" In an interview with the Los Angeles Daily News in 1999, Cruz commented that " it was a great part, but ... I wasn't really ready for the nudity.

Kevin N. Laforest of the Montreal Film Journal commented in his September 2002 review that Cruz " has been getting some really bad reviews for her recent American work, but I personally think that she's a more than decent actress, especially here, where she's charming, moving and always believable.

Kevin Lally of the Film Journal International commented in his review for the film that " in an ironic casting twist, the Spanish actress Penelope Cruz [...] is much more appealing as Josepha in her previous roles.

" A writer for Film4 commented that " Cruz herself is the inevitable focus of the film " but noted that overall the film " looks great.

Susan Stark of the Detroit News commented that in the film Thornton was able to guide Damon, Henry Thomas and Cruz to " their most impressive performances in a major movie yet.

Jeff Vice of the Deseret News commented that " unfortunately, casting Cruz as a tough girl is a hilariously bad ..." and Michael Miller of the Village Voice writing that " as Satan's helper Carmen, Penélope Cruz doesn't hold a candle to her cocaine-huffing enabler in Blow.

Eric Harrison of the Houston Chronicle noted that Cruz " goes all out " with her appearance and Patrick Peters of Empire magazine commented that the film's director, who also appears in the film, was able to draw a " sensitive performance " from Cruz.

Claudia Puig of USA Today commented that while Cruz " does a steamy song and dance ," her " acting is strangely caricatured.

A replica of two coaches made in England for the Belmont Club in the East, and matchless west of the Rockies, it was the despair of whips on the Santa Cruz run.

In the late 1990s, under Project Monterey, IBM and the Santa Cruz Operation planned to integrate AIX and UnixWare into a single 32-bit / 64-bit multiplatform UNIX with particular emphasis on running on Intel IA-64 ( Itanium ) architecture CPUs.

Cruz was even a guest on Bixby's hit series, The Incredible Hulk.

They also appear on the flags of the Australian state of Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory, as well as the flag of Magallanes Region of Chile, the flag of Londrina ( Brazil ) and several Argentine provincial flags and emblems ( for example, Tierra del Fuego and Santa Cruz ).

In 2001, Ray, Peligro, and Flouride chose former Dr. Know singer Brandon Cruz to replace Biafra on vocals.

On 17 April he set sail with Diogo Pereira, leaving Goa on board the Santa Cruz for China.

GeekSpeak is a radio program on the Central Coast of California, broadcast weekly by KUSP in Santa Cruz, California since 1998 and distributed on the internet since 2002.

Hometown favorites Nolan Ryan and José Cruz moved on and the team entered a rebuilding phase.

Colonial Mexican poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz also mentions " Lucrecia " in her poem Redondillas, a commentary on prostitution and who is to blame.

* Thomas Jefferson Scribner was a familiar figure on the streets of Santa Cruz, California during the 1970s playing the musical saw.

Tablets based on MIPS include the Cruz tablets from Velocity Micro.

* 1976 – A Bolivian Boeing 707 cargo jet crashes in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, killing 100 ( 97, mostly children, killed on the ground ).

Initially, Cruz had no ambition to be an actress and focused on dance, having studied classical ballet for nine years at Spain's National Conservatory.

Lori Hoffman of the Atlantic City Weekly felt Cruz put her " considerable skills on cruise control as Dr Eva Rojas " and James Berardnelli of ReelViews described Cruz's performance as a " black hole ," that she " lacks screen presence.

" In 2008, Cruz appeared in Isabel Coixet's film Elegy, which was based on the Philip Roth story The Dying Animal, as the lead female role, Consuela Castillo.

Stephanie Zacharek of Salon. com noted in her review for the film that Cruz " doesn't coast on her beauty in Broken Embraces, and she has the kind of role that can be difficult to flesh out.

On 1 April 2011, prior to the film's release, Cruz received the 2, 436th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the El Capitan Theatre.

Cruz at a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in April 2011

Cruz was also ranked on Askmen. com's Most Desirable Women of 2008 at No. 26, in 2009 at No. 25, and in 2010 at No. 7.

In 2010, Cruz was a guest editor for the French Vogue magazine, focusing on larger-size models in a provocative photo shoot.

" A pregnant Cruz showed her support for the battle against AIDS by lighting up the Empire State Building with red lights in New York City December 1, 2010 on International AIDS Day, as part of ( RED )' s new awareness campaign, ' An AIDS Free Generation is Due in 2015 ,' which aims to eradicate the HIV virus from pregnant mothers to their babies.

