Eva Longoria and Tony Parker to wed Saturday in France

Maincy, France – “Oui, I do.”

“Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria will marry her French beau, NBA champion Tony Parker, on Saturday. They have kept details of their upcoming nuptials under wraps.

Longoria’s spokeswoman, Liza Anderson, would only tell The Associated Press, in an e-mail, that the wedding will be “a big, happy ceremony with lots of family and friends.”

Parker has said the cake will be made in France but has refused to say much more, telling reporters that organizing a wedding is “a girls’ thing.”

A French official confirmed Thursday that the couple had chosen Vaux-le-Vicomte, a 17th-century chateau 34 miles southeast of Paris, as the venue for their wedding festivities.

Guests reportedly will include Longoria’s “Desperate Housewives” co-stars and teammates from Parker’s San Antonio Spurs.

The privately owned chateau near the village of Maincy is shielded from prying eyes by 8 miles of high stone walls.

“It’s definitely happening there on Saturday,” Lionel Walker, regional head of tourism, told the AP. It is “the best free publicity we could ask for.”

Hunt to showcase directing debut at Toronto film fest

Los Angeles – Helen Hunt has a new job: directing.

“Then She Found Me,” the filmmaking debut for the Academy Award-winning actress, will play at September’s Toronto International Film Festival.

The movie stars Hunt as a New York City schoolteacher whose commonplace life suddenly grows complicated after her husband (Matthew Broderick) leaves her, the mother (Bette Midler) she never knew comes into her life, and she begins a relationship with a student’s father (Colin Firth).

Matthews has key unseen role for new creepy film ‘Joshua’

New York – Although Dave Matthews’ face is never seen in the new movie “Joshua,” he plays a crucial role in the spooky film, writing the song the demented child character croons as the film draws to a close.

“Joshua,” which opens in limited release today and expands to wider release later this month, is about a musical child whose family life dramatically alters once his baby sister is born. Quickly, the family starts to fall apart, and Joshua seems to be at the center of its downfall.

He says he was inspired by kids who pull the wings off of flies: “I thought it was an appropriate analogy for what the kid was doing to his family in sort of this methodical, cold way, sort of vengeful way, so since I had that, it wasn’t hard at all.”

Judge: Live Earth concert can go ahead as planned

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil – A Brazilian judge ruled Thursday that South America’s Live Earth concert could go ahead as planned after organizers convinced her there would be adequate security at the Copacabana Beach event.

The office of the prosecutor who had sought to cancel the concert confirmed Judge Maria Galhardo had reversed her earlier decision to nix the show.

Under Brazil’s multilayered court system, judges’ decisions can be repeatedly reversed, often within hours.

Chances for the gig got a boost from police who said they could guarantee security for the show expected to draw 700,000 people.

Promoted by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, Live Earth concerts are also scheduled for London; Tokyo; Johannesburg, South Africa; Shanghai, China; Sydney, Australia; Hamburg, Germany; and East Rutherford, New Jersey. A band of scientists also will perform in Antarctica, which, if the concert goes on in Rio, means there will be Live Earth music on all seven continents.

Rio’s free Saturday show was scratched earlier this week after Galhardo agreed with prosecutor Denise Tarin, who argued that police would not be able to provide concert security because they are stretched thin with the upcoming Pan American Games and a crackdown on slum-based gangs.