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Pictures of Hilary Duff on CHUM FM:
 
29 Apr 2007
Hilary Duff photographed by Toronto’s Tannis Toohey for The Star
  
There is also an interview:
Turns out, though, that the 19-year-old Duff is a charming, surprisingly self-effacing sweetie in conversation.
She pokes fun at her manager’s German accent, confesses her deep love of Morrissey and underground Omaha electro-punk outfit The Faint – who recently rewarded Duff’s effusive fanhood by remixing one of the many dance floor-inclined tracks on Dignity – and doesn’t even bat an eye at an ill-conceived (and unintentional) jab at band Good Charlotte, whose front man Joel Madden was, until recently, her boyfriend.
The new album, her third, "was a big change because I wrote it," says Duff, who co-authored Dignity with a number of A-list producers and songwriters for hire. "It has all of me in it. I never did my records like that before. I got to choose the music, but this time around it was, like, I’d sit down and think: `What happened to me yesterday? What happened to me today?’ and just write. It was very therapeutic, in a way. And easy – I was shocked at how easy it was to be honest about yourself and things that affect you.
"It is a dance record, but I wanted it to be serious. I wanted to talk about serious things, but do it in a not-so-serious way, with music that makes you want to get up and dance."
Although she has two No. 1 albums under her belt, Duff maintains she’s still not entirely sure of herself as a pop singer. She wasn’t that confident laying out her vision for the record in the studio, she says, and it’s taken her a couple of tours to get over being "petrified" when she sings in front of crowds.
"I told my manager, `I don’t know why you wanna work with me. I wanna be a singer, but I don’t know what I’m doing and you’re never gonna get me on a stage. I don’t wanna do that in front of people,’" she recalls.
"I’m used to being able to mess up and go again, and have no one see my mess-ups and have it not really matter. But onstage you only have one shot and that made me nervous. But now I’m cool with it.
"You get kind of addicted to it, you know? It’s that feeling of total acceptance. When people come to your show, they come for you – they love you. And I just had to put that in my mind to feel comfortable and then it was, like, a blast."…
"Maybe I’m a little bit of a schizophrenic. It’s just so normal for me now. I was writing my record and then I went to film a movie, and you definitely do change paces. But being on tour, you get to sleep all day and then play your shows at night. And with movies, you get up at 5 and you film all day. I like it just as much, but it’s definitely not as exciting."
29 Apr 2007 People Magazine has listed Hilary Duff in their 100 Most Beautiful people edition:
29 Apr 2007 April 28
Week of 4/16:
- 1. Daughtry - Home
- 2. Christina Aguilera - Candyman
- 3. Daughtry - It's Not Over
- 4. Katharine McPhee - Over It
- 5. Hilary Duff - With Love
- Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats
- Linkin Park - What I've Done
- Carrie Underwood - Wasted
- Fallout Boy - This Ain't A Scene, It's An
Arms Race
- Chris Brown (featJay Biz) - Poppin'
28 Apr 2007 Here is a great clip of Hilary Duff playing the ‘With Love’ Card Game. I am not 100% sure where this came from, but it’s a fun little clip:
28 Apr 2007
Hilary Duff did another radio interview with Rick Dees. On it she does confirm some tour plans.
- 1 month in Canada
- Summer in the US
- Europe
The tour was earlier stated to be about 7 months in total.
Listen to the entire interview:
28 Apr 2007
If you didn’t check out the ‘With Love’ remix featuring Slim Thug on Hilary’s Myspace earlier, here it is now uploaded to play here:
28 Apr 2007 Check out the latest installment of the Hilary Duff Yahoo Webisodes:
28 Apr 2007  Hilary Duff interview with Canoe’s JAM! Music:
Hilary Duff wouldn’t call her latest album, Dignity, her "breakup" album.
As in, it’s not mainly about the end of her relationship with Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden, who has since hooked up with Nicole Richie.
In fact, that characterization drives the singer — who was in Toronto yesterday promoting Dignity, which is noticeably darker in lyrics and more dance-oriented in sound — a bit nuts.
"I hate hearing that, it’s so annoying," said Duff.
"For the first time, I (co-wrote) my record and I’m really proud of this. And, yeah, I was in a relationship for two and a half years and I’m 19, and that was a huge part of my life, so there’s definitely songs on the record about Joel.
"It’s a big mixture of things and it was just what I was feeling at the time. But nobody wants to talk about the good songs that I wrote, like Never Stop. It’s my favourite song on the record and it’s all about being in a relationship and being so happy.
"Of course, everyone wants to focus on the songs that are supposedly about his girlfriend. So it’s hurtful. I don’t have anything against Nicole Richie. I don’t know her. And I care about Joel and I want them to be happy."
Still, the title track on Dignity does frown upon the so-called "young Hollywood crowd," of which Richie is a part, with a chorus of, "Where’s your dignity? / I think you lost it in the Hollywood Hills."
"I don’t think it’s a positive thing," said Duff of behaviour ranging from panty-less outings to trips to rehabs. "People have to learn for themselves, I guess. But being in this business (brings) a responsibility to certain people, and not just young girls. Older girls look up to younger girls who are famous.
Duff, who on the track Dreamer addresses having a stalker "in a tongue-in-cheek way," said she much prefers her close relationships with family and friends.
"I don’t want that kind of (negative) attention. I guess I think it’s just kind of not real and that’s why I wrote (Dignity). I stay out of it because I don’t like it. People that party all the time, I don’t want to be around that. It’s a total game that a lot of them play. I know stories of people who call paparazzi on themselves. Who would want to do that? I don’t know, it’s just strange."
As for the bizarre head-shaving-to-rehab road that fellow pop star Britney Spears has recently travelled, Duff has a lot of empathy for her.
"I like Britney Spears. I’ve always liked her music and I think she’s really talented and I feel horrible for her. Where she lives in L.A., there’s like 40 paparazzi cars all day long, all night long. And when she leaves her house, every single one of those cars follow her.
"I would go crazy. I mean I don’t think she’s crazy, but if you could never leave your house without having that, I don’t know, I just feel for her."
28 Apr 2007 Hilary Duff is back in LA. Here are some candids from yesterday.
   
