Don’t cry too hard for Greg Grunberg, part of the cast of Heroes, which NBC canceled this spring. Not long after learning about Heroes’ demise, Greg was cast as a series regular in a new NBC show Love Bites, originally slated for fall that has been pushed back until January.
“It was a short mourning period for me,” Greg told Crushable. “I’ve been wanting to do comedy for a long time and this came along. I guest starred with Jennifer love… More »
Have we as a culture reached the Betty White over-saturation point yet? I thought we had after SNL, even with Hot In Cleveland premiering. Now, our final Golden Girl can make a graceful exit into Angela Lansbury territory, you know, where she’s not on every commercial or guest-spot, reminding us how “cool” she is. Don’t get us wrong: We doubt this is Betty White’s fault: It’s more the producers, agents, publicists, whomever, who sees Betty’s surge in popularity only in… More »
Happy Arbor Day! In honor of Arbor Day, Carmen Electra will be in New York’s Madison Square Park tomorrow shaving (or “deforesting”) men’s chests before a live audience. In case you were wondering why, it’s part of Phillips Norelco’s “Deforest Yourself. Reforest the World” campaign. (via New York Recession Diary)
Celebrities are doing all they can to help support Haitian earthquake relief efforts–Hilary Duff included. You can help Hilary support this important cause by visiting the official Hilary Duff Swag Store and donating your Swagbucks to the Haitian Earthquake relief efforts.
If you donate 1,000,000 points the site will donate $100,000 to the American Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders and Yele.org (Wyclef Jean’s relief effort).
You can sign up for this promotion right over here and get 3 points for doing so… More »
Celebrities are speaking out about the terrible earthquake disaster that happened in Haiti–expressing their concerns and trying to rally up help. Star Twitter pages are blowing up with comments and links to disaster relief funds, trying to aid the cause.
Hilary Duff’s sister, Haylie, posted this on her Twitter page:
“My thoughts and care go out to the people in Haiti. What a terrible disaster.”
Hilary Duff fans know that she has donated a lot of her time and money to many different… More »
Hilary Duff has joined the campaign for the I Am Waters Foundation to help give a face to the American homeless population.
The I Am Waters Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Houston, Texas dedicated to providing fresh, clean water to the homeless. Our goal is to enrich the lives of America’s homeless by providing a continuous source of fresh, clean bottled water, delivered with a daily, inspirational message of hope, love and a sense of belonging to the greater… More »
It’s being reported that Hilary Duff is still working hard to support Blessings in a Backpack, a charity which provides less privileged families backpacks filled with food. So, if you and other Hilary fans want to join in on supporting the organization, you can. Through CelebritiesCallYou, you can send personalized phone messages or e-cards to your friends. Hilary has recorded an abundance of names to be sent for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and other things along those lines. … More »
Hilary Duff has been working hard in order to launch the charity Blessing in a Backpack in Bogota and finally it has been achieved! So, to pay back all the companies and people who have been joining together to make this work, Hilary has posted a little thank you letter on her official website. Take a look at the letter below! See more of Hilary’s thank you letter after the jump! … More »
Hilary Duff will be featured in the October, 2009 edition of Seventeen Magazine. I don’t believe she will be on the cover, though she does have a feature in the magazine. Seventeen has released two videos – one a sneak peak of the Femme for DKNY Jeans line, which launched last week, and the other an interview about Blessings in a Backpack.
Hilary Duff describes her fashion sense as “simple with a twist”, and often she just wants to try something… More »
A couple of weeks ago, Hilary Duff went to Bogota Bogota, Colombia this weekend to kick-start her Blessings in a Backpack program in the city. While there, Hilary Duff was named “Ambassador for the Youth” by the Mayor and toured local areas and hospitals. Here are three new videos from Hilary’s visit:
The first video shows Hilary receiving some gifts then later handing out backpacks full of food to school kids. There is an interview with Hilary, but it’s hard… More »
The Associated Press has covered Hilary Duff’s trip to Bogota, which is great. This gives us an interview that hasn’t been dubbed over! In the interview, Hilary shares that she had an “amazing invitation from the Mayor’s office to come to Bogota, recognize the work that I’ve been doing with children and the founder of Blessings in a Backpack, Stan Curtis. We’ve been working together for 4 years, feeding children over the weekends.”
