Housewife of the year Eva Longoria, who married NBA player Tony Parker on the controversial 07-07-07 date is now ready to take on her husband's name. The Desperate Housewives star has finally decided to go with the tradition of assuming her husband's family name. "I actually completely adopted the new name and I love it - I'm a Parker now!" Longoria said, excited. "I love every bit of it - I like the tradition of changing the name." The actress added that she has been getting used to being called Mrs. Parker in Texas . "I've been getting used to being called Mrs. Parker for a while now. It's really nice to hear," Longoria-Parker said. "Especially in Texas , everyone is really respectful there." In other news concerning the bronzed beauty, the woman from Wisteria Lane will be starring in a new comedy film. Longoria-Parker will be joining American Pie's Jason Biggs and Boston Legal's Monica Potter in the film, Lower Learning. The movie features the Desperate Housewives star playing a school inspector following the trail of a suspicious elementary school principal, played by Rob Corddry. She then pairs up with Jason Biggs' character, with whom she formerly had a relationship with. Jason Biggs' character is a former police officer-turned-vice principal. Other cast members for the film include Jack Black's Tenacious D partner, Kyle Gass and Corddry's Daily Show partner, Ed Helms. Shooting for the film is set to begin this month, and the release is scheduled for next year. In other Desperate Housewives news, Jesse Metcalfe, who plays Longoria-Parker's occasional onscreen lover is also headed for the big screen as he is currently working on the film, The Other End of the Line, for MGM and Ashok Amritaj's Hyde Park Film. Metcalfe's co-stars include India 's Shriya Saran and Tara Sharma. The Other End of the Line follows an Indian call center agent from Mumbai as she heads to San Francisco to finally meet the man she fell in love with through the wires. The film, which is currently in a 40-day shooting schedule in India , will later be heading to California and New York to shoot the remaining sequences. Release date for the film in the U.S. is set at the end of 2008. For more resources about Desperate Housewives or for the full story of Desperate Housewives Star Assumes Married Name please review http://www.buddytv.com
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