Teri Hatcher has a new project in the works – but does it spell the end of Desperate Housewives? The Lifetime network is looking for new shows, although this one sounds a little bit like Gilmore Girls to me.

Looking for a beachhead in original comedy, the network has three shows in the pipeline, including “Burnt Toast,” which is adapted from “Desperate Housewives” star Teri Hatcher’s eponymous book about a forty-something mom and her daughter.

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I haven’t read Teri’s book, but it’s an autobiography, and the show will probably be a broad take on it.

Whether or not a new series, featuring Teri in production or star duties, would spell the end of her featuring on Desperate Housewives is up to question. I wouldn’t be sorry to see the end of it.

Besides, I think the show is nearing its natural conclusion. So far the characters have murdered several people, had babies and cancer and affairs, survived a tornado, faked their own deaths, come out as homosexual… I think the turning point for my interest in the show was when Bree hid her daughter away in a nunnery so she could escape the embarrassment of a teen pregnancy, and Bree would raise the child. What is this - Desperate Housewives 1956? So many grandparents raise their grandchildren now that it would have been a modern and challenging storyline.

Note by Celebitchy: The ratings for the first episode of Desperate Housewives in three months after it returned on Sunday following the writer’s strike were at a record low. It received 16 million viewers as compared to an 18.9 million average last season, but was still the most viewed show in its time slot. It doesn’t look like DH is going away anytime soon.

What is it with Sex and The City hottie Jason Lewis? It’s like the gossip rags link him with whichever single woman they want to talk about that week. He was supposed to have been living with Jennifer Aniston late last year despite the fact that they were rarely spotted together. The unreliable source for the story that Aniston and Lewis were living together, Star Magazine, is now reporting that Lewis, 36, has moved on to cougar Teri Hatcher, 43.

Take this with a shot of the very strong liquor you would need if you were Jason Lewis to create beer goggles strong enough to find Teri Hatcher bangable. The sightings of the two do add an air of credibility to this otherwise questionable story:

[Jason Lewis] is now quietly dating Desperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher, 43. The couple was spotted hiking together on the trails near Beverly Hills’ Coldwater Canyon park in early March and “acted like teenagers in love,” an eyewitness tells Star. Later, the two “were smiling” over eggs at the Glen Deli.

[From Star Magazine, print edition, April 7, 2008]

In related news, Teri Hatcher has denied reports that her wonky face is the result of plastic surgery and claims to never even have had botox. She said “I think I might be the only person left in Hollywood who has nothing fake about her. I could do Botox once and look younger but, to me, it feels like getting on a hamster wheel. Once you get onto it you have to stay on it and keep pedalling. I’d rather gracefully mature into an older-looking woman.” This quote was reported recently without a date, and it’s possible it’s something she said a while ago, but it’s new to me, as is the news that Jason Lewis would find her attractive. He does have that deer in the headlights look and maybe he appreciates natural beauty.

Jason Lewis is shown on 2/10/08 at the Global Green pre-Oscar party. Teri Hatcher is shown on 2/9/08 at the Keep Memory Alive “Power of Love Gala,” thanks to WENN and PRPhotos.

Update: I know this post is not my typical style, and is particularly harsh to Hatcher. She is not my favorite person, and there are times when I want to go off on celebrities but hold back, but obviously I didn’t here. No offense was meant against women who age naturally and you guys are right that this was rude and that she is naturally decent looking.

Marcia Cross sure knows how to plan a romantic getaway - she and husband Tom Mahoney skipped their honeymoon in the summer of 2006 in favor of IVF treatments, as Marcia was 44 and knew her clock was ticking:

She said: “We decided to skip our honeymoon and try in vitro after the wedding. I had already been through infertility treatments.

“It’s very, very difficult to get pregnant in your 40s. It’s costly and tough on your body and your relationship.”

The 45-year-old actress - who gave birth to fraternal twin girls Eden and Savannah last year - is considering adoption because she doesn’t want to put her body through another IVF procedure.

She said: “”I don’t think I’ll have any more kids, but I’m not 100 per cent sure we won’t adopt.”

Marcia - who tied the knot in June 2006 - also revealed she wishes she had become a mother earlier in her life, because she wants to spend as much time with her girls as possible.

