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.”

The producers of Gossip Girl aren’t fans of folks Size 6 & up.

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.
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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. Read the rest of this entry »