Over the years, I've been fortunate enough to interview some very funny people, many of whom (Sandler, Ferrell, Jack Black) we'll see Sunday at the MTV Movie Awards. But I can honestly say it's been a long time since anyone has made me laugh so hard as All-American Rejects singer Tyson Ritter.

"I did this hike for the first time like a month ago," the affable rock star grinned. "And I coughed up a f---ing lung."

The concept was simple: We'd meet Ritter at L.A.'s Runyon Canyon, a beautiful hiking area where Hollywood's best-looking people go to stay in shape and get each other's phone numbers. The 24-year-old is making his acting debut in the August flick "The House Bunny" (watch an exclusive clip from "The House Bunny" here), and what better way to get in movie-star shape than to take his dog for a healthy hike? Read More...

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"I Know What Boys Like" costar and All-American Rejects frontman Tyson Ritter takes the MTV News mic and interviews star/producer Anna Faris and others on the set of the 2008 girl-powered comedy. Watch the amusing result in the video below, and then click here to read our dispatch from the film's set.

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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...

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