AskMen.com has revealed their list of the Top 99 Women of 2008, and granted, Salma was on it. Although she fell 20 spots from last year, she came in on #52! Noteworthy is that over 75% of the ones who’ve viewed the list would rank Salma higher than the 52 spot.

The top three was a bit unexpected, and none of the top women were there last year. Actress Katherine Heigl was named the Top Woman of 2008 while followed by Victoria’s Secret-model Alessandra Ambrosio and actress Kate Beckinsale.

Why she’s No. 52
Recently voted one of the most powerful members of the Hollywood Latino community, this yummy mummy is a true star in every sense of the word. In 2007 alone, she wore the producer’s hat on Ugly Betty, appeared in Across the Universe and become the CEO of her very own Latin film production company, Ventanazul. In 2008, look out for this exotic chica and her caliente curves in Keep Coming Back, Cirque du Freak and South of the Border.

Salma Hayek and her fiancé Francois-Henri Pinault have been named the richest couple in Hollywood in a poll by In Touch magazine. Pinault’s luxury goods company PPR, which owns Gucci Yves Saint Laurent, is said to be worth over $14 billion.

Also making the new power pair top 10 list are Justin Timberlake & Jessica Biel, music mogul Simon Cowell & Teri Seymour and new couple Jessica Simpson & American football star Tony Romo.

Salma Hayek has reported a theft of her laptop during a recent trip abroad.

She’s desperate to get the computer back because it is believed that its hard drive includes personal photos of Salma with friends, family, and baby Valentina. She’s really worried that the images could fall into the wrong hands, reports the New York Post. The police are currently investigating the matter.

Let’s all hope for Salma to get her laptop back, she must feel really frustrated over all the photos.

Salma has signed on as a spokeswoman for Pampers’ “One Pack = One Vaccine” program. It’s a global initiative launched in the U.K. in 2006, in cooperation with UNICEF, to provide mothers and infants in Africa and Asia with tetanus shots. Isn’t this the best way to use your celebrity status? To try and help people. Read the article below to find out more about the program. Gotta love Salma!

“In our own small way, this is an opportunity for moms like me here in North America to help other mothers on a global level,” Hayek said about signing on for the program.

For every specially marked package of Pampers product sold in the U.S. and Canada between Apr. 1 and June 30, the Procter & Gamble-owned brand will donate the funds for one vaccine.

Considering Pampers is the top-selling diaper brand in the world, so P&G says, the partnership, part of the company’s philanthropic “Live, Learn and Thrive” campaign, seems poised to raise quite a bit of cash.

Hayek and fiancé François-Henri Pinault welcomed daughter Valentina Paloma Pinault on Sept. 21, their first child together.

But although one might think that Hayek would be sick of diapers these days, her decision to team up with Pampers fits right in with a lot of her other extracurricular activities.

Along with Madonna, Adrien Brody, Lucy Liu, Demi Moore and various other celebs, the Once Upon a Time in Mexico star will cochair a big-ticket fundraiser on Feb. 6 celebrating the opening of Gucci’s new Fifth Avenue store and benefiting UNICEF and Raising Malawi, the charity cofounded by Madonna in 2006 for orphans in the southeast African country.

Source: E! News

Also, shooting on William H. Macy’s feature directorial debut “Keep Coming Back”, in which Salma plays an alcoholic ex-stripper, is scheduled to begin in February. Hopefully some on-set photography will be released!

The nominations for the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards have been revealed today, and “Across the Universe” was nominated for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. The movie, coming to DVD in February next year, has Salma as a singing nurse in a quick cameo, and she’s singing back-up on a song in the soundtrack as well.

America Ferrera, the star of Salma’s “Ugly Betty” also recieved a nomination, for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy. Unfortunately the show itself was overlooked this year, and no other cast-mates were nominated either.

The winners will be announced Sunday, January 13th (in exactly one month), next year.