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The day she signs a record deal OR says an official announcement I will be doing a thread in the Music News section. Believe that.
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Basically in the first interview Hilary states what I have been telling you girls all this time, she has to look for NEW management for music and she acutally wants to take her time with the project BUT she is clearly interested in doing music again. The second interview is a MUST read and she gets more Bloodworth praise.
Hilary Duff Hints At New Album; Chats about 'Bloodworth', the 'Bonnie and Clyde' remake, and music career.
http://on.msnbc.com/lIX8NI
Hilary Duff Goes Indie: A Conversation About Her New Film, Bloodworth
As she says later in our interview, Hilary Duff likes a good challenge. The number of former child and teen stars who manage to sustain their success into their twenties, as Duff undeniably has, are few enough already, but even rarer are those who then develop into serious adult actors. Slowly, though, and almost under the radar, Hilary Duff has been turning in noteworthy, character-rich performances in a variety of lower-budgeted independent films, including According to Greta and Stay Cool, both released in 2009. And, in this writer's opinion, Duff's strongest onscreen work to date is hitting theaters this week, with her nuanced turn as a good-hearted, but troubled, teen in the Southern gothic family drama Bloodworth.
Based on the novel Provinces of Night by William Gay, Bloodworth centers around a seriously dysfunctional, eponymous Tennessee brood, which reaches its tipping point of infighting when the long-missing patriarch, E.F. Bloodworth (Kris Kristofferson in a poignant turn), returns to them after 40 years. His three sons Warren (Val Kilmer), Brady (screenwriter W. Earl Brown) and Boyd (Dwight Yoakam) have some serious issue to work out with the old man, and caught in the middle is E.F.'s grandson, the sweet Fleming (Reece Daniel Thompson). Fleming meets Hilary Duff's Raven, a small town girl with very big dreams, and together, they realize they might be each other's only chance out of the tentacles of a southern family with dysfunction enough to give Tennessee Williams nightmares.
Duff launched into stardom back in 2001 via the popular Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire, which she parlayed into a succession of hit movies including Agent Cody Banks and Raise Your Voice, as well as a singing and touring career which has included two platinum albums. Her success has continued today, with popular guest-starring runs on shows such as Gossip Girl, the launch of her own clothing and fragrance lines, and her writing of a fiction book entitled Elixir, released last year, which made the New York Times best seller list.
You really disappear into your role as Raven, in Bloodworth, in a strong performance. Was there any process you utilized that helped get you there?
Hilary Duff: I think just working on an independent movie... There's a lot of freedom, a lot less pressure, a lot of time to play, with the director, Shane [Dax Taylor]. He's good. I mean, he's very quiet, so he's not the guy that's going to give you in detail... a totally detailed description of what he's looking for, unless you really ask. But he'll just let you go. And I think for this, that was the perfect attitude for him to have towards the actors because we all got pretty close and really just worked off each other.
Did you find Raven's character pretty quickly?
I did, I did, and I know it's a different character for me, but honestly she's not... she's still a good-hearted, sweet person, and so I think that it wasn't a struggle of me really trying to get to a dark place, even though there's so much darkness around her, you know?
I did a little stuff for the accent, research... but I'm a Southern girl, too, so I found that pretty easily. And then just being in our surroundings. I mean, we were deep into the woods.
You shot the film in the Carolinas, and you can almost feel the heat in the air during some of the outdoor scenes.
Yeah, it was hot. It was really hot during the day, and then freezing cold at night. And it was just kind of depressing all around there. Everything's beaten down and broken down, and so it takes you to that place easily, I think.
Something else I appreciated about the film was the attention to the little visual touches, such as the copy of Vogue that Raven buys and carries about. That was heartbreaking.
Yeah, she's a sad girl. But I mean, it was fun for her to see this guy who's like this bright light in her life, and just know that he's her ticket out, and she just grabs onto it, and it's all about change. She didn't have any good examples set for her, and it's just nice to see these two kids that make it out of this whole situation.
Was there a point a few years ago where you just definitively said to your representatives, "I need to find character-type roles?"
I mean, everything is such a team decision, and when I got off of my last tour, which was four years ago, I kind of said to myself, "I'm tired of doing that. I need a break." And then, once I was taking my break, I was thinking, "How am I ever going to make this transition?" It was really important at the time to come up with a plan of how I'm going to be happy; how I'm going to get the projects I want; how I'm going be perceived the way that I want, you know, and to kind of break the mold.
