Hilary Duff Gets a New Pal

Joining the ranks of fellow blonde starlets Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, Hilary Duff has picked up a trendy new companion – a Chihuahua. The former Lizzie McGuire star plopped down $1,200 for a 1.5-lb. Blue Fawn pup at TeaCups Puppies Boutique in Hollywood, Fla., last weekend. The 9-week-old puppy – who was not immediately named – will grow to between 4 and 5 lbs. And Duff, 17, seems like she'll be a doting owner on her new tiny friend, says TeaCups founder Eleonora Bonfini. "She was very concerned about the puppy. I know that baby won't be left alone, and that it will be warm and safe traveling with her," says Bonfini. Considering the $677 Duff already spent on accessories at the store, including $45.99 for a crocheted sweater and $299.99 for an Italian shearling carrier, it's a pretty good bet the new pooch will be treated like royalty.

Hilary Duff's Song about Lindsay Lohan

OVERHEARD: Hilary Duff's eponymous new CD contains a track called "Haters" that appears to rehash her reputed 2002 feud with Lindsay Lohan over their love triangle with Aaron Carter. Though the song mentions no one by name, USA Today reports that some are suggesting Duff has Lohan in mind with these lyrics: "You're the queen of superficiality/Keep your lies out of my reality ... You say your boyfriend's sweet and kind/But you've still got your eyes on mine." Duff's spokesman had no comment regarding the song. And neither Duff, 17, nor Lohan, 18, is still dating Carter. Lohan's with Wilmer Valderrama, while Duff has been linked to Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden, though they claim they're only friends. ARGUED: CBS network parent Viacom has sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission protesting the government's $500,000 fine for Janet Jackson's exposed nipple during the Super Bowl, calling it "entirely illogical." The company says no one knew Justin Timberlake was going to rip off Jackson's top, and it wants the FCC to reduce the fine – the largest ever leveled against a television broadcaster. Viacom also argued that the ruling was a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech and that the brief flash of Jackson's breast was not necessarily indecent. DENIED: The wildly successful, yet controversial flick Fahrenheit 9/11 won't be up for a Golden Globe, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The Michael Moore movie runs afoul of the award show's rules, which preclude documentaries from competing. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which administers the Globes, will however, consider another controversial flick – Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. The film, most of which is in Aramaic, can't be considered in the best drama category, but can run in the foreign language category. Nominations for the 62nd annual Golden Globe Awards will be announced Dec. 13. Winners will be revealed in a Jan. 16 ceremony.

Hilary, Haylie Duff Channel Paris Hilton

MATERIALIZED: Are Hilary and Haylie Duff taking on the Hilton sisters? The blonde actresses are teaming up for a new movie comedy called Material Girls, in which the siblings will play Hilton-like heiresses who lose their family fortune and have to deal with the real world without their riches, MTV News reports. The Material Girls script is still in the works, and shooting is expected to begin in January. As for the movie's music, the singing sisters hope to record Madonna's "Material Girl." Madge's Maverick Films is producing Material Girls, but so far rights to the similarly named hit song have not been secured. Among other projects, the Duff duo also collaborated on the song "Our Lips Are Sealed" for the soundtrack to A Cinderella Story, which starred Hilary. ADOPTED: There's a new arrival at the White House, Miss Beazley, a week-old Scottish terrier puppy who is set to move in come Christmas, when she's old enough. The pup was a gift from President Bush to his wife Laura on Thursday, her 58th birthday. Miss Beazley joins First Dog Barney, though it remains to be seen how well they will get along. First Dog Spot, an English springer spaniel, died last February. Miss Beazley gets her name from a dinosaur character in Oliver Butterworth's children's book The Enormous Egg, The Washington Post reports. SUED: A Miami-based architect is trying to put the kibosh on a new Donald Trump real-estate venture, the Associated Press reports. Paul Oravec has sued the star of The Apprentice, claiming that the Trump Grande Ocean Resort and Residences in Sunny Isles Beach (a few miles northeast of Miami) look suspiciously like designs he submitted to The Donald, but were rejected. The suit alleges copyright violations, and asks a judge to either have construction halted or to order the buildings to be destroyed. Oravec is seeking unspecified damages. Trump's spokeswoman, Norma Foerderer, said she couldn't comment because she hadn't seen the filing.

What Did Chad Share with Hilary

Chad Michael Murray is Hilary Duff's Prince Charming in A Cinderella Story (opening Friday), but offscreen it wasn't the glass slipper he brought her. Instead, "He got me the whole box set of The Simpsons," Duff tells us. "We used to always talk about how we both stayed home a lot, so he asked me what shows I liked, and I told him I don't really watch TV. And he was like, 'What? I have to get you into The Simpsons.' Now I'm hooked on it. I really love them." Just how much does Murray love the long-running show? "I'm a Simpsons addict. I'm a fanatic," he tells us. "It's brilliant. The fact that the No. 1 primetime show in the history of TV is a cartoon, running for 15 years is pretty damn incredible, isn't it?" The Chachi Effect It's been years since recently separated John Stamos has had to use pickup lines to meet women, so it's not surprising that he's forgotten which ones were the most successful. "My memory's getting old," he told us at a recent event at the Borgata Hotel Casino in Atlantic City. "I was with Rebecca (Romijn-Stamos) for 10 years. I have to dust the cobwebs out and remember some of those pickup lines again." Guess there weren't too many cobwebs, because he then quipped, "Hi, I'm Scott Baio, it's nice to meet you." Swooning yet?

