Best Celebrity

The exact moment Eva Longoria became the country's water-cooler topic can be easily pinpointed: It happened when her Desperate Housewives character, Gabrielle Solis, seduced her teen gardener in the first season.

Soon after, Longoria appeared on the cover of nearly every women's magazine and lad publication, including Maxim's 100th issue. But it's her tendency to gab that has drawn headlines. Example: When she claimed to be "the experienced one" in her relationship with NBA player Tony Parker. The pair, who married in a low-key civil ceremony in a Paris City Hall, wed again in a historic French church on July 7, 2007.

Eva Longoria learned to shoot at age 4, hunting deer, turkey, quail and wild pigs on her family's Texas ranch.

Eva Longoria's grandmother disapproves of her Desperate Housewives sex scenes, yelling at her after watching her lusty rendezvous with the teenage gardener played by Jesse Metcalfe.

The youngest of four sisters, Eva Longoria says she was called "la prieta faya" or "the ugly dark one" as a child.

In 2006, Eva Longoria stirred up controversy when she told Allure that she's "the experienced one" in her relationship with Tony Parker: "I'm the teacher, especially about love. He's always telling me he's never met anyone who loves the way I do – wholly and freely and unconditionally."

A longtime pal of Dancing with the Stars' Mario Lopez, Eva Longoria broke the rules against endorsing a contestant when she showed up as an audience member wearing a homemade bedazzled "Vote for Mario" T-shirt.