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Mexican actress and producer Salma Hayek gives a news conference to promote her new film &quot;Monarca&quot; in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. Salma is a native of Veracruz, Mexico. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Salma Hayek sorry for promoting ‘American Dirt’ — without actually reading it

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FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2020 file photo, actress Salma Hayek attends the world premiere of &quot;Like a Boss&quot; at the SVA Theatre in New York. Hayek is apologizing for promoting a controversial new novel, Jeanine Cummins' “American Dirt,” without actually reading it. Numerous Mexican-American writers have called “American Dirt” an ill-informed narrative about Mexico that reinforces stereotypes. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Salma Hayek apologizes for praising controversial new novel

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Actors Salma Hayek, left, Rose Byrne and Tiffany Haddish attend the world premiere of &quot;Like a Boss&quot; at the SVA Theatre on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

‘Like a Boss’ female-led cast leads to new bonds, friendship

By JILL DOBSON - Associated Press

Mexican actress and producer Salma Hayek gives a news conference to promote her new film &quot;Monarca&quot; in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. Salma is a native of Veracruz, Mexico. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Salma Hayek to protect Mexico image on social media

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Mexican actress and producer Salma Hayek gives a news conference to promote her new film &quot;Monarca&quot; in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. Salma is a native of Veracruz, Mexico. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Actress Salma Hayek says she wants to protect Mexico’s image

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Sofia Boutella, from centre left, Salma Hayek and Patty Jenkins stand as part of 82 film industry professionals on the steps of the Palais des Festivals to represent, what they describe as pervasive gender inequality in the film industry, at the 71st international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 12, 2018. Since the Cannes Festival was created, 82 films directed by women have been included in official competition, whilst 1,645 films directed by men were selected. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Salma Hayek after Cannes protest: Change already happening

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

In this Nov. 15, 2017, file photo, actress Salma Hayek attends the HFPA and InStyle Celebrate the 2018 Golden Globe Awards Season in West Hollywood, Calif. In an op-ed, Hayek says that her refusals of Harvey Weinstein’s advances led to a nightmare experience making the 2002 Frida Kahlo biopic “Frida.” The New York Times on Wednesday, Dec. 13, published Hayek’s account in which she wrote that Weinstein was for years “my monster." (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Salma Hayek says rebuffing Harvey Weinstein led to nightmare on ‘Frida’

By Jake Coyle - Associated Press

Salma Hayek attends a &quot;Beatriz at Dinner&quot; screening, hosted by The Cinema Society and Gucci, at Metrograph on Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

For Hayek, ‘Beatriz at Dinner’ gives voice to immigrants

By LINDSEY BAHR - Associated Press

Actress Salma Hayek speaks to reporters at the premiere of the film &quot;Beatriz at Dinner&quot; at the Eccles Theatre during the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP)

Hayek says her new film speaks to America’s divisions

By RYAN PEARSON - Associated Press

In this July 29, 2015 file photo, Salma Hayek, attends the LA Special Screening of &quot;Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet&quot; held at LACMA's Bing Theatre, in Los Angeles. A Los Angeles judge on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, ordered two women to stay away from Hayek and her family and not attempt to contact them for three years. The women impersonated Hayek and made a veiled threat to kidnap her daughter, according to court filings. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP, File)

Salma Hayek granted restraining order against 2 women

By Anthony McCartney - Associated Press

In this July 29, 2015 file photo, Salma Hayek, attends the LA Special Screening of &quot;Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet&quot; held at LACMA's Bing Theatre, in Los Angeles. A Los Angeles judge on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, ordered two women to stay away from Hayek and her family and not attempt to contact them for three years. The women impersonated Hayek and made a veiled threat to kidnap her daughter, according to court filings. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP, File)

Judge grants Salma Hayek restraining order against 2 women

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY - Associated Press

Actress Salma Hayek poses for photographers during a photo call for the film Tale of Tales, at the 68th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Salma Hayek eats Cannes’ heart out

By Jake Coyle - Associated Press

Mexican-American actress Salma Hayek poses for photographers next to a poster for the film "The Prophet," an animated feature film she co-produced, on her arrival to a cinema where she gave a press conference, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 27, 2015. In her first visit to her ancestral homeland, Ms. Hayek, whose paternal grandfather was Lebanese and immigrated to Mexico, visited the picturesque mountain village of Bcharre in northern Lebanon on Sunday to pay homage to Khalil Gibran, the Lebanese-born poet who wrote "The Prophet," the book on which the film is based. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Salma Hayek hopes ‘The Prophet’ inspires new generations

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

From third left, actors Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes, Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson and Antonio Banderas, from the movie The Expendables 3, hold up signs as they arrive for the screening of The Homesman at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Jolie, Hayek talk red carpet activism at Cannes

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY - Associated Press

CANNES WATCH: Hayek sees ‘Prophet’ film as legacy

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CANNES WATCH: Depardieu reads ‘Prophet’ poetry

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Actress Salma Hayek holds up a sign reading &quot;bring back our girls&quot;, part of a campaign calling for the release of nearly 300 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls being held by Nigerian Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, as she arrives for the screening of Saint-Laurent at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 17, 2014.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

CANNES WATCH: Hayek stands out with dress, message

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File-This Oct. 22, 2011 file photo shows Salma Hayek, right, her daughter Valentina Pinault, and her brother Sami Hayek, center, with Daniela Villegas, left, arrive at a premiere at The Regency Village Theater in Westwood, Calif. Sami Hayek was hospitalized with broken ribs after being involved in a Los Angeles car crash that killed his passenger on Sunday Feb. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Katy Winn,File)

Speed may be cause of Hayek brother’s deadly crash

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Models wear creations for Gucci women's Fall-Winter 2014-15 collection, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Salma Hayek powerful in black leather at Gucci

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press