Penelope in Black Bikini

Penelope Cruz Sánchez born April 28, 1974, better known as Penélope Cruz, is a Spanish actress and the muse of Pedro Almodovar. She gathered critical acclaim as a young actress for films such as Jamon, Jamon, Carne tremula, La Niña de tus ojos and Belle epoque. She has also starred in several American films such as Blow and Bandidas.

Cruz has been awarded two Goyas, two European Film Awards and the Coppa Volpi for her work. She is notable as the first Spanish actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 2007 Spanish Almodovar film Volver.

Bollywood starlet Tania Zaetta in sex scandal

Bollywood starlet Tania Zaetta has been accused of having sex with soldiers while on a tour to entertain troops in Afghanistan. She has featured in several Bollywood films including the recent 'Salaam Namaste' and 'Mr. Black, Mr. White'.

Zaetta co-hosted the popular television show 'Who Dares Wins'. She also has a kickboxing exercise video called Tania Zaetta's Box.

Tania Zaetta's strenuous denial that she slept with elite special forces soldiers was backed up by a fellow entertainer, who said the tour was so hectic that there would not even have been time for a liaison. Zaetta said she had contacted lawyers and would consider suing the Australian defence department for leaking unsubstantiated rumours that she had behaved in an improper way during a tour of Australian military bases last month.

The claims emerged in a government document prepared for the defence minister, Joel Fitzgibbon, and leaked to the press.

A high profile publicity agent she has hired said the impact of the allegations on her career in India could cost her A$1 million (£480,000).

"She spent 10 years going into that marketplace," her celebrity public relations agent told Australian newspapers.

"I'd say it will cost her seven figures - definitely a million dollars. It's very serious. Sexual allegations even in this country are bad but over there, it's abhorrent."

"How does a supposed document ... that I don't know about get leaked in the first place? That's a little bit concerning about the security of the country," Miss Zaetta told Channel Nine television.

"It's complete made-up lies. I feel I am owed an apology. Not only my family name but my career that I have worked very hard for is at stake here."

"When things like this get into countries like India it's not taken lightly," she told News Ltd newspapers. "Sex scandals - rumoured, alleged, bad Chinese whispers, whatever it is - aren't taken lightly in a country like that."

Asked if she had been alone with any soldiers during the 17-day tour of Afghanistan and Iraq, the London-based Australian actress said: "You were never alone with any soldiers - you were in full view of everybody else all the time."

Her account of the tour being busy was corroborated by a musician from an Australian rock band, the Wolverines.

The defence department has "apologised unreservedly" to Ms Zaetta for disclosing the claims.

The department said only: "We are unable to comment as the investigation is ongoing."

Kevin Rudd, the prime minister, said Miss Zaetta was entitled to pursue legal action. He said the defence department was conducting two inquiries, one trying to find out what, if anything, happened in Afghanistan and the other looking at how the document containing the allegations was handled.

Australia has around 1,000 troops in Afghanistan.

Hollywood Celebrities without makeup

Kim at Ralph Mag

Here are some Kim Kardashian outtakes from her recent Ralph Magazine shoot that she posted on her website.

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Cameron Diaz In Instyle

Salma Hayek @ Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - Screening - 61st Festival De Cannes May 2008

Salma Hayek Profile

Name: Salma Hayek

Birth Name: Salma Hayek Jimenez

Height: 5' 2"

Sex: F

Nationality: Mexican

Birth Date: September 2, 1966

Birth Place: Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico

Profession: Actress

Education: Catholic school in Texas
National University of Mexico (dropped out)
Stella Adler Conservatory in Los Angeles, California

Relationship: Francois-Henri Pinault (businessman; engaged March 3, 2007), Josh Lucas (actor; born June 20, 1971; dated August 2003 - July 2004), Edward Norton (actor; born August 19, 1969; dated 1999 - 2003)

Father: Sami Hayek Dominguez (Lebanese; businessman)

Mother: Diana Hayek (Mexican; opera singer and talent scout)

Brother: Sami Hayek (younger)

Claim to fame: as Carolina in Desperado (1995)

Salma Hayek Biography

Salma Hayek Jimenez (born September 2, 1966) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated Mexican-American actress, Daytime Emmy-winning director, and an Emmy-nominated TV and film producer. Hayek has appeared in more than thirty films and performed as an actress outside of Hollywood in Mexico and Spain. Hayek's charitable work includes increasing awareness on violence against women and discrimination against immigrants.

In July 2007, The Hollywood Reporter ranked Hayek fourth in their inaugural Latino Power 50, a list of the most powerful members of the Hollywood Latino community. That same month a poll found Hayek to be the "sexiest celebrity" out of a field of 3,000 celebrities (male and female); according to the poll, "65 percent of the U.S. population would use the term 'sexy' to describe" her.

Hayek was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, the daughter of Diana Jiménez, an opera singer and talent scout, and Sami Hayek, an oil company executive. Hayek's father's side of the family is of Assyrian-Lebanese descent and her mother's family is of Spanish descent Reflecting her Assyrian heritage, her first name literally means ‘peace’ or ‘calm’ in Aramaic. Raised in a wealthy, devoutly Catholic family, she was sent to the Academy of the Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau, Louisiana, at the age of twelve. She was also an accomplished gymnast aspiring to compete in the Olympics but her father prevented her from being recruited by the Mexican national team. The religious sisters running the Academy ejected Hayek citing behavioral problems, so she returned to Mexico. She was later sent to live with her aunt in Houston, Texas, where she stayed until she was seventeen. She attended college in Mexico City, where she studied International Relations at the Universidad Iberoamericana. To the surprise of her family, she dropped out to pursue a career as an actress.