Vanessa williams + Desperate Housewives,The Women Discover They're Not Alone

Vanessa williams + Desperate Housewives,The Women Discover They're Not Alone

ABC’s Desperate Housewives traded in its usual campy costume spectacular Halloween episode on Sunday for a spookier one in which the women discover that their sins have come back to haunt them.After last episode’s reveal that Ben (Charles Mesure) planned to develop the land where the women buried the Gaby’s (Eva Longoria) stepfather, Bree (Marcia Cross) tried unsuccessfully to kill the project somehow. In the end, she, Gaby, and Lynette (Felicity Huffman) went to dig it up only to be chased around the woods by some strange man and then find it missing.

Who could know about what the women had done? I still believe that new neighbor and Renee’s (Vanessa Williams) developing love interest, Ben has something to do with it. He may be smoking them out as he continues to scare them with first the letter Bree received, then the announcement of the plan to develop the land, and then the empty grave. That or he has no idea and he’s working for someone who’s using him as a puppet. What’s your theory?

While that story developed in the background, there were certainly other cases of skeletons coming out of the closet among the women’s families, as well. An intense power play topped off a very typical Lynette story line in which she pretended to sew her daughter’s costume to save face in front of Tom’s (Doug Savant) new girlfriend. Lynette ended up buying a costume that was way too revealing for Penny. Tom’s new lady helped her sew a skirt for it and they seemed to bond over that and their similar histories with their husbands. Then, Lynette pulled a bold move and asked her if she’d back off of Tom, so they can have a fighting chance of reconciling. Girl power lost as the new girlfriend refused to stop dating him and informed Lynette that her marriage is over and she should deal with it. Ouch.

Over at Gaby’s house, Carlos (Ricardo Chavira) decided to go to an AA meeting. But, his first meeting with a potential sponsor didn’t go well, since he can’t tell him that he started drinking to deal with the guilt of killing a man. He told Gaby that things were going well with AA, but that all caught up with him on Halloween when he had a hallucination that his victim was standing in his doorway trick or treating. Afterward, he instantly hit the booze.

Meanwhile, Renee continued her pursuit of Ben. And when the prospect of their first sexual encounter cracked her usually confident veneer, she overdosed on a concoction to help her libido and broke out in a disfiguring rash. I loved the scene in which Ben was taking her to the hospital and the kids ran screaming from her. First prize for horror makeup goes to Rene on this episode.

And finally, Susan (Teri Hatcher) flipped the switch on her art teacher and taught him a lesson about his icy demeanor toward his son. He really never wanted to be a father, but she helped him see the error of his ways.

New character Renee Perry is played by which actress?

1. Marcia Cross
2. Eva Longoria
3. Vanessa Williams

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Vanessa Williams Penthouse Photos: Magazine's Most Infamous Spread

Vanessa Williams Penthouse Photos: Magazine's Most Infamous Spread

Penthouse magazine publisher  Bob Guccione, who died  Tuesday in Texas, put the  magazine  squarely in the center of many controversies during his publishing career.
Among the most famous was the 1984  issue which included nude photos of Vanessa Williams during her reign as the first black Miss America.  She was forced to give  up her crown in the fuor that followed its publication.The magazine, founded by Brooklyn-born Guccione, in the mid-1960s reached the peak of its popularity with that issue, selling nearly 6 million copies and reportedly earning $14 million.
"I am not a lesbian and I am not a slut, and somehow I am going to make people believe me," Williams said to People magazine at the time.
Williams eventually rebounded from the scandal and launched a successful career as an entertainer, earning Grammy, Emmy and Tony nominations.
Today, she can be seen as the newest cast member on ABC's "Desperate Housewives" as Renne Perry, the former college roommate of Felicity Huffman's character Lynette.
"It's another opportunity for me to put on the clothing of somebody new," she told People in July. "It's a character worth watching so I'm excited to bring it to life."

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Roots of the Well Known

Roots of the Well Known

 President Obama retraced some of his lesser-known ancestral roots to a village in Ireland. One of the president's maternal great-great-great-grandfathers was a shoemaker who immigrated to the United States during the height of a crisis in his homeland. Crowds packed the streets to hear Obama speak as he kicked off a four-nation tour of Europe. 

 Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler had some interesting finds in his family tree, according to DNA research. The revelation underscores the surprises many people often uncover when researching their genealogy. See what you can dig up about your own family.

 Lionel Richie
When Lionel Richie retraced his roots, he had a little help from a certain TV show. The legendary musician  has ties to an old civil rights organization dating back to 1897 through his great-grandfather. Learn interesting facts about other famous family trees.

 Vanessa Williams
The award-winning actress and former beauty queen has roots in the Tennessee legislature, where her great-great-grandfather served.

 Tim McGraw
This country star found out in his teens that his biological father was this professional baseball player. He's also got ties to this former president, since an ancestor was actually mentioned in one of the former president's journals.

 Emmitt Smith
Football great Emmitt Smith, who also happened to win this show, was able to trace his roots all the way to this West African country, whence his ancestors were brought to America as slaves.

 Alex Haley
His 1976 historical novel "Roots" and subsequent miniseries ignited genealogical interest, especially among African-Americans. Haley's research revealed that his ancestors were slaves from this country. They landed in this Maryland town, which has a statue in honor of Haley telling the story of his family tree.

 Sarah Palin
The Rev. John Lothrop, who came from England in 1634 and founded a New England town, is an ancestor of both Palin and the former president who expanded social services. The ex-Alaska governor is also a distant cousin of this late English princess.

 President Barack Obama
Born in Hawaii, the commander in chief is the son of Barack Obama Sr.a Kenyan, and Ann Dunham  a Kansan. On his maternal side, President Obama is related to his predecessor, a British prime minister and a handsome A-list actor.

 Tom Hanks
Hank's family tree's maternal branch includes 1800s immigrants from a southwestern European country; the paternal branch includes a great American president. Via his stepmom, the California-born actor has Chinese-American siblings.

 Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker originally thought her ancestors were German. But she got a surprise in the family tree. Parker's people are English, and her 10th great-grandmother was accused of wicked deeds.

 Eva Longoria
"He's Mexican?" jokes the Tejana actress on learning that she and this Chinese-American cellist share an ancestor. Longoria made the discovery on Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s genealogy series.

 Robert Pattinson
London native Pattinson  star of a certain vampire movie franchise, is a distant relative of the real-life count who inspired an influential Bram Stoker novel. On a less-gothic note, the actor is also a distant cousin of two British princes.

 Tina Turner
On "African American Lives," Turner explores her multiracial heritage. Her great-great-grandfather was an African-American sharecropper and minister; she also has European DNA and blood from these tribes.

 Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
Although not born in Hawaii, the wrestler-turned-actor  is of Pacific islander ancestry, specifically here, on his mother's side. Johnson's African-Canadian father, also a wrestling champ, is from a province with a rich black heritage.

 Soledad O'Brien
The CNN reporter's full name, María de la Soledad Teresa O'Brien, offers clues to her heritage. She was born in New York to an African-American mom from this island. Her dad? He's of Irish descent and an emigrant from Toowoomba in this country.

Hillary Rodham Clinton
The secretary of state has an exciting family tree, including:

 Madonna
 an Oscar-winning actress
 a Canadian diva
 the author of "On the Road"
the singer of "Ironic"

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