Pop Candy shares details on the Darjeeling Limited soundtrack. Director James Mangold is directing a fictive version of the documentary Murderball, say the folks at the MTV Movie Blog. Stereogum has the new Eagles video, and it's pretty boring. Stephen Colbert's cast —celebrity signatures and all — will go up for sale on eBay tonight, and TV Squad has a photo. Cinematical muses over a list Read more

All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. Volver Penelope Cruz was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in this Spanish-language film, written and directed by her beloved Pedro Almodovar. In this ghost story/mystery, Cruz plays Read more

Food plays an important role in the film that got Penelope Cruz a best actress Oscar nomination, Volver. Raimunda, Cruz's character, receives food from her deceased mother and ends up running a restaurant in Madrid. The food in the movie, like that in the Spanish culture, symbolizes a sense of community, family, and tradition. Instead of hiring a restaurant or caterers to prepare the food in the Read more

Penelope was noticeably missing last night at the SAG Awards, and with good reason. She was in Spain for the Goya Awards which is like their Oscars. Penelope won best actress for her fabulous performance in Volver, and the film won best picture. When accepting the best actress award, Penelope said, "This award is very important, very special for me. I am going to try not to cry because I'm a Read more

Penelope got in a great dance workout in West Hollywood this weekend. Besides keeping fit, she's getting rave reviews for her performance in Volver. Even her ex Matthew McConaughey thinks she deserves an Oscar. She's already gotten a European Film Award for best actress and she's up for a Golden Globe. No wonder she wants to look her best and stay fit... this could be her lucky Oscar year as Read more

We've been hearing great things about Penelope's new (even though she seems to have been promoting it for years now) movie Volver. She has been generating Oscar buzz and has now won the award for Best Actress at the 2006 European Film Awards. In her acceptance speech, a misty-eyed Penelope dedicated her award to Pedro Almodovar, the director of Volver and her personal mentor. Here's Read more