I grew up in people's living rooms, and so they know me as this little blond, perfectly-relatable girl. And that's fine. But kind of, to make that transition, I felt it was important to take a step back and get out of people's everyday of seeing me all the time. And I tried to do that, and I chose projects here and there just to keep myself busy.
And I was pretty picky about what I chose, and, you know, now I want to make a record again. Now I feel like it's a good time, because I am all grown up... I'm a different person now, and I think people have kind of accepted that, and are more open to seeing me in projects like this. So, obviously, if some big blockbuster movie came along, and wanted me for it, I would do it, but I felt the independent route was nice for me, just to get to work with people that I appreciate, and do things to be seen in a different light, I guess.
It seems like it would be a difficult balance in choosing projects, because you probably want to keep one foot with the audience that grew up with you when you were a teen and child star. At the same time, you want to get taken seriously as an actress. The cliché is: former child star wants to get taken seriously as an actress, so she goes and plays a prostitute or a drug-addict. And I'm sure those scripts came across your desk.
Yeah, they did, they did. And if it had been a great project, I would have done it, you know? But I'm also was never the one who was like, "Oh, I'm eighteen, now I'm going to go party and get my photo taken with no underwear on." I mean, it was never my shtick. So everything I do, I think about. I'm a Libra, so I think about every option before I do it. I did the movie with John Cusack, War, Inc., and that was pretty out of character for me. But then I did Gossip Girl. I felt like doing Gossip Girl really was for my fans, because they were at that age where that's what they were watching and it was more mainstream.
And I do, I feel... a responsibility, you know, to find that balance, and I'm not trying to be this weird, artsy, only-do-independent-movies type of girl. I'm just trying to do what I like.
I think the first independent film I recall seeing you in, when you were an adult, was According To Greta, a few years ago.
That was a good experience for me. That was the first time I went away to do a movie completely alone, so it felt kind of scary, but, also accomplished, you know, because I was taking something on that's unknown, I guess. It was fun. It was very low-budget, but we filmed it in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, and it was just the perfect setting. We had a really great crew, and I felt all "independent," which was good.
Was there an adjustment period that you had to go through, working on a low-budget shoot, without all the bells and whistles?
Not really. I mean, honestly, it's weird to say this because it seems like I'm saying it and it's not really true... but I'm pretty easy. I mean, I don't have a big team of people that travel with me and I'm not that fancy.
I had the funniest little apartment that they rented for me, on the same block of the house that we were shooting in. It was all painted Easter-egg colors and had cat sculptures everywhere, and it was just some lady's apartment that she let them rent for me, and it was so funny. It was not all fancy, but that was one of my favorite experiences.
Let's talk about your first book, Elixir. How long ago did you start on it?
I started right after I finished Gossip Girl, so it was around two years ago. And when I was in New York, I met a literary agent, just randomly, out, and they were like, "Have you ever thought about writing a book?" And I've written music, which is totally different, obviously, but I've always felt like my job, and the things that I've done are very much like storytelling, and so I knew that I could come up with something. And I called them up a month or so later, and I said, "All right, I have an idea. Can I pitch it to you, you know? Is this worth acting on?" And I met with them, and he says, "How do you want to do this? It's great, and I think people will be interested in it." I got with a co-writer and we just started writing, so the whole process for the first book took about two years.
And then, I just wrote the follow-up novel --
A sequel, correct?
Uh-huh. It's called Devoted. And it was much easier the second time around.
You knew the characters this time.
Yeah. And the story... we knew where everything was going. And a lot of the answers, 'cause it's quite complicated. But it's fun, you know, it's not my calling, but I like a good challenge, though, and that's what it was.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/terry-..._b_863413.html
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I laugh at those who said she would never make an album again and that she was done with music, we pretty much have confirmation that she wants to make a new album. She just needs to find the right management like she says which will take time. If were lucky she finds management sometime before this year is over and she starts writing at the end of the year.
Get a new album sometime 2012, its clear she wants to take her time with it so that is good, I also love how she says she's changed so much since Dignity I'm so excited to see what she has in store for us.
Great interview about Bloodworth too, she really knows what she is doing with the indie route and I applaude her for that since she is clearly getting praise for this film. She definitely knows what she's doing, I loved that she said if she was offered a big blockbuster role she'd jump right into it also. Best of both worlds really.
I appreciate her views and choices so much more now after that interview.
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I laugh at those who said she would never make an album again and that she was done with music, we pretty much have confirmation that she wants to make a new album. She just needs to find the right management like she says which will take time. If were lucky she finds management sometime before this year is over and she starts writing at the end of the year.
Get a new album sometime 2012, its clear she wants to take her time with it so that is good, I also love how she says she's changed so much since Dignity I'm so excited to see what she has in store for us.
