Penelope Cruz latest Mango ad campaign.

Penelope Cruz shows off the impressive curves which have captured the eye of many a Hollywood hunk in her latest Mango ad campaign.
The Madrid-born actress, who boasts Tom Cruise and Matthew McConaughey among her former boyfriends, looks stunning in the new shots for her clothing line.
Penelope, 33, and her dancer sister Monica, 30, have teamed up with the Spanish fashion house to design a second collection after the huge success of their autumn/winter line last year.

Hot pink: Penelope strikes an alluring pose
The Mango collaboration has been an opportunity for Penelope to show she’s more than just a pretty face and a good actress – she can also design.
In a series of sexy shots, a smoky-eyed Penelope flashes her cleavage while gazing at the camera in a hot pink satin gown.
And keen to show off her other assets, Penelope’s curvy derrière is on display in tight indigo jeans, while a floral maxi dress flashes her slender legs off to perfection thanks to a strategically placed fan.
Before teaming up with Mango, the Volver actress modelled for rapper P Diddy’s Sean John fashion line and has been a spokesmodel for cosmetics house L’Oreal since 2006.
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Legs eleven: Penelope flashes her pins in a floral maxi dress
Penelope was also the face of Ralph Lauren Polo and the designer’s Glamorous fragrance during her three year romance with Tom Cruise.
Meanwhile, Penelope has a busy 2008 ahead of her and will be inundating the big screen – her new movies Manolete, The Good Night, Elegy and Woody Allen comedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona are all set for release.
She recently vacationed on a Brazilian island with new boyfriend Javier Bardem, who she co-starred with in the Allen movie.
Filming on her next movies Nine, alongside Bardem and Sophia Loren, has been postponed due to the current Hollywood writers’ strike.
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What’s behind you?: Penelope flashes her assets

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Bond beauty: Olga Kurylenko is the new Bond girl

New Bond girl Olga Kurylenko has a racy past – she once stripped off for a bondage scene in erotic thriller Le Serpent.
Kurylenko and British newcomer Gemma Arterton have been chosen as the sexy sidekicks for Daniel Craig’s James Bond in the forthcoming movie.
Unknown Ukrainian model-turned-actress Kurylenko has beaten scores of Hollywood stars to land the female lead in the new film.
Kurylenko will be well-prepared for any love scenes with Craig after appearing full-frontal nude in 2006 movie Le Serpent.
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Showing her assets: Half-naked Olga
In the Eric Barbier movie, Kurylenko plays a model who gets caught up in a blackmail plot.
In her careers as a top European model, Kurylenko has appeared in numerous advertising campaigns for such designers as Kenzo, Helena Rubenstein and Just Cavalli. Her magazine covers include US Glamour, French Elle and Marie Claire.
Kurylenko recently starred in the movie Hitman with Elijah Wood and also in a segment of the movie, Paris Je T’Aime.
A mere six months after graduating from Rada, 21-year-old Arterton has been named as MI6 agent in the movie, codenamed Bond 22.
The daughter of a welder and a cleaner from Gravesend in Kent, Miss Arterton made her film debut last year, in Stephen Poliakoff’s Capturing Mary.
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Alluring: Olga in her lingerie
She played Rosaline in Love’s Labours Lost at the Globe Theatre, appeared as Kelly the naughty head girl in the remake of St Trinian’s and this year she will appear in Guy Ritchie’s latest gangster film RocknRolla.
Despite this she claims to be uncomfortable with the trappings of fame and has said in the past: “It’s not me, although I suppose it comes with the job.”
When offered a chauffeur-driven car, she said: “I just don’t want it. Can I get on the Tube, please and go home?”
Miss Arterton shares the same agent as Daniel Craig, who had the final say when casting her predecessor Eva Green – another unknown – in Casino Royale.
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New Bond girls Gemma Arterton (left) and Olga Kurylenko will star alongside Daniel Craig
The two actresses had been cast in preference to a list of names including the likes of Cameron Diaz and Lindsay Lohan to star in Daniel Craig’s second Bond movie.
Producers of the franchise had been lining up a big name to give the second movie in Craig’s tenure a big show business push.
Yet it was felt that the actor had made such a great impact with Casino Royale that his female counterpart could come with no particularly impressive background in film.

