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March
Oscars 2000
The year started with Salma presenting the
Scientific and Technical Awards at the Oscars 2000 wearing a glamorous
lavender gown by Eric Gaskins and pink-diamond earrings by Harry Winston.
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March
March of Dimes Ad Campaign
Salma Hayek volunteered to be the first celebrity featured in a national public service ad campaign. The ad is the centerpiece of the largest and most ambitious birth defects prevention effort yet undertaken by the March of Dimes. "I think it's important for women to take responsibility not only for the health of their children, but for their own health."
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March
Veracruz Promotion
Salma shows love for her origins by filming several TV commercials in Mexico.
The spots are intended to promote tourism in her native region of Veracruz.
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April
ELLE Magazine
The most beautiful photosession of 2000 was published in the April edition of ELLE magazine.
Salma posed in Haute Couture dresses by designers like Versace, Gaultier, Christian Dior and Chanel.
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April
Time Code
Mike Figgis' experimental Time Code opens at theatres and is applauded by critics.
The movie is an experiment in unscripted cinema. It was shot a total of 15 times using 4 handheld digital cameras that ran non-stop for 93 minutes. Figgis chose the last version for the final film which runs in real-time, exactly as filmed with no editing on 4 separate frames on the movie screen.
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May
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
Salma Hayek is chosen by viewers as Favorite Supporting Actress Action for Wild Wild West and accepts her award.
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August
Two Fridas?
Controversy arises when Jennifer Lopez commits to a competitive Frida Kahlo biopic produced by Francis Ford Coppola.
Jennifer Lopez's project will be directed by Luis Valdez titled "The Two Fridas" with no cast announced yet.
Julie Taymor will direct Miramax's "Frida Kahlo" with Alfred Molina, Ashley Judd, Antonio Banderas and Edward Norton aboard.
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September
Chain of Fools
The black comedy Chain of Fools starring Salma Hayek and Steve Zahn among others is not released at theaters. Warner Bros. decides for a release on video or cable TV.
The latest news are that there will be a world premiere for the movie in March 2001, Stockholm, Sweden.
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October
Salma lives la gran vida
La Gran Vida, Salma's first Spanish movie, premieres in Madrid and opens in Spain.
The romantic comedy is directed by Antonio Cuadri and stars Carmelo Gomez and Tito Valverde.
The movie does fairly well at the boxoffice and will be distributed by Columbia TriStar as "Living It Up" for an international release.
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October - November
In The Time Of The Butterflies
Salma's ambitious movie In The Time Of The Butterflies (En el Tiempo de las Mariposas) is filmed in Mexico City and Veracruz.
The movie deals with the true story of the three Mirabel sisters fighting against the dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.
Salma produces and stars in this movie with some of the finest Mexican actors: Edward James Olmos, Mia Maestro, Lumi Cavazos and Demián Bichir, to name just a few.
The release is set for April 1, 2001 on Showtime TV.
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December
Traffic
Salma has a brief cameo as glamourous mistress of the Juarez druglord in Steven
Soderbergh's highly acclaimed drug-thriller "Traffic". Although Salma has only one uncredited scene
most critics claim this to be one of her best performances in Hollywood. The movie starring Michael Douglas,
Catherine Zeta-Jones and Benicio Del Toro wins some of the most important awards and earns 5 Golden Globes nominations.
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