Archive: July 16th, 2008

She’s one of Hollywood’s hottest superheroes, and now Hayden Panettiere is setting her sights on singing — and she’s letting Candie’s in on the action. The footwear giant has just announced that as part of the Heroes actress’s second season as a spokesmodel for their juniors line, they will feature Hayden’s first-ever music video, “Wake Up Call,” as a television commercial spot. And although the single from her debut album won’t be available to download from iTunes until August 5, she’s giving PEOPLE a first look and listen. Find yourself craving the styles she shows off in the video and print ads? You’re in luck. The items will be available as part of Candie’s back-to-school collection exclusively for Kohl’s. You’ve seen, you’ve heard. Tell us: What do you think of Hayden’s single?

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She may be best known for her famous curves, but Kim Kardashian’s upcoming foray into fragrance is pushing her into uncharted sensory territory. At this weekend’s Intermix-hosted VH1 Rock Honors party, the reality star dished to PEOPLE about becoming a master perfumer with her signature fragrance launching next May. “It comes out Mother’s Day and [I'm] gearing up for the launch,” she says. “We have some time, but it’s going through the process of smelling every single perfume and samples and telling people what you like and what you don’t. And then smelling it in the bottle smells different on a stick, which smells different on the skin.” So were did she start? “I knew exactly what I wanted,” she says. “Over the course of the years, I would collect different bottles, and they were very sentimental to me. I still have perfumes that my father bought me in New York and here and Italy and different places, that I would hold onto. And I wanted something that the bottle would be special for if someone got it as a gift.” And she’s definitely not fickle when it comes to fragrance. “I only wear one scent. I’ll stick to the same perfume for years before I switch,” something she hopes her fans will be able to do with her fragrance. “I wanted it to be something that you can have and wear it day or night and have it forever.” Tell us: What fragrances do you keep coming back to over the years? Will you consider adding Kim’s scent to your collection when it launches in 2009?

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The new hair cut, the slightly fuller figure. Eva Longoria Parker is citing her Desperate Housewives character needs as the reason for her new look. According to her personal rep, Eva is reflecting a change in her on-screen character Gabrielle — who goes from her usual sex kitten to an over-worked housewife with kids in season five. “She’s making herself look like that as her character has let herself go. Gabrielle has gained weight and cut her hair,” Liza Anderson tells PEOPLE of Longoria Parker’s character. “She’s a worn out mother with two kids.” Longoria Parker was pictured on a European vacation — notably on a yacht off the coast of Italty — looking minutely larger than normal, prompting the usual rounds of pregnancy rumors. Anderson chalked this slight gain to Gabrielle’s woes. “And even that was not enough. She’s also wearing butt pads and a stomach pad to play the part.” And did Longoria Parker enjoy the method-eating? “This is a lot of fun,” says Anderson, “but as an actress.”