8th July 2012 Celebrity Trending - Salma Hayek, Tom Cruise

Salma Hayek has in the past brought her daughter Valentina, 4, to visit her on movie sets, but the actress says she opted to keep her away from her latest project - Oliver Stone's new film "Savages." In the R-rated flick, the 45-year-old Oscar nominee plays Elena, a "queen" of a Mexican drug cartel that kidnaps a girl named O, played by Blake Lively, who is in a romantic and sexual relationship with two male pot growers, who are friends, portrayed by Aaron Johnson and Taylor Kitsch. "I mean, it's very sexy, this movie," Hayek said, when asked on the ABC show "LIVE! With Kelly" on Wednesday, July 5 about bring her daughter to work. "It's very, very violent so if you're the kind of people who like sexy and violence, if you like it hot, this movie is for you. But done beautifully. It's very elegant." The Mexican actress reiterated her reluctance to bring Valentina to the "Savages" set in an interview on NBC's "Tonight Show With Jay Leno" about two weeks ago. "She's not going to watch this movie," she said about 'Savages.' "Actually, this was the only movie that she was not on the set. I usually bring her on the set and she always likes to sit right next to the monitor and she bosses everyone around." Last month, Hayek was photographed with Valentina on the set of the more kid-friendly "Grown Ups 2," a 2013 sequel to Adam Sandler's hit 2010 comedy. The child also visited Hayek when she filmed the PG-13-rated 2009 film "Cirque du Freak." Hayek told Leno that Valentina was allowed to scream 'Action' while watching her film "Grown Ups 2" and "Here Comes the Boom," which hits theaters in October. "I know Oliver Stone would have not let her come in and say, 'Excuse me, Oliver, let me just take over the set.' No,'" Hayek told Leno. In "Savages," Elena works with two men who carry out her bidding - Lado, played by Benicio Del Toro and Alex, played by Demian Bichir. Hayek's character negotiates with O's boyfriends herself via teleconference. However, she uses a voice modulator to make her voice sound deeper and more masculine. "When I'm talking to this guy they don't know it's a pretty girl like me running this cartel business," Hayek said on "LIVE! with Kelly." "Don't mess with Elena!" "Savages" hits theaters on Friday, July 6. Savage video trailer

“Tom is a worker,” the director told us during a special Film Plus screening of “Born on the Fourth of July,” the 1989 blockbuster he made starring Cruise, at MoMA on Thursday night. “His determination is legendary,” Stone said. “People know about it now, but back then he did strike us as totally intense. I almost wished he would relax because it was so tough a role. He delivered.” Stone — who declared last month, “I was crazy for many years” — also commented on Cruise’s shocking split from Katie Holmes, telling us simply, “We all have our ups and downs in life, and I wish him well.” Cruise, who has been filming the movie “Oblivion” in Iceland, sent a video message for the event, describing the profound experience of making “Fourth of July,” which earned him an Oscar nomination. “I can’t tell you how much I wish I was there watching it with you,” Cruise stated, without mentioning his divorce drama. “I remember the first time I saw it with an audience, and that experience just means a lot to me.” Even though Cruise is out of town — not to mention dealing with an increasingly difficult divorce — he still has time to send flowers to friends. Ron Kovic, the Vietnam War veteran whom Cruise portrayed in the film, told us: “Tom turned 50, so I sent 50 red roses to his office . . . and at my hotel room we received a knock on the door this morning, and Tom had sent me nearly three dozen roses.” Kovic added: “We’ve never missed that tradition in the past 22 years. Ever since the movie came out, we’ve shared birthdays by sending each other flowers.” Cruise spent his July 3 birthday in LA with kids Connor and Isabella and other members of his family, while Holmes and their daughter, Suri, remained in New York. Holmes has been staying in the same luxury Chelsea building where Cruise’s ex Penelope Cruz once lived.