Hilary Duff stays Grounded...

Hilary Duff stays grounded By DAVID SCHMEICHEL -- Sun Media

It makes perfect sense that former tween queen Hilary Duff would want to name her most recent album Dignity.

For one thing, she's one of the only stars her age who could pull it off.

To date, Duff is one of scant few members of Hollywood's new guard who have yet to be arrested, shipped off to rehab, or caught flashing their lady parts to paparazzi while clumsily exiting a limo.

Instead, she has made a pretty smooth transition from teen-TV fare like Lizzie Maguire to popular big-screen projects like A Cinderella Story and the Cheaper by the Dozen franchise. Along the way, she's released six CDs, and while critics haven't always been kind to her fluffy brand of pop, the Dignity disc -- awash in electro-clash stylings and heavily autobiographical lyrics -- has been met with pretty positive reviews.

So what is it that keeps Duff -- already a show-biz veteran at the tender age of 19 -- out of the scandal sheets and in the public's good books?

"I guess it's my mom," says Duff, while being driven to her home in L.A. "I really feel like that is what has made it so easy for me to not have to go through all that.

"My mom and my sister being so close to me, and my actually caring what they have to say ... Also having a mom that doesn't want the lifestyle I have, but who just wants to be my mom."

She's definitely on to something there. While your typical train-wreck celebs (think Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton or Nick Carter) tend to have parents who are just as fame-hungry as they are, those lucky enough not to be dogged by scandal (think Justin Timberlake, Mandy Moore, and ... uh, see how hard this?) usually have guardians content to offer support from the sidelines.

Perhaps we have Duff's mom to thank for the perky pop star's preternatural poise, which seems a bit at odds with the awkward antics she engaged in on the Lizzie Maguire set back in the day.

"Well, in some ways I was a lot like that character, but I've also always been pretty mature for my age," says Duff, when asked which persona -- clumsy klutz or dignified diva -- most resembles the real-life Hilary.

Not that she's looking to show all her cards anytime soon. A far more private person than her compatriots, Duff says she found it difficult to air some of her dirty laundry on Dignity, which sees her riffing on a failed relationship, her parents' recent divorce, and a stalker jailed for harassing her in 2006.

"At first it was scary, because you're like, 'How much do I want people to know?' " explains Duff, who's been romantically linked to Aaron Carter and Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden. "It's hard to let your guard down when you're so used to having it up, but it got easier."

That practice should prove beneficial where Duff's acting career is concerned, especially since it's the outlet she plans to focus on whenever doubling as an actress and a singer grows too demanding.

Though her prior efforts have netted her a string of Razzie Award nominations (not a good thing), she's got two high-profile film projects due out this year -- voice-work on the animated comedy Foodfight!, and a part in the political satire War Inc., alongside John Cusack, Marisa Tomei and Ben Kingsley.

But fans of her albums needn't worry -- she isn't done with singing just yet.

"It's that instant gratification of having a live audience in front of you," Duff says, when asked what recording offers that acting doesn't. "Having people who don't even speak the same language as you relating to you, and singing all the words to your songs."

Courtesy: Jam.canoe.ca

Hilary Duff died in an Accident (RUMORS) OH-Hilary.com Hacked

From Hilarynews.com

I just wanted to post this before people get too worried. I got an email that there is a message posted to oh-hilary.com that Hilary Duff died in a car accident. I believe this to be untrue.

Based on the look of the oh-hilary website, it appears to have been hacked by someone playing a cruel joke. They were unfortunately hacked earlier this month and lost all posts, and now all posts minus this one seem to have disappeared again. This leads me to suspect it is again a hacker behind this mean post.

There are no corroborating news stories or even blog entries to support the claim that anything bad has happened to Hilary Duff. Rest assured it would be in the news if it were true.

Just after I read the above post in Hilarynews.com I thought I should visit the site that was hacked.
Yes, It was. See the screenshot of oh-hilary.com just after the site owners knew that their site had been hacked.
No one can believe Hilary Duff died of Car Accident.

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This was the second time oh-hilary.com has been hacked. I do not know what has happened to the site's security arsenal.

This time Hilary Duff Encyclopedia is totally depended upon the security backbone of Blogger, so we think we should be safe, until BLOGGER is hacked.

