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Spanish beauty Penelope Cruz is expecting a baby, her spokesperson has confirmed.

Following increasing speculation, the 36-year-old has released a statement revealing that she is four-and-a-half months pregnant.

It will be the first child for Penelope and her husband Javier Bardem, who married in a secret Bahamian ceremony back in July.

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We’re used to hearing Penélope Cruz’s name in conjunction with great films and stunning photo shoots. But in a recent interview with The Daily Mail, Cruz opened up a little more than usual, talking about her relationship with Javier Bardem, and most interestingly, about her feelings on media directed at teens.

Like many, Penélope struggled with self confidence in her teens. She admits that she experimented with different looks — even one that involved a bottle of peroxide and a lot of regrets.

Sensitive to such struggles with image, Penélope offers a suggestion:

“I would close down all those teenage magazines that encourage young girls to diet. Who says that to be pretty you have to be thin? Some people look better thin and some don’t. There is almost a standard being created where only thin is acceptable. The influence of those magazines on girls as young as 13 is horrific.”


This isn’t the first time Cruz has spoken out against unfair ideals of beauty in terms of weight. Earlier this year, while editing an issue of French Vogue, the actress commissioned a shoot with Crystal Renn, the virtual face of the plus size modeling industry.

We too believe in the necessity of making models of all shapes and sizes visible in magazines — especially if those magazines are being circulated among teens. But even us, with our critical eye, believe teen magazines have been making concerted efforts to show multiple ideals of beauty — though they may be a bit tone deaf when it comes to their headlines. So before we start any “Fold Seventeen Magazine” riots, let’s at least praise the teen mags for doing what Penélope may not yet have seen.

Javier Bardem thinks a major Hollywood star is a 'beauty with an amazing body' - but it's Brad Pitt, not his wife Penelope Cruz.

The 41-year-old Spaniard gushes about Pitt in an interview with US Elle, saying he even felt like he could 'fall in love' with the father-of-six.

Bardem - who secretly wed Cruz earlier this month - makes his comments after denying that male and female co-stars frequently fall in love.

The Eat, Pray, Love actor says: "No, no. I'm not Brad Pitt.

"I had the great opportunity to meet Brad a couple of times...what a beauty. He is beautiful and his physicality is so amazing to see.

"But the beauty really comes from different places - the way he talks, the way he's interested in what you're saying.

"And that body is like - wow. It's amazing, no? He really made me feel very, like...I don't know, like, I could fall in love with him!

"Like a teenage girl getting crazy and going [screams] like that.

"I met him only twice but I would say it's a good self. And that is when the beauty comes voom!"

Despite appearing in the 2008 movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona with Cruz, 36, Bardem denies that on-the-set romance between co-stars is a common occurrence.

The Oscar winner says: "That thing that they call the chemistry, it's true.

"But it's not that true. I've worked with actors and actresses and I've done scenes with a lot of love in those and people believe it, and that person and I...we didn't go along very well.

"But that's what they pay you for: 'Act, motherf*****, act'.

But Julia Roberts - who plays his love interest in the upcoming movie Eat, Pray, Love - says that her female friends all swoon when they see Bardem.

"When I got sent the trailer for the film, I had, like, three or four girlfriends over at my house," the actress tells Elle.

"And I put the thing in, and as soon as Javier came on, they were all like: 'Oh!' The collective swoon.

"I just started giggling. He's a very charismatic guy, but that's not how I think of him in my heart now. "He's kind of like my bud."

Life & Style can reveal exclusively that Penélope Cruz and husband Javier Bardem are expecting their first child.

Last night, Penélope's rep confirmed that she and Javier quietly married at a friend's house in the Bahamas this month. It was an intimate affair, with only close family present. Penélope wore a dress designed by John Galliano.

A movie insider tells Life & Style that the couple wanted to get married before their baby arrives next year.