Salma Hayek and Penélope Cruz Hold Hands on WSJ. Magazine’s Innovator Awards' Red Carpet

Mar. 15, 2025

TheBandidascostars, 58 and 50, respectively, stepped out on the red carpet forWSJ. Magazine’s 14th Annual Innovator Awards at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on Tuesday, Oct. 29.

The pair held hands as they smiled and posed beside one another, each channeling their own versions of glam.

Cruz commanded the show in a form-fitting sparkling silver gown. Her low-cut top featured a draped design and a daring thigh-high split showed off her strappy heels.

Hayek came in hot in a red strapless floor-length dress. The tailored garment included a structured waist for a modern moment.

Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek Pinault attend the 2024 WSJ Magazines Innovator Awards.Taylor Hill/Getty

Taylor Hill/Getty

“After so many years, to feel that somebody really listened, really saw me, really created a safe space for me, really embraced me, really admired my talent and let me know… I discovered things about myself as an actress. I was so proud of myself. I was doing things I couldn’t believe I was doing and how easy it was,” she explained at the PEOPLE/Entertainment Weeklysuite at theToronto International Film Festival, whereWithout Bloodpremiered.

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Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty

TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty

The actress, whocostarred with Jolie in the 2021 filmEternals, shared that the two even switched dynamics while on the set of their new film together. She explained, “In [Eternals] I was a little bit of a mother figure to her. In this movie, I felt like she was my motherly figure because she would come to the set and run it like a family.”

The “Without Blood” cast at TIFF.Monica Schipper/EveryStory2024/Getty

Monica Schipper/EveryStory2024/Getty

“She was a very efficient mother, but she was also there emotionally every step of the way,” she added.

Earlier this month, theFridastar also celebrated her stepsonAugustin “Augie” JamesonInstagraminhonor of his 18th birthday. She shared a series of family photos of the teenager, who is the son of Hayek’s longtime husbandFrançois-Henri Pinaultand supermodelLinda Evangelista.

“Happy 18th bday Augie,” Hayek wrote in her caption. “You’re officially a full grown up man who just became legal at least in Mexico and France. 😱.”

source: people.com