Hilary Duff's father was sentenced to 10 days in jail for contempt of court on Wednesday, The Houston Chronicle reports.Bob Duff was arrested for allegedly violating an order that prohibited him from selling assets without a judge's approval and the consent of his estranged wife, Susan, with whom he is in the middle of divorce procedures.Judge Thomas Stansbury of Houston has ordered Duff to pay $367,537 he received from selling stocks last month into a court repository. No court date has been set yet.Per Duff's attorney, the elder Duff plans to post bond and appeal the ruling.Stansbury also declared for Duff to pay $12,500 to fund Hilary's upcoming 21st birthday on Sept. 28. During the hearing, Susan requested $25,000 from him to pay for a party to match the blowout bash they gave older daughter Haylie for her 21st birthday in 2006.Neither Hilary or Haylie were in court. — Joyce Eng
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OMIGOD you guys, Illegally Brunette here back with your week two recap for the search for the new Elle Woods! This week the top ten Elle wannabes moved into their pink palace and once again seemed more enthusiastic over a non-competition thing than anything else. On their activity calendar for week two was acting. The girls took part in an acting workshop that host Haylie Duff described as “nothing no one on Broadway has experienced before” – Um, ok! In the workshop, the girls ran lines with “Emmett” and where judged by Associate Director of Legally Blonde, Marc Bruni. Bailey seemed to be getting the brunt of it this week – first getting scolding at for wearing heels to a comfortable attire rehearsal, then for her southern accent. Lauren, our Spears look-a-like, informed us she is not here to make friends and is here for the competition. Our resident Legally Blonde guest this week was (former) Brooke Wyndham – Nikki Snelson who definitely had her...
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OMIGOD you guys! Illegally Brunette here, I may have a major ‘chip on my shoulder’ to confess- I cannot imagine Legally Blonde the Musical without the knock out talent of the charming Laura Bell Bundy as Elle Woods. I have been lucky enough to have seen this show on Broadway four times; once without the resident B and it just was not the same show. Laura Bell Bundy owns that role, but I must give mad props to anyone who attempts to fill those shoes.MTV is making that journey in just eight weeks to fill those pink stilettos of Elle Woods, and the road looks like it will be overflowing with drama – judging by those previews. Lucky for us, getting down to the top 10 girls was a short and somewhat painless process – as the start of the show kicked off with taking the top 50 from the open call auditions across the country and narrowing it down to 15 girls to fight out for this week’s top 10. Overseeing the show is Legally Blonde director and choreographer, Jer...
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OMIGOD you guys! Illegally Brunette here, I may have a major ‘chip on my shoulder’ to confess- I cannot imagine Legally Blonde the Musical without the knock out talent of the charming Laura Bell Bundy as Elle Woods. I have been lucky enough to have seen this show on Broadway four times; once without the resident B and it just was not the same show. Laura Bell Bundy owns that role, but I must give mad props to anyone who attempts to fill those shoes.MTV is making that journey in just eight weeks to fill those pink stilettos of Elle Woods, and the road looks like it will be overflowing with drama – judging by those previews. Lucky for us, getting down to the top 10 girls was a short and somewhat painless process – as the start of the show kicked off with taking the top 50 from the open call auditions across the country and narrowing it down to 15 girls to fight out for this week’s top 10. Overseeing the show is Legally Blonde director and choreographer, Jer...
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It's a busy week for Haylie Duff. Perhaps best known as Summer in the 2004 comedy Napoleon Dynamite, and as the older sister of Hilary, the stage and screen actress mentors aspiring theater stars in MTV's new reality series, Legally Blonde: The Search for the Next Elle Woods (Mondays at 10 pm/ET). She also starred in Spike's hunted-in-the-forest thriller Backwoods Sunday.
TV Guide: Why'd you get involved with Elle?Haylie Duff: I had done a Broadway show [Hairspray] and it was one of the best experiences of my life. It molded me into who I am as a performer…. I'm there to tell [the contestants] that all the times they want to cry and give up are worth it, because I've been there, too.
TV Guide: What can you tell us about Backwoods? It sounds like an updated D
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