She added to Health magazine: “I wish that I’d had my girls in my 30s. Then I could be around longer for them. But they’re an incentive for me to stay healthy, take care of myself, and live as long as possible.”

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I suspect that many busy working people have skipped their holidays to spend time injecting themselves with hormones in an attempt to have a baby, and it’s probably the best way to attempt IVF, because you’d be more relaxed than if you were balancing doctors appointments and work. Also, it makes a great honeymoon because it gives your new husband the chance to see you at your hormonal worst - apparently IVF really messes with your mood like nothing else. PMS in hyper-drive!

I’m glad that Marcia mentions the cost of IVF treatment and the havoc it causes to your body - it is a really hard process to go through. Marcia is lucky to have two beautiful girls as a result, many couples never have a baby as a result of fertility treatments.

Soon, Marcia’s little girls will be old enough to play with a replica of their mommy - a range of Desperate Housewives dolls are available. And an Ugly Betty doll. Who would buy these for their kids? Although I guess it’s for adult fans of the show, as it’s not children’s viewing. At least I hope kids aren’t watching it!

The dolls actually look like they all have the same head, just with different colored hair and eyes. I guess the plastic parts of the actresses match the dolls, but that is about as close as it gets. My husband is convinced that Teri Hatcher’s pregnancy storyline in the show is the result of a breast enlargement, although I’m not so sure. I am pretty sure he shouldn’t be looking at another woman’s breasts that closely!

Note by Celebitchy: I think Marcia Cross’ conception was also with donor eggs, as she told USA Today that “I don’t like the average woman being misled into thinking that fertility is something that goes on forever. When a woman gets older, they get donor eggs, which doesn’t make the baby any less beautiful or perfect. One’s own eggs only last so long, and sometimes at 43 or 44 you can have your own baby, but statistically it’s very difficult and expensive. You don’t want to wait that long.”

Marcia Cross is shown out on 2/10/08 with twin daughters Eden and Savannah, thanks to WENN. She is also shown on 2/7/08 with daughter Savannah, thanks to Splash News.

AOL TV has released a list of the ‘50 Sexiest Women on Television, Ever’. Normally I can’t stand a list that has the title ‘ever’, because it sort of suggests that this is it for sexiness. People are going to keep on being sexy, no matter how much time passes. Or at least I hope so, because otherwise I’m going to have to enjoy sunsets at the beach in my old age, instead of sexy young lifeguards.

The top 50 features a few obvious choices from the past few generations - remember when Teri Hatcher wearing only Superman’s cape became the most searched for image on the Internet? (And when you consider what other raunchiness you can find on the Internet that is quite an accomplishment.)

There’s also Sarah Michelle Gellar, Carmen Electra, Elizabeth Montgomery, Jennifer Aniston, and any Star Trek fan’s favourite Jeri Ryan, aka Seven of Nine.

TV’s Sexiest Women - Ever

1. Pamela Anderson - Baywatch
2. Farrah Fawcett - Charlie’s Angel’s
3. Lynda Carter - Wonder Woman
4. Heather Locklear - Melrose Place, Dynasty, T. J. Hooker
5. Eva Longoria - Desperate Housewives
6. Diana Rigg - The Avengers
7. Barbara Eden - I Dream Of Jeannie
8. Katherine Heigl - Grey’s Anatomy
9. Catherine Bach - The Duke’s of Hazzard
10. Tina Louise - Gilligan’s Island

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Oh, Pamela Anderson back before she became a big breasted joke, running down a beach in slow motion in that skimpy red bathing suit. She deserves the sexiest woman on television crown, she’s the reason that Baywatch is the most watched show in the world. I doubt it’s for the storylines.

God I want to be Teri Hatcher. And that’s one of the top three sentences I never thought I’d say, right after “God I want to be a condor” and “God I want to be an ottoman.” But I want to be Teri Hatcher because she got paid $2.4 million just to endorse one of those stupid lip plumpers that you see advertised in the back of Cosmo. I guess I should amend that – I wish I were Teri Hatcher, until yesterday. Because yesterday Teri got sued by Hydroderm for breach of contract after they found out she was already endorsing City Cosmetics, including their City Lips lip plumper, thus violating the no competition clause in her contract. As a result, Hydroderm is suing Hatcher for $2.4 million – though Hatcher’s lawyer says it’s really all Hydroderm’s fault.

