Salma Hayek forced Penélope Cruz to watch the Oscar nominations announcement. How sweet! I really hope Salma will attend the Oscars in support of Pe, wouldn’t it be awesome if she was even her date!

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Penélope, who was staying at the close friend Salma’s Los Angeles home for a sleepover, had planned to sleep through the nominations, having only flown into the city a few hours before. Her hostess, however, had other plans.

“I had just arrived to Los Angeles very, very late at night, and I had went to sleep. Four hours later, I was at the house of some of my girlfriends, and they woke me up. Actually, it was Salma Hayek. She woke me up and said, ‘We have to watch it live!’ I said, ‘That’s such a big risk!’” – Penélope Cruz

Salma Hayek has thrown a star-studded party to celebrate Penelope Cruz’s Oscar nomination.

The lavish bash was held at Salma’s Hollywood Hills home on Monday evening (26.01.09) and boasted a guest list crammed with Hollywood’s hottest stars.

Penelope, 34 – who is in the running for the Best Supporting Actress accolade for her role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona – was joined by famous friends including her co-star Scarlett Johansson and her husband Ryan Reynolds, Ashton Kutcher and his wife Demi Moore, Michael Douglas and his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, Antonio Banderas and his wife Melanie Griffith and Charlize Theron and her partner Stuart Townsend.

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