To the left, American Idol 5 runner-up Katharine McPhee rocked out a Tadashi beaded minidress int he June 2007 issue of Vegas magazine.

To the right, teen queen Hilary Duff wore the same minidress (available at Tadashi, The Forum Shops at Caesars) for her Star magazine photo shoot.

Who wore it best — KATHARINE MCPHEE or HILARY DUFF?

• Katharine McPhee gets a bit cuckoo at her concert.
• Mischa Barton goes lesbo yet again.
• Britney Spears is reportedly dating her drug counselor.
• Paris Hilton wears her ankle bracelet (composite).
• Ryan Gosling heads to Washington.
• Gisele Bundchen is all woman… this time.
• Ashlee and Pete totally did it in the bathroom.
• Paul Rudd has some fun.
• Halle Berry: Crack-Ho Goodness
• Celebrities love their puffy skirts.
• Jayden James Federline — The first clear pic.
• Us Weekly to People: Your story about Aniston’s new man, Paul Sculfor, was premature.
• Before entering rehab, Lindsay Lohan told Los Angeles Confidential magazine that she gets lonely in L.A. “The real hard thing about L.A. is that it’s all about one thing. Everyone always wants something. This industry is very lonely; I tend to get lonely. When it’s Sunday in L.A., and there’s no one around, and you see no cars go by, it’s a challenge.”
• T.R. Knight has renewed his contract with ABC, Entertainment Weekly reports. The Grey’s Anatomy star will boost his per-episode salary to $125,000 and get a piece of the show’s profits, a deal that’s already been given to many of the stars.
• Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie drove home from the Tuesday night premiere of Ocean’s 13 in their hybrid. The couple declined a sponsor-offered Audi for the evening.
• Tyra Banks is moving her talk show to New York from L.A. for its upcoming season. Her other show, America’s Next Top Model, will likely follow suit.
• Bob Barker wrapped up his final taping of The Price Is Right yesterday by closing with his usual, “Help control the pet population- have your pets spayed or neutered. Goodbye, everybody.” The final show will air June 15.

Celebrities came out in droves on Thursday to pick up their free Blackberry Curve (touted as the hottest gadget for summer) at the Los Angeles launch party held at The Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel.

In attendance:Eva Longoria, Marcia Cross, Mario Lopez, Katharine McPhee, Michelle Rodriguez, Leslie Bibb, Star Jones-Reynolds, Amaury Nolasco, Michael Vartan, Bradley Cooper and Rodrigo Santoro.

This man needs a stylist really badly. Look at the fit of that blazer!

McPhee dressed in in Geren Ford and accessorized her look with a gold Mowana necklace and a ring from Swarovski.

30+ pictures inside of the Blackberry Curve party… More Here! »

American Idol 5 loser Katherine McPhee looks like a winner, catching a flight at LAX airport with boyfriend Nick Cokas on Thursday in Los Angeles.

The super smiley pair got a little lost at the airport and had to be directed on where to go by paparazzi! Watch the video below –

• Sanjaya Covers Katharine McPhee [TMZ]
• Mary-Kate Olsen is Still Creepy [IDLYITW]
• Cameron Keeps Up Her Smiley Gym Routine [PopSugar]
• Is Carmen Electra Coming Out? [HollywoodTuna]
• Paula Abdul: Fashion Disaster of the Day [DListed]
• Kate Moss Shoots New Photo Spread[HollywoodRag]
• Mel Gibson is Still Crazy [ASL]
• Gwen Stefani, Good Mommy [CityRag]
• Lindsay Lohan: Cute as a Bow [Egotastic]
• Beyonce Knowles: Did She or Didn’t She? [ImNotObsessed]
• Interview with High Snobiety [Trendmill]

• Gisele Bundchen denied on Spanish TV that she’s pregnant by boyfriend Tom Brady, says US Weekly.
• Lawyers for Britney Spears won a British court injunction Thursday designed to prevent publication of stories about her recent stay in rehab. Schillings, Britney’s London law firm said the pop star planned to ask the court to force media outlets that had printed stories about her time in rehab to reveal their sources so that the source of the leak could be identified “and action can be taken against him/her.”
• Madonna’s H&M line “M by Madonna” hit stores yesterday. By yesterday afternoon, items from the line were already on eBay for 25 percent more than the sticker price.
• Nicky Hilton cites “personal” reasons for canceling the runway show for her “Chick “ line tomorrow night at Miami Fashion Week. A spokesman says her schedule is just too hectic.

• Katharine McPhee is Really, Really Pretty [Egotastic]
• Reese Visits a Doctor, Nothing to See Here [PopSugar]
• Sharon Stone Looks Stunning! Right… [DListed]
• Anne Hathaway Pretends To Be A Prude [HollywoodTuna]
• Jay-Z Gets More Money [IDLYITW]
• Jake Gyllenhaal is Obsessed with Briefs [HollywoodRag]
• Elizabeth Hurley In Mumbai With Arun Nayar [ImNotObsessed]
• Lindsay Lohan Being Lindsay Lohan [CityRag]
• George Bush Didn’t Pat Teri Hatcher’s Butt [ASL]
• The Sporanos Take The Cover of Vanity Fair [ICYDK]
• Nicole Richie Leaves Mr. Chows With Boyfriend Joel Madden (Video) [TMZ]
• Hilarious Retelling Of Borat:The Movie As Told By Bunnies [Starz]

• American Idol finalist Frenchie is speaking out about getting kicked off the show for racy photos when current contestant Antonella Barba was not. “I think it’s fantastic she won’t have to go through what I went through…but if the rules have changed, I believe there should be something to make up for the fact that I was needlessly humiliated,” she tells The Post.
• Drew Barrymore dresses up like a little girl with a giant bowl of ice cream for the cover of Glamour’s April Fantasy issue, due to hit newsstands next week. “It was so nice to do youthful pictures, to go back to such an innocent time- or a time that was supposed to be innocent,” Drew says in an interview.
• Bono’s Red campaign has raised an underwhelming $18 million worldwide, but companies have spent an estimated $100 million to market the concept, Advertising Age reported yesterday. Bobby Shriver, who co-founded the Red project with Bono, said the article was “widely misinformed.
• Mariah Carey is in Nashville filming scenes for the upcoming movie Tennessee. Carey plays an aspiring country signer who flees her controlling husband in New Mexico by moving to Nashville with two brothers. Can we say, Glitter: Part II???
• Mel Gibson is considering heading to Panama to film a movie, tourism officials said Monday.
• Some of you will absolutely love this! Rachael Ray was bit by a dog in Union Square Park Saturday while trying to defend her pit-bull mix, Isaboo.

Former American Idol contestant Katharine McPhee debuted her “Over It” Music Video on TRL this past afternoon. Are you so over it?

Katharine McPhee can now add VJ to her growing resume. The former American Idol co-hosted TRL this afternoon and will continue to do so for the rest of the week.

Something about this outfit rubs me the wrong way but I can’t put my finger on it? The shapeless dress? The boots? Ah well, Katharine still looks pretty –

Katharine’s music video for “Over It” will premiere on TRL this Friday, Feb. 23. And she’ll make an appearance on The Tyra Banks Show on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Looking forward to it!