Hilary Duff and Joel Madden split in November and it is now rumoured that Nicole is pregnant with his child and the two are reportedly getting married. She recently talked to Seventeen Magazine about Joel.

Hilary Duff looks so good that she was chosen for the cover of Us Weekly’s first annual swimsuit issue. But when the singer/actress was 15, she came across a press report criticizing her for her weight.

“It made me obsessed,” she tells Us of the story that drove her into a hard-core diet and exercise binge. “I would beat myself up if I had some fat.”

But when the 5-foot-2 star’s weight plummeted to around 100 pounds in 2005 (down from 130 in 2003), her sister Haylie, 22, finally intervened.

“She said, ‘Why are you being so strict with yourself?’It was like an awakening,” says Duff, who eased up on her rigorous program.

“I don’t want to be so skinny that people are like, Oh my god, she’s lost a lot of weight.”

Now, at 19, Duff tells Us that she’s content at 109 pounds. “As you get older, you just get more comfortable in your own skin.”

Instead of counting fat grams or calories, she relies on a hearty helping of common sense: lots of greens, lean protein and fresh fruit.

“You need to find balance,” she says.

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Hilary Duff grabs a coffee to start her day. The talented starlet is all smiles as she heads out for a long day of errands and rehearsals – July 7

Hilary Duff shows concern for her cat which is at a local vet. She is all smiles when she comes out and comments that everything was fine – July 7

Heres a photo of Hilary Duff having some fun at her July 4 party in Malibu. Credit to blogger Perez Hilton. The gallery is not working so other photos will be posted at a later time.

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Hilary Duff has revealed she sometimes wonders whether the stress of being famous is worth it. Hilary told Stella magazine recently that combining her film and pop careers is hard work: “I go get stressed out and I do get sad sometimes about the constant work.”

“When I travel a lot usually I’m just so tired that I just want to go to my hotel room and sleep. After doing that for a couple of months you think, ‘Why do I do this? Where’s the reward?’ ”

She added that it’s especially frustrating when she puts in the effort but casting directors fail to see her potential as a serious actress: “They’ll meet with me. They’ll want to go somewhere and talk, ask questions. Then they’ll call and say, ‘We really love her, she’s great, wow.’ But they have no imagination.”

“I know people look at me and think I’m just so mainstream, ‘She’s just a blonde, young girl.’ But I want to be really artistic.”

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Hilary and Haylie Duff Leaving a Hollywood Club – July 2nd

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