Hydroderm wants Teri Hatcher to put her money where her mouth is. The skin-care company, which boasts that its products are “better than Botox,” filed a $2 million breach-of-contract lawsuit Tuesday against the Desperate Housewives star, claiming she wrongfully promoted another firm’s product.

The former Bond girl was photographed in association with the competitor’s products and agreed to be interviewed about using City Cosmetics products, including its centerpiece City Lips lip plumper, which directly competes with Hydroderm’s lip enhancer, the suit states. Apparently, Hatcher had signed with City Cosmetics beforehand, and Hydroderm wouldn’t have entertained her as a celebrity sponsor if it had known about the deal, the company claims.

“Despite having to deal with a frustrating series of changes in the ownership and management of Hydroderm over the last several years, Teri Hatcher has more than fully complied with all of her contractual obligations over the course of the relationship,” her counsel said in a statement to E! News. Hatcher’s rep also said they are going after the remaining cash she is owed under contract, as well as compensatory and punitive damages to make up for Hydroderm’s “outrageous accusations.”

[From E! News]

I’m still really unclear about how Teri’s lawyer thinks she’s owed money. He obviously didn’t get into specifics, but even if Hydroderm had messed-up corporate issues, how does that hold Teri any less responsible for breaking her non-competition clause by failing to disclose that she had already signed on with City Cosmetics before signing with Hydroderm? It sounds like he’s just trying to distract the public and point the blame anywhere else that he can.

The fact that anyone is willing to pay Teri Hatcher $2.4 million to endorse a beauty product is either incredibly depressing or incredibly hopeful, depending on how you look at it. It’s depressing that there’s people that find the pulled-as-tight-as-a-pair-of-pantyhose face attractive and a good way to sell beauty products, but it’s hopeful in that even odd, fake looking people can be perceived as beautiful. I guess. I’m trying to come up with a silver lining that doesn’t make it sound like I’m totally slamming the way Teri Hatcher looks. Did it work at all?

Picture note by Jaybird: Here’s Teri at the Enchanted premiere in Hollywood on November 17th. Images thanks to PR Photos.

Last night’s Emmy awards were full of lovely gowns, with some notable hits and misses. We’ll have a “Worst Dressed” post coming up soon, and it was considerably easier to find ugly dresses at the event than it was to find ones that were spot on. The most beautiful gowns were just slightly risky with a touch of old Hollywood glamour. Simple shapes and bright colors were featured.

Thanks to JustJared for help with some of the dress designers. Yahoo! also has their top ten best and worst dressed last night, but I only agree with some of their choices.

Best Dressed: Heidi Klum in Dior by John Galliano, Portia DiRossi in Azzaro, Carrie Ann Inaba, a judge on Dancing with the Stars, in a lovely white satin and chiffon dress, and Kristen Bell of Veronica Mars in a beautiful blue strapless gown.

Beautiful runners up: Ali Larter of Heroes in red strapless Reem Acra, Kate Walsh of Grey’s in red satin, Teri Hatcher in Badgley Mischka, Minnie Driver in a canary v-neck dress with criss-cross front, Jennifer Love Hewitt in a strapless black dress with a gauzy skirt and subtle beading on the bodice.

Teri Hatcher went solo to Eva Longoria and Tony Parker’s garish wedding in Paris last month, and people were wondering what happened to the guy she was so publicly dating just a short while ago, who was coincidentally Eva Longoria’s ex, director Stephen Kay.

Teri is taking a page from Eva Longoria’s dating book yet again, and is said to have hooked up with one of Tony Parker’s hot young basketball player friends at their wedding. 42 year-old Teri Hatcher has falled hard for Golden State Warriors guard Baron Davis, 28. They danced together all night and were seen out at a date when they were back stateside.

Tony [Parker]… introduced the brunette star to a fellow NBA guard, the Golden State Warriors’ Baron Davis, 28, at the newlyweds’ reception on July 7. And after that, Stephen Kay back home seemed to be miles from the actress’ mind!

