Melanie Griffith in red at the Goya Awards: too matronly & not so jacked?

These are photos from last night’s Goya Awards in Madrid. Let’s just start with Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith. The other day, I was watching part of Working Girl – how great is that movie? And Melanie is great in it too. When Melanie got with Antonio, she seemed to definitely feel that she was “the older woman/cougar” and soon after, she began screwing with her face. It’s believed that Antonio – over the past few years – has been encouraging Melanie to go natural and stop messing with her face. In interviews, it seems like he’s still very much in love with his wife, and he takes her as she is and wants her to accept herself as-is. Which brings me to these photos – I honestly think Melanie looks less jacked then she usually seems. Her face looks worked on, sure. But there’s natural aging there too. And her lips has definitely taken a turn for the better. I like the dress on Melanie too – it’s matronly! As it should be.

Salma Hayek and her man were at the Goya Awards too. I’m not in love with the dress, I really dislike her hair, and yet I come away thinking that Salma is still incredibly sexy. It’s her crazy body. Jesus. I would love to have that kind of body just for a day. A week! Forever, I want to try her body for forever.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

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  1. lisa says:

    Its weird because it looks like they are taking pictures with the other person’s partner.. Antonio and Selma and Melanie looks like she should be paired with Salma’s husband.. :/

    I like Selma’s dress.. She is so beautiful. I don’t like the necklace with the dress.

    • Dredz says:

      I think so too… Looks like they should swap partners LOL

      • dahlia noir says:

        NO WAY ! One can clearly feel the love Melanie and Antonio have for each other, I mean look how she’s looking at him… after all these years… And then you got Salma Hayek… nothing to admire here.

  2. Ha! says:

    Salma: remember, you married sugar daddy McBillions, stop dressing and messing with your hair as if you had just come out of the local tianguis in Veracruz, for goodness sakes!!!! Or is it an ode to the nacas?

  3. G says:

    I always think those burgundy colours don’t photograph well on “red” carpets.

  4. Jules says:

    I really like Melanie’s dress. It’s also nice to her lips looking more natural.

    Salma’s hair is awful. I also noticed recently that her daughter looks exactly like her husband with Salma’s coloring. (What a shame!!)

  5. Lisa says:

    Melanie’s dress looks like one of Evil Queen’s dresses.

  6. Dawn says:

    I think Mel looks wonderful. And I hope she stops messing with her face too. Working Girl was a really good movie and I just watched in a couple weeks ago and thought how pretty she was and is.

    • JM says:

      I also hope Melanie has detoxed off the botox for good. She is a beautiful woman who’s husband is still in to her after all these years. Loved her in Working Girl and Milk Money!

  7. Cleveland Girl says:

    Salma looks like a complete butter face here. Mel just looks matronly…great word. If she would just change her hair style she would take 10 years off of her looks.

  8. Raven says:

    There is only a nine-year age difference between Hayek and Griffith.

    Melanie was very young when she had her first facial surgery. She was married to Don Johnson at the time and they had his and hers surgeries. Clearly years of messing with her face has taken its toll. That said, I suspect not filling her face, esp. her lips was also part of her addiction treatment, the idea of being her real self. I do congratulate her for that.

  9. Aiobhan says:

    In some of those photos of Salma the boobs look like they have been tamed and even smushed into the dress. She looks a little disheveled but I like it a lot. the necklace needs to go though.

    I don’t know about Melanie. She still looks like she is being propped up and that dress is ugly. There is a way to look age appropriate without looking like you are two steps away from death. She is not that old.

  10. ellie66 says:

    Antonio is still yummie and Melaine hasnt looked that good in years! Good for her! Salma is georgous as always.

  11. Lisa says:

    I watched my girl Melanie this weekend in “Stormy Monday”…one of my FAVES!!! Her…Sean Bean…STING…Tommy Lee Jones…HEAVEN!!!

    Mel looks…healthy and happy…MAZEL TOV!!!

  12. Happymom says:

    Any time Melanie covers up that hideous tattoo on her arm means that the dress is a good choice. Salma’s dress is lovely but her hair is a mess.

  13. Cindi says:

    Does anyone else see that Melanie is looking like Jane Fonda these days????

  14. LadyJane says:

    Melanie looks really pretty here. I am rooting for her. She seems so fragile in a way that doesn’t annoy me. She does look a bit regal here, but I think it is nice. There are different types of beautiful and you can’t be a hoochy mama forever – so elegant is a nice way to go.

