Hilary Duff celebrated the Fourth of July with her big sis Haylie and friends at Melissa Lemer’s Silver Spoon Beach House on Wednesday. They played volley ball, beach tennis and went for dips in the very cold ocean.

At the beach, Hilary approached the mob of paparazzi on the beach and asked for a volunteer. One photographer sacrificed himself and got himself buried in a mound of sand.

Hilary Duff in a cute red mini performs on “The Today Show” at Rockefeller Center on Friday morning in New York City.

She was interviewed by host Meredith Vieira. Duff spoke about co-writing her entire album, being in the spotlight and not attracting the “wrong kind of attention.”

Hilary Duff’s life was threatened on Tuesday when a man allegedly threatened to kill the 19-year-old star during her appearance on Canadian TV show MuchMusic.

A man in the crowd outside the TV studio started shouting death threats at the teen tart during her interview. Several police officers quickly tackled him to the ground. “The cops slammed his face into the pavement,” said one onlooker. “He was bleeding.”