Hayek’s struggle against domestic violence continues
CALIFORNIA: In addition to her passion for acting, Salma Hayek also raises awareness about domestic violence.
The 48-year-old star was a speaker at The Wrap Power Women’s Breakfast in Beverly Hills, California on Wednesday when she talked emotionally about her work on behalf of women in front of 150 Hollywood female executives.
On her philanthropic efforts, Salma urged others to join her to prevent domestic violence not just in the States, but also around the world.
’If you want to stop violence in the world it has to start in the home,’ she said. ‘If we can win this war, we can win the war against violence.’
Adding that she rather ‘live her activism instead of talk about it.’
As to the reason maybe some were not aware of Salma’s charitable platform, she argued that she didn’t want her status as a movie star to hinder the work of others.
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In the past decade, the space industry has tried to go from risky and government-run to routine private enterprise — so routine that if you have lots of money you can buy a ticket on a private spaceship and become a space tourist.
More than 500 people have booked a flight, including Justin Bieber, Ashton Kutcher and little known space scientist Alan Stern.
But it all depends on flying becoming safe and routine. This week hasn’t helped.
Three days after a private unmanned Orbital Sciences rocket taking cargo up to the International Space Station blew up six seconds into its flight, a test flight of SpaceShipTwo exploded Friday over the Mojave Desert with two people on