Hilary Duff

Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress, singer-songwriter, businesswoman, film producer, designer, author, and philanthropist. Born and raised in Texas, she appeared in local theater productions and television commercials in her early childhood. Duff was established as a teen idol after being cast in the Disney Channel television series Lizzie McGuire in the early 2000s and its motion picture The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003), in which she portrayed the title character. She later appeared in feature films including Agent Cody Banks (2003), Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), A Cinderella Story (2004), and Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005), which are among the biggest commercial successes of her career. Duff has additionally appeared in numerous television dramas and comedies such as Joan of Arcadia, Ghost Whisperer, Law & Order: SVUand Two and a Half Men. She successfully landed a controversial award-winning role on the third season of Gossip Girl in 2009, in which she appeared in a six-episode arc. Other than that, she had also acted in several independent films with more matured and praised roles such as in the political satire ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War,_Inc. War, Inc.] (2008) and the coming-of-age dramas According to Greta (2009) and Bloodworth'' (2011). She furthermore was a producer for a few of the movies she starred in; According to Greta and Beauty & the Briefcase, besides lending her voice for roles in a few animated features. In 2014, she filmed a pilot for the new TV Land sitcom currently titled Younger and also occasionally appears in her sister Haylie's new lifestyle web-turned-television show Real Girl's Kitchen.

After signing a recording contract with Hollywood Records, Duff released her debut studio album, which was also a Christmas album, Santa Claus Lane, in 2002. Her second album, Metamorphosis (2003), has been certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for exceeding shipments of one million copies. It spawned the singles "So Yesterday" and "Come Clean", the latter being the opening theme for MTV's hit TV series, Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. Duff's third record, Hilary Duff (2004), was certified platinum in the USA, despite only having one official single released; "Fly", which took on a rockier edge than her previous works. Similar to her self-titled album, Duff's first compilation album, Most Wanted (2005), was also certified platinum and included the singles "Wake Up" and "Beat of My Heart", where both singles peaked in the top ten in Italy. Her fourth studio album, the electronica-infused, gold certified record Dignity (2007), spawned her highest-charting single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, "With Love", which peaked at #24 and was the first of her three consecutive number ones on the Hot Dance Club Play charts. The following year in 2008, Duff released her first greatest hits album, Best of Hilary Duff, which subsequently ended her recording contract with Hollywood Records. After taking a five-year musical hiatus to focus on her acting and writing careers, she began working on her fifth studio album in September 2013, which is tentatively expected to be released in the fall of 2014, under RCA Records. Its lead single, "Chasing the Sun", was released on July 29, 2014, taking on a new light and laid-back folk-pop sound. The second single "All About You" co-written with acclaimed songwriter Savan Kotecha debuted on August 12 2014 and gained even more positive reviews from critics compared to "Chasing the Sun". To date, Duff has sold fifteen million albums worldwide.

Duff has also ventured into the retail industry. She had the successful clothing line Stuff by Hilary Duff, two exclusive fragrances with Elizabeth Arden, and the limited fashion line Femme for DKNY Jeans. Branching into the literary industry, along with the assistance of author Elise Allen, Duffwrote the novel Elixir (2010), which became a The New York Times bestseller; it was followed by the sequels Devoted (2011) and True (2013). She has also contributed to several humanitarian causes, including Blessings in a Backpack and the Think Before You Speak Campaign.



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[hide]  *1 Early life and career beginnings  ==Early life and career beginnings[ edit] == Hilary Erhard Duff was born on September 28, 1987, in Houston, Texas.[2]  She grew up between Houston and San Antonio with her father Robert Erhard Duff, a partner in a chain of convenience stores in the two areas, her mother Susan Colleen (née Cobb), a homemaker turned film and music producer, and her older sister Haylie, who is also an actress and singer.[2]
 * 2 Career
 * 2.1 2000–02: Breakthrough with Lizzie McGuire and Santa Claus Lane
 * 2.2 2003: Metamorphosis, Agent Cody Banks, and Cheaper by the Dozen
 * 2.3 2004–06: Hilary Duff, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, and Most Wanted
 * 2.4 2007–09: Dignity, Best of Hilary Duff, and independent films
 * 2.5 2010–12: Beauty & the Briefcase, Bloodworth, and early return to musical career
 * 2.6 2013–present: Fifth studio album and Younger
 * 3 Other ventures
 * 3.1 Entrepreneurship
 * 3.1.1 Clothing lines
 * 3.1.2 Fragrances
 * 3.2 Novel trilogy
 * 3.3 Philanthropy
 * 4 Public image, impact, and legacy
 * 5 Personal life
 * 5.1 Relationships
 * 5.2 Pets
 * 5.3 Feuds
 * 5.4 Parents' separation
 * 5.5 Stalking incident
 * 6 Filmography
 * 6.1 Films
 * 6.2 Television
 * 6.3 Webisodes
 * 7 Discography
 * 8 Bibliography
 * 9 Awards and nominations
 * 10 References
 * 11 Further reading
 * 12 External links

From a young age, Duff took after her older sister and, encouraged by their mother, the pair enrolled in acting, singing and ballet classes.[3]  Both girls won roles in local theatre productions and, together, at the ages of six and eight, they participated in a touring BalletMet production of The Nutcracker in San Antonio.[2]

Increasingly interested in the pursuit of show business, the Duff sisters and their mother moved to California in 1993, while their father stayed in Houston to take care of his business.[3]  The sisters auditioned for several years and were cast in many television commercials.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EarlyLifeCareer_3-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]  Due to her acting career, Duff was home-schooled from the age of eight.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">During her initial acting years, Duff primarily played minor roles like her uncredited part in the Hallmark Entertainment western miniseries True Women (1997)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  and as an uncredited extra in the ensemble comedy-drama Playing by Heart (1998). Her first major role was as the young witch Wendy in Casper Meets Wendy, based on the Harvey Comics characters, which was released in 1998. But when so released, it received mostly negative reviews.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  After appearing in the supporting role of Ellie in the television film The Soul Collector (1999), which was based on a Kathleen Kane novel, Duff accrued aYoung Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot (Supporting Young Actress).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8] ==Career<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===2000–02: Breakthrough with Lizzie McGuire and Santa Claus Lane<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">In March 2000, Duff appeared in the small guest role as a sick child in the medical drama Chicago Hope right before being cast as one of the children in the pilot episode of the NBC sitcom Daddio.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EarlyLifeCareer_3-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]  HerDaddio co-star Michael Chiklis stated, "After working with her the first day, I remember saying to my wife, 'This young girl is gonna be a movie star.' She was completely at ease with herself and comfortable in her own skin."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EarlyLifeCareer_3-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]  However, prior to the airing of the show, the producers dropped Duff from the cast. Depressed, Duff was reluctant to pursue her acting career further.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EarlyLifeCareer_3-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">A week later, she landed the title role of a newly developed Disney Channel children's television series, Lizzie McGuire after her mother, who had likewise become her manager by this time, urged her to audition.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EarlyLifeCareer_3-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]  Duff played a clumsy teen who dreams to fit in and be popular. The show made Duff a popular household name, particularly with its target demographic of pre-teens and adolescents.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  Focusing on its central character, the show's mixed media format stood out from the rest of the Disney Channel's programming of the time and, in essence, became the channel's flagship and definitive show of the early 2000s.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]  The show premiered on the Disney Channel on January 12, 2001, and was a ratings hit that attracted about 2.3 million viewers per episode.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EarlyLifeCareer_3-7" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]  However, after Duff fulfilled her 65-episode contract with Lizzie McGuire, the show ended on February 14, 2004. Though Disney considered expanding the franchise to films and a prime-time television series, those plans failed because Duff's representatives said that she was not being paid enough for the proposed series.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Duff's first role in a theatrical motion picture was in Human Nature (2002) in which she portrays the younger version of a female naturalist, played by Patricia Arquette. The film was showcased first at theCannes and Sundance film festivals.