Los Angeles, September 17-18 – The “we’re all good friends” façade continues to crack on Wisteria Lane. As has been widely reported, Teri Hatcher failed to join her Desperate Housewives cast-mates in the Emmy Awards pressroom. And the previous night at L.A. Confidential’s party for cover girl Hatcher, Eva Longoria arrived late, and stood waiting, in full view at the end of the red carpet, until Teri had climbed into her car and driven off, before strolling in and posing for photos.

Otherwise, this year’s prime-time Emmy Awards was considered a hit, with ratings up, dresses sharp and a much smaller dose of reality television “stars” present. Reality queen Paula Abdul brought her handsome new boyfriend, Dante Spencer.

We asked Lost’s Evangeline Lilly where she had been earlier in the week when we ventured all the way to Hawaii for the season premiere. “Oh, I was working late that night”, she replied. The Lost ladies also mentioned that they were thrilled to go to the Emmys because they got to clean up and wear dresses.

Ben Affleck skipped the red carpet, showing up later to join his glowingly preggers wife, Jennifer Garner, for the show.