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Bonus Time for "Housewives"
Certain Wisteria Lane residents may be feeling a little less desperate about the size of their paychecks.
The principal stars of ABC's Golden Globe-winning Desperate Housewives--Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria and Felicity Huffman--are each raking in a $250,000 bonus for a job well done, USA Today reported.
Slightly lesser players Nicollette Sheridan and James Denton will reportedly be rewarded with slightly less hefty pay hikes. The remainder of the cast will also be getting an increase in salary.
A spokesperson for Touchstone Studios refused to confirm the reported pay hikes, stating "it is against studio policy to comment on the salary of our actors."
However, since Desperate Housewives has earned monster ratings from the time it premiered, helping to boost the Alphabet net out of a long-standing slump, it seems only fitting that the star power behind the show be rewarded for their efforts.
It may also have been the surest way of averting a mutiny. The 'wives have reportedly expressed discontent with their low (by Hollywood standards) salaries in recent months, some more pointedly than others.
Sheridan, who plays Edie, the show's resident vixen, got straight to the point by informing People magazine that she was "the poorest actress on television."
"I heard [the cast of] Friends got cars when they had such amazing ratings," Sheridan griped. "But I got flowers. I'm still waiting for the Porsche."
We're thinking that with her recent change in fortune, Sheridan can shell out for her own wheels.
In other Desperate Housewives news, Cross, who plays the tight-laced Bree Van De Kamp, publicly dismissed a recent deluge of rumors that she plans to come out as a lesbian.
The Internet has been abuzz with gossip on Cross' supposed outing ever since a Feb. 1 message board posting at gay gossip forum DataLounge.com by an individual using the handle Your Friendly Spy at ABC suggested that an unnamed actor on the show would be coming out to gay magazine The Advocate, just in time for May sweeps.
The thread had garnered over 900 responses by Wednesday; most of them theorizing that Cross was the closeted actor in question.
However, Cross, previously known for her villainous turn as Dr. Kimberly Shaw on Melrose Place, was apparently not on board with the general consensus regarding her same-sex leanings.
"In response to the recent rumors about Marcia Cross, they are completely untrue," her spokeswoman, Heidi Slan, said in a statement Tuesday. "She is, however, very supportive of the gay and lesbian community."
Cross denied the lesbian allegations in person when she filled in as guest host on Wednesday's episode of The View, saying she was "happy" but "not gay."
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