Working hard to keep her fine figure, Katharine McPhee was spotted out at the gym in West Hollywood for a workout on Thursday (October 30).

Wearing all-white gym duds, the American Idol singing sensation finished up only to head outside for a quick game of hide and seek with funny man Orlando Jones, who was also out hitting the weights.

Meanwhile, McPhee recently spoke with foxnews.com/story/0,2933,444692,00.html target=”_blank”> FOX Pop Tarts about her upcoming plans, saying, “I’m working on a record right now, it is probably not going to come out until next spring or summer we’re not really putting a date on it but I’m busy doing that.”

But when it comes to performing, Katharine still deals with stage fright, revealing, “I think I still get terrible stage fright, no I don’t think — I know. But I just try to breathe and I try to remember why I’m singing and not who I’m singing for.”

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Always a fan of a star-studded event, Katharine McPhee was stunning as she arrived at the 30th Anniversary Carousel of Hope Ball to benefit the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes this past Saturday night (October 25th).

The “American Idol” alum had the full attention of the paparazzi as she made her way down the red carpet outside the Beverly Hilton Hotel, sporting a black halter-style floor-length gown.

Jennifer Hudson’s recent family tragedy, Katharine expressed her sympathy and support in a recent statement to foxnews.com/story/0,2933,444175,00.html target=”_blank”> FOX Pop Tarts.

“It’s horrible. There’s nothing really positive about the situation other than just having her friends and the family that she has left to really come around and show the love they have for her and support. I’m just praying for her.”

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• Nicole Richie, stepping onto the breezy patio at

West Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont for a night out with friends. The starlet

first stopped to greet a couple who were dining in the corner, then headed

toward her table to meet two male companions.

Sporting a flowing peasant dress and a braided leather headwrap, Richie sat

and sipped on water for much of her low-key evening, sharing what appeared to

be a meeting, but smiling and laughing with her friends nonetheless.

• Ashley Olsen, beating her friends to lunch at

L.A.’s Orso. The actress patiently waited, ordering water until her female

lunch dates arrived. “It was a very mellow lunch with a couple of pals,” a

fellow diner tells us. After her meal, Olsen met up with her beau Justin Bartha for a stroll around town.

• Nicollette Sheridan, getting friendly with David Spade at the opening of Beverly Hills eatery Luau. The newly single

Desperate Housewives actress holed up on the patio with the

funnyman for most of the night after arriving at the opening together. When

checking in, Spade referred to himself as Sheridan’s “plus one.” The two

then settled into their booth and seemed deep in conversation, not so much

flirty, an onlooker describes, but “intimate.” The pair stopped to chat with

the owner and Gary Shandling, but otherwise stayed focused on each

other.

• DJ AM, working hard at Las Vegas’s Pure Nightclub. Just after midnight,

the deejay got behind the turntables, causing clubgoers to roar with

excitement and snap photos of the recovering entertainer.

• Also in Sin City: Katharine McPhee, treating her

dancers to dinner at LAVO inside the Palazzo. In town for a private show,

the group started their evening with plenty of food - including grilled

beef kabob and chocolate bread pudding - before taking their party

upstairs to the nightclub.

• Where else would The Hills hottie Doug Reinhardt celebrate his birthday? West Hollywood’s Coco de Ville, of

course, where his buddy Frankie Delgado is a weekly promoter. The

reality star lived it up for his 24th with Delgado, pal

Brody Jenner and about 20 ladies by his side. The

birthday boy was having a good time, jumping all over the place and getting

friendly with his female guests. He even took off his plaid top by the end

of the night, walking around sans shirt before a huge group of his friends

jumped into a limo to continue the party at Reinhardt’s house.

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Katharine McPhee channels her inner sorority girl in her latest video, “I Know What Boys Like,” the first single from The House Bunny soundtrack.

McPhee, 24, puts a twist on the ’80s hit, sashaying in the video alongside sorority sister costars in the film, Emma Stone, Rumer Willis and Kat Dennings. The singer has long had acting ambitions before her Idol fame.

The comedy, which also stars Anna Faris as a Playboy bunny who mentors an awkward sorority, hits theaters Aug. 22.

The film’s cast is set to appear on TRL Wednesday.
- Ken Lee

Katharine McPhee has always wanted to act - and now she’ll finally get a chance, in a new comedy from Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions.

According to EW.com, McPhee, 23, will costar with Anna Faris in the untitled movie, in which Faris plays a Playboy bunny evicted from Hugh Hefner’s mansion.

She then takes on the role of den mother to the “lamest” sorority at a local college. McPhee will play a member of the sorority.

McPhee has long had acting ambitions: Pre-Idol, she dropped out of the Boston Conservatory during her sophomore year to audition for television pilots in her native L.A. And in January, she had a cameo on ABC’s Ugly Betty.

But she’s got some impressive footsteps in which to follow. Fellow Idol alum Fantasia Barrino is earning raves in Broadway’s The Color Purple, and Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar for her movie debut in last year’s Dreamgirls.

