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Mario Lopez: Eva 'Gets a Kick' Out of Pregnancy Rumors

Originally posted 08/22/2008 10:15AM

Is that a belly – or a baby bump?

As the latest round of pregnancy rumors swirl around Eva Longoria Parker, good pal Mario Lopez says she's falling back on her usual coping mechanism: Humor.

"We get a laugh out of it," Lopez told PEOPLE Thursday after hosting the live finale of MTV's America's Best Dance Crew in Burbank, Calif. "She's really cool. She just takes everything as it comes."

The Desperate Housewives actress, 33, has been the focus of a bump-watch, ever since she tied the knot with husband Tony Parker in July 2007.

This week, speculation picked up again when she was spotted wearing a long, flowy top in Los Angeles. And just last month, she told reporters she "can't wait" to have children.

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Screech to Tell All in New Book

Originally posted 07/24/2008 04:00PM

The actor who played Screech is planning a racy tell-all about his years as the lovable nerd on Saved by the Bell.

Dustin Diamond, 31, who played Samuel "Screech" Powers on the popular sitcom and its spinoffs from 1989 to 2000, has landed a book deal. In Behind the Bell, Diamond will dish on what he and his costars – including Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley – did when cameras weren't rolling, according to New York magazine.

The book, which Diamond will pen with help from a ghost writer, will include "sexual escapades among cast members, drug use, and hardcore partying," the magazine reports.

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PEOPLE's Hottest Bachelor Mario Lopez Talks Dating

Originally posted 06/18/2008 09:00AM

Mario Lopez may be PEOPLE's Hottest Bachelor – but the A Chorus Line star and fitness buff has a shocking admission: He was a chubby baby. "I looked like a sumo wrestler," Lopez says in a new interview. "My mom had to pull the fat folds apart when she bathed me!" But that's all in his past.

As fans know, Lopez has mined his love of fitness to create his own book, Mario Lopez's Knockout Fitness. The exercise guru, who is recently single, says that a full slate of projects has kept him off the dating market but that hasn't stopped him from thinking about dating completely.

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TV News

Karina Smirnoff Denies Breaking Up with Mario Lopez

Originally posted 04/29/2008 08:50PM

"We're going strong," says the Dancing pro. "I am not moving out. Everything is great."

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Mario Lopez to Make Broadway Debut

Originally posted 03/05/2008 10:10AM

All those high kicks are paying off: Dancing with the Stars finalist Mario Lopez will be stepping into the successful Broadway revival of the classic musical A Chorus Line, the show's producers have announced.

His stint starts April 15 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, in the role of the show-within-the-show's director Zach – essentially a non-singing part that does require he demonstrate for the others in the cast the steps he wants them to do.

He'll play through Sept. 7, according to reps for the producers.

"Every actor dreams about appearing on a Broadway stage. I have as well, and have been searching for the right time and opportunity," Lopez, 34, said in a statement.

The Extra TV host, who first rose to fame as A.C. Slater on Saved By the Bell, adds: "A Chorus Line is a legendary musical, and I am so honored to have been chosen to join the amazing cast and be a part of the Broadway family."
– Stephen M. Silverman

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