Talks Wedding & 'Beauty & the Briefcase'

Hilary Duff Talks Wedding & 'Beauty & the Briefcase'
Beauty & the Briefcase, based on the book Diary of a Working Girl by Daniella Brodsky, stars Hilary Duff as Lane Daniels, a bright effervescent fashion journalist whose career and love life intersect in a complicated way when she pitches the article Switching Careers to Find Love to Cosmopolitan magazine her favorite magazine and ultimate career aspiration. Lane cant believe her luck when the editor goes for it in a big way, handing her the professional opportunity of a lifetime a potential cover story!


In real life, Hilary Duff is engaged to NHL player Mike Comrie, but in her new ABC Family movie, "Beauty & the Briefcase,' she plays a young woman who is searching for Mr. Right even though she thinks that all the good guys are taken.

"I think every girl feels like that sometime," Hilary tells ET. "It is never easy. It seems like every girl is on a mission to find the perfect guy for them. I know my character has a very extreme checklist -- the qualities the guy has to have -- but I think every girl has a checklist in her head and is searching."

In "Beauty & the Briefcase," based on the book Diary of a Working Girl by Daniella Brodsky, Hilary stars as Lane Daniels, a bright, effervescent fashion journalist whose career and love life intersect in a complicated way when she pitches the article "Switching Careers to Find Love" to Cosmopolitan magazine. When the editor accepts her pitch, Lane discovers it isn't as easy as she thought. First, she has to land a corporate job. Then she is supposed to only date men in suits -- and, of course, that is when she meets a man who is a nine out of 10 on her checklist, but isn't a part of the buttoned-down corporate world.

"I was lucky," she continues. "I think everything on my checklist is taken care of with my guy, but the most important thing is to keep me laughing -- you can't take yourself too seriously -- and having a lot of the same qualities. We are totally different, but we are both driven. Family is important to both of us and we have the same views and opinions."

For now, Hilary has put her music career on hold, because she is spending her time writing a novel and developing projects -- she earned her executive producer stripes on "Beauty & the Briefcase" - and not all of them are for her to star in. She also took some time off to live her life, but not to plan her wedding.

"I just got engaged in February and I have been busy with all of this stuff," she tells ET. "We have been pretty relaxed about all of this stuff. I am sure it will get more hectic when we actually set a date and start planning. We are just excited right now. We want to enjoy that process and not get all crazy. I don't want to turn into 'Bridezilla' and stress out about getting everything done in a short period of time."

"Beauty & the Briefcase," which also stars Matt Dallas, Michael McMillian, Chris Carmack and Jaime Pressly, premieres Sunday, April 18 at 8 p.m. on ABC Family.

Filmography

Hilary Duff 's Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2001	Human Nature	Young Lila Jute
2003	Agent Cody Banks	Natalie Connors
	The Lizzie McGuire Movie	Lizzie McGuire/Isabella Parigi
	Cheaper by the Dozen	Lorraine Baker
2004	A Cinderella Story	Samantha "Sam" Montgomery (Cinderella)
	Raise Your Voice	Teresa "Terri" Fletcher
2005	The Perfect Man	Holly Hamilton
	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	Lorraine Baker
2006	Material Girls	Tanzania "Tanzie" Marchetta	also Producer
2008	War, Inc.	Yonica Babyyeah
2009	What Goes Up	Lucy Diamond	Premiered at the 3rd Annual Buffalo Niagara Film Festival
	According to Greta	Greta	also Executive Producer
2010	Stay Cool	Shasta O'Neil	Premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
	Provinces of Night	Raven Halfacre	[Post-production] [90]
	The Story of Bonnie and Clyde	Bonnie Parker	[Pre-production]
unreleased	Foodfight!	Sunshine Goodness	(Voice only)

Films made for television or video
Year	Title	Role	Distributor
1998	Casper Meets Wendy	Wendy	20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
1999	The Soul Collector	Ellie	CBS
2002	Cadet Kelly	Kelly	Disney Channel
2004	In Search of Santa	Crystal	Miramax Family Films
2010	Beauty and the Briefcase	Lane Daniels	ABC Family[91]