“Baron and Teri really hit it off,” said a friend of the TV beauty. “They talked and danced all night and had a great time. They couldn’t seem to get enough of each other!”…

As for Teri’s relationship with Stephen, another friend of the star says, “I think she hasn’t had her heart in it for a while. She definitely seemed open to meeting someone new…”

On July 24 [Teri and Baron] were spotted together again at the Hollywood eatery Pace, where they sat on the same side of a four-person table, “looking like a couple of love-struck teenagers!”

[From Star Magazine print edition, August 13, 2007]

Although I was kind of annoyed with Teri Hatcher last year after the whole Clooney Vanity Fair debacle and the public kiss with Ryan Seacrest, she seemed genuine to me after she went on Oprah and told her whole story, including the sad details of how she was abused as a child. She even went public in her memoir “Burnt Toast” with the fact that she only had sex with her first husband once in a year.

Things seem to be picking up for Teri in the love life department, and maybe this new romance will turn into something long term.

Baron Davis is shown hugging Jessica Alba below at the launch of the an LA Pink Taco on 6/28/07. Thanks to Splash News. Teri Hatcher is shown in the header photo on 6/5/2007 at the Glamour Women Of The Year Awards. She was out with Stephen Kay at that event, but he didn’t end up going to Eva’s wedding so they may have ended it sometime last month.

I may get some heat for saying this, and as a person who regularly believes and follows celebrity gossip, I’m not one to criticize someone else’s belief system, but isn’t it kind of dumb to say that your period cramps were relieved due to how the planets were aligned?

Teri Hatcher has stopped suffering from period cramps - because the planets are aligned in her favor.

The ‘Desperate Housewives’ actress is a keen believer in astrology and thinks her stars are the reason for the mysterious disappearance of her menstrual pains and current cheerful demeanour.

She told Britain’s New magazine: “I think I’m very lucky. I don’t think the planets have ever been so aligned for me in my life.

“They’re so aligned that I’ve been having periods and not even having cramps.”

On second thought, the source is a British rag that I’ve barely heard of, so chances are this was a fabricated quote. Damn, I was hoping to rip on Hatcher for crediting the planets with relieving her period cramps - even though I visit AstrologyZone to check my horoscope when I remember it - not every month or anything. (They did say I would have good luck in business right around the time we had that Britney crotch-baring boon, so there’s got to be something to it.)

Sorry for all the semi-nude female celebrities today. I’m in a hurry and am filling up on pictures rather than leave you with fewer posts brimming with my bad insight.

Teri Hatcher doesn’t have delusions of grandeur like Eva Longwhoria. She says that “Desperate Housewives” is her “dream job” and that she isn’t trying to make the move to the big screen:

It’s pretty smart of her to realize where her bread and butter come from.

She looks like she ditching the anorexic look that is so last season and has gained a few essential pounds. It’s hip to be fat now, and stars like Victoria Beckham are in denial.

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I want to dislike Teri Hatcher, I really do. In fact before I read the synopsis of her interview on the Oprah site I had the opinion that the woman can’t snap out of her crybaby routine. After reading what she said and getting an idea of what she went through, I have to say that it kind of touched me. I hope that she can get some therapy and realize that she has it pretty good now and that the past is behind her.

She talked a lot about her childhood abuse and how painful the situation was. She also said that Ryan Seacrest dumped her after a couple of dates, and made it sound like she actually bought into the situation:

She denied dating Clooney at all, and said that she only went on one date with him. She also said she doesn’t use botox and talked about the fake hair and boob tape that everyone uses to look better on the red carpet.

She looks pretty bad in recent pictures so maybe she doesn’t use botox and that’s the problem. As for her relationship with Clooney, I really doubt that they only had one date. There were all sorts of rumors about that. Still, now that I discovered quotes from a personal trainer about Katie Holmes that were completely made up, I have a lot less faith in the gossip industry.

Hatcher has a new memoir out, called “Burnt Toast,” in which she chronicles her sad love life. She reveals that she didn’t have sex with her second husband on her honeymoon, and they only had sex once in the year her daughter was conceived.

Hatcher says she’s now looking for love and wants lots of sex. As we pointed out earlier, this is not the way to go about it, but at least it will sell books.

Here she is on Oprah. There’s a short video clip for the show on the Oprah website. (This is up as of today, May 3rd, and may be removed shortly)

Update: Video segment where Teri discusses the Ryan Seacrest situation.