LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Hilary Duff is pregnant. She and Mike Comrie are expecting their first child, they tell news today. In August of last year, the couple married. Now almost one year to the day, the couple are ready for their first child.

Duff met Comrie when she was 19 during a plane flight. He told news at the time “We were all on the same plane and it was kind of, I guess, maybe a bit of a fluke. She calls it ironic. No I’m kidding!. It [was] one of those things where we were all in a group … we spent the weekend all hanging out.”

Today Duff issued a news statement confirming her pregnancy. “This weekend, Mike and I are celebrating our 1 year anniversary! In memory of the special day, we decided to post some of our favorite pictures from our wedding”.

Duff also noted that she had exciting news beyond her one year anniversary. “I can’t believe it has already been a year, time really flies when you’re having fun! We also want to share the exciting news that”. She added “Baby makes three! We are extremely happy and ready to start this new chapter of our lives. Thanks to everyone for the continued love and support throughout the years!”

The couple married in August 2010 in Santa Barbara after Mike proposed to her with a $1 million engagement ring. Duff wore Vera Wang for her wedding.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Hilary Duff is not dead, but is the victim du jour of the latest fake celebrity death report. Today’s false report is fuming Hilary Duff fans, with nearly fifty comments on Twitter in the last few minutes asking if the singer actor died Sunday. Duff is the victim of the same website that falsely reported Adam Sandler dead and other celebrities this month.

Fans reacted in anger today to the fake report, many unsure of its origin. “If Hilary Duff actually was dead I’d genuinely be gutted” wrote one fan. One even referred Duff in the past tense. “She was my idol”. By midday Sunday on Twitter, the anger took pace.

One fan wrote “Someone tell me this isn’t true”. Hilary Duff is the victim of the infamous website that has been falsely reporting celebrity deaths, Global Associated, for years. The website, which shares unique thematic elements from a leading recognizable website, makes itself appear as reporting a breaking story. With the addition of red capital letters, its story exclaims to the anxious Duff fan “this story is still development.” It’s not developing, it just fabricating.

The content of the death report was not authored today, but uses automation and coding to modify the date and time to a user’s unique visit. The story draws from a handful of possible permutations. The fake celebrity death reports usually concern a fall, a crash, or some catastrophic, large than life, fatal event. The location is one of a handful of spots, some that actually don’t even exist. In the case of Hilary Duff, the allegation is that she fell on the Kauri Cliffs. That’s the same location the website used to kill off Christian Slater in February.

Sometimes fans eventually figure out the stories are fake. In many cases, however, that revelation can take hours. Other times, the celebrities even issue news statements from their publicists exclaiming they are alive. In February, after being falsely reported as dead, Slater’s publicist confirmed to the New York Daily News that his client was alive.

Duff last year married Mike Comrie. The two met when she was 19. He told Hockey Night in Canada at the time “We were all on the same plane and it was kind of, I guess, maybe a bit of a fluke.” He added “She calls it ironic. No I’m kidding!. It [was] one of those things where we were all in a group … we spent the weekend all hanging out.”

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HOLLYWOOD (LALATE) – Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie’s wedding Saturday drew 100 close friends and family. The Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie wedding continued a recent trend of smaller wedding ceremonies for celebrities. Hilary Duff, 22, and Comrie, 29, met when she was 19. He told Hockey Night in Canada at the time “We were all on the same plane and it was kind of, I guess, maybe a bit of a fluke. She calls it ironic. No I’m kidding!. It [was] one of those things where we were all in a group … we spent the weekend all hanging out.”

The couple made it official Saturday in Santa Barbara. Duff wore Vera Wang, her mom wore Badgley Mischka, and her sister Haylie was maid of honor. The professional hockey player previously proposed to her with a $1 million engagement ring.

While reports have yet to be revealed if Duff will release the wedding photos of the event at San Ysidro Ranch, as reported on LALATE last week, the recent celebrity trend is to do a simple release of wedding pictures online to fans via Twitter and Facebook, not in magazines with big spreads.

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HOLLYWOOD (LALATE) – Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie’s wedding photos Saturday comes at a time in which celebrities are not releasing their pictures to national news the same way as traditionally done. With Mike Comrie and Duff set to marry at San Ysidro Ranch this weekend in Santa Barbara, traditionally readers would see Duff’s wedding photos put into the celebrity magazines.

UPDATE: Hilary Duff Wedding Picture Released
Hilary Duff Wedding Photo 1

But in 2010, celebrities are now redefining how to release wedding photos courtesy of Facebook and Twitter. Yesterday, Rush Limbaugh, months after his wedding, released several dozen pics on his Facebook account. Just hours after their wedding, T.I. and Tiny released their first wedding reception pictures online via Twitter. Yet some celebrities still are reverting to same traditional media routes. This week, Robbie Williams released his exclusive pics to British magazine Hello!

Mike Comrie and Duff got engaged in February. She’s 22, he’s 29. The professional hockey player proposed to her with a $1 million engagement ring.

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Hilary Duff’s new book is Elixir! Hilary Duff in Elixir writes about photojournalist Clea Raymond. The book will be released in October 2010 this year says Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Duff will also write a nonfiction book about children coping with divorce. For Duff, her father’s drama headlined news in 2008. Since then, Hilary Duff’s music and film career has bit much of guest star appearances, not lead roles.

In 2008, Hilary Duff’s dad then in divorce was sent to jail for contempt of court over Hilary Duff’s 21st birthday. His ex wife’s reported response? “This isn’t what I wanted.” Probably not what Hilary wanted either. At issue: the September 28th birthday party for Hilary. Mom wanted dad to spend $25,000 on the event. The judge ruled him to only spend $12,500 for the event. Ah, a nice 50%.

Duff’s nonfiction book about children coping with divorce is  scheduled for 2012.

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