Jennifer Lynn
Lopez (born July 24, 1969), popularly nicknamed J.Lo, is
a Golden Globe Award-nominated, five-time ALMA
Award-winning American actress, Grammy Award and Latin
Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, dancer, and fashion
designer. She is the richest Hispanic in Hollywood
according to Forbes magazine and also the most
influential Hispanic entertainer in America according to
People en Español's list of 100 Most Influential
Hispanics which pays tribute to Hispanics who have had
an impact on their communities.
Early life: Lopez was born and raised in Castle
Hill, a middle-class neighborhood in the Bronx, New York
City, New York to Puerto Rican parents Guadalupe Rodríguez
and David Lopez. Lopez spent her entire academic career
in Catholic schools. She also financed singing and
dancing lessons for herself from the age of nineteen.
After leaving a one-semester career at Baruch College,
Lopez divided her time between working in a legal
office, dance classes, and dance performances in
Manhattan clubs at night. After months of auditioning
for dance roles, Lopez was selected as a dancer for
various rap artists' music videos, and was given a guest
spot at the American Music Awards as a backup dancer for
the New Kids on the Block and their performance of their
song "Games" in 1991. After being rejected
twice, Lopez gained her first regular high-profile job
as a "Fly Girl" dancer on the television
comedy program In Living Color in 1991. Soon after,
Lopez became a backup dancer for famed singer Janet
Jackson and made an appearance in her 1993 video
"That's the Way Love Goes".
Film and television: Lopez has appeared on the
short-lived television programs South Central, Second
Chances, and Hotel Malibu, and the made-for-television
film Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7. Lopez
broke into the big screen in 1995, in the drama My
Family and then appeared opposite Wesley Snipes in the
action film Money Train. Lopez has also played roles in
Francis Ford Coppola's 1996 comedy Jack starring Robin
Williams, and the 1997 thriller Blood and Wine with Jack
Nicholson. Lopez played the lead role in the 1997 film
Selena for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe
Award for "Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or
Comedy" in 1998. She also became the first Latin
actress to get paid $1 million or more for a film role.
Some of her other critically-acclaimed films include
Selena, Out of Sight, The Cell, and An Unfinished Life.
Lopez's performances were less well-received in the
financially successful films The Wedding Planner, Maid
in Manhattan, and Monster-in-Law.
Lopez has finished shooting two new independent films:
Bordertown and El Cantante. El Cantante was shown at the
Toronto International Film Festival where it got
positive reviews. Bordertown was shown at the Brussels
Film Festival. Both films were produced by Lopez and her
production company, New Yorican Productions. Lopez also
guest-starred in the sixth season finale of Will &
Grace in 2004 playing herself.
In May 2006, MTV gave the greenlight on her
executively-produced reality show, DanceLife. The show
will follow the lives of six aspiring dancers as their
struggle to make it in the competitive world of
professional dance. Lopez, who took an active role in
selecting the show's participants, is also slated to
make cameo appearances over the course of the season and
the show's eight-episode run began on January 15, 2007.
Lopez made an appearance as a mentor on American Idol on
April 10, 2007. The next day, she appeared on the show
during a live taping as a performer singing her single
"Qué Hiciste". Her performance received a
standing ovation from all three judges.
Music :
On the 6 (1999):
Lopez's debut album On the 6, a reference to the 6
subway line she used to take growing up in Castle Hill,
was released on June 1, 1999, and reached the top ten of
the Billboard 200. The album featured the multi-week
Billboard Hot 100 number-one lead single, "If You
Had My Love", as well as the top ten hit
"Waiting for Tonight". It also contained the
Spanish-language, Latin-flavored duet "No Me
Ames" with Marc Anthony. Though "No Me
Ames" never had a commercial release, it reached
number one on the U.S. Hot Latin Tracks. Despite this,
the music video for "No Me Ames" received
moderate airplay on the music channels VH1 (United
States) and The Box (United Kingdom). On the 6 also
featured guest artists such as Big Pun and Fat Joe on
the track "Feelin' So Good", which failed to
make the top fifty of the Billboard Hot 100. "Let's
Get Loud", the final single, earned Lopez a Grammy
Award nomination in the "Best Dance Recording"
category in 2001. "Waiting for Tonight" was
nominated for the same category the previous year.
