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George Lopez, a comedian, is set to team up for a project with Salma Hayek as he is currently in talks with the actress and her partner Jose Tamez’s production company.

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Salma Hayek, who looked beautiful while strolling through Hollywood this weekend, is one of the 50 women who will be featured in Variety’s Women’s Impact Report.

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Salma Hayek, an actress as well as producer, has been named Hollywood’s Sexiest Celebrity.

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Steven Saxton, the CEO of Hollywood Studios International (HSI), recently announced that the company has signed an agreement with Carving Dreams Entertainment (CDE), which would allow them to jointly produce a series of films.

The first project from this union will feature Bollywood’s Akshay Kumar and Irrfan Khan and most likely, Salma Hayek from Hollywood. Though Akshay Kumar and Irrfan Khan have green-lighted the project, Salma Hayek has yet to consent. The pictures will be made in both English and Hindi.

Akshay Kumar will not only romance Rachael Weiss in Australian Bandstand but may also star opposite Salma Hayek in Carving Dreams Entertainment’s project with Los Angeles based Hollywood Studios International. While nothing is confirmed yet trade pundits claim that the two companies have signed a $ 100 million (Rs 400 crore approx.) deal to produce five films.

Salma Hayek, who hits the headlines with the news of her pregnancy and engagement, will be bringing up her baby at the old home of former Frasier star Kelsey Grammer in Bel-Air, California.

The stunning Latina actress-turned-producer and her businessman fiancé, Francois-Henri Pinault, have reportedly bought the five-bedroom estate for just over $20 million.

Kelsey Grammer has confirmed the sale to the “New York Post”, revealing, “We are thrilled Salma [Hayek] bought the house.”

Salma Hayek, a Hollywood actress and “Ugly Betty” producer, waddled into the Colette Jewelry store opening on Melrose Place in Los Angeles on Thursday.

The actress looked stunning in a purple outfit and hardly wears any makeup on her eyes.

There is a speculation that she’ll be playing a stripper in the next film called “Keep Coming Back”. According to the claim, Alta Films have recently picked up the film’s Spanish rights. The film is expected to begin shooting in July in Los Angles.

Eric Mabius, Ugly Betty co-star of Salma Hayek, hated shooting sex scenes with the stunning star. It is because she brought her pack of dogs on set.

Instead of concentrating on the sexy Latina’s curves, Eric Mabius was preoccupied with the intimidating pooches Salma Hayek insisted accompany her.

He revealed, “She has dogs, lots of them. They were all over the set, so it’s not sexy… more like directing traffic!”

Meanwhile, Salma Hayek met Olivier Martinez in Paris to do some shopping together on June 14. Sheba, the dog of Olivier, was spotted hanging with them. It seems Olivier takes his dog anywhere.

Drew Barrymore’s latest film role sees her starring as a dog in animated movie ‘South of the Border’.

The actress will voice the character of pampered pooch Chloe in the Disney comedy, which will also feature the vocal talents of Salma Hayek and Andy Garcia.

‘South of the Border’ follows spoilt Chihuahua Chloe on her quest to get home after getting lost while on vacation in Mexico.

Salma Hayek will provide the voice of Chloe’s spirit guide in the movie, while Andy Garcia’s character is a German shepherd who has been kicked out of the police force.

Chloe will be set for some canine romance in the form of Papi, voiced by George Lopez. The film will see Drew Barrymore, 32, reunited with director Raja Gosnell, who she previously worked with in 1999 comedy ‘Never Been Kissed’.

It will not be the first time the actress has leant her voice to an animated character - the star voiced Maggie for last year’s ‘Curious George’ and has also been heard on adult cartoon TV series ‘Family Guy’.

Salma Hayek, a Hollywood actress, and her French businessman fiancé, Francois-Henri Pinault, arrive at his private dinner on Friday at the famed architectural complex Fondazione Cini in Venice, Italy.

The couple celebrated the 52nd Annual Biennale with friends, including actress pal Mia Maestro and supermodel Naomi Campbell.

Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri are expecting their first child in the next few months.

It seems that actress Salma Hayek will soon give birth to a little baby girl.

Speculations that the actress is expecting a baby girl started after she splurged $1500 on a bunch of pink things for a newborn baby.

Salma Hayek hit West Hollywood’s trendy Bel Bambini baby boutique on June 6, and bought some newborn necessities.

The store even closed for an hour so that the actress could have added privacy and shop in peace.

A fellow shopper, who happened to be in the store before it closed revealed that Salma was overheard saying in Spanish, “This will be perfect for her,” about a pacifier.

After she was done, she was escorted back to her waiting car.

Salma Hayek, who recently wore a t-shirt showing “Stylish, Sexy, Pregnant”, was certainly lived up to her glamorous reputation as she attended the ALMA awards in California last Friday.

