Salma Hayek’s Close, ‘Enriching’ Friendship With Angelina Jolie
Salma Hayek and Angelina Jolie have been friends for years. For Hayek, 57, their close bond has been “enriching” and growing even deeper. In a new interview with ET this…
Salma Hayek attends the Black Mirror Season 6 episode ‘Joan is Awful’ at The Paris Theatre on June 13, 2023 in New York City. Angelina Jolie attends the Los Angeles premiere of “Paper & Glue: A JR Project” at Museum Of Tolerance on November 18, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Netflix/JC Olivera/Getty ImagesSalma Hayek and Angelina Jolie have been friends for years. For Hayek, 57, their close bond has been "enriching" and growing even deeper. In a new interview with ET this week, Hayek opened up about what she loves most about her friendship with Jolie, 48: "Everything," Hayek gushed. "She's been very, very enriching in my life, in so many ways -- as mothers, you know. Most of all, as artists."
According to Hayek, who starred opposite Jolie in the 2021 Marvel film The Eternals, their friendship is one "that keeps growing." That isn't the only time the stars worked with each other on a film. Jolie directed the upcoming film, Without Blood, which will star Hayek. Hayek told Deadline last year of the experience that Jolie "is the best director I’ve ever worked with... I absolutely loved working with her; enjoyed every second of it." Hayek told ET in Wednesday's (Sept.13) interview that as the years pass and they spend more and more time together, she and Jolie grow "closer and closer. And it's just natural. It's just something that flows."
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Without Blood is based on the 2002 Alessandro Baricco novel of the same name. Jolie’s fifth-directed film follows a girl named Nina during wartime and “explores universal truths about war, trauma, memory, and healing,” according to the film’s production company, Fremantle. In a farmhouse deep in the Italian countryside, a horrifying act of violence occurs, with Nina (played by Hayek) being the family's sole survivor. Fast forward to Nina in her fifties, she meets her childhood savior, Tito (Demián Bichir), and revisits the events of that fateful night through a series of flashbacks.
“The book had an impact on me as it has so many other people,” Jolie told People last August. “It carries themes and questions important to discuss.” This isn't the first time Jolie has directed a wartime story. Back in 2014, she directed Unbroken, set during World War II.
Jennifer Coolidge, Pedro Pascal Among 2023 TIME100 Most Influential People
Time Magazine unveiled its 2023 TIME100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. From actors to musicians to leaders and innovators, the people chosen on this list are those who have been well-respected in the industry for a long time. Others are starting to get their shine due to new projects and gaining recognition.
See which of your favorite entertainers made the top 100 list this year.
Drew Barrymore
Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesHer longtime friend and sometimes rom-com co-star, Jimmy Fallon had some nice words to say about Barrymore. He says, "When I say this woman can do anything in the world, I mean, this woman can do anything in the world." She has a beauty line, Flower Beauty, a kitchen appliance line, Beautiful By Drew, and of course, her daytime talk show. Fallon described Drew as someone who sees no limits and actually loves a challenge.
Ali Wong
JC Olivera/Getty ImagesWong's 'Always Be My Maybe' co-star Randall Park and her go way back -- to their college days. He says he admires the 'Beef' star's "strong sense of self." Wong is committed to her comedy craft and the people dear to her in life.
Austin Butler
Arturo Holmes/Getty ImagesAngela Bassett loved Butler's performance in 'Elvis' and knew he put in so much work into his performance. She said he offered a perspective on the musician so viewers can just see the artist's journey "through a different lens. Austin accomplished this with a brilliantly nuanced performance."
Aubrey Plaza
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesPlaza's 'Parks and Rec' co-star Amy Poehler called her work over the past decade "acutely truthful and always surprising." She added that Aubrey loves an outsider and roots for the underdog. "She has learned the glorious freedom that comes from not wanting your approval."
Salma Hayek
Arturo Holmes/Getty Images"Salma is a great observer and feels everything deeply," Penelope Cruz says. "She’s strong yet sensitive, and she can read people very well." The 'Bandidas' co-star is most proud of Hayek always being entirely herself. "As one of the first Latinas working in Hollywood, she’s opened so many doors for people who followed. She is a total revolutionary, and there’s still so much she will do."
Zoë Saldana
Arturo Holmes/Getty ImagesSaldaña's 'After Sex' co-star Mila Kunis calls her "the ultimate bada-- in the entertainment industry." Zoe has been a trailblazer for women and people of color in Hollywood, "advocating for greater diversity and representation," Kunis adds.
Jennifer Coolidge
Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesCoolidge's 'The Watcher' co-star Mia Farrow recalls a recent text she sent that is SO Jennifer Coolidge. “Let’s make a video where you and I are beating the sh-- out of each other… Does that seem too desperate???” Of the "national treasure's" recent recognition of her acting work, Farrow is happy people love her "eccentric mannerisms, hilarious improvisations, and, most of all, aching vulnerability."
Ke Huy Quan
Arturo Holmes/Getty ImagesBefore this year, most people remembered the actor as a boy in 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.' Between the 38-year gap, Tom Hiddleston was in awe of his "triumphant return with his soul-stirring, multiverse-jumping, Oscar-winning performance as Waymond in 'Everything Everywhere All at Once.'
Pedro Pascal
Arturo Holmes/Getty ImagesThe "mommy" to Pascal's "daddy," Sarah Paulson was the perfect person to do his feature. After all, she's known him for 30 years and has his number. She calls him "the whole motherf---ing deal." Sarah assures us that Pascal is everything we hope he is: "powerful, soulful, hilarious, goofy, capable of having the deepest conversations, willing to hold your hair back when you’re sick, and in possession of the broadest shoulders to lean on. He is no figment—he’s real."
Doja Cat
Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesDoja's at the top because she works to bring "everything she does to the highest possible level." She is "creatively plugged in" to the internet, personally connecting with her fans. Most importantly, there’s no “brand” to Doja Cat. "You never know what she’s going to do next."
Elon Musk
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/VogueTime notes that in 1999, he was just another "Silicon Valley techie with a startup." But he soon distinguished himself when he landed rockets on platforms in the ocean, pioneered the electric-vehicle revolution, and changed how we think about energy in many forms. And of course, these days he owns Twitter. Time called it "a nonstop grievance tantrum we must all endure."
Natasha Lyonne
Dia Dipasupil/Getty ImagesNot far off from her 'Poker Face' character, Taika Waititi describes Lyonne as someone who is a brilliant liar. "The more you get to know her, the more you realize that spinning tales and telling stories is in her blood."
