Thursday, March 29, 2007
Brief History
Extra Links
- Official site
- Official music site
- Hilary Duff.com.au - the official Australian website for all things Hilary Duff!
- With Love - Hilary Duff Fragrance and Perfume
- MySpace Music
- Pop Generation
- Hilary Duff at WikiMusicGuide
- Hilary Duff at TV.com
- Hilary Duff at the Internet Movie Database
- Hilary Duff at the Notable Names Database
- Hilary Duff's charity work
Discography
Albums
- Santa Claus Lane (October 15, 2002)
- Metamorphosis (August 26, 2003)
- Hilary Duff (September 28, 2004)
- Most Wanted (August 16, 2005)
- Dignity (April 3, 2007)
Singles
| Single Title | Album | Charts |
|---|---|---|
| "Tell Me a Story (About the Night Before)" | Santa Claus Lane | - |
| "Santa Claus Lane" | Santa Claus Lane | - |
| "Why Not" | Metamorphosis | #14 AUS |
| "So Yesterday" | Metamorphosis | #42 USA, #9 UK, #8 AUS, #25 World |
| "Come Clean" | Metamorphosis | #35 USA, #18 UK, #17 AUS |
| "Our Lips Are Sealed" | A Cinderella Story Soundtrack | #8 AUS |
| "Little Voice" 4 | Metamorphosis | #29 AUS |
| "Fly" | Hilary Duff | #20 UK, #21 AUS |
| "The Getaway" 1 | Hilary Duff | - |
| "I Am" 2 | Hilary Duff | - |
| "Weird" 1 | Hilary Duff | - |
| "Someone's Watching Over Me" 4 | Hilary Duff | #22 AUS |
| "Wake Up" | Most Wanted | #29 USA, #7 UK, #15 AUS |
| "Beat of My Heart" | Most Wanted | #13 AUS |
| "Supergirl" 3 | Most Wanted: The Collector's Signature Edition | - |
| "Play with Fire" | Dignity | - |
| "With Love" | Dignity | #25 AUS, #42 USA, #29 UK |
2 Radio Disney Release
3 Digital Download single
4 Australia/Canada Only
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Casper Meets Wendy | Wendy | Direct-to-video | n/a |
| Playing by Heart | Bit part; uncredited | n/a | ||
| 1999 | The Soul Collector | Ellie | Made-for-television | n/a |
| 2001 | Human Nature | Young Lila Jute | Theatrical release in 2002 | $705,308 |
| 2001-2004 | Lizzie McGuire | Elizabeth McGuire | ||
| 2002 | Cadet Kelly | Kelly Collins | Made-for-television | n/a |
| 2003 | Agent Cody Banks | Natalie Connors | $58,795,814[54] | |
| The Lizzie McGuire Movie | Lizzie McGuire/Isabella Parigi | $55,534,455[55] | ||
| Cheaper by the Dozen | Lorraine Baker | $190,212,113[56] | ||
| 2004 | A Cinderella Story | Samantha Montgomery | $74,628,141[57] | |
| Raise Your Voice | Terri Fletcher | $13,573,284[58] | ||
| In Search of Santa | Crystal | Direct-to-video | n/a | |
| 2005 | The Perfect Man | Holly Hamilton | $19,770,475[59] | |
| Cheaper by the Dozen 2 | Lorraine Baker | $129,154,341[60] | ||
| 2006 | Material Girls | Tanzie Marchetta | $12,783,677[61] | |
| 2007 | Foodfight! | Sunshine Goodness | U.S. release - November 2007 | TBA |
| War, Inc. | Yonica | Post-production | TBA | |
| 2008 | Talking with Dog | Filming late Spring | TBA |
Other roles
Duff has made several guest appearances in television shows, her first as a sick child in the medical drama Chicago Hope in March 2000. In a 2003 episode of George Lopez she had a role as a makeup salesperson, and she later reappeared in the show in 2005 as a feminist poet friend of Carmen (Masiela Lusha), a character whose poetry had roots in the work of Simone de Beauvoir, Toril Moi, and Ranjit Hakim. She acted opposite her sister Haylie as the 1960s pop group The Shangri-Las in American Dreams in 2003, and played a classmate and idolizer of the title character of Joan of Arcadia in a 2005 episode. During her Most Wanted tour, she performed in Guadalajara, Mexico, where she filmed a brief appearance on the soap opera Rebelde. She will also guest star on The Andy Milonakis Show for it's third season premiere on April 27, 2007. Hilary also makes a claymated apperence on the popular celebrity wrestiling series Celebrity Death Match, on March 23rd, 2007, taking on Lindsay Lohan. The claymated Hilary mentions the feud they had between Aaron Carter. Hilary end's up killing Lindsay in the end (note the actresses were voiced by different people).