Paris Bennett is out, while Chris Daughtry, Taylor Hicks, Katharine McPhee and Elliot Yamin are still standing on American Idol.

On Wednesday night’s show, Ryan Seacrest told Bennett, 17, of Fayetteville, Ga., that she’d drawn the least number of votes among the nearly 46 million cast.

I love you,” Bennett told her family in the audience, including her grandmother, Grammy-winning gospel singer Ann Nesby.

The other member of the bottom two was Yamin.

On Tuesday night, Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul had praised Bennett’s funky rendition of Prince’s 1988 hit “Kiss,” though Simon Cowell considered it “screechy” and “annoying.” Bennett fared better with her second performance, a cover of Mary J. Blige’s “Be Without You.” “I think she did rather well with that,” Cowell admitted.

Of Yamin’s delivery of “On Broadway” on Tuesday’s show, Cowell found it “disjointed.” Cowell also said he was “just a little bit concerned” following Yamin’s cover of Michael Buble’s “Home.” “I’m not sure I would have chosen the lyrics, ‘I want to go home,’ ” Cowell pointedly advised the 27-year-old.

In other Idol news, American Idol Season 5 Encores, a compilation CD of songs by this season’s top 12, will be released May 23.

Songs on the disc will include Chris Daughtry’s take on Bon Jovi’s “Wanted Dead or Alive,” Kellie Pickler’s version of Patsy Cline’s “Walkin’ After Midnight,” Taylor Hicks’s cover of the Doobie Brothers’ “Takin’ It to the Streets,” Paris Bennett’s update of Gladys Knight %26 the Pips’ “Midnight Train to Georgia” and Kevin Covais’s cover of Nat King Cole’s “When I Fall in Love.”

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After tying the knot last month in Beverly Hills, singer-actress Katharine McPhee shares details in the new, spring issue of InStyle Weddings about the ceremony when she married producer Nick Cokas - and offers advice to other brides.

The American Idol season-five runner-up’s tip: “Remember that it’s your wedding … At the end of the day, it’s really about the expression of commitment in love and marriage. So don’t get too carried away. A wedding is about the commitment of love that you’re making to your partner. It’s that simple.”

So is the look a bride should seek. “Sometimes you look at bridal magazines and you’re like, ‘What is that concoction? Why is her hair piled on top of her head?’ You should look like yourself!”

And be yourself, especially on your honeymoon. Hers was in Hawaii, where she was determined to take up surfing, “I’m not much of a lay-on-the-beach kind of girl,” says McPhee, 23. “I want to be in the ocean.”

Katharine McPhee gets a hand from her hubby Nick Cokas while taking a stroll during their Hawaiian honeymoon on Monday.

The 23-year-old singer-actress and producer Cokas, 42, were married on Saturday in Beverly Hills before heading to the tropical getaway of Oahu. Romance wasn’t the only thing on McPhee’s mind as she was spotted shopping at the local Gucci store - but they couple did stop for a post-purchase hug.

“%26#91;Nick%26#93; is the love of my life,” McPhee gushed to PEOPLE about her wedding. “This is a once in a lifetime occasion and everything is just perfect.”

Check out next week’s PEOPLE magazine for exclusive coverage and wedding pictures!

Singer-actress Katharine McPhee married producer Nick Cokas on Saturday in Beverly Hills, her rep Justin Gray Stone confirms exclusively to PEOPLE.

The 23-year-old American Idol season five runner-up and Cokas, 42, exchanged vows in a late afternoon ceremony at Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church.

McPhee wore a strapless ivory Manuel Mota gown and Neil Lane jewels (diamond and platinum chandelier earrings and diamond and platinum bracelets), while Cokas wore an Armani tuxedo. Fellow season five Idol contestants Kellie Pickler and Mandisa were among the 305 guests on hand for the nuptials.

McPhee and Cokas met in 2005 when they performed in a Los Angeles theater production of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. Their union began as a friendship and blossomed when McPhee auditioned for American Idol later that year.

The two quietly got engaged last year when Cokas presented her with a custom-designed round brilliant cut platinum and diamond engagement ring.

McPhee recently wrapped filming the Anna Faris comedy I Know What Boys Like.

Check out next week’s PEOPLE magazine for exclusive coverage and wedding pictures!

The holiday party season is in full swing, which may cause many PEOPLE readers to rethink their old iTunes holiday playlist (David Bowie and Bing Crosby singing “Little Drummer Boy”… again?). Never fear, we have an early sneak peek from Katharine McPhee, whose latest single is the holiday classic “O Come All Ye Faithful.” For those of you yearning to hear McPhee’s sultry tones on a ballad (remember her show-stopping rendition of “Over The Rainbow” on American Idol?), click below for a sample of the song, which drops Tuesday on iTunes’ Holiday Page. McPhee will appear on TNT’s Christmas in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 12 (8 p.m. ET).- Monica Rizzo