Hilary Duff to host MTV's New Year bash

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Remember the excitement of New Year's Eve when you were 16, getting to stay up until midnight and drink a little champagne with the grown-ups? That's sorta what Hilary Duff's New Year's Eve is going to be like, except that the 16-year-old actress-singer is going to co-host MTV's New Year's Eve bash beginning at 10:30 p.m.
Duff won't be the only 2003 sensation ready to ring in 2004 at the music network's annual gala bash. Ubiquitous "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken will be on hand, as will Ludacris and Simple Plan, who will continue an MTV tradition by performing a surprise cover at midnight. Chingy will also be performing right thurr.
Several thespians familiar to MTV audiences will make appearances. The cast of The WB's "One Tree Hill," who caused a near-riot when they dropped by "TRL" earlier in the year, will pay a visit, as will Erika Christensen, who starred in the network's musical take on "Wuthering Heights."
The event, co-hosted by MTV's Damien, La La, Vanessa, Quddus, Hilarie, Sway and Suchin, will also feature a showdown between Reign Man and Wrekonize, the winners of the first two installments of MTV's "MC Battle."