Hilary Duff serves launch to poor and homeless

Spotted: Hilary Duff serving lunch to the homeless and poor at the Herb Jamieson Center in Edmonton, Canada, on Wednesday. The Duffster, such a do-gooder!

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The news Item from Canada.com

Duff Dishes Out
Pop singer Hilary Duff dished up chicken stew for hundreds of homeless men in Edmonton on Wednesday as part of her personal campaign to raise awareness about poverty and hunger.

The teen celebrity served the hot lunch and dessert for an hour at a downtown emergency shelter, and visited the nearby headquarters of Hope Mission, a Christian social care agency.

“The Hope Mission was a priority and we wanted to lend a hand,” she said after completing her kitchen shift. “It’s so rewarding for me. I love to get down and dirty and help out.”

The singer kicked off the Canadian leg of her North American Dignity tour Saturday in Winnipeg.
In Edmonton, she was soliciting non-perishable food donations from concertgoers, which will be distributed in the city through the food-raising charity Alberta Harvest.

The singer often collaborates with lead organization Canadian Harvest, and has raised more than 125,000 pounds of food on her past two Canadian tours.

Founder Stan Curtis said each concert can bring in as many as 3,000 cans of food, enough for 6,000 meals.

Hunger and homelessness are intertwined and simple problems to solve, Duff said, adding that compassion is key.

“A big misconception of charity work and celebrities is that it takes a lot of money,” she said. “It doesn’t take a lot of money. Your time is the best thing you can give.”

At the mention of reports that Duff is dating New York Islanders player Mike Comrie, the 19-year-old singer’s face brightened with a girlish grin, calling it a funny coincidence to be performing in Comrie’s hometown.

“I’m in Edmonton, he’s from Edmonton,” she said, squirming in her chair. “Some of the guys (at the shelter) asked me about him, about hockey.”

Hope Mission spokeswoman Janelle Aker said Duff’s efforts will help raise awareness with a younger demographic that might not know about the emergency shelter. Many of Duff’s fans are children.

“She stayed for the whole lunch,” Aker said. “Until the last man received his food.”
© CanWest News Service 2007

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Hilary Duff Dignity World Tour, and the 26 pages World Tour Book

Hilary Duff ‘Dignity’ Tour Book - the tour book is 26 pages long and features photography from the ‘Dignity’ photoshoot, candid concert photography, as well as new photoshoot pictures of Hilary Duff!

View all the book scans at oh-hilary.com

Hilary Duff Tour Videos More...

Cover of Depeche Mode’s "Personal Jesus" (Reach Out and Touch Faith)

Cover of "Love is a Battlefield" by Pat Benatar

Cover of "A Day Away" by Major Tom

"Play With Fire"

"Dignity"

"Never Stop"

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Nicole Richie Confirms she is pregnant

Nicole Richie, the girlfriend to Hilary Duff's ex-boyfriend, confirms to ABC News that she is pregnant with the child of her current boyfriend Joel Madden.
Read the news...They are about 4 months along now in the pregnancy.

"Yes I am. We are. I’m almost four months," says Richie in an interview airing on Good Morning America Thursday and on 20/20 Friday (Aug. 2, 3)…

Richie, 25, also tells Sawyer why she pleaded guilty for an arrest stemming from a December 2006 incident in which she was spotted driving the wrong way on the freeway and admitted to police that she’d smoked pot and taken Vicodin before driving.

"I have a responsibility and it’s something that I did wrong," says Richie, "and if I could personally apologize to every single person that has lost a loved one from drunk driving I would. And unfortunately I can’t, but this is my way of paying my dues and taking responsibility and being an adult."

Richie was sentenced to four days in jail and will have to complete three years of probation and pay a $2,048 fine.

Richie, the 25-year-old adopted daughter of Lionel Richie, has been seeing the 28-year-old Madden for more than six months. She had previously dated Canadian music producer and entrepreneur Brad Salyn and was engaged to DJ AM, aka Adam Goldstein. Madden was dating tween queen turned Maxim covergirl Hilary Duff before breaking it off to start dating Richie.

Hilary Duff to co-host Teen Choice Award 2007

Hilary Duff and Nick Cannon will serve as co-hosts for the star-studded event.

She's a teen queen sensation, so it makes perfect sense that HILARY DUFF has been chosen to host Teen Choice 2007.

FOX announced on Wednesday that the 19-year-old actress/singer will co-host the event with teen heartthrob NICK CANNON on Sunday, August 26.

Hilary is certainly no stranger to the Teen Choice Awards. She hosted them once before in 2005 and has received a total of 11 Teen Choice nominations over the years for her work in TV, film and music.

