Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Willie Nelson joins 'Blonde Ambition' cast

|
|
 
  
Published: Dec. 27, 2006 at 5:33 PM

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Jessica Simpson and Willie Nelson will be reunited in the Hollywood feature "Blonde Ambition," it was reported Wednesday.

The Hollywood Reporter said the country music legend would play Simpson's grandfather in what is described as a "loose remake" of the 1988 film "Working Girl."

The pair had previously shared the screen in "The Dukes of Hazzard."

Joining the two singers will be Larry Miller, Luke Wilson, Andy Dick and Rachel Leigh Cook.

"Blonde Ambition" is shooting in New York and Shreveport, La., under the direction of Scott Marshall.

Topics: Andy Dick, Jessica Simpson, Larry Miller, Luke Wilson, Rachel Leigh Cook, Willie Nelson
© 2006 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional Entertainment News Stories
1 of 29
Members of the Army's Old Guard place flags at Arlington National Ceremtery
View Caption
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
fark
Alcohol was definitely involved
Ink is pink
Glitz, kitsch, human rights violations, a pack of Russian grandmothers, more cheese than a tailgate...
"Officer, you have the wrong house. There is NO armed robber here. My family is cooking dinner....
Illinois adds $1 sales tax to cigarettes to help fund Medicaid
13-year-old buys old Polaroid camera at a garage sale that holds a photo of a long-dead relative....