  15. sundaygal says:

    Salma is channeling Helena Bonham Carter with this look.

  16. Rose says:

    Melanie looks like Jane Fonda here, and Jane is considerably older.

  17. Jen34 says:

    Melanie and Antonio look very attractive. Selma and her guy, not so much, although I love her dress.

  18. Anait says:

    Too much roses on that dress, but Melanie and Antonio look good together.

  19. ann says:

    I really like Melanie and Antonio together. She’s really looking good in those pictures and the dress is a bit goth but looks wonderful on her.
    Salma’s poor little skinny straps are working overtime keeping that dress up.

  20. SHEDA says:

    i look at antonio & melanie and think this real love. nothing but love could make him stay with her after she mess up her face.
    loved him on desperado. soooo sexy

  21. shontay says:

    I don’t want Salma’s body. Big boobs are great (I have them), but she has zero booty. No thanks.

  22. Tazina says:

    Melanie looks lovely in this photo, love the dress and her hair and makeup are flawless. Her and Antonio make a very nice couple.

  23. DT says:

    I like Melanie’s dress, a lot. But then again, I’m a matron.

  24. wunder says:

    I like Salma and Melanie’s dresses. Those rich red shades are fabu!

    Definitely Melanie looks a whole lot better and healthier nowadays. Whatever she’s doing now is working well for her.

  25. Seagulls says:

    Well done, Melanie!

  26. MW says:

    I have seen two pics of Salma recently. Thought the first was just a bad pic but now I’m thinking Salma is not aging very gracefully. Sorry, nothing against her at all. JMHO.

  27. Loralei says:

    Melanie looks like she us in an “evil queen” costume! Why should she look matronly? She’s not THAT much older than Salma ( who by the way, is wearing a gorgeous dress.). She forgot to brush her hair when she got out if bed though.

    • Misha says:

      Love Salma dress & hair, she looks so… Desperado styled? I love to see her less unkept (which is very rare!). On the other hand, I find Antonio a little tired and worn out, around his wife. Like, it is so tough to be married to her? I bet.

      Salmas husband no comment. Just no.

  28. Maritza says:

    I don’t like Melanie’s dress but it is proper for her age and they both look happy together, good for them. Salma’s hair has looked better but I like that plum dress a lot. Nice to see that she is happy with her husband also.

  29. Jayna says:

    I think Melanie’s dress is stunning, very sophisticated for the occasion. I hate his hair flat, combed forward with bangs. He is hot with it long and fuller on top off combed back. But maybe he is balding so is covering it.

  30. Princess Lizabeth says:

    I think Melanie looks lovely.

  31. original sandy says:

    love melanie, always have she looks great, her dress is appropriate, she does seem fragile, i hope she is happy, i also like selma’s dress, nice body.

  32. Camille (The original) says:

    Salma is a gorgeous woman (with one of the best bodies in HW IMO), but I don’t care for how she looks here. And she looks like she is posing with her Dad. 🙁

    Melanie’s face does look a bit better. It’s a shame she messed with it in the first place however.

  33. JennJenn says:

    Can. Not. Stand. Salma’s surgically overstuffed chichis though apparently her sugar daddy feels otherwise.

  34. skipper says:

    Salma knows how to dress those boobies!

  35. juju says:

    Melanie why would you or anybody wear that ugly ass dress !!!!! OMG look at the hunk u have next to u, get with it lady !!

  36. Ravensdaughter says:

    Yeeech-Salma Hayek’s husband gives me the total creep vibe now.

  37. lena horne says:

    both ladies look lovely!

  38. Henriette says:

    Antonio has tried to get Melanie to slow down on the plastic surgery and that’s great. But he cheats on her – a LOT – and that sort of drives her obsession with trying to change how she looks.

  39. MAMAKOWALSKA says:

    Melanie looks DIVINE!!!!!!! She should dress her age more often!!! She looks dignified and great for her age!!!

  40. SamiHami says:

    Melanie looks like Candy Spelling. Def not a good look. Antonio used to be so hot; where did that go? It’s like, since he married Griffith, everything that made him attractive just evaporated.

    Salma looks gorgeous, except for the hair.

  41. Holly Hobby says:

    Yes Melanie has definitely relaxed the trout pout. She looks better here. Good for her hubby to make her drop the fillers.

  42. benny says:

    Melanie looks like Madame (Wayland Flowers’ puppet). I think the damage has been done and I’m not sure there’s anything she can do to fix it now.