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Watch them prattle?

Pratt
From Wire Reports

Reality TV personalities Heidi and Spencer Pratt say they want to branch out from MTV’s “The Hills” and star in their own reality show.

In an interview to promote their new book, “How to be Famous: Our Guide to Looking the Part, Playing the Press, and Becoming a Tabloid Fixture,” the couple said they’re shopping the idea around to various networks.

While “The Hills” only focuses on a small part of their lives, they said, their own show would reveal everything that happens to them. They’d even be willing to include live segments.

“You don’t get to see our everyday lives and what we do,” Heidi Pratt said.

But the Pratts also said they don’t plan to leave “The Hills.”

Last summer, the newlyweds appeared on NBC’s “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!”

Hart transplant

Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is ready to show some razzle-dazzle on Broadway.

The pop singer who was recently booted from “Melrose Place” is set to play Roxie Hart in the long-running musical revival of “Chicago.”

Simpson-Wentz will join the production on Nov. 30 for a 10-week engagement ending in early February. She played the part in the London production of “Chicago” in 2006.

On Broadway

Speaking of Broadway, Jay-Z and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have joined the producing team for “Fela!,” an Afrobeat Broadway musical about the life of Nigerian musician Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.

The birthday bunch

Actress Brenda Vaccaro is 70. Actress Linda Evans is 67. Actor Jameson Parker is 62. Singer Graham Parker is 59. Comedian Kevin Nealon is 56. Actor Oscar Nunez (“The Office”) is 51. Actress Elizabeth Perkins is 49. Actor Owen Wilson is 41. Singer Duncan Sheik is 40. Actor Mike Epps is 39. Actress Peta Wilson is 39. Actress Chloe Sevigny is 35. Rapper Fabolous is 30. Rapper Mike Jones is 29. Actor Nathan Kress (“iCarly”) is 17.