Teri Hatcher must not be the superstitious type. The "Desperate Housewives" star seems so thrilled over the end of her losing streak with the opposite sex (please see her squicky kiss with Ryan Seacrest) that she's doing a bit of fate-baiting gushing. "I'm not single anymore," she told "Extra" at the Golden Globes on Monday. "I'm totally in love and it's fabulous." For the last three months, the actress, 42, has been dating actor-director Stephen Kay, the ex-boyfriend of her co-star, Eva Longoria. "I will just say that he's the most beautiful human being on the planet," she enthused of the soul patch-sporting Kay, who reluctantly accompanied her to the awards. Just don't expect her to share any wedding planning tips with Eva, who's engaged to Tony Parker, and fellow Wisteria Lane resident Nicollette Sheridan, who's dragging her feet about becoming Mrs. Michael Bolton. "Oh please," says Teri of the possibility of a diamond in her future. "I'm just happy to be happy. I'm always the last one!"

A matching pair of Oscars doesn't always open doors in Hollywood, even during awards season. Hilary Swank was turned away by Golden Globe guards when her limo tried to pass through a security checkpoint, report the New York Post and Daily News. Seems her driver didn't have the proper parking credentials, so she was refused entry. According to the Post, the actress tried her version of "don't you know who I am?" by popping her head out the car's window and politely asking if they could be let in. No go. "The guards didn't recognize her and refused," an eyewitness tells the paper. Swank, who was with her CAA agent-boyfriend John Campisi, hopped into another limo headed to the ceremony, but she made sure the guards would remember who she was by purportedly flipping her middle digit. Says a Daily News spy, "I'm calling it her 'Million Dollar Finger.'"

Salma Hayek isn't the type to let a little thing like a near-death experience keep her away from one of the biggest nights of the year. The actress tells "The Insider's" Pat O'Brien that her dog saved her from a gassy end in the hours leading up to the Golden Globes. According to Salma, she "had a headache and went to lie down," but was soon nudged awake by her pooch, Diva, who was yanking on her sleeve. It didn't take her long to figure out the gas was on. No word on whether Diva got some extra Snausages when Salma returned home from the ceremony, where her hit show "Ugly Betty" took Best Comedy.

The lithe figure Jennifer Garner cut on the red carpet at the Golden Globes was achieved through some serious carb unloading. Mrs. Ben Affleck says she forced herself to get back into shape following the arrival of daughter Violet, 1, by moving her butt and giving up her favorite breakfast treats. "It took me a long, long time," says Jen (via People). "I just wasn't that motivated. I wanted to play with her. Then I got on the treadmill, stopped stuffing my face and lost the weight. I cut out croissants, bagels and muffins -- all the good stuff. And went back to having a salad once a day and protein." As for her professionally resurrected hubby, she tells the mag he "does a good job" with Violet, with or without a little coaching. "I mean, OK, maybe I wrote out what he was supposed to make for her [to eat] today while I was gone," admits Garner. "But that's just me being paranoid. He's great -- he can do it." Sighs the actress, "There's nothing more emotional than seeing your partner -- the man you love -- with your baby at any time: the first time, the second, yesterday, today. There's nothing more beautiful."