Among the categories that sets this awards show apart from other ceremonies include Choice Sidekick, Choice Rumble and Choice Chemistry. Celebrities scheduled to appear include JESSICA ALBA, MILEY CYRUS, DANE COOK, ANNA PAQUIN and ASHLEE SIMPSON.

Teen Choice 2007 will air on FOX on August 26 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Courtesy:Etonline.com

Hilary Duff arrives to Edmonton for her next performance

Hilary Duff arrives to Edmonton for her next performance on 3rd August at AB Rexall Palace.

Some pictures during the arrival from oh-hilary.com

Mike Comrie's cousin Gary reveals the secrets between Mike and Hilary Duff

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW! Hilary Duff’s New Man’s Family Speaks Out! PLUS: His Parents Are In L.A.!

In an exclusive interview with 24Sizzler.com, Gary Comrie, a cousin of New York Islanders player Mike Comrie, 26, who’s just kicked off a steamy courtship with Hilary Duff, 19, says it’s no shocker the hunky hockey player has landed such a hottie.

“Well, I’m not surprised,” Gary tells 24Sizzler.com, from his home in Edmonton, Alberta. “He’s a good guy, but we don’t see much of him. He’s been living in L.A. Mike’s been in the news quite a bit lately.”

Gary adds that his 5-foot-9, 185-pound cousin lives near his parents: Although some reports say Mike’s parents live in Edmonton, 24Sizzler.com has learned from Gary they do indeed have a home in the Canadian city, but they live primarily in Newport Beach, Calif. — making a meet-and-greet with Hilary very easy! Also, Mike’s dad Bill does not have much of a hands-on role with The Brick, a Canadian furniture and appliance store chain the family runs.

Gary says he’s not too familiar with Hilary, saying “I’ve heard of her from time to time.” But he’ll have a chance to see Hilary in action, when she performs Wednesday night in Edmonton, Mike’s hometown. Plus, Mike’s parents are slated to return to Edmonton next week, when the Comrie clan will get the low-down on Hilary!

Courtesy:24sizzler.com
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The making of Stranger

Some of the pictures that were taken during the shootings of the Hilary Duff single Stranger...
She how she manages the scorpio... WOW!





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Hilary Duff USA Today Interview

On stage and behind the scenes with Hilary Duff

By William Keck, USA TODAY

Hilary Duff, 19, has come a long way since starring as Disney Channel's Lizzie Maguire. She's now no longer a mere actress or singer. Like so many stars these days, she's a brand, with a fashion line for teens and a cyberspace shingle hung on the teen community website Stardoll.com. But she still acts and sings: Two movies are coming, and she is touring in Canada to support her latest album, Dignity. (The U.S. leg starts Aug. 6 in Everett, Wash.) USA TODAY catches up with her:

Q: Will your tour costumes show off the body you worked so hard to attain?

A: The costumes are going to be amazing. There are four wardrobe changes, and all of them are either mini dresses or skirts. A lot of them are washed metallic fabrics with big holes cut out on the side for a retro look. There are motorcycle vests and burlesque-looking fringe micro-miniskirts.

Q: How will you maintain your healthy physique while on the road?

A: You have to discipline yourself. We ask for lots of fruits and veggies, but I do cheat in moderation with pizza.

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Q: What is one concert convention you will never do?

A: Never pour water on people, because if it happened to me, I'd be (peeved).

Q: What friends and family will be joining you on the tour?

A: No one for the whole time. Traveling so much gets hard on my mom (Susan), being away from her house and her dog. She'll come for the first couple of shows with her dog and then visit a couple more times. Same with my sister (Haylie) and friends. My dogs, Jack and Lola, both come tour with me, which is fun. It makes it easier for me to be in a hotel or bus all the time.

Q: You started the tour in Canada. Any special memories from Canadian tours?

A: Canada was the first time I was ever around snow, and it could be freezing. Sometimes it was so cold we couldn't go outside for a week at a time, and I didn't want to get sick. But sometimes if I had a couple of days off, we would just go play in the snow and get big cardboard boxes to slide down hills.

Q: What fun things do you do during the show?

A: In between the new songs, there's a medley we cut together of fans' favorite (Duff) songs. And I remade Love Is a Battlefield. And then we do No Woman, No Cry in the middle of So Yesterday.

Q: How are you still like a kid?

A: We have these stupid little motorbikes we ride around backstage, and we play pranks on people.

Q: When you look out into your audience, how have the faces changed?