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  Duff also starred as a free-spirited girl who struggles in a strict military school in the 2002 Disney Channel television film Cadet Kelly, which became the network's most watched program in its 19-year history.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EarlyLifeCareer_3-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Duff became interested in pursuing a music career after attending a Radio Disney concert in 2001.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Billboard-Jan2004_12-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]  She had started vocal lessons before her acting career began; resuming those, she also became one of Andre Recke's clients at Hollywood Records.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NewsTimesJan2005_13-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]  Duff's music career began with two soundtrack appearances: In 2002, she appeared on the soundtrack to the Lizzie McGuire series, performing a cover version of Brooke McClymont's "I Can't Wait," which received tremendous success on Radio Disney, and the Walt Disney Records compilation DisneyMania, performing a cover of "The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Billboard-Jan2004_12-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">The same year, she released a holiday album titled Santa Claus Lane (2002) which was a collection of Christmas songs that included duets with her sister, Lil' Romeo, and Christina Milian. Accompanied by the Disney Channel-only single "Tell Me a Story (About the Night Before)," the album peaked at 154 on the US Billboard 200 album chart and was certified gold.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]  While her songs were hits on Radio Disney, including "Why Not?," and "What Dreams Are Made Of," both of which had been featured in The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003), Recke and executives at Buena Vista Music Group envisioned Duff reaching a more mature audience.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Billboard-Jan2004_12-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12] ===2003: Metamorphosis, Agent Cody Banks, and Cheaper by the Dozen<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Duff released her debut album, Metamorphosis, in 2003. The album received mixed reviews from music critics; some complimented it for being a modern-day bubblegum album, while others considered the album to be a promotional gimmick for Duff's musical career, lacking real substance. Nonetheless, Metamorphosis reached number one on the Billboard 200 and Canadian Albums Chart and sold over five million copies worldwide by late 2005.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-peoplebiography_2-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Disney_Stars_on_the_Rise_16-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16]  Its lead single "So Yesterday," was a top ten hit in several countries despite not impacting in her native United States; its follow-up, "Come Clean," had the same effect and was chosen as the theme song for Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]  The third single, "Little Voice," was not released in the United States, but it was a minor hit in Australia.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[18]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Duff further promoted the album with the Metamorphosis Tour that ran from November to December 2003. Most shows that were scheduled in major cities were sold out.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[19]  Metamorphosis earned Duff her first Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Female Singer as well as Best New Female Artist at the World Music Awards in 2004. Before embarking on another American tour, titled Most Wanted, which she conducted from July to September 2004, Duff also recorded a cover of The Go-Go's selection "Our Lips Are Sealed," with her sister Haylie, for the original A Cinderella Story soundtrack.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-MTV-May2004_20-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[20]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">In 2003, Duff received her first major role in a feature film when she was cast opposite Frankie Muniz, playing the love interest of his title character in the action comedy Agent Cody Banks. The film received positive reviews; Scott Foundas of Variety magazine labelled Duff's performance "charming," yet thought she was "sidelined with little to do much of the time."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[21]  The same year, Duff reprised her role as Lizzie McGuire for The Lizzie McGuire Movie. It received mixed reviews; some criticized her acting skills whilst David Levine from Filmcritic.com called it "an unabashed promotion of Duff's image."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[22] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[23] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[24] Later that year, Duff played one of the 12 children of Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt in the family comedy Cheaper by the Dozen, a remake of the 1950 film, which remains her highest grossing film to date, despite not-so-complimentary reviews of Duff's performance. Slant Magazine reviewer Nick Schager wrote that Duff "does nothing more than look perky and stylish."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-boxofficeduff_25-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[25] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[26]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Duff also made several guest appearances in television shows which included the role of a makeup salesperson in George Lopez; in 2003 she later reappeared in the show in 2005 as Kenzie, a feminist poet friend of the character Carmen (Masiela Lusha). In 2003, she also portrayed one of The Shangri-Las opposite her sister Haylie in the second season of American Dreams, while in 2005, she played a classmate and idolizer of Amber Tamblyn's title character in Joan of Arcadia.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[27] ===2004–06: Hilary Duff, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, and Most Wanted<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Released on Duff's seventeenth birthday in 2004, her second studio album was the self-titled Hilary Duff. This time, she was more involved in crafting of the album by co-writing songs, desiring it to be her departure from her young Lizzie McGuire image.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[28]  The album has a rockier edge than Metamorphosis did, which critics received negatively and compared her to singers Avril Lavigne and Ashlee Simpson. Despite its two singles, "Fly" and "Someone's Watching Over Me," not being major hits, the album debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 192,000 copies in its first week, and became her second consecutive number one debut in Canada. The self-titled album sold 1.8 million copies in the United States and was certified platinum by the RIAA.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-MTV-May2005_29-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[29]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">In 2005, Duff followed her self-titled album with her first compilation album titled Most Wanted, which consisted of three new songs, songs from her previous two albums, and remixes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[30]  Most Wantedreceived mostly negative reviews from critics, who deemed the release as premature, stating that Duff did not have enough material to issue a compilation. However, new songs "Wake Up" (which was written and composed by Duff's boyfriend at the time Joel Madden and his brother Benji, both members of Good Charlotte), "Beat of My Heart" and "Break My Heart" received favorable comments; critics believed that their dance-oriented sound stood out from the rest of the album. Most Wanted debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming Duff's second number one in the United States, and became her third number one debut in Canada.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[31]  It sold over two hundred thousand copies within its first week of release, and was certified platinum by the RIAA a month after its release.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[32] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[33]  Duff followed the international success of the album and its singles by embarking on her first worldwide concert tour to support the album. Titled the Still Most Wanted Tour, the tour began in July 2005 and ran through September 2006. In 2006, an Italy-only compilation, 4ever Hilary Duff, was released alongside an exclusive DVD, due to Italian fans not getting as many of the normal releases of her albums pressed in the country. Duff and her sister Haylie also recorded a cover version of Madonna's "Material Girl" for the soundtrack to their 2006 satirical comedy Material Girls.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-materialgirl_34-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[34]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">In 2004, she starred in the romantic comedy A Cinderella Story opposite Chad Michael Murray. Reviews of her performance were mostly negative: "her appeal lies precisely in being Hilary Duff," wrote Reelcritic Sarah Chauncy. However, the film went on to become a moderate box office hit, and some critics were impressed by Duff's performance.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-boxofficeduff_25-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[25] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-35" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[35] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[36]  Later that year, she starred in her first dramatic role in the musical drama Raise Your Voice, . While some critics praised her for appearing in a more mature and serious role than her previous films, the film itself was heavily panned and was not successful at the box office.