The women of Desperate Housewives have released a joint statement in regards to Nicollette Sheridan‘s recent allegations that series creator Marc Cherry smacked her over the head and then fired her for wanting to report him to ABC Executives, and guess what they are standing right by him.
Eva Longoria, Felicity Huffman, Teri Hatcher and Marcia Cross issued the statement last night announcing that they are standing by their paycheck boss and say the set is a very happy environment.
“It would be irresponsible of us to let the public believe that being a part of this show from its inception has been anything but a blessing. We have no first-hand knowledge of what Nicolette may or may not have experienced, but we would never characterize our set as a hostile environment. It is, in fact, the opposite. The friendships and support that Marc Cherry, the cast, the crew and the producers have shared for the past six years have made this a wonderful job that we are grateful for every day.â€
Teri decided being a part of just one statement wasn’t enough because she then issued her own statement, probably because Nicollette singled her out and said that Marc also abused her. Here is what she had to say:
“While my adoration and respect for the classic and dynamic chemistry of the characters of Susan and Edie is indelible, I’m honored to stand with Eva, Felicity and Marcia, as a group and clarify that our set environment is nothing less than an amazingly positive experience. I have never felt discriminated against. In fact, I have felt heard and respected by Marc and other executives in regards to both my professional and personal needs.”
I knew it was only a matter of time before they all released a statement giving their dying love towards Marc Cherry, there is no way in hell they would have spoken out about him or said the allegations are true. They only care about their paychecks and if they did speak any bad words they would have been next to be axed.
source: Housewives Stars Pledge Support for Producer in Nicollette Sheridan Dispute [People]
Spike have come up with a list of 10 actresses who they believe need to retire from the movie business, take a look and see what you think….
10. Nicole Kidman
Kidman was one of the sexiest actresses around for a long, long time – she’s kept her shiny gloss for nigh on twenty years now. And she’s probably aged better than anyone else on this list, but that doesn’t mean she hasn’t gone past her “Use By” date. Her face has begun to look like an evil bubble, those beady little eyes bearing down on whomever dares draw near.
It’s easy to see why Tom Cruise would have grown tired of this uptight Aussie getting up in his grill every night. And after the bomb that was Australia, I think it’s clear that audiences are not drawn to her in droves anymore (were they ever?). Kidman works best now as a villain or a mom. She and Keith Urban deserve each other.
9. Teri Hatcher
Teri Hatcher first came to our attention in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and a classic episode of Seinfeld in the mid-’90s. And she was pretty darn hot. Skinny, large-breasted, big eyes, and an even bigger smile…there really wasn’t much not to like about her. Sure, her acting chops were never anything to write home about, but dang if she didn’t know how to stand around and look pretty.
Oh, how times change. Though she continues her television work in Desperate Housewives, her days of hotness have most definitely come to an end. She got the skinny thing down, but then she kept getting skinnier. And skinnier, and skinnier, and skinnier, until we couldn’t even remember what it was we liked about her so much to begin with. She now looks like a scary mix between Michael Jackson and the mummy of King Tut. This is not what we want to be looking at having affairs with the pool boy and the next door neighbor.
Someone get this woman a cheeseburger on the double.
8, Drew Barrymore
Okay, let’s be honest: Drew Barrymore was never really all that hot. In fact, hot was never the appropriate adjective for her. She was cute as a little kid in E.T. and sometimes adorable in her twenties, and now…well, now she’s just another talking chubby face attached to a chubby body that should know better than to be projected on a giant movie screen.
The tragedy is that at 34, Barrymore doesn’t even come close to being old. But there are only so many romantic comedies she can foul up with that Batman chin of hers and that I’m-so-adorable-and-don’t-even-know-it voice that shreds your ears like a cheese grater. Enough is enough. Someone do the right thing and get this woman in the plus-size section of a JCPenney catalogue, stat!
7, Helen Hunt
Helen Hunt was actually aging very gracefully for a while; she was lovelier with each successive film she starred in. The movies she chose weren’t always winners (What Women Want, Pay It Forward) but hell if she didn’t look good acting in them. In Castaway you really feel bad for Tom Hanks because of how bad fate screwed him over – he lost a damn fine woman!
