TEEN PEOPLE Brings Jessica and Ashlee Simpson Together for Their First Joint Cover

TEEN PEOPLE Brings Jessica and Ashlee Simpson Together for Their First Joint Cover

Issue Includes TEEN PEOPLE'S Annual ARTISTS OF THE YEAR and WHAT'S NEXT Special Features

NEW YORK, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The December/January issue of TEEN PEOPLE, on newsstands November 4th, will feature both Jessica and Ashlee Simpson -- the first time the sisters have ever appeared on a magazine cover together. In the wake of a year of live TV debacles and relentless tabloid speculation, the sisters give incredibly revealing interviews to TEEN PEOPLE Music Director Zena Burns.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051101/NYTU041 )

For Ashlee, it's clear that she is now in charge. "I've had to learn that my voice is the most important one," Ashlee asserts. "Otherwise I'll drown in what everyone wants me to be." Ashlee also talks openly about her now infamous debacle on Saturday Night Live. "It's like people saying I can't sing when I know I can," says Ashlee. "Yea I messed up in front of everybody," she continues. "I love to sing. It's a joy to me. I don't do it for anyone else -- I do it for me."

Jessica speaks candidly about her tumultuous year and the never-ending pursuit by the paparazzi. "They run red lights to catch me," she says. "One time they almost hit this mom with a baby stroller!" Jessica also opens up about seeing a therapist. "Yes, I have," says Jessica. "I respect knowledge of the psyche. I would be a therapist if I weren't an entertainer."

Jessica, who has spent the last few months denying reports of an impending split from husband Nick Lachey, tells TEEN PEOPLE: "Hopefully mine and Nick's story will continue for the rest of our lives, like what we vowed, through sickness and in health."

Jessica does tell TEEN PEOPLE that these times have brought her and Ashlee closer than ever. Perhaps that's why it was time to pose together. "We are completely different people, different artists but at the end of the day we love music, we love each other, we love our family, we share a lot of the same interests but a lot of people would not know that until you read TEEN PEOPLE, which I think is very cool."

"Ashlee and Jessica Simpson are quite different when it comes to their music and their personalities, but loving sisters nonetheless. Each of them has worked with TEEN PEOPLE since before they made it big, so we're thrilled to have them both on our cover this month."

Artists of the Year

TEEN PEOPLE has selected seven artists of the year for 2005: Gwen Stefani, The Killers, Green Day, Shakira, Mariah Carey, 50 Cent and Kelly Clarkson. Artists are named to teen people's list not only for their album and concert ticket sales; this list looks at the musicians who made the biggest cultural impact on TEEN PEOPLE's audience this year.

To honor these seven hot acts, TEEN PEOPLE turned to their biggest celebrity fans -- from Elton John, to Pharrell, to Matthew Fox of Lost, to reflect on their impact. "A lot of artists come and go very quickly. The Killers just aren't that kind of band," Elton John told TEEN PEOPLE. "You're always interested to see what [lead singer] Brandon Flowers is wearing; he's a bit of a fashion icon, and everything looks good on him. He just oozes star quality!"

What's Next?

TEEN PEOPLE also delivers the news on "What's Next" in Hollywood and on the music scene -- from brand-new faces, to established actors and artists about to really blow up,

Here are the famous footsteps TEEN PEOPLE predicts these up-and-comers will follow in:

HOLLYWOOD
Jamie Bell - The Next Tobey Maguire
Kristen Bell - The Next Jen Garner
Jesse Metcalfe - The Next Chad Michael Murray
Sophia Bush - The Next Reese Witherspoon
Jon Heder - The Next Jim Carrey
Q'orianka Kilcher - The Next Natalie Portman
Joseph Gordon Levitt - The Next Ryan Gosling
Robert Pattinson - The Next Jude Law
Serena Reeder - The Next Halle Berry
Bradon Routh - The Next Ben Affleck
William Mosely - The Next Orlando Bloom

MUSIC
The Veronicas - The Next Avril Lavigne
Emma Roberts - The Next Hilary Duff
Carrie Underwood - The Next Shania Twain
Fall-Out Boy - The Next Green Day
Paul Wall - The Next Eminem
Alana Grace - The Next Alanis Morrissette
Barefoot - The Next Coldplay
Ne'yo - The Next Usher
Teddy Geiger - The Next John Mayer

TEEN PEOPLE keeps its readers clued in to what's now, what's next and what matters. Published ten times a year with two newsstand special editions, TEEN PEOPLE's guaranteed circulation is 1.45 million. TEENPEOPLE.COM is the magazine's official website.

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