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The long road to Hollywood success was never easy for Mexican-born beauty Salma Hayek-but it was never dull either! Starting out in her late teens starring in the Mexican hit soap opera Teresa, Salma lived a comfortable life, but she wanted more. So she packed her bags and headed to Hollywood. A Mexican woman with a heavy accent who barely spoke a word of English, Salma had hurdle after hurdle to overcome. Plenty of times she came close to giving up, but she was determined to make it big in America, and after a lot of bit parts and hard work, she did it.

After landing a role in Desperado, alongside heart-throb Antonio Banderas, the movie parts finally started coming in, including From Dusk Till Dawn with George Clooney, and Fools Rush In with Matthew Perry. Now, gracing the style pages of all the major magazines and working as a Revlon spokesperson, Salma is the most sought-after Latina actress in Hollywood. And that's just the beginning. She has several huge movie projects on the horizon, and continues to fight for Mexican rights as an outspoken member of the NAFTA generation. Find out all about this talented Latina actress, from her love life, to the formula of her success, to her fabulous fashion and beauty secrets.

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A biography of the Mexican-born actress who started her career on television and went on to star in "Fools Rush In, " "Wild, Wild West," and other films. ... Read more

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Profiles the Mexican-born actress whose pet project, a biographical film based on the life of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, is now in production due in large part to Salma's initiative. ... Read more

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Chapters: Vicente Fox, Salma Hayek, Jorge Ramos, El Hijo Del Santo, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Pedro Friedeberg, Enrique Norten, Gerardo Torrado, Gustavo Madero Muñoz, Guillermo Arriaga, Aurelio Nuño Morales, Demetrio Sodi, Carlos Alazraki, Roberto Hernández Ramírez, Antonio Serrano, Arturo Ripstein, J. Francisco Serrano Cacho, Clara de Buen Richkarday, Josefina Vázquez Mota, Emilio Azcárraga Jean, Diego Fernández de Cevallos, Juan Sabines Guerrero, Héctor Aguilar Camín, Felipe Korzenny, Cecilia Landerreche, Michel Rojkind. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 120. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jorge Guzmán Rodríguez (born August 2, 1963), better known as El Hijo del Santo ("The Son of the Saint"), is a Mexican professional wrestler, political activist and one of the most successful stars in Lucha Libre. He is the son of the legendary professional wrestler, film actor and Mexican folk hero El Santo. "Santito", as he is often called, was the only one of his father's 10 children to become a professional wrestler. He began wrestling without his father's consent in February 1982 as "El Korak" but he made his official debut as "El Hijo del Santo" in October of that year after he earned his college degree in Communication Science per his father's request. He shared his father's look, the silver mask, tights and cape, and moves but he was shorter and, although he would never become the same cultural icon, he would become a better in-ring performer than his father. Early in his career, he was wrestled mainly for World Wrestling Association (WWA) (The Tijuana circuit) and Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) (a promotion that worked in the Mexico City area) but he did make his debut for Empressa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) (the promotion that later became Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libr...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1854083 ... Read more

