Desperate Housewives

Don’t. Just because the finale is upon us, that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to see your favorites on TV regularly. Besides the reruns on Lifetime of earlier seasons, the cast is going to be all over your TV and I’ll be keeping you up-to-date on when.

During the rest of this week, you can see Teri Hatcher on The View and The Late Show with David Letterman on the 16th.

Marcia Cross will star in a Seinfeld episode on the 17th. That will air on TBS at 6:30 PM.

Look for Eva Longoria Parker on HBOSGe. Her movie The Sentinal will air on the 16th at 9:45 AM and 11 PM.

Wanna see Brenda Strong instead of just hearing her do the voice-overs? Now’s your chance. She’s going to be in a Seinfeld episode airing on TBS today at 5:30 PM. You can also catch her on HBOSGe in The Deep End of the Ocean.

Reaper isn’t the only place to see Richard Burgi. You can also catch him in Just Shoot Me on TBS. That will air on the 16th at 2:30 PM.

Catch Orson himself, Kyle McLaughlen on the 17th when he stars in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me on IFC. That will air at 11:15 PM.

Dana Delaney will be on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on the 15th at 11:35 PM as well as guest starring on an episode of Cheers. You can see that on TVLand on the 16 at 8 AM. Don’t forget her role in Tombstone, either. That airs on SHOe at 8 AM on the 18th.

By the way…. I’m sure many of you are aware that Marcia was a regular on Melrose Place in the 90s. She played Dr. Kimberly Shaw, someone who makes Bree look like the definition of well adjusted. Well, here’s a clip I found of her from the show. It’s arguably her most famous scene in the whole serious. Well, with the exception of the time she blew the whole building up…

Good morning, everyone! Ready to dish? I am! Picking one actor this week was a tough job. I was partial to one’s performance, but another one also did really well. So, I have decided to go ahead and pick them both. This week, I’ve picked Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross.

Ever since the beginning, Felicity has managed to make me tolerate Lynette no matter how many dumb moves she makes. Like getting Tom fired, pretending one of her kids is sick to get into yoga… you get the idea. Still, I’ve really warmed up to Lynette ever since Kayla and her mother entered the picture. I like that, for awhile anyway, Felicity managed to walk a thin line between resentment and discomfort with the kid and affection. Now, she’s doing an excellent job of portraying a scared and frustrated mother dealing with a clearly messed up kid. The slapping scene in the mall is a perfect example of that. You could just feel the terror and frustration coming off her when Penny is threatened. She combines it with total regret over the slap itself. Kudos to her…. can’t wait to see where this all goes.

Meanwhile, Marcia Cross is doing a great job as well. Especially in the scenes where Edie blackmails her and she confesses the truth to the others. As Edie reveals she knows everything about the baby, Marcia Cross seems to visibly age several years in about two seconds. As for the confession, I loved the combination of resignation and regret in her voice as well as the obviously gratitude and relief when the others side with her and tell her she’s a great mom.

So, there you have it: my favorite performances this week. What do you think? Did I overlook someone? Let me know about it in the comments. Well, that’s about it for now. See y’all next time. I’ll be dishing about the finale promo, Richard Burgi’s (Karl) appearance on Reaper tonight and more this week. You won’t want to miss it!

Hello, again! As promised, I’m back to give you a little recap of James Denton and Marcia Cross being interviewed on a couple of talk shows.

