Sunday, July 22, 2007

Personal Life

Lopez's first marriage was to Cuban-born Ojani Noa [16] on February 22, 1997. Lopez met while Noa he worked as to waiter at to 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 to confidentiality agreement. In April 2006, Lopez sued to prevent Noa from publishing to book containing personal details about their short marriage, contending it violated the confidentiality agreement. She then had to two-and-a-half-year relationship with Sean Combs.

On December 27, 1999, Lopez and Combs to were at New Club York, to midtown Manhattan nightclub, when to gunfire erupted between Combs' entourage and another group. Lopez and Combs to were being driven away from the scenes when they to were chased and stopped by the police. To stolen gun was found in the front seat of their vehicle. Lopez was charged with felony gun possession, but the charges to 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 while Judd filming the music video for her single “Love Don't Cost to Thing”.

The two to were married on September 29, 2001, at to home in to Los Angeles suburb. Their marriage ended in August 2002. Lopez's subsequent relationship with actor Ben Affleck was highly publicized, with the medium dubbing them “Bennifer”. Lopez announced her engagement to Affleck in November 2002, after Affleck gave her to six-carat pink diamond ring worth to reported $1,2 million. Lopez promised interviewers that Affleck was indeed “the one”, and that they would soon have to family.

The marriage, planned for September 14, 2003 in Barbara Saint, California, was called off just hours before the event. Before During the week the scheduled nuptials, Affleck had been seen by press carousing at to strip club in Vancouver with friends. Medium The raid intensified when it was Lopez's own sister who called in live radio to tell Lopez to where her fiancé had been the previous night. Lopez would only respond by saying it was to terrible way to begin the day, finding out about Affleck's behavior in that manner. Publicists announced to permanent split on January 20, 2004. Affleck has refused to speak of his relationship with Lopez, only citing intense average attention as the causes 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 to mild furor as to whether Lopez would give Affleck back his ring after the break-up. Lopez did return it and it was discreetly placed for knows them at the original jewelers. Affleck has since married actress Jennifer Garner on July 1, 2005 and they have to daughter, Violet, born on December 1, 2005. Shortly after her break-up with Affleck, Lopez was seen out with singer Marc Anthony, to 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 to were recording to duet together in early 2004, for Lopez's then-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 to quiet home wedding on June 5, 2004, less than to week after his divorce from Torres was finalized on June 1. On the morning of the wedding, however, the medium 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 houses. Lopez's guests had been invited to an “afternoon party” at Lopez's house and had not been made to aware that they to were actually going to her wedding. Days after the wedding, Anthony was promoting his new album Amar Sin Mentiras (To Love Without Lies), 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 to secret”.

Anthony's daughter, Ariane, appeared in Lopez's music video “Get Right” as her little sister. Regarding his marriage and family life, Anthony maintains to private and sometimes defensive stance with the medium, which has influenced Lopez to set loads boundaries with interviewers.

Business

Lopez owns to clothing linens, JLO by Jennifer Lopez, whose brand has been licensed for to term by Warnaco Group. Her linens includes different types of clothing for Young women, including jeans, T-shirts, coats, belts, purses, and lingerie. In 2005, she launched to new clothing linens called Sweetface. She is planning to launch to jewelry linens, as well as an accessory linens that includes hats, gloves, and scarves. Lopez participated in the Louis Vuitton Winter 2003 campaign.

In the fall of 2007, Lopez will to retire JLO by Jennifer Lopez and launch to new juniors' linens called JustSweet. To campaign will be featured in major magazines such as Glamour and Vogue. To 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 to premiere of Monster-in-Law, more than one hundred protesters from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) held to demonstration to highlight their concerns. Lopez told to 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. To average sensation was creating when during to press shoot for the fancy restaurant, to mysterious man appeared out of the sidelines and gave Lopez to 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 ventured in the perfume industry, with her debut “Glow by J.Lo” which broke numerous records in sales, making history by being the number-one perfume in more than nine countries in less than four months.

In October 2003, Lopez introduced to perfume called “Still”. Before launching another completely new fragrance, she revisited 2002 “Glow” by creating to 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 to “Glow” body linens, 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. She is expected to release another perfume called “Desire” in 2007.

