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, pleased with the people of Bogota for their genuine efforts to feed the hungry children.”

Hilary Duff will pay a visit to schools around Bogota and will participate in cultural activities with Bogota Mayor Samuel Moreno.

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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 Bogota in school and community diners, with the mayor saying that Hilary was inspired by existing feeding campaigns in the city.

The Blessings in a Backpack program, in Bogota, will also be encouraging participation in vaccination programs.

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Hilary Duff will be appearing in a multi-episode guest arc on CW’s hit Gossip Girl when it begins Season 3 this Fall. Hilary Duff’s first appearance on the series will be in the fourth episode, slated to air on October 5, 2009.

Hilary Duff in “Ghost Whisperer” and “Law & Order: SVU”

Hilary Duff, who had strongly-promoted guest spots this year on Ghost Whisperer and on Law & Order: SVU, will take on the character of Olivia Burke on Gossip Girl, a movie star who enrols at NYU in order to have a ‘traditional college experience.’ According to Ausiello, Hilary Duff will room with Vanessa (Jessica Szohr), to which Ausiello quips: “so it’s safe to say she’ll be majoring in Drama!”

E! reports that Hilary’s character, Olivia, has more ‘normal’ dreams outside of her college experience. She also wants to date a ’simple, nonfamous guy’. That guy… Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley)! Apparenly, Dan will become interested in Olivia, though he has no idea she’s famous. Things could get serious for the couple!

Hilary Duff had a holding deal with NBC to develop a new series. One of the shows Hilary was considering was Barely Legal, a comedy series. However, Hilary never announced which series she was interested in developing, so likely a decision was not made in time for the 2009 pilot season. It’s unclear if Hilary is still planning to develop a series for NBC for 2010.

What do you think about Hilary Duff joining Gossip Girl?

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Great news!! Hilary Duff has landed another movie role! Hilary Duff is attached to star alongside Ben Kingsley in A Great Education.

A Great Education is the directorial debut for Chris Keyser. The script is about a young man who is accepted to Harvard on scholarship. While there, he joins an elite singing group called the Krokodiloes. This elite group moves in a fast-paced world of parties, social engagements, private clubs and an “air of entitlement.” The young man falls for a society girl named Liza (Hilary Duff) and his scholastic work begins to suffer.

Hilary Duff co-starred with Ben Kingsley in War, Inc, which was released about a year ago. Ben Kingsley stars in this movie as a Professor at Harvard. As yet, Hilary’s co-star (the male lead of the film) has not been announced.

The film will be shot this October in Canada.

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Hilary Duff has teamed up with iconic fashion house Hervé Léger to host a party on May 6th in Hollywood.

Hilary Duff will host the celebration at LIVE! on Sunset on May 6th at 7 - 9pm. She will be joined by hosts Max & Lubov Azria, Gerard Guez and Jackie Rose. The party will be attended by celebs and VIPs of all sorts, and will honor the Hervé Léger by Max Azria “bandage dress”. The event will preview the Spring 2009 collection, with live music, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and celebrities wearing the iconic dresses on the red carpet (maybe Hilary too!)

The bandage dress was a huge hit in the 80s and is now re-surging back into fashion. The one shown in this post is Hervé Léger’s bow bandage dress, for example.

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The soundtrack for What Goes Up, featuring Hilary Duff’s new single “Any Other Day“, will be released on May 4, just days before What Goes Up has its first premiere.

The What Goes Up soundtrack will include songs by Innocent Bystanders (”Under Wraps”, “Kidz (Who Never Grew Up),” “Never Comin Back,” and “Teenage Moments”), Electrelane (”You Make Me Weak At The Knees,” “Cut And Run,” “Two For Joy,” and “Blue Straggler”), Roddy Bottum, Al Sgro & the Brendan Hines, Jeremy Wall, Anthony Miranda, Spyro Gyra, and a remix of David Bowie’s “Heroes”.

The soundtrack will be available in many places, including iTunes and Amazon, and will be available Internationally soon after the North American release. Learn more about the soundtrack here.

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Hilary Duff will be helping to raise money and awareness for HIV and AIDS by participating in the AIDS Walk New York on May 17, 2009. Last year the event raised more than $6.8 million, a record-breaking amount.

I’ve seen this around for a couple of weeks now, but when the team was put together, Hilary’s name wasn’t on it, nor were the graphics associated with it. Once Hilary’s name was there, I thought it was odd that she had no donations raised yet. But now it’s clear that this is something Hilary will be participating in - and you can too!

You can join Hilary Duff’s “Walk with Love” team here or can pledge your support to any of the team members participating.

Image via HilaryDuff.com / Aids Walk New York

Hilary Duff has been nominated for 2 awards in the MTV Italy TRL Awards 2009.

Hilary Duff has been nominated for:

• ‘First Lady’ (favorite female International pop star)
• Best #1 of the Year (for ‘Reach Out‘)

Hilary is up against Anastacia, Beyonce, laura Pausini and Britney Spears for the First Lady nomination.

For the Best #1 nomination, Hilary’s single is up against songs by Marco Carta, Sonohra, Britney Spears and Lost.

Click here to vote for Hilary (up to 10 times per day)!!

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I am very happy to have an exclusive preview of Hilary Duff’s upcoming new single, Any Other Day, which will be on the soundtrack for What Goes Up and is being made available as a single on iTunes soon!

Play the audio here: Any Other Day by Hilary Duff

The 33 second preview gives you a little taste of the new single - this preview is not available from any other website, and will be exclusive here for a few days. After that, you’ll be able to buy the single from iTunes and mediabase, and will be able to request the song from your local radio stations!

Hilary Duff wrote the single, Any Other Day, while on the set of the movie in Vancouver.

DO NOT REPOST this mp3 to any other site. Please link instead.

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Vote for Hilary Duff in the 8th annual Popstar! magazine Poptastic Awards! You have to register, but it’s worth it to vote! Hilary is nominated for “All-Time Idol”, and being the top of the list she’s statistically likely to get more votes. But that aside, she’s also the most deserving of the title!!

All-Time Idol Nominees

• Hilary Duff
• Zac Efron
• Selena Gomez
• Demi Lovato
• Jesse McCartney

You have until May 4th to vote!

Hat tip to Trent ; Image: Bauer-Griffin