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From “Desperate Housewife” to Expectant Mother

Well, that didn’t take long! It seems like just yesterday I was blogging about “Desperate Housewives” star Marcia Cross’ summer wedding to “sweetie” Tom Mahoney. Now, word comes that just a couple months after they tied the knot, the couple is expecting their first child together. PEOPLE Magazine says it has learned exclusively and the actress’s rep confirmed that Cross is due to give birth in April. The 44-year-old actress married her 48-year-old stockbroker husband in June after dating for more than a year… and it looks like the celebration will continue with the arrival of their first born. When … Continue reading →

Real Life Four Weddings and a Funeral

It’s been a busy few days for some of Tinseltown’s biggest stars. The media frenzy has finally died down in Sydney, Australia, where Hollywood glamour queen Nicole Kidman wed country-singing superstar Keith Urban in a candlelight ceremony Sunday night. The newlyweds spent their first night as husband and wife in Sydney, then jetted off on their honeymoon Monday. Meanwhile, less than 24 hours after they tied the knot, newlyweds Marcia Cross and Tom Mahoney picked up coffee in Pasadena. It was their first outing as husband and wife following their Saturday nuptials. The Desperate Housewives star wed her stockbroker beau … Continue reading →

Wedding Bells Ring for a “Desperate Housewives” Star

Desperate Housewives star Marcia Cross should be sending newlyweds Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban a big bouquet of flowers, and perhaps, some champagne this morning. Not just because they were married, but because of when they got married. While the press converged on Kidman and Urban’s Sunday nuptials in Australia, Cross and stockbroker Tom Mahoney enjoyed a comparably understated wedding ceremony (with far less media presence) on Saturday, June 24th, in San Gabriel, California. This is the first marriage for both Cross, 44, and Mahoney, 48, who started dating in the Spring of 2005 and became engaged that August. Cross … Continue reading →

The Desperate Housewives Effect

An increasing number of women in their 30s, 40s and even 50s are succumbing to eating disorders, even full-blown anorexia, in an attempt to maintain their youthful figures. Dubbed the Desperate Housewives Effect, the condition takes its name from the series Desperate Housewives but also reflects the array of Hollywood stars whose fortunes are inversely related to the size of their waistlines. While it might appear that the battle of the bulge being fought daily in the gyms and kitchens of Hollywood affects only the actresses themselves, research has shown this is not the case. Psychologists at eating orders clinics … Continue reading →