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Often, before a movie scene is filmed, the director and cinematographer will bring in the leading actors' stand-ins to light and frame the shot.

Penelope Cruz has many gifts. An ironclad sense of direction isn't one of them. Exhibit A: a recent attempt by Cruz to drive to her pal Josh Brolin 's home in Los Angeles.

Penelope Cruz became an actor because of Pedro Almodovar - twice. The first time was in 1990, when Cruz was a young girl growing up in Alcobendas, just outside of Madrid, and happened upon the director's "Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!," a wacky love story about a former porn star and her kidnapper.

HOME > NEWS / SHOWBIZ > SHOWBIZ > Cruz picks up useless skills for movie roles SHOWBIZ PENELOPE CRUZ is often amused by the useless skills she has picked up while rehearsing for film roles - she can gallop on a camel and chop vegetables really quickly.

In the most indelible scene of "Broken Embraces" , Pedro Almodovar's latest vivid melodrama, Penelope Cruz plays dress-up. As an aspiring actress named Lena, she's testing wardrobe for a film.

Pedro Almodovar's fourth film with Penelope Cruz isn't his finest work, but he brings his signature visual brilliance to this noirish tale, and the cast turns in some first-class performances.

When it comes to the first photos and synopsis from upcoming films, Collider has reaped great rewards from this year's American Film Market .

MA©nage A trois in pre-WWII Paris, composed of a flighty bi-national socialite , a socially conscious Irishman, and a crippled dancer in exile from Spain: Charlize Theron, Stuart Townsend, Penelope Cruz, in order.

FOR more than 100 years, movies have been made in the same basic way: you put actors in front of a camera and photograph them.

SITTING in an East Side hotel suite in early October, across from the writer-director Pedro Almodovar , Penelope Cruz picked up a glossy, oversized magazine and gazed admiringly at the cover photograph of Uma Thurman .

Home : Sightings : Celebrities : Mixed Groups : Penelope Cruz and Ben Kingsley Penelope Cruz and Ben Kingsley 23-Oct-2009 Written by: Ryan Britten Even Celebs have bad days So I'm working as background on the feature film, Elegy, starring Sir Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz.

Is Penelope Cruz joining the cast of the Sex and the City 2 film? According to reports by several entertainment sites like OK!, the beautiful actress is slated to play herself at a posh red carpet event .

Spanish film stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem have gotten engaged, a source told Usmagazine.com. The couple met on the set of the 1992 movie, "Jamon, Jamon," but didn't start dating until 2007, the report said.

Spanish film stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem have gotten engaged, a source told Usmagazine.com. The couple met on the set of the 1992 movie, "Jamon, Jamon," but didn't start dating until 2007, the report said.

Fernando Trueba's "The Dancer and the Thief" will represent Spain in the race for the foreign-language film Oscar, the Spanish Film Academy said Tuesday.

Home : Sightings : Celebrities : Female : P : Ms Penelope Cruz Ms Penelope Cruz 27-Sep-2009 Written by: Ryan Britten Even Celebs have bad days So I was working as background on the Feature Film Elegy starring Sir Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz.

Wearing her long hair loose and a backless white dress, Cruz will be the featured personality of the magazine, which Monday revealed the issue's contents and announced that the accompanying article will review the Spaniard's professional career.

Rumors have been swirling as to whether Penelope Cruz is pregnant with her actor boyfriend Javier Bardem 's baby -- the actress talks to Vanity Fair magazine about the reports and answers the question: Of her female costars, who is the better kisser, Scarlett Johansson or Charlize Theron ? Cruz locked lips with Johansson in the 2008 film 'Vicky ...

Spain's Oscar shortlist committee snub Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces, starring Oscar-winner Penelope Cruz Too spiky for the Academy? Penelope Cruz in Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces.

Pedro Almodvar, Spain's best known film director has been snubbed by the country's cinema academy who left his latest film out of its Oscars short list.