Jennifer Lopez Plans Return To TV

Source: Yahoo, Tuesday May 15, 2001

Jennifer Lopez is set to return to the small screen, starring in a TV special this fall and producing a sitcom based on her life growing up in the Bronx.

Returning to the medium where she got her start — as a "Flygirl" dancer on the comedy series "In Living Color" — Lopez will showcase material from her latest album, J. Lo, in a one-hour NBC special, according to Reuters.

The sitcom, which has yet to be titled, will draw material from Lopez's youth, the news service said. While she won't star in the series, Lopez will serve as the executive producer.

Lopez stars in the motion picture "Angel Eyes," a big screen romance set for release Friday.

Jennifer Lopez To Perform On NBC Special, Produce Sitcom

Source: Yahoo, Monday May 14, 2001

Jennifer Lopez will perform in a musical special this fall on NBC, the network announced Monday (May 14). In addition, NBC has committed to three additional music/entertainment specials, as well as a half-hour situation comedy loosely based on Lopez's family life growing up in a Bronx neighborhood. Lopez is expected to perform only on the music special, but she will executive produce the sitcom. Her production company, Nuyorican Productions, along with Handprint Entertainment, will produce the additional specials and the half-hour series.

Lopez told LAUNCH recently that she loves singing, acting, and dancing equally, but it was her acting that launched her career: "You know, I started my career singing and dancing, doing musical theater, and stuff like that, which a lot of people don't know. So it was always part of the package for me--singing, dancing, acting--it was always the pursuit of a career for me. It was the three things so, you know, I just went from there. It's kind of like where my career kind of took me. I just followed the path that was in front of me, and it just worked out that the acting took off first."

NBC executive Jeff Gaspin said in a statement: "We're excited to have this multidimensional deal with such a talented and varied artist as Jennifer Lopez. She's the perfect match for NBC and we look forward to working with her on her first network special and beyond."

This will not be the first time Lopez has been featured on the small screen. Her career shot into high gear after performing as a "Fly Girl" dancer on the Fox comedy-variety show In Living Color in the early '90s. Since then, Lopez has starred in films such as Money Train, Out Of Sight, Selena, The Cell, and The Wedding Planner. Her new film, Angel Eyes, opens on Friday (May 18) in theaters nationwide. Lopez also has two multiplatinum albums to her credit, On The 6 and J.Lo, and she also recently introduced her own fashion line.

J.Lo Halts Sex-Video Rumors

Source: Yahoo, Sunday May 13, 2001

He spent five years in state prison, but Death Row Records godfather Suge Knight apparently still knows what sells.

Like, for example, Jennifer Lopez and sex.

Following a spate of rumors that Death Row Records planned to sell an unauthorized sex video starring Jennifer Lopez, the notorious rap label came clean Friday when the actress filed an invasion of privacy lawsuit against the company.

The legal battle came just as Death Row Records confirmed that Suge Knight Films planned to release a video this summer, salaciously titled J.Lo Uncut: Tha Real Story. A spokesman for the label remained mum on the video's contents, but the title alone seemed to heighten speculation that Knight--as one tabloid reported this week--purchased a naughty home video from one of Lopez's former boyfriends.

"It should be out by mid-summer, but I don't know the content of the tape," a Death Row spokesman said.

That was enough to put J.Lo's lawyers on the attack. The singer-actress, who claimed to have no prior knowledge of the video (if it actually existed), asked the court to prevent Knight and Death Row from using her "name, voice, photograph or likeness in any manner."

But almost immediately after filing suit, Death Row backed down, and its lawyer wrote a letter to Lopez's camp clearing things up:

"My client is currently producing a videotape entitled J.Lo Uncut: Tha Real Story," writes Death Row attorney Jeffrey Lowy. But he added that Knight "does not possess a so-called 'sex tape' involving Ms. Lopez and an ex-boyfriend."

Sorry, guys. You'll just have to stick with Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee.

"There's no sex video, there never has been," Lopez's publicist, Alan Nierob, tells E! Online. "We've said all along that we highly doubted it. If it were the case, it would've been non-consensual, without her knowledge and a complete invasion of privacy."

Nierob said his 30-year-old client had no choice but to take legal action. "We called them and we couldn't get an answer, so you've got to protect your client," he added. "She doesn't know of any tape that exists, but what if there was a tape done without her knowledge?"

The gossip tornado first began swirling Wednesday, when the Star supermarket tabloid published a story quoting an unnamed Suge Knight Films exec, who claimed "There is such a video, and it is definitely Jennifer Lopez. No doubt. You can see the big butt and everything."

The Star's source claimed the tape featured Lopez making love to a "long-time-ago" boyfriend who set up a candid camcorder during an encounter in the early 1990s. The ex-boyfriend was said to have sold the video to Knight, who planned to sell it on the Internet this summer.

Knight is currently in Sacramento County Jail, awaiting transfer to a federal facility after completing a five-year stint in state prison for an assault-related probation violation. The 310-pound rap impresario has long been a fierce rival of Lopez's ex-boyfriend, Sean "Puffy" Combs.

