I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I don’t get Eva Mendes. I don’t get why she’s famous, why people hire her for films or for ad campaigns. I don’t get why people care enough to have formed a strong enough opinion about her. It’s not that I think she’s a bad person, or that I find her unattractive. I’ll admit - she seems nice enough, she’s very pretty, and at times even strikingly beautiful. But for me, Eva equals “meh”. She’s not that talented as an actress (but there are worse actresses doing more, so whatever), and she’s supremely boring.

This “meh factor” must be why she pulled this look at a screening of Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans last night in New York. Yes, the sweaty, “almost pornographic” model for Calvin Klein underwear decided not to wear a bra for her photo-op. No bra, white shirt halfway unbuttoned down her chest, and the stickers still on her heels (The Daily Mail has photos of the shoes). Well done, Eva. Doesn’t she look high? She probably smoked a joint, had a couple of shots and forgot to put on her drawers.

Arriving at a screening dripping head-to-toe in labels, Eva Mendes looked stunning in her smart-casual ensemble.

Giving photographers a glimpse of her cleavage with her plunging neckline, it appeared the 35-year-old actress wasn’t wearing a bra. But whilst she may have deliberately considered to forgo a bra, she hadn’t spent as much time considering her footwear.

As she tottered on a pair of suede, bejewelled high heels, it seemed Eva had forgotten to remove the labels from the bottom of the sole.

The Cuban-American beauty made her footwear faux pas at a special screening of her new film Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans at Manhattan’s SVA Theatre.

Playing up to her racy image from the current Calvin Klein lingerie ads, Eva left her white Donna Karan blouse slightly unbuttoned giving onlookers an eyeful.

At one point, Eva’s blouse unfortunately creased the wrong way and revealed a glimpse of her nipple. Nevertheless, despite her label error and blouse ‘malfunction’, the actress still managed to look chic in her shirt and Carolina Herrera skirt.

Eva was promoting her new film without her co-star Nicolas Cage, who is currently mourning the loss of his father August Coppola from a heart attack.

Meanwhile while Eva’s assets were attracting attention on the red carpet, the famous curves were causing a furore a few blocks down town in SoHo.

Residents of the Manhattan neighbourhood are divided over a giant Calvin Klein billboard ad of a lingerie-clad Eva lying in bed with male model Jamie Dornan.

While many of her fans enjoy looking at the ad, which spans an entire block, some parents have complained its too explicit to be within the sight of children.

One resident Carl Wilson said: ‘Some of us don’t want to expose our kids to something like this - it’s borderline pornography.’

[From The Daily Mail]

These Calvin Klein ads keep getting banned all over the place. First it was the “racy” commercials, and now it’s the sweaty billboard. Meh. That’s all she sells, isn’t it? Anyway, while on the red carpet, Eva also denied the rumor that she would be signing on for Resident Evil: Afterlife. When asked, Eva said “God, no! No, no, no! Never!” Um… what? Like Eva thinks she’s too good for Resident Evil? Like some casting director is out there saying, “Should we get Meryl Streep for this role… or Eva Mendes?”

Here’s Eva Mendes walking the red carpet for a screening of ‘Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans’ at the SVA Theater in New York City on November 8, 2009. Credit: WENN.