The beautiful actress, whose baby is due this summer, was at the bash - which honors achievements by Hispanic artists - to pick up the outstanding television series gong for her show “Ugly Betty”. The program won four awards, including best actress for its star America Ferrera, and best supporting actress for her on-screen sibling Ana Ortiz.

The actress had plenty to talk about with the evening’s host, Eva Longoria, who like her is engaged to a Frenchman. No date has yet been released for the nuptials, but Salma Hayek is set to tie the knot with businessman Francois-Henri Pinault.

Eva Longoria, on the other hand, is to walk down the aisle with Belgium-born, France-raised basketball player Tony Parker on July 7 in Paris. The gala turned out to be a hard night’s work for the Desperate Housewives beauty, who changed an incredible 18 times during the event and even performed a red-hot salsa dance with co-host Mario Lopez.

Salma Hayek, who recently signed a television deal, is planning a secret winter wedding but she isn’t letting anyone know where it will be.

According to a report, the actress and her fiancé Francois-Henri Pinault have set a date for December just after the Frida star gives birth to the couple’s first baby.

And insider revealed, “It’ll be an intimate ceremony sometime during the holidays,” adding that close pals Penelope Cruz and Ashley Judd may serve as bridesmaids.

Salma Hayek, a Hollywood actress, has signed a deal to produce a series of new shows following her success as the executive producer of “Ugly Betty”.

ABC, a U.S. television network, has struck a deal with Hayek and producing partner Jose Tamez to work on new projects for the studio through their company, Ventanarosa Productions, according to a report.

Oscar De La Hoya, a boxer, was left star struck during one recent fight in Los Angeles when he spotted Salma Hayek ringside. The welterweight fighter, who lost his world title to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in Las Vegas on Saturday night, insists he’s always focused when he’s in the ring, but one dazzling fan almost knocked him out.

He revealed, “When I fought Shane Moseley at the Staples Center… I saw Salma Hayek there, and I have to admit I got a little distracted there for a second.”

Salma Hayek, who recently announced her pregnancy and engagement, revealed that being a mother is a tall order and most people shouldn’t do it until later on in life.

The actress-turned-producer revealed, “Society thinks if you don’t have children, you’ve failed as a woman, even if you are chief executive officer of a company.”

The actress also revealed, “You’ve got to be beautiful, smart, skinny, tall, rich, successful at your job, married to the right guy and have genius children.” She added, “And by the way, you also have to be a nun.”

She assured her fans that she has everything in perspective since the time that she hits 40 and she got engaged to businessman Francois-Henri Pinault. No more stressing about hair or dresses because she is focused on getting more impressive roles for Latino women in Hollywood.

Salma Hayek also revealed that before her and Jennifer Lopez, Latino women only played as “the maid or the prostitute” but “we changed that”.

Salma Hayek, a Hollywood actress, revealed that she hates the way the Bible depicts women and reveres sex. The 40-year-old actress claims she still believes in God and Jesus Christ, but she’ll always have big problems with the Bible.

In an interview for Marie Claire, a women’s magazine, The actress explains, “I don’t like the way the Bible views women – this thing about the Virgin Mary conceiving a child without having sex – so if you conceive a child by having sex, there’s a subliminal message that there’s something dirty about it.” The actress added, “And this is what makes us divine – I mean, the possibility of creating another life should remind women that we are creators, that we are made like God in our ability. There is nothing greater than to create another human being.”

The interview of Salma Hayek is included in the current May issue of the Marie Claire.

Salma Hayek, Hollywood actress turned producer, has agreed with Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Inc. to form a film company that focus in Latino movies appealing to wider, mainstream audiences.

Ventanazul, the new film company, is set to make or acquire independent movies, and will distribute two to four movies a year that portray on Latin themes, attribute Latino actors and cross over to mainstream audiences for box office appeal.

Salma Hayek revealed, “We want these movies to appeal to everyone, but we also hope to make Latino audiences proud.” As for the example of programs with a Latino theme, the actress even pointed to “Frida,” a film about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, and to “Ugly Betty.”

The actress will act as a president and chief executive officer of the new film company, Ventanazul.

Salma Hayek, a Hollywood actress, is stunned to find herself a sex symbol in the U.S. It is because when she was growing up in Mexico, she was considered as “deformed.”

The 40-year-old actress, who recently announced her engagement and pregnancy, revealed that she was deeply unhappy about her looks. It was because she was regarded the opposite of true beauty.

Salma Hayek said, “I have had my struggles. I am five foot, two inches and in Mexico it was important to be tall. I grew up in a world where beauty was not only tall; it was white and blonde with blue eyes. And I’m dark, have brown eyes and brown hair and I’m short. She added, “People used to say that the short thing was a deformity. I was really upset about my height.