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August 17, 2000 - E! Online's Ted Casablanca reports that Salma and a guy other than Ed were catching Hollow Man at the Hollywood Galaxy 6  She was sporting a black leather jacket with a pink top that Ted says gave "a very impressive view of her natural gifts" when she leaned over to ask a couple to move down a seat.

August 16, 2000 - If you think Salma Hayek and Jennifer Lopez have an icy relationship now, word now comes from Variety that Jennifer has been approached by United Artists to play the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo in another movie about her, this one besides the Miramax version of the same biopic.

August 12, 2000 - Salma Hayek joined Magic Johnson to help AOL Latin America (NASDAQ AOLA) launch their business in Argentina.

August 12, 2000 - A seductive picture autographed by Salma Hayek is up for bids at eBay. The 8x10 shot (item #407311509) is bid at $24.99 and ends August 21.

August 11, 2000 - Boy this Pagesix.com blind item today sounds a lot like Salma and Ed Norton: "...while another pint-sized Tinseltown beauty made her homely boyfriend jealous by running a continuous commentary on how hot the groom looked."

August 9, 2000 - Star magazine reports that Matt Damon felt uncomfortable enough to leave when he met up with Salma and Ed at the Standard Hotel pool in LA, as the two were all over each other when they shared in drinks.

August 5, 2000 - Salma Hayek has been cast as the star of the international bestseller Tear This Heart Out with her company Ventanarosa Prods. aboard to produce.

August 5, 2000 - More eBay pictures featuring Salma Hayek up for bids at eBay. The 8x10 (item #393509634) is bid at $5 and ended today.

August 1, 2000 - The New York Daily News reports Salma Hayek is raising eyebrows after accepting a role in the upcoming Showtime movie In the Time of the Butterflies. The film is backed by Viacom, which at one time controlled many Dominican properties during Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's bloody dictatorship, the focus of the film. The also bring up the fact that Hayek, who admittedly led a very spoiled childhood, is playing a sister who gave her live fighting Trujillo's dictatorship.

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