In the latest installment of Annie Leibovitz’s Disney Dream Portraits series we have Penelope Cruz as Belle and Jeff Bridges her prince in a shot title  “Tale As Old As Time”, inspired by “Beauty and the Beast” (above) and Olivia Wilde as the Evil Queen and Alec Baldwin the Spirit in the Magic Mirror in a scene entitled “Famed Is Thy Beauty”, inspired by “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (below).

Queen Latifah as Ursula the Sea Witch from “The Little Mermaid”.

Which one is your favourite photos from this series? I liked Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella and Tina Fey as Tinkerbell but Penelope as Belle is my new favorite!

And if you missed out on the rest of his collection, here are more great disney fantasy photographs by Annie Leibovitz

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You know World Cup season is here when luxury goods brands start rounding up soccer players as their brand ambassadors. Here’s football legends Pelé, Maradona and Zinedine Zidane, enjoying a nice game of foosball in a campaign shoot for Louis Vuitton, photographed by Annie Leibovitz.

Zizou got ‘em marked — Louis Vuitton monogram canvas luggage bags personalized with the painted letters “Z.Z”.

Leibovitz also recently shot some of the brightest names in football for the cover and spread of Vanity Fair June edition with a special feature on the World Cup. Yup, the one with the boys dressed in nothing but their underwear. Why? I have no idea. Oh wait, the underpants are emblazoned with the colors and crests of the flags of their countries so I’m guessing it’s showing national pride in its rawest, naked form. Or something like that. ;)

From left to right: Sulley Muntari (Ghana), Landon Donovan (U.S.A.), Kaká (Brazil), Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon), and Pato (Brazil).

Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) on the Vanity Fair June 2010 cover. *blush*

My predictions? The England jersey will be a winner.