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[37]  Several reviews were indifferent towards her acting performance and were critical of Duff's vocals, with critics pointing out what appeared to be her digitally enhanced voice.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-38" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[38] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-39" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[39] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-40" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[40] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-41" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[41] Her roles in the two films combined led to her first Razzie nomination for Worst Actress in 2004.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-razzies2004_42-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[42]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Her subsequent role in the romantic comedy The Perfect Man and the reprisal of her character in the Belles On Their Toes film remake, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, both released in 2005, combined to result in her second Razzie nomination for Worst Actress in 2005.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-razzies2005_43-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[43]  The Village Voice's Matt Singer wrote of the former, in which she co-stars with Heather Locklear and Chris Noth, "Duff plays her standard character--an introverted romantic who falls for a guy whose hunky exterior belies an artistic soul."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[44]  It was poorly received both critically and commercially. The latter, which was less successful as the previous Cheaper by the Dozen, was panned by critics.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-45" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[45]  "Duff just looks like she'd rather be in a different movie," read a harsh review Mike Clarke wrote for USA Today.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-46" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[46]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Additionally, the Duff sisters both lent their voices to the computer animated comedy ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foodfight! Foodfight!] in late 2005, but the film never had its planned theatrical release.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[47]  Duff paired with her sister again in the satirical comedy film Material Girls'' in 2006, but it was unsuccessful both commercially and critically, earning both sisters a shared Razzie nomination for Worst Actress, becoming Duff's third consecutive nomination in this field in three years.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-48" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[48]  The sisters were also nominated for Worst Screen Couple.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-razzies2006_49-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[49] ===2007–09: Dignity, Best of Hilary Duff, and independent films<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Duff performing (2007)<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Duff co-wrote the material for her fourth studio album Dignity (2007), along with Kara DioGuardi, who co-produced the album with Rhett Lawrence, Tim & Bob, andRichard Vission. In contrast to the pop rock themes of her prior releases, Dignity takes on more of a dance and electropop<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Billboard_50-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[50] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Bernstein_51-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[51] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-de_Sylvia_52-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[52]  sound and makes use of more instruments.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-53" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[53]  The lyrics reference the events Duff experienced in the years leading to the album's release while the album's songs contain influences of rock and roll and hip hop music. Critical response was mostly positive; while Duff's "weak" singing voice was noted, the album was praised for its songwriting and her new musical direction. Upon release, Dignity debuted at number three in the US, a lower peak than Duff's previous albums and with lower sales, which Billboardattributed to the loss of fans during her musical evolution. Despite the relatively poor performance of the album, it produced Duff's highest-peaking US single to date, "With Love" (number 24), which also peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart, becoming the first of her three consecutive number ones on that chart; her second being "Stranger," the album's third single.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-54" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[54]  Dignity reached the top ten in several countries, and the RIAA certified it gold in the United States. She embarked on her fourth concert tour, simply titled Dignity, from July 2007 to February 2008, which went around North America, Brazil, and Australia. Following this, Duff had sold thirteen million albums worldwide and had performed across the world on four concert tours.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-55" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[55]

Duff attending theTribeca Film Festival (2008)<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">A two-part introspective documentary television special Hilary Duff: This Is Now was produced to chronicle Duff's return to the recording industry. The show took two weeks to film and was shot in both the US and around Europe. It was broadcast on MTV in April 2007. Duff was also the guest star on The Andy Milonakis Show for its third season premiere in September 2007.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Duff was cast in the 2008 political satire ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War,_Inc. War, Inc.].'' Her role as Yonica Babyyeah, an oversexed Central Asian pop star garnered praise, despite the film receiving generally negative reviews from critics. Duff recorded two exclusive tracks, "Boom Boom Bang Bang" and "I Want to Blow You Up," for her role in the movie. War, Inc. opened on an extremely limited release in only two theaters across the United States. The film went on to open in a further thirty theaters across the United States. It was second in largest per theater gross. It closed on August 7, 2008, without a wide release, grossing only $580,862 domestically.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-56" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[56]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Duff released her first greatest hits album titled Best of Hilary Duff (2008). Like Most Wanted (2005), the album features songs from her previous three albums, remixes and two new tracks: "Reach Out" and "Holiday." "Reach Out," which samples Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus," was released in the preceding month of the album's release as its first single. The song became Duff's third number one dance hit in the United States, but the album failed to reach the success of its predecessors. Best of was her first album not to receive any RIAA certifications, and it peaked at number 125 on the US chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-57" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[57]  Duff said she hoped to write a third song for the release and to have "Holiday" released as a single. Hollywood Records later scrapped these plans, adding to their large list of cancellations which, in turn, led Duff to make the decision to leave the label after six years of service and develop this album to bring a quick end to her contract, which had expected one more album.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-aol_58-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[58]  She announced to MTV that she would begin writing her next album in December 2008, but it was never developed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-59" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[59] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-60" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[60]  In 2009, Duff and Richard Vission contributed on a song titled "Any Other Day" for the What Goes Up soundtrack.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">In 2009, she starred in two independent drama films. The first, as the title role of a young suicidal and rebellious teen in According to Greta, received mixed reviews; Andrew Barker of Variety magazine criticized Duff's "child star" approach to acting and wanted her to stay away from teen roles.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-61" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[61]  However, Los Angeles Times critic Robert Abele wrote that her attempt to "transform her bright-eyed wholesomeness into rebellious snark" in Greta "is a valiant one."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-62" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[62]  The second, as a narcissistic seductress in What Goes Up, also received mixed reviews. Brian Lowry ofVariety magazine stated that Duff's performance "amounts to a near-adult role" yet labeled her role, and the film in general, "confused."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-63" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[63]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Duff was also meant to star as Bonnie Parker in a 2009 independent remake of Bonnie and Clyde titled The Story of Bonnie and Clyde. Her co-star, slated to be appearing as Clyde Barrow, was Kevin Zegers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-64" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[64]  However, in 2011, it was announced that Duff and Zegers were dropped from the cast due to scheduling conflicts.