Ashlee Simpson To Become Gwen Stefani II

‘The Insider’ gossip correspondent Marc Malkin has news on Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey and Ashlee Simpson. Malkin hears that Ashlee is going back into the studio to record a new single for a re-release of her current album, ‘I Am Me’. Interscope Records honcho Jimmy Iovine wants Ashlee to become the next Gwen Stefani. “He has given her what he thinks is a sure pop hit,” a source explained. “It’s the first song she’s recorded that she didn’t write.” The source added that Simpson is lucky that Stefani is pregnant. “Gwen isn’t about to do anything right now, so Jimmy can work on Ashlee,” the insider said. “The album has done okay, but he wants to add this single to really have it take off.”