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Penelope Cruz is in talks to reteam with her Volver director, Pedro Almodovar. Penny has previously worked with him on All About My Mother and Live Flesh. Pedro's new movie called La Piel Que Habito is based on a French novel MyGale about a plastic surgeon that takes revenge against his daughter's rapist.

One of the producers said, "It's 70 to 80 per cent to be Pedro's next (project). But Pedro always worked on several ideas at the same time, and he has a second screenplay on the go as well." He also said that the role he has in mind for Penny is much darker than any role she's played before.

She was recently nominated for an Oscar and won Best Actress at the Goya Awards which is Spain's version of the Oscars.

Penny needs to stick with Spanish films, because that's what she does best. Has she even been in a successful American movie? Vanilla Sky? Sucked. Sahara? Sucked. Captain Corelli's Mandolin? Sucked.

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Tom Cruise has let his little pet out to actually work...a JOB! I know, pretty shocking. Katie Holmes has signed on to star in Mad Money opposite Queen Latifah and Diane Keaton. The film is based on the British movie Hot Money about three female employees of the Federal Reserve that plot to steal a load of cash that's about to be destroyed. Filming will begin shortly in Shreveport, La.

Mad Money will mark Katie's return after "giving birth" to Suri Cruise. Katie has chosen not to return to her role in Batman and has dropped out of The Dark Knight. The Christopher Nolan directed sequel hits screens next year and stars Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine and Gary Oldman.

So...she's choosing to do some cheesy comedy instead of a guaranteed money maker? Yeah, that's the work of the Cruise.

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Salma Hayek and her two friends will announce the nominees for the 79th Annual Academy Awards tomorrow morning from Los Angeles at 8:38EST. I really get into it, so here's my picks for the nominations. Unfortunately, Sharon Stone for Basic Instinct 2 and Lindsay Lohan for Bobby won't get nominations.

Best Picture
Babel
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Possible Nomination: Letters from Iwo Jima

Best Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed
Peter O'Toole, Venus
Will Smith, The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Possible Nomination: Ryan Gosling, Half-Nelson

Best Actress
Penelope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet, Little Children
Possible Nomination: Renee Zellweger, Miss Potter

Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Brad Pitt, Babel
Michael Sheen, The Queen
Possible Nomination: Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children

Best Supporting Actress
Adriana Barraza, Babel
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada
Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Possible Nomination: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel

Best Director
Bill Condon, Dreamgirls
Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris for Little Miss Sunshine
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Alejandro Gonzales, Babel
Martin Scorcese, The Departed
Possible Nomination: Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima

Basic Instinct 2 dominated The Golden Rasberry nominations this morning with 7! The Golden Rasberry Awards aka The Razzies dishonor the year's worst performances and movies. Little Man also received 7 nominations.

Hmm...at least Sharon got something for BI2. If you ask me, her name will probably be brought up at tomorrow's Oscar nominations! Here's the nominations:

Worst Picture
Basic Instinct 2
Bloodrayne
Lady in the Water
Little Man
Wicker Man

Worst Actor
Tim Allen, Shaggy Dog, Santa Clause 3 & Zoom
Nicolas Cage, Wicker Man
Dan Whitney, Larry the Cable Guy
Rob Schneider, The Benchwarmers & Little Man
Marlon Wayans & Shawn Wayans, Little Man

Worst Actress
Hilary Duff & Haylie Duff, Material Girls
Lindsay Lohan, Just My Luck
Kristianna Loken, Bloodrayne
Jessica Simpson, Employee of the Month
Sharon Stone, Basic Instinct 2

Worst Supporting Actor
Danny DeVito, Deck the Halls
Ben Kingsley, Bloodrayne
M. Night Shymalan, Lady in the Water
Martin Short, Santa Clause 3
David Thewlis, Basic Instinct 2 & The Omen

Worst Supporting Actress
Kate Bosworth, Superman Returns
Kristin Chenoweth, Deck the Hall, Pink Panther & RV
Carmen Electra, Scary Movie 4 & Date Movie
Jenny McCarthy, John Tucker Must Die
Michelle Rodriguez, Bloodrayne

Worst Screen Couple
Tim Allen & Martin Short, Santa Clause 3
Nicolas Cage & His Bear Suit, Wicker Man
Hilary Duff & Haylie Duff, Material Girls
Sharon Stone's Lopsided Breasts, Basic Instinct 2
Shawn Wayans & Either Kerry Washington or Marlon Wayans, Little Man

Visit Razzies.com for the rest of the nominations!

What? - The Nanny Diaries based on the novel
Who? - Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Chris Evans and Alicia Keys
When? - April 20, 2007
Why? - Money

Plot: Scarlett Johansson plays some nanny to some rich hos played by Laura Linney and Paul Giamatti. Laura Linney is a straight-up monster boss and the kid she works for is a major a-hole. Think The Devil Wears Prada meets Mary Poppins or something. Alicia Keys plays one of her friends.

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Meryl Streep will star in the feature-film version of the Broadway hit Mamma Mia. The International hit musical uses the songs of ABBA to tell the story of a single mother of a young girl who doesn't know who her father is. The daughter tries to find out who her father is and invites three candidates to her wedding in Greece.

Theater director, Phyllida Lloyd will make her film directing debut. Shooting will begin shortly in London and Greece for a 2008 release.

What's gayer than gay? Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia the movie! I don't even know what to say. Hopefully since Meryl is involved it won't be that bad. She has made bad movies in the past, but she can usually turn a sour movie good.

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Old people alert! Billy Corrigan of Smashing Pumpkins and Courtney Love attended the L.A. premiere of Freedomwriters aka Dangerous Minds 2 with Hilary Swank and McDreamy last night. Billy and Court are a match made in bloated heaven! I mean they should fart into my car. It would provide gas for days. They are puffy! Hills is horse hot as usual.

Last night was the premiere of Code Name: The Cleaner which stars Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liy and Nicollette Sheridan. Surprisingly, it's not going to straight to DVD. It's about....oh like you care! Nobody's going to see this trash. Lucy Liu looks seriously hot even though she has a wonky eye working overtime. Nicollette looks like...well like Nicollette.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie met on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith and are now considering doing a sequel. The film is already being turned into a TV show for this Fall. Brad Pitt has apparently talked with studio executives about picking up where the film left off and showing the couple as parents. The TV show will not feature either Brad or Angelina.

The two also toured a Panama gallery yesterday. Some are saying that Angelina might be pregnant, because she's sporting a small bump. Damn, a girl can't have a little bloat in the moat? Damn. They look hot and happy and blah blah blah....

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Harrison Ford will don the khakis yet again for Indiana Jones 4! Shooting will begin next year for a 2008 release. George Lucas confirmed that he's finalized the final script with Steven Spielberg.

He said, "It's going to be fantastic. It's going to be the best one yet. Mostly, it's the charm of Harrison that makes it work." Harrison's old ass is 64, but George insists he's fit enough to work. He promises that the next one will be filled with many mysteries.

Yeah one of the biggest mysteries will be how on Earth an old ass like this is doing these stunts? Calista Flockhart should totally sign up to play a mummy.

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