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Hilary Duff Talks Wedding & 'Beauty & the Briefcase'
Beauty & the Briefcase, based on the book Diary of a Working Girl by Daniella Brodsky, stars Hilary Duff as Lane Daniels, a bright effervescent fashion journalist whose career and love life intersect in a complicated way when she pitches the article Switching Careers to Find Love to Cosmopolitan magazine her favorite magazine and ultimate career aspiration. Lane cant believe her luck when the editor goes for it in a big way, handing her the professional opportunity of a lifetime a potential cover story!


In real life, Hilary Duff is engaged to NHL player Mike Comrie, but in her new ABC Family movie, "Beauty & the Briefcase,' she plays a young woman who is searching for Mr. Right even though she thinks that all the good guys are taken.

"I think every girl feels like that sometime," Hilary tells ET. "It is never easy. It seems like every girl is on a mission to find the perfect guy for them. I know my character has a very extreme checklist -- the qualities the guy has to have -- but I think every girl has a checklist in her head and is searching."

In "Beauty & the Briefcase," based on the book Diary of a Working Girl by Daniella Brodsky, Hilary stars as Lane Daniels, a bright, effervescent fashion journalist whose career and love life intersect in a complicated way when she pitches the article "Switching Careers to Find Love" to Cosmopolitan magazine. When the editor accepts her pitch, Lane discovers it isn't as easy as she thought. First, she has to land a corporate job. Then she is supposed to only date men in suits -- and, of course, that is when she meets a man who is a nine out of 10 on her checklist, but isn't a part of the buttoned-down corporate world.

"I was lucky," she continues. "I think everything on my checklist is taken care of with my guy, but the most important thing is to keep me laughing -- you can't take yourself too seriously -- and having a lot of the same qualities. We are totally different, but we are both driven. Family is important to both of us and we have the same views and opinions."

For now, Hilary has put her music career on hold, because she is spending her time writing a novel and developing projects -- she earned her executive producer stripes on "Beauty & the Briefcase" - and not all of them are for her to star in. She also took some time off to live her life, but not to plan her wedding.

"I just got engaged in February and I have been busy with all of this stuff," she tells ET. "We have been pretty relaxed about all of this stuff. I am sure it will get more hectic when we actually set a date and start planning. We are just excited right now. We want to enjoy that process and not get all crazy. I don't want to turn into 'Bridezilla' and stress out about getting everything done in a short period of time."

"Beauty & the Briefcase," which also stars Matt Dallas, Michael McMillian, Chris Carmack and Jaime Pressly, premieres Sunday, April 18 at 8 p.m. on ABC Family.