Hilary Duff is returning to her small screen roots after signing a development deal with 20th Century Fox Television. The 24 year old shot to fame as a teenager in 2001 playing the title role in the Disney Channel's comedy Lizzie McGuire, and went on to forge a successful movie and singing career. Duff has since played small parts in shows including Gossip Girl and Community, but she has now signed a deal which will see her produce and star in her own comedy. The news was first reported by industry website Deadline.com, and Duff confirmed the report in a post on Twitter on Monday. She told fans: "Ok it's official! Very excited about my development deal with 20th Century Fox!! T.V. here I come!"

Singer and actress Hilary Duff stops by MuchMusic's street-level studio to chat with fans and promote the "Blessings in a Backpack" charity program in aid of at-risk children in schools in Toronto, Canada on March 6, 2009. (UPI Photo/Christine Chew) License photo Published: Aug. 14, 2012 at 8:08 PM LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. actress and singer Hilary Duff has confirmed via Twitter she is set to star in and produce a new television series. "Ok it's official! Very excited about my development deal with 20th century fox!! t.v. here I come! :)," she tweeted. Deadline said the studio is developing a half-hour comedy vehicle for the 24-year-old star but, if the project doesn't work out for some reason, can cast her in another comedy or drama series. Duff told E! News in June she is also heading back to the recording studio. "I'm getting kind of nervous," she said at the time. "Next week I have all these meetings set with different ...

Image Credit: Everett Collection Lizzie McGuire is back! Or, at least, she will be. Former Disney Channel star Hilary Duff announced via Twitter yesterday that shell soon be returning to a small screen near you. Ok its official! she wrote . Very excited about my development deal with 20th century fox!! t.v. here I come! A rep for 20th Century Fox filled in the details, telling EW that Duff has signed a one-year deal to develop a half-hour sitcom that she will both produce and star in. If her vehicle ends up not moving forward, 20th Century Fox can also cast Duff in another sitcom or drama pilot. Its hard to believe, but the girl who was once caught in a love triangle with Lindsay Lohan and Aaron Carter is now a 24-year-old adult with a husband, a baby, and a second career writing YA novels . Still, I cant help but hope that her new show will be some variation on Lizzie McGuire: All Grown Up . Imagine it: After graduating without distinction from a lesser-known college in the UC syste...

The 24 year old shot to fame as a teenager in 2001 playing the title role in the Disney Channel's comedy Lizzie McGuire, and went on to forge a successful movie and singing career. Duff has since played small parts in shows including Gossip Girl and Community, but she has now signed a deal which will see her produce and star in her own comedy. The news was first reported by industry website Deadline.com, and Duff confirmed the report in a post on her Twitter.com page on Monday (13Aug12). She told fans, "Ok it's official! Very excited about my development deal with 20th Century Fox!! T.V. here I come!"

August 13th, 2012 | 6:57 pm by Halle Kiefer Not since we heard the dance remix of Coming Clean for the first time have we been this excited about Hilary Duff s career! Deadline announced today that the Lizzy McGuire star has signed a talent/development deal with 20 Century Fox TV. Under the contract, Duff will star in a half-hour comedy vehicle developed by the network, or a subsequent comedy or drama show if Hilarys pilot doesnt work out. Clearly it will work out, though, seeing as how theyre going to hire Gordo to be her best friend again. Right? Or at least have an animated intro? Oh, or a cameo from Tudgeman? Give the people what they want, Fox! Thats all we ask! After killing it in Lizzy McGuire , on Gossip Girl as Olivia Burke and as a recording artist, Duff took some time off from acting last year to gestate and give birth to a human being, her baby son Luca. In addition to working with Fox, Duff stars in the feature comedy She Wants Me later this year. Ok its official!...

By Lauren Beale, Los Angeles Times August 9, 2012 , 1:44 p.m. Singer-actress Hilary Duff has sold her Toluca Lake estate for slightly less than its asking price of $6.25 million. The buyers are designer Don Stanzione and Sheri Callan, who owns Callan Advertising, which focuses on the independent film industry. The reinvented Mediterranean mansion, built in 1951, features a central courtyard, high ceilings, an industrial-style kitchen, a gym, a billiards room, multiple offices, art and dance studios, a bar, five bedrooms, six bathrooms and 9,277 square feet of living space. There is a also a swimming pool and spa next to an outdoor living room on the nearly half-acre walled property. Duff, 24, who had her own Disney Channel show during her teens, became a mother in March. Since the former teen idol starred in "Lizzie McGuire" (2001-4), she has appeared on "Gossip Girl" (2009). Her film work includes the "Cheaper by the Dozen" movies (2003 and 2005), ...

Miley Cyrus likes to spend her days playing with her dogs , skateboarding and watching television marathons of "SpongeBob SquarePants" activities she often chronicles on Twitter . Now, the 19-year-old will have to fit a more adult activity into her schedule: wedding planning. The singer-actress announced last month that she is engaged to 22-year-old "The Hunger Games" star Liam Hemsworth . She becomes the latest in a line of young Hollywood stars to head for the altar, even as Americans are marrying older than they used to, and many are skipping the nuptials all together. Hilary Duff who like Cyrus starred in her own show on the Disney Channel as a teenager married at 22 and had a baby in March at 24. Three years ago, the eldest member of the sibling boy band the Jonas B! rothers , Kevin, wed at 22 and next month will star in an E! reality show about settling into married life. And though he has yet to pop the question, 18-year-old pop star Justin Bieber ...