Cussler was ordered to pay $5 million to Crusader Entertainment bosses after losing a contract dispute with the movie executives over the flop 2005 film, which starred Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz.

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Penelope Cruz is in negotiations to re-team with her "Blow" co-star Johnny Depp on "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" for Disney Pictures says Heat Vision .

Penelope Cruz is parlaying with Disney to join Johnny Depp to presumably drink rum and sail the unforgiving seas in the Rob Marshall directed Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides , according to Heat Vision , which will revolve around the Fountain of Youth.

Penelope Cruz sailing from 'Sex' to 'Pirates of the Caribbean 4' Story Updated: Feb 11, 2010 at 9:00 AM EST Penelope Cruz has made some waves in more indie movies recently and now she's looking to make some dough in Hollywood.

Feminists like to gripe about the "male gaze," the way in which male-created art tends to objectify women, and y'know, every time I see some leering Michael Bay shot of Megan Fox's butt, I'll admit they have a point.

Penelope Cruz With Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and most of the other "Pirates of the Caribbean" veterans having likely sailed into their last sunset, it's time to begin casting new actors to seek adventure alongside Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow.

Good news, fans of Penelope Cruz's well-being! Despite yesterday's Google-translated reports from Denmark claiming the actress would submit to Lars von Trier's direction in Melancholica , it now looks like she won't. According to another translated story , "Penelope Cruz has been both to speak and to debate, but as it seems right now, we will not ...

Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar exploded onto the international cinema scene with his 1988 feature-length comedy Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios , and quickly became arguably the most important Spanish filmmaker of his time.