Salma Hayek Breaks Off Engagement
Actress, Pinault Were Engaged 16 Months
POSTED: Friday, July 18, 2008
UPDATED: 4:01 pm CDT July 18,
2008
Actress Salma Hayek has called off her engagement to her French billionaire fiance.
"We are sad to announce the engagement of Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault has been canceled," said Hayek's publicist, Cari Ross, in a statement.
Ross said that there would be no further comment.
Hayek and Pinault, the CEO of a luxury goods company, had been engaged for 16 months.
They had welcomed their first daughter, Valentina Paloma, last September.
Hayek, 41, was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for "Frida," and has starred in such films as "Desperado," "Once Upon a Time in Mexico," "Dogma" and most recently, "Across the Universe."
She also is the executive producer of the sitcom "Ugly Betty."
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