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Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz were together yesterday on the Hawaiian set of Pirates of the Caribbean 4 - check out the movie's brand-new teaser trailer from Comic-Con! He was decked out once again as his character Captain Jack Sparrow, while this is our first glimpse of Penelope in her costume. She broke from shooting to marry her longtime love Javier Bardem in a secret ceremony in the Bahamas, and she's already back to shooting amid pregnancy rumors. Click through to see Johnny and Penelope working together!
Unlike her contemporaries, we don’t hear much from gorgeous Newlywed Penelope Cruz about her diet, exercise regime or how she keeps her bod so svelte. There may be a very good reason for that. You Magazine quotes her as saying that you don’t have to be thin to be pretty and that she would “close down all those teenage magazines that encourage young girls to diet.” (Please note that while these quotes are excellent and they sound legitimate, I could not verify on You Magazine’s website that she granted them an interview to go along with their cover story. All they have on their site is a general article about her under-the-radar marriage to Javier Bardem.)
She tells Britain’s You magazine, “I would close down all those teenage magazines that encourage young
girls to diet. Who says that to be pretty you have to be thin?“Some people look better thin and some don’t. There is almost a standard being created where only thin is acceptable. The influence of those magazines on girls as young as 13 is horrific.”
The 36-year-old actress also says she’s determined to grow old “gracefully” like movie icons Sophia Loren and Audrey Hepburn, and that she’ll never play the Hollywood game of knocking a few years off her birth date.
“I never want to lie about my age,” she says. “If I look around at the actresses I admire, they are all women who have not fought growing older, but embraced it — women like Sophia Loren or Audrey Hepburn … It’s a good thing to be old, because that means you haven’t died yet right? And when I do get older, I want to have the grace to be proud of it, not to lie about it or try to fight it.
“The people who love me, love me for who I am. They love me for a mixture of things that makes anyone love another person, and those things will still be there when I am 40, 60 or 80.”
[From Wonderwall]
Actually the teen magazines and general media influence girls much younger than 13. It’s sad and disheartening. I hope that if Penelope said this she’ll repeat it in more interviews. We hear way too much about celebrity recommended diets and exercises and not enough reflection about how that influences fans, particularly young ones.
In related news about Ms. Cruz-Bardem, Johnny Depp has confirmed in a teaser trailer shown at Comic Con (below) that Penelope is set to star in fourth Pirates movie with him, On Stranger Tides, and called her character “vicious and vivacious.” I hope that the next Pirates film isn’t as bloated and hard to follow as the last one. At least the stars are highly watchable.

Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem revealed exciting news this week when their rep confirmed the longtime loves got married! We took a look back at their best romantic moments from the past, and here's a gem from the first ever project they worked on together. Penelope and Javier met on the set of the Spanish film Jamon, Jamon in 1992, and here's a clip showing their pretty sweet dance moves from that movie - so cute. Congrats again to the newlyweds, we can't wait to see them out as husband and wife!
Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem tied the knot earlier this month at an intimate ceremony in the Bahamas. The couple first met on the set of Jamón, Jamón in 1992 and reconnected while filming Vicky Cristina Barcelona together in 2007. The Oscar winning actors share a love for the beach, travel and of course, each other. Congratulations to the newlyweds - click through to see their sweet and sexy romantic journey!
Late last night, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem announced their marriage - most of us are really happy for them, because who can really deny the dual hotness of these Spaniards? If I was around either of them, I’d probably try to marry one or both of them too. So it’s surprising that it took several hours for someone to start in with the “shotgun wedding” rumors. That’s right - according to Life & Style, Javi and Pene got married because she’s knocked up:
Life & Style can reveal exclusively that Penélope Cruz and husband Javier Bardem are expecting their first child.
Last night, Penélope’s rep confirmed she and Javier quietly married at a friend’s house in the Bahamas this month. It was an intimate affair, with only close family present.
Penélope wore a dress designed by John Galliano.
A movie insider tells Life & Style that the couple wanted to get married before their baby arrives next year.
The Spanish actress is currently filming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth installment of the franchise, in the Bahamas. She’s playing the feisty daughter of Blackbeard played by Ian McShane, the nemesis of Johnny Depp’s character, Jack Sparrow.
“There’s a little romance between [Depp's] Captain Jack and the character that Penélope plays,” producer Jerry Bruckheimer said recently.
[From Life & Style]
Now, Penelope’s womb-watch has been making headlines for more than a year. Last summer, beginning with the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, most tabloids were reporting that she was knocked up. When Pene went on publicity tours to promote her films last fall, she got constant pregnancy questions, which annoyed her to no end. Personally, I’m a little tired of Womb Watch, just because I’ve been wrong about her before. If she is pregnant, congratulations to them, and that is going to be one hot Spanish baby. But I’ll wait for a solid confirmation.
UPDATE: Penelope’s rep is denying the pregnancy rumor. Oh well. NO HOT SPANISH BABIES FOR YOU. Also, do you know why I abbreviate or give celebrities nicknames? Because I’m lazy and I don’t want to type it out a million times. It’s easier to type “Pene” and “Javi” and “Sparkles” and “Camy”. I’M LAZY.