Hilary Duff

Hilary Duff is joining the cast of Gossip Girl, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

Duff will play Olivia Burke, a movie star who enrolls at NYU, where her new roommate will be... Vanessa! No word on how Olivia will interact with our other favorite Bobcats (roomies Blair and Georgina and "Lonely Boy" Dan among them), but we're guessing that she will.

Duff has signed on for several episodes, beginning with the new season's fourth. Gossip Girl returns on Monday, Sept. 14 at 9 pm/ET.

A new trend is making us jumpy — shark jumpy, that is: Young, hot musicians going for acting cred by guest-starring on gritty procedurals.

First Taylor Swift guested on CSI. Then Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz appeared on CSI: NY. Now, Hilary Duff is joining NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Tuesday, 10 pm/ET). Duff has aimed for acting cred before, playing an oversexed popstar in the movie War, Inc., but no one saw it. Now on SVU, she's playing an irresponsible young mother who becomes a suspect in her daughter's disappearance. Really? It was hard enough for us to buy her as the heroine in A Cinderella Story, and that part was made for her.

We understand that guest stars are important to series, and that the bigger the name, the better the ratings. With procedurals, the more salacious the crime, the bigger the buzz for the show and guest star. But does seeing such recognizable stars — and ones not known for dramatic acting — take you out of the story? Weigh in after the jump

We want to remind you of a very special episode scheduled to air on April 10th! As you may or may not know, the very talented Hilary Duff is guest-starring opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt on the episode entitled "Thrilled to Death." We can't wait for you to see ... read more 23 Comments

During a guest appearance on the Rachael Ray Show, Duff told the talk show host that she defends her New York Islander boyfriend against the "intense fans" — and even threatens to throw down.

"I like to sit in the audience, you know I don't sit up in a box or anything, and people started to know that I'm sitting there, and they'll be like 'Mike sucks!' Or [they] try to rile me up," Duff said. "And I'm like, 'Hey, watch it! I'll come up there, you know ... read more 9 Comments

Duff vs. Dunaway may turn out to be more exciting than the Bonnie and Clyde remake.

Former Disney queen Hilary Duff is set to tackle Faye Dunaway's legendary role of Bonnie Parker, one-half of crime's notorious duo, in The Story of Bonnie and Clyde — news that did not sit well with Dunaway. "Couldn't they at least cast a real actress?" Dunaway reportedly scoffed last week.

Well, if you're gonna dish it out, you better be able to take it, Faye. Duff hit back at against the Oscar-winning screen legend on Tuesday. "I think that ...
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