Hilary Duff somehow made it into the news today

In two unrelated items no less.

First up, Meghan McCain wants Hilary Duff to play her in a movie. She’s quoted as saying, “I think she’s really hot — hotter than me — but I’d still want her to play me.” No arguments here. She also wants Bradley Cooper to be in it because he’s “so hot.”

All this brouhaha over Meghan because she has a book being released next spring. Meghan describes her sort of memoir as “Primary Colors” meets Tori Spelling’s “Tori Telling.” A pretty lofty goal since Meghan is only 24 and hasn’t even flashed her vagina. Not even D-List!

In other Duff news, she’s joining Gossip Girl next season. Not just as a one-off guest star either. She’s going to be given a multi-episode arc starting in the fourth episode.

The actress-designer-pop chanteuse will play Olivia Burke, a movie star who enrolls at NYU in search of a traditional college experience. She ends up rooming with Vanessa (Jessica Szohr) so it’s safe to say she’ll be majoring in Drama!

This is going to be great. Hilary Duff can’t act. She’ll barely be able to play herself. She’ll frustrate the director so much that when he finally breaks down and tells her to say what she would normally say in that type of situation, Hilary will just stare into the camera for ten minutes looking like she just farted but doesn’t want anyone to know it was her.