Penelope Cruz has praised "patient" actor Daniel Day-Lewis for tolerating his cast of sexy co-stars on movie musical Nine - because the A-list actresses spent hours a day gossiping on set.

Happy Birthday to:

Italian actress Sophia Loren (1934)

There are so many articles and pictures on Celebrity MILFS (Moms I'd Like To F---). Rarely do you see features on celebrity GILFS (Grandmas I'd Like To F---). It's time to put the spotlight

Before we get started on the Mega Oscar Diary, let's go to a few random ramblings from the cadre of pre-shows around the dial:

Melanie Griffith, Lisa Bonet and Swimming Pool stars Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier have been named among the "25 Sexiest Women of All Time" in a new poll.

Happy Birthday to "Marie Antoinette" actress Asia Argento (1975), "3rd Rock From the Sun" actress Kristen Johnston (1967), film and tv actor Robert Rusler (1965), "Hero" actress Maggie Cheung (1964), "Office Space" actor Gary Cole (1956),

The role Kate Hudson will play in her movie musical debut was written especially for her. Her Nine character - a Vogue magazine writer called Stephanie - didn't feature in the original Broadway show.

Sophia Loren is calling on her late husband, filmmaker Carlo Ponti, to visit her from beyond the grave. The movie beauty, who plays a ghost in new film Nine,

1) Starpulse user Babyumyum asks: "I like Charles Chaplin. How many silent films did he make and why only one talkie?" Chaplin made his first film, Making a Living, in 1914. That same year, he made 34 more films.