"No Me Ames" received two nominations at the
2000 Latin Grammy Awards — "Best Pop Performance
by a Duo or Group with Vocal" and "Best Music
Video".
J. Lo (2001): Lopez's second album, J. Lo, was
released on January 23, 2001 and debuted at number one
on the Billboard 200. The lead single, "Love Don't
Cost a Thing", was her first number-one single in
the United Kingdom and took her into the top five on the
U.S. Billboard Hot 100. She followed it up with
"Play" which gave her another top twenty hit
on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number three in the
UK. Her next two singles were "I'm Real" and
"Ain't It Funny" which were quickly rising up
the charts. To capitalize on this, Lopez asked The Inc.
Records (then known as Murder Inc.) to remix both songs,
which featured rap artists Ja Rule (on both) and
Caddillac Tah (on the "Ain't It Funny" remix).
Both remixes reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100
for several weeks. She re-released J. Lo on her
thirty-second birthday with the remix of "I'm
Real" as a bonus track.
J to tha L-O!: The Remixes (2002): Following the
success of the re-release of J. Lo, Lopez decided to
devote an entire album to the remixing effort, releasing
J to tha L-O!: The Remixes, on February 5, 2002. This
album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200,
becoming the first remix album in history to debut at
the top on the chart.[6] Featured artists on J to tha
L-O!: The Remixes included P. Diddy, Fat Joe, and Nas,
and the album also included rare dance and hip-hop
remixes of past singles. It is still one of the most
successful remix albums ever.
This Is Me... Then (2002): On November 26, 2002,
Lopez released her third studio album, This Is Me...
Then, which reached number two on the Billboard 200 and
spawned four singles: "Jenny from the Block"
(featuring Jadakiss and Styles P), which reached number
three on the Billboard Hot 100; "All I Have"
(featuring LL Cool J), which spent multiple weeks at
number one; "I'm Glad"; and "Baby I Love
U!". The album included a cover of Carly Simon's
1978 "You Belong to Me". It performed well on
the charts, selling 2.5 million copies in the United
States alone.
Rebirth (2005): After a year away from the music
scene, Lopez released her fourth studio album, Rebirth,
on March 1, 2005. Although debuting and peaking at
number two on the Billboard 200, the album quickly fell
off the charts. It spawned one hit in "Get
Right", which reached the top fifteen in the U.S.
and became her second Platinum hit (after "If You
Had My Love"). "Get Right" was also
successful in the UK, becoming her second number-one
single there. The second single, "Hold You
Down", which featured Fat Joe, reached number
sixty-four on the U.S. Hot 100; it peaked at number six
in the UK and ascended to the top twenty in Australia.
Another song, "Cherry Pie", was slated for a
fall release, but the plans to make a video were
cancelled as the album sales were definitely too weak
and the promotion budget exceeded. It was released to
radio stations in Spain. Rebirth was certified Platinum
in the U.S. by the RIAA. Nevertheless, Lopez was
featured on LL Cool J's single "Control
Myself", which was released on February 1, 2006. It
reached number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and
number two on the UK Singles Chart. It was Lopez's first
U.S. top ten hit in three years.
Como Ama una Mujer (2007): Lopez officially
released her first full Spanish-language album, titled
Como Ama una Mujer, on March 27, 2007 in the U.S. and
March 23, 2007 in Europe. The album peaked at number ten
on the U.S. Billboard 200, number one on the U.S. Top
Latin Albums, where it kept the position for a second
week, and number one hundred and thirty-three in the UK.
The lead single, "Qué Hiciste" (Spanish for
"What Did You Do"), was officially released to
radio stations in January 2007. Since then, it has
peaked at number seven on the U.S. Bubbling Under Hot
100 Singles and number thirteen on the Hot Latin Songs.
The album leaked to the Internet on March 15, 2007.