A: From the beginning, there of course were little girls, but there were also college-student girls there. And boys. Pretty diverse. But it has gotten older as I've gotten older.

And kids don't want to bring their parents to the concerts. I love that, because I remember when I got to do that. But it also cuts ticket sales in half. It makes everything a little smaller now during this transitional phase.

Courtesy: USAToday

The interview also has a video. The video screenshots from Hilarynews.com

The interview - a video interview - talks about Hilary Duff being a ‘good girl’, making up with Lindsay Lohan, and about Stardoll. Hilary Duff shows Will how it works by dressing up Brad Pitt.

Then Hilary Duff shows him some of her new Stuff by Hilary Duff clothes. So cute! Her trademark on the clothes is there because of her nickname - people call her a Bee. Cute!

Hilary Duff Winnipeg Concert Video and High Quality Pictures

Hilary Duff’s ‘Dignity’ Tour premiere concert in Winnipeg is videoed here.
The video includes her performance of ‘Gypsy Woman’.

More videos will be included...

And some pictures from the concert

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Hilary Duff's New Band

Hilary Duff has chosen her official band.

Hilary Duff Blog Updates

Much Love… [ 7/25/2007 ]

Much Love foundation honored Hilary & Haylie for finding homes for animal rescues.
Bog Sagat was the host of the night.
Hilary met new people from animal charities she’d like to work with
Hilary is working with Fatima to get ready for the tour. She’s very hyped.

Dignity Tour / Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, & Edmonton! [ 7/30/2007 ]

The tour start in Winnipeg was great
New songs, choreography & costumes worked well
Shows coming up in Saskatoon and Calgary, then on to Edmonton
Fan club members can vote on which song should start the show in their town

Hilary Duff's Winnipeg Concert Review by David Schmeichel

The first review of the first Dignity Tour Concert by David Schmeichel

”OMG times infinity, guys!!
Former tween-queen Hilary Duff rolled through town yesterday, delighting a somewhat sparse crowd of MTS Centre attendees with an evening’s worth of polished, kid-friendly pop music.

And while we’re not usually big fans of polished, kid-friendly pop, we’ve gotta admit we have a pretty big crush on Duff, thanks largely to the fact she hasn’t been arrested, shipped off to rehab, or caught flashing her nether regions to the paparazzi in recent weeks.

Seems we’re not alone — a pretty deafening round of screams greeted the 19-year-old singer (and sometime actress) when she took to the stage last night, flanked by a seven-piece band and four extremely agile back-up dancers.

"All we can see is glow-sticks everywhere," gushed Duff, who came dressed for the occasion in silver short-shorts and sparkly stilettos.
"It’s fantastic!"

Operating almost exclusively out of her upper register, the helium-voiced cutie opened her show with the surprisingly chunky pop-rocker Play With Fire, copping a gutsy attitude that would’ve made Pat Benatar proud.
Flirting playfully with her dancers as she strutted across the stage, Duff segued into Danger, another electro-clashish number from her latest album Dignity (which, to be fair, owes a pretty hefty debt of gratitude to the likes of Gwen Stefani, Kylie Minogue and ’80s-era Madonna).

Anyone with cable could recognize the opening refrain of Come Clean, the wistful ballad that doubles as the theme song to MTV’s Laguna Beach. But those clueless enough to confuse Duff with the air-headed celebu-tards populating that program would’ve been set straight by Dignity’s title track.

"You’d show up to the opening of an envelope," dissed Duff, taking a thinly-veiled swipe at the likes of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Lindsay Lohan. "Why does everybody care about where you go?"
After ducking backstage to change into a classy-looking cocktail dress, Duff returned with the Kelly Clarkson-esque track The Getaway, then riffed on Frankie Goes to Hollywood before launching into Gypsy Woman.
She planted herself on a stool at centre-stage for the acoustic ballad Someone’s Watching Over Me, but quickly shifted things back into high gear with a medley of hits like Beat of My Heart, the reggae-infused So Yesterday, and a solid cover of the Go-Go’s Our Lips Are Sealed.

Her music might not be that sophisticated, but Duff has clearly done her homework, as evidenced when she beefed up one of her fluffier hits with elements from Dream Academy’s Life In a Northern Town, or delivered a fist-pumping version of Benatar’s Love Is A Battlefield.

Barring any unfortunate DUI arrests (or booze-fuelled head-shaving incidents), she’ll likely outlast the rest of her pop-tart contemporaries.
And while Duff has probably outgrown her fan clubs by this point, last night’s performance had us ready to sign up.
Via winnipeg sun

Also vote of thanks to Hilarynews.com