The Cloverfield star joins Ashlee Simpson-Wentz as a series regular on the relaunched Melrose Place

The CW continues to lease out rooms in L.A.’s craziest apartment complex.  The Hollywood Reporter reports that Jessica Lucas, who had a recurring role on the retooled 90210, will be joining the cast of the network’s updated version of Melrose Place, set to debut this fall.  According to early reports, Lucas will be playing an inner-city elementary school teacher who is having second thoughts about her impending nuptials.  Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Katie Cassidy also have roles on the show as a small-town girl with a dark past and an aspiring publicist respectively.  Now all they need is a guest-shot from The Hills crew and the ratings will just shoot through the roof!

Relive the glory days of the original Melrose through the theme song below.

OK. I know that everybody else knows that Pete Wentz is a douchehole. It’s moot in discussion etcetera etcetera. We all know that he’s wedded to and breeding with Ashlee Simpson. We all know he’s partial to guyliner and maybe wears girl’s jeans. We all know he is in that one band Fall Out Boy which, and maybe not everyone knows this but I SURE DO, is based on a character from the Simpsons. What I totally DIDN’T KNOW (and hopefully you didn’t too otherwise this blog post is perhaps not the best ever) Pete Wentz is NOT the lead singer. He’s the BASSIST. I was born in the ’70s and this blows my mind.

The youngest Simpson sister is all grown up, married and with a baby on the way. Check out our exclusive pics of the mommy-to-b here!

Ashlee Simpson is rocking out with a new album aptly titled Bittersweet World. In between the banging beats and TV appearances, the younger Simpson is dodging questions regarding her engagement to Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz and rumors about a baby bump.

Say what you will about Ashlee Simpson. She’ a gossip-rag staple, a punch line for late-night talk show hosts and a walking billboard for pseudo-punk-pop music. But if you claim you didn’t sing along to her first single, he super-catchy “Pieces of Me,” or her latest, “Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya),” well, you’re probably lying.

From day one, Simpson has cranked out radio-friendly hits that keep even the fussiest music critics tapping their feet. with her third album, Bittersweet World, the 23-year-old is shooting for a futuristic, beat-heavy sound, courtesy of urban producers Timbaland, Chad Hugo and Kenna. This collection is a solid, ambitious attempt at establishing Simpson as a legitimate artist.

Now if only people would just listen to the music and stop asking her about getting married, having a baby, plastic surgery and if she hates her sister. No wonder this lady is singing the blues.