Entertainment Weekly has named the Ultimate Female Hotties: The ’90s To 2007, and our Salma was (of course) one of them. Other celebrities on the list were Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry and Charlize Theron. Here’s what they had to say about Salma:

Ultimate Hottie Moment Hayek illustrates what she means by ”you gotta do what you gotta do” — by taking off her coffee-stained blouse in a elevator in “Ugly Betty”.

On october 9, The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard announced and honored the 25 most powerful Hispanic women in the entertainment industry at the first annual “Hispanic Women in Entertainment” breakfast, held this morning at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Attendees included the “The 25 Most Powerful” as well as executives, celebrities and influencers from across the entertainment industry.

At the event, Susan Whiting, Executive Vice President, The Nielsen Company and Chairman, Nielsen Media Research, delivered opening remarks, and Emmy Award winner America Ferrera, the star of ABC’s “Ugly Betty,” received the inaugural “The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard Hispanic Woman of the Year Award” and delivered the keynote address. Ferrera was selected to receive the award by the senior executives and editors at The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard for the work she has done to break down the barriers that Hispanic women face in the entertainment industry.

“America and all of the women honored here today exemplify intelligence, courage, talent and tenacity,” said John Kilcullen, publisher of Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter. “Although narrowing the list down to 25 was an arduous process, each of these women is a shining example of what it takes to be successful in this business, and we are delighted to recognize them.”

The top 10 of the 25 Most Powerful Hispanic Women, listed in order by rank, are:

1. Nina Tassler, President, CBS Entertainment

2. Belinda Menendez, President, NBC Universal International Television
Distribution

3. Salma Hayek, Actress-producer

4. Lucia Ballas-Traynor, General Manager, MTV Tr3s

5. Alina Falcon, Executive VP and Operating Manager, Univision

6. Darlene Caamano-Loquet, President, NALA Films

7. Christina Davis, Senior VP, Drama Series Development, CBS

8. Antoinette Zel, Senior Executive Vice President, Strategy,
Telemundo

9. Alexandra Lioutikoff, Senior Vice President, Latin membership,
ASCAP

10. Jennifer Lopez, Actress-singer-producer

According to PEOPLE.com, Salma Hayek has been spreading the news about giving birth – by text messaging her friends.

“I got a text from her the other night. 7 lbs, 7 oz., and everyone is healthy and happy,” Josh Lucas told PEOPLE at Tropfest@Tribeca.

Hayek gave birth to her daughter Valentina Paloma Pinault Sept. 21.

“For someone you care about and love as much as I love her, I was just so happy for her,” Lucas, who dated Hayek for about nine months in 2003/2004, said.

This is the first child for Hayek, who is engaged to the baby’s father, François Henri Pinault. If the Ugly Betty star’s love for her dogs is any indication, Lucas knows Hayek will be an excellent parent.

“She will be a doting and loving mother. The way she is with her dogs, I can’t even imagine what she’ll be like with her kid,” Lucas said before the festival Sunday night.

Lucas plans to visit the first-time mother and baby in a week and a half, he told PEOPLE.

Late yesterday, September 21, Salma gave birth to a baby girl — Valentina Paloma Pinault! “Mother and child are doing well,” her publicist Cari Ross said in a statement to the Associated Press. This is the couple’s first child together. A HUGE congratulations to the happy couple – and welcome Valentina!

Here’s a great new interview Salma and co-worker José Tamez did for the Los Angeles Times. It focuses on the work with Ventanazul, Latin movies and Salma’s future in Hollywood. It’s a very interesting article, so don’t hesitate to read the whole thing.

Why aren’t more studios taking chances with projects aimed at the Latino niche?
Hayek: Because, honestly, there have been a lot of failures. You want to be conservative because there is not a clear vision of what the market is exactly.

How has “Ugly Betty’s” success helped you as producers?
Hayek: It has helped us a lot. A combination of that and “Frida.” We haven’t done a lot of things, but the things we have done have either been commercial or critical successes. Even the little tiny things we have done for Showtime… We have been trying to get a Latin-themed show on television for six or seven years.

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