Cruz is a friend of director Pedro Almodóvar, whom she has known for almost two decades and with whom she has worked on films.

The most recent films directed by Cunha Telles are Vidas ( 1984 ), Pandora ( 1996 ) and, more recently, Kiss Me ( 2004 ), the first and only cinematic experience of the top model Marisa Cruz.

Celia Cruz recorded Efraín's plena " A Papá Cuando Venga " (" When Dad Comes Back ", a song describing a girl's experience with sexual harassment by a neighbor from her perspective, threatening him with a beating once her dad comes back from running errands ) in bomba style with Willie Colón, and had a huge hit with it in Puerto Rico.

The Life and Music of Celia Cruz ," " Orphans of the Rwanda Genocide: Portraits of Survival and Hope ," " Intersections of South Central: People and Places in Historic and Contemporary Photographs ," " In the Hands of African American Collectors: The Personal Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey " ( the Kinsey Collection ) and " Black Chrome " concerning the West Coast's Black motorcycling experience.

" In a foreshadowing way, Cruz remembers when she was four years old, " playing with some friends and being aware that I was acting as I was playing with them — I would think of a character and pretend to be someone else.

" When Rose asked Cruz if she was concerned about how she would be perceived after her role in the film, Cruz replied, " I just knew I had to do the complete opposite.

Nina Willdorf of the Boston Phoenix described Cruz as " multi-talented " and Mark Salvo of the Austin Chronicle wrote " I may be one of the last male holdouts to join the Cruz-Rules camp, but her tour de force performance here sucks you right in.

Millennialist imagery is also reflected throughout the kingdom in the Cruz de la Victoria icon-the major emblem of the Asturian kingdom-has its origins in a passage of the Revelation book in which Saint John relates the following vision of the Parusia: He sees Jesus Christ seated in his Majesty, surrounded by clouds and affirming: " I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty ".

Perkins has also collaborated with Michael Moore, according to a 2005 interview with Santa Cruz Metro, in which he stated, "( T ) his never got to actual animation, but I did work on a script with Michael Moore for a year.

Simmons contributed the atmospheric " I Cheat the Hangman ," as well as " Neal's Fandango ," an ode to Santa Cruz, Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady.

* Vera Cruz, a transsexual character in Pedro Almodóvar's 2011 Spanish-language film The Skin I Live In

Born Maria da Glória Joana Carlota Leopoldina da Cruz Francisca Xavier de Paula Isidora Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga, in Rio de Janeiro, she was the daughter of the future King of Portugal and first Emperor of Brazil, Pedro IV and I and his first wife Maria Leopoldina, Archduchess of Austria, herself a daughter of Emperor Francis II.

Popular British R & B artists include Taio Cruz, Jay Sean, Tinie Tempah, M. I. A, Tinchy Stryder, Jessie J, Dizzee Rascal, Rita Ora, Joss Stone and N-Dubz.

By decision of King Juan Carlos I, Franco is entombed in the monument of Valle de los Caídos | Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos.

The album's guests included Lauryn Hill and Pras along with Jean's siblings ' group Melky Sedeck ; the I Threes ( back-up vocals for Bob Marley ); The Neville Brothers and Celia Cruz.

Dating from this period are the remodelling ( in manueline style ) of the Santa Cruz Monastery, including the tombs of Kings Afonso Henriques and Sancho I, the renaissance Manga Fountain, the altarpieces and triumphal portal of the Old Cathedral, among other works.

At San Juan de Ulúa ( in modern Vera Cruz ) he was chanced upon by a strong Spanish force that was bringing, by a royal edict issued on 16 June 1567 by king Philip II of Spain, an investigative commission consisting of Licenciado Gaspar de Jarava, Licenciado Alonso Muñoz, and Doctor Luis Carrillo to find out about the insistent rumours alleging some sort of move towards Mexican independence from the Spanish Crown by the Spanish Viceroy of Mexico Gaston de Peralta, 3rd Marquis of Falces, and his half-brothers Martin Cortés I " El Mestizo ", Martin Cortés y Zúñiga ( also known as Martin Cortés II and Martín Cortés, 2nd Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca ) and Luis Cortés y Hermosillo.

* Nadinne I. Cruz

Some species are renowned for their properties in folk medicine and herbalism ; for example Vera Cruz jalap ( I. jalapa ) and Tampico jalap ( I. simulans ) are used to produce jalap, a cathartic preparation accelerating the passage of stool.

Vera Cruz jalap ( Ipomoea purga | I. purga ) from Köhler's Medicinal Plants | Köhler's Medicinal Plants