In addition to quashing the sex-video rumors Friday, Death Row lawyer Jeffrey Lowy insisted that his client did not leak the original story to Star magazine.

Nierob said that, because of Death Row's admission, Lopez's lawsuit will be dropped. "It's sort of a moot point because if there's is no tape, and they've gone on the record, it doesn't go further," he said.

Either way, Death Row has developed quite a reputation for scoring invaluable publicity at the expense of its rivals. Last December, the label took a jab at one of its former stars, Snoop Dogg, by posting the "Snoop Dogg Challenge" on its Website. The site featured links to songs from Snoop's new album for Master P's No Limit label, That Last Meal, and then encouraged listeners to compare it to Death Row's own Snoop rarities release, Dead Man Walkin'.

When asked Friday whether the J.Lo video was simply a PR stunt, Death Row spokesman Jonathan Wolfson replied, "You make what you want out of that," and then added, "It's never a dull moment on the Row."

Source: Worldpop, Friday May 11, 2001

Jennifer Lopez has been struck by fatigue this week and Samantha Mumba's movie has been postponed due to the director's recent sickness. J Lo only just returned to work yesterday on her new movie Enough, which sees Lopez play a woman who leaves her bully husband, after production was held up because she was suffering from fatigue. Lopez this week also missed a press function for Angel Eyes which is released in the US next weekend. Although the exact nature of her illness is not known, her publicist said fatigue was likely to have been a contributing factor. The singer has endured a hectic schedule lately, busy launching her own clothing line called Baby Doll and touring Europe, the Far East and Australia on a promotional visit on the back of the release of her J. Lo No 1 album.

Meanwhile filming on Samanatha Mumba's debut movie Time Machine has been stopped due to illness of director Simon Wells who is suffering 'extreme exhaustion.' Production is due to begin again on Saturday 19 May. The movie is due to hit the big screen this December in the US.

Good news for Jill Scott. The critically acclaimed solo singer has now been released from a Philadelphia Hospital where she had been recuperating after being hit by a serious lung infection. Doctors expect the R&B star to make a full recovery.

'Puffy' Recalls Romance with 'J.Lo'

Source: Yahoo, Tuesday May 08, 2001

Frank never got over Ava. And Joe always carried a torch for Marilyn. Now Puffy says he'd still run into a burning building to save J.Lo.

In a Vanity Fair interview that hits newsstands Wednesday, Rap impresario Sean ``Puffy'' Combs said he and his ex-girlfriend, singer-actress Jennifer Lopez, had a romance that ranked right up there with the storied relationships of Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner, Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe.

``We'd always say to each other that I was Frank and she was Ava. ... Everything always being up and down,'' he told the magazine in an article focusing on the life and career of Lopez. ''Or Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe. I can understand why there was a lot of energy in the relationship.''

``For me, it was the most energy I gave to a relationship. Sometimes, when two people get together, you feel a certain type of spark that's like, 'Yo!'''

Combs, 31, told the magazine he and Lopez, 30, remain ``good friends'' and that he'd even risk his life to save hers.

``She'll always be someone that I love. All she's gotta do is think -- she doesn't even need to pick up the phone -- and I'll be able to feel her,'' he said. ``Even in her darkest hour, if she's in a building and there's a fire and somebody's gotta run in and there's a 99 percent, 100 percent chance that they'll die, I'll run in there after her.''

According to Vanity Fair, Combs didn't give up on their romance easily. He arranged for soul singer Luther Vandross to serenade Lopez in a recording studio and even sent her 100 white doves, but it was to no avail.

The Harlem-born hip-hop mogul and the Latina bombshell from the Bronx officially ended their highly publicized romance of more than two years on Valentine's Day. The split came as Combs was standing trial in New York on weapons and bribery charges and Lopez was basking in the success of her chart-topping album, ''J.Lo,'' and her last movie, ``The Wedding Planner'' which opened at No. 1 at the U.S. box office.

For her part, Lopez told Vanity Fair, the ordeal of the trial and the investigation leading up to it was ``extremely painful and draining, but I'm sure not half as much as it was for him.''

``I just tried to be there for him. I tried to stay positive, even when I didn't feel positive,'' she told Vanity Fair on the set of her latest film, ``Enough,'' a follow-up to her soon-to-be-released film ``Angel Eyes.'' ``And I was always a phone call away.''

Although prepped as a witness in the case, Lopez was never called to testify. She has always maintained that Combs was wrongly accused.

Jennifer Lopez, Hilfiger Unveil 'J.Lo' Fashions

Source: Yahoo, Thursday April 26 ,2001

Attention women of the world who have problems finding casual wear to properly hug their curves: Jennifer Lopez wants to dress you in her favorite styles and make you look unashamedly sexy.

``It's time for the world to wear my look,'' Lopez told reporters at a press conference on Thursday to introduce a new line of self-designed ``sporty chic'' urban wear especially for women and spun from her own imagination. ``From little to voluptuous everybody gets to be sexy,'' she said.