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Chapters: Salma Hayek, Katy Jurado, María Félix, Ricardo Montalbán, Ramón Valdés, Angélica María, Ramón Novarro, Sasha Sokol, Angélica Vale, Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Felipe Colombo, Laura Harring, Patricia Manterola, Elsa Aguirre, Emilio Fernández, Raul Julia-Levy, Silvia Pasquel, Miriam, Rocío Banquells, Laura Flores, Ofelia Guilmain, Christian Chávez, Jacqueline Voltaire, Víctor Noriega, Isela Vega, Andrea Palma, Diego González, Isabela Corona, Mauricio Ochmann, Tina Romero, Diana Bracho, George J. Lewis, Angelines Fernández, Laura Cerón, Ariadne Welter, Claudia Soberón, Lorena Velázquez, Sergio Basañez, José María Torre, Ana Claudia Talancón, Silvia Derbez, Rodolfo Jiménez, Cecilia Suárez, María Elena Velasco, Patricia Navidad, Gloria Marín, Carlos Villagrán, Maria Victoria, Ninón Sevilla, Chantal Andere, Susana Zabaleta, Otto Sirgo, Meche Barba, Eugenio Derbez, Alix Bauer, Nora Salinas, Héctor Suárez Gomís, Rosa Carmina, Martha Higareda, Alejandra Lazcano, Guy Ecker, Arath de La Torre, María Elena Marqués, Edgar Vivar, Laisha Wilkins, Carlos Rivera, Diego Schoening, Columba Domínguez, Florinda Meza, Elizabeth Álvarez, Rosita Quintana, Mara Escalante, Fabiola Campomanes, Arturo Soto Rangel, David Ostrosky, Alan Ledesma, Maricruz Olivier, Laura Luz, Pedro Romo, Rafael Velasco, Esther Fernández, Blanca Sánchez, Miguel Córcega, Pilar Pellicer, Dina de Marco, Rodolfo Acosta, Roberto Palazuelos, Rosalía Valdés, Daniel Tovar, Aurora Clavel, Marcos Valdés, Alejandro Bichir, Álvaro Guerrero. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 358. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez (born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican actress, director, and television and film producer. Hayek's charitable work includes increasing awareness on violence against women and discrimination against immig...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=27717 ... Read more

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Chapters: David Bowie, Steven Spielberg, Sarah Michelle Gellar, David Letterman, Salma Hayek, Rosie O'donnell, Whoopi Goldberg, Olivia Newton-John, Ron Howard, Paul Reubens, Tim Curry, Barbra Streisand, Julia Child, Frank Oz, Bill Cosby, Fred Rogers, Levar Burton, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, James Woods, Julianne Moore, Stockard Channing, Oprah Winfrey, Shia Labeouf, Regis Philbin, Bob Barker, Ben Stein, Dinah Shore, Ellen Degeneres, Martha Stewart, Ina Garten, James Earl Jones, Dick Clark, Joan Rivers, Louis Gossett, Jr., Merv Griffin, Katie Couric, Alex Trebek, Nathan Lane, Bill Nye, Suze Orman, Anne Heche, Al Roker, Agnes Nixon, Ryan Seacrest, Eden Riegel, Meredith Vieira, Susan Lucci, Jim Henson's Muppet Babies, Ossie Davis, Ruth Warrick, Josh Duhamel, Wayne Brady, Matt Lauer, Bindi Irwin, Christopher Cerf, Madeline Kahn, Sally Jessy Raphael, Louie Anderson, Douglas Marland, Debbi Morgan, Roger Howarth, Dorothy Hamill, Edward J. Scott, Pearl Bailey, Jeff Corwin, Vanessa Marcil, Kelly Ripa, Jonathan Jackson, Peter Marshall, James E. Reilly, Charles Shaughnessy, Richard Dawson, Genie Francis, Martha Byrne, Tom Bergeron, Eric Braeden, Crystal Chappell, Pat O'brien, Kevin Clash, Marc Brown, Betty Buckley, Pat Sajak, Claire Labine, Giada de Laurentiis, Sarah Brown, Sharron Miller, Steve Burton, David Canary, Mary Stuart, Hogan Sheffer, Richard Culliton, John Carradine, Butterfly Mcqueen, Stuart Damon, Maile Flanagan, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jennifer Finnigan, Tamara Braun, Linda Dano, Shari Lewis, Finola Hughes, Anna Lee, Angela Kinsey, Natalia Livingston, Shemar Moore, Frances Reid, Tracey E. Bregman, Megan Mctavish, Macdonald Carey, Henry Darrow, Kimberly Mccullough, Maurice Benard, Judith Light, Nancy Lee Grahn, Jeanne Cooper, Judi Evans, Lorraine Broderick, Erika Slezak, Art Linkletter, Jacob Young, Kate Burton, Cathleen Nesbitt, Rena Sofer, Leeza Gibbons, Ellen Wheeler, Heather Tom, Harding Lemay, Tricia Cast, Cynthia Watr...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=26940 ... Read more

