Salma Hayek

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Salma Hayek: TV Guide News

Salma Hayek Develops Reality Wedding Series | Today's News: Our Take | 8/11/2008
Even though Salma Hayek called off her engagement last month to her businessman beau François-Henri Pinault, that isn't stopping the Ugly Betty executive producer from moving forward with development on her new wedding-themed reality series.According to Variety, Hayek and her producing partner-in-crime, Jose Tamez, are collaborating with Merv Griffin Television's Roy Bank to get the new nuptial series off the ground. Bank, the creator of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, said the three... read more
Salma Hayek and Main Squeeze Call off Engagement | Today's News: Our Take | 7/18/2008
Salma Hayek and businessman Francois-Henri Pinault have called off their engagement, Hayek's rep confirms."We are sad to announce the engagement of Salma Hayek and François-Henri Pinault has been canceled," spokeswoman Cari Ross said in a statement. "There will be no further comment." The couple, who announced their nuptial plans in March 2007, had a daughter together several months later. So far, no word has emerged on the cause of the split, or if the pair plans to stay together, despite... read more
ABC Cuts Development Slate by a Third | WGA Post-Strike Watch: News About Returning Shows | 1/25/2008
ABC is the latest network to trim its development slate for the 2008-09 season, as a result of the WGA strike. ABC on Thursday released 35-40 scripts — one-third of its slate and the largest cut of any network. Most of the dismissed fare came from ABC Studios, including a new comedy executive-produced by Ugly Betty begetter Salma Hayek. — Matt Mitovich read more
Baby Talk: Dancing Host Drops, Salma's Bebé and More | Today's News: Our Take | 9/23/2007
Dancing with the Stars cohost Samantha Harris welcomed her and husband Michael Hess' first child, a daughter named Josselyn, on Sunday morning, E! reports. Harris' DWTS replacement will be introduced on Monday night's season premiere, an ABC rep tells TVGuide.com. (My money is on Season 1 champion Kelly Monaco). UPDATE: Another champ, Drew Lachey, got the gig instead.... Ugly Betty producer Salma Hayek and her fiancé, François Henri Pinault, over the weekend became the parents of a... read more
Coming Soon: Jack Black, Michael Imperioli and Mor | Today's News: Our Take | 8/2/2007
Jack Black has signed on to star in and produce The Lost Adventures of Stone Perlmutter Jr. for Universal Studios. In the mockumentary, he'll play a late-'70s Indiana Jones type... only tubby and a bit potty-mouthed. Ill-fated Soprano Michael Imperioli has been cast as the detective in Peter Jackson's DreamWorks adaptation of the best-seller The Lovely Bones. Stanley Tucci has also come on board as the killer. Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation have announced the release date of the... read more
Lights Out at the Emmys | Roush Dispatch | 7/19/2007
Remember how Charlie Brown used to end up on his back every time he went to kick the football after Lucy pulled it away? Well, that was me, in the pre-dawn of Thursday morning at the TV Academy building in North Hollywood, as the first Emmy category (for best drama series) was read aloud. Amid a gaggle of impatient media crews and anxious publicists, I once again felt sucker-punched by the cluelessly inexplicable whims of the Emmy nomination process. (Go here for a list of nominees.)The... read more
At the Movies: Drew Barrymore Is a Dog | Today's News: Our Take | 6/12/2007
Per the Hollywood Reporter, Drew Barrymore will voice Chloe, a pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua who gets lost in Mexico in the live-action, talking-animal Disney comedy South of the Border. Also on board are Andy Garcia (as a German shepherd), George Lopez (as a macho pooch with eyes for Chloe) and Salma Hayek.... The red-hot Frank Langella will star with Elliott Gould in On the Hook, a thriller about a corporate whistleblower and the PI who protects him from killers.... Flags of Our Fathers'... read more
Short Cuts: Salma, Jaws, Spidey and More! | Today's News: Our Take | 5/15/2007
