Actor Spotlight -- Jordana DePaula

We recently interviewed the lovely and quite talented Jordana DePaula. You might recognize her from her work on "Rock of Ages" and "Step Up Revolution". Jordana is also appearing on the soon-to-be-released, "Pain & Gain", starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Mark Wahlberg.

Now, while we're definitely huge fans of the aforementioned stars... I'll admit that I'll be the first in line to watch "Pain & Gain" just to see Jordana's million-dollar smile. And when I say "million-dollar smile" - I mean it. Jordana has a passion for Cosmetic Dentistry, which can explain her magnetic smile :-)

But I don't want to spoil any surprises... Read our interview with her now.

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