Styles & Scenes

"Desperate" Cherry picks PJs and spills secrets

What will “Desperate Housewives” creator Marc Cherry wear on Emmy night? Probably pajamas.

Cherry won’t be attending the show. 

“I didn't get invited,” Cherry said at the ABC All Star Party for the Television Critics Association held at Kidspace in Pasadena Wednesday night.

So will anyone from the show go? “I would assume that Felicity will go to present an award because it’s a tradition for the previous winner to present that award. But I don’t know for sure. I haven’t asked the girls if they’re going."

Word is they're not. But obviously, Alfre Woodard - nominated for Supporting Actress - will go.

“Alfre called to thank me for the flowers I sent and I asked her, 'So how many nominations is this for you? Four, five?' And she said, 'Seventeen.' So apparently every time she reads the phone book on TV, she gets nominated," Cherry said. "She is, and deservedly so, beloved by the Academy and a very talented actress. She’s also one of the loveliest human beings you will ever meet.”

Frankly, Cherry is relieved to stay home on August 27.

“I was very honored to be nominated last year but to sit there and lose twice with my mom sitting next to me was excruciating. Then you go to the parties and everyone comes up to you and says, 'You were robbed!' so I was like, 'This is the most annoying evening of my life.' I will be so happy to sit at home and watch other writers go through that.”

But isn’t he bothered about not being nominated?

“Am I a little bummed out? Sure. But my reaction to this is that I have to work harder this year and that’s what we’ve been doing. Listen, I went through a period of being unemployed, broke and having to borrow money from my mother. In terms of awful things happening to me, not getting nominated is pretty easy to handle.”

He was more surprised by other snubs. “To me, the shocker was "Lost." I thought that was odd to the point of 'what the heck is going on with the Academy?' For us, we’ll just work harder. It’s more important for me to feel like I’m doing the best job I can and I don’t think I did that last year. I’ve had my trial by fire. Actually, I feel like I’ve had two. The first year was the extreme phenomena of it all and last year was 'let me try some new things.' Some of those things aren’t working. So this new season, I feel for the first time, now I know what it is I need to do in order to do the show the way I want to do it.”

So what’s going to happen on Wisteria Lane in the new season? Cherry let some secrets slip...

Photo Credits: DH creator Marc Cherry was happy to get dressed up for the GLAAD awards on April 8, 2006. But he's gonna stick to PJs on Emmy night.
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Will the Housewives snub the Emmy Awards?

Fashion insiders are buzzing about the number of major Emmy acting nominations for “Desperate Housewives” this season. That would be one: Alfre Woodard for Supporting Actress in a Comedy.

DH did get some technical Emmy nods: Single Camera Editing for a Comedy Series, Hairstyling, Costumes. And Shirley Knight got a Guest Actress on a Comedy Series acting nomination for her portrayal of Phyllis Van De Kamp, Bree’s mother-in-law.

But nothing, zip, nada for the five hard-working actresses who made the show - which won 15 Emmys last season - what it is; a critical success, a global cultural phenomenon and a cash cow for the network: Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Eva Longoria, Marcia Cross and Nicollette Sheridan.

Some loose TV lips have speculated that, despite the astonishing and inexplicable snub, the Wisteria Lane gals would still come to the Emmys, if just to support the series. They’d probably be presenters or something, some duty that would require them to be there so it’s not that obvious that they, ooops, all got seriously snubbed.

But a source close to the wives says no dice. “None of them are going.” Not even as presenters? “Felicity may go as a presenter because she won the lead actress Emmy last year and they usually have last year's winner present this year's award.”

That’s right. She beat her DH co-stars Teri and Marcia. Gosh, what a great catfight that was.

“But the rest of them are definitely not going,” sez the source.  “If you’re not nominated, you really don’t have a reason to go. It’s a lot of prep work to get in shape, all made up, pick gowns and dressed up to go to these things. It’s exhausting. And if you’re not up for an award and it’s just going to be embarrassing why go?”

Why go? Because if you don’t go, you risk looking like a sore not-nominated loser, that's why. That would be one very big reason. My advice: slap on the makeup, slip on the gowns and smile for the cameras, girls.

C'mon, you're all good actresses. Just act like you couldn't care less about being nominated for one night.

Photo Credits: C'mon, girls. Play nice. Eva Longoria, Nicollette Sheridan and Felicity Huffman faux tussle over Flicka's Emmy statue backstage at last year's show. But will they stay home and watch it on TV this year?
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Superman's high-flying world premiere

Spirits were sky high - literally - at last night's world premiere of “Superman Returns.” 

At the after-party, the cast - Kate Bosworth (Lois Lane), Kevin Spacey, (Lex Luthor) Parker Posey, Frank Langella, James Marsden and that hot new Man of Steel Brandon Routh - were all ecstatic about the raves for the iconic super hero's return to the big screen.

The top secret party location - according to the clever ’Daily Planet’ party pass - was due to concerns that the evil Luthor might crash Sup's party. But the bash turned out to be in an open air venue on the Veteran’s Administration grounds - just a quick limo hop from the nearby Mann Village and  Mann National theatres in Westwood.

Spotted in the family-style crowd: a blonde Roseanne Barr with her son Buck, former small screen Superman Dean Cain, Eva Longoria and her arm candy Tony Parker, Josh Jackson, Shaq O’Neal, Virginia Madsen, SNL stars Chris Kattan, Rachel Dratch and Amy Poehler, “Star Wars’” Mark Hamill, Michelle Trachtenberg, Paul Stanley of Kiss, Anna Paquin and Cuba Gooding, Jr. Everyone, even cast members, brought families, including Routh (pronounced like south), whose real-life mom carefully smoothed her 6’3” inch son’s hair before photogs snapped him arriving at the bash.

