From Desperate Housewife to ... political powerhouse

Actress Eva Longoria has become one of the most influential Latinos in the USA — a Bono for the Hispanic community, writes Andrew Romano

IN Washington, there are many ways to figure out if you are important. Being serenaded by the leader of the free world on your birthday is a good one.

It was Mar 19, 2012, four days after her 37th, and Eva Longoria had flown into the nation’s capital for a meeting at the W Hotel, right across the street from the White House.