Personal life
Duff began dating singer Aaron Carter in 2002. They met on the set of Lizzie McGuire, when Carter had a cameo role on a Christmas episode. The relationship lasted a year and a half. It was reported that Carter left actress Lindsay Lohan for Duff. Carter said he also cheated on Duff with her best friend, that Duff "got her heart broken" and that he is "sorry" for his actions.[35] Duff and Lindsay Lohan were later reported to have been involved in a "feud" with each other, over their relationship with Carter.[36] As of 2006, the two have reportedly still not reconciled.[37]
From 2004 to 2006, Duff dated Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden.[38] Duff's mother Susan announced their relationship in the June 2005 interview for Seventeen magazine, after a long period of tabloid speculation.[39] 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. "[40] Duff later told MuchMusic that she didn't say the quotes attributed to her in the article and that the subject was "definitely not something that I would talk about..."[41] Duff and Madden broke up in November 2006.[42]
In late 2006 Duff took legal action against an alleged stalker and the stalker's roommate.[43] The police are currently investigating. On November 3, 2006 Duff's stalker, Maksim Miakovsky, was arrested for threatening to kill her that weekend. He was booked on charges of making criminal threats and stalking. He came to the U.S. "for the sole purpose of meeting and becoming romantically involved with Ms. Duff." Miakovsky is currently being held on $200,000 bail at the Manhattan Beach jail. He was arraigned on November 7, 2006.[44] On January 19, 2007 Miakovsky was sentenced to 117 days in jail and five years probation after pleading no contest to the charges, according to the Associated Press.[45]
Duff is involved with several charities, is an animal rights enthusiast, a member of "Kids with a Cause,"[46] and has donated US$250,000 to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.[47] In late August 2006 Duff traveled to a New Orleans elementary school and worked with USA Harvest to distribute meals. In 2005 she donated more than 2.5 million meals to Hurricane Katrina victims in the south.[48]
In August 2005 Duff said she received veneers because she chipped off one of her front teeth on a microphone during a concert.[49] On the internet, fans of Duff complained that her veneers were too large for her face and made her appear "horse-like". She has subsequently had her veneers redone to match the size of her original teeth.[50][51] In late 2005 Duff took a month off from work as a belated eighteenth birthday present. She said that she wanted to take a short break after releasing Most Wanted and writing three new songs for it, shooting three films, and embarking on her U.S. "Still Most Wanted Tour". By 2005 Duff appeared to have lost weight, leading the media to speculate that she had developed an eating disorder, although Duff has denied this claim.[52] Duff was interviewed on the Australian current affair show Today Tonight and stated that she lost weight by living a more active lifestyle.
Later, an article on Digital Spy stated that in 2006, Duff slimmed down to a US size zero because of the media reporting she had gained 15 pounds.Music Career
Music career
2002–2004
Duff recorded a cover of Brooke McClymont's "I Can't Wait" for the original television soundtrack for Lizzie McGuire in 2002 (see Lizzie McGuire (soundtrack)), and "The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room" for the first Disneymania compilation album.
Her first album was Santa Claus Lane (2002), a collection of Christmas songs which included duets with Lil' Romeo, Christina Milian, and her sister Haylie. Accompanied by the Disney Channel-only single "Tell Me a Story", it peaked well outside the top 100 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart, but eventually received a gold certification. The album's title track was included on the soundtrack to The Santa Clause 2 and another song, "What Christmas Should Be" was used in Cheaper by the Dozen. Duff sang several tracks for the soundtrack to The Lizzie McGuire Movie (see The Lizzie McGuire Movie (soundtrack)), including "Why Not", which became a modest top twenty hit in Australia.
- "Santa Claus Lane" (2003) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- First single from Santa Claus Lane.
- "So Yesterday" (2003) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- First single from Metamorphosis.
- "Come Clean" (2003) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Second single from Metamorphosis.
- Problems playing the files? See media help.