Great interview about Bloodworth too, she really knows what she is doing with the indie route and I applaude her for that since she is clearly getting praise for this film. She definitely knows what she's doing, I loved that she said if she was offered a big blockbuster role she'd jump right into it also. Best of both worlds really.
I appreciate her views and choices so much more now after that interview.
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I always knew that Hilary was NOT done with music. She makes a lot of money from it (not that she needs the money but it helps) and she loves the connection to her fans with touring. It's sad to see that she will not be with Andre ("The German") for the era but I guess it's for the best since he was apart of her days at Hollywood Records. I hope Hilary really manages to do something different but stick to the Dignity sound with a little R&B flavor.
About the acting: I know I bitch and complain because Hilary doesn't do any mainstream projects but it seems like she has really taken the time to crave out some thought & direction into her career. She is changing the critics minds and showing them that she can handle serious films, the indie path has been a hit/mess period for her TBH. She has shown the critics she can act (even though the films overall have been negatively reviewed) BUT I think all she wants to do is prove herself. People don't give Hilary enough credit but she is really is a bad bitch in her own way.
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Hilary Duff is becoming quite the author. Joining the literary ranks of novelists like Lauren Conrad and Snooki, the former Disney Channel star, who already wrote last year’s bestselling YA novel Elixir, has penned a follow-up set to come out October 11. Titled Devoted, it continues the story of rich, famous, jet-setting Duff surrogate Clea Raymond as she uncovers mysterious, supernatural goings-on.
Check out the cover for Devoted to the left, which is about as blue as Elixir‘s was purple. What do you guys think? Any fans of Duff’s first book?
http://shelf-life.ew.com/2011/05/19/...-cover-reveal/
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Another must read interview, Hilary lays down the gameplan for returning to music and talks about her new movie, which sounds very interesting. (I only included the interesting parts of the interview because it is long as hell.) Enjoy!
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Izumi Hasegawa: This is quite different from anything you've done for Disney. Can you talk about why you wanted to take this role and what you're hoping it does for you?
Hilary Duff: Obviously, I hope people see it and think I did a good job in it, and see me in a different way than how they've watched me grow up, which is more lighthearted films. It is different in that I think every actor is looking for a challenge and to play something different, and to be a part of a project with other great actors. It was a great experience, and I think I've been trying to choose roles like that on purpose.
IH: So you guys plan to wait to get pregnant?
HD: Yes. We've only been married a year; he plays hockey, so he's away from September to April, and we don't really get that much time together, so we're looking to wait. I'm still looking to work more.
IH: Do you see this movie as a cautionary tale for young girls? Are you hoping to get that message out?
HD: I think it's more uplifting toward the end. I don't want to give it away, but...they make it out. I think someone from a small town or living in the circumstances that these two characters are living in, you see that it's possible, even when all the odds are against you, that you can change your life path and change the way things have been going in your family's history. Obviously, they didn't have the best role models to look up to. They endure some torture, but they eventually make it out.
IH: Did Sheila [Kelley] teach you to pole dance?
HD: For my bachelorette party, we definitely went to Sheila's studio. My sister got us clear stripper shoes, and it was so funny. But she's amazing; I loved her. She got crazy quick, and that really helped for some of the scenes. Just to play off of her was amazing, and she has a great body. I'd take that body right now.
IH: It's supposed to be a great way to stay in shape.
HD: Yeah. Well, my arms were sore the next day and everything.
IH: Was this a challenging character for you to find, or did you find it pretty easy to identify with her?
HD: I didn't find it easy to identify with her, but I grew up in Texas and we had a house in the hill country that we'd go to often, and it was really deep into the country, and we had a few friends there growing up that were caretakers of our property, and I actually used them a lot for inspiration because they just had such a quiet life. The town was pretty incestuous -- just back roads country stuff. I didn't relate to it, but I felt like I had some things to draw off of. The accent came pretty easy, and being where we had to be to film it really took you there fast because you were imagining that this was your life, how hard it would be.
IH: Did you read the book before shooting?
HD: I didn't read the book. Shane told me the same thing, but I didn't go read it afterwards. Maybe I should.
IH: How was the atmosphere on set? It sounded like there were a lot of after-hours hanging out at bars...
HD: It was a good group. They film so much up there now that the crew always works together on other projects, so walking in, it was a good group that all got along, worked well together fast... It was cool.
IH: You didn't have any scenes with Kris [Kristofferson], but did you get to sing with him?