And then along came anorexia. In the last film she starred in, Then She Found Me (also her directorial debut) she looked like an emaciated victim of malnutrition on the brink of death. The movie should have been called Then She Found My Skeleton Walking Around and Talking. Because that’s what it looked like was going on: a corpse had been reanimated and given some heartfelt lines to say. It was more than a bit frightening, and somewhat perplexing, that someone so intelligent would buy into the unattractive Hollywood fad of self-starvation.
6. Renee Zellweger
Renee Zellweger has always walked the fine line between cute and hot, and usually fell on the side of cute. But these days she doesn’t fit in either. Her squinty-eyed circle of a face often seems like a pumpkin that’s been ham-handedly carved into a woman, and it’s not something most people care to spend too much time looking at.
It doesn’t help that she’s continually starring in stupid movies, or movies that she doesn’t really belong in. Leatherheads, Appaloosa, New in Town…none of these movies have done well and it doesn’t seem like an accident that she’s been the female lead in all three of them.
There was once a time when Zellweger’s cutesy, girl-next-door qualities were called for. And then the credits rolled at the end of Jerry Maguire.
5. Lindsay Lohan
That’s right. At the tender age of 23, Lohan has already worn out her welcome with moviegoers. Jack Nicholson has publicly declared that he’ll never act in a movie she’s in – Jack Nicholson! I mean, come on, you know it’s bad when one of the original bad boys has had enough of your shenanigans.
If it’s not one thing it’s another. Lohan is either flashing her vagina or doing another stint in rehab or banging up her brand new zillion dollar car…it just never ends. And that’s fine. This is America, she’s free to come out of the closet and jump back in and burst back out, and do it all while high on cocaine and driving to her next session of rehab without any underwear on. That’s cool, it’s her prerogative. Free country.
But we don’t want to have to pay 10 to 15 bucks to look at this tore up ho no mo’. Somebody get her a sitcom or a long session of electroshock therapy, just get her the hell out of the movies. Please.
4. Sarah Jessica Parker
Some of you cynics out there are saying, “Come on, Sarah Jessica Parker? Was she ever pretty?†To which I have a very simple answer: the 1980s. Girl was halfway decent. Twenty years ago.
But, in all seriousness, she had some game back when she did Girls Just Want to Have Fun (don’t pretend like you haven’t seen it), Flight of the Navigator, and Footloose. In other words, back before she became HBO’s reining queen of materialistic shallowness. And she’s actually done some fine acting in recent films like The Family Stone and Smart People.
Nonetheless, her expiration date has long since passed, and at this point it’s hard not to make comparisons to Mr. Ed and Henry Kissinger whenever we see her prance across the small and large screens all dolled up like Cinderella, marketing some crappy movie or makeup. We’ve had enough.
Girls might just want to have fun, but guys just want to have movie stars to look at who don’t make their retinas puke. Is that really so much to ask for?
3, Meg Ryan
For a while it was looking like Meg Ryan was going to be able to scrunch up her nose and melt the hearts of America for the rest of eternity. She proved that just because you starred in one hit romantic comedy with Tom Hanks didn’t mean you couldn’t make the exact same movie all over again five years later and have it become just as big a hit. For that we have her to thank.
But time has finally caught up with Ryan and it is not a pretty sight. She’s begun to look like Mickey Rourke’s twin sister, her face all puffed up and de-wrinkled from Botox. We would probably feel kind of sad about it all if we weren’t so damn sick of her. Can anyone remember the last time they saw her in a movie that didn’t annoy the living crap out of them? Anyone? Anyone?
Me neither.
2. Cameron Diaz
There were a solid six years when Cameron Diaz charmed our pants off. From her grand entrance in The Mask to Charlie’s Angels, she was looking pretty fine. Her million dollar smile, her blonde locks, and her effervescent energy combined to give us a classic American babe. Now we look forward to her work in Shrek 4 because we won’t have to look at her.
Along the way Diaz has kept her airheaded personality, but she doesn’t really look the part anymore. Her face looks like a worn-in baseball glove when she smiles and she appears tired and ill-kempt when she isn’t wearing five pounds of makeup. Must the studios keep foisting her upon us as the “Hot Girl” when we’ve got the likes of Megan Fox and Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt to pick from?