Salma Hayek has inked a new two-year deal with ABC Studios, under which she and fellow Ugly Betty exec producer Jose Tamez will develop new series.... Ozzy Osbourne will perform on consecutive nights of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Monday, May 21, and Tuesday, May 22.... MTV has announced a May 22 premiere for Season 2 of Rob & Big.... Starz' Encore marathons all four Jaws films on Memorial Day, starting at 5 am/ET. Think that includes The Spy Who Loved Me?... Which of the three Spider-Man films is... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 5/9/2007
Are Betty and Henry ever going to get together? Have faith! "It all comes to a head by the finale [May 17]," says Christ read more
Exclusive: Betty's Pregnant Salma Hasn't Slowed Down | Today's News: Our Take | 3/27/2007
Salma Hayek may be pregnant, but the executive producer of Ugly Betty is showing no signs of slowing down. "She is a force to be reckoned with, and she's working harder now than she was before she was pregnant," series star America Ferrera told TV Guide at the March 26 premiere of Showtime's The Tudors , in Los Angeles. "There is no stopping her. You kind of have to hold her still and say, 'Calm down and sit down for a second.' But she’s happy and I'm happy for her, and I think she... read more
At the Movies: Jesus' Mom Gets Her Due | Today's News: Our Take | 1/23/2007
Per Reuters, MGM has acquired distribution rights for Myriam, Mother of the Christ, a dramatic rendering of the life of Jesus' mom, penned by The Passion of the Christ's Benedict Fitzgerald and slated for an Easter 2008 release.... Per Variety, Clive Owen will exec-produce and narrate a feature based on one of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe mysteries.... Salma Hayek will star in and produce the Spanish-language comedy La Banda, in which a wealthy housewife secretly takes a job as a wedding... read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 1/16/2007
It's often said that the Golden Globes is the most fun and relaxed of all award shows, but does that prove especially tr read more
Get a Load of Salma Hayek's Anatomy! | Today's News: Our Take | 12/5/2006
Hot off the success of shepherding Ugly Betty, Salma Hayek's production shingle is setting up a Grey's Anatomy-flavored drama at Fox, Variety reports. ER scribe/producer Joe Sachs will pen and exec produce (with Hayek and partner Jose Tamez) the untitled project, which will follow Ivy League med-school students, commencing with their first day on campus. McDerivative! read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 11/30/2006
For the past few weeks, Eric Mabius — who plays the resident lothario on ABC's Ugly Betty (Thursdays at 8 pm/ET) & read more
Salma Hayek Puts Her Betty Foot Forward | Today's News: Our Take | 10/16/2006
Ugly Betty executive producer Salma Hayek, who thus far has only been seen in the background on the ABC comedy's telenovela-within-a-show, will appear in a four-episode arc beginning with the Nov. 2 episode. Hayek will play Sofia Reyes, a newcomer to "Mode" who will leave a lasting impression on Betty and Daniel. (As she should, being the one who signs their paychecks and all!) read more
Ask Matt | 7/21/2006
I've heard nothing but good things about ABC's upcoming Betty the Ugly. However, I think it has a huge obstacle read more
Press Tour Diary: ABC Day 1 | Ausiello Report | 7/19/2006
Today's big news: I woke up to find a zit the size of a Vespa parked on my face. Good times....EXECUTIVE SESSION9:04 am: ABC Entertainment president Stephen McPherson is wearing blue jeans that scream "rock-star network executive!"9:06 am: McPherson announces that he's going to pressure the TV Academy to let us, the nation's top TV critics, decide next year's Emmy nominees. Hey, that was my idea! (And not to split hairs, but it's only supposed to be Matt Roush and me.)9:08 am: McPherson admits... read more
The Watercooler | 3/5/2006
The 78th Annual Academy Awards 8:01: The opening scene just demonstrate read more
Today's News: My Take | 12/22/2005
Per Variety, ABC has inked a deal with Sex and the City creator Darren Star to develo read more
The Watercooler | 2/27/2005
Welcome to our live Oscar night Watercooler. Damian Holbrook will be sharing his thoughts on all of the pre-Oscar festiv read more