HD: No, I didn't. I didn't even get to meet him. I know, it was disappointing. All my stuff we shot in three weeks. I guess, with such a big cast, it was kind of hard to get everyone together and their schedules to meet up, so people shot in chunks. People would get shot out, besides Reece Thompson; he had to be there almost every single day. I think every day, maybe, [he] had to be there.
IH: Do you have any plans with music?
HD: I do, actually. I'm just starting to build a new team of people, and I'm going to start writing, and I think I'm going to make another record. It's been four years. I really just needed that time to take a break and reevaluate, and grow a little bit outside of being onstage and stuff. Trying to change people's perception of who I am now and accept that, I think it's the right time now, and I've got that itch.
IH: Do you want to write all your own songs, or collaborate?
HD: No, I want to collaborate. I think I'm a big believer in collaboration. I haven't done it for four years, so I'm not sure where my competence level is, of just trying to write the whole thing. If there's an amazing song that I love that's done right now, I'd sing it, or I'd love to sit down and write with people. I think it'll be a mish-mash.
IH: Are you going to do the same style of music?
HD: It's definitely going to be pop music. I'm a sucker for a catchy song and dance music -- that's my sweet spot, so I'll definitely do that.
IH: Who do you listen to?
HD: Right now, I'm addicted to Adele's record. I love Robyn's record. I think she's a big inspiration -- that Euro-pop dance music I love, but girl power. Reece will probably be rocking out in his car to my new record, dancing. I also listen to Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan; I have a Beatles song tattooed on my foot... I'm all over the place.
IH: Do you feel that getting married actually attributed to your growth, or do you feel it just came naturally because you're different now?
HD: No, honestly, I don't feel that way at all. It was such a natural thing for me. It wasn't like I had to think, "Am I making the right decision here?" It felt 100% right, and I found the most amazing person that's totally compatible for me, and it wasn't even a question of 'am I too young to be doing this?' or whatever. It just felt right, so I went with it. I'm pretty good at thinking about everything -- all my consequences and all -- before I make a decision. I think about everything that's going to happen because of that decision, and I'm a Libra, and I'm very strategic. It just worked. I don't think I was trying to say, "I'm grown up now, I'm married!" It was just right for my life.
IH: You started working so young, that probably made you more mature, just from the standpoint compared to someone who just went to school and wasn't around adults a lot of the time...
HD: Yes, and I've had a very unique path that's different from everybody else's, and I was never a dater. I never went out that much. I've always had long-distance relationships, and everything has come very fast in my life. I haven't waited for much.
IH: Do you want to work with your sister [Haylie Duff]?
HD: I'd love to. She's not singing right now, but she's been really busy. She does a lot of made-for-TV movies, and she does them like back-to-back-to-back. She's happy; she's working all the time, and she's a great songwriter, so I think, if anything, we'll write music.
IH: When you do a role like this, does it change how you want to approach your career from here on? Are the things you look for in projects different now?
HD: I think, for a while, everything was pretty planned out. Now, the great thing with this business is that you're never bored; every day can bring you something new -- a new opportunity, a new role to go fight for... If some movie came along that was more mainstream or more relatable, like maybe the things I've done in the past, and I loved the script, I would do it. It just depends on how you feel and what you want to tackle.
IH: What's next?
HD: I'm going to start making a record soon, so I don't know how long that will take; it probably will take a year. I signed on to do another movie in September in New York. It's called Donald Kimski.
IH: Can you tell us about your character in that?
HD: I'm going to play this young girl -- the movie is changing a little bit, but this young girl who's working as a dancer -- not a stripper, but a dancer at a club; she's this wild, free spirit, and she meets this man who's gone blind in New York City, and it's about this crazy night that they have together that changes both of their lives for the better. It's not a sexual relationship, but they both free each other in a certain way.
http://www.buzzinefilm.com/interview...worth-05172011
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She's coming, she has taken a little break and had time to rest, **** Mike, work out, shoot a movie here and there, and shop BUT now we need the 2003-2008 work ethic back, it's time to slay.
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I am not ready or worthy
I just hope all these years of waiting will be worth it.
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OMFG!!! Hilary is truly coming back to SLAY!!!
I have this big mix of emotions right now!!! and I don't know where to begin!
