Summer lovin', south of the borderJessica Simpson may be a publicity whore, but she never stooped this low. When will celebrities learn that if they take off their clothes, someone will take their picture?

Nick Lachey took his little party hound, Vanessa Minnillo, for a romantic retreat in Mexico. The phones weren't ringing, no job offers were coming in, and they had some time to kill, so what the hey, right? Let's take it all off and drink beer in the hot tub. Classy.

Word on the street is that these photos are quite tame compared to some others delivered to the weeklies after these were published. The new photos are said to be of the casually committed couple in some hot and heavy coitus. Vanessa could be thrilled with the publicity, but Nick is said to be in a panic, and trying to buy them before they end up on a porn site. The couple is said to have retained celebrity pitbull Marty Singer to nip it all in the bud, and he's already gone after a few bloggers who have posted the Mexico pics.

Will Vanessa finally get a new job because of all this publicity? Will Nick ever make her an honest woman? Not likely - she's more of a bookmark than a life partner. Jessica, on the other hand, probably laughed so hard Papa Joe had to pick her up and put her back on his lap. Her career is tanking, too, so she'll have lots of time to spend with Daddy now.