Actress/singer Hilary Duff can now add “children’s author” to her resume as news was announced today that she has signed a multi-book deal with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. AP says the publishing company will work alongside the actress on a series of young adult novels that starts with “Elixir,” to be published in October of this year. Her first novel will feature the worldwide adventures of photojournalist Clea Raymond.

The 20-year-old star also plans to write a non-fiction book about children coping with divorce, scheduled for release sometime 2012. Duff has written about her own parents’ separation in the songs “Stranger” and “Gypsy Woman.”

Speaking on her recent engagement to hockey player Matt Comrie, Hilary’s older sister Haylie said:

“She was completely surprised,” she said. “I don’t think that happens all the time. I think most of the time people figure it out or have some idea that it’s going to happen, and I think it’s great he was able to do a surprise like that for her.”

Actress Hilary Duff used her head (literally) to express her gratitude to her boyfriend fiance hockey player Mike Comrie for presenting her with a diamond engagement ring worth over $1 million. E! was told that the expensive piece of jewelry is a 14 karat princess cut with side stones.

While on vacation in Hawaii this week, Mike proposed to Hilary and gave her the million dollar ring, which led Hilary to return the favor with a special gift of her own. Continue reading to peep the hilariously naughty pics…

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We were absolutely amazed to see this one! We have all seen photos of celebrities like Beyonce, Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, etc. at all kinds of fashion shows, but did you know that they actually are paid to attend? Well the good folks over at Fashionista have posted a list of celebrity asking prices for their simple services of attending a fashion show and sitting on the front row:

A-List
Rihanna ($100,000 or more)
Beyonce ($80,000-$100,000)
Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen ($80,000 each)
Jennifer Lopez ($30,000)
Lindsay Lohan ($60,000

B-List
Blake Lively ($50,000)
Leighton Meester ($40,000)
Hilary Duff ($40,000)
Jared Leto ($25,000)
Clive Owen ($10,000)

C-List
Kim Kardashian ($35,000-$50,000)
Amanda Bynes ($25,000-$30,000)

Can you believe this? It must really be nice to be a celeb. There’s no excuse to be broke when you’re a celeb because they have so many different sources of income. $50k – $100k for sitting in a seat and watching models walk up and down the runway? Wow!

Today Kelly Rowland made a special appearance on MTV’s countdown show, TRL, to premiere her new video featuring Eve, “Like This,” which can be found directly below this post! Oh yeah,  Hilary Duff was there too …