Hilary Duff To Join 'Gossip Girl'

Duff will play movie star seeking normal college experience. By Cara Alwill, with additional reporting by Jocelyn Vena Hillary Duff Photo: Bruce Glikas/ Getty Images Hilary Duff has signed on for a multi-episode arc on Gossip Girl, according to EW.com. Duff will play a character named Olivia Burke, a movie star who attends New York University in search of a traditional college experience. Blair (Leighton Meester), Dan (Penn Badgley) and Vanessa (Jessica Szohr) were also accepted to NYU, and Duff winds up becoming Vanessa's roommate in the third season of the show, which debuts this fall. Duff told In December that she had become a fan of Gossip Girl, and her favorite character was Chuck Bass. "I don't know why, because he's so bad and terrible," Duff said. "He is so sad that I feel bad for him," she admitted. According to E! News, newly single Dan, who broke off his relationship with Serena last season, is looking to find love with Olivia and doesn't even know ... (link)