Matthew McConaughey has been letting himself go since his split with Penelope Cruz. He was photographed with a bit of a beer belly at a party he threw on the 4th of July:

Yeah, Matt still looks hot with a few extra pounds. He looks like he needs to suck his stomach in. He can whip himself back into stinky shape if he needs to. A few laps around the trailer park should do it.

Update: Matt doesn’t look quite as fat when he’s taking a jog on the beach. (inset picture via People Magazine)

Here’s his ex, Penelope Cruz, out with a friend in Beverly Hills on 6/28. You don’t see a lot of paparrazi pictures of her and she doesn’t look like she minds being photographed. [via]

Matthew McConaughey showed his support for girlfriend Penelope Cruz at the premiere of her new movie, Volver, in Madrid last night. We posted pictures from the film and a plot synopsis a few days ago.

McConaughey and Cruz looked very much the happy couple last night. Contrary to recent rumors, Cruz did not look pregnant.

Cruz recently revealed that she likes to dork it up on the dancefloor with her friend Salma Hayek:

We would all really like to see that.

Penelope Cruz stars in Pedro Almodóvar’s Volver, a film that explores the relationships between three generation of women. Cruz stars as the daughter of a woman who dies and returns as a ghost to fix unresolved issues from her life.

Almodóvar is an Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter for About My Mother in 1999, and Talk to Her in 2003.

Volver will be in Spanish with English subtitles and is due for release in the US in June, 2006. The film opens in Spain on Friday and was screened for journalists today.

Penelope Cruz is drawing heat for starring in a different movie that celebrates bullfighting. Cruz plays the mistress of a legendary bullfighter in the film Manalete, which is filming now. Adrien Brody also stars. Cruz does not wear fur and is sensitive to animal rights, but feels that bullfighting is part of Spanish culture and should be portrayed. The producers are using old footage and computer-generated effects and promise no animals will be harmed.

Here are pictures from the film and from yesterday’s photocall in Madrid. Pictures [via]

Six more after the jump.

Update: Some images removed on request.

If anyone gains a little weight or wears an unflattering dress in Hollywood, they’re pregnant.

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