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-65" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[65]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Despite turning down the lead role of Annie Mills in the television series 90210 in early 2008 because she was more interested in looking for projects outside the teen genre, Duff attained a recurring guest star role in the third season of Gossip Girl.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-90210eonline1_66-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[66] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-90210eonline2_67-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[67]  She played Olivia Burke, a movie star who enrolls in NYU in search of a traditional college experience. In the ninth episode, titled "They Shoot Humphreys, Don't They?", Duff's character ended up in a threesome with Penn Badgley's character Dan and Jessica Szhor's character Vanessa, which led to protests from parent groups.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-68" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[68]  The following year, she won a Teen Choice Award for Best Female Scene Stealer for her role as Olivia Burke; Enid Portugez of the LA Times also praised her performance by giving a positive review to her involvement in this adult role.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-69" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[69] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-70" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[70]  She appeared in six episodes of the season. In April that same year, she had guest roles in Ghost Whisperer and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed] ===2010–12: Beauty & the Briefcase, Bloodworth, and early return to musical career<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">In 2010, Duff starred in the ABC Family television film Beauty & the Briefcase, in which she plays a fashion magazine columnist who writes about her dating struggles in the city. The film had a rating of 2.4 million viewers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-71" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[71]  The same year, she appeared in an episode of the NBC sitcom Community as Meghan, the leader of a group of mean girls.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Duff co-starred as Raven Halfacre, the teenage daughter of a promiscuous alcoholic mother, in the drama film Bloodworth, (2011) of which Los Angeles Times reviewer Sheri Linden thought she "acquits herself well" despite not warming to the film. The Examiner also wrote that the "biggest surprise performance [in the film] probably belongs to Hilary Duff."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-72" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[72]  She also played Shasta O'Neil, a sexy high school senior, in the Polish brothers' comedy Stay Cool (2011) in which she co-starred with Winona Ryder, Mark Polish, Sean Astin, Chevy Chase, and Jon Cryer to neither much critical nor commercial avail.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-73" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[73] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2008_update_74-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[74]  In 2012, she co-starred in Rob Margolies' comedy She Wants Me, as Kim Powers, a well-known starlet who enters a love triangle.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-75" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[75]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">In October 2011, Duff mentioned plans of a possible new album to E! Online.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-oct_2011_new_album_76-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[76]  In January 2012, she confirmed, through her official website and Twitter, that she had begun recording songs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-77" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[77] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-78" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[78] Throughout the recording sessions in 2012, Duff primarily worked with songwriter Ali Tamposi, musicians Matt Squire and Jason Evigan. She also began taking vocal lessons again to prepare her return to her musical career.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-79" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[79]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">In August 2012, Duff signed a deal with 20th Century Fox to develop a sitcom in which she would star and produce. According to the deal if the thirty-minute sitcom failed to work, Duff would be cast in a different show. However, this plan failed to develop.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Fox_2012_80-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[80] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-81" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[81] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-82" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[82]  She appeared as a guest judge in Project Runway in September the same year.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed] ===2013–present: Fifth studio album and Younger<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">In early 2013, Duff guest starred in the television shows Raising Hope<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-83" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[83]  and the tenth season finale of Two and a Half Men.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-84" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[84]  She also lent her voice to an animated film Wings, together with Jesse McCartney and Josh Duhamel released by the animation company Simka Entertainment. She reprised that role in 2014, for the movie's sequel Wings: Sky Force Heroes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-85" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[85]  By July 2013, Duff had finished filming the independent film Flock of Dudes, which is slated for a spring 2014 release.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">In August 2013, Duff told Idolator that the songs she recorded in 2012 would not make it to the final version of her upcoming album, because she did not like their sound. She also mentioned that she was interested in making an electronic dance music-driven record. It was confirmed in the interview that Duff had already begun recording brand new material. No official release date for the album had been announced yet.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-86" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[86]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">In September 2013, Duff updated her Instagram account, revealing that she was working with record producer Billy Mann for a selection intended for her upcoming album. Mann is well known for his works with a diverse range of artists including P!nk, Celine Dion, Boyzone and Robyn. Based on the caption of Duff's Instagram upload, the current working title of the track is "Better Days", On October 31, 2013, she uploaded another photo to her Instagram account which revealed her working with Mann again. On November 7, 2013, Duff tweeted on her Twitter account that she had co-written a song titled "Outlaw" with songwriter Lindy Robbins and record producer Ian Kirkpatrick. The song was finally recorded after Duff confirmed it through her Twitter account on December 9, 2013.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">On November 20, 2013, it was announced that Duff would be guest-starring on a Dora the Explorer special episode, which aired on November 25, 2013. Duff voiced the Ice Witch, in which her character sings and raps.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-87" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[87]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">On December 4, 2013, in an interview with Breakfast Television Toronto, Duff confirmed that she had already recorded six songs so far and that they carry an upbeat and happy tune. She stated that the album will have an influence of dance and indie music. She also mentioned that she plans to have the first single released in the spring of 2014, and the album sometime in the fall.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">On December 15, 2013, Duff confirmed through her Twitter account that she had recorded a song titled "Breathing Room" while she was in New York City. It was also confirmed that Duff is working with her music manager Andre Recke again, who managed her when she was under Hollywood Records.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-88" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[88]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">On January 15, 2014, it was announced that Duff signed on to co-star opposite Sutton Foster in a pilot episode for a sitcom titled Younger, based on a Pamela Redmond Satran novel. Duff plays Kelsey, an ambitious 20-something who persuades Foster's character Liza to work in a publishing firm. The show is created and executive produced by Sex and the City creator Darren Star and is set to air on TV Landwith the pilot's filming already finished in February in New York City. The promotional photoshoot was made in the following month.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-89" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[89]  In April 2014, it was announced that the pilot was picked up for a series with a 12-episode deal and was initially set to premiere in the fall. However in an interview with Access Hollywood in May, Duff affirmed that they will continue filming in September 2014 in New York.