Commenting on the announcement of filming which started yesterday at Pinewood Studios in London, producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said: “We are fortunate to continue in the Bond tradition of attracting the finest international actors for our starring roles.
“Olga Kurylenko will play the dangerously alluring Camille, who challenges Bond and helps him to come to terms with the emotional consequences of Vesper’s betrayal.”
Daniel Craig is considered to have invigorated the Bond franchise with his visceral performance in Casino Royale which garnered a raft of flattering reviews. Craig, as was revealed in this paper, recently was awarded a £25million contract to make another four Bond movies.
The casting of two virtual unknowns continues the tradition of Bond producers choosing less established actresses for the coveted part, including Ursula Andress in Dr No, Jane Seymour in Live and Let Die and Eva Green in Casino Royale.
Also returning from Casino Royale will be Judi Dench who plays M, Jeffrey Wright who plays Felix Leiter and Giancarlo Giannini who plays Mathis.
It is thought the new film will take up where Casino Royale left off and will be loosely based on the Ian Fleming short story Risico, where Bond is dispatched to infiltrate a drug ring flooding Britain with heroin.
Producers last week confirmed French actor Mathieu Amalric will join the cast to play Bond’s main adversary.
Filming started on Monday at Pinewood Studios in London, with shoots already set up in Italy, Austria and Panama.
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Graphic: Olga’s character in Le Serpent is involved in risque bondage scenes

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The toned star enjoys a splash in the ocean

Sizzling R&B singer Christina Milian cools off with a New Year’s Eve dip on Miami’s South Beach.
The 26-year-old songstress, who had a number one dance hit with Dip It Low, wore a red and white striped bikini as she enjoyed a splash in the ocean.
Christina, who appeared in the 2003 film Love Don’t Cost a Thing and has written songs for Jennifer Lopez, happily posed for fans and photographers during her holiday break.
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Pop princess Milian goes for a New Year’s dip
Earlier in the day she relaxed on a sun lounger with her mother and did a spot of reading in the warm sun.
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Lindsay Lohan gets up close and personal

Wild child actress Lindsay Lohan showed off her ample pulling skills when she kissed THREE men in one busy 24-hour spell while visiting Capri for a film festival last weekend.
But it is not every man who manages to get lucky enough to make it back to Li-Lo’s pad.
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Lindsay Lohan hardly rested during her weekend stay in Capri, kissing three men in 24 hours – but her third, Dario Faiella, got lucky and stayed over with Li-Lo, pictured here with her hand on his derriére on the balcony at her hotel
Only actor Dario Faiella, the son of Italian music legend Peppino Di Capri, headed back to her hotel. But Li-Lo was clearly smitten with her choice, as she showed an undressed Faiella her appreciation with a loving hand on his derriére out on her room balcony.
The Hollywood actress, whose star has been on the wane since a series of embarrassing drunken incidents and spell in rehab, had just finished clocking up three passionate encounters during her trip.
The Mean Girls actress, 21, first met waiter Alessandro Di Nunzio shortly after arriving on the Italian island of Capri for a film festival.
The pair exchanged phone numbers at a film showing which the actress attended with Heroes star and friend Hayden Panettiere, 18.
But she dumped her friend shortly afterwards to meet up with, and lock lips with, Di Nunzio.
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The pair wasted no time getting to know each other on the nightclub sofa with Lindsay puckering up and Dario letting his tummy hang out
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Lindsay Lohan: Getting up close and personal with actor Dario Faiella
The pair enjoyed a meal together before getting cosy on a hotel sofa together.
But it seems Lohan has a short memory when it comes to romance – the following day she was being whisked away by another Italian hunk, older actor Eduardo Costa.
Li-Lo, dressed provocatively in a silver foil mini-dress, listened attentively to Costa’s jokes, but it was not long before she was snogging again.
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Lindsay Lohan doesn’t seem concerned about morning breath as she snogs her bed buddy Dario after their night together
The older man looked like the cat who got the cream after his passionate embrace with the young star who recently reconciled with her father and is said to be leading a ‘healthy’ lifestyle.
Her love life is certainly buoyant, as the third of her trio of kisses, local actor Dario Faiella, made it back to her room.
She had been all over him earlier in the evening at a nightclub, snogging him before launching herself on top of him as they got physical on the nightclub sofa.
Lohan is also said to be dating the ex-love of troubled pop star Britney Spears — 28-year-old music producer JR Rotem.
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From left and in chronological order of Lindsay Lohan’s conquests: waiter Alessandro Di Nunzio, actor Eduardo Costa, and actor Dario Faiella
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No.1 Friday night: Lindsay meets her first beau of the weekend – waiter Alessandro Di Nunzio from Rome, but there was more to come.
Her romantic exploits come after a particularly difficult year for Lindsay Lohan.
She spent weeks in rehab during her second stint in which she gave up drinking alcohol after her arrest for drink-driving in Los Angeles.
After a very promising start to her Hollywood career with producers knocking at her door to sign her up, Lohan won a reputation for being difficult and late on set and has struggled to secure further roles.
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No.2, Saturday night: Eduardo Costa gets up close and personal with a glamorous looking Lindsay at the 12th Annual Capri Hollywood International Film Festival
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No.3 Sunday morning: The final kiss – Dario Faiella gets his chance with Li-Lo with her THIRD kiss of the night but he gets luckier than the others

