Jessica Simpson Packs a Posse for Shoot (E! Online)

Marc Malkin Thu Jul 24, 12:58 PM ET Los Angeles (E! Online) - Jessica Simpson was full of holiday cheer today. And full of hangers-on, as well. I'm told there were at least a half a dozen people in her posse when she arrived to shoot for her Macy's commercial this morning in Brooklyn, N.Y... "She also had her dog in a Louis Vuitton carrier," a source reports. "And her mom may have even been there, too." Simpson (left, leaving her Manhattan hotel for the shoot) was expected to finish her bit in less than a day. The source reports that the campaign—directed for the second year in a row by big-time Hollywood helmer Barry Levinson—includes two different scenarios. One features a woman trying to get ready for a date, and another centers around the famous "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" newspaper editorial from 1897.... [read full story]