Spanish star Penelope Cruz has become a big sister at the age of 37 after her stepmother gave birth to a baby girl.

The actress’ dad Eduardo Cruz, Sr. and his second wife Carmen Moreno became parents to daughter Salma last Friday (24Feb12), according to Hola! magazine.

Cruz, Sr. is also the father of Penelope’s younger siblings, Monica and Eduardo Jr.

Little Salma already has a playmate – the Vicky Cristina Barcelona star gave birth to a son named Leo, her first child with husband Javier Bardem, last January (11).

source: contactmusic.com

Three years after becoming the first Spanish-born actress to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar, Penelope Cruz returned to the Academy Awards red carpet, dazzling at Sunday’s 84th annual show in a custom Armani Prive organza gown.

A presenter at Sunday’s awards fete, Cruz, 37, accessorized her off-the-shoulder frock with Chopard jewels and a pinned undo.

Cruz’s Sunday outing comes just over one year after she welcomed son Leo with husband Javier Bardem.

How did the Spanish stunner snap back into shape so quickly after welcoming her adorable little one? “I love ballet and it’s a little boring for me to go to the gym because I’m used to the dancing discipline,” Cruz told The Daily Mirror. “It’s really hard but much more fun.”

Source: usmagazine.com

Images of Penelope looking absolutely wonderful walking the red carpet! Check them now:

84th Annual Academy Awards – Feb 26

Added images of Penelope at the BAFTA Film Awards 2012 – London, Feb 12

Spanish actress Penelope Cruz will be one of the presenters during the Feb. 26 Oscar awards ceremony at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday.

Cruz, the winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (2008), will join the artists who will participate in the gala, a group that includes Jennifer Lopez, Angelina Jolie, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Halle Berry and Cameron Diaz.

The Madrid native has become a regular at these award ceremonies, having also been nominated for her work in “Volver” in 2006 and in “Nine” in 2009.

Among the Latino nominees at this year’s Oscars are Mexico’s Demian Bichir (“A Better Life”), who is in the running for Best Actor, and his countryman Emmanuel Lubezki, who will vie for the golden statue for Best Cinematography for “The Tree of Life,” as well as Argentine-born Berenice Bejo, who is up for Best Supporting Actress for “The Artist.”

Spanish composer Alberto Iglesias has been nominated in the Best Music (Original Score) category for “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.”

Also, Spain’s “Chico & Rita” was nominated for Best Animated Feature.

Source: http://latino.foxnews.com

Penelope Cruz has condemned the use of real fur by posing on a 70-foot billboard as part of an anti-fur campaign.

The Hollywood actress – who is married to actor Javier Bardem – turns her head to look over her bare back next to the words, ‘Give Fur the Cold Shoulder’, on the PETA US advertisement which is set to be displayed outside New York’s Madison Square Garden.

source: indiatimes.com