1. Julia Roberts
You have to hand it to her, Julia Roberts was America’s Sweetheart for a real long stretch. She really hung in there, and she definitely had her share of detractors along the way. But she always kept her head up and moved past whatever personal scandal or cinematic failure cropped up. She was a one-of-a-kind movie star, and she pretty reliably brought in the box office.
Somewhere along the way things changed and she wasn’t quite as ravishing as she once was. She hasn’t aged as terribly as some of the ladies on this list, but she’s certainly begun to display the ravages of time. Between Ocean’s Eleven and Ocean’s Twelve the numbers started to show. By the time she appeared in Charlie Wilson’s War her eye sockets appeared to be empty caves from which two orbs of desperation peered into the abyss.
It’s quite possible that Roberts will continue to dazzle and amaze us for many more years, and she might even hold onto the title of America’s Sweetheart for longer still. But people have already begun to show less interest in her films and the studios will soon realize they can’t bank upon her appeal to men and women alike any longer: her throne is in danger.
Queen Elizabeth the first was praised as the beautiful Virgin Queen until the day of her death at age sixty nine. But none of her subjects truly believed there was a hottie underneath all those layers of white make up and frilly dresses. They just kind of got used to the title.
I agree with them all except for Drew Barrymore, thoughts?
source: The Top 10 Actresses Past Their Expiration Date [Spike]
I think Teri Hatcher was just doing a triathlon or something but anyway when she was fixing her workout panties, she showed us a bit of her vagina.
Now luckily it isn’t the full thing because I don’t need to be seeing that sort of stuff from Teri Hatcher anymore, a couple of years ago maybe but not now. I guess we all know she likes to keep it hairless downstairs.
A slew of lawsuits involving a celebrity have surfaced this week. Our justice system will be working overtime as the complaints of the high powered suing or being sued.
Dennis Quaid Suing Heparin Makers
After he and his wife Kimberly Buffington welcomed their newborn twins to the world the were overdosed with a blood thinner. Zoe Grace and Thomas Boone were almost killed by a lethal amount of Heparin being administered. The babies were given adult sized doses from a 10,000 unit vial two times before they started to bleed out. They were originally set to receive just 10 units. A technician at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles put the wrong vials in the storage cabinet used for infants.
Three other infants were killed from the same overdose in Indiana this year. Six other babies and two adult patients were also overdosed since 2001. The makers of Heparin, Baxter Healthcare issued a warning memo nearly a year ago of the overdosing. Cedars-Sinai had gotten the memo.
So why is Dennis suing Baxter Healthcare instead of the hospital? The suit sites poor labeling and failing to recall the drug despite the deaths. The couple is seeking $50,000 is damages. That is a modest sum being that their children almost died.
Us Weekly is feeling the wrath of Scarlett Johansson. The magazine ran a celebrity plastic surgery based issue. It contained side by side photo comparisons and a headline reading, “A-List Nip/Tuck. Did they or didn’t they? The best before and after photos that prove not all stars were born beautiful.” The cover featured Scarlett Johansson and insinuated that she had a nose job.
After seeing the copy of Us Magazine Johansson and her attorney issued statements calling their accusations of surgery defamatory and outrageous. She assured the press that she “will be taking legal action.†No word on what grounds she will be suing or for how much, but I foresee a settlement out of court.
Teri Hatcher and Hyrdoderm signed a contract in 2005 with a $2.4 million dollar price tag. Under the obligations, Teri was not allowed to support, back, represent or promote any other beauty products. The suit accused her of associating herself, name and image with at least 17 other beauty related products or companies. CityLips was one of the named products Hydroderm seemed to have the biggest problem. She gave the lip plumper from the competition credit for her red carpet glamour.
The skin care company is seeking the full $2.4 million in their suit. Meanwhile Hatcher and her lawyer are fighting the suit and seeking the full payment promised to her.
A New Zealand strip club is being served. Kylie Minogue sent her attorney team after the establishment after an image feature Kylie in a wet t-shirt was used to attract customers. The lawyers sent a letter asking them to remove the poster and stated that the image gave the idication that Minogue “endorsed†the club.