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-90" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[90] TVLand's president, Larry W. Jones who will also executive produce the sitcom stated in a Twitter Q&A that Younger will premiere in January 2015.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-91" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[91]  Duff's character is one of the lead roles in the show, marking her first time in ten years since Lizzie McGuire, to star in a television series.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-92" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[92]  Debi Mazar and Miriam Shor will co-star.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-93" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[93]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">On March 28, 2014, Duff confirmed through her Instagram upload that she had signed a new record deal. However, the record label Duff signed to was not revealed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-94" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[94]  Prior to the record label announcement, Duff revealed a lyric sheet of a song from her upcoming album. Duff confirmed later on March 31, 2014 through her Twitter account that the song is titled "Northern Star". On the same day, she uploaded a picture on Instagram confirming that she has recorded a possible duet for a song titled "Night Like This". The song is produced by Ian Kirkpatrick, whom she worked with on the song "Outlaw".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-95" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[95] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-96" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[96]  Other song titles Duff has revealed through her Instagram since the beginning of the recording sessions includes the song "Hurts" which has been speculated about her separation with her husband Mike Comrie and also a track titled "Take It for What It Is".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-97" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[97]  Duff also appears occasionally in her sister Haylie's new lifestyle webshow, Real Girl's Kitchen. The webshow includes recipes fromHaylie and gives viewers an insight on how the sisters spend their free time with family and friends. It is available on Ora TV beginning April 2014.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-98" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[98]  The show was then picked up by Cooking Channel and began airing on June 7, 2014.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-99" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[99]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Duff attended the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Awards on May 1, 2014 and was interviewed about her new music. She confirmed that she is still writing more songs and is working with acclaimed songwriterSavan Kotecha and English indie singer Ed Sheeran. Duff also said that the album now sounds more towards an "earthy, indie-pop" feel, as opposed to her initial idea of making an electronic-dance influenced album.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-100" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[100]  The same month too music producer and former One Republic member Jerrod Bettis who worked with Duff for this upcoming album uploaded on Instagram a snippet of him playing an acoustic guitar backed up with an instrumental. It was not until the following week that the snippet was confirmed to be Duff's new track. After the news broke, the video was deleted.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-101" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[101]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Regarding the song Duff worked on with Ed Sheeran, the latter gave an insight about how Duff's new album sounds like, in an interview. Sheeran said that the album is "not what her fans will expect", adding that it takes on a more mature genre specifically an "adult alternative acoustic" sound. The song which he worked on with Duff, was completed in the early morning only taking up two hours to complete. Sheeran also stated that it might or might not be the album's first single. The song title was then revealed to be called "Tattoo" in an interview Duff gave.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-102" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[102]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">On July 23, 2014, it was revealed that Duff had signed with RCA Records to release her upcoming fifth studio album. The lead single "Chasing the Sun" and its music video were simultaneously released on July 29, 2014.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hilary_Signs_to_RCA_.28THR.29_103-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[103] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Hilary_Signs_to_RCA_.28Billboard.29_104-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[104]  Filming for the music video began on July 12 at State Beach, California. It is directed by Declan Whitebloom, most prominently known for his work for Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" and "Mine". Based on far-ranged photographs taken by most probably the passers-by, Duff was wearing a bikini and there was a man playing Duff's love interest.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-105" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[105]  A week later, Duff's manager Andre Recke announced on his Twitter account that the single would premiere on July 24 at the nightclub Marquee in New York City.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-106" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[106]  Initially penned for Colbie Calliat's studio album, the song did not make the final cut and was instead given to Duff after the latter showed interest in recording it. Produced by Toby Gad, the song was written by Calliat and Jason Reeves. It was through Gad that Duff knew about the song and decided to record it. Duff explained in interview with Popjustice that choosing "Chasing the Sun" as the lead single was not an easy, "Honestly it was a really tough choice. I think it was a close tie between ‘All About You’, ‘Chasing The Sun’ and ‘Tattoo’ probably. It’s a really carefree, summer song and I guess I didn’t really know what people were expecting from me. This song is definitely a top-down, carefree, super catchy singalong song and so I guess we thought that would be a good move."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-107" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[107]  The single debuted at #79 on the Billboard Hot 100, #72 on the Australian ARIA chart and at #59 on the Canadian Hot 100. Its music video raked in fourteen million views on Youtube in just one week of its release. It became the singer's fastest viewing video on Youtube.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-108" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[108]  In conjunction with that, a behind-the-scenes video was released on her official channel and a bloopers video via her Vevo channel.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-109" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[109]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">On August 9th, Duff announced on her Twitter account that a second single will be released soon, after hinting to her fans via "tweets" among songwriters Savan Kotecha and Carl Falk. She then revealed that "All About You" will be the album's second single and will premiere on August 12 on a prerecorded radio show in Atlanta.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-110" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[110]  She revealed the single's cover via her Instagram account the following day.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-111" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[111]  Upon the song's debut on the mentioned date, "All About You" received acclaim from critics, generally praising that it is an improvement from the generic-sounding "Chasing the Sun", her vocal abilities and also the song's structure which includes a folk-rock sounding chorus and a catchy hook.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-112" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[112]  Nolan Feeney of TIME praised the song saying that it "cooks up a comeback" and described the song generally as "packs the kind of rowdy punch required to get a comeback really cooking", other than comparing the song to works of Taylor Swift.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-113" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[113] ==Other ventures<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Entrepreneurship<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====Clothing lines<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== Duff at a book signing in 2010<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">In addition to having signed with modelling agency IMG Models, Duff has launched two clothing lines. The first, "Stuff by Hilary Duff," was distributed through Target in the U.S., Kmart in Australia, Zellers in Canada, and Edgars Stores in South Africa from March 2004 onwards.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-114" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[114]  The company later expanded its business into furniture, fragrances and jewelry, which were primarily targeted at the teen and preteen crowd. But by the end of 2008, Duff ceased to have full control of the "Stuff by Hilary Duff" line, and it was officially discontinued as a result.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-115" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[115] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-116" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[116]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Her second was a collaboration with DKNY Jeans where she co-designed a collection of special pieces. With the objective of designing a clothing line for girls her own age, the collaborative apparel line, titled Femme for DKNY Jeans, debuted in the U.S. in August 2009 and was around for a limited time.