Happy Birthday to The Killers singer Brandon Flowers (1981), Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger (1976), actress/singer Juliette Lewis (1973), "The Matrix" director Larry Wachowski (1965), actor Doug Savant (1964),

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The saga of bereaved family man Dave dominated the season-ender of "Desperate Housewives," but the two-hour episode also made room for

Events on TV's Desperate Housewives have hit so close to home that it's hard to remember the show leapt ahead five years at the beginning of this season.

Happy Birthday to The Killers singer Brandon Flowers (1981), Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger (1976), actress/singer Juliette Lewis (1973), "The Matrix" director Larry Wachowski (1965),

An ensemble cast is a group of actors in which each character/actor is assigned an equal level of importance to the story.

WASHINGTON (AP) - It's true: ''Desperate Housewives'' will flash-forward five years.

Sixteen years ago we were first introduced to Melrose Place, an innocent (at least it started that way) spin-off of Beverly Hills, 90210 that took place in a West Hollywood apartment complex. I know as an 8-year-old boy I was excited to see what the lives of 20-something people would be like.

Happy Birthday to The Killers singer Brandon Flowers (1981), Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger (1976), actress/singer Juliette Lewis (1973), "The Matrix" director Larry Wachowski (1965), actor Doug Savant (1964), country singer Kathy Mattea (1959), actor Leigh McCloskey (1955), "Dances With Wolves" actor Robert Pastorelli (1954; d. 2004), musician Nils Lofgren (1951), "Family Ties" stars Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter (1947), American musician Brenda Holloway (1946), The Kinks singer Ray Davies (1944), actress Mariette Hartley (1940), "Cocoon" actress Maureen Stapleton (1925; d. 2006), and actress Jane Russell (1921).

Desperate Housewives star Doug Savant has a new spring in his step after doctors replaced a battered kneecap recently and ended decades of agony. The actor admits he has been living in pain for nearly 30 years after his leg was crunched in a crippling American football play back in 1979.

* Law & Order star Sam Waterston, Desperate Housewives' Doug Savant and James Denton, Joely Fisher, Martin Short and pop star Drew Lachey will be pitting their wits against Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings, on an upcoming two-week celebrity version of Jeopardy, which begins on November 8.