DR MUMBO: The two Penelopes; Flatplan fails; Magnificent Markson

Tim Burrowes

February 23, 2009 10:24

Poor old Penelope Cruz. She told News Ltd’s Sunday magazine of the difficulties of being taken seriously as an actor “in films where acting ends up playing second fiddle to having the right hair and makeup”.

Presumably this was a different Penelope Cruz to the one featured 12 pages earlier in a hard-hitting DPS ad for L’Oreal Elvive shampoo in which she announced:

“Royal jelly? For dry hair it’s a first! My hair feels silky and full of bounce.”

A special welcome to flatplan corner to News Ltd, whose teams were clearly working overtime at the weekend.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.