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Katharine McPhee on the set of 'I Know What Boys Like'Sometime next year, the Anna Faris flick "I Know What Boys Like" will not only introduce the funnylady's newest chiropractor, but it will also mark the Hollywood debuts of two red-hot musicians: Katharine McPhee and Tyson Ritter. When we recently visited the set of the Playboy bunny comedy, we watched the duo compare notes about on-stage versus on-camera performances.

"This is very different," explained McPhee, looking around a set that included Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone and Rumer Willis. "I can see how people would get freaked out on sets, because there's so many people behind the camera and you get only a few chances - depending on who the director is - to do what you have to do."

"I think the most common misconception is that it's harder to go in front of thousands of people, than in front of five people," said Ritter, remembering some of the huge crowds he's played to alongside his band, The All-American Rejects. "I think it's more unnerving when you've only got 5 people who are watching you!" Read more...

Reece Thompson in 'Rocket Science'He was the talk of the Sundance Film Festival thanks to "Rocket Science," a buzz-heavy flick about a stuttering high school debater; now, Reece Thompson is graduating into his "Sophomore" year.

The 19-year-old Canadian actor, whose most significant role before "Science" was as a young Jason Lee in the sci-fi dud "Dreamcatcher," has been chosen to star in "Sophomore," a high school comedy co-starring Mischa Barton, Bruce Willis and his daughter Rumer.

Marking the feature film debut of director Brett Simon, the flick takes place at a Catholic High School and tells the story of a popular girl (Barton) who pairs up with a dorky newspaper reporter (Thompson) to do some investigative reporting after some SAT exams are stolen. "Die Hard" legend Willis plays John T. Kirkpatrick, a Gulf War veteran turned principal. Read more...