salma hayek

What could be better than watching a special brought to you by CNN's sexy sophisticate Soledad O'Brien about tu cultura? (CNN's Latino in America; if you missed it, watch this weekend!) Salma Hayek playing a bearded lady in the next big vampire flick Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant of course! Okay, maybe not the sexiest role in the world, but Salma's so hot she can pull off mustaches, unibrows and yes, beards!

Another year, another mostly lily-white prime-time Emmy nomination list from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Are these people f****** serious? Do they watch anything but 30 Rock and Mad Men?

Ana Ortiz, who has looked like she was ready to explode 10 babies lately, gave birth to a baby girl on Saturday. The name might sound a little familiar--well, the first part anyway: Paloma Louise. Ugly Betty producer Salma Hayek's own daughter, is of course, named Valentina Paloma.

Salma Hayek has had her share of lovers, but she is not about to let producer Jon Peters add himself to a girl's-dream-list that includes Josh Lucas, Ed Norton, George Clooney, Oscar de la Hoya and Colin Farrell. 

BFFs Salma Hayek and Penelope Cruz have been inseparable for years, but now they'll always be together--at least at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum. They are getting their own wax statues at the Hollywood branch, which is set to open in August. According to Mexican news agency Notimex, Salma's statue, for which she supplied clothes, is ready. It's apparently taking a bit longer to nail down Penelope's huge eyes and pillowy lips.

Reluctant pop star and Latin lady lover Prince, was so taken with Karen Olivo's acceptance speech at the Tonys Sunday night that he crashed the show's after party to meet her, according to New York magazine.

After a whirlwind few weeks in which she threw a lavish, celeb-packed wedding in Venice, then jetted off to Seychelles for a low-key beach honeymoon, Salma Hayek recently got back to work—and she brought her little gordita with her. In Boston filming Grown Ups, an Adam Sandler comedy which also co-stars Chris Rock and is scheduled for release next year, the Latina star looked fabulous and super-affectionate hanging out on set in a gorgeous form-fitting black dress and with daughter Valentina attached to her hip.

Tito El Bambino shared his top celebrity Model Latinas with me. He name drops J. Lo, Sofia Vergara, and all the usual suspects. When he’s at loss, he suggests handsome women like Ivy Queen. Ha! Check out the rest of his picks…you’ll be surprised.

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Everybody—well, almost everybody—in movies, TV and music has to stay in shape for the job. But that doesn’t guarantee a great body. Hollywood is full of people who have, for example, a nice rack but flat ass and chicken legs (sorry, Rosario Dawson) or ruggedly handsome face but a body so flaccid it could double as Jell-O (the lumpy Benicio del Toro). But the following Latin celebrities have it all—whether they got it through genes or hard work (and hopefully not through too much nip and tuck).