28 Apr 2007 Hilary Duff featured in Star Magazine’s StarStyle section for her fabulous hoop earrings:
28 Apr 2007 Hilary Duff’s web team for HilaryDuff.com sent me a partner update and some exclusive pictures of Hilary Duff from her Dignity release party.
Check them out!
Hilary w/ Cara D
Hilary w/ Rhett Lawrence
Hilary w/ Richard Vision
28 Apr 2007 April 27 Hilary was on Much Music On Demand in Canada on April 24, go check out the pictures! Thanks to HilaryOnline.org!
27 Apr 2007 Here are pictures of Hilary attending to the 1st Annual Allstar Celebrity Polo Challenge in Florida on April 21. Thanks HilaryOnline.org!
27 Apr 2007
Here are some pictures of Hilary at the Movieline's Hollywood Life 9th Annual Young Hollywood Awards on April 24. Thanks to HilaryOnline.org!
27 Apr 2007 Hilary fills in for Ben Mulroney and co-hosts eTalk Daily on CTV. Not only does she co-host the show, but she does a small interview in the show too.
27 Apr 2007 Some candids of Hilary Duff. First, arriving in Toronto on the 23rd:
And here she is with Troy today:
 
27 Apr 2007 Hilary Duff going for a Starbucks run in Toronto yesterday:
27 Apr 2007 Here are a couple more great blog entries from Hilary Duff about some of the events she attended in the past couple of weeks:
Having a Blast! [ 4/20/2007 ]
- Posted by : Hilary
OMG, I am in West Palm Beach and having a blast! I am visiting our friend John Goodman who has a bunch of charity events surrounding a huge polo tournament. I went to the Polo Club reception tonight. I never imagined that they would have elephants. One elephant liked me and almost scooped me up for a ride. I got to pet a boa constrictor. His name was Powder, but I wasn’t letting him around my neck. Then I ate a great dinner and took pics with some HOT Polo Players. Tomorrow is the Polo game, and what the heck; I am going to ride a horse!
Oh yeah, I can’t believe I 4got 2 tell u the best part of getting there. Ok, there aren’t any direct flights from LAX to West Palm Beach, so the plane goes into Miami, which is an hour and a half car ride. When we arrived, they had a helicopter waiting. I was terrified especially when he said that we would be there in 20 minutes! After I got in the air, I realized how cool and exciting it was to see America. We saw the Everglades, alligators swimming, beautiful views and it was awesome! I am having the time of my life, it doesn’t seem like work. I’ll show u some pics.
Thanx for the strong votes on TRL and keep sending in your ideas and opinions for our next video.
Gotta go,
ttyl
 
Palm Beach, Hollywood & Toronto! [ 4/23/2007 ]
- Posted by : Hilary
Hey guys, been flying all day. Just got to Toronto. It started raining as soon as we landed. I HOPE THAT THE WEATHER GETS BETTER! Oh yeah, last night I did the Young Hollywood Awards. The guy that does the Mac commercials was the host. He was funny. Ludacris asked me to present an award to him. I was honored and it was a good crowd. Tomorrow, I have a packed day!
Oh yeah, West Palm Beach was COOL! I played a little Polo. At first I was nervous because it is the number 2 most violent sport besides NASCAR. But once I got on the horse, everything was cool and all of the polo players said that I have good eye-hand coordination. I had fun on the horse and then we took a helicopter back to Miami Airport because there aren’t any direct flights from West Palm Beach, it’s a 2 hour car ride or 20 minute copter ride. I want to go back and relax with my friends. John Goodman, who runs the Polo Club was so nice and made us feel at home.
Again, thanx for voting for With Love on TRL. Hopefully, it will stay in the top 10 long enough to retire. I’ll have a podcast coming soon and I will tell you first before anyone else what my next video will be!
ttyl
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