We all agree that adopting a child to give them what they have been deprived of is a sweet and noble thing, but it seems celebrities are catching the adoption bug from Angelina Jolie & Madonna! Penelope Cruz has said that she wants to adopt. Penelope broke up with Matthew McConaughey last year. She insists that she is single, but rumors have linked her to both Orlando Bloom and Josh Hartnett!

It's a fact that Penelope Cruz is extremely cute ... But here's a discovery, Penelope has an even cuter sister, she's called Monica, Monica Cruz.
Monica Cruz is also an actress, she was at the Mann Chinese Theater on Tuesday night for the premiere of her movie The Inquiry (L' Inchiesta). In the movie, Monica plays a young Israeli woman who falls into a forbidden relationship with a Roman in the year 35 AD.
Both Cruz sisters were smashing at the premier ... Both in elegant black dresses.
I guess we'll see Monica again during The Oscars, she must be there to support her sister! No?

Hollywood actresses have been gearing up for The Oscars for some time now ... Exercising, choosing dresses & accessories for the big night.
Actresses Penelope Cruz & Reese Witherspoon have really toned up to look their best on the red carpet & on the sparkly stage.
Penelope is up for Best Actress in Volver ... & Reese will be presenting this year's Best Actor award.
Do you think Penelope Cruz will take home an Oscar this year?
Just a tiny tip for ya, if you want their bods, you'll have to change your diet to fresh veggies, fruits & whole grains ... & you'll have to step up your exercising.

Orlando Bloom celebrating his birthday last week with Penelope Cruz wasn't an ordinary 'buddies thing'!
On the 13th of January, at Bloom's B-day party, he & Cruz were inseparable! She was never more than a meter away from him that night! This makes the rumors of the two dating even stronger.
The romance rumors first started when Bloom & Cruz were spotted holding hands in October, but they denied any sort of relationship ... Well, it seems they lied about it!
From Kate Bosworth to Penelope Cruz ... Hmm ... I wonder with whom does Orlando make a better couple?

Anna Nicole Smith is still suffering from pneumonia & is still in the hospital in the Bahamas.
Smith checked in Monday & according to her attorney Wayne Munroe, she has had fluid drained from a partially collapsed lung.
Munroe said: "She's doing a lot better, but when you would have a collapsed lung, they would keep you in."

Penelope Cruz might be in for an Oscar for her role in her latest movie Volver.
After a lot of reviews of the movie, Cruz seems to be getting a lot of serious recognition for her role as Riamunda, a single mother of a teenager & trying to survive on her own.

The latest celebrity to claim that she's seen baby Suri Cruise, after Leah Remini & Jada Pinkett Smith, is Tom Cruise's ex-girlfriend Penelope Cruz!
Cruz says: I met Suri. She is really special. One of the most beautiful babies I've ever seen. And I am extremely happy for them. They are really happy & going great.
Penelope Cruz revealed this in London at the premier of her latest movie Volver.

The Sexiest Man Alive Matthew McConaughey has been dating Penelope Cruz for over a year now, but it seems they have found difficulty in keeping a relationship together when they only see each other every few months!
It has been reported that the couple have agreed on separating due to busy work schedules and so much time apart.
Cruz said it has been too hard to have a relationship when you see the other person every six weeks. The couple last saw each other in February when McConaughey visited Cruz on location in Spain, where she is filming Manolete.

Penelope Cruz & her sexy beau Matthew McConaughey were together at the premier of her latest movie Volver.
Volver is about a mother who dies, and returns as a ghost to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life. As the story goes on, her ghost slowly becomes a comfort to her daughters as well as to her grandchild.