Hilary Duff The Cinderella Story

The Cinderella Story star kisses and tells about costar Chad Michael Murray

Famous feuds, shopping sprees and a heartthrob costar – Hilary Duff seems like another J.Lo in the making. But really, the Cinderella Story singer-actress says, she's just a 16-year-old from Houston who got "very, very lucky" with her own fairy-tale life (never mind the public squabbles with Lindsay Lohan and Avril Lavigne). Since breaking out on the now-defunct Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire in 2001, Duff has graduated from the junior-high scene to the big screen (Agent Cody Banks, Cheaper by the Dozen) and scored a few MTV hits ("So Yesterday," "Our Lips Are Sealed"). She recently talked about her charmed life as a teen superstar, and shared some of the perks – including her kiss with costar Chad Michael Murray. You got to smooch Chad, your onscreen "prince." How was it?(Laughs) It was much better than my real first kiss, but like, probably way more awkward because there were 270 people watching, crew and stuff like that, and we also shot it on the third day of filming. Out of those three days, I'd only worked with Chad one day. ... and we actually practiced a little bit. In the trailer?Yeah. I had to. Like, there was just so many people there, and (we) were just like, You know what? We have to forget about everyone staring at us and go for it and not even think about it. Do you ever see yourself as a Cinderella type?I definitely do think that my life sometimes – and this sounds so cheesy – but it's kind of like a fairy tale. ... I get to travel the world. I have so many fans that support me. I get to do what I love to do. I get to make movies, and I get to be onstage and sing and really be myself. I have such a beautiful family and such a great support system and wonderful friends. I get to go shopping all of the time.

What Makes Hilary Nervous

Though she's a superstar actress and singer, Hilary Duff is like other teens in at least one way: Though "I don't get nervous walking the red carpet anymore," says the 16-year-old, "I just worry about what to wear." Duff, who stars in the upcoming A Cinderella Story, adds: "It's still a little weird getting out of a car and having all these people screaming for you. Sometimes I get down thinking I don't have a normal life. I don't have any privacy. But I love what I do and when I see (that) other people like it, too, it all comes out okay." Next up: She'll exercise both her singing and acting talents as an aspiring songwriter in Raise Your Voice with Rita Wilson and John Corbett. Better Late ... Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon missed her graduation ceremony from Hunter College High School in 1984 because she was performing in a Broadway show – but she made up for 20 years later by delivering this year's commencement speech, where she encouraged students to look beyond New York City. "Growing up in New York prepares you for everything except for meeting the rest of the world," Nixon told the students. "Get out of here. Go see other places. You can come back." Nixon is currently filming the romantic comedy Little Manhattan with The West Wing's Bradley Whitford in – where else? – New York City.

Hilary Duff Has Designs on Teen Girls

This weekend in Toronto, "Lizzie McGuire" veteran Hilary Duff unveiled her new fashion line for teen girls in the Canadian city, according local news reports, which say that the line was met with loud squeals of delight from its junior-high-aged audience. "Looking good and being trendy shouldn't mean showing off a lot of skin," Duff, 16, said before the fashion show, as quoted by the Canadian Press. "The clothes can let girls be creative and have fun fashions without being super revealing." The fashion show reportedly took place on a bedroom set with the teen models popping out of a closet and yakking among themselves. The leisure look of the line, which Duff calls "On the Road," was heavy on pinks and blues and is said to reflect how the new designer likes to dress in her own free time off the movie set. Tracksuits and T-shirts dominated that look, while to reflect Duff's musical side, she also unveiled her "Rock and Roll" line -- dark denim skirts and jackets offset by pink T-shirts (with the with the slogans "Girlz Rock," "Awesome" and "Totally Cool") with a black-and-white tie decal. The models, says CP, sported black boxer boots, trucker hats, pink knee-high socks and chain belts accented with a "Stuff" medallion. Duff, (who sported jeans and a white tank top covered with a large, pink knitted shawl at her unveiling) is said to have fashioned her line from what she already has in her own closet. She trusts that sister teens will embrace the look, which will be sold at Target, according to New York's Daily News. "I hope that they don't wear a low-cut shirt to try and get a guy, because that definitely wouldn't be the way to go about doing it. It really wouldn't be the right kind of relationship," said Duff, who adds that her own relationship, with pop star Aaron Carter, is back on track, despite him briefly dating her rival Lindsay Lohan. The triangle sparked a feud that Duff called "the stupidest thing in the world." Meanwhile Duff is suddenly finding herself embroiled in yet another feud, this time with 17-year-old Canadian songbird Avril Lavigne, whom Duff publicly accused of not appreciating her fans. In this week's Newsweek, Lavigne responds: "Who the hell cares what she has to say about my fans? Whatever ... Hilary Duff's such a goody-goody, such a mommy's girl."