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American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee will make her acting debut in an untitled Anna Faris project for Columbia Pictures and Happy Madison. According to The Hollywood Reporter, McPhee, along with Emma Stone, Rumer Willis, Kat Dennings and comedian Dana Goodman, have signed on to co-star the comedy - directed by Fred Wolf.

The script has been written by Legally Blonde screenwriters Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith and centers on a Playboy bunny (Anna Faris) who gets kicked out of the Playboy Mansion and becomes the house mother to the lamest sorority on campus.

McPhee will play a pregnant hippy, Stone will be president of the sorority and Willis will play an insecure young woman.

The filming is scheduled to begin later this month in los Angeles.

Danay Garcia has signed up for a regular role in the third season of Fox show Prison Break. In season 3 the drama will be set in a Panama prison.

According to The Hollywood Reporter she will play Sofia, a beautiful Latin woman living in Panama whose boyfriend Whistler (Chris Vance) is incarcerated with Michael Scofield (played by Wentworth Miller).

Garcia and Vance are two of four major new additions to the cast of Prison Break. The other two are Robert Wisdom, who will play Luchero, and Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, who will play Betty Crocker - an operative for the Company.

Garcia's next role will be in the movie From Mexico with Love.

Seven cities have been chosen this year to hold auditions for the seventh season of American Idol. The auditions for this year's competition begin in San Diego, CA, on Monday, July 30, at Qualcomm Stadium and will end in Philadelphia, PA, on Monday, August 27, at Wachovia Center.

Once again, talented singers will have the opportunity to perform before millions of TV viewers with the chance of becoming America's next Idol and get a major recording contract.

Auditions will take place in the following cities:

• San Diego, CA - Monday, July 30, Qualcomm Stadium
• Dallas, TX - Monday, August 6, Texas Stadium
• Omaha, NE - Friday, August 10, Qwest Center
• Atlanta, GA - Tuesday, August 14, TBA
• Charleston, SC - Saturday, August 18, North Charleston Coliseum
• Miami, FL - Wednesday, August 22, AmericanAirlines Arena
• Philadelphia, PA - Monday, August 27, Wachovia Center

American Idol Season 7 premieres in January 2008 on Fox. American Idol is created and executive-produced by Simon Fuller.

Adele Silva, the 26-year-old star from Emmerdale, has signed a contract bringing her on board of the new series of Hell's Kitchen.

The actress plays Kelly Windsor in the ITV1 soap Emmerdale and according to Digital Spy she has told pals that she can't wait to battle against her rivals on the programme, where the contestants really need their cooking skills.

A friend says:

"She'll be in it to win it. She loves cooking and has made no secret of the fact she is a domestic goddess. Her friends often tease her because she loves staying at home baking rather than partying. She will certainly give the other celebs a run for their money."

Chef Marco Pierre-White will coach the contestants.

It's been a while since Tom Selleck was around as a series regular. He had some guest spots on Friends and Boston Legal, but now it could look he'll return as a regular over at NBC's Las Vegas replacing James Caan in the role as the shows leading man and manager of the Montecito.

The show had a pretty short season this year, and with James Caan and Nikki Cox leaving I'm not even sure it's worth watching any more. But maybe they can turn it around with some new cast members. Either way, they should begin shooting season five in the near future ahead of the midsummer start for most shows.

Erika Christensen, David Cross and Timm Sharp have signed on to co-star in CBS's comedy pilot I'm in Hell

Jason Biggs stars as the wealthy Wall Street hot shot, who dies in a car crash, and gets a second chance at life because hell is at fully capacity. This time around he must figure out how to get by without his career, cash and expensive gadgets of his former life.

Erika Christensen takes on the role as a nanny, and love interest for Biggs's character, who's also in the Hell on Earth program. Sharp will play the hellish roommate to Biggs's character, and last but not least Cross joins as the sharply dressed Scott, who serves as an emissary from hell.