 8 of popular game show Taskmaster. Jenny Ryan (2015 - present): Known as 'The Vixen', Jenny was previously in a winning team on Only Connect. She also appeared in Mastermind, The Weakest Link and Fifteen To One before joining The Chase in 2015. Darragh Ennis (2020 - present): A postdoctoral researcher, Darragh joined The Chase in 2020 as 'The Menace'. He is the first former contestant to join the line-up, having been part of a winning team against Paul Sinha in 2017.
The Irish Sun
2 hours ago
- The Irish Sun
Liam insulted me but I'll sing every word at Oasis tonight… they blew me away when I was 21 & still do, says Vernon Kay
WHEN Oasis strike the opening chords of their reunion tour tonight, it will be an incredibly emotional moment for me. Alongside my 16-year-old daughter Amber, younger brother Stephen and tens of thousands of mad-for-it fans, I'll be singing along to every word Advertisement 10 Oasis fan Vernon Kay at a gig in the 90s Credit: Supplied 10 Vernon and Noel at Radio 2 in 2023, sharing memories of the Manchester club scene Credit: Instagram/vernonkay 10 Vernon with wife Tess and daughters Phoebe and Amber Credit: Instagram I'm buzzing and really can't wait. It will be the band's first show since the year of Amber's birth. Now a whole new generation of fans will witness first-hand what we've been raving about for so long. The best thing is Amber has found Oasis without me, saying: 'You need to listen to this brilliant band.' I'll be such a proud dad as we sing all the lyrics together. Advertisement READ MORE ON OASIS I've been sending her different bootlegs of their live performances and we've already had a practice run, belting out their anthems. I might have to make a few excuses for Liam's language, though — I know from personal experience that he has a fruity turn of phrase. Back in 2009, I was at a Prodigy gig when I bumped into For a minute, I thought he was going to hit me. He shouted: 'No, I'm f***ing not you lanky streak of p***.' Advertisement Most read in Music I think he then called me lanky bollocks. But he's brilliant company. Liam Gallagher reveals new details about Oasis tour – before quickly deleting post People ask: 'Who would be your top ten dinner party guests?' Well, Advertisement Everyone would go: 'Alright then, let's have one of them.' For me — and countless others — today's show will be a return to the golden days of our youth. When Supersonic, the first single, hit the charts in April 1994, it had the simplicity of dance music with the excitement of raucous guitars. I was 21 and me and my friends were blown away. They were just so relatable. Advertisement The band dressed like us and had similar attitudes. Growing up in Bolton, my musical journey began with the train to Manchester every Saturday with my mates. We'd visit Piccadilly Records and try to blend in with the trendy kids with baggy jeans. Then I got into dance music. There were loads of clubs in Manchester including the Hacienda — the best club I've ever been to. Just blown away We started to notice bill posters all over for this group called Oasis. We didn't immediately jump on the band-wagon, but when Oasis exploded in 1994, we totally got it. Advertisement Noel used to go to the Hacienda and Oasis rehearsed at the Boardwalk, another club we went to — it was all so familiar. And then as they grew and grew and grew and grew, we felt like it was OUR band. It felt like a great movement — a wonderful moment in time. I think that dance music and the early days of Britpop ran hand in hand. A couple of years earlier, it was all grunge. I went to the 1992 Reading Festival with Nirvana headlining. Advertisement It was quite heavy and the look was army boots and baggy jumpers. Then all of a sudden there seemed to be this ray of sunshine from behind the grunge hills and everyone was wearing Oasis tracksuit tops and Clarks Wallabee shoes. I had the Liam haircut, but never went for his swaggering walk. I'm sure there'll be plenty attempting it on the way to the stadium tonight. Back in the early 1990s, I was living for the weekend and going out — we were all over the different scenes. Advertisement In the Nineties, whether you were into dance music, rock and roll — whatever you want to call it — all the genres came together Vernon Kay Radio One championed Oasis at the time, especially Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq, so they were played a lot. In August 1994, their debut album Definitely Maybe was released and went straight to number one. As soon as it came out, I was like, 'Right, I'm having a bit of this'. It's just a brilliant album. Advertisement Noel has said that the lyrics and stories on it are all about living on the breadline, but being with your mates and having a great time. Just sitting in a park on star-filled nights and staring