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-117" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[117] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-118" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[118] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-119" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[119] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-120" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[120]  A series of three-minute long shorts titled The Chase were released on her podcast channel on YouTube to promote the brand.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed] ====Fragrances<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Duff has also released her own perfume, titled "With Love... Hilary Duff," which was distributed by the Elizabeth Arden company from September 2006 onward. The perfume was initially sold only in Macy's in the U.S., but later branched out to Europe, Japan and Canada. "With Love...Hilary Duff" was one of the three best-selling fragrances launched at U.S. department stores in late 2006. A summer version of the perfume, titled "Wrapped with Love," was released in January 2008 while a spring gift set version was released in time for that year's Valentine's Day.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-121" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[121] ===Novel trilogy<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">With Simon & Schuster, Duff set up a book-writing deal in which Elise Allen would collaborate with her. Published in October 2010, the first young adult novel to result from her and Allen's collaboration was titled Elixir and was subsequently released internationally and become a New York Times best-seller.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-122" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[122]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Elixir traces the life of a seventeen-year-old photojournalist searching the world for her father after his disappearance. After fate brings her and an unknown beautiful man who had begun to mysteriously feature in her photographs, the pair strike up a love triangle, racing against time to unravel their pasts in order to save their futures. Duff participated in a book tour promoting the book starting in 2010. It covered the U.S., Brazil, France, and other locations.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Following the huge success of Elixir, its sequel, titled Devoted, was released in hardcover in October 2011. Devoted picks up where Elixir left off and continues the story of the dangerous love triangle.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-123" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[123] Duff embarked on her second book tour to promote Devoted. The book tour for Devoted was carried out during Duff's pregnancy, and only covered the United States.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">The third and final novel, True, was released in April 2013.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-TrueS.26S_124-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[124]  True was promoted without a book tour, but Duff had a book-signing session in Los Angeles. It was also promoted on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Duff also planned to release a non-fiction book to help children coping with divorce. It was slated for a spring of 2012 release, but it was never materialized.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-125" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[125] ===Philanthropy<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Duff at the launch of National Military Families Week (2005)<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Duff has involved herself with various philanthropic activities.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-cnib_126-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[126]  For natural disasters, she donated $250,000 to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina in addition to donating over 2.5 million meals to Hurricane Katrina victims in southern US in 2005. In August 2006, Duff traveled to a New Orleans elementary school and worked with USA Harvest to distribute meals.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-softpedia_127-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[127] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-128" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[128]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">She also has helped various youth charities and is a member of Kids with a Cause. Duff has also served on the Advisory Board of the Audrey Hepburn Child Benefit Fund and the Celebrity Council of Kids with a Cause.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-129" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[129]  In October 2008, Duff starred in a public service announcement for The Think Before You Speak Campaign by Ad Council and GLSEN to prevent youth from using anti-LGBT vocabulary, such as the phrase "That's So Gay."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-130" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[130]  In July 2009, Duff was named as a Youth Ambassador to the children of the Colombian capital, Bogotá. As a Youth Ambassador, she spent five days in the country, distributing backpacks filled with food to needy children.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-131" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[131]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Duff is a strong animal rights supporter and commented when asked what she would do if she was not a celebrity, "I always wanted to be a veterinarian when I was younger, but then I figured out that animals actually die there, so that was not the job for me. Definitely something with kids or animals or something like that."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-132" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[132]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">In 2012, a few months after giving birth to her son, Duff was actively involved in the Johnson's Baby Cares campaign. The campaign included activities such as sending care kits and care cards to new mothers across the U.S. as a motivation. It also raises funds for children and poor families together with Save The Children.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-133" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[133]  Duff had also promoted the campaign on numerous television talk shows.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">In September 2013, Duff was involved with the Stomp Out Bullying campaign. Duff starred in a short public service announcement and it was released to YouTube on September 5, 2013.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Towards the start of the Christmas shopping season in November 2013, Duff teamed up with Duracell in Canada for a campaign especially for kids in hospitals. The campaign called Powering Holiday Smiles donated 20,000 batteries to hospitals across Canada in order to power lifesaving medical devices and the thousands of playroom toys and games that children and their families will be using the holiday season of 2013 and beyond. The campaign encourages Canadians to buy Duracell Quantum AA-16 batteries, in which for every packet sold, one dollar will be donated to the Children's Miracle Network. The campaign began on November 22 and commenced on December 27, 2013. In order to promote the campaign, Duff paid a visit to The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario to hand out brand new toys supplied by Hasbro. She has discussed the campaign on Breakfast Television Toronto, a radio show and in numerous magazine interviews.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-134" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[134] ==Public image, impact, and legacy<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Duff posing for cameras (2007)<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Following her success from her Lizzie McGuire days, Richard Huff of the New York Daily News called Duff "a 2002 version of Annette Funicello" but admitted that the character of Lizzie McGuire was both a blessing and burden for her. In 2003, Huff stated that Duff's public image is "tied" to Lizzie McGuire.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-EarlyLifeCareer_3-9" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-135" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[135]  In 2005, Katie Long from the Centre of Parent/Youth Understanding wrote an analysis about Duff and her suitability as an idol for young teens. Duff "is not like Britney Spears orChristina Aguilera...yet" who supposedly use their sex appeal to sell albums and "is someone that adolescent girls can relate to." The writer also stated that because Duff is all over the media, "how can [fans] not love her?"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-cpyu_136-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[136]  However, while Duff is a "positive role model" who has a "close relationship" with her family, the writer acknowledged that as Duff matures, "her looks and message will most likely mature as well."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-cpyu_136-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[136]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Duff's debut album Metamorphosis was credited with helping to significantly raise the industry and corporate profile and marketplace presence of Hollywood Records, which Geoff Mayfield, charts director and senior analyst for Billboard magazine, said "[have] had some top albums before with the Tarzan movie soundtrack in 2000, but not like this Hilary Duff album".