The collection, worn by several models appearing with Lopez, looked like it comes straight off the streets of her native Bronx: Low slung French jeans with lace-up backs, tiny T shirts, powder blue velvet sweat suits, acid washed denim mini dresses stitched together from various pairs of jeans, denim spike-heeled boots.

J. Lo herself wore white bell-bottomed hip hugger slacks with attached white suspenders, a belly-baring white Lycra tube emblazoned with a sequined Puerto Rican flag, and chunky silver high heeled sandals.

``Just because you dress sexy doesn't mean you're a bad girl, it just means you know how to dress,'' Lopez said.

The ``J.Lo by Jennifer Lopez'' line is backed by an investment group led by fashion and retail veterans Andy Hilfiger and Larry Stemmerman. The team plans to launch the line of ``sporty chic'' and sexy denim, stretch and casual wear in time for the 2001 Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season.

A more extensive ``J.Lo Lifestyle'' collection including swimwear, eyewear and accessories is expected to follow, Lopez said.

The garments will be reminiscent of what the public has seen Lopez wear in her movies and videos but will not, at least in the beginning, include the kind of much talked about couture evening wear such as the barely there V-front Versace dress she wore to last year's Grammys or the sheer Chanel number the wore to the 73rd annual Academy Awards  last month.

PRICES WILL RANGE FROM $20 TO $850

The J. Lo line will be carried in better department stores and specialty stores. Prices will range from around $20 for a T-shirt to $850 for a leather skirt.

Within the next year-and-a-half the company expects to top $100 million in sales, including the accessories, Andy Hilfiger, brother of lifestyle wear designer Tommy Hilfiger, told reporters. He declined to divulge any other financial details.

The shapely Lopez, who in February became the first woman to top both the U.S. music and movie charts in the same week with her current release, ``J Lo,'' and film ``The Wedding Planner'' approached Hilfiger and Stemmerman about the joint venture through her managers, the team said.

She told reporters that designing clothing is a childhood dream come true and stems from her efforts as a little girl growing up poor in the Bronx who cut up cheap and old clothes to make them fit better.

``Even before I learned to dance and sing and act in films I was just redesigning clothes. ... I found that there was not exactly what I needed that fit me at that time ... From the time I was little I would get a really whacked pair of pants really cheap and cut them and make a beautiful tiny mini skirt out of them because I was on a lower budget at that time,'' she said.

``Or I'd get just a plain sweatshirt and I'd make suspenders out of it by (cutting) off the sleeves, or I'd get a little pair of my pants for my birthday and I'd open them up, sew them together, cut them off, and I'd have a really cute little pink mini skirt, or something. I'd rip off the Smurf pockets.''

Even after becoming a star, Lopez said, she has had a difficult time finding clothes that fit her properly and has had to resort to having pieces tailor-made to fit both her narrow waist and voluptuous hips. Her line grows out of a desire to help other women like her find clothes that fit their curves.

``I find it is difficult for women who are curvaceous to find clothes in stores that fit. The voluptuous woman is almost ignored. I want to offer clothes that are wonderfully designed and will fit women of all sizes. Everybody gets to be sexy.''

Lopez said she's aiming to dress a wide range of women from preteens to adults.

Jennifer Lopez: True Love Takes Time

Source: Yahoo, Tuesday April 17 ,2001

Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez, who split with rapper Sean ``Puffy'' Combs earlier this year, does not believe in love at first sight and prefers to take her time in matters of the heart.

``I am not so easily aroused. For me it takes quite a long time until the first kiss,'' Lopez told German women's magazine Journal fuer die Frau. ``It doesn't always have to immediately get out of control and into sex.''

Combs was cleared last month of gun possession and bribery charges in a highly publicized night-club shooting case. After the case the artist who had been known as ``Puff Daddy'' announced he was changing his nickname to ``P.Diddy.''

The shapely Lopez, who in February became the first woman to top both the U.S. music and movie charts in the same week, said she was against judging women like British supermodel Kate Moss and "Ally McBeal " star Calista Flockhart for being so thin.

``I am totally against criticizing these women just because they are thin. It would be just as idiotic if I was defined by my curves,'' she said.

The Latina sex symbol denied reports earlier this year that her body was insured for $1 billion.

