Newsday writer Lewis Beale spoke with Hilary Duff in a Q&A about her new movie ‘War, Inc.’, also asking the 20-year-old about the breakup of her parents Susan and Bob and how it has affected her personally and her career. “I don’t think it has affected my career,” Hilary responded. “I knew people would find out about it, because when I was making that album [2007’s ‘Dignity’], it was on my mind. It has changed my life forever, and I wanted my fans to know about it. I was 18 when it happened, and I think growing up in my business, I grew up a little faster. You just never think it will happen to you when you’re that age, when your parents have been together for so long. It was a shock, it’s tough, and it’s still tough every day.” Read more.
No Sibling Rivalry Between Haylie And Hilary Duff
TV Guide spoke with Haylie Duff about her new role as a mentor for aspiring theater stars in MTV’s new reality series, ‘Legally Blonde: The Search for the Next Elle Woods’, as well as if she has a sibling rivalry with Hilary. “There’s not,” Haylie insisted. “People always want to expect that, but we’re so focused on what we’re doing individually… that that’s the last thing that happens.”
Paparazzi Stalk Hilary Duff At Barneys New York
Hilary Duff was spotted exiting Barneys New York in Beverly Hills on Sunday (May 25). The singer/actress, dressed in a black tank top and matching pants, painted on a smile while telling the pesky paparazzi, “Please stop following me.” One of the snappers responded, “I can’t promise you that” while the other bottom dwellers mimicked and mocked her request. Duff then hopped in her G-Wagon. Watch footage via YouTube below.
On TV: Justin Timberlake, New Kids On The Block, Hilary Duff
Pop acts on television this week include:
Clay Aiken, who performs on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ on Monday and visits ‘Rachael Ray’ and ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ on Friday.
‘American Idol’ castoff Jason Castro, who visits ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ on Monday.
Ace Young and Brandon Rogers, who guest star on FOX’s ‘Bones’ on Monday.
Gavin DeGraw, who performs on ‘Last Call with Carson Daly’ on Tuesday.
Hilary Duff, who visits ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ on Tuesday.
Kate Nash, who performs on ‘The Tonight Show’ on Wednesday and ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ on Friday.
Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin, who perform on ‘Last Call’ on Thursday.
Robyn, who performs on ‘The View’ on Thursday.
Justin Timberlake, who visits ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ on Friday.
New Kids on the Block, who perform on ‘Today’ on Friday.
Hilary Duff Talks About Racy New Role In ‘War, Inc.’
Hilary Duff is diverting from her squeaky clean image to play a troubled pop star in her latest film, ‘War, Inc.’, which screened at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The singer/actress spoke with The ShowBuzz about the role. “It was a fun time for me to be able to act completely different than who I am and do something a little wild,” Duff said. As for whether she’s concerned about how parents of her fans will react to the role, Hilary said, “I was when I was filming it, and now I think I’m over it. I have to make myself happy at the end of the day, and I have to do things that challenge me in my work. And that’s not who I am in real life.” Watch the interview below the cut. (more…)
Hilary Duff, Others Weigh In On Miley Cyrus ‘Nude’ Picture Flap
Fox News Channel’s ‘Live Desk’ had a panel discussion on the images of Miley Cyrus in Vanity Fair magazine featuring the ‘Hannah Montana’ star appearing to be nude except for a bed sheet covering her up.
Martha McCallum spoke first with Fox News entertainment correspondent Jill Dobson, who played their exclusive comment from Hilary Duff on the controversy. “You have to be smart about it, and realize the position you’re in,” Duff said. “And that everybody is going to want to try to find the bad.”
‘Fox & Friends Weekends’ co-host Ainsley Earhardt thought it was a good lesson for Miley to learn at an early age. Conservative author Eric Metaxas says he hopes her Christian fans will turn their back on Miley if she thinks this is a career move. Finally, radio talk show host Bill Press wondered what Miley’s father Billy Ray was thinking, saying it was “outrageous to take advantage of her like this.”
The video segment at FoxNews.com has since been removed.
On TV: Feist, Hilary Duff, Robyn
Pop acts on television this week include:
Duffy, who performs on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ on Monday.
Santogold, who performs on ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ on Monday.
Josh Kelley, who performs on ‘Last Call with Carson Daly’ on Monday.
Feist, who performs on ‘The Colbert Report’ on Monday and ‘Late Night’ on Wednesday.
Hilary Duff, who visits ‘Live with Regis and Kelly’ on Monday and ‘Total Request Live’ on Tuesday.
‘American Idol’ castoff Carly Smithson, who visits ‘Live with Regis and Kelly’, ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ and ‘The Sauce’ on Monday.
Natasha Bedingfield, who performs on ‘The Tonight Show’ on Tuesday.
George Stanford, who performs on ‘Last Call’ on Tuesday.
Girlicious, who visit ‘The Sauce’ on Tuesday and ‘TRL’ on Wednesday.
Neil Diamond, who is the mentor and musical guest on ‘American Idol’ on Tuesday and Wednesday, and performs on ‘Today’ on Friday.
Robyn, who performs on ‘The Late Show with David Letterman’ on Thursday.
Avril Lavigne, who performs on ‘The Tonight Show’ on Thursday.
Aaron Carter To Hilary Duff: Take Me Back
In response to a video posting at YouTube [since removed] offering a slideshow of Aaron Carter’s exes - apparently he’s broken up with Kaci Brown - and Hilary Duff’s ex Joel Madden and current boyfriend Mike Comrie, suggesting Aaron and Hilary should get back together, Aaron himself posted the following message on his MySpace: “Everybody makes mistakes, but you live and you learn. Hilary when you’re ready. I’m here. I want to say thank you for whomever put this together. It means a lot to me.”
Hilary & Haylie Duff In Court for Parents’ Divorce Hearing
Hilary Duff, her sister Haylie, and their mother hurled insults at a FOX 26 News crew as they left a downtown Houston courthouse. The Duff sisters were in a Houston courtroom at Harris County Family Law Center for a divorce hearing involving their parents.
Video of the incident at myfoxhouston.com has since been removed.
Miley Cyrus Gets A Call From Hilary Duff On ‘MuchOnDemand’
Miley Cyrus of ‘Hannah Montana’ fame dropped by ‘MuchOnDemand’ in Toronto on Friday (December 14) to chat with VJ Leah Miller about the ups and downs of fame. She then got a special phone call from Hilary Duff, who was pretending to be a fan phoning in to ask the 15-year-old a question. After being told it was Hilary, Miley said recently meeting the fellow Disney spawn made her “for once speechless.”
The singer and actress took a call from a familiar sounding girl who asked if she still enjoyed her job. “I still enjoy it. It gets harder and harder with some of the parts that aren’t so fun,” Miley said. “Early mornings and stuff like that gets super hard, but I think the thing that keeps me going is the genuine love for it. That’s what got me started. If I didn’t love it I wouldn’t be here. That’s what my dad taught me too. If you’re not having fun, just don’t do it anymore.”
After Leah identified the caller as Hilary, she said about Miley, “We met not to long ago and I had such a good time. Miley is so talented and so sweet I just called in to say hi.”
Miley said about their time together, “Getting to meet you was seriously like, I never be quiet, and I was speechless. I was so happy. Thank you so much just for everything. I never got a chance to tell you this, but thank you for making it cool to be a good girl and to want to be a good role model. Thank you for making that cool, because that’s something I really look up to you a lot for.”
Watch the clip via YouTube below.
