“I’m a Celebrity…Get me Out Of Here!” has a new cast member! The newest addition to the cast is actor Lou Diamond Phillips star of such films as La Bamba, Stand and Deliver and Young Guns! He joins an already unique cast which includes The Hills stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, actor Stephen Baldwin, Supermodel Janice Dickinson, former NBA player John Salley, former American Idol contestant Sanjaya and former WWE Diva Torrie Wilson.

Phillips career has seen him in movies and television (Numb3rs, The George Lopez Show) but this will be his first venture into reality TV, especially when you consider his fellow cast members have prior experience in the world of reality television. But with his roles in action films such as Young Guns as well as his guest starring role on 24, Phillips should be ready for the endurance challenges that will come before him on the show.

Catch Phillips and the rest of the cast on I’m a Celebrity Get me Out of Here! when it airs on June 1st at 8 p.m. on NBC.

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It’s the ultimate Swiss Family Robinson as ten celebrities are dropped into the heart of the jungle to face fun and comedic challenges designed to test their survival skills. America is the puppet master, controlling their favorite celebrities by putting them into challenges and tasks to win food, supplies and luxury items. In each episode, friendships will be tested, hilarity will ensue and viewers will decide which celebrities stay or go. The last remaining star will be crowned King or Queen of the Jungle, winning a substantial cash prize for their favorite charity. Continued below…

America has never seen a show like this before. Television has never been programmed like this before. Don’t miss a minute of this ultimate three-week event.

In a unique scheduling move, “I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!” will air at 8 p.m. over four weeks in June. The new series will debut as a two-hour television event on Monday, June 1 (8-10 p.m. ET) and will follow with broadcasts on Mondays through Thursdays (8-9 p.m. ET) for the first three weeks. During the fourth week of June, the series will be telecast Monday through Wednesday (8-9 p.m. ET) with the finale on Wednesday, June 24 (8-9 p.m. ET).

Here’s a FIRST LOOK at the location the celebrities are going to be sent (click for full-size):

Heidi and Spencer’s thoughts on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me out Of Here!”:

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