Jennifer Lopez Ditches Kahlo Project

Source: Yahoo, Monday April 02 ,2001

Jennifer Lopez has dropped her plans to portray Mexican artist Frida Kahlo on the big screen and is instead negotiating to star as an FBI (news - web sites) agent for director Tony Scott in a Warner Bros. crime thriller, ``Taking Lives.''
Talks have commenced between the studio and Lopez's agents toward a deal that would pay her in excess of $10 million to make the drama her next film. The projected start date for the project would be the fall or once the threatened actors strike is either averted or settled.
``Taking Lives,'' a Jon Bokenkamp-scripted adaptation of the Michael Pye novel, would star Lopez as an FBI profiler on the trail of a prolific murderer who kills strangers and assumes their identities.
The film has nearly come together over the past several years in several forms. Scott has long toyed with ``Taking Lives,'' courting Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett to play the FBI agent.
The project had lost most of its momentum when the ``Top Gun'' director departed the film to direct the Beacon Communications drama ``Spy Game'' with Brad Pitt and Robert Redford. Scott has now come full circle and is negotiating to direct the film with Lopez for Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures and producer Mark Canton.
Lopez won't go forward with previously announced plans to play Kahlo in a film that was being prepped at United Artists for Luis Valdez to direct and Francis Ford Coppola to produce.
The biopic about the Mexican painter was effectively knocked on the canvas when a rival film, starring Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Edward Norton and Ashley Judd, was greenlit first at Miramax, with director Julie Taymor at its helm.
Lopez will next be seen in the Luis Mandoki-directed drama ''Angel Eyes,'' a film whose late July opening date has been shifted by Warner Bros. to May 18. 

JENNIFER: FOXY LADY

Source: Yahoo, Friday March 30 ,2001

Jennifer Lopez has a couple of beauty tricks up her sleeve - although she doesn't usually have any sleeves on her barely-there outfits. Impeccable sources say she routinely applies makeup to her breasts when she wears a sheer top - as she did on Oscar night, which is why the director kept the camera from straying below her neckline when she presented an award. Word is she gives the men in her life a treat by letting them apply the tint. J. Lo further enhanced her beauty with false eyelashes made - our spies say - with the fur of a red fox.

Source: Worldpop, Wednesday March 28 ,2001

Ubiquitous R&B singer-come-actress Jennifer Lopez, now known as J.Lo, has confirmed plans to launch a range of clothing aimed at schoolgirls.

Jennifer Lopez, who famously (almost) wore a revealing, green Versace dress to the 2000 Grammys, is preparing the clothing range together with Andy Hilfiger, brother of designer, Tommy Hilfiger. No doubt the clothes will be designed to get teenage males even more hot under the collar.

Earlier this month, worldpop exclusively reported that Lopez had signed a deal to launch her own range of fashion wear with businessman Andy Hilfger. Lopez, currently in Los Angeles filming Enough with Noah Wyle, also says that she's scheduled to come to the UK and France to publicise her J.Lo album in the next couple of months.

She adds she hasn't any firm plans to make another movie after Enough because of the threatened writers strike in Hollywood, but is planning her debut tour, 'next year'. Earlier reports said she would begin the tour in August.

Source: Worldpop, Saturday March 24 ,2001

Jennifer Lopez's diva demands for her upcoming tour are upsetting promoters who claim her label is trying to offload some of the costs on them, according to the New York Post.

The Post reports that Lopez and her entourage are making demands for specific flowers and scented candles in dressing rooms. It quotes one unnamed source saying the label is trying to persuade promoters
to pick up the tab for some of Lopez's more unusal requests. When Lopez visited the Top of the Pops studios she made bizarre demands for several dressing rooms for herself and her entourage with each room decorated with thousands of pounds worth of white orchids.

But Lopez may not after all embark on her first ever concert tour this year a spokesman for the singer-actress has said. The spokesperson told the Post: 'A tour is not guaranteed. If there is an actors' strike, it will happen, but if not, she might be making a movie.' Lopez last month announced to reporters she intended to tour North America beginning in August and hopefully play dates in Europe later in the year.

Lopez's spokesman tells the Post claims that Lopez has made demands for specific flowers and scented candles in her dressing room just aren't true. 'When an artist goes on tour, an artist rider (which specifies certain things they must have) is a normal thing,' said the rep adding, 'I can't speak about her rider. It's a contractural obligation.'

Jennifer Lopez Has 'Enough' In Film

Source: MTV, Monday March 19 ,2001

With her ex-boyfriend, Sean "Puffy" Combs, recently cleared of gun possession and bribery charges in New York, singer/actress Jennifer Lopez can now fully turn her attention to her new film project, "Enough," slated to start shooting this weekend.

Lopez will star in "Enough" as Slim, a waitress whose life is changed after she marries a wealthy contractor named Mitch, played by Billy Campbell from the TV drama "Once & Again," according to Columbia Pictures, which is producing the film.

After giving birth to a daughter, Slim flees her increasingly abusive spouse with the newborn only to discover that Mitch is following her. While on the run, Slim trains herself for a final, violent confrontation with her husband.

Sandra Bullock had originally signed on to play Slim, but Variety reported in November that she had to back out of "Enough" because of a scheduling conflict with another film.

Michael Apted, whose previous credits include the James Bond flick "The World Is Not Enough," "Nell," "Gorillas in the Mist" and "Coal Miner's Daughter," has signed on to direct "Enough" from a screenplay by Nicholas Kazan.

In addition to Lopez and Campbell, actors Juliette Lewis, Noah Wyle, Dan Futterman and Fred Ward have also been cast in the film, which will be shot on location in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. "Enough" was initially to arrive on screens in September, but has now been pushed back to early 2002.