But guests had more to do than mingle. Some lined up to be snapped for a souvenir Daily Planet front page. Others snarfed down-home vittles in a cornfield/picnic tables Smallville setting. Many hung out nibbling sushi and cocktails in Luther's disco-like lair lit by laser lights.

A few guests even tried to fly.

That sporadic deafening roar heard through the night came from a 747 engine-sized fan that simulated sky diving for those brave/stupid enough to climb into flight suits and slap on helmets. “Imagine throwing yourself into a tornado,” explained the machine's operator. Um, thanks but no thanks. A far more popular exercise was the strap-in Gyroscope. But most parents only dared let young children leap on trampolines with bungee harnesses around their middles for a fleeting feeling of flight.

Bosworth sought relief from fans and press in a well-guarded celeb section with her on-again beau, Orlando Bloom, who has his own even bigger premiere – “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” premieres on Saturday at Disneyland.

The blonde actress affectionately rubbed Bloom’s back and kissed him languorously. Bloom kept close watch when his girl was pulled away to pose cheek-to-chest with her super onscreen love interest. He even barked a cautionary “Hey!” when Routh squeezed Kate a little closer. No worries, Orlando. Routh’s girlfriend Courtney Ford was watching, too. 

So where’s Superman/Clark Kent been? Seems he flitted off to Krypton to find his family, leaving behind a really annoyed Lois and a worried Mom.

In reality, he was trapped in Hollywood Development Hell for a decade until 2004, when “X-Men” director Bryan Singer signed on and made his vision: a more human – and sexually active – superhero who returns to earth to find that his true love has a five-year-old son and is involved with another man. Oh, and that his nemesis Luthor is out of jail and taking over the world again. Man, that guy just never gives up.

Routh handled it all - the long press line and the onslaught of congrats and photo requests at the party - like a pro. But he’s gotta feel like he’s landed on another planet. The unknown actor explained that he's gone from wearing Superman pajamas as a kid and dressing up like Superman for Halloween in 2004 to landing this lead role a year later.

But his onscreen mom – Eva Marie Saint – wasn’t worried about Routh getting warped by overnight fame. “Brandon will be just fine. He’s very grounded and disciplined,” said Saint. “He’s a good Midwestern boy – born in Iowa - and he has a firm foundation and values.”

But she did have one beef with the actor. No flight lessons.

“I didn’t get to fly once,” Saint complained. “I’ve told the producers that I’m not doing the next movie unless I get to fly. Superman should take his mom flying at least once!”

Photo Credits: Kate Bosworth cuddles close with her Pirate beau Orlando Bloom at the "Superman Returns" post party.
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Photo Credits: Brandon Routh gets cozy  with Kate, who plays his on-screen love, Lois Lane.  Better watch out, Orlando. After all, the dude is Superman.
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Young Hollywood turns out for T-Mobile

Well, now we know.

Here's why Eva Longoria, from the award-winning show "Desperate Housewives," was in such a mad rush to get her hair done Tuesday evening at Jordan's Enchanted Cottage in West Hollywood.

She was headed straight to the T-Mobile Sidekick 3 party held later that night at the Hollywood Palladium.

The place was packed with the usual celeb suspects such as the Backstreet Boys, LA club empresario Brent Bolthouse, Donovan Leitch, Serena Williams, Jaime King, Rachel Bilson, "Crash" director Paul Haggis, Taryn Manning, Amanda Bynes, Haylie and Hilary Duff, Jessica Simpson, Mischa Barton with beau Cisco Adler, whew, and those still  battling ex-BFs Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton.   

And in case you were wondering, yes, all the attending celebs got a free Sidekick 3 for their time and trouble. 

Richie was spotted inside flailing her pipe cleaner arms while dancing with Mario Lopez. With her new long blonde hair extensions, she really does look like a Paris Hilton clone. But she's getting so darn emaciated that we're gonna start calling her Auschwitz Hilton.

Meanwhile, Paris has cleverly figured out a way to really stand out at parties. Bring brunette friends! She spent most of the night posing and partying with her new bookend brunette sidekicks, Caroline D'Amore and Kim Kardashian.

Photo Credits: Jessica Simpson and Eva Longoria put their perfectly coiffed heads together to figure out the new T-Mobile Sidekick 3. Good luck, girls.
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Photo Credits: Whoa, watch where you wave those buggy whips, little lady. You could poke someone's eye out! Nicole Richie shows off her moves with Mario Lopez at the T-Mobile Sidekick 3 bash.
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Longoria gets a scrape and a trim

Listen! It's the screech of brakes and the sound of metal colliding on Robertson Blvd, that super-chic West Hollywood shopping street.

That must mean Lindsay Lohan or Paris Hilton is behind the wheel and in the hood again.

But no. This time it was Eva Longoria's assistant who, according to eye witnesses, had a minor fender bender around 6:30 outside Jordan's Enchanted Cottage.

The hair salon is a cozy, low-key spot frequented by the Simpson sisters and that snooty style sniper Steven Cojocaru, for whatever that's worth.

The assistant reportedly took off after the bumper car routine but Eva ran inside so as not to be late for her scheduled haircut/blowout/color/whatever.

Instantly, the blinds were discreetly dropped to ensure the Desperate Housewife's privacy from the dozens of paparazzi outside, busy snapping anything that moved.

We can't wait to see Longoria's new do! And to read the police report.

Photo Credits: Eva Longoria - seen here at the Cannes Film Fest's closing ceremony - had a crashing good time Tuesday evening on the way to her hair appointment at Jordan's Enchanted Cottage in West Hollywood. 
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