First up was James Denton. He appeared last night on Last Call with Carson Daly. Carson introduced him by saying he stars on Desperate Housewives and, in the process, is keeping the show from reaching dangerously high levels of estrogen. Ok, kinda lame, but it still got a laugh out of me. Surprisingly, Housewives wasn’t the first thing they talked about. They started off the conversation by talking about James’ band called “Band from TV”. It features Bachelor Bob Guiney, Bonnie Somerville, Hugh Laurie and Greg Grunberg and others. James said that Teri Hatcher recently joined the band as well. He credits her as the reason that the band was featured on the recent Idol Gives Back special and that Band from TV actually helps raise money for a variety of charities. A new DVD they are releasing through the website will also contribute to these causes He also talked about how they convinced him to sing a couple of songs himself, even though he usually plays guitar. According to James, he made a point of choosing songs he can mostly talk through. He added that, while the band doesn’t sound selfish, it really is because “we get to pretend we’re rock stars.” I thought that was really cool. They don’t seem to take it too seriously. Carson actually played a clip of Bonnie and Hugh singing “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”. It didn’t sound half bad. Check out a picture of him performing with the band:

That wasn’t all they talked about, though. James also told a funny story about going to the Golden Globes one year. Apparently, a guy cornered him at the event, calling him “Lost”. Someone else with him said they don’t think it’s him, but a picture was taken of James anyway. Just in case he was actually Matthew Fox of the series Lost. They closed off the interview by playing a clip from this weekend’s Desperate Housewives and talking about Out and About with Allergies. It’s a free Zagat guide for people who have allergies that tells about the best places to go when you have them. It also tells people how to control allergies and things they should ask their doctor about. James is supporting it because he suffers from allergies himself. The free guide is available here. Now, we move on to Marcia…

She appeared on ABC’s The View this morning. She even came onto the set pretending to read Barbara Walters’ new biography. This interview seemed a bit shorter to me, and the ladies almost seemed to talk over her in some parts. They started the interview off by talking about Marcia’s twin girls and showing a picture of them. I really liked her for this because she admitted it was hard to get pregnant at her age and said she wanted to make people aware that it really isn’t that easy. She says she even turned down magazine covers because she didn’t want to be out there promoting a misconception about fertility. On a slightly less serious note, she talks about suffering “mom guilt” when she can’t be with them and feeling like a true success now that she not only has the career, but a family as well.

Whoopie then asked her about the period between Melrose Place and Housewives. Marcia says it was a time when she was trying to figure herself out. She wasn’t getting roles that really interested her and wasn’t quite fulfilled personally, so she decided to take time out to get her psychology degree.

One of the cuter moments came when she was asked how she plays the uptight Bree, since she’s nothing like her in real life. Marcia responds that she has no idea how she manages it, it’s just some magic that happens when she gets those clothes on. She said she even starts straightening crooked pictures on the set and stuff like that. Now, that, I want to see!

To close things off, they talk about Marcia’s support of the skin cancer takes friends project and how important it is to protect your skin from the sun. She said her husband only started listening to her when he needed to get something frozen off his face during a doctor’s visit. She also talked about the misconceptions that darker skinned people don’t get the disease. The project has a website where people can sign themselves and a friend up for a free screening.

Well, that’s all for now. Look for another recap next week when Teri Hatcher also appears on The View. I’ll see y’all again on Monday with a recap of the latest episode. Have a great weekend!

I’m sorry I didn’t post yesterday.  A weekend trip turned into a family emergency and we didn’t arrive home until yesterday evening.  It’s good to be back and scouring the headlines once again.  And you may have heard that the Primetime Emmy Awards were Sunday night.  The show might not have won, but the women looked fantastic.  As far as I can tell, Nicolette Sheridan wasn’t in attendance, but all the other women were and I found their dresses (save for Eva’s) all had a common theme.  They all looked very nice, as you can see below.  If you’d like to see each image larger, simply click on it.

It’s been a while since I’ve featured some pictures of Marcia’s twins, hasn’t it?  Well, it’s high time I rectified that and thankfully, I noticed these great snaps over on Desperate Blog.  Of course, I had to share them here because I think Eden and Savannah are simply adorable.  And Marcia looks so happy playing with them, enjoying a warm afternoon and watching them enjoy it with her.  Those are the magic moments, ya’ll.  I’m so glad she’s got her girls, aren’t you?

If you’d like to see the rest of the absolutely adorable set, head on over to the Desperate Blog to check them out.   There are literally a ton of adorable pictures over there to peruse and enjoy.  Those girls are getting big, aren’t they?