"Enough" follows up Lopez's "The Wedding Planner," which went straight to #1 at the box office in January. At the same time, she also topped the Billboard 200 albums chart with her second LP, J.Lo (see "Jennifer Lopez Tops With Moviegoers, Music Buyers").

Lopez has already completed work on another film, "Angel Eyes," in which she plays a police officer with a troubled past. That movie hits screens on May 18.

Jennifer Lopez: Romantic Seeking Shining Knight

Source: Yahoo, Wednesday March 14 ,2001

After breaking up with rapper Sean ``Puffy'' Combs, Jennifer Lopez sees herself as a romantic still waiting for her knight in shining armor.
``I was born a romantic. I operate from the heart -- that's who I am. Love is a big inspiration in my singing, in my acting and in my dancing,'' she told Britain's In Style magazine.
``I believe in unconditional love and doing things for people you care about,'' said the singer and actress, who has broken up with Combs, now on trial in New York on bribery and gun possession charges in connection with a 1999 nightclub shooting.
Lopez commands $9 million a picture and recently became the first woman to top both the U.S. music and movie charts in the same week with her current release, ``J Lo,'' and new film, ``The Wedding Planner''
``I always made the choice to do different things. I just didn't want to get pigeon-holed,'' she told the magazine.
Matthew McConaughey, her co-star in ``The Wedding Planner,'' agreed with Lopez's view of herself.
``Jen's definitely a romantic, a dreamer. She has a real sweetness that not everyone sees, like an 8-year-old girl. She loves 'Romeo and Juliet' and the idea of the knight in shining armor coming over the hill to take her away,'' he said. 

JENNIFER LOPEZ: FROM DANCING MACHINE TO POP QUEEN
Source: E.sleuth, Monday March 07 ,2001

Mar. 7, 2001) It's funny what can happen in under ten years. From "In Living Color" dance machine to the new millennium's reigning pop queen. Jennifer Lopez is as much a part of showbiz in the 2K1 as rap stars in trouble with the law ... (OUCH!). From film to film she continues to display a knack for bringing people to the theaters. And that's not to mention that at one time she had the number one film, "The Wedding Planner," and the number one album, "J-Lo," in the country. Not many people can claim they ever did that. In fact, no one at all.

"I always liked romantic comedies. I saw the movie, I read the story, and I just wanted to do it," said Lopez.

Jennifer Lopez seems to be the queen of ups and downs these days, but she has been handling things in true star fashion, with a smile and a wave. But, truth be told, there is one thing that could wreck the concentration of even the coolest customer ... award show performances.read more

Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez & Aerosmith In LAUNCH Newsbites
Source: Launch, Monday March 05 ,2001

(3/5/01, 10 a.m. ET) - Britney Spears will release "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know," the fourth single off her nine-times platinum album Oops!...I Did It Again, to radio on April 2. The song was co-written by Robert John "Mutt'' Lange and Shania Twain. The video for the track is directed by Herb Ritts (Madonna, Janet Jackson). Spears is currently recording her third Jive Records album tentatively slated for release in November. Oops!.. I Did It Again has sold more than 15 million copies worldwide...

You can now add fashion designer to Jennifer Lopez's resume, which already includes singing, acting and dancing. Lopez will have her very own clothing line debuting in stores in the fall of this year…

As Shaggy's Hotshot spends its fourth week at Number One, the reggae-pop singer has announdced that he will perform his hit single "Angel" on ABC's Live With Regis And Kelly tomorrow (March 6)...

Aerosmith will unleash its new album, Just Push Play, tomorrow (March 6) from 6 to 8 p.m. ET at an in-store event at the Virgin Megastore in New York City's Times Square. Just Push Play is the group's first full-length studio album since 1997's multi-platinum Nine Lives...Destiny's Child unveiled its new television spots for AT&T on Thursday (March 1). The new "Reality Check" commercials are intended to entice the teen market into dialing 1-800-CALL-ATT for collect calls. It was filmed in Los Angeles and features the trio's new track "Survivor." Meanwhile, the release of Destiny's Child's highly anticipated album Survivor has been pushed back to May 1...Vocal-harmony, a cappella group Rockapella's J-Bird Records live album tiltled, Rockapella In Concert is released to stores tommorow (March 6). The album was recorded at the historic Lobero Theater in Santa Barbra, California. The concert will air live on your local PBS station starting this month...Rick Springfield will be signing copies of his new album Alive at the Virgin Megastore located in Ceasar's Forum Shops in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. PT...

-- Jason Gelman, New York

Lopez Signs Clothing Line Deal
Source:Yahoo, Monday March 05 , 2001

Jennifer Lopez: singer, actress ... fashion designer?

Lopez has signed a deal with Andy Hilfiger, the younger brother of designer Tommy Hilfiger, to create her own clothing line, the New York Post reported Sunday.The deal is with Andy Hilfiger's new company, Music Entertainment Fashion Inc., the newspaper said, citing a source close to the deal.Lopez spokesman Paul Wilmot declined to comment, the Post said, and Hilfiger was traveling and not available for comment.Lopez' ex-beau, rap impresario Sean ``Puffy'' Combs, has his own menswear line called Sean John.

