Jessica Simpson’s Blonde Ambition best movie in the Ukraine

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2008
Author: Susan
Tags: Jessica Simpson

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Okay, it’s Jessica Simpson day.  I have nothing further to say about that.  But, Fox news reports:

“Jessica Simpson is box-office dynamite in Ukraine. Her latest movie, Blonde Ambition, hit No. 1 there, grossing $253,008 last weekend, Box Office Mojo reports. The movie flopped in the U.S. in December, showing in just eight Texas theaters and making only $1,771 in its opening weekend.”

Why would the Ukraine love Simpson? – Well, if you saw Eastern Promises staring Vigo Morgenson and watched his undercover Ukrainian character gouge some ganger’s eye out with a hooked-knife thing in a Russian Bath in London, you’d understand.  "The former Soviet nations have a sweet tooth for straight-up comedies...When these comedies have big-name celebrities like Jessica Simpson's, that's all that's needed to sell the movie," editor Conor Bresnan told People.  See how simple?  Let’s not get too deep into how Eastern Promises (which also stars Naomi Watts) was really good and Blonde Ambition was equally as good.