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Title: Salma Hayek: ¢por fin! se casô con Franèois-Henri Pinault.
Author: Mario De La Reguera
Publication: Actual (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2009
Publisher: Editorial Contenido, S.A. de C.V.
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Breastfeeding Activists, Breastfeeding Organizations, Salma Hayek, Nestlé Boycott, La Leche League International, Breastfeeding in Public, Dayna Martin, List of Breastfeeding Activists, Marian Tompson, Paul M. Fleiss, William Sears, Australian Breastfeeding Association, Jack Newman, Sheila Kitzinger, Mom's Breastaurant, Pat Shelly, World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, Lactivism, Baby Friendly Initiative, Amy Spangler. Excerpt:Amy Spangler is a breastfeeding expert who has lectured extensively and published several books on breastfeeding. She is an RN and IBCLC .Spangler earned a Bachelor's degree in Nursing from Ohio State University and a Master's degree in Maternal and Child Health from the University of Florida . Her breastfeeding books have been in print since the 1985 release of Breastfeeding: A Parent's Guide and have sold over a million copies both to parents and to healthcare organizations. As president of her own web-based company, Amy s Babies, Spangler develops guides and resources for parents interested in breastfeeding.She has worked as a consultant for an Ad Council campaign and as a commentator on various news programs, including 20/20 and Good Morning America . Spangler has also been president of the International Lactation Consultant Association (ICLA) and a chair of the United States Breastfeeding Committee. She is now a member of the affiliate faculty at Emory University 's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing.In addition to her work with Amy's Babies, Spangler also owns, manages and writes for babygooroo, a feature-driven news site that focuses on child health and breastfeeding.Spangler lives in Atlanta , Georgia with her husband Dennis. They have two sons, Matthew and Adam.Bibliography References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked ... ... Read more