Duff's second studio album, Metamorphosis (2003), included contributions by songwriter-producers such as The Matrix and reached number one on the U.S. and Canadian charts. It became one of the biggest selling albums of the year in the U.S. and has since gone to sell over 3.7 million copies.[18] The lead single, "So Yesterday", was a top ten hit in several countries and its music video received heavy airplay on MTV, while "Come Clean" became Duff's first top forty U.S. hit and reached the top twenty elsewhere. The third single, "Little Voice", was not released in the U.S. and was a minor hit in Canada and Australia. In late 2003 Duff embarked on her first concert tour, the Metamorphosis Club Tour and later the Most Wanted tour. All shows on her tour were sold out, a feat neither Britney Spears nor Christina Aguilera achieved that year.[19]She won the award for Best New Artist at the 2004 World Music Awards and Best Female Artist at the Kids Choice Awards of 2004.[20][this source's reliability may need verification]
The second Disneymania disc was released in January 2004 and contained a duet with her sister, "The Siamese Cat Song". Another song, "Circle of Life", featured Duff and other Disney Channel Stars. Duff and her sister recorded a cover of The Go-Gos' "Our Lips Are Sealed" for the soundtrack to A Cinderella Story, which included two other songs by Duff.[21] The video for "Our Lips Are Sealed" was popular on MTV's TRL but the song itself failed to chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
Duff co-wrote several of the tracks on her third album, the self-titled Hilary Duff, which she had an edgier, rock feel than Metamorphosis. It was released on her seventeenth birthday (in September 2004) and debuted at number two in the U.S. and number one in Canada. The album has sold over 1.5 million copies in the U.S. to date,[18] but the single "Fly" failed to chart in the U.S. despite a popular video. Fly and "Someone's Watching over Me" reached the Australian top forty, but because the album was less successful than Metamorphosis, no other singles were released commercially. The singer also contributed the song "(I'll Give) Anything But Up!" for Thanks & Giving : All Year Long album (2004) with Marlo Thomas & Friends for Atlantic/Wea. Duff then continued nine more months of the Most Wanted Tour.
- "Fly" (2004) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- First single from Hilary Duff.
- "I Am" (2004) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Popular single from Hilary Duff.
- Problems playing the files? See media help.
2005–2006
Duff's fourth album, Most Wanted (2005), comprised her favorite tracks from her previous two albums, remixes, and new songs inspired by pop-rock musicians such as The Killers and Muse. Duff stated that it was not a greatest hits album, but that her label told her it was time to release a new album. She had more creative control over Most Wanted compared to her previous releases, co-writing and co-producing all of the new material with Joel Madden and his brother Benji, both of the band Good Charlotte. The lead single, "Wake Up", became Duff's highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100 and her highest peaking single in the U.S., and its video received heavy rotation on MTV. The video for the second single, "Beat of My Heart", was also popular, but the single itself did not chart in the U.S. The album itself debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and became her third number-one debut in Canada. By March 2006, it had sold 1.3 million copies in the U.S.[22] An Italy-only compilation, 4Ever, was released in 2006.
Duff recorded new songs for her Madonna produced film Material Girls, including a Timbaland-produced cover version of Madonna's "Material Girl" with her sister. She also recorded a song dubbed "Happy" which was featured on the films trailer but was not released commercialy, instead the music from "Happy" was used for Duffs next single "Play with Fire".[23] According to Total Request Live, Duff's fourth studio album was to be released in the United States in December 5, 2006 because of her commitment to the film War, Inc.;[24] it was later pushed back to February and later to April 3, 2007.[25] Titled Dignity,[26] it is preceded by the single "Play with Fire", which was released to U.S. radio in August 2006.
- "Wake Up" (2005) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- First single from Most Wanted.
- "Beat of My Heart" (2005) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Second single from Most Wanted.
- Problems playing the files? See media help.
2007
Duff's fifth studio album is entitled Dignity, for which she has co-written material with Kara DioGuardi, and she also worked with producer-songwriter Rhett Lawrence in Toronto, Canada.[27] Duff has been working with producers and mixers such as Richard "Humpty" Vission, Tim and Bob, Manny Marroquin[28] and will.i.am. She said that compared to her previous music it would be "more dancey" and make use of more real instruments. "I don't know exactly how to explain what we're doing, but it's fun and funky and different, something new for me. It's really cool", she said.[29] She has also described the album's sound as "a little less pop-rock and more electronic-sounding".[30]
The first single, "Play with Fire", became a minor club hit but failed to chart in the U.S.; the second single, "With Love", was released in early 2007 and has achieved more mainstream radio success and is a Top 40 hit. The music video for "With Love" has also been used as the commercial for Duff's first fragrance, With Love... Hilary Duff, which was lauched in September 2006. The album will be released on April 3, 2007 in North America and earlier elsewhere, and it will come in two versions: a standard edition, and a deluxe edition containing bonus material and a DVD.
Entrepreneurship
Duff launched a clothing line, Stuff by Hilary Duff, on March 12, 2004, with clothes distributed through Target in the United States, Kmart in Australia, Zellers in Canada and Edgars in South Africa. The company started out as a clothing line but has expanded to furniture, fragrances, and jewelry. It is aimed at the teen and preteen crowd.
