Eva’s Heroes, a local nonprofit organization founded by actress Eva Longoria, will soon open the group’s first after-school program for developmentally challenged children and young adults.

More than 40 volunteers from the Valero Energy Corp. Volunteer Council will be on site at the Eva’s Heroes Center on Saturday to help paint interior walls, doors, cabinets and provide other final touches for the facility.

The center is located at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church and is slated to open in mid-September 2007. This particular center will provide the foundation of what could be a network of similar centers throughout San Antonio, the state, even the nation.

“Eva’s Heroes is an organization that strives to enhance the lives of the young adults that are served under the charity,” Executive Director Christiane Perkins-Garcia says, adding that the work performed by the Valero Volunteers will help make the center ready for the new school year.

Speaking of Eva’s Heroes, Longoria says, “This organization is extremely important to me and close to my heart. I was fortunately to grow up with an intellectually disabled sister, so I am very passionate about the opportunity to help young adults with development disabilities by offering a place for them to enrich their lives.”

Web site: www.evasheroes.org

Marcia Cross is so attached to her new-born twins that she brings them along to the Wisteria Lane set.

Cross, who plays perfect wife Bree Van De Kamp, gave birth to daughters Savannah and Eden in February after filming the latter stages of season three while heavily pregnant.

But now she’s back filming, spending time away from the twins has called for drastic action.

She said: “I had them come with me last week. I think if I have one full day, then the next day they have to come with me because I can’t not see them for that long.”

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Teri Hatcher is petitioning for better screen roles for mature actresses. The 42-year-old insists she’s constantly frustrated by the lack of choice for ageing females, and even accuses her TV show bosses of failing to alleviate the dire situation. She says, “I don’t believe they intended to cast women over 40. “We didn’t look like we were over 40 and then after we were cast, we all realized that’s what had happened.” Hatcher’s Desperate Housewives co-stars Marcia Cross, Felicity Huffman, Nicollette Sheridan and Eva Longoria are aged 45, 44, 43 and 32 respectively.

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Eva Longoria misses new hubby Tony Parker so much when she’s at work he now accompanies her on set. The newlywed feels much happier with her French basketball ace husband by her side at all times, as she hates being parted from her spouse. She says, “I hate being separated from him, so I’ve introduced a bring-your-husband-to-work thing. He sits and watches.”