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-SanFernandoValleyBusinessJournal_137-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[137]  The San Fernando Valley Business Journal wrote that the album was "giving Hollywood Records a needed shot in the arm" after a decline in CD sales during the previous two years had forced the label to reduce costs and alter its operation. Hilliard Lyons analyst Jeffrey Thomison cited Metamorphosis as a reflection of Disney's ability to develop "great synergy between their cable, film and music segments", particularly after The Lizzie McGuire Movie indicated that Duff's television fanbase could be migrated to film<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-SanFernandoValleyBusinessJournal_137-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[137]  — Geoff Mayfield said on the subject, "All things being equal, if this album were done by anybody else, it would not be a hit".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-SanFernandoValleyBusinessJournal_137-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[137]  Metamorphosis made Duff the first "breakout artist" for Hollywood Records in its ten-year history, and its success coincided with that of albums by other artists on the label, such as Rascal Flatts and Josh Kelley, and of soundtracks for films such as The Cheetah Girls,Freaky Friday and The Lizzie McGuire Movie.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-SanFernandoValleyBusinessJournal_137-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[137]  Later, partly as a result of Metamorphosis, Hollywood Records used the Disney Channel to launch brands such as High School Musical and Hannah Montana, and artists such as Aly & AJ, The Cheetah Girls, Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus, Raven-Symoné, Vanessa Hudgens and Jesse McCartney.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-LATimes-Jul2007_138-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[138]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Over the years, she has striven to distance herself from her wholesome Disney image, which has included a revamp of her image and sound with the release of Dignity (2007). Since then, she has performed in more mature roles in films and appeared in more provocative photo shoots. In 2007, she graced the covers of Us Weekly and Shape in a bikini whilst her appearance on the cover of Maxim was accompanied by the declaration that she had gone "from the queen of teen to breakout sex symbol."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-sexsymbol_139-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[139]  Following this, Duff placed at #23 on the annual Hot 100 Women list compiled by Maxim. She has remained on the list ever since in addition to being regularly listed on the annual FHM list of the 100 Sexiest Women (she peaked at #8 in 2008). The Associated Press wrote that this sudden provocativeness was representative of "a clear move [on Duff's part] to put her Lizzie McGuire past behind her," and that more provocative imaging of her would help her singles to garner mainstream radio play: "Ultimately, nature, time and genetics may help Duff in a way Disney, despite all its might, cannot."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-sexsymbol_139-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[139]  However, despite "the fact that she is grown up," Duff "has managed to maintain her sweet persona," wrote Young Hollywood.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-140" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[140]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">In a June 2006 interview with Elle magazine, Duff was quoted as saying: "...(virginity) is definitely something I like about myself. It doesn't mean I haven't thought about sex, because everyone I know has had it and you want to fit in."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ellemag_141-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[141] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-marriage_142-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[142]  Duff later told MuchMusic that she did not say the quotes attributed to her in the article; the subject was "definitely not something that I would talk about..."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-deny_143-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[143]  She denied the quotes again in a 2008 interview with Maxim magazine.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-deny2_144-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[144]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">The same year too in 2006, Duff was attributed to having an eating disorder, following her dramatic weight loss in just a period of few months. She denied the claims by stating that those were "nonsense". She then admitted that because of the pressure from the media, she started to cut down her diet by eating only steamed vegetables or grilled chicken meat. In a 2010 interview with Health, Duff opened up about the issue, stating "I got pretty skinny when I was between 17 and 19, at that time I was starting to become aware of what people said about me and how I looked in pictures". She further mentioned that she regretted that decision and "was not really happy at that time". Duff then stressed that having a partner is important for increasing self-confidence and thankfulness for the beauty granted. She credited her husband Mike Comrie, saying “It really helps to have a partner that loves everything about you and makes you feel really beautiful". She also shared some health tips in the interview such as eating lots of vegetables, hummus and fruits and working out with people that we can communicate with. She then reminded that "nobody’s perfect, but it helps to look for things to feel good about, rather than things to feel bad about".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-145" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[145]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Just a few months after entering motherhood in March 2012, Duff was teased by Internet users about her post-delivery body. This was sparked when photos of Duff relaxing in a bikini, taken by paparazzi, surfaced on the web. This led Duff to give out a statement in an interview with In Touch Weekly, saying "I don't care what people say, say it to my face!". She further stated that her body was not in the state she would want it to be in but she did not feel stressed out. Duff explained that she pairs up spin classes and private training to shed her weight.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-146" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[146]  However, Duff stated that with the birth of her son, she learned to appreciate what her body could do, in an interview with Parade.com. In the same interview too, Duff said that the birth of her son has strengthened her relationship with her husband.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-147" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[147]  A year later in 2013, Duff revealed that it took her a whole year for her to lose her post-pregnancy weight. She said that she is finally comfortable with her body and revealed that she lost nearly 50 pounds since the birth of her son. Duff stated that she revamped her diet and hired a personal trainer to train her in boxing, which was one of the ways she lost her weight other than piloxing and spin cycling.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-148" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[148]  Duff's slow but healthy method in shedding off her post-pregnancy weight was praised by health experts and was looked up by actress Tia Mowry, who cited Duff as her idol in taking up a healthy and safer way to lose the excess weight gained during pregnancy.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-149" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[149]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Since having her child, Duff has been really vocal about being followed and photographed all the time by paparazzis. In a 2013 interview with ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omg!_Insider omg! Insider]'', Duff said "It's hard having a baby and having paparazzi follow you all around all the time". She then stated, "I haven't had to explain it to my son yet, what's going on. For the most part they respect me and they respect my space, but it's tough to always be photographed".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-150" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[150]  The same year too, in a Canadian radio interview, Duff gave a harsher and much more straight forward opinion about this issue. She said, “I hate when they take photographs of my son. I hate when they jump around and there’s 10 of them all snapping away when we’re just trying to enjoy each other at the park and every moment seems to be documented for people to make money on". Duff also declares herself as an advocate for laws to prevent paparazzi from snapping photographs of minor children. “I totally think children need more rights,” said Duff. “I think kids should be able to be kids for as long as possible". Duff said having every outing with her little boy captured by cameras is “encroaching [on] our time together and our happiness and our growth as mom and son, and family, and all that stuff". She further admitted that she understands it's a business but there has to be a law or a limit to it. Duff said she is particularly upset about how the photos are used. “They do disgusting things like ‘Who wore it better?’ on celebrities’ kids who both have the same outfit on,” she said. “It makes me sick and I think that’s really wrong".