Just when you were starting to think that maybe the women on “Desperate Housewives” might actually be getting along, rumors are flying that quite the opposite is true.  Apparently, cast members have been taking bets on when Eva Longoria’s marriage will fall apart.  This is, of course, according to a report to be published by the National Enquirer so take it with a grain of salt.

And the bets aren’t all, either.  According to the magazine,  the women are arguing about everything from scripts to photo shoots to trailers.  An insider on the set has revealed:

“The cat claws are out like never before, and the actresses’ inability to get along is causing headaches for producers, writers and crew members. And the one joke that’s keeping a smile on people’s faces is at Eva’s expense.”

This all sounds absolutely absurd to me and I hope that something is resolved soon.  Why is it that women can’t work together without the gossip swirling that they are all at each other’s throats?  How about everyone just settles down and makes a good show this season?  Is that possible?

Don’t these two look so happy that you know their cheeks have to be hurting from the smiling? This last weekend, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Santa Barbara, California, Eden and Savannah Mahoney were baptized in front of friends and family. The girls, as you can see, were dressed in identical white gowns. Can you believe they’re four months old already?

And in case you were thinking that Tom might be one of those dads that shows up for baptisms but is absent the rest of the time, Marcia has put that notion to rest: “He’s there every minute, and he’s as madly in love with them as I am. I don’t know what I would do if I had one of those husband who was just not interested.”  I think that’s just adorable.  These two are obviously just over the moon about their girls and it’s just wonderful to watch them enjoy them so much.  Soak up every minute, you two, it’s over in a flash!

As we all are aware, Marcia Cross gave birth to twin girls Eden and Savannah back at the end of February.  And having been pregnant with two babies, you can imagine that Marcia put on a bit of pregnancy weight.  Still, she tried to keep things in moderation:

“I was eating for two, but really, I craved basically very nutritional foods,” she said. “I mean, I would have loved a few more vanilla milkshakes, but I knew on the other side of it that I wouldn’t want to have to spend months and months losing it. I still topped 190, so I was eating a lot. A lot.”

Do you hate her yet?   I’m trying not to, honestly.  She’s been working hard, in the meantime, to get back into shape.  She’s been working out with friends and personal trainers Bonnie Stoll and Diana Nyad of Brava Body in an effort to get her body back in shape by July 10, when she’s due back on the set for “Desperate Housewives”.  But her workouts aren’t just to get rid of her “after baby pooch”, Marcia lost quite a bit of strength while on bed rest.  So she’s been trying to tone her muscles back up again.  And you know what helps?  Having the right motivation.

“You know, I actually do feel pressure to be back, you know, looking the way I did before I left. But I don’t think it’s just for TV, because I would feel that way regardless, because I just want to be at my best,” she said. “Maybe I wouldn’t worry about being quite so thin because the camera adds those pounds.  I don’t want to lose my fitness. I’m 45. I have two babies,” she said. “I’ve got a long way to go and I want to keep in tiptop shape. There’s no magic bullet.”

Amen, Marcia.  Best of luck to you, you look fantastic already!

Marcia had recently stated that she wasn’t planning on getting pregnant ever again. She has her twins, safe and sound, despite bed-rest and other pregnancy related complications. Which is well and good, except now she’s going to have to be pregnant again, this time for “Desperate Housewives”. At least, that’s the word on the street. The actress visited The Late Show with David Letterman on Thursday and hinted coyly at her character’s return to the show in the show’s finale here in a couple weeks. She said, “I come back in a particular condition, which, sort of… I can’t really say.” But Letterman wasn’t going to let that drop and pressed the issue. Finally, he guessed that Bree would return to the show pregnant. Marcia was impressed at his guessing abilities and didn’t deny the claim. But she wanted to make it sure that she never spilled the beans herself. I suppose after Eva Longoria gave away some valuable plot points, that’s a sore subject on the set. Whoops!

