Haylie Duff: Lunch Date with Nick Zano
Haylie Duff: Lunch Date with Nick Zano
She’s been spending all of her time lately helping MTV search for the next Elle Woods for the Broadway version of Legally Blonde. But over the weekend Haylie Duff was focused on her boyfriend Nick Zano.
The “Napoleon Dynamite” babe was spotted out on a lunch at Sharkey’s restaurant yesterday, looking fine in a pink tank top layered overtop a white one teamed with some black yoga pants and sneakers.
The happy twosome looked to be truly enjoying one another’s company as they held hands while they strolled down the street. And Nick even held the door for his sweetie as she got into the car.
Miss Duff has a lot to look forward to in the upcoming months, with plenty of projects in the pipeline, including “Dead End,” “Doesn’t Texas Ever End,” and “Slightly Single in LA.”
Haylie Duff: Nail Mission
Haylie Duff: Nail Mission
Sometimes one nail salon just isn’t enough. And Haylie Duff was bound and determined to get her nails done just the way she likes them.
The “Napoleon Dynamite” actress was spotted in Ventura, California yesterday visiting two different nail salons in search of the perfect set. And she looked cute in a black tank top with a big blue scarf, and a pair of designer jeans.
Haylie has been keeping herself extra busy lately, working on both a new reality series (Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search For Elle Woods in which she plays host as well as producer) and a Spike TV horror flick “Backwoods.”
She says the “Elle Woods” gig is one that is close to her heart. “I was approached to mentor the girls and serve as the host. When I found out what the show was about I realized it hit so close to home. I had done a Broadway show. That’s when I decided I wanted to be an executive producer.”
Of the “Backwoods” film, Duff told press she was attracted to the challenges of playing her character. “I like to find characters that push me and challenge me. This character was a real survivor. She is the kind of person who, when she is pushed, will fight back.”
MTV’s Blonde Moment
Eat your heart out, Reese Witherspoon.
Not only is Haylie Duff executive producing MTV's new reality competition show Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods, but she'll also be featured in the series as a mentor to 10 young women competing to star in the hit Broadway adaptation of the Witherspoon flick. "They were all really hungry for it," Duff told me earlier today. "They were willing to put in whatever it took."
And that includes some backstabbing catfights, Duff said. "You have 10 girls with no cell phone, no money, no outside life other than this and each other," Duff said of the show, which premieres on MTV June 2. "And you know half of them would never be friends in real life outside of this, so of course there's that type of drama."
Duff knows what it's like to live the Broadway life. For three months toward the end of her television series, 7th Heaven, she starred in Hairspray as Amber von Tussle. "I was filming 7th Heaven in the morning and doing Hairspray at night," she said. "Eight shows a week takes a lot out of you. It feels like your whole life shuts down."
New MTV show searches for the next Broadway star - VIDEO
MTV has a new show called Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods. The show, hosted by Haylie Duff, will follow ten hopefuls as they vie for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of starring on Broadway and replacing Tony-nominated actress Laura Bell Bundy in Legally Blonde The Musical.
In addition to learning the choreography and songs for the show, the ten young women will compete in challenges created by the team behind the real Broadway musical. They will also be guided by ex-cast members (including Laura Bell Bundy), the director of the show Jerry Mitchell, associate director Mark Bruni, and choreographer Denis Jones.
It should be noted that unlike other reality competitions, America will NOT decide who is the next Elle Woods. The judging panel will included casting director Bernard Telsey, writer Heather Hach, and Jerry Mitchell. Mitchell himself will have the final word on who takes the stage nightly. Do you think this will make for a more authentic look at what it takes to become a Broadway star?
MTV’s new show premieres Monday, June 2nd at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Watch the trailer after the jump.