‘It’s good to be 60’: Salma Hayek embraces new chapter

‘It’s good to be 60’: Salma Hayek embraces new chapter By C.L. Gaber September 24, 2026 - 7:00 am Salma Hayek Pinault recently marked her 60th birthday and expressed enthusiasm about this stage of life. “I’m not going to apologize for this age,” she says. “It’s bully to beryllium 60. You strive for this age. I’m rather excited astir embracing this caller time. I consciousness young, which is each that matters. I support increasing up.” She added, “As women age, I judge we person much things to say, and we tin accidental them much clearly,” she continues. “I’m saying them.” Her latest film, “Without Blood,” now in theaters, addresses warfare and its aftermath. Adapted from Alessandro Baricco’s novel, the picture was directed and co‑written by Angelina Jolie and features Demian Bichir. Hayek Pinault portrays Nina, a woman seeking the three men responsible for the wartime execution of her father and brother when she was a child. “It’s a movie that asks america to person much conversations arsenic quality beings,” Hayek Pinault says. “It makes america analyse our humanity.” Reflecting on her personal life, she noted that her youngest daughter, Valentina, has begun college, leaving Hayek Pinault and her husband, Francois‑Henri Pinault, with an empty nest. She is also a stepmother to his three children and has become a first‑time grandmother. She shared her outlook on aging: **No to yes** “I called Salma aboriginal on, and she said, ‘No,’ ” Jolie recalls. “First, I didn’t cognize she was going to nonstop the movie,” Hayek Pinault explains. “She sent maine the publication due to the fact that I was looking for material. I work ‘Without Blood’ and said, ‘It’s ace interesting, but it’s wholly manager dependent, truthful I don’t know. … Then, Angelina comes backmost and says, ‘If you really, really, truly don’t privation to bash it … and I don’t recognize wherefore you would accidental nary … past who should I cast?’ I said, ‘Wait, wait, hold a minute. You’re directing it?’ ” **Change your mind** Hayek was concerned that the grim subject of “Without Blood” might affect her emotional well‑being. “I thought, ‘I don