Hilary Duff goes to a Pilates class - July 12, 2007

Hilary Duff goes to a Pilates class as included in Hduffworld.com

The Pilates Method (sometimes simply Pilates), pronounced /pɪlaˡtiz/ ("Puh - LAH - Teez"), is a physical fitness system that was developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates. Pilates wrote at least two books about the Pilates method: Return to Life through Contrology and Your Health: A Corrective System of Exercising That Revolutionizes the Entire Field of Physical Education.
Courtesy: Wikipedia.org

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Hilary Duff greets OURChart.com

After AfterEllen.com this is the second time Hilary Duff greeted OURChart.com
See the video.

Hilary Duff in Seventeen Magazine (part 2)

• "THE DIVORCE"
  
  I’ve dealt with this for a while. It’s news to people that don’t know me so they think it’s just happened but it hasn’t. I’ve known about it for a year and we’ve been dealing with it quietly"
  
  
• "STOLEN DRESS"
  
  I lent a dress to one of my friends and we went out and she met up with me, and her friend had on my dress! I was like ‘That’s my dress!’ So I don’t lend my clothes out to everybody [anymore], but my sister and I share everything!
  
  
• "SEXY LADY"
  
  That’s not really my personality in real life, but it’s fun to do on stage. It was just kind of like a progression with the music and with what I wrote and just wanting to dance and do something different.
  
  
• "FASHION NO-NO"
  
  Trendy buys — something comes out, and it’s just the coolest thing, but it’s so cool that you know it’s going to be hideously dorky in the next couple of months, and you spend so much money on it anyway.
  
  
• "NOT HER STYLE"
  
  High-waisted jeans — I have mom-butt in them! Maybe if you’re 6 feet tall and 100 pounds they’ll look cute on you — not cute on me. And they’re like these big wide legs and they weigh 20 pounds and you walk funny in them!

For more on the magazine and its contents, click here to read the part 1 of this article.

The rights of 'the pictures and the captions' all belong to Seventeen Magazine and they are just retrived here from here

Hilary Duff Interview People

Hilary Duff interviewed with People.com, where she talked about her music and a lot of gossips related to Hilary and her tours.
The complete Interview goes below...

Are you taking time off to relax this summer?
No, I’m going to be working all summer. I have a tour in Canada and then I start touring in the States and then I’ll be going to Europe, so it’s going to be a really crazy summer but it’s fun.

What is something that you won’t leave home without?
I bring my two dogs with me. It’s hard because you’re in a different hotel room almost every day and it’s just so impersonal. I’m definitely a homebody so having them there makes it more comfortable. And my laptop – I bring that pretty much everywhere – and lots of shoes!

So you can have options?
Yes. You know what’s funny? When you’re on tour – except for at night because you get dressed up for the show – normally you look so gross. You just throw on sweats and don’t do anything with yourself until the show. After about a month of that you’re like, "I feel like a man. I need to be cute." So I have to have cute options and put a little effort into it.

What kind of music will you listen to on the road?
I’ve been getting into a lot of older hip-hop music recently like Dr. Dre. Something about the summer brings it out in me – like I love Salt-N-Peppa. I love Amy Winehouse right now and Bloc Party’s new CD and I’m still a huge Cure fan.

You recently signed up to be a part of the Stardoll.com community. How did that happen?
When I was younger I loved paper dolls and so it’s kind of like an updated version of that. When my manager told me about it I was really excited because it sounded so cute.

What’s it like seeing yourself as a cyber doll?
It’s strange at first but I’ve done a couple things like that before. I’m a character in a video game so it just becomes normal after you start seeing yourself in magazines and on TV and everywhere else.

Do you ever read about yourself online?
I try to stay away from the gossip stuff. I used to be obsessed and I just feel like it’s so negative. I don’t like reading stuff about myself on there so I’m trying to stop reading about other people.

Does it ever get easier?
Yeah, it does when you just stop caring. It just becomes uninteresting. They say the same stuff about all the same girls or all the same people and supposedly everyone has all the same problems – it?s pretty amusing now.

What’s something that you let yourself splurge on?
Girls get cravings to get a new pair of shoes once in awhile so I definitely treat myself. I buy things for my house. I definitely feel like it’s a big treat to have what I want in my house and get to enjoy it.

Do you give yourself an allowance or do you just buy what you want?
I definitely don’t just buy what I want. When you get to that point, then you’re never excited about anything? If I splurge on a bag I still get so excited about it and like, talk about it all the time. I like feeling like that.

Is it cool or hard to be a young mogul?
It’s a little bit of both. It’s so funny that people think that I’m a mogul – I don’t do all this by myself. I get to be a part of the creative end of it and I definitely do know a lot about it but it’s not all my ideas and I have so many people that help me on a daily basis.