Ok first, I glad Bloodworth is receiving a lot of buzz right now, I mean, that the movie gets really known even though it's independent is a great thing for Hilary because of the praise she's getting, that would get her a lot of new roles. (Not that I want her to do more movies right now that she's leading towards music)
I like the cover for DEVOTED, it's so different from the one of Elixir but still has something that identifies it as part of the series, I mean, Elixir's cover was a flower but it was really purple, and now Devoted's is Clea apparently, but it is really blue, meaning the last book should be identified with another color 
I really hope B&C gets shoot as soon as possible, so she can move on to her next movie (Donald Kimski), which sounds really interesting, like something she's never done before, actually I feel a lot more excited for this new movie than for B&C  , the good thing is that she is going to be able to write some songs while she shoots them
now for the MOST IMPORTANT THING the music newss!!!
This bitch's got all excited now! I mean, she's ALREADY making a new team to work with, and top it all she finally decided to go on the dance route again!  but I have the sense this will be nothing like Dignity, I mean, it will feel a lot like it but edgier and maybe some new kind of sounds...
FINALLY THE NEWS I HAD BEEN WAITING FOR!!
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So when can we have a "Hilary's 4th album anticipation thread"?  hahaha
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Wow at the music talk she's doing. I admit I am very excited. SO EXCITED.
I hope everything she says will happen.
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She is seriously making a comeback to music, I am dead seriously ****ing dead went to heaven came back and am slayed!
No more I'm starting to get the itch again, I'm itching to do new music. She actually said I've got that itch it's about damn time Hil!
Also her new movie role sounds so interesting for her, I think it can be a really great movie!
The lessors better watch out because hilary is going to slay in 2012!
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Just wait a year more to hear your sweet voice, I can not wait that long, but I'll try
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OMFG!!! Hilary is truly coming back to SLAY!!!
I have this big mix of emotions right now!!! and I don't know where to begin!
Ok first, I glad Bloodworth is receiving a lot of buzz right now, I mean, that the movie gets really known even though it's independent is a great thing for Hilary because of the praise she's getting, that would get her a lot of new roles. (Not that I want her to do more movies right now that she's leading towards music)
I like the cover for DEVOTED, it's so different from the one of Elixir but still has something that identifies it as part of the series, I mean, Elixir's cover was a flower but it was really purple, and now Devoted's is Clea apparently, but it is really blue, meaning the last book should be identified with another color
I really hope B&C gets shoot as soon as possible, so she can move on to her next movie (Donald Kimski), which sounds really interesting, like something she's never done before, actually I feel a lot more excited for this new movie than for B&C , the good thing is that she is going to be able to write some songs while she shoots them
now for the MOST IMPORTANT THING the music newss!!!
This bitch's got all excited now! I mean, she's ALREADY making a new team to work with, and top it all she finally decided to go on the dance route again! but I have the sense this will be nothing like Dignity, I mean, it will feel a lot like it but edgier and maybe some new kind of sounds...
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I totally agree with you on B&C but I actually want Hilary to drop that movie because something about it is NOT lining up for me and I really don't think it's a good project for her to do anymore. It seems like they have so much drama around the movie and most of it has to do with Hilary's name alone, it's just a weird feeling BUT the NEW movie sounds so interesting and I love the fact that Hilary quickly said it's not a stripper but a dancer. She better get that body in shape and keep it that way for the album, I want the Dignity body for the new album.
On the music front I think this new album will be lighter. With Dignity, Hilary had a point to make and I think she made it. A lot of the songs on Dignity are actually really dark songs that tackle serious issues but you would never know that with the glaring of the dance beats. I just hope she doesn't do an all love about about Mike, that would be bland and I am not here for that.
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When the official announcement is made, my fingers are ready to make the thread so I can keep it update with EVERY ounce of news.
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She is seriously making a comeback to music, I am dead seriously ****ing dead went to heaven came back and am slayed!
No more I'm starting to get the itch again, I'm itching to do new music. She actually said I've got that itch it's about damn time Hil!
Also her new movie role sounds so interesting for her, I think it can be a really great movie!
The lessors better watch out because hilary is going to slay in 2012!
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I cannot wait for a new album. It's about time. Hilary has finally realized that music is her true calling (as is acting). I CAN NOT.
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I cannot wait for a new album. It's about time. Hilary has finally realized that music is her true calling (as is acting). I CAN NOT.
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IA with this comment, I like how she says writing books is not her calling. She stated recently her passions are singing and acting.
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Her team BETTER be smart with the promotion for Devoted. She is shooting the new movie in New York in September. I am not sure how long that will take but she might as well head right into promoting the book after that. She needs to start early this time that way it can rank higher than Elixir did on the NYT Bestseller list. Do Regis & Kelly, Today Show, GMA, Wendy (who has begged HD to come on the show) and do some book tour stops there as well.
They literally did NOT promote Elixir until the day the book came out. Promo on this is needs to be different.
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