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...carrying the cross of exoticism through a series of disappointing movies and tabloid-tracked relationships with Sexiest Man Alive--type guys. With Volver, she is prompting people to talk Oscar. If she nabs him, she will be the first actress to win one in a foreign-language film since Sophia Loren in 1961 for Two Women...
Penélope Cruz has arrived at the top, thanks, in part, to a bottom. The actress wears the plenteous prosthetic posterior under her 1950s Sophia Loren--inspired straight skirts and clingy cardigans in Pedro Almodóvar's new film, Volver. "Mothers have beeg bottoms," the Spanish director of culturally charged films says in accented English as he sprawls on a sofa next to Cruz in his suite at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles. "Your curves here are natural," he says to her, cupping his hands on his chest, "but not here," he says, pointing to his seat...
...they'd served in as of the women - war brides and whore-brides - they had encountered. So to add a touch of exotica or erotica to their movies, American producers imported actresses from France (Corinne Calvet, Francoise Rosay), Austria (Maria Schell), Japan (Miyoshi Umeki) and especially Italy (Alida Valli, Sophia Loren, Anna Magnani, Gina Lollobrigida, Silvana Mangano ... and the twins: Pier Angeli and Marisa Pavan). These actresses and others gave an appealing face, and body, to foreign films, which had then what most of them lack now: star quality...
...Since this is our last year having the opportunity to take the class, we should totally get priority over underclassmen,” wrote Sophia Rangwala ’07, one of many upset seniors, in an e-mail. “Given that I am a senior and needed this class to meet my core requirement, I figured chances of me getting into the class would be in my favor...
...earlier this year the family-owned company popped up on the financial pages. An Italian financial daily compared cash-flow data and estimated growth potential and proclaimed Diesel the top candidate among Italian fashion companies for a public offering. Published reports in Europe had Diesel scooping up designers Sophia Kokosolaki and Viktor & Rolf, recalling the Margiela acquisition. Goldschmied, the former partner who remains a Rosso confidant, predicts something big is in the works. "Finally, finally, he has made a very important strategic decision. He could be the owner of a group that's a leader in the next wave...