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Jennifer Lopez worries career could end
Jennifer Lopez has admitted that she worries regularly about being rejected by Hollywood.
Speaking at the Hollywood Foreign Press Luncheon last week, the singer and actress explained that she constantly works hard to avoid the possibility of her career plunging into a downward spiral. "I wake up every day and I worry that it all might end; you just never know in this industry," she told FOXNews.com. "No matter how successful you are, this is Hollywood - it's unpredictable. But it is this that motivates me just to keep working harder." Jennifer Lopez added that she would not necessarily recommend her own approach of pursuing both singing and acting projects. "I think if music is your passion, then stick to music, or if acting is your passion, then stay with that," she said. "But for me, I wanted to try a variety of things and it’s the diversity that I love. But everybody is different and at the end of the day you just have to follow your heart." Posted on 14 Aug 2007
Jennifer Lopez Set to Release Her New Album Brave on October 9, 2007
Jennifer Lopez's new pop album Brave is set for release on October 9th on Epic Records. This is Jennifer's sixth studio album and her second release this year. Her first all-Spanish album Como Ama Una Mujer was released in March; it zoomed straight to #1 on Billboard's Latin Album chart (where it stayed for 4 weeks) while also making a remarkable #10 debut on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart. This made history as the highest sales of a Spanish album debut. Como Ama Una Mujer has already sold 800,000 copies worldwide.
For the hotly anticipated new album Brave, Jennifer collaborated with producers like J.R. Rotem, Ryan Tedder, Middi Mafia and Bloodshy. The first single "Do It Well" is already heating up airwaves on all radio formats including Z-100 in New York City and KIIS and Power 106 in Los Angeles. Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony recently announced their tour ING PRESENTS JENNIFER LOPEZ & MARC ANTHONY EN CONCIERTO which kicks off September 29 in Atlantic City. The tour will make its way to fourteen major markets and some of the hottest venues in the U.S. and Canada, including New York's Madison Square Garden, the Los Angeles Staples Center and the Miami American Airlines Arena. $1.00 from every ticket sold on the tour will benefit the ING Run for Something Better, a free school based running program which benefits Latino kids. Jennifer has been busy promoting the film El Cantante in which she stars as Puchi, the wife of tragic salsa legend Hector Lavoe. Produced by Lopez's Nuyorican Productions, El Cantante opened last week to rave reviews. Newsday wrote, "...the haunting beauty of the movie is the way it dramatizes the central figure of salsa music, the singer, who is burdened with carrying the hopes and dreams of his audience..." Few artists have traveled so effortlessly from one artistic medium to another as Jennifer Lopez with her incredible array of talent as an acclaimed movie actress, a chart-topping musical artist and a fashion industry entrepreneur. Her trailblazing career boasts major box office hits, prestigious film nominations, the successful fashion line Sweetface by J.Lo, best-selling fragrances, and over 35 million albums sold worldwide. Posted on 14 Aug 2007
Pictures of Jennifer Lopez at the HFP luncheon
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony during the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's annual installation luncheon at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007 :
    Posted on 10 Aug 2007
Jennifer Lopez wins damages over first husband's plans for tell-all book
Jennifer Lopez was awarded nearly £260,000 in a lawsuit against her first husband over his plans to publish a tell-all book claiming she had several affairs. A court-ordered arbitrator made the decision in April in Lopez's breach-of-contract suit against Ojani Noa, court papers filed Monday indicated.
The figure includes only around £98,000 in damages, with the rest going for arbitration costs and attorney's fees. Jennifer Lopez's suit claimed that Noa had violated a previous lawsuit settlement preventing him from revealing private information about their relationship. The arbitrator also decided that a permanent injunction should be awarded against Noa that would bar him from "criticizing, denigrating, casting in a negative light or otherwise disparaging or causing disparagement" to Lopez. Noa also would be directed to give the singer-actress or her attorney all copies of materials related to the book. The arbitration decision was disclosed on Monday when Lopez's attorney filed papers asking a judge to confirm the award. A hearing in the case was scheduled for next month. A call to Lopez's attorney, Paul N. Sorrell, was not immediately returned Wednesday. Noa could not be located for comment. Noa, 31, and Lopez, 36, married in February 1997 and were divorced 11 months later. Noa's unpublished, ghostwritten book alleges that during that time Lopez had multiple affairs, including one with her third and current husband, Marc Anthony, court documents indicated. Her lawsuit claimed that Noa offered not to publish the book in return for around £2.5 million. In 2004, Noa sued his ex-wife for breach of contract, claiming she lured him into taking a £500-a-week managerial job at her Pasadena restaurant, Madre's, then fired him five months later. Noa settled the case for over £60,000 and agreed not to disclose private information about their relationship or to disparage Lopez, according to court papers. Lopez's suit claimed Noa's book plans breached that agreement. Posted on 09 Aug 2007
ING Presents Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony En Concierto
Tickets go on sale starting Friday, August 10, at 10:00am, for the mega-wattage pairing of Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony for ING PRESENTS JENNIFER LOPEZ & MARC ANTHONY EN CONCIERTO, which kicks off September 29 in Atlantic City. Produced by Live Nation (NYSE:LYV) , the first-of-a-kind tour will make its way to fourteen major markets and some of the hottest venues in the U.S. and Canada, including New York's Madison Square Garden, the Los Angeles Staples Center and the Miami American Airlines Arena (see dates below). $1.00 from every ticket sold on the tour will benefit the ING Run for Something Better, a free school based running program which benefits Latino kids.
