Penelope Cruz was all delish at the Oscars with her fabulously cut but dull-colored gown and brightly colored gems. I’m no big fan of hers, so I was surprised at how willing this stylish Spanish is to go through extreme lengths as an actress. After the Vanilla Sky fiasco, I thought that Ms. Cruz was totally overrated and stopped paying attention. I only really look at her every time she walks red carpets because, well, this is what I do best.

This year’s Oscars show Penelope with claret-colored jewels from Chopard. I admire her good taste in jewels, particularly because I have a pair similar to hers. Her bold style isn’t only limited to colored gems, apparently. According to contactmusic.com, Penelope didn’t shave her legs for two weeks, put on thick make-up and horrible false teeth; all this to play the role of an unattractive, impoverished woman in the 2004 Italian drama, Don’t Move.

Well, she did and Penelope moved on to play another bold scene, this time in an upcoming Woody Allen film. She’s teaming up with hottie Scarlett Johansson to fire up silver screen with a hot and heavy lesbian sex scene. According to sources, Woody Allen is targeting the love scene to be one of the most erotic scenes in history. Maybe it’s high time I start watching her films again. I sure hope it will fire up the fans the way her gemstones did me.