Is there one endeavor that is especially fun for you?
I’d say that the movies and the music are the most fun. With the music I get to be myself and I get to be on stage and there’s nothing more rewarding than that? The movies are cool because I get to challenge myself.

Did you always expect to be this successful?
I didn’t even know a lifestyle like this existed. It is really exciting and really scary at the same time. There’s a lot of pressure to deal with and a lot of stress and I do feel a little bit like a business woman but I have this other job where everyone knows who I am and everyone watches everything I do and it’s kind of scary because I really am just a person at the same time.

What’s the biggest perk in your line of work?
It’s nice to know that you affect people in positive ways. And I am really young and I’m able to support myself and help out my family if they need it or help out a friend. And since I do have a life where I can just go wherever I want whenever I want, I get to have everything I want in my house and be private and enjoy it here.

Interview Courtesy: People.com official website

Abercrombie Kids and “Dreamer”

Hilary Duff's one of the best tracks -"Dreamer", is featured on Abercrombie Kids’ website.

Click this link then on a92 radio after visiting the site to play the song...

Hilary Duff Sends 'Hello Note' to a Lesbian Website

Hilary Duff has created a video at Youtube , though the video is posted unofficially. In the video Hilary sends a Hello note to a Lesbian website AfterEllen.com. There may be many questions regarding this video. Some think its a fake, and some may even guess something about Hilary. Lets not make such wild guesses. This may also be a sort of promotion of her album Dignity. Anyway here is the video as uploaded in Youtube...


As exactly as stated in the website,

LINDSAY LOHAN WOULD HAVE MADE ONE FOR US TOO, BUT SHE'S BUSY NOW WITH ARTS AND CRAFTS
Supercute pop songstress Hilary Duff, who is out promoting her new single "Stranger" from her Dignity CD, has just passed all of you AfterEllen.com readers a sweet video love note. We're not sure why she sent it, but we like it! Maybe she has a girl crush on us, or is angling to make our Hot List next year. Hey, after watching her "Stranger" video (hello, bellydancing!), I'd vote for her!

Hilary Duff Teamed up with StarDoll

Stardoll, is the website that lets you dress up your favorite stars or even yourself and Hilary Duff has tied uo with the website.

So,Cool things about this is that Hilary Duff will be on Stardoll for live chats, browse the inspired-by-Hilary fashion designs, and listen to her music online.

From the profile of Hilary at Stardoll, I have extracted these, the favourites of Hilary Duff.

• Hilary’s favourite celeb is Hayden Panettiere
• Hilary’s favourite color is red
• Hilary’s favourite tv show is Entourage
• Hilary’s future dream job is to work as an architect

From the press release:

LOS ANGELES and STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 20 /PRNewswire/ — Stardoll, the world’s largest online entertainment destination for girls aged 10-17 focused on fun, fashion and friends, today announced that pop icon Hilary Duff, has officially joined its virtual community. By debuting a "Real Celebrity" page with her label, Hollywood Records, Hilary and Stardoll have launched a unique promotional platform from which she can interact with Stardoll’s more than 8 million members of aspiring fashionistas and pop culture enthusiasts.

Soon, when a member of Stardoll visits Hilary’s "Real Celeb" page they

will have the opportunity to browse virtual fashion designs inspired by actual de

signs created by Hilary herself, which they can buy with Stardollars — the site’s virtual currency. Having recently launched her own fashion collection of tween couture — known as "Stuff by Hilary Duff" — the artist is recognized among her fans as a talented fashion designer with a variety of cultural influences from around the world. If members log in at the

right time, they could have the opportunity to talk with her about those influences by participating in a live online chat with her.

In addition, anyone who visits Stardoll will soon be greeted by a recording of her voice welcoming them to the site and inviting them to discover her music. Today she launches a playlist of streaming songs and video from her just-released album "Dignity." Fans can listen to her music privately or can hold Hilary "Listening Parties," where they gather together in a virtual room to chat and enjoy her newest tunes. All of her fans will have the ability to access Hilary’s concert tour schedule, promotional photos, and to visit the digital storefront where Stardoll members can purchase real CDs or DVDs.

"I’m extremely excited to join Stardoll," said Hilary Duff. "There’s such a positive energy and passion for creativity and personal expression running through the community. I’m looking forward to sharing my music and fashion ideas with everyone."