The star power and performing prowess Lopez and Anthony bring to the tour is unequaled. Anthony is one of the most thrilling performers in contemporary music and will perform music from his extensive English and Spanish repertoire. Superstar Jennifer Lopez will be touring for the first time, and performing many of the greatest hits she's had in English and also songs in Spanish from her album COMO AMA UNA MUJER. $l.00 from every ticket sold on JENNIFER & MARC EN CONCIERTO will benefit the ING Run For Something Better, a free school based running program ING created to reduce childhood obesity by introducing kids to the benefits of running, physical fitness, and healthy lifestyle choices. The NALEO (The National Association of Elected and Appointed Latino Officials) Education Fund, ING's charitable partner for the multi-city tour, will direct the funds into schools with high Latino enrollment. Lopez and Anthony, the superstar actors/performers/producers have been busy the past month promoting their film El Cantante, in which Anthony stars as the tragic salsa legend Hector Lavoe and Lopez stars as Puchi, his manager/wife. Produced by Lopez's Nuyorican Productions, El Cantante opened last week to rave reviews. Newsday wrote, " ... the haunting beauty of the movie is the way it dramatizes the central figure of salsa music, the singer, who is burdened with carrying the hopes and dreams of his audience ... " Anthony just released the soundtrack to El Cantante and Lopez is set to release BRAVE, her seventh album, on October 9. This past March, she released her first Spanish language album, COMO AMA UNA MUJER which nailed the #1 spot on the Billboard Latin Chart its first week out. Posted on 08 Aug 2007
Jennifer Lopez Fires Back At 'El Cantante' Critics
Jennifer Lopez has heard the criticism of her new film "El Cantante," in which she stars with husband Marc Anthony. But apparently, she's heard just about enough as J.Lo is now firing back at her critics. "I don't know what movie they want to see, because this is the truth," Lopez told reporters during the film's Hollywood premiere.
"El Cantante" follows the rise and fall of salsa legend Hector Lavoe (played by Anthony). Lopez plays his wife Puchi Perez. And while fans and critics alike are blasting the project, which opened Friday after nearly six years of production, the harshest comments may be coming from those who knew Lavoe best. According to an article in the LA Times, after the film's premiere in Puerto Rico, salsa singer Ismael Miranda, a Lavoe contemporary who actually plays his father in "El Cantante," slammed the film for focusing too much on the artist's drug abuse, which eventually led to his death from AIDS complications. Lavoe's former bandleader, partner and producer Willie Colon, who also served as a consultant on the film headed online to express his disappointment. "The creators of 'El Cantante' missed an opportunity to do something of relevance for our community," Colón wrote in a Yahoo.com forum. "The real story was about Hector fighting the obstacles of a nonsupportive industry that took advantage of entertainers with his charisma and talent. Instead they did another movie about two Puerto Rican junkies… It's difficult to comprehend how two individuals who are in the music business like Marc and Jennifer are not aware of the damage and the consequences of promoting only the negative side of our Latin music culture." If that's not enough, Colon later said it was Lopez's character, Puchi, who led to Lavoe's demise and for the film to focus on that relationship was a disgrace to the Latin legend. "I believe that Puchi actually caused Hector's downfall," Colón said. "I never understood why he put up with such a negative, homely, vulgar person. The biggest crime is the canonization of Puchi so that Jennifer can play her." Posted on 08 Aug 2007
El Cantante Premiere in New York : Pictures of Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony
Still in the process of updating the gallery with recent pictures... Here's Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony in New York for the premiere of their new movie :
     Posted on 04 Aug 2007
JENNIFER LOPEZ: DON'T CALL ME A DIVA
JENNIFER LOPEZ found her ultimate leading man in new movie El Cantante - her husband Marc Anthony. J-Lo stars opposite her other half in the biopic about Puerto Rican salsa pioneer Hector Lavoe. She plays his Bronx-born wife Puchi in the story of Hector's 30-year struggle with sex, drugs, music and fame. And the star says working with her husband was fantastic even though Anthony has called her character a "bitch on wheels" and many of their scenes together were high-intensity fights.