Lopez Looms Large Over Puffy Trial
Source:Yahoo, Thursday March 01 , 2001

As Sean "Puffy” Combs prepared to give his version of a 1999 nightclub shooting, lawyers in the gun and bribery case argued yesterday over what the hip-hop mogul's ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez, told a grand jury last year.

Combs' lawyer continued to dangle the tantalizing possibility that Lopez would take the stand in Combs' defense. But they bickered over whether she could help or hurt Combs.

"My expectation would be to call Mr. Combs, and after he completes his testimony, we'll rest,” Combs' lawyer Benjamin Brafman told State Supreme Court Justice Charles Solomon in Manhattan yesterday. "The additional evidence may or may not include Ms. Lopez. We'll alert you.”

Later, Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos squared off with Brafman over Lopez's account of events on Dec. 27, 1999.

Jennifer Lopez Won't Testify at 'Puffy' Combs Trial
Source:Yahoo, Tuesday February 27 , 2001

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actress and pop star Jennifer Lopez will not take the stand in the gun possession and bribery trial of her former boyfriend rap mogul Sean ``Puffy'' Combs, the two said on Tuesday.
In a joint statement by Combs and Lopez released late on Tuesday evening, Combs said, ``Since I intend to testify on my own behalf, I feel it is no longer necessary for Jennifer to be involved in these proceedings.''
Lopez added, ``If he (Combs) and his lawyers change their minds and require me to testify, I will be there immediately to tell the truth.''The stars, who recently split, reiterated that Combs is innocent. Combs is expected to testify on Thursday.

Combs, 31, has been on trial for a month for illegal gun possession and bribery stemming from a Dec. 27, 1999, shootout at midtown nightspot Club New York in which three people were wounded.Combs and his entourage, including Lopez, left the scene and were chased by police. Lopez has not been charged.
Combs, whose business empire includes Bad Boy Records and the Sean John clothing line, is one of hip-hop music's biggest stars. He faces a possible sentence of 15 years in prison if convicted.

Lopez Dress Not There But Grammys See Plenty
Source:Yahoo, Thursday February 22, 2001

By Sue Zeidler

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - While Jennifer Lopez' drop-dead gown wasn't there this year, other women artists did their best to rival the plunging neckline that kept on going with equally revealing tops and bare midriffs.
Jaws dropped as Destiny's Child, the sexy trio that took home the Grammy for best R&B performance, sang and danced in bikini length sequined outfits that revealed everything that could possibly be shown on prime time.
Grammy winner and R&B singer Toni Braxton wore a white dress with lines revealing even more bare body than the Lopez dress, cut all the way down past her navel and held together only by thin white strips on either side.
``I decided to let it go before I got married and it started to hang out all on its own,'' Braxton said, fielding questions with tongue in cheek. ``It's a double stick night.''read more

Lopez' love is global
Source: Worldpop, Thursday February 22, 2001

In her private life, she may have her troubles with ex-boyfriend Puff Daddy but professionally; Jennifer Lopez can do no wrong. The Latin star has retained the No 1 spot on the worldpop global singles chart for a second week in a row. This week the singer announced details of a 40-date N American tour with a European tour to follow at the end of the year.

Meanwhile Eminem's Stan, a former No 1, retains the No 2 position this week. And the voice on Eminem's Stan, British singer Dido, is the highest new entry in the chart this week at No 20 with her new single, Here With Me.

The Ricky Martin and Christina Aguilera duet, Nobody Wants To Be Lonely is a new entry at No 24 while Dario G's Dream To Me is new at No 37.

J-Lo's European tour
Source: Worldpop, Monday February 20, 2001

Jennifer Lopez told a press conference in Hong Kong yesterday that she hopes to tour Europe and the Far East later this year or early 2002. Lopez has already confirmed plans to start a 40-date North American tour beginning on 15 August. 'There are no definite plans plans for a tour abroad but hopefully we'll be able to do it later this year or early next year,' said Lopez.

Lopez is currently on a short promotional visit of the Far East and Australia. Yesterday she refused to answer questions about her ex-boyfriend Puff Daddy and her rumoured romance with her new boyfriend, dancer Cris Judd. Lopez did say she's keen to work with Russell Crowe after being impressed with his performance in the Oscar nominated movie, Gladiator.

Locals in Hong Kong have named Lopez 'law ba', which in Cantonese literally translates to white radish but also means 'super ips.'

Denies Her Body's Insured for $1 Billion
Source: Reuters, Monday February 19, 2001

American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez Monday denied news reports that her body is insured for $1 billion. ``No, and I know that was a big rumor,'' the sex symbol told reporters in Hong Kong during a promotion for her new album, ''J.Lo.'' ``I actually saved the newspaper (reports) to show my kids one day, but it's not true. Sorry,'' she said, giggling.

