Eva Mendes stripped down to show her super hot bikini body on a trip to Italy with her boyfriend George Gargurevich yesterday. She may have missed out on our first annual competition for best bikini body, but it looks like she's ready to be a contender next time around. Today she dried off and dressed up for a portrait session at the 2009 Giffoni Film Festival. Eva may be in town for work, but it seems like she's found a nice balance between business and pleasure.

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The Spirit star let her emotions show while talking about her involvement with The Art of Elysium - an organisation that encourages actors, artists and musicians to volunteer their time and talents to children battling serious medical conditions - at a press conference at Cartier's Big Apple headquarters, reported Womens' Wear Daily.

"It's so emotional to see the growth and results [of the children]," the actress said, before adding: "Thank God for waterproof mascara."

The actress let her arm candy do the talking as she kept her outfit simple - she wore a green Michael Kors shift dress and black high heels to unveil the famed jeweller's fourth annual Love Day initiative and the new Love Charity bracelet.

The design of the bracelet features an 18-carat gold and diamond charm, and 150 dollars from each bracelet sold will go to one of 24 partner charities, including The Art of Elysium, Unicef and The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, each designated by a specific colour.

Eva will next be seen in Last Night, which also stars Keira Knightley.

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Calvin Klein Jeans was singled out by the media on Tuesday for its provocative billboard at the corner of Houston and Lafayette streets in Manhattan, which show a seminude threesome. It’s the kind of media attention the brand thrives on, but soon it will be out with the old ads and in with the new — and for fall, the campaign includes actress Eva Mendes and Jamie Dornan. Steven Klein shot the duo in, true to form, racy new black-and-white images for Jeans and Calvin Klein Underwear. In addition to billboards, there will be Jeans ad inserts in the August issues of Lucky, Elle and GQ, and the September issue of Vanity Fair, as well as cover gatefolds in W, Nylon, Details and Interview. For women and men’s underwear, four-page ad units will run in In Style and GQ. Mendes has developed close ties to the company, adding the new Underwear and Jeans campaigns to her work in Calvin Klein Secret Obsession and the current Underwear campaign. Dornan has worked with the brand for years, previously alongside Natalia Vodianova in fall 2004 and Kate Moss in fall 2006. He’s also in the new Calvin Klein white label ads, with model Edita.

Eva Mendes never splashes her cash on expensive clothes or diamonds - because spending her hard-earned money makes her "uncomfortable".

Mendes' family moved from Cuba to the U.S. before she was born, and after her parents split she was raised by her mother, who struggled to pay her way with a variety of part-time jobs.

The Hitch star insists her humble roots have made her frugal with her finances and Mendes is adamant she will never fritter away her fortune on unnecessary material goods.

She tells Britain's Cosmopolitan magazine, "I wouldn't change my upbringing. It's given me great values towards money and has made me really appreciate everything I have. I'm not a spender or a shopper. I don't find pleasure in being frivolous with money. In fact, I find it uncomfortable.

"Even this ring I'm wearing right now will go back to my stylist at the end of the day. I don't think money can make you happy at all. The only thing it will do is drive you crazy."

Finally.  Our gallery will be back up next Friday.

So nobody, particularly Abel Ferrara, really wanted to see Werner Herzog remake Bad Lieutenant, Ferrara's 1991 movie featuring Harvey Keitel as an officer of the law who's exactly what he sounds like. But after taking a gander at a trailer for the movie that has hit the internet in what seems to be a very unofficial way, I might have to change my mind. This shit looks kinda awesome. At the very least, it might be a shot for Nicolas Cage to redeem himself after such a long string of flops, and for Eva Mendes to seduce him in movie that isn't Ghost Rider. I have no idea how official this trailer is or how long it will be online, so check it out below while you still can. It's like House on heavier drugs and with guns. It might be the best thing you see all day.

 

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Be careful drivers! It has just been announced that Eva Mendes will return as the face of Calvin Klein underwear and fragrances.

The steamy new ads will not only grace magazines but also billboards. As if drivers did not have enough to look out for on the road, we will now

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Eva Mendes has lined up a steamy follow-up to her topless Calvin Klein ads after reteaming with the edgy fashion brand for their new underwear and jeans campaign.

Mendes' ads for Calvin Klein fragrance were deemed so sexy by American television bosses, several networks refused to air the footage last year.

But the Hitch star, who declared Americans too "prudish" for censoring the ad, hasn't been swayed by her critics.

The actress will join forces with model Jamie Dornan - who starred in ads for the brand alongside Kate Moss - for the upcoming global advertising campaigns for Calvin Klein Jeans and Underwear.

Mendes will also remain the face of Calvin Klein Underwear and Secret Obsession fragrance for their Fall 2009 ads.

The new campaign, shot by famed photographer Steven Klein, will hit fashion magazines and billboards this autumn, reports People.com.

Simon Hunter - who will see the release of his "THE MUTANT CHRONICLES" this month - has signed on to direct indie thriller "CURVE", which centers on a young woman's struggle to survive when she finds herself at the mercy of a psychopathic killer after taking a detour into the backwoods outside New York City.

Eva Mendes was formerly attached to star. The screenplay was penned by Kimberly Johnson, but Hunter will work on the script with the aim of going into production in six months.