Penélope Cruz opens up about the perimenopause symptoms she started noticing at 41

We've long talked about menopause as if it were a light switch - as though a woman turns 50, her period vanishes, and hot flashes show up. But the body doesn't work that way. Years before the final period arrives, there's often a long transitional stretch in which hormones swing wildly and physical and emotional changes start to surface. This is called perimenopause. Avalon Penelope Cruz is opening up about her experiences with perimenopause Penélope Cruz, 52, just put a very public and candid face to the process. In a conversation with her "The Invite" co-star Olivia Wilde, Cruz was . . .