Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem

During a romantic weekend in the Riviera, the gorgeous Javier Bardem popped the question to Penélope Cruz. According to the National Enquirer, the pair are set to wed before the year is out...

Do we take this one with a pinch of salt? A source close to Javier says his mum, Pilar, is pushing her son to marry the lovely Penélope. Javier has become the most desirable Latino on the planet since bagging a Best Actor Oscar for his turn in the Coen brothers' No Country For Old Men, so maybe Mama wants him to settle down and avoid a media frenzy about his private life...

The Latino lovebirds were introduced by director Pedro Almodovar when they worked together on his 1992 film Jamon Jamon. Both have since taken Hollywood by storm, but they've only been dating for less than a year. Pen is no stranger to on-screen romantice (she met Tom Cruise on the set of Vanilla Sky and Matthew McConaughey on the set of Sahara), and finally fell for Javier's charms when they filmed Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona together. So while we may not get an invitation to their nuptials, we can at least go and see the film...