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Martine McCutcheon laps up the sun

When her dream of conquering Hollywood failed to materialise, Martine McCutcheon was forced to look a little closer to home for her next big break.
Topping up her tan in the Caribbean sun – ahead of her British television comeback – the 31-year-old actress proves she is once again riding on the crest of a wave.
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Curvy Martine McCutcheon looks a picture of health holidaying with her mystery man
The former EastEnders star, who is appearing in ITV1’s new surf-based soap Echo Beach, happily slipped into character – and a bikini – during her latest holiday in Barbados.
Accompanied by her new boyfriend it was most definitely a case of life imitating art as the actress, wearing her hair loose and dark designer sunglasses, frolicked on the island’s exclusive west coast before stopping off for an al fresco lunch.
“Martine looked in fine fettle and was having a very energetic beach-side morning,” said a fellow holiday maker.
“She showed off a curvy but toned physique and certainly didn’t receive any complaints from her boyfriend who could hardly keep his eyes off her.
“The two of them spent much of the day kissing and cuddling in the sea, and seemed oblivious to everyone else on the beach.”.

Loved up: Martine and her mystery new man take a dip in Barbados where they are relaxing in the sun
Miss McCutcheon, who moved to LA shortly after her popular EastEnders character Tiffany was killed off eight years ago, famously claimed she had been described by casting agents as ‘England’s answer to Jennifer Lopez’.
However, aside from an appearance in the hit movie Love Actually, her Tinseltown career failed to take off and she recently returned to live back in the UK full-time.
But early reviews for her latest TV project, in which she stars alongside ex-Neighbours actor Jason Donovan, have been positive and the post-watershed soap, set in a fictional town in Cornwall, is expected to be one of ITV1’s biggest hits of the year.
The 12-part drama is being accompanied by a behind-the-scenes comedy show, Moving Wallpaper, which follows the show’s fantasy production team’s trials and tribulations in getting the series made.
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Curvy Martine McCutcheon takes a dip with her new mystery man
It promises to mark a career revival for Miss McCutcheon, whose most notable work last year was the release of a fitness DVD.
Speaking about her health, she recently said: “There’s been an awful lot of pressure on me to look thin and sometimes that hasn’t been how my body’s meant to be naturally.
“I’m a typical hourglass shape and I have to keep my curves in check. I don’t want someone talking about my weight, I want someone talking about my performance.
“I know these women in the industry who say, ‘I have a fast metabolism’ and ‘I do eat’. It’s rubbish!
“Most of them don’t eat very much, work out like you wouldn’t believe and are paranoid as hell. I think the most beautiful thing about a woman is when she’s naturally gorgeous and doesn’t look like she’s trying too hard.
“I hate that skinny look.”.

The happy couple stroll along the beach in Barbados, heading back to their hotel

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Keira Knightley poses nude in an advertising campaign

Keira Knightley’s apparent love of posing for photoshoots in little more than her birthday suit hasn’t escaped the attention of her more irreverent pals.
They’ve become so used to seeing pictures of the 22-year-old actress wearing no more than her trademark pout that they’ve laid bets on whether she will be able to do a shoot WITHOUT stripping.
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Birthday suit bets: Can Keira Knightley keep her clothes on? Place your bets now
“They’ve all had wagers on how long it will be before she manages to keep her clothes on before a camera,” says my source.
The Atonement star first stripped for a Vanity Fair cover alongside actress Scarlett Johansson in 2006, and has since participated in racy shoots for Coco Chanel and Interview magazine.
“Keira finds the bet hilarious,” adds my source.

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