Tom's Latin Lovelies, Old And New

By Rebecca Winters

When paparazzi snapped Tom Cruise ushering a curvy, little-known Hispanic actress into L.A.'s Jerry's Deli after hours recently, we couldn't help wondering whether the Collateral star, who broke up with Penelope Cruz last year, had found a type. Consider the evidence:

OLD FLAME

Actress-dancer Penelope Cruz, 30

NEW FLAME

Actress-model Sofia Vergara, 32

SOURCE OF SULTRY ACCENT

[Penelope Cruz] Spain

[Sofia Vergara] Colombia

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES

[Penelope Cruz] Raven mane, voluptuous pout

[Sofia Vergara] Raven mane, voluptuous bod

HOLLYWOOD CREDENTIALS

[Penelope Cruz] Better known in Europe until she met Cruise while filming 2001's Vanilla Sky

[Sofia Vergara] Better known on Spanish-language TV until she met Cruise at a party last month

SHE'S OVER HIM

Rumors that Cruz left over his devotion to Scientology can't be confirmed

SHE'S INTO HIM

A new convert? British tabs say Vergara, a Catholic, took a Scientology course. Her rep is mum