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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.

Warning! Possible spoilers, you were warned!

Well, that was a dissapointment. As noted by Lars earlier this month we should have been in for a great finale, but no, this entire season has been well, the same ol' cracker, no true originality, and what a god damn letdown the finale was. The sixth season was like mediocre sex and in the end no orgasm. Sad to say the least.

And what's with the lame 10 minutes boohoo boring ending, could it be more not exciting?

Final rant, why didn't Jack just push his father in the boat that he had planned to leave in (with Jacks nephew), but I guess Jacks big bad dad will be back in one of the last two seasons

Next year I don't want no damn cracker, I want a chocolate chip cookie!

I saw it. I knew the outcome - at least I had my fingers crossed and hoped it would happen. It did happen. 29.5 million viewers saw teenager Jordin Sparks win in this season's American Idol final last night. She grew up on American Idol and has watched the show since she was 12 years old. Every time she told her mom how much she wanted to participate in the talent show. "Now I'm actually doing it," the 17-year-old told the press backstage after winning the singing competition.

Her competitor was Blake Lewis, 25, who is a good beat-boxer - but not a very good singer. Sparks deserved to win with her fantastic vocal.

Blake Lewis said backstage that he didn't mind coming in second. "I was actually going to try to wear a 'Vote for Jordin Sparks' T-shirt last night but they wouldn't let me do it," he said. Well, a very smart move but then there wouldn't be any competition, right?

I'll be looking forward to the upcoming record from miss Jordin Sparks.

Jack Bauers has at least two more painful days to expect. Fox has renewed the drama for a pair of seasons. The Emmy Award-winning drama has almost wrapped up the sixth season with a two-hour finale still to come next monday, so a renewal doesn't really come as a big surprise.

According to the producers the work on the next season has already begun. Hopefully this time the show's writing will be more reinventive and less repetition.

The next American Idol will be either Jordin Sparks or Blake Lewis, as 29-year-old Melinda Doolittle's shy sweetness didn't make it to the finale last night. The great singer was booted out of the competition, though she was judge Simon Cowell's favourite throughout the whole season.

I'm not usually like that in my manner of expression, but what were people thinking when they didn't vote for Melinda Doolittle? She is a solid and technically fantastic singer compared to beatboxing Blake Lewis. It looks like American Idol is more about popularity than talent. Style has won out over substance once again!

Since late 1989 TV viewers have been greatly entertained by The Simpsons. So, of course Fox held an invite-only Simpsons party in celebration of the show's 400th episode. For a TV show in general this is unseen and a very impressive record.

TV.com attended - or should I say crashed - the milestone celebration in Los Angeles. There are interviews, more information about the future of The Simpsons and a lot of other things.

Season six has been a bit disappointing so far, with lack of originality as one of the major problems, but the acting and some episodes have been quite interesting. Nonetheless this is expected from a show with such big budgets as 24. The latest episode was possibly the most pointless episode of 24 ever made. It was almost interesting to watch but the ending didn't make any sense.

This can only mean one thing. 24 must end with a great season finale! The sixth season of 24 wraps up in the end of May.