Katharine McPhee -- Wonder Woman?

Composite of Katherine McPhee and Wonder Woman costumeAfter enduring bronchitis, laryngitis and a fractured foot, Katharine McPhee emerged triumphant during her performance Saturday on the American Idols Live Tour at LA's Staples Center.

But vocal skills aside, we've learned Kat's big star turn may be on the big screen.

A well-placed source tells TMZ that Kat, who has the same theatrical manager as another ailment-prone hottie, Lindsay Lohan, is one of the lucky ladies up for the highly coveted lead role in the big-screen adaptation of "Wonder Woman."

Everyone from Sandra Bullock to Kate Beckinsale has been rumored to be in the running for the starring role in the movie, which will be directed by Joss Whedon, who created "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

While it's up in the air if she will be sporting those trademark red boots, tights and bracelets, you will still be able to see Kat wearing a lot less very soon.

TMZ has learned that Katharine, who has struggled with bulimia, will appear on the cover of an upcoming issue of Shape magazine, wearing a bathing suit. Now in a much healthier place, McPhee will show off her killer curves for all the world to see.

With all the prospects in her future, and despite coming in second on "Idol," It looks like Kat is no one-hit wonder, Justin Guarini be damned!



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31. Katherine is very pretty, but she doesn't hold a candle to the original wonder woman...Let's look further...(oh, btw, it's not Lindsey either)

Posted at 8:25PM on Aug 28th 2006 by Barbara

32. This is SO TIRESOME.
Why does EVERYTHING that TMZ prints have to come around to a negative comment about Justin Guarini?
He would be the FIRST one to wish Katherine well. As a matter of fact he did just that when he was a guest on a tv show recently. He said she was beautiful and talented and he wished her much success.
I guess whoever writes for TMZ is either jealous of a sweet, handsome, charismatic, talented , classy gentleman like Justin, or maybe they are just too lazy to research information about Justin's actual accomplishments, or both. Actually, fans send TMZ information quite often on what Justin is doing and his accomplishments. Fans WANT to know what he's been doing, but TMZ refuses to post it. What's up with that?
So let me just say that fans are really looking forward to Justin's first solo concert September 29th, 2006 at the Commerce Bank Center in Sewell New Jersey
Tickets can be bought at TicketMaster and much more information can be had at www.justinguarini.com and his various fan sites. It is going to be a fantastic concert!
Best of luck and happiness to Katherine, and to all the other kids out there with a dream.

Posted at 10:51PM on Aug 28th 2006 by pat

33. She can sing...she is very musically talented....she wouldn't be singing with the likes of Andrea Bocelli and David Foster if she wasn't. She was just on TV the other night in a musical special. She sang with Bocelli while David Foster played the piano. Foster said and I quote..."She is force to be reckoned with." He knows his music and he's been in the business forever. And I guarantee that Bocelli will not sing with just anybody...go download the song "The Prayer" from i-tunes, he sings it with Celine Dion. He is not likely to pick a bad singer to duet with. As for WW and movie...only time will tell, but it looks like she has someone's attention or you all wouldn't be spending so much time worrying and wondering about her. Give her a chance! Everyone deserves the opportunity to suceed in life. All you haters...quit being so mean and find the good in people once in a while. You may sleep better at night. End of soapbox.

Posted at 9:17AM on Aug 29th 2006 by Angs

34. It's going to be tough for any actress to fill Linda Carter's shoes or should I say swimsuit. Remember Linda was about 6'2", gorgeous hair, perfect smile, and the most piercing blue eyes I've ever seen. She literally looked like an amazon goddess. I wish the would leave Wonder Woman alone. They already skrewed things up with those two stupid Charlie Angels movies. There are some things that were so perfect the first time around, they should never be touched. This is one of them. But since Hollywood can't do anything original anymore, I'm going to have to live through another disgrace. Brandon Routh looked like Christopher Reeve. Talked like Christopher Reeve. But was not Christopher Reeve. It's that simple.

