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It’s a rare night you get to sit down to dinner with Victoria Beckham, Heidi Klum, Rosario Dawson, and Felicity Huffman — unless you’re Eva Longoria Parker.
A few close friends of the Desperate Housewives star attended a private dinner thrown by Allure magazine Tuesday night at Longoria Parker’s own Hollywood restaurant, Beso.
Allure editor Linda Wells called Longoria Parker, who graced the magazine’s November cover, “smart, gorgeous, funny and unretouched … and not frumpy at all,” a nod to the deglamming of Longoria Parker’s character this season on Desperate Housewives.
“It was nice to change it up for Gabrielle,” Longoria Parker said, but promised that Gaby will be “glamorous again” by the 100th episode, which airs in January.
Beckham praised the Allure cover: “I love the fact that Eva has a more natural makeup. I love the heavy brow. I love the styling. It’s a really, really, gorgeous cover and a gorgeous spread.”
The intimate setting (a long table was set for 50 and the restaurant closed for the private event), led to a remarkably relaxed set of A-listers: at Klum’s instigation, she, Longoria Parker and Beckham struck a Charlie’s Angels pose.
Klum and Longoria Parker delightedly compared their identical six-inch black YSL pumps. “When I did Project Runway I was like, ‘I have to have those!’ ” said Longoria Parker, who asked, “So how short does she make me look?” as the photographer snapped the picture. Klum “doesn’t need them,” she laughed. “She’s so tall! But, I really need them!”
There was also some gentle ribbing at the honoree’s expense. “When Eva’s not drunk, she is so good and talented,” joked Desperate co-star Felicity Huffman. “And I’m just hoping tonight we can keep her off the sauce.”
On a more serious note, she sang her co-star’s praises: “She’s the most joyful, generous, industrious, down-to-earth person that I know, so if she invites me to the opening of a letter, I’ll go.”
Other bits from the private party:
•Beckham raved about the food.
“David loves the menu. He loves Mexican food.” The former Spice Girl brought Klum as her date for the evening. “She lives just down the road from me. David and Seal (Klum’s husband) are friends and the kids play together.”
•Klum had an excellent reason for not clearing her plate: She had already had dinner. “It’s important to sit and eat with the kids, so I ate goulash already with them,” said the supermodel. She downplayed the sensation she caused at this weekend’s Victoria’s Secret fashion show. “I’m the dinosaur in the bunch,” she insisted.
•Desperate guest star Gale Harold is “on the mend,” said Dana Delany. “We all hope he comes back.” “From what I understand, he’s getting better and better, so it’s all good news on that front,” added Huffman. Without going into specifics, she remarked that it does “throw a monkey wrench” into this season’s story lines.
• Huffman on the rumor that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was going to drop by Wisteria Lane: “Marc Cherry, who’s a gay Republican, which is an oxymoron, hates Sarah Palin so much that he actually voted for Barack Obama. That’s true, that’s a direct quote! He said he couldn’t in good conscience vote for her, so no, he’s not about to have her on the show!”
• Hayden Panettiere on Heroes: “Last night’s episode was so good and I think hopefully the start of many more wonderful ones. I thought it was just incredible. It’s important to know what’s good and stick with it. It’s heading down, I hope, a really fun, really great road. In the episodes coming up, you really see some interesting people together that you’ve never seen before.”
• Kyle MacLachlan is creating his own wine, a Cabernet blend that will be called “Pursued by Bear, an oblique reference to my favorite Shakespeare stage direction.”
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