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Eva Longoria's new husband Tony Parker has confessed he finds married life "weird".

The basketball star, who married the 'Desperate Housewives' beauty in Paris 10 days ago (07.07.07), admits he still hasn't got used to having a wedding ring on his finger.

Tony said yesterday (17.07.07): "It's weird, it's weird. I don't wear rings.

"The only ring that I was wearing is our NBA championship rings, but you only wear that maybe two times, three times maybe. So I have to get used to it."

The 25-year-old San Antonio Spurs player is already convinced he will lose his ring on the basketball court during a game.

He said: "A lot of my teammates told me they lost it like five or six times. So I'm going to try to lose it only one or two times."

Newlywed Eva Longoria has been banned from having children by her 'Desperate Housewives' boss.

The show's creator Marc Cherry told the couple during his wedding speech that Eva - who married basketball star Tony Parker in Paris on Saturday (07.07.07) - can't get pregnant for at least a year because it hasn't been written into her character Gabrielle Solis' storyline .

Eva insists she is "fine" with the pregnancy ban and is looking forward to spending time alone with her new husband.

She told America's OK! magazine: "We're fine with that. We want to spend some time with each other, even though we want kids very much."

The couple opted for a traditional Roman Catholic wedding at Paris' Saint Germain l'Auxerrois church.

Eva, who was born to Mexican-American parents, was keen to pay tribute to her Mexican roots during the ceremony.

Reverend Dominic Schubert, who officiated proceedings, revealed: "We added the Mexican traditions, with the lazo (large rosary) and the dimes, the Bible readings and the lighting of the unity candle."

Eva Longoria has received the first of her lavish wedding gifts as she prepares to wed basketball player Tony Parker this weekend (07Jul07), from the man once rumored to be her boyfriend.

U.S. TV personality Mario Lopez has bought Longoria and Parker Kwiat Solaris jewellery pieces to mark the couple's upcoming nuptials.

Lopez splashed out more than $10,000 (£5,000) on an 18-carat white-gold bracelet for his friends and a 1.27-carat tie pin for the groom-to-be.

Desperate Housewives star Longoria and Parker began the celebrations for their nuptials at the weekend with a his-and-her bachelor party in Saint Tropez, France.

The couple arrived in Paris on Monday morning (02Jul07), according to People magazine. They will stage a low-key wedding followed by a lavish reception at Chateau de Vaux le Vicomte, two hours south of Paris.

Celebrities expected for the nuptials include Longoria's Desperate Housewives castmates, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jamie Foxx, Lopez and Parker's San Antonio Spurs teammates.

Eva Longoria and Tony Parker are to marry in Paris on July 7 and have decided to dispense with the usual bachelor and hen parties, instead opting to hold a his-and-hers' celebration at an exclusive VIP location in the idyllic French resort on June 30.

One organizer said: "The plan is for his friends to have one-half of the club and Eva's party to be on the other side.

"Eva arranged all the wedding details. But Tony has had the idea of having a bachelor party in St. Tropez for a very long time. He first started talking about it last fall."

Guests - including Jamie Foxx and Parker's brothers, T.J. and Pierre - will be entertained by hip-hop artists Cut Killer and New York's MC Big Ali, and American DJ Jean Roch.

Eva Longoria is taking complete control of her upcoming wedding to basketball star fiance Tony Parker- the actress is organizing nearly everything herself.

French sportsman and rapper Parker admits he's perfectly happy letting Longoria arrange the nuptials, which take place on 7 July (07) in a ceremony held at a stately home just outside Paris.

He says, "She's doing everything, I have to be honest. I'm doing nothing for the wedding. I'm just going to show up and say yes.

"I only chose the music and the food. That's it, that's all I did."

Eva Longoria will receive more than $2 million from OK! magazine for exclusive coverage of her wedding, it has been reported.

The 'Desperate Housewives' actress, who is set to marry basketball star Tony Parker in a French castle in July 7, was also approached by America's People magazine but decided to give its rival the rights.

OK! editor-in-chief Sara Ivens said: "These were obviously highly coveted photos, and we were thrilled to negotiate the exclusive rights. Covering great moments with the celebrities that we love is what the magazine's all about."

People magazine is said to be incensed about missing out on the much sought-after deal.

A source told the New York Post newspaper: "People editors broke the story of their wedding and were working hard with Eva's reps to secure the picture rights. They were upset about losing the photos."

People magazine's coverage of the couple's reported break-up did not influence Eva's decision, it has been claimed.

Another source said: "It was entirely a matter of money, straight up to the final negotiation. Everyone wanted the photos - but everyone knows OK! will pay a lot for them."

People paid $4.1 million for the first photographs of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's daughter Shiloh.

Tony Parker is known as much for his on-court exploits as he is for his romance with Hollywood A-lister Eva Longoria. Sadly, he's known (and endlessly mocked) for being the most whipped NBA player since Doug Christie.

With the famous couple's wedding less than a month away, there are rumblings that Eva may not necessarily be the one wearing the pants in the relationship. At least not all of the time.

Meanwhile, some of Longoria's pals are worried about Parker. "He is just not gracious," one of them said. "He puts himself ahead of her. He always orders at restaurants before her and is rude to waiters. We just don't have a good feeling about him."

Eva Longoria and Tony Parker will marry at romantic French castle Chateau Vaux-le-Vicomte.

The 'Desperate Housewives' actress and basketball star Tony will tie the knot at the 17th century castle famed for its gardens, just south of Paris, on July 7.

Tony, 25, denied their wedding cake would be flown in from Los Angeles at a cost of $11,000.

The French-born San Antonio Spurs player said it would be difficult to keep their privacy at the ceremony, which is expected to be attended by Eva's 'Desperate Housewives' co-stars along with Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jamie Foxx and Lionel Richie.

He said: "It will be difficult to avoid the paparazzi."