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-151" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[151]  In 2014, Duff expressed her anger on Twitter regarding two paparazzis who was taking too many photos of her son without her consent. She tweeted that she had the opportunity to arrest them but decided to not to. She wrote "I chose to let them off with a stern warning next time I will not be so nice". In a separate tweet she exclaimed "ALL kids deserve to have their childhood!!". In the tweets, Duff used the hashtag #NoKidsPolicy to refer to a law that she, actress Kristen Bell, bloggerJared Eng and other stars are trying to pass, which will prohibit paparazzi from taking pictures of celebrities’ children.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-152" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[152]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">After not being active for nearly six years in the musical industry, Duff stated in an interview in 2014 that she would not return with a provocative image, unlike most child stars or celebrities nowadays. Duff said that she would stay true to the public and remain as an authentic person. She added, "Besides if everyone's doing the same thing then being provocative isn't provocative anymore." Duff also said that she was glad to take a big break off her career and settle down to start a family, saying "I stayed away for three and a half years - I met my husband, I got married. Taking the time to learn who I am and who I want to be really helped. Now I'm ready to jump back in."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-153" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[153]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Her hit comedy series, a successful career crossover and also her humble attitude, made Duff a major influence on many young female stars including Miley Cyrus,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-154" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[154]  Selena Gomez,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-155" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[155]  Demi Lovato,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-156" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[156]  Ariana Grande<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-157" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[157]  and Keke Palmer.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-158" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[158] ==Personal life<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Relationships<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Duff dated pop singer Aaron Carter on and off between 2001 and 2003 before he met and dated Lindsay Lohan. It was reported that Carter soon left Lohan and went back to dating Duff, starting a feud between the two actresses.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-159" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[159]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">In July 2004, a 16-year-old Duff began dating Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden, who was then 25 years of age.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-moviefone_160-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[160]  After a long period of tabloid speculation, Duff's mother Susan announced their relationship in a June 2005 interview for Seventeen magazine.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-June_161-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[161]  In November 2006, Duff and Madden broke up.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-162" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[162]

Canadian ice hockey player Mike Comrie married Duff in 2010<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">In 2007, Duff began dating Canadian NHL player Mike Comrie. Duff and Comrie announced their engagement in February 2010,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-163" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[163] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-164" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[164]  and married on August 14, 2010 inSanta Barbara, California.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-165" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[165]  The couple has a son born in March 2012.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-166" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[166] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-167" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[167]  Duff and Comrie announced on January 10, 2014, that they had separated but would continue to co-parent their son.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Duff_split_168-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[168]  To explain rumors about them reconciling, Duff said in a red carpet interview during the iHeartRadio Music Awards that she and Comrie are "really good friends and have so much respect for each other", further stressing that their son is their priority. She went on saying that they make plans to meet up frequently because they want to "hang out" and that they "love each other and love spending time together". Duff ended by saying she does not know how their future will turn out but affirmed that they are doing "really good right now".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-169" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[169] ===Pets<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Duff owns four dogs and two cats. Among them are a Bernese mountain dog named Dubois and two other different ones named Jak and Coco.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-170" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[170]  Jak was a present from Duff's ex, Joel Madden back in 2005. One of her dogs, a chihuahua named Lola, died in 2013 after battling with numerous health issues since 2011. Back in 2012, Duff explained via her Twitter account about Lola's health condition, "Lola was having terrible seizures. She had a shunt put in her [skull] to drain fluid off her brain and now is doing great."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-171" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[171]  She and Lola appeared as playable characters in the Playstation 2 version of The Sims 2 Pets in 2006.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-172" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[172] ===Feuds<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">After Duff showed up with Chad Michael Murray to the red carpet premiere for Lohan's film Freaky Friday (2003), Lohan further fueled this feud by appearing at a red carpet premiere for Duff's film Cheaper by the Dozen (2003).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-173" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[173]  In 2007, it was reported that the two reconciled, with Lohan accepting an invitation to Duff's Dignity album release party.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-174" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[174]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">A spat with Avril Lavigne also made headlines because Lavigne called Duff a "mommy's girl." The two had no public reconciliation.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-175" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[175]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">When it was announced that Duff was to play Bonnie Parker in the planned 2009 independent film about Bonnie and Clyde, actress Faye Dunaway dissed the decision on casting Duff as the character she made famous. Dunaway shamed Duff by saying "couldn't they at least cast a real actress?". Hearing the remark, Duff defended herself by saying "I think that my fans who are going to see this movie don't even know who she is". She also mentioned Dunaway's excessive plastic surgeries. In an interview on The Bonnie Hunt Show the same year, Duff defended what she told Dunaway and thinks that as a young actress, she needs time to grow and take on different roles in her acting career.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-176" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[176] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-177" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[177] ===Parents' separation<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">At the end of 2006, Duff's parents separated after 22 years of marriage. She wrote about the pain caused by the separation in her songs "Stranger" and "Gypsy Woman" for her fourth studio album,Dignity.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-178" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[178]  Duff opened up about the separation with Seventeen, saying that the problem has been going on for a year and that she and her sister dealt with it quietly.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-179" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[179] ===Stalking incident<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">In 2006, Duff was stalked by a 19-year-old Russian immigrant identified as Max and his 50-year-old roommate David Joseph Klein. She filed for restraining orders against the two men,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-180" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[180]  claiming that Max "threatened to kill himself" to get her attention. She also alleged that he threatened to "remove enemies" who stand in his way, including Duff's boyfriend at the time Joel Madden. Max, later identified as Maksim Myaskovskiy, was sentenced to 117 days in prison.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed] ==Filmography<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Films<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Television<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Webisodes<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Main article: Hilary Duff discography*Santa Claus Lane (2002) ==Bibliography<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">The Elixir Trilogy with Elise Allen
 * Metamorphosis (2003)
 * Hilary Duff (2004)
 * Dignity (2007)

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;">Publisher: Simon & Schuster


 * Elixir (2010)
 * Devoted (2011)
 * True (2013)