Eva Longoria is on the cover of the current LATINA magazine. ⿿Desperate Housewives⿿ star Eva Longoria opens up about hosting the 2007 ALMA Awards and her summer wedding to NBA star/rapper Tony Parker for the June/July issue of Latina magazine. Longoria praises her future husband Tony Parker (reportedly getting married July 7, 2007) and downplays their seven year age difference. ⿿I don⿿t know if it⿿s because he⿿s French or what, but he⿿s actually far ahead of me in years with a lot of things ⿿ he⿿s so disciplined and way more intelligent about money and investments,⿿ she says. ⿿Then there⿿s things in which I⿿m ahead of him, but we balance each other out really nice, as it should be.⿿ The couple is reportedly getting married in Paris at the Chateau de Chantilly, a castle just north of the city. ⿿It will be a very traditional wedding⿦the Mexicans take over Paris!⿿ Regarding her family⿿s take on interracial dating issues, Longoria says, ⿿I thought it would be an issue, because of our community, but not once has it ever come up with anyone in my family, even with my real traditional Mexican grandma⿦They love him for who he is.⿿ Could the couple be following in Brangelina⿿s footsteps by adopting? ⿿We both have big hearts and the finances to do it, and we want to be able to provide an environment of love and stability to a child who otherwise wouldn⿿t have that,⿿ Longoria says. As Longoria prepares for the upcoming ALMA Awards (airing June 5th on ABC), she tells Latina magazine, ⿿I actually didn⿿t want to do it at first.⿿ But with significant creative control, Longoria was reviving the awards for a second time after a 2-year hiatus. ⿿We had to make it reflect our community now, which is very integrated and complex. There are so many colors within our culture, and I found it really important to make the show all-inclusive from white to Hispanic to black, whatever it may be, and just celebrate our culture by showing other cultures.⿿ On a more serious note, the star says that education is the key to empowering more Latinas in America. ⿿We need to increase the number of women who go to college. We still have high pregnancy rates and high percentages of high school dropouts. Everything is intertwined⿦it⿿s up to us to lay the groundwork for future generations.⿿ For more information, pick up the June/July issue of Latina magazine, on newsstands May 22nd, or visit Latina.com.

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