Penelope Cruz is the sultry Spanish star who finally gets some respect in Hollywood thanks to a string of high-profile roles. The 34-year-old actress takes the August 2008 cover of W Magazine.

On avoiding celebrity gossip: “I try not to go on the Internet and read about myself. It’s a guaranteed way to get angry for no reason. You start looking at yourself from the outside, from the wrong place. And everything is out of proportion. The good things, the bad things—everything. I think it’s disgusting. It’s dangerous and nasty, and bad for our society in so many ways. And it’s getting worse every day. It affects me directly, but I really believe that this culture of gossip affects our society on a much deeper level, on an ethical level. It’s what kids see and hear every day, and it will affect future generations in ways that we cannot even imagine.”

On never dishing out any personal revelations in the press: “I never talk about my private life to journalists. Never. I have a total right to protect it, and I never mess with that.”

On rumored boyfriend Javier Bardem: “I think he’s the best actor alive. I think he has an amazing talent.”

Read the full article at WMagazine.com.

Penelope Cruz takes a big bite on the set of her new movie Broken Embraces with Pedro Almodovar in Madrid, Spain on Tuesday.

The 34-year-old actress will be teaming up with Nicole Kidman and Marion Cotillard on a musical number for the movie musical Nine. The trio will be singing a new song called Take It All.

Penelope will also be a singing a duet with Nicole Kidman, called Simple. The Spanish actress will be playing the seductive mistress, Carla, in the film.

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Penelope Cruz continues to film on the set of her new movie, Broken Embraces, currently filming on Lanzarote Island on Monday.

Lanzarote Island is a Spanish Island in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the easternmost of the Canary Island off the western coast of Africa. The cast will be shooting at Costa Teguise, a popular resort with windsurfers which also has beautiful beaches and lively nightlife.

Broken Embraces is reportedly the longest and most expensive film that director Pedro Almodóvar has shot.

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Penelope Cruz (in Marchesa) joins director Woody Allen at the premiere for their new movie, Vicky Christina Barcelona, during the 2008 Cannes Film Festival on Saturday in Cannes, France on Saturday.

“Clue” shoes by Jmmy Choo.

Woody Allen directed two of Hollywood’s hottest stars, Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz. The film has numerous sex scenes and two lesbian kisses between the actresses.

Check out the trailer for Vicky Christina Barcelona.

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Penelope Cruz (in L’Wren Scott) joins director Woody Allen and costar Rebecca Hall at the photocall for their new movie, Vicky Christina Barcelona, during the 2008 Cannes Film Festival on Saturday in Cannes, France.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona, out Aug. 29, tells the story of a typical male fantasy, a romantic threesome with two women.

Woody was asked if he would ever entertain the notion himself. He replied, “You know, it’s hard enough to get one person. In trying to figure out solutions in life, two actually tends to make it more complicated than one. The characters in this movie are able, the chemistry was right, and they’re able to handle the situation. But in real life, most of us petty people could never handle anything like that. It’s hard enough to get a relationship that can work out with one person, but with two, it becomes geometrically more fatal.”

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Penelope Cruz and director Pedro Almodovar attend the photocall for Broken Embraces in Madrid, Spain on Friday.

The movie will feature Penelope, 34, as a blond playing a would-be actress from Spain’s provinces who is pursued by an unscrupulous financier.

Cruz was the first Spanish woman to be nominated for a non-English speaking role for Best Actress at the Oscars in 2007. She starred in Almodovar’s last film, Volver (The Return), in which she played a woman who killed her abusive husband.

“I’m not sure that the film is going to be good, but for me the important thing is to be excited by it.”, said Almodovar.

Where’s the confidence Pedro?

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Penelope Cruz and boyfriend Javier Bardem kiss and cuddle on the balcony of their hotel in Nice, France during Easter weekend.

The loved-up couple later arrived in Madrid, Spain on Monday after spending a romantic time together in France for the long Easter weekend.

Bardem, 39, is wearing a classic Rolling Stones “Tongue” t-shirt and reading the book “Brando: Songs My Mother Taught Me”, an autobiography of Marlon Brando, written with Robert Lindsey.

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