Penelope Cruz Felled By Food Poisoning

CANNES, France — Penelope Cruz has had to miss an event at the Cannes Film Festival after suffering food poisoning.

Weinstein Co. boss Harvey Weinstein broke the news to reporters Monday at an event to promote her forthcoming musical "Nine." Cruz had been due to appear, but Weinstein said she was ill with "some sort of food poisoning" and was seeing a doctor.

Cruz stars in Pedro Almodovar's "Broken Embraces," which is due to have its Cannes premiere on Tuesday.

"Nine" is directed by Rob Marshall and also stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard and Nicole Kidman.

Comments

[amonster]

Penelope Cruz may be hot, but I think her sister is way hotter. It's funny that they have been trying to dominate separate markets (English vs. Spanish) and now Monica Cruz is in a movie that will come out in America (Iron Cross.) Bring on the competition!!!

[Goliadkin]

Get well soon, Penelope. Lots of love and kisses to you and your tummy!

[LMPE]

Doesn't sound very pleasant. I hope that she's OK.

[Joye]

I guess this is one of the 'down' sides to going to Cannes. I'll stay home, thank you...

[Goliadkin]

"Every year there are about 76 million foodborne illnesses in the United States (26,000 cases for 100,000 inhabitants), 2 million in the United Kingdom (3,400 cases for 100,000 inhabitants) and 750,000 in France (1,210 cases for 100,000 inhabitants)."--Wikpedia

I'll take my chances at Cannes, thank you.

[MajorKong]

You can get food poisoning anywhere and the food in France generally ranges from good to excellent.

We used to go to Cassis, which is a little more off the beaten path and not as crowded and expensive as Cannes.

[Urgent Fury]

Don't sound good!