Hilary Duff: How the Disney darling grew up

Hilary Duff

The paparazzo languished in the sunlight, waiting for Hilary Duff to leave a cafe. He and a dozen other photographers had amassed outside Zinque on Melrose Avenue, leaning on the hoods of cars and snapping pictures of nothing, to make sure their gear still worked.

“She’s attractive, and we’re bored,” complained Vladimir Labissiere, near the front of the pack. “We’re literally waiting for Emma Watson or Emma Stone, and she happens to show up. Sales have dwindled because her cachet bottomed out.”