The Devil Wears Mattel

Hilary Duff’s residual self image as “The Red Carpet Glam Hilary Duff Doll”

Anyone who thinks that Hilary Duff is an empty-headed Barbie Doll whose fifteen minutes have long since expired must stand corrected: Very soon there’ll be an actual empty-headed Barbie Doll made in Hilary Duff’s likeness — The Red Carpet Glam Hilary Duff Doll — to prove to the world once and for all that, technically, we’ve all been wrong about her. From an AP article:

Hilary Duff is a real doll. A real Barbie doll. Duff is the latest Hollywood star to take on 12-inch proportions as the world’s most popular fashion doll. She joins other famous (doll) faces such as Reese Witherspoon, Beyonce Knowles and Lucille Ball.
The Red Carpet Glam Hilary Duff Doll, which shows the 19-year-old’s likeness in a polka-dot dress with a red satin sash, hits stores this month.
Duff, a singer, actress and fashion designer best known for playing TV’s “Lizzie McGuire,” has also designed clothes for Barbie.
The iconic blonde doll and the young Hollywood beauty are “great role models to girls and the perfect design duo,” Jamie Wood, Mattel’s vice president of Barbie marketing, said in a statement.
“Not only are they two of the most stylish entertainers, actors and fashion designers, but they also show girls there are no limits to what they can do.”

All I know is that, between this and her infiltration of The Sims 2: Pets, Hilary Duff has a lot in common with Agent Smith of the Matrix movies — both have the power to cross into other worlds in slightly different forms, both can self-replicate, and both keep coming back no matter how many times they should have died. And, of course, they’re both irredeemably evil.