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‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ – New Photos!

By Fiona | May 1, 2008 | Movie Photos (0) Comment

Javier Bardem and Scarlett Johansson

Woody Allen will show his ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona‘, which stars Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem and Rebecca Hall at Cannes Film Festival out of competition.

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See more photos and read about the movie HERE

Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz at 61th Cannes Film Festival

By Fiona | Apr 22, 2008 | Cannes Film Festival, Movie News (0) Comment

It’s been confirmed that Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz will attend the Cannes Film Festival to support director Woody Allen‘s new film “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” which will not be in competition.

Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz

Vicky and Cristina, two young American girls, go to spend the summer in Barcelona. Vicky (Rebecca Hall) is straight-laced and about to be married.

Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) is a free-spirit and very sexually adventurous. They meet a flamboyant, Spanish artist (Javier Bardem) and his beautiful but insane ex-wife (Penelope Cruz).

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‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ in English – Spain are unhappy

By Fiona | Apr 11, 2008 | Movie News (0) Comment

Vicky Cristina BarcelonaFilmmaker Woody Allen is at the centre of a language row in Spain over his new film ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona‘.

Officials in Spain are unhappy because Allen’s latest film will be screened in the country in English, despite two of the lead actors, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, being Spanish.

The film will be shown in Spain with subtitles, which has angered locals in Barcelona as 10% of the film’s budget has come from their city hall and Catalan taxpayers.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona will reportedly feature an “extremely erotic” love scene between stars Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz.

Nicole Kidman in Another Musical – ‘Nine’

By Fiona | Apr 4, 2008 | Movie News (1) Comment

Nicole Kidman - Moulin Rouge!After her role in musical film “Moulin Rouge!” (2001), Nicole Kidman is said to lay her eyes on another singing role in “Nine“, a feature film adaptation of a Broadway musical.

Kidman is negotiating to attain a role in the film. If the negotiation goes well, she will be joining the already star-studded cast that include Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard and Sophia Loren.

She may also work together with acclaimed actress Judi Dench, who is also reported to be in talks to star in the drama musical film.

Nicole Kidman is expected to give birth in the summer, several months before the filming is scheduled to start in September 2008. It is further explained that the co-star of Hugh Jackman in forthcoming “Australia” will have her filming to be shot in the latter part of production.

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Penelope Cruz in ‘Elegy’ – poster

By Fiona | Mar 17, 2008 | Movie Posters (0) Comment

International poster for the upcoming film “Elegy,” starring Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz, has been released, with the tagline translated to “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”

Elegy Poster

In the movie, cultural critic David Kepesh (Kingsley) finds his life, which he indicates is a state of “emancipated manhood”, thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo (Cruz), a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual possessiveness in her teacher.

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‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ Pictures

By Fiona | Feb 29, 2008 | Movie Photos (0) Comment

Penelope Cruz

Vicky and Cristina, two young American girls, go to spend the summer in Barcelona. Vicky (Rebecca Hall) is straight-laced and about to be married.

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Picture from movie ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’.

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Penelope shared a kiss…

By Fiona | Feb 12, 2008 | Movie News (0) Comment

On July 2nd, 2007. Woody Allen said about his new project in Barcelona:
“I hope I can present Barcelona to the world as I see it, the same way I presented Manhattan to the world as I saw it with my eyes. I want to write a love letter to Barcelona and from Barcelona to the world.”

Well, one very talked about ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ scene in which Scarlett Johansson shares a steamy lesbian encounter with Penelope Cruz is ineteresting ”letter”, for sure.

Because of the scene, Woody Allen’s next flick, looks like it’s shaping up to be a box office winner.

If you can’t wait to see the two sexy actresses share some love, here is the music video

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and the Penelope shared a lesbian kiss pic.

Penelope Cruz Talks About Her New Movie

By Fiona | Feb 12, 2008 | Movie News (0) Comment

‘Elegy’, the movie, directed by Spanish director Isabel Coixet, is based on Philip Roth’s masterpiece The Dying Animal. The story traces the chapters of the passionate, tormented and full of twists relationship between David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley) a 60 something professor who’s allergic to stable relationships with women, and Consuela (Penelope Cruz), a student who’s thirty years younger than him. With her, David will have to cope with deep emotions, fears, death, and even hope.

Starring Academy Award-winner Ben Kingsley and Oscar-nominee Penelope Cruz, with extraordinary supporting performances from Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson and Peter Sarsgaard, ‘Elegy’ is based on Pulitzer Prize-winner Philip Roths short novel.

Actress Penelope Cruz talks about her new movie, ‘Elegy,’ which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and chronicles a passionate sexual relationship between the student Cruz plays and her professor, played by Ben Kingsley.

watch movie clip from ‘Elegy’ after the jump 

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Scarlett Johansson Likes The Role

By Fiona | Feb 12, 2008 | Movie News (0) Comment

Scarlett Johansson

The 23-year-old beauty revealed her hotly-anticipated threesome with Penelope Cruz and Cruz’s real-life lover Javier Bardem in Woody Allen’s new film ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ was anything but sexy to shoot.

She said: “There are 60 people right there, eating, like, salami sandwiches! But it was fun, Penelope is so open and funny and cute. I just want to bite her when I see her!”

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