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For the screening of her latest filmic release, Volver, Penelope Cruz decided to pull out all the stops and threw down some major pretty on the red carpet. From Hello! Magazine:

All eyes were on the stunning 31-year-old who, with her hair swept into a Audrey Hepburn-esque do, opted for a draped asymmetrical dress accessorised with diamond earrings and bangles. Single-girl-about-town Pen, who has been recently linked to Orlando Bloom, might have been without an escort on the red carpet but she had plenty of friends to make up for the absence of a leading man.

I love Penelope, I do. But seriously, why does she seem to have about the strangest taste in men? If she could cultivate her taste for men to mirror her passion for fashion, I think we’d be in business.

(Photos by Picture Perfect Agency)

More photos (Penelope Cruz, Salma Hayek, Eva Mendes, Eve, Judy Reyes, and Mia Maestro) from the AFI Fest 2006 Hosts a Tribute to Penelope Cruz and Premieres “Volver” after the jump.

Written by Lisa Timmons

(Photos by Picture Perfect Agency)