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2009's Top 10 Repeat Offenders in Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz

21 hours ago | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

Forty years from now when we'll look back at Penelope Cruz's career, we'll say that her best work was with Spanish maestro Pedro Almodovar, and yet despite her brilliant turns in Live Flesh, All About My Mother, Volver and now Broken Embraces, I predict that there is much more richer, grandeur performances to unearth from this pairing's vault. - #2. Broken Embraces Forty years from now when we'll look back at Penélope Cruz's career, we'll say that her best work was with Spanish maestro Pedro Almodóvar, and yet despite her brilliant turns in Live Flesh, All About My Mother, Volver and now Broken Embraces, I predict that there is much more richer, grandeur performances to unearth from this pairing's vault. Her part as a heavily indebted secretary/call girl wasn't as complex as her previous two gigs with Pedro, but it was a pleasure to witness »

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Good Morning, Oscar: January 5

5 January 2010 8:04 AM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Steve Pond

In this morning’s roundup of Oscar news and notes from around the web, moms love Sandra Bullock, but Pedro Almodovar doesn’t always love the Oscars.

The Carpetbagger returns from vacation to ask if Sandra Bullock is going to win the Oscar for best actress. Hey, I know “The Blind Side” just passed $200 million, making it, in the words of Variety, “the first pic in history driven solely by a top female star to jump the $200 million mark at the domestic B.O.” But a best actress win? I don’t know. And the Bagger claims to be “s »

- Steve Pond

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Penélope Cruz, Pedro Almodóvar, Rachel Weisz for the Goyas?

4 January 2010 2:11 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

Penélope Cruz in Broken Embraces (Emilio Pereda & Paola Ardizzoni / El Deseo / Sony Pictures Classics) (top); Rachel Weisz in Agora (Mod Producciones) (middle); Soledad Villamil, Ricardo Darin in The Secret of Her Eyes (Sony Pictures Classics) (bottom) The Spanish Academy’s 2010 Goya Award nominations — that’s Spain’s Oscars — will be announced on Jan. 9. Among the potential nominees are Broken Embraces, director-screenwriter Pedro Almodóvar, actor Lluís Homar, actress Penélope Cruz, and supporting actress Blanca Portillo. In Broken Embraces, which has won a few awards from Us critics’ groups, Penélope Cruz plays a secretary/sex worker who becomes her wealthy boss’ lover only to fall for a film director (Homar). Cruz has been touted as a potential best actress [...] »

- Steve Montgomery

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