Playmates Toys released a celebrity doll of her in 2004.[31] In September 2006 Duff released her perfume, With Love... Hilary Duff, which she premiered on The View.[32]
Duff 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 Duff's character will visit public areas and players will be able to let their sims socialize with her and Lola, the dog. However, in the PC expansion pack, players must download the Duff sim from the Maxis website before December 31 she and her dog will be fully playable characters, rather than a non-player character.[33] Duff, along with celebrities Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson have been criticized for their displaying of the dogs as fashion accessories rather than pets.[34]
Film career
2003–2004
Duff subsequently starred opposite Christy Carlson Romano and Gary Cole in the Disney Channel television film Cadet Kelly (2002), which became the network's most watched program in its nineteen-year history. Her first major role in a feature film was in Agent Cody Banks with Frankie Muniz in 2003. This would mark Duff's first role in an action film and her first "major" feature film. The film received positive reviews and was successful enough to spawn a sequel, in which Duff did not participate. Afterwards Hilary reprised her role as Lizzie McGuire for The Lizzie McGuire Movie, the film was very successful and exceeded box office expectations.
Duff in the ad for The Lizzie McGuire Movie.
Duff in the ad for The Lizzie McGuire Movie.
Later that year Duff played one of the twelve children of Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt in the family film Cheaper by the Dozen, which remains her highest grossing film. She reprised her role in the sequel to the film called Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005), which failed to be as financially successful as the original film and was panned by critics.
In 2004 Duff starred in the romantic comedy A Cinderella Story, an update of Charles Perrault's fairy tale Cinderella. The film became a moderate box office hit, and though reviews were mostly negative, some critics were impressed by Duff's performance and her chemistry with co-star Chad Michael Murray. A Cinderella Story earned a total of $66,068,046 worldwide and was a commercial success. Later that year she starred in the film Raise Your Voice. Some critics praised Duff for appearing in a more dramatic role than previously, but the film was heavily panned, with the Las Vegas Weekly writing: "Effortlessly combining Duff's bad acting and bad singing with bad writing and bad direction, Raise Your Voice is an insulting waste of time that begs to be silenced."Several reviews were negative to Duff's vocals (several critics pointed out what appears to be her digitally enhanced voice[6][7][8][9]) and indifferent towards her acting performance. The film received a muted reception at the box office, and is Duff's least successful film commercially, with total theater receipts of just $13,573,284. This was Hilary's first starring role in a drama film. Duff received her first Razzie nomination for her role in Raise Your Voice.bShe lost her 2004 nomination to Halle Berry for her feature film Catwoman.
2005–2006
In The Perfect Man (2005) she played the oldest daughter of a divorced woman (Heather Locklear), who moves to New York City as she desperately searches for love. Reviews were mostly negative and the film disappointed at the box office, grossing a mere $19,770,475 globally.[12] That year, Duff was again nominated for a Razzie Award, for both The Perfect Man and Cheaper by the Dozen 2.[13] The 2006 satirical comedy Material Girls again disappointed, grossing only $14,189,525 worldwide.[14] The Martha Coolidge-directed film, co-produced by Madonna's independent film production company Maverick Entertainment, starred Duff and her real-life sister Haylie Duff as wealthy siblings who must fight to reclaim their fortune following a scandal. For the film, Duff was nominated for another two Razzie awards on January 24, 2007.[15] The film is to be released in Europe in March of 2007, and has launched a foreign website confirming this information. Material Girls was released to DVD in the US on December 12, 2006. Due to excessive recording of Duff's next studio album entitled Dignity, the film Material Girls was the only movie Duff starred in for 2006.
2007–2008
The Duff sisters are due to lend their voices to the computer animated comedy Foodfight!, which Lions Gate Films is to distribute in 2007. The film's director, Larry Kasanoff, said that he is "absolutely thrilled to have the Duff sisters as part of the cast."[16]
Duff is currently slated to star opposite John Cusack in War, Inc., due for release in late 2007. The film is set in a futuristic country and Duff and Cusack have completed filming it in Bulgaria. Duff plays a European pop star named Yonica. Duff pushed back her fifth studio album so that she had ample time to work on the movie.[citation needed] Cusack has stated that he enjoys working with Miss Duff and that "she is awesome in the movie".
Duff is also due to work on a second movie with John Cusack, the sci-fi/action thriller Talking with Dog. Little is known about the film, although its theme revolves around a future that faces some extreme consequences of global warming (including human infertility).[17] Filming is set to begin in 2007, with a 2008 release date.