Hilary shares that the first school in Bogota,… More »
Earlier, we shared some of the photos that Jamie Rodriguez was putting on his Twitter account in Bogota. Jamie has continued to document Hilary’s visit to Bogota, working on a documentary of her visit. In addition to documenting her many visits, Jamie has been interviewing Hilary each day. Should be a good interview in the end!
Jamie shared that there have been a lot of Hilary fans at each event in Bogota and that Hilary “got emotional and teary” giving… More »
On August 15th, Hilary Duff’s second day in Bogota, Colombia, Hilary went with the Mayor to visit the Polideportivo Valles de Cafam, where she helped young people with disabilities and participated in a massive vaccination session, as we saw in the second photo here. She also toured Hospital de Meissen where she visited the pediatrics wing.
On the same day, Hilary visited a center where young people who used to live on the streets are being taught new skills and are… More »
Hilary Duff spent her weekend in Bogota, Colombia to kick-start her Blessings in a Backpack program in the city. Hilary Duff was named “Ambassador for the Youth” by the Mayor, Samuel Moreno, and was given a key to the city. Here is a video of that ceremony, which includes Hilary saying thanks in Spanish!:
In an interview, when asked who her favorite Colombian singer was, Hilary said Shakira… a star who also does a lot of charity work.
“I think… More »
Hilary Duff went to Bogota, Colombia this weekend to kick-start her Blessings in a Backpack program in the city. While there, Hilary Duff was named “Ambassador for the Youth” by the Mayor, Samuel Moreno, and was given a key to the city.
Blessings in a Backpack will hand out more than 3,000 backpacks filled with food for the children of Bogota during their weekend visit – each weekend these bags will be refilled. In addition, Hilary Duff will be trying… More »
Hilary Duff flew to the city of Bogota in Colombia where she was greeted by the Mayor, Samuel Moreno. Hilary Duff was named youth ambassador for Bogota for her work with Blessings in a Backpack, a program now to be available in the city. Hilary will spend the weekend visiting schoolchildren and participating in cultural activities.
A journalist in Bogota, Jamie Rodriguez, has been tweeting Hilary’s reception by the mayor and her presentation with the Key to the City…. More »
Hilary Duff was spotted back on the set of Gossip Girl in New York yesterday to re-shoot some scenes from her first day. This first day shows Hilary’s character Olivia Burke meeting Penn Badgely’s character Dan. At this point, Dan doesn’t know that Olivia is an actress, just that she’s a student at NYU.
According to the latest fan club email, Hilary Duff will be visiting Bogota, as previously mentioned, “within the next few days.”
Images: splashnewsonline.com… More »
Hilary Duff has confirmed that she will be making a trip to Bogota, Colombia this August (sometime in the first week)
As previously mentioned, Hilary Duff was named youth ambassador for Bogota. She’ll be traveling to Bogota with her charity, Blessings in a Backpack, to visit schoolchildren as part of an aim to take the weekend feeding program International.
“I am honored to meet the schoolchildren of Bogota, along with the founder of Blessings in a Backpack, Stan Curtis. We are, sincerely,… More »
Hilary Duff has been named as ambassador for the youth for the city of Bogota in Colombia. According to the Mayor of Bogota, Hilary Duff will be coming to the city sometime between August 1 and August 15 to be a guest of honor.
This honor was brought about as Blessings in a Backpack, the charity Hilary Duff has been ambassador of for some time now, plans to take the program to new levels. The charity will be promoted around… More »
To go along with the photos of Hilary Duff as the grand marshal at the Kentucky Speedway on Saturday, here’s a brief video of Hilary announcing, “Drivers, start your engines!” How fun!
Did you go to the race? If you did, how was it??… More »