``The girl next door has grown,'' Lopez said, when asked to comment on reports of her excessive backstage demands. Lopez said she reads little of what is written about her in the media, adding, ``Things tend to be exaggerated a lot.'' Basking in the simultaneous success of her music release and her latest movie, ``The Wedding Planner'' the Latina star refused to discuss ex-boyfriend, rapper-record mogul Sean ''Puffy'' Combs.

Combs is on trial in New York on charges of gun possession and bribery in connection with a December 1999 nightclub fracas in which three people were shot. He said last week the two had ended their highly public relationship. Early this month, Lopez's second musical release debuted at No. 1 on the pop charts in the United States, Canada and Germany while her film held the top spot in U.S. box office takings until being knocked off last week by the thriller ''Hannibal.''

Lopez arrived in Hong Kong Sunday and is due to leave for Australia Tuesday before returning to the U.S. 

Sean 'Puffy' Combs, Jennifer Lopez Break Up
Source: Reuters, Thursday, February 15, 2001

J.Lo, say it ain't so.

Rap star Sean ``Puffy'' Combs and singer-actress Jennifer Lopez, rumored for weeks to be on the brink of a breakup, have ended their romance after more than two years, his spokeswoman said in a St. Valentine's Day announcement. Word that the Harlem-born hip-hop mogul and the Latina bombshell from the Bronx were splitting up came as Combs, 31, stood trial in New York on an illegal weapons charge while Lopez, 30, was off promoting her chart-topping album, ``J.Lo.''

``Mr. Combs confirmed that he and his love, Jennifer Lopez, have in fact broken up,'' his publicist, Nathalie Moar, said in a statement. ``Mr. Combs is confirming this today as he wanted to put all the rumors surrounding their relationship to rest. At this difficult time we ask that you respect his privacy.'' Lopez's spokesman, Alan Nierob, said he could not confirm or deny that the romance was over, though he noted the well-placed source of the information. ``Puffy Combs put out a statement confirming the demise of their relationship. I don't know anything about it. It's been read to me.''

By coincidence, Combs' highly publicized trial in Manhattan Superior Court opened two weeks ago as Lopez was enjoying a remarkable wave of success in both her singing and acting careers. Her second musical release, ``J.Lo,'' debuted at the top of the pop album charts, and her new hit film, ``The Wedding Planner'' held the No. 1 U.S. movie ranking until it was gobbled up by last weekend's opening of ``Hannibal.'' more

Jennifer Lopez Appears on 'SNL'
Source: Associated Press, Monday, February 12, 2001

Jennifer Lopez poked fun at her Bronx roots, her diva status and her famous Grammy Awards dress, but one subject was off limits on ``Saturday Night Live." There were no jokes about boyfriend Puffy Combs or his current trial on gun possession and bribery charges stemming from their night out at a New York nightclub more than a year ago.

Lopez performed in skits as a scratching, clawing diva, as a struggling girl group singer showing off her shared one-bedroom apartment on a mock version of MTV's ``Cribs,'' and as a tough co-host of a mythical ``Good Morning Bronx'' TV news show. On ``Good Morning Bronx,'' she angrily separated two men fighting over unpaid rent. ``You are not going to mess up my chance of being a Puerto Rican Connie Chung,'' she wailed. 

Jennifer Lopez Again #1 At Box Office
Source: Sonicnet,Tuesday, February 6, 2001

For second week, singer/actress's 'Wedding Planner' takes top spot; J.Lo #1 on music chart.

Jennifer Lopez will continue her reign at the top of the movie world for another week, before "Hannibal" is expected to eat her up.

"The Wedding Planner," which stars the sultry singer/actress, is the #1 movie in the United States for a second consecutive weekend, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday. The romantic comedy pulled in $11 million, taking its 10-day total to $28.2 million, about equal to the film's production budget, according to Reuters.

Lopez is also atop the music world, as her second album, J.Lo, debuted at #1 on Billboard's 200 albums chart last week. The album is also #1 in Canada and Germany, and in the top five in Australia, Britain and Italy.

Lopez is the first person ever to top both the movie and music charts in the United States at the same time.

"The Wedding Planner," in which Lopez falls in love with the fiancé (played by Matthew McConaughey) of one of her clients, has received lackluster reviews but has faced little competition. The Denise Richards horror flick "Valentine" debuted at #2 over the weekend.

However, "Hannibal," the long-awaited follow-up to 1991's Oscar-winning "Silence of the Lambs," opens Friday and is expected to debut at #1.

Jennifer Lopez Gives The J.Lo Lowdown
Source: Sonicnet, Monday, February 5, 2001

Jennifer Lopez has left behind the days when she was the butt of endless jokes about her famous derriere. Like a force of nature, the former Fly Girl has taken on the world of movies and music, even giving a nod to a certain Material Girl on the first single from her new album, "Love Don't Cost a Thing"

The album's dancy, independent-woman lead track is the first salvo in a barrage of Lopez-motion. Her second album, J.Lo, conveniently dropped the same week the double-threat star hits movie screens opposite heartthrob Matthew McConaughey in the romantic comedy "The Wedding Planner."