The owner of the strip club said that the image on the photo was not Kylie. A local paper quoted him as defending that he simply downloaded the image from the net over three months ago. He also felt it looked nothing like Kylie. After throwing a fit, he took it down due to a lawsuit threat. He is still trying to post the image and sent it to her attorney team to see if they would reconsider.
A rapper is trying to score some funds from a song he supposedly was a part of. Kyle Jones, aka Scratch, has filled a suit against Pink, aka Alecia Moore, for copyright infringement and breach of contract. Kyle claims he recorded a performance in November 2001 for the track “Respect†on her album “Missundaztood†and was never paid for his “work.†The legal papers state that they verbally spoke of payments but never came to an agreement. He is seeking at least $717, 600 in damages.
Why he waited six years to sue is probably one giant sign the guy is desperate and seeking some cash he doesn’t deserve. Pinks reps brushed off the suit saying it was “unjustified.â€
Two more season premieres tonight for another good night of television: ‘Desperate Housewives’ and ‘Brothers & Sisters’.
‘Desperate Housewives’ is back tonight for the beginning of its 4th season, and Nicollette Sheridan is back on Wisterian Lane despite storylines that indicated possibly otherwise. And Dana Delaney will join the cast this year.
When last season ended, Edie appeared to have committed suicide, Gabby got married to a politician who only married her for the Hispanic vote, Lynette learned she has cancer, Bree was faking a pregnancy to cover-up her daughter’s pregnancy, and Mike and Susan finally got married.
When this season begins, the big mystery will involve Dana Delaney and her family and the reason they left Wisteria Lane years ago. Also, there’s a rumor that Susan will get pregnant this season.
Season Premiere Tonight at 9 pm EST/8 pm CST on ABC
Also on ABC, ‘Brothers & Sisters’ returns for its 2nd season. After taking home the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama, Sally Field promises to deliever again this time around. Her speech focused on mothers and war, and the second season will relate as Sally Field’s character deals with her son’s deployment to Iraq.
Season Premiere Tonight at 10 pm EST/9 pm CST on ABC
Other shows premiering tonight:
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – 8 pm EST on ABC
American Dad – 9:30 pm EST on FOX
Friday Eva Longoria and Tony Parker married in a civil ceremony in a Paris City Hall in accordance with French law, but the couple wanted a religious ceremony as well. Yesterday, in front of 250 friends and family, the two wed at the Church of Saint Germain l’Auxerrois across from the Louvre.
OK! will have the exclusive pics, but here’s a sketch of the wedding dress, a couture Angel Sanchez mermaid gown made of silk wool, with silk gazar metallic embroidery, a scoop back and a long train.
Wedding presents for the pair included personalized Oceanaut watches engraved with “Eve & Tony 07-07-07″, and $200 Fendi travel pillows. Eva’s bridesmaids received $395 Rafe Swarovski snakeskin clutches and female guests got a custom shade of L’Oreal Paris lipstick called Pink Romance.
Apparently, Edie Britt, Nicolle Sheridan‘s character on “Desperate Housewives,” killed herself in the third season-ending cliffhanger. My wife and I don’t watch the show, but my mother-in-law loves it.
i literally leapt out of my seat at the very end of desperate housewives‘s season three finale – did edie britt (played by nicollette sherdian) really hang herself after carlos (sexy ricardo chavira) found out her scheme to make him love her?!?
craziness!
oh my gosh – i still totally love this show and the return of bree (oh my marcia cross) on tonight’s episode totally set the stage for season four – poor gabby (ms. eva longoria) she found out that her new hubby was only interested in securing the latino vote in his race for governor – meanhwile susan (oh teri hatcher) finally found happiness with mike (hunky james denton) – last but not least lynnette‘s (the incredible felicity huffman) mom joined in on the action & her daughter’s current marital problems – portrayed by the always awesome polly bergin!
I’m so excited, I can’t stand it.
Go read the rest of his thoughts at the link. He also fills you in on “Grey’s Anatomy,” which my wife and I actually do watch, although we’re one episode behind on the TiVo.
i literally leapt out of my seat at the very end of 