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001–2004	Lizzie McGuire	Lizzie McGuire	Lead role
2009	Gossip Girl	Olivia Burke	Recurring character (Season 3, Multiple Episodes)

Television guest appearances
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Chicago Hope	Jessie Seldon	"Cold Hearts" (Season 6, Episode 17)
2003	American Dreams	Shangri-Las	"Change a Comin" (Season 2, Episode 8)
	George Lopez	Stephanie	"Team Leader" (Season 2, Episode 22)
2004	Frasier	Britney	"Frasier-Lite" (Season 11, Episode 12)
2005	Joan of Arcadia	Dylan Samuels	"The Rise & Fall of Joan Girardi" (Season 2, Episode 14)
	George Lopez	Kenzie	"George's Grand Slam" (Season 4, Episode 19)
2007	The Andy Milonakis Show	Herself	"Andy Moves to L.A." (episode 1, season 3)
2009	Ghost Whisperer	Morgan Jeffries	"Thrilled to Death" (Season 4, Episode 19)
	Law & Order: SVU	Ashlee Walker	"Selfish" (Season 10, Episode 19)

Engaged to Mike Comrie...

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On February 19, 2010, Hilary Duff got engaged to Mike Comrie after a courtship of over two years.

Edmonton Oiler Mike Comrie and actress Hilary Duff are engaged, confirms the team.

"Hilary Duff & Mike Comrie were engaged this weekend while vacationing in Hawaii. After having been together for over two years, they are very excited to share this happy news. They are thankful for all of your warm wishes," reads the statement.

Comrie reportedly popped the question Thursday night while the couple was in Maui.

Mike Comrie, The NHL is on a two-week break for the Olympics...



Hilary Duff Engaged to Hockey Player Mike Comrie... Hilary Duff gets engaged to hockey stud Mike Comrie in Maui.

Fan comment... A couple things.. Hilary Duff, she was my idol since lizzie mguire...I feel like 13 yrd old lizzie is getting married...I wish her the best...but this guy doesn't give me trust and I think it won't work out. Could of done better. And she is to young. I'm 21 and I don't wanna get married. Married when u r 28 and over.lol hope it works out...

Public image and personal life

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In a June 2006 interview with Elle magazine, She was quoted as saying: "...(virginity) is definitely something I like about myself. It doesn't mean I haven't thought about sx, because everyone I know has had it and you want to fit in". She later told MuchMusic that she did not say the quotes attributed to her in the article and that the subject was "definitely not something that I would talk about..." Hilary Duff denied the quotes again in a 2008 interview with Maxim magazine.

She began dating singer Aaron Carter in 2001. They met on the sets of Lizzie McGuire, during Carter's guest appearance in a Christmas episode. The relationship lasted two years. It was reported that Carter left her for Lindsay Lohan, but soon broke up with Lohan and resumed dating her. Carter later stated that he also cheated on her with her best friend, and that She "got her heart broken" and he was "sorry" for his actions.

She began dating Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden in 2004. After a long period of tabloid speculation, her mother Susan announced their relationship in a June 2005 interview for Seventeen magazine. She and Madden broke up in November 2006. The same year, her parents separated after 22 years of marriage, due to infidelity on the part of Hilary Duff's father. Hilary Duff wrote about the pain caused by the separation in Hilary Duff's songs "Stranger" and "Gypsy Woman".



Hilary Duff-Boyfriend.. a Hilary Duff Video ... The Song is by Ashlee Simpson, Bofriend.

She began dating NHL player Mike Comrie in 2007. Hilary Duff frequently attends his games. Comrie bought her a Mercedes-Benz for Hilary Duff 's 20th birthday.

Philanthrophy

Hilary Duff she is involved with various charities, is an animal rights enthusiast and a member of Kids with a Cause.

Hilary Duff also donated $250,000 to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. In 2005, Hillary Duff donated over 2.5 million meals to Hurricane Katrina victims in the south.