But I gotta say, a pregnant Bree sounds like “Desperate” bliss to me!

In case you missed it, Marcia Cross was on “The View” yesterday! There, she talked quite a bit about her twins and the show. She talked about where she got the names Eden and Savannah and how she’d tried for many years on her own to get pregnant with no success. She also talked about having a c-section and how it wasn’t as easy as some people had led her to believe. Since a great deal of the women there had had c-sections (or watched someone have one, in the case of Rosie), there was some discussion about them. She also talked about returning to the show and her skin cancer awareness campaign with Oil of Olay. It’s so nice to see her in the media’s eye once again. I’m looking forward to getting Bree back on the show.

Also, catch this promo for this weeks episode, “Into the Woods”. Things aren’t looking so hot for Tom and Lynette, are they? Cue the nailbitting…. NOW!

After the headaches she’s given “Desperate Housewives” producers with her recent pregnancy and subsequent bed-rest and maternity leave, Marcia has promised the “powers that be” and creator Marc Cherry that she will not be getting pregnant again. She has said, “I promised him I wouldn’t (get pregnant), but you never know if there’s an adoption in the future.” So not necessarily saying no to anymore children, which is nice.

So when will she be back? She’ll return to the show for the season finale here in a couple weeks. What can she reveal about her return and the finale? “All I will say is it’s got something to do with pregnancy!” Hmm! Intriguing!

Britain’s Hello! magazine newest issue features some beautiful photos of Marcia Cross and her lovely twin girls, Savannah and Eden. If you’d like to see more of the photos, either purchase the newest issue or head on over to the Desperate Housewives Blog (where I filched the picture you see) where they have posted full size pictures of the whole spread (or what looks like the whole spread). Absolutely adorable! I can’t wait to see Marcia back on the show!

Felicity Huffman threw co-star and pal Eva Longoria a bridal shower at her Los Angeles home this past Sunday, inviting a huge amount of friends and family, including her other “Desperate Housewives” costars, Marcia Cross, Teri Hatcher, Brenda Strong and Nicolette Sheridan. All accounts show that the party was quite a success. At one point, Eva presided as judge over a competition where unmarried guests made wedding gowns out of toilet paper. Teri Hatcher won the grand prize, a tissue tiara. The theme was “Home”, obviously, as little pink houses served as centerpieces for the tables and Felicity requested that guests bring gifts for each room of their new home together. Felicity joked that she didn’t need to give a gift since she was the one throwing the shower. Uh, don’t think it works that way, Felicity.

I’ve waited so patiently, and now here it is: pictures of Marcia and her twins are in the newest issue of People Magazine, due to hit newsstands tomorrow. The first two things I noticed: 1) CUTE babies! Squee! and 2) how happy Marcia looks. She’s positively glowing with it. And the interview is simply heartwarming. Marcia and her new husband, Tom Mahoney, both wanted children so badly that they had in vitro fertilization done one week after their wedding. So in a way, the twins Eden and Savannah are sort of like honeymoon babies, right? And is it as good as she hoped for all those years?

“I wanted to be a member of that club so badly, and now I’m in and it’s so much better than I even imagined.”

Marcia Cross left the house the other day with her husband Tom Mahoney just two weeks after giving birth to twin daughters. I saw these pictures over on the “Desperate Housewives” blog at b5media and I just had to share them with you all. Doesn’t Marcia look fantastic? She honestly doesn’t look like she’s just given birth to two girls. She looks maybe a little tired (the sunglasses are a dead giveaway), and maybe a little tender still (the way she’s holding onto her husband’s arm). But shoot, who wouldn’t be?? Hopefully this means we’ll get to see pictures of the twins pretty soon. I also can’t help but wonder if this means Marcia will be ready to return to “Desperate Housewives” soon or if she’s out for the rest of the season. Anyhow, head over to the original blog post to see the rest of these incredible pictures. Go Marcia!

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