We introduced you to the adorable Hilary Duff in our AUGUST 01 issue as we spent the day with her at Disney California Adventure. We fell in love with Hilary and we knew we had to bring all of our readers much more on this rising star. For those of you don't know, Hilary is the star of the hit show Lizzie McGuire. This show tells the tale of 13-year-old Lizzie as she deals with family, friends and all the ups and downs of tweendom. We got together with Hilary for a fantastic photo shoot during her recent trip to New York City. As soon as Hilary arrived, she was a ball of energy. She told us she loves photo shoots and even did cartwheels around the studio. Famous kids just wanna have fun, too!Besides her successful reign on the Disney Channel, Hilary has also been making headlines alongside Aaron Carter since they've admitted to liking each other. Hilary's mom even divulged to us during the shoot that for Valentine's Day, Aaron surprised Hil with roses that he picked out on his very own.We sat down with Hilary to get caught up on all the latest. Giggling away, she didn't hold back on what's going on in the world of Hilary Duff. What's the very latest? Hilary: We've been working on the show and now I have a break. I think I'm going to be doing a movie for Disney Channel called Cadet Kelly. You know the movie with Goldie Hawn called Private Benjamin? It's kind of like that, but for a 13-year-old girl. I have to do two weeks worth of training for it. It's really cool because they're going to send me back to Texas to do it. So I get to be in Houston and see my family and stuff. Then we'll be filming it in Toronto. You should come down to Toronto-we'll have a party! [Giggles]

What three things do you always have to have in your bag when you're traveling? My makeup, my cellphone and money.

Is there anything going on with your rumored music career? Um... a little bit. [Giggles] It's pop music, hopefully. When I'm more sure about it, I'll tell you more!

Are you still hanging out with Aaron? [Giggles] I'm good friends with Aaron. We haven't talked in a long time, but he left some messages for me. I saw him at the Kids' Choice Awards and that's the last time I saw him.

Will you see Aaron's massive concert tour? I was going to go to the one in Las Vegas, because my sister's group got tickets. But I'm not going to go--I'm going to be in Toronto. Hopefully that will be me next year. I hope so!

Lizzie McGuire is doing so well! We were picked up for another 34 episodes next year. It's the most Disney'ss ever ordered from a show before. And in the fall, we're going to be going to ABC. Our reruns are going to be on ABC Saturday mornings.

Are there any fave episodes that sticks out in your mind? A really good one called "Gordo and the Girl." It's really fun because Lalaine--who plays Miranda--and I follow him on a date. And Lalaine is dressed up like a boy, like we're going on a date. We run into this waiter and and it's this big disaster. All this spaghetti sauce gets all over us. It was so much fun! The spaghetti was the nastiest thing and it was freexing cold. Lalaine and I were, "Ahhh!" It was mushy with olives... so nasty. It took like an hour to get the spaghetti sauce out of my hair.

Do you come to New York often? This is my fourth time here. I always dress in bright colors and everyone here wears black. Not everyone, but a lot of people. So I'm like, "Oh, my god--I am in hot pink!" and I'm like, "No! Hide!" I like it, though. I like the shopping here. I found a really cute store here--I think it's in SoHo--called Mystique Boutique. In Los Angeles, I like Bebe and I usually go to the teen section in Macy's. I like brands like XOXO and Guess.

Do you go on-line a lot? It's kind of hard for me to go on-line because--I don't know how--everybody's got my screen name. People I don't know, all across the world. I feel so bad... I can't talk to everyone and then they get mad at me. And they're like, "I'm not going to watch the show anymore!" I want to be able to talk to friends on-line on AOL and they just keep giving out my screen name. But if I want to look up something or go on websites and stuff, I just go on my dad's screen name... he doesn't even know how to turn on a computer. [Giggles]

Do you get recognized a lot? I have a really crazy story! Bob's big boy Restaurant, I was there with my big sister and some of her friends, and Lalaine was with me. I went into the bathroom and these four girls followed me into the bathroom and had their ear up to my stall. Ewww! My sister walked in because she them go, "Oh, my God! That's Lizzie McGuire!" I didn't even know what was happening. My sister was like, "You're sick!" I was like, "Okay, listen to me pee, please!" [Giggle hysterically]

What's the best advice your mom has ever given you? My mom is always like, "Follow your dreams, do whatever you want to do, because I'm going to help you. If you want to drop out of the business and go straight to school, i will be there." I'm sure if she had her choice, we'd be back in Texas and I'd be going to regular school.

Do you *want* to go college someday? I like school because it's important to have an education but you can always go to collage later if you want to. [Glancing across room at Mom] I know I'm going to go!!!