In August 2006, she traveled to a New Orleans elementary school and worked with USA Harvest to distribute meals. Hilary Duff has also served on the Advisory Board of the "Audrey Hepburn Child Benefit Fund" and the Celebrity Council of "Kids with a Cause".

On October 8, 2008, she 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 Gaay".

In July 2009, She was named as a Youth Ambassador to the children of the Colombian capital, Bogota.As a Youth Ambassador, Hilary Duff 'll spend 5 days in the country, distributing backpacks filled with food to needy children.

She has stated numerous times that Hilary Duff’s a strong animal rights supporter and has commented, when asked what Hilary Duff would be doing if she weren’t 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."

Hilary Duff Brings Her Charity Work to Colombia


Hilary Duff brought her Blessings in a Backpackcharity to Bogota, Colombia (Aug. 17, 2009) to distribute 3,000 knapsacks of food to poor children.

Entrepreneurship

Hilary Duff She launched her clothing line, "Stuff by Hilary Duff", in March 2004, with clothes distributed through Target in the US, Kmart in Australia, Zellers in Canada, and Edgars Stores in South Africa. The company, initially started as a clothing line, has expanded its business into furniture, fragrances, and jewelry, targeted at the teen and preteen crowd.

In 2007, the Internet website Stardoll.com previewed Hilary Duff's clothing line to customers by allowing them to dress up a paper doll on the website (which include Hilary Duff's own doll) with the clothes.

In February 2009, Hilary Duff and DKNY Jeans announced their new design partnership and the launch of their collaborative apparel line. She co-designed a collection of special pieces with DKNY Jeans brand called Femme for DKNY Jeans. The clothing line will debut in fine department and specialty stores nationwide in August 2009.

Playmates Toys released a celebrity doll of her in 2004. In late 2006, Mattel released a Hilary Duff Barbie doll. As a fashion designer, Hilary Duff had designed clothes for Barbie dolls in the past & w/ the release of her doll, Hilary Duff joined Reese Witherspoon, Beyoncé Knowles, and Lucille Ball who have their own celebrity dolls.

In September 2006, She released Hilary Duff 's perfume, "With Love... Hilary Duff", which was distributed by the Elizabeth Arden company. The perfume was initially sold only in Macy's in the U.S. and soon it was being sold in other regions like Japan and Canada. "With Love...Hilary Duff" was one of the three best-selling fragrances launched at U.S. department stores in late 2006. In 2007, she announced that she will be releasing a summer version of the perfume titled, "Wrapped With Love". It was released in January 2008, and a Spring Gift Set version was released in time for Valentine's Day.

She and her pet dog Lola made an appearance in the Electronic Arts game The Sims 2: Pets, which was released on October 2006. In console versions of the game, Hilary Duff's character visits public areas and allows the players to let their Sims socialize with her and Lola. Animal rights' organization, "Animal welfare league" have criticized Hilary Duff and celebrities such as Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson for displaying their dogs as fashion accessories rather than pets.

Hilary Duff Career 2009

In January 2009, it was announced that Hilary Duff would star in an indie feature, The Story of Bonnie and Clyde, an adaptation of Bonnie & Clyde. In April 2009, She began filming Provinces of Night, which is based on a book by the same name written by William Gay. She plays Raven Halfacre, the teenage daughter of a promiscuous, alcoholic mother. Hilary Duff has signed on for a 7-episode arc as Olivia Burke, a movie star who enrolls at NYU in search of a traditional college experience and ends up rooming with Vanessa (Jessica Szohr) in Gossip Girl.

In August 2009, it was announced that Hilary Duff 'll star in The Business of Falling in Love, a romantic comedy based on the book "Diary of a Working Girl," by Daniella Brodsky and directed by Gil Junger. The film is set to appear on the small screen for ABC Family. In the movie, Duff plays a fashion reporter who goes undercover in the business world hoping to find love while writing an article about dating men in suits. In September 2009, Duff released a second clothing line with DKNY Jeans as "Femme for DKNY." Hilary Duff decided to design a new clothing line for girls her age which had detachable scarves and adjustable belt loops.