Posted at 1:31AM on Aug 29th 2006 by Angie

35. This could be another rumor. I don't think even Whedon knows what he wants.Silver will make the final call on this.He might have got Whedon too write it, but it's his baby.I want Nadia Bjorlin, she looks the part more than anyone. She wants the role too.I don't Mcphee really is the right choice. The public will be very hard on Kat, if she got this role. The public can be crule. Nadia is the only choice as far as I am consured.Give a look .

Posted at 10:51AM on Aug 29th 2006 by Jack Dorman

36. No- no and no - bad move!
I would have liked to see Jennifer Garner play WW but she's been down the superhero path all ready.

And please let's not do a Bionic Woman movie- the thought of anyone but Lyndsey Wagner as Jamie Summers makes me ill -

for that matter has Hollywood really run out of ideas that they have to keep doing remakes of 1970's tv shows?? How sad

Yes-I was a child of the 70's -

Posted at 11:36AM on Aug 29th 2006 by Wonder Woman is my Hero

37. MUTHA F!
And so when would Wonder Woman sing that friggin' "Over the Rainbow"? You know she'd try to fit it in somewhere. Can this chubster sing something else for once? Please? I hate her and so does my daughter Tonya.
Dallas Ladies Tumbling Team ROCKS!!

Posted at 12:28PM on Aug 30th 2006 by Janet Buttimer

38. So let me get this straight... anybody, and I do mean ANYBODY, who is a brunette (or can dye her hair brown) and is on the public radar as an A - Z celebrity (I'll leave it to you to decide what letter Ms McPhee falls under) is up for the role of Wonder Woman?

Posted at 12:45PM on Aug 31st 2006 by Stephen

39. PLEASE TELL ME THIS IS A JOKE. THIS IS BAD. REALLY REALLY BAD! KAT MCPHEE - STICK TO SINGING. I WOULD CHOKE ON MY OWN VOMIT IF THEY LET THIS TRAVESTY HAPPEN.
OK - ADMITTEDLY I'M A WONDER WOMAN FAN. FANATIC IS MORE LIKE IT. I OFTEN TELL PEOPLE THAT IT WAS MEANT FOR ME TO BE THIS MUCH OF A FAN OF HERS BEING THAT THE TV SHOW DEBUT WAS ON MY B-DAY, NOV 7, 1975!
I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS VERY CLOSELY, AND I'LL SAY UNTIL RECENTLY, MY FAVORITE TO PLAY WONDER-WOMAN WOULD HAVE BEEN CATHERINE ZETA JONES OR EVEN JENNIFER LOPEZ...(LYNDA CARTER IS PART HISPANIC - BETCHA DIDN'T KNOW THAT HUH...LOL) LET ME ADD TO THE RUNNING NADIA BJORLIN... THE LADY IS BEAUTIFUL!! DROP DEAD GORGEOUS TO BE EXACT. LYNDA CARTER IS STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND WHOEVER PORTRAY'S WONDER WOMAN, SHOULD BE AS WELL! I ALSO BELIEVE SHE POSSESSES THE SKILL SET TO DO WONDER WOMAN JUSTICE.
AND, OF COURSE, LYNDA CARTER HAS JUST GOT TO BE IN THE MOVIE SOMEWHERE. IT WOULDN'T BE RIGHT IF SHE WASN'T.

Posted at 12:24AM on Sep 3rd 2006 by jONjON

40. jonjon has said it all. Nadia Bjorlin is the one And yes she can act. On the quantrary, on what some of the negatives that have been said about her. She can act.If she couldn't, she would never got a chance on Days of our Lives. She also would be a Wonder Woman of all ages. It's very hard too fill Lynda Carter's boots.Nadia has what it takes. She is the total package.If Silver and Whedon are reading this, she is you Wonder Woman.Mcphee looks the part, and has the stature, but her Idol background would hurt the film.She is a singer after all.I hope that they really give Nadia a serious look.They won't regret it.

Posted at 1:12AM on Sep 4th 2006 by Jack

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