Katharine McPhee tested out her partially healed pipes on The View before heading to Pittsburgh to join up with the American Idols Live! tour, which she has been conspicuously absent from since it kicked off July 6.

Elizabeth Mitchell, best known for playing Kerry Weaver's ill-fated girlfriend on ER, has signed on as a series regular for the upcoming third season of Lost.

Jay Leno and Kevin Smith have been tapped to sit in for the Ebert & Roeper co-host while he continues to recover from the cancer surgery he had last month at a Chicago hospital.

Elle magazine recently printed a Hilary Duff story in which they claim the actress/singer said she is a virgin. Duff says that the subject is "definitely not something that I would talk about or that I would want people to focus on. Or that I even think it's appropriate to talk about. Whose business is that?"

David Letterman may want to be a mediator for Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton. The late night host has reportedly invited the Simple Life stars to appear on his show this September, together, so they can renew their friendship. The life-long best friends and co-workers had a falling out last year and haven't spoken since.

Paul Reubens is talking about the two Pee Wee Herman movies he's been working on for a long time. One movie that will start production early next year is a film version of Pee-wee’s Playhouse. In the TV series Pee-wee almost never left the Playhouse. The movie script is just the opposite. This is a road picture, an epic adventure story where all of the characters leave the Playhouse when one of them disappears.
 

Nick Lachey has joined the growing list of celebrities who have babies on their mind. In a television interview, the pop star discussed how he eagerly anticipates having kids. "For me it's what I look forward to more than anything else" dished Lachey. When asked whether that future family includes his girlfriend Vanessa Minnillo, Lachey would only say "She's a great friend, I'll leave it at that."

Metallica is finally on iTunes. The venerable rockers, who famously sued Napster for making their music available online, have offered up their tunes through Apple's music store. The band's first four albums, in their expanded editions, are already up for sale on the site.

Earlier this week, Nsync popstar Lance Bass announced to the world he was gay and now Justin Timberlake is speaking out. JT issued a statement calling his former Nsync bandmate one of his great friends and said "I support him and wish him all the happiness in the world."

Rob Zombie has announced that his next album will be the soundtrack to his upcoming animated movie. Zombie wrote and produced the film, titled The Haunted World of El Superbeasto and due out in theaters next year. The movie is based on his bizarre El Superbeasto comic book.

Chris Cornell is denying the rumors that Audioslave are splitting up. He says, "We hear rumors that Audioslave is breaking up all the time." The stories began flying early this month when word got out that Cornell is getting ready to record another solo album. Both he and guitarist Tom Morello have shot down the reports, saying that everything in the Audioslave camp is perfect, as they ready the September 5th release of Revelations.

Empire Pictures has acquired the rights to develop an animated film and a possible film franchise based on the children's toys The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys. The toys were first introduced in the 1960s features tiny pets which hatch instantly and live up to two years in a special tank.

The Rolling Stones are giving music lovers even a bigger bang for their buck and a bigger phone bill. The veteran rockers have announced a service allowing fans from all over the world to phone in to a toll-free number and, for a nominal fee, listen to any of the band's European concert dates in real time.

Eddie Van Halen hasn't released any commercial songs in a few years, but that doesn't mean he's not making music. He recently wrote and composed two songs for Sacred Sin, an adult film that will be released in September.