There are rumors that the second single will be "Te
Voy a Querer" (Spanish for "I'm Gonna Love
You"), but in still there are no confirmations yet.
Untitled English album (2007): Lopez is also
working on her fifth English studio album, in which she
is mainly working with producer Swizz Beatz. "It's
coming out incredible", he said. "We're
putting together some great things, and not what
everyone's expecting. Think a little Jamiroquai, a
little Sade. It's real feel-good music". Other
rumored producers are Timbaland, Cory Rooney, Jermaine
Dupri, and newcomer Peter Wade. It has been confirmed to
be released in September 2007 and that Jonathan
"J.R." Rotem is working on some tracks as
well. On March 27, 2007, Lopez appeared on MTV's Total
Request Live and stated that the album's first single
would be released to radio in June with album confirmed
to be released in September 2007. She said that she's
choosing between four uptempo songs for the first
single. She also stated she will finally be going on
tour in late 2007 with a mix of her English and Spanish
music.
Business: Lopez owns a clothing line, JLO by
Jennifer Lopez, whose brand has been licensed for a term
by Warnaco Group. Her line includes different types of
clothing for young women, including jeans, T-shirts,
coats, belts, purses, and lingerie. In 2005, she
launched a new clothing line called Sweetface. She is
planning to launch a jewelry line, as well as an
accessory line that includes hats, gloves, and scarves.
Lopez has also done photoshoots to represent the Louis
Vuitton Winter 2003 campaign. In the fall of 2007, Lopez
will retire JLO by Jennifer Lopez and launch a new
juniors' line called JustSweet. The ad campaign will be
featured in major magazines such as Glamour and Vogue. A
runway show during New York Fashion Week is expected.
Lopez's frequent use of animal fur in her clothing lines
and personal wardrobe has brought the scorn of people
concerned with animal rights. At the Los Angeles
premiere of Monster-in-Law, more than one hundred
protesters from People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (PETA) held a demonstration to highlight their
concerns. Lopez told a radio DJ she was open to being
educated on the topic.
On April 12, 2002, Lopez opened an elegant Cuban
restaurant in the South Lake district of Pasadena,
California named Madre's. A media sensation was creating
when during a press shoot for the fancy restaurant, a
mysterious man appeared out of the sidelines and gave
Lopez a floral arrangement from Ben Affleck, even as
then-husband Cris Judd stood next to her. Lopez was
widely criticized for what appeared to be infidelity on
her part.
Lopez has also ventured in the perfume industry, with
her debut "Glow by J.Lo" which broke numerous
records in sales.[citation needed] In October 2003,
Lopez introduced a perfume called "Still".
Before launching another completely new fragrance, she
revisited 2002 "Glow" by creating a limited
edition spin-off entitled "Miami Glow by
J.Lo", in homage to her adopted hometown of Miami.
Around the same time, Lopez came up with a
"Glow" body line, which featured different
body lotions and bronzers. For the Christmas season of
2005, she launched another fragrance, "Live by
Jennifer Lopez". Most recently, for 2006
Valentine's Day, "Miami Glow" was replaced by
yet another "Glow" spinoff — "Love at
First Glow by J.Lo". Her latest fragrance is called
"Live Luxe" and was released in August 2006,
with "Glow After Dark" following its release
in January 2007.
Lopez is also a spokesperson for Lux shampoo in Japan,
appearing in the product's television commercials.
Personal life: Lopez's first marriage was to
Cuban-born Ojani Noa on February 22, 1997. Lopez met Noa
while he worked as a waiter at a Miami restaurant. They
divorced in March 1998. Lopez later employed Noa as the
manager of her Pasadena restaurant Madre's in April
2002, but fired him in October 2002. After Noa sued
Lopez over the termination, they drew up a
confidentiality agreement. In April 2006, Lopez sued to
prevent Noa from publishing a book containing personal
details about their short marriage, contending it
violated the confidentiality agreement.
