• Movie star Jessica Alba revealed that she attended a film course run by Felicty Huffman (Lynette Scavo) and her husband William H. Macy, reported The Sun. "Felicity was very hard on me. She's a tough cookie, that one," recalled Alba. "I just remember her making me cry because I didn't prepare a scene right or I didn't talk loud enough."

• James Denton (Mike Delfino) has teamed up with House star Hugh Laurie to form a band, according to contactmusic.com. And that's not his own hobby, as he's also bought a stake in the Fullerton Flyers Professional Baseball Club, reported Metro. "I have an acting job to support my baseball habit," he said. "It's been a childhood dream of mine to own my own ball club and when presented with the chance, I couldn't say no." It's probably best he has some hobbies because it's unlikely that he'll be hosting the Miss America pageant again, after it was dropped by CMT after just two years.

• Jesse Metcalfe (John Rowland) has said he's open to "his woman" making changes to his house if it made her more comfortable, and said he didn't agree with Brad Pitt's approach to interior design that meant Jennifer Aniston wasn't comfortable with the fasion choices. Metcalfe's views on sofas is, according to Female First, Metcalfe "slamming" the Pitt marriage. No doubt thanks to his flexiblity on furniture, Metcalfe's girlfriend Nadine Coyle looks set to join him in LA and call it a day with her girl band Girls Aloud. The group's ex-manager Louis Walsh said they are set to do a final album together, according to M&C. "I think rumors about the band splitting started because Nadine is in Los Angeles, but she's only in Los Angeles because she's going out with a guy there, Jesse Metcalfe," said Walsh. The Post Chronicle backs up the news by reporting that a "source" said Metcalfe is set to marry Coyle. "They're completely in love," said the "source". "Their romance was sealed after Nadine spent time with Jesse in Los Angeles recently." That is when Metcalfe isn't busy going on a four-day drinking binge. Celebrity Gossip Blog alleged that Metcalfe "freaked out" after he wasn't allowed access to a bar after a four day bender where he was "mean to the staff". And of course you're not a celebrity these days without a spell in rehab, so Metcalfe has checked himself in to rehab alleged Playfuls.com.

• Paris Hilton is allegedly dating Josh Henderson (Austin Britt) Entertainment Wise. And, of course, there's a source. "They couldn't take their eyes off of each other, Paris looked completely smitten with Josh. She just kept smiling and laughing at everything he said, like she was under his spell. They actually make a really good looking couple."

• Images from Georgia Rule, which stars Felicity Huffman, can be found at IMDb. Two of the photos feature Huffman.

• Eva Longoria (Gabrielle Solis) said that she's in no rush to have children, reported Celebrity Baby Blog. "I never had a timeline for my life," she said. "I didn't say I wanted to be married at 28 and have three kids by the time I was 32. I do want to have a family at some point. I also want to adopt. I don't feel pressure to have kids because I know there are so many out there."

• Eva Longoria used to wash her clothes in a lake, reported Eye On Gambling (why this is of interest to a gambling site is unclear). "We grew up very simply on a ranch—we grew our own vegetables and washed our clothes in the lake," she reportedly told OK! magazine. "Not that we had to, we chose to. My dad was very in touch with nature."

• Eva Longoria's dog Jinxie will attend her wedding to Tony Parker, reported PR Inside. "Jinxie is getting a special jewel-encrusted designer collar made for the big day, said a "source". "It will be inscribed with the lucky wedding date - 7/7/07." The lucky date will be the second anniversary of the bombings in London that killed 30 people.

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