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Title: Una fabulosa Salma: ya esta en las carteleras la pelicula "Frida". En ella se nota una majestuosa actuacion de la mexicana Salma Hayek que encarna a la pintora. (En Proyeccion).(Resena)(Resena de pelicula)
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Date: November 1, 2002
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This digital document is an article from Semana, published by Spanish Publications, Inc. on July 1, 1999. The length of the article is 1015 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Más que una cara bonita.(Salama Hayek, actriz Mexicana)(TT: More than a pretty face.)(TA: SalmaHayek, Mexican acress)
Author: Medina Guillermo
Publication: Semana (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 1999
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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Salma Hayek, Elpidia Carrillo, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Lourdes Elizarrarás, Giselle Fernandez, Dorotea Guerra, Sabina Berman, Eva López Sánchez. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Salma Valgarma Hayek-Jimenez est une actrice, réalisatrice et productrice mexicaine, née le 2 septembre 1966 à Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexique. Issue d'une riche famille catholique, sa mère est d'origine mexicaine et son père d'origine libanaise Assyro-chaldéenne travaillait dans une compagnie pétrolière. Salma signifie « Paix » en langue arabe. Elle a acquis la double-nationalité américaine-mexicaine. À l'âge de 12 ans, elle est envoyée à l'académie du Sacré-Cœur de Grand Coteau en Louisiane. Elle se fait renvoyer par les sœurs en raison de son comportement et doit retourner à Mexico. Elle poursuit ensuite sa scolarité jusqu'à ses 17 ans à Houston, Texas, où vit sa tante. De retour au Mexique, elle étudie les relations internationales à l'université de la ville de Mexico. Après avoir suivi des cours de gymnastique, Salma Hayek décide de se consacrer à la comédie. Elle écume les plateaux des séries télévisées mexicaines (telenovelas) pendant plusieurs années, devenant une véritable star au Mexique. Elle se fait notamment connaître par son rôle dans la série Teresa en 1989. En 1994, elle joue dans El callejón de los milagros (La Rue des Miracles). En 1991, elle se rend aux États-Unis afin d'y tenter une carrière. Dyslexique, elle perfectionne son anglais et prend des cours de théâtre avec Stella Adler, l'ex-professeur de Marlon Brando. Le réalisateur Robert Rodriguez la remarque dans une émission de variété en langue espagnole et tombe sous le charme. Il lui donne sa chance en lui offrant le rôle principal aux côtés d'A...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Mexican Roman Catholics, Vicente Fox, Juan Diego, Salma Hayek, Benito Juárez, Felipe Calderón, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Lorena Ochoa, Thalía, Carlos Slim, Héctor Garza, Martín Hernández, Ramón Novarro, Lucero, Anastasio Bustamante, Mario J. Molina, Javier Lozano Barragán, Norberto Rivera Carrera, Concepcion Cabrera de Armida, Francisco Robles Ortega, Manuel Gómez Morín, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Joaquín Sáenz Y Arriaga, Emilio González Márquez, Miguel Darío Miranda Y Gómez, José Justo Corro, Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, Adalberto Almeida Y Merino, Eduardo Verástegui, José María Torre, Adolfo Suárez Rivera, José Salazar López, Araminta Romero, Ernesto Corripio Y Ahumada, Moisés Carmona, Salvador Abascal, Manuel Clouthier, José de León Toral, Kurt Honold, Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Ignacio E. Lozano, Sr., José Garibi Y Rivera, Juan Bernardino, Manuel Arvizu, Agustín Caloca Cortés, José de Jesús García Ayala, Manuel Castro Ruiz, Luis Rojas Mena, Alexander Acha, Francisco María González, Agustín Quintana, Florencio Olvera Ochoa, Gumersindo Magaña. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 260. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (Spanish pronunciation: ; born on August 18, 1962) is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for a single six-year term through 2012. He is a member of the National Action Party (PAN), one of the three major Mexican political parties. Calderón was elected in the 2006 presidential elections. The results were contested by his closest opponent, Andres Manuel López Obrador, who started what he called a "pacific civil resistance". Calderon's victory was confirmed on September 5, 2006 by the Federal Electoral Tribunal. Prior to the presidency, Calderón actively participated in PAN politics. He ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1976348 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Gloria Trevi, Belinda Peregrín Schüll, Salma Hayek, Paulina Rubio, Anahí, Lilia Prado, Miroslava Stern, Consuelo Frank, Silvia Pinal, Dolores Del Río, Kitten Natividad, Nancy Cárdenas, Sara Ramírez, Ninón Sevilla, Marga López, Dolores Beristáin, Linda Christian, Elda Peralta, Bárbara Mori, Tina Romero, María Félix, Lumi Cavazos, Elpidia Carrillo, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Margarita Isabel, Ana Layevska, Katy Jurado, Elizabeth Aguilar, Diana Santos, Alaska, Dolores Heredia, Danna Paola, Sandra Echeverría, Maya Mishalska, Dulce María, María Antonieta Pons, Laura Zapata, Leticia Calderón, Mercedes Soler, Ximena Sariñana, Lourdes Elizarrarás, Victoria Ruffo, Lucero Isaac, Edith Márquez, Eloïssa Florez, Anna Ciocchetti, Regina Orozco, Carmelita González, Daniela Rosen, Adriana Lavat, Mapita Cortés, María Antonieta de Las Nieves, Ingrid Martz, Susana Dosamantes, Christiane Martel, Dorotea Guerra, Pina Pellicer, Carmen Molina, Christianne Gout, Adriana Barraza, Susana Kamini, Rocío Sagaón, Isabel Andrade, María Antonieta Domínguez, Jacqueline Andere, Graciela Enríquez, María Rojo, Camila Sodi, Mar Castro, Lupita D'alessio, Elsa Cárdenas, Bibi Gaytán, Mayrín Villanueva, Dalia Hernández. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Gloria Trevi ( Gloria de los Ángeles Treviño Ruiz ) née le 15 février 1968 à Monterrey (Nuevo León) est une chanteuse et auteur-compositeur pop-rock mexicaine. Elle a été l'une étoiles latino-américaines les plus aimées et les plus charismatiques des années 1980 et 1990. C'est un personnage controversé dans l'histoire de la pop et du rock de langue espagnole. Elle a vendu près de 12 millions d'exemplaires de ses disques dans le monde entier. Depuis son apparition sur la scène musicale en ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Salma Hayek. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 88. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez (born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican actress, director, and television and film producer. Hayek's charitable work includes increasing awareness on violence against women and discrimination against immigrants. Hayek is the first Mexican national to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. She is one of the most prominent Mexican figures in Hollywood since silent film actress Dolores del Río. She is also, after Fernanda Montenegro, the second of three Latin American actresses (the other being Catalina Sandino Moreno) to achieve a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Hayek was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, the daughter of Diana Jiménez Medina, an opera singer and talent scout, and Sami Hayek Dominguez, an oil company executive who once ran for mayor of Coatzacoalcos. Hayek's father is a Mexican of Lebanese descent, while her mother is Mexican and of Spanish descent. Her first given name, Salma, is Arabic for "safe". Raised in a wealthy, devoutly Catholic family, she was sent to the Academy of the Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau, Louisiana, at the age of twelve. While there, she was diagnosed with dyslexia. She was also an accomplished gymnast aspiring to compete in the Olympics, but her father prevented her from being recruited by the Mexican national team. The religious sisters running the Academy ejected Hayek, citing behavioral problems, so she returned to Mexico. She was later sent to live with her aunt in Houston, Texas, where she stayed until she was 17 years old. She attended college in Mexico City, where she studied International Relations at the Universidad Iberoamericana, and married her first husband Cameron Switzer. To the surprise of her fam...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=27717 ... Read more

