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The former Disney star, 22, reportedly fired the assistant after the flack went on an errand to pick up Hilary’s new $650 Christian Louboutins off special order only to return with the wrong shoes! Apparently, someone at the designer’s ritzy New York flagship store sent Hilary’s right-hand off with the wrong box. But that was no consolation to the Gossip Girl guest star, who spies say blew her top on the flunky after learning of the foul-footed mixup.

Star Magazine reports: “She was livid. She parted with the assistant on the spot and hasn’t spoken to her since.”

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Duff — who is currently in Manhattan taping a guest appearance on The CW series Gossip Girl — has been cast as a fashion reporter who goes undercover in the business world in the hopes of finding love while writing an article about dating professional men.

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Hilary Duff and co-star Penn Badgley were photographed on the Manhattan set of Gossip Girl on Tuesday.

The singer/actress will guest star in several episodes of the third season of The CW drama, premiering next month.

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We’ve got a sneak peek at the first in a series of print campaigns promoting the release of Hilary Duff’s new Femme For DKNY Jeans Collection.

The fashion house has teamed up with the famed former Disney star to market a line of sweaters, tunics, dresses, and skinny jeans with the DKNY imprint.

“One of the hardest things is to come up with a name,” Hilary said of the Femme line in February. “But I think Femme works really well and explains the line perfectly as feminine but tough all at the same time. It’s aggressive, but in a good way.”

Actress Hilary Duff will appear as a guest star on several episodes of The CW’s R-rated young adult drama has already found herself on the receiving end of sharp tongue-lashing from show bosses, who have ordered the 21-year-old to get to work on dropping a few pounds.

Gossip Girl producers are reportedly concerned that the former star of Disney’s Lizzie McGuire isn’t waify enough to “fit in” with series skinny-minnies Blake Lively and Leighton Meester on the show’s New York City set.

A Star source says: “Hilary is fuming. She’s feeling insecure….”

Hilary Duff will play Olivia Burke, a famous film star in search of the normal college experience at New York University, when the third season of Gossip Girl premieres this fall.

Hilary Duff won over the cast and crew of The CW’s Gossip Girl by presenting her new co-workers with cupcakes as she filmed her cameo appearance on the hit show.

The 21 year-old former Disney star will make a series of guest appearances as pop star turned college student Olivia Burke during the upcoming third season of the teen drama, premiering in September.

Duff wanted to ensure that she got along well with her colleagues – so she showed up to the New York City shoot armed with plenty of baked goods.

A source tells OK!: “She was coming into a tight-knit group; she wanted to get off on the right foot.”

Hilary Duff will join the cast of Gossip Girl for a multi-episode guest arc when the teen dramedy returns to The CW for a third season this fall.

The 21-year-old Lizzie McGuire album will be playing a girl named Olivia Burke, Vanessa’s (Jessica Szohr) new roommate at New York University.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Olivia is a world-famous movie star enrolls at NYU in search of a traditional college experience.

Hilary makes her Gossip Girl debut on next season’s fourth episode, airing October 5 on The CW.

Hilary Duff surfs the Net like your Grandma!

At 21, Hilary has to be supervised by her boyfriend when she uses the internet. The “Stay Cool” star admits she struggles with technology and often needs to enlist the help of BF Mike Comrie, a hocket star with the New York Rangers, when surfing the web.

“I’m really slow. You should see me on the internet. I’m really bad on the internet. If I have to find something or look something up, Mike has to be, ‘I’ll show you!’” Hil explains.

Nonetheless, Hilary says she’s ready to start communicating with fans with the help of the latest social networking craze, Twitter….as soon as she figures out how to send her first Tweet.

“I didn’t start Twittering yet but my assistant set up an account for me.”

In other Hilary Duff news, the former Disney star will make a guest appearance as an out of control young mother suspected of murdering her toddler daughter on a Ripped From The Headlines-inspired of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, airing this Tuesday night @ 10PM on NBC.
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Actress Hilary Duff is inviting fans to join her in helping in the fight against HIV and AIDS by registering for this year’s AIDS Walk. The annual event provides financial funding for prevention, treatment, and care of the deadly virus.

AIDS Walk NYC 2009 takes place on May 17.

Visit The AIDS Walk NYC Website For More Information On How You Can Help

Check out this preview of next week’s episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, entitled “Selfish,” which features guest appearances by Hilary Duff and Gail O’Grady.

When a child goes missing, her irresponsible young mother (Duff) becomes the prime suspect. The “Ripped From The Headlines” storyline was inspired by the murder of Caylee Anthony, the Florida toddler whose 22-year-old mother has been accused of killing her.