up at the sky. It sounds quite romantic. Liam and Noel grew up on a council estate. I didn't, but being from a working-class family I really felt the energy they transmitted. You could tell Manchester changed immediately when Oasis broke through. They made young people feel free. Advertisement Next week, they head back to Manchester where it all began. I'll be presenting my radio show live from the city as a celebration of the band, with fans sharing Oasis memories. Adds such a spark Britpop was a social phenomenon. The bands — Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Supergrass, Shed 7 — had loads of character with a bit of political anger thrown into the mix. It was just fab. Perhaps that's what's lacking in music today. Britpop was fun. Advertisement And I think, in the Nineties, whether you were into dance music, rock and roll — whatever you want to call it — all the genres came together. And that's why it was so good. In 2023, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds appeared, accompanied by the strings section of the BBC Concert Orchestra, for my Radio Two show. Beforehand, we talked for around an hour about the Hacienda days and dance music. Noel is very concise in how he speaks — very similar to his lyrics. He gets straight to the point. I understand how Noel and Liam fell out. Me and Stephen call each other all sorts, but the last person who speaks will do it with a snigger. Advertisement You can say things to your brother that you can't say to anyone else. It'll be interesting to see what the Gallaghers' relationship is like on stage. That's the melodrama that adds such a spark to the band. Forget the ticket sale debacle — this tour is going to be phenomenal. There's just going to be so much positivity, all the way through from the opening chords to the encore. Advertisement And I'll be moist-eyed, singing along to every track as my youngest daughter's generation gets to see the band that changed everything. GALLAGHER KIDS WELL PLAID! FOUR of Liam and Noel's kids got together for a family photoshoot ahead of Oasis's record-breaking reunion tour. The new-gen Gallaghers – Liam's children Molly, 27, Lennon, 25, and Gene, 24, along with Noel's daughter Anais, 25 – were decked out in Burberry as they posed in style for W Magazine. 10 New-gen Gallaghers from left to right: Molly, Lennon, Anais and Gene Credit: @sk8rmom420/W Magazine Advertisement 10 Anais in a Burberry design Credit: @sk8rmom420/W Magazine The Britpop nepo-babies opened up about their lives as part of the formerly feuding brothers' brood. The alleged architect of Oasis's reunion, Noel's photographer daughter Anais, tells the publication: 'My plan is to be at every UK date, and my camera will be with me every step of the way.' Liam's sons Lennon and Gene have followed in the musical footsteps of their rock star dad, with the brothers both part of rock bands on top of their fashion duties. Advertisement But their fellow model sister Molly revealed she shunned the idea of a music career. 'I honestly couldn't think of anything worse than being on stage in front of an audience', she told the magazine. 10 Lennon looks laid back in casual clobber Credit: @sk8rmom420/W Magazine 10 Gene looking dapper in a shirt and tie Credit: @sk8rmom420/W Magazine 10 Molly in a crimson leather coat Credit: @sk8rmom420/W Magazine Advertisement TAMBO SALES SOAR BY 155% TAMBOURINES, bucket hats and anoraks are flying off the shelves as fans clamour to mimic their idols. Sales of the instrument – which 10 Tambourines are flying off the shelves thanks to Liam Gallagher Credit: Getty Noel has previously poked fun at his brother, describing 'the tambourine player' in the group as 'a bit of a loose cannon'. Advertisement Elsewhere, diehard followers of Oasis have been snapping up parkas and anoraks in the lead-up to their epic reunion. In another Nineties throwback, bucket hats are also back in a big way, with purchases jumping by 89 per cent in the past three months. FREE PINT WITH FLAMING GRILL AS part of their Summer To Be Shared campaign, and to back the return of Oasis, Flaming Grill pubs are teaming up with some of your favourite drink brands to offer readers a FREE pint or soft drink, at any of 135 pubs, today or tomorrow. Pub-goers can expect tribute bands, non-stop Oasis tunes, strictly no-Oasis quizzes, and more over the summer. To claim your FREE drink – just take the voucher below to any Flaming Grill pub, which you can locate at HUNDREDS of drones formed The gizmos were launched from neighbouring rugby ground, Cardiff Arms Park, and could be seen from several miles away shortly before midnight on Wednesday. Advertisement Fan James Fenton, 44, who spotted the display, hailed it 'amazing'. 10 Drones formed Oasis's logo in lights above Cardiff's Principality Stadium Credit: WNS