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Chapters: Jimmy Carter, Albert Einstein, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Martin Luther King, Jr., Steven Spielberg, Salma Hayek, Joan Baez, George Marshall, Jon Bon Jovi, Cyndi Lauper, Ricky Martin, Melinda Gates, Clara Barton, W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary Baker Eddy, Bonnie Raitt, Chief Joseph, Mia Farrow, Bobby Shriver, Angelina Jolie, Norman Borlaug, Eleanor Roosevelt, Billy Graham, Dave Matthews, Christie Brinkley, Wyclef Jean, Mariska Hargitay, Woody Jenkins, Florence Jaffray Harriman, John Wood, Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Hartnett, Greg Mortenson, Sargent Shriver, Antonio José Martínez, Norris Wright Cuney, Bill Ritter, Gordon H. Sato, Rusty Staub, Andrew Baldwin, Lottie Moon, Vincent Colyer, Jonathan Littell, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, James Lawson, Millard Fuller, Celeste Thorson, Norma Elizabeth Boyd, Wesley Pomeroy, Elizabeth Omilami, Danny Yamashiro, Marian Wright Edelman, Paul Polak, Albert O. Hirschman, Varian Fry, Taj Anwar, Wendie Jo Sperber, Agnes Baker Pilgrim, Carol Bellamy, Mary Frann, Hiram Bingham Iv, Rye Barcott, Maurice Pate, C. T. Vivian, Judith Ann Mayotte, Norm Green, Harry Frank Guggenheim, Franklin Graham, Chip Pitts, Tichi Wilkerson Kassel, James Martin, Dorian Gregory, Harry Lawton, Clara Hale, Eartha M. M. White, Zainab Salbi, Marla Ruzicka, Olga Murray, Jody Williams, Duy-Loan Le, Danny Siegel, Sam Dixon, Rick Ufford-Chase, Doris Ryer Nixon, Rita Pitka Blumenstein, Margaret Behan, Pee Wee Kirkland, Frederick Mayer, Wendy Chamberlin, Noble Threewitt, Douglas M. Johnston, Minnie Vautrin, Stedman Graham, Sam Childers, Frank Laubach, Eric Holt Giménez, James Goodnight, Ellsworth Culver, Debbie Rodriguez, Fred Cuny, Do Hoang Diem, Miriam Davenport, Maurice L. Albertson, Rhena Schweitzer Miller, Margaret Utinsky, George Ashmore Fitch, Maud Cuney Hare, Ashley Shuyler, Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance, Alfred Boeddeker, Clive Calver, Elizabeth Hirschboeck, William F. Schulz, Wil Horneff, Eliza Bryant, Rita Long Visito...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=20076 ... Read more