"Every day is
a surprise. I wake up and I can't believe this
is my job and I get to do this."
— Hilary Duff |
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August
14, 2005 |
from
tv.zap2it.com |
Hilary Duff Reveals
Teens' Choices
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These days, Hilary Duff is
the choice of many
teenagers.
The popular young
actress-singer is an
appropriate pick, then, to
co-host the 2005 Teen Choice
Awards. Duff will join Rob
Schneider -- of the new
movie sequel "Deuce Bigalow:
European Gigolo" -- to
preside over the seventh
edition of the annual event
that FOX will broadcast
Tuesday, Aug. 16, from the
Gibson Amphitheatre in Los
Angeles. It will reveal the
results of already cast
online votes for favorites
in movies, television,
music, sports and fashion.
Music acts Gwen Stefani and
Simple Plan are scheduled to
perform during the two-hour
show. Slated presenters
include Paris Hilton,
tuneful siblings Jessica and
Ashlee Simpson, Eva Longoria
("Desperate Housewives"),
actor-singer Jesse McCartney
("Summerland"), "Fantastic
Four" co-star Jessica Alba
and Fox-series regulars Ryan
Seacrest ("American Idol"),
Rachel Bilson ("The O.C.")
and Wilmer Valderrama ("That
'70s Show").
Duff knows how it feels to
receive the colorful
surfboard that serves as the
Teen Choice Awards trophy,
having won for "The Lizzie
McGuire Movie" in 2003. "It
just feels good to be
nominated against some of
the people," she says. "It's
flattering to be in the
company of your peers." The
prospect of being a host of
the event strikes Duff as
"really exciting. I can't
believe they asked me. It's
such a cool award show for
kids, teenagers and young
adults. That kids vote is
really cool, too. I want to
do a good job. The hard part
is finding the time to
rehearse."
Indeed, the Teen Choice
Awards hits in the midst of
Duff's concert tour to
promote her new compact disc
"Most Wanted," featuring
several new songs and
remixes of past hits such as
"So Yesterday" and "Come
Clean." She's gratified by
the "incredible" response of
the crowds at her live
shows.
"You read so much bad stuff
about yourself," Duff says,
"and half of it's not true.
It's hard when people are
taking cheap shots at you
all the time, no matter how
hard you work or how much
you do that's good. When I
hear the audiences, I know
that I do touch people, and
that they love and support
me. That's what counts.
That's what matters."
Two years later, Duff knows
just where her Teen Choice
surfboard is. "It's at my
office, actually. My manager
and I were sharing an office
for a while, then she got a
new one, so I took over the
whole office. We're in the
middle of remodeling it, so
all my awards and plaques
and stuff got put away, but
I'm thinking of hanging
everything on the wall. A
lot of people put their
awards on their bathroom
floor. To me, that's like,
'Wow. You really think a lot
of them, huh?' I'm always
excited when I win
something."
As much as the term "role
model" may be applied to
her, Duff maintains, "I
don't even think I'm being
that. I want to be myself,
which doesn't mean I'm a
perfect angel. Of course, I
have faults and make
mistakes just like anyone
else, but I want people to
know not every girl in
Hollywood is a crazy party
animal. I definitely don't
live like that. I think I
have a really normal life
... within all the insanity
of the line of work I'm in.
"So many young people are
going crazy and thinking
it's a sign of growing up,
but it's not at all. I think
when they get older, they're
going to be embarrassed.
Just look at people who have
grown up gracefully, like
Natalie Portman."
Duff is proud that her
choices also are reflected
by her films, like last
year's "Raise Your Voice."
"It wasn't really promoted
here, but overseas, it's
been huge. I've gotten so
much fan mail from it,
saying things like, 'Oh, my
brother died, too' or 'That
movie really helped me.'
People still relate to, and
still need, good movies."
Feature films remain a big
part of Houston native
Duff's professional mix.
After her early-summer
release "The Perfect Man,"
she's reprising her role
opposite Steve Martin and
Tom Welling ("Smallville")
in a "Cheaper by the Dozen"
sequel.
"In order for me to do it,"
she says, "they had to
squeeze all my scenes into
14 days. I've done 10
already. It's been a lot of
fun to be back with
everybody." Still, Duff
says, "I'm a little tired
and a little overworked. I
think after the concert
tour, I'm going to take a
little time off. It'll be my
birthday; I'm turning 18 (on
Sept. 28)."
As the Teen Choice Awards
approaches, Duff admits with
a laugh that she's "kind of
scared" to share the hosting
duties with Schneider
"because he's so funny. He's
great." Especially given her
current concerts, expect
Duff to get a musical
spotlight on the show, too.
She selects her songs as
carefully as she does her
other projects, "and that
doesn't mean some of it's
not edgy, because it is.
It's just how you take it." |
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