The 38-year-old singer and actress said: "It was fun. Some of the scenes were very intense and you can't fake that. You have to go there emotionally but when we were done there was a sense of satisfaction that we were telling the story. The scenes were real and we were making these people human, making the joyous things joyous and the gritty things gritty. It was all about nuances as it was with the screaming and fighting. Although we have totally different views about the characters. I felt like Puchi loved Hector and it was my responsibility to portray that. I would always tell Marc that if it wasn't for Puchi, Hector would have died a long time ago because she pulled him out of the crackhouses. He would say no, she was doing drugs with him, but thankfully we didn't take any of that home with us. It was more of an adrenaline rush, then on the drive home to Long Island we would talk about it and I'd say: 'Wasn't that great when I was pushing you? You weren't expecting that, right?' And he would be like 'No I didn't'." J-Lo's new-found happiness seems to have spelled the end of her diva demands. But the star reckons that isn't so much to do with her hubby as the fact they simply weren't true. She said: "I always felt that eventually all that stuff would fall away. I think it was a little bit exaggerated and fabricated to make things interesting, while who I am as a person has never fitted with how I have been described or portrayed in the press. So it was always kind of weird for me and I always felt people would eventually get it, even if I have to wait until I'm 40 or 50. I knew people would see me for who I really am." When Jennifer first heard a film was to be made about Hector Lavoe she called Marc right away because she knew he would be perfect for the part - even though they weren't going out at the time. She said: "I first got the script five or six years ago and Marc and I have only been together three-and-a-half years. But I knew he was the person to to play Hector. They even look a bit alike. Also, I realised he knew that world so I called him before anyone else and he told me Hector was his hero and that he would do it. I didn't even know if I was going to be in it at the time." Then before the movie, which will be in cinemas later this year, had even made it into production Lopez and Anthony got together. J-Lo had just ended her high-profile relationship with Ben Affleck and Anthony was in the midst of divorcing his ex-wife and former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres, the mother of his two young sons. Just a few months later the couple married in aquiet ceremony at Jennifer's Los Angeles home, making Anthony the third Mr Lopez. Cynics said the marriage was a cheap publicity stunt to promote Anthony's new album. It was also speculated Jennifer Lopez was pregnant and she was only with Anthony because she was on the rebound from Affleck. Three-and-a-half years later, though, and the couple seem to have proved everyone wrong. They are rarely seen without each other and since they tied the knot the number of column inches dedicated to Jennifer's private life has almost vanished, something J-Lo says she has to thank her husband for. She said: "When I married Marc I was ready to settle down. It took time to get to that point in my life after having made mistakes. Then Marc helped me make the decision to lead a more private life - before then I didn't know there was another way to live. I had planned not to let fame change me, but then you are out there and all this stuff is happening to you. You're on the covers of the tabloids every week and you go, 'Wait a minute, this is not working'. Marc, though, has been in the public eye since he was 11 and been singing since he was a baby so he told me I could be an artist, have my credibility, sell records and be successful while also having a life. So we made a decision to have a life that is private, sacred and ours. And now we are further down the line we have discovered people are more respectful of us." Jennifer admits it is hard for her to imagine not being famous. She always knew she was going to dance and sing for a living and it was her childhood dream to become a star, but she just wasn't prepared for what fame brings. She said: "You go for it and keep going for it but you have no idea about what comes with being famous. Once it happens to you, you have to put your feet on the ground and think, 'OK, I'm still Lupe and David's daughter' and if you have a good foundation you can get through it while a lot of artists are getting thrown off kilter. I was lucky although the biggest sacrifice you make in this business is your life. You sacrifice relationships, seeing your family as much as you should and having normal pleasures people take for granted. So I missed out on a lot because of fame but I also have a lot to be thankful for." And J-Lo certainly has one asset she knows she has to be grateful for - her curvaceous body. As a role model for all women bigger than a size zero, Jennifer can't escape having her fantastic figure discussed, especially her shapely bum. She said: "The fact I am not a typical size four (British size eight), not very tall and not thin is always mentioned but I think that is a good positive message and I am proud of it. You can still be attractive and beautiful even if you do eat that extra cake." Although she feels no guilt about the odd biscuit, J-Lo does have one guilty pleasure. She said: "I love psychics and horoscopes - anything that can tell me what is going to happen. I want to know.The fact I'm not a typical size eight, tall or thin is a positive message I'm proud of" Posted on 04 Aug 2007
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