Lopez has grabbed headlines over the past year-plus for everything from her infamous, not-there Grammy dress and star turn in the bizarro sci-fi drama "The Cell" to her ringside seat at a 1999 club shooting that has beau Sean "Puffy" Combs facing possible jail time.read more

"J.Lo" Dethrones Beatles
Source: Yahoo, Thursday February 1, 2001

Jennifer Lopez pulled off a media exacta over the past week as her new film, The Wedding Planner, topped the U.S. box office grosses in its first three days of release, while copies of her sophomore album, J.Lo, rung up first week sales of 272,262 copies, a somewhat modest arrival given the publicity machinery behind the album, yet enough to land it atop the SoundScan's chart.Lopez's ascendance ended the Beatles' eight-week stint on top with 1, as well as spoiling Shaggy's run at the No. 1 slot with his Hotshot. Shaggy's album has been enjoying a gradual rise, while other Top Ten albums have fizzled; Hotshot sold 214,180 copies last week, a 10,000 copy increase from the previous one. Further, the album only trailed J.Lo's opening week splash by approximately 60,000 copies, no small feat for an album that has been on shelves for nearly six months.

While 1 fell to the No. 4 slot and the Save the Last Dance soundtrack remained static at No. 3, the Top Ten received an infusion of some new blood in addition to its new chart-topper, though again, sales numbers were hardly on pace with the year-end boom. Making the Band's O-Town rode their eponymous debut to the No. 5 slot with sales of 144,529, an impressive debut for your average pop release, but a mere whimper when stacked against the first-week numbers of boy-band products like 'N Sync's No Strings Attached (2.4 million copies sold), the Backstreet Boys' Black and Blue (1.6 million) and even 98 Degrees' Revelation (270,000). Also finding a way into the Top Ten was Puff Daddy's all-female quartet, Dream, who landed at No. 6 with It Was All a Dream.
Now That's What I Call Music Vol. 5, Dido's No Angel and Creed's Human Clay all slipped slightly, but still clung to Top Ten slots. Ja Rule's Rule 3:36 crept back in at No. 10, while Lenny Kravitz's Greatest Hits, Sade's Lovers Rock, Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water and OutKast's Stankonia fell to make way for the newcomers.The semi-Southern Rock compilation Goin' South, which features classic rock staples from the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd and others, came in at No. 28, the only other debut in the Top 100.As for next week, don't look for too much shuffling, as Vitamin C's More leads a field of new releases void of serious contenders for the top slots.

Jennifer Lopez Tops With Moviegoers, Music Buyers
Source: Sonicnet, Wednesday January 31, 2001

Singer/actress lands at #1 with 'Wedding Planner,' J.Lo.

Teri vanHorn reports:

As if having the #1 movie weren't enough, Jennifer Lopez is top of the pops as well.
The superstar singer/actress's second album, J.Lo, sold about 272,000 copies in its first week — enough to perch her firmly at #1 on next week's Billboard 200 albums chart, according to industry sources. Official numbers will be released by SoundScan on Wednesday.

Lopez's lighting bolt debut upsets the Beatles' stranglehold on the top spot, where their The Beatles 1 has spent the past seven weeks.

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Monday, 23 October 2000
Jennifer Lopez wins the Versace Award

Strike up another honor for Jennifer Lopez. VH1 reports it will the actress-singer will receive the Versace Award Oct. 20 at the 2000 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards--A Night of Killer Music and Fashion. The Versace Award, an annual award created by VH1 to pay tribute to the late designer Gianni Versace, is presented to the person who best continues to represent the boundless energy, infinite creativity and fearlessness that was Versace...  read more

Sunday, 22 October 2000
Jennifer's Cast on 'The Cell"

The ''what's real and what isn't'' psychedelia of dream state activity is a turn on for music video makers, who, to the detriment of their feature debuts, love to noodle around unencumbered by strictures of narrative. In The Cell. the first feature from commercial and music video director Tarsem Singh - - a serial killer with the serial killeresque name of Carl Stargher (Vincent D'Onofrio) videotapes his automated torture of young female victims caged and flooded in a subterranean glass box. Obsessed with stopping Carl before the next lamb is silenced, FBI agent Peter Novak (a haggard Vince Vaughn) enlists the aid of Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez, playing Virgin Mary as supermodel). She's a psychologist so moist her hair floats in tendrils, and so post Freudian she has discovered a way to burrow directly into the motivations of her patients without listening to a word they say... read more
Find out more at: thecellmovie.com

Tuesday, 17 October 2000
Jennifer and some more artirst on the MTV Europe Music Awards

Although she wasn't able to attend the U.S. gala last month, Madonna has agreed to take to the stage and perform at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards, slated for The Globe in Stockholm, Sweden on November 16.
The "Music" maven joins Jennifer Lopez and Ricky Martin as the newest adds to the list of performers for the 7th annual EMAs, which will also feature sets from the Backstreet Boys, U2, Moby, the Spice Girls, Robbie Williams, and Guano Apes, among others.... read more