She then had a two-and-a-half-year relationship with
Sean Combs. On December 27, 1999, Lopez and Combs were
at Club New York, a midtown Manhattan nightclub, when a
gunfire erupted between Combs' entourage and another
group. Lopez and Combs were being driven away from the
scene when they were chased and stopped by the police. A
stolen gun was found in the front seat of their vehicle.
Lopez was charged with felony gun possession, but the
charges were dropped, as she was riding in the back seat
at the time. Lopez terminated her involvement with Combs
shortly thereafter, and Combs reconciled with Kim
Porter, mother of his three children.
Her second marriage was to her former backup dancer,
Cris Judd. She met Judd while filming the music video
for her single "Love Don't Cost a Thing". The
two were married on September 29, 2001, at a home in a
Los Angeles suburb. Their marriage ended in August 2002.
Jennifer's next relationship was with actor Ben Affleck.
Lopez and Affleck's relationship was highly publicized,
with the media dubbing them "Bennifer". Lopez
announced her engagement to Affleck in November 2002,
after Affleck gave her a six-carat pink diamond ring
worth a reported $1.2 million. Lopez promised
interviewers that Affleck was indeed "the
one", and that they would soon have a family. The
marriage, planned for September 14, 2003 in Santa
Barbara, California, was called off just hours before
the event. During the week before the scheduled
nuptials, Affleck had been seen by press carousing at a
strip club in Vancouver with friends. The media blitz
intensified when it was Lopez's own sister who called in
live radio to tell Jennifer where her fiancé had been
the previous night. Lopez would only respond by saying
it was a terrible way to begin the day, finding out
about Affleck's behavior in that manner. Publicists
announced a permanent split on January 20, 2004. Affleck
has refused to speak of his relationship with Lopez,
only citing intense media attention as the cause of the
break-up. Their relationship was parodied on the South
Park episode "Fat Butt and Pancake Head",
which aired on April 16, 2003. There was a mild media
furor as to whether Lopez would give Affleck back his
ring after the break-up. Lopez did return it and it was
discretely placed for sale at the original jewelers. Ben
Affleck has since married actress Jennifer Garner on
July 1, 2005 and they have a daughter, Violet, born on
December 1, 2005.
Shortly after her break-up with Affleck, Lopez was seen
out with singer Marc Anthony, a long-time friend she had
worked with in music videos. They had briefly dated in
the late '90s, before his first marriage and her second
one. Lopez and Anthony were recording a duet together in
early 2004, for Lopez's upcoming film "Shall We
Dance." He had separated for the second time, in
October 2003, from his first wife, the former Miss
Universe, Dayanara Torres, with whom he had two young
children. Lopez and Anthony married in a quiet home
wedding on June 5, 2004, less than a week after his
divorce from Torres was finalized on June 1. On the
morning of the wedding, however, the media was tipped
off and circled her backyard in helicopters.
Photographs, alerting the rest of the world, soon
followed. Reports fueled rumors that Lopez was pregnant
but this was not the case.
Lopez's guests had been invited to an "afternoon
party" at Lopez's house and had not been made aware
that they were actually going to her wedding. Days after
the wedding, Anthony was promoting his new album Amar
Sin Mentiras, but refused to comment on their marriage
during interviews. Lopez eventually confirmed the
marriage in February 2005, but admitted that
"everyone knows. It's not a secret". Anthony's
daughter, Ariana, appeared in Jennifer's music video
"Get Right" as her little sister. Regarding
his marriage and family life, Anthony maintains a
private and sometimes defensive stance with the media,
which has influenced Lopez in learning to set some
boundaries with interviewers.
Box office standing: Despite not having a film
that grossed over $100 million domestically, Lopez is
one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood and also
the highest-paid Latin actress in Hollywood history (she
received $15,000,000 for her role in Monster-in-Law),
partly because of the moderate success of her films. Her
top-grossing film domestically is Maid in Manhattan
which grossed $94,011,225. Meanwhile, her most
successful film internationally is Shall We Dance? which
grossed $112,238,000 at the international box office.
Domestically, Shall We Dance? grossed $57,890,460 for a
total of $170,128,460 in worldwide tally.
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