Jennifer Lopez
- Profession: Singer/Actress
- Place/Date of Birth: The Bronx, New York , 24 July 2020
Jennifer has recently had people talking because of her outfits - she turned up at the London party for her new album, Brave, in a flowing dress and only drank water, and was seen in New York wearing a voluminous grey tunic top.
But baby or not, the songstress, who launches her tour with Marc in New Jersey on Friday September 28, has plenty to smile about.
"I’m the happiest I’ve ever been," she reveals.
J-Lo to star in dancing show - Sept 27 2007
Jennifer Lopez and Avril Lavigne are set to make special appearances on the new series of hit US show Dancing With The Stars.
The American version of Strictly Come Dancing is due to premiere on UKTV Gold on Friday and will see English favourites Mel B and Jane Seymour vying for the title of dancing queen.
The guest appearances feature a line-up of songbirds including Dolly Parton, Gloria Estefan, LeAnn Rimes, Jennifer Hudson and Celine Dion.
Meanwhile, Spice Girl Mel B, 32, made her dancing debut in the show dressed in a signature leopard print dress, and performed the cha cha cha with partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
She was awarded 24 points out of 30 but has to wait until tonight to find out whether she’s made it to the second round.
"Dancing with the Spice Girls was very different. It was a lot more step, dig, step, dig," she is quoted by Metro as saying.
Jenny returns to the block - Sept 26 2007
Jennifer Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony have paid an emotional visit to a school in the Bronx area of New York, a few streets from where she grew up.
"That was so ... Oh my God, what did you do to me? Look at my makeup!" said a teary singer after hundreds of schoolchildren greeted the couple with cheers, broad smiles, flowers and artwork made just for them.
Three days before they launch a musical tour to support a children’s health campaign, J-Lo and Marc, who married in 2004, said they were "overwhelmed" by the welcome at PS 36 Unionport School.
"We look at you and see ourselves," said the self-styled Jenny from the block, dressed in a 1950s-style grey dress and black hat. "This is overwhelming. I remember being in school, being on stage, and dreaming of great things."
"There’s nothing in the world, no Grammy, no Oscar, that can make me feel more warm than today," said an equally teary-eyed Marc, who recently released the soundtrack to El Cantante, a biopic of salsa legend Hector Lavoe.
J-Lo said that on the tour -- her first -- she will perform songs from her recent album Como Ama Una Mujer (How a Woman Loves).
Part of the proceeds from the 19-concert tour, which kicks off on Friday in Atlantic City, will go to schools with programmes promoting physical education and a healthy lifestyle.
J-Lo pregnant with first child? - Sept 19 2007
It’s a rumour that has been doing the rounds for a while - but now it seems friends of Jennifer Lopez have confirmed she is expecting her first child with husband Marc Anthony.
The 38-year-old singer-actress had an ultrasound on September 12 and is to give birth in the spring after visiting Beverly Hills fertility specialist Dr Robert Katz.
"The test calculated that she was about 12 weeks pregnant," a source told In Touch magazine.
The couple have reportedly been trying to get pregnant for the past two years, and eventually turned to IVF in an attempt to create a family.
Some close pals said the baby news could be a double blessing as doctors think she could be expecting twins.
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The following year however she decided to turn her hand to singing, producing an album, On The 6, which featured breakthrough singles If You Had My Love and Waiting For Tonight. The album turned her in to a household name literally overnight while an appearance alongside George Clooney in Out of Sight established her career as an actress although her future efforts such as The Cell and Gigli (with then fiancé Ben Affleck) saw her acting skills universally panned by critics.
With a change of name came super stardom as, in 2001, JLo was released, featuring hit singles Play, Love Don?t Cost A Thing as well as giving birth to remixes of I?m Real and Ain?t It Funny. JLo?s collaboration with rappers such as Ja Rule gave her a new audience and credibility outside of the pop world, although Jenny From the Block, the lead single from her 2002 album This is Me?Then, saw her rather ridiculed for claiming to be ?from the block? when she was often seen in the world?s finest hotels wearing fur coats costing the yearly wage of most of us.
In between failed marriages (to Cris Judd) and broken engagements (Ben Affleck), getting arrested with P Diddy (another ex) and appearing in films such as Maid in Manhattan and The Wedding Planner, Jennifer managed to turn herself in to a corporation with a range of clothes, perfumes and a production company to her name. She has also turned her hand to modeling, most notably appearing in a fabulous campaign for Louis Vuitton.
More recently the one time diva seems to have settled down, dedicating time to her new husband Marc Antony (the Latino pair married in June 2004) and releasing her latest album Rebirth which, although a commercial flop, signified a new direction for the singer. Despite this disappointment it seems that JLo?s success is set to run and run although whether her future lies in singing, acting or fashion remains to be seen.
November 2007