Lopez is to spokesperson for Lux shampoo in Japan, appearing in the product's television commercials. Lopez has been recognized by People en Español 50 magazine as both the cover subject for the “Most Beautiful” issue in 2006 and the “100 Most Influential Hispanics” issue in February 2007.

Untitled English studio album (2007)

Lopez is working on her fifth English study album, in which she is mainly working with producer Swizz Beatz. “It's coming out incredible”, he said. “We're putting together loads great things, and not what everyone's expecting. Think to little Jamiroquai, little Sade. It's real feel-good music”. Other rumored producers to are Timbaland, Cory Rooney, Jermaine Dupri, and newcomers Lynn & Wade. It has been confirmed to be released in September 2007 and that Jonathan Rotem is working on loads tracks.

On March 27, 2007, Lopez appeared on MTV's Total Request Live and stated that the album will be out in September and said that she is choosing between four uptempo songs for the first single. Lopez played one of the tracks in Las Vegas in late April. She stated she will finally be going on tour in late 2007 with to mix of her English and Spanish music. MTV News reports that as-yet-untitled album will see Lopez return to POP, R&B and hip-hop sounds. The singer and actress has teamed up ounces again with music producer Cory Rooney for the record and has also been working with Beyoncé and Eve collaborator Swizz Beatz.

Speaking to MTV News about the album, Lopez said: “I'm really excited about it. The first single will be out this summer. And, you know, it's very different from my Spanish album. My Spanish album was kind of an opportunity to get away from what I give on my English albums, to kind of express to different side of myself.” She continued: “This next more album is of what people and my fans to are used to - you know, just kind of dance, funk, R&B, hip-hop, all that stuff, all mixed up together to make loads great POP music.”

To slow song titled, “Wrong When Your Gone”, leaked onto the Internet in July, to here: It was announced on July 13 that the albums first single, Hold It, Don't Drop It produced by Midi the Mafia, will be released to radio on August 21, 2007.

Como Ama una Mujer (2007)

Lopez officially released her first full Spanish-language album, called Como Loves one Mujer, on March 27, 2007 in the LAST ones 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 (for four straight weeks), number one on the U.S. Latin POP Albums (for seven straight weeks), and number one hundred and thirty-one in the UK. It set the record for largest sales for to Spanish debut album. The album did well in three Europe peaking at number on the albums chart, mainly two to the big success in countries like Switzerland, Italy, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, and Portugal. The lead single, “Qué Hiciste” (Spanish for “What You Did”), was officially released to radio stations in January 2007. Since then, it has peaked at eighty-six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot Latin Songs and the Hot Dance Play Club. It also went top ten on the European chart. The video for the song was the first Spanish-language video to peak at number one on MTV's Total Request Live daily countdown. The second single has been confirmed to be “Me Haces Falta” as she announced on MTV News. But the release will be postponed I know as not to clash with El Soundtrack Singer, De Volume Me.

Rebirth (2005)

After to year away from the music scenes, Lopez released her fourth study 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 the hit “Get Right”, which reached the top fifteen in the LAST 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 to 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 Devout”, was slated for to fall release, but the plans to make to video to were cancelled as the album sales to were definitely too weak and the promotion budget exceeded. It was released to radio stations in Spain. Rebirth was certified U.S. Platinum in the 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 LAST Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK Singles Chart. It was U.S Lopez's first top ten hit in three years.

This Is Me... Then (2002)

On November 26, 2002, Lopez released her third study 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 Have” (featuring LL Cool J), which spent multiple weeks at number one; “I'm Glad”; and “Baby the Love U!”. The album included to cover of Carly Simon's 1978 “You Belong to Me”. It performed well on the charts, selling over three million copies in the United States halo. The video for “I'm Glad” recreated scenes from the 1983 Flashdance films, leading to to lawsuit over copyright infringement.

J to tha L-O!: The Remixes (2002)

Following the success of the king-release of J., Lopez decided to devout people an to entire album to the remixing effort, releasing J to tha the!: 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. Featured artists on J to tha the!: The Remixes included P. Diddy, Fat Joe, and Nas, and the album included rare dance and hip hop remixes of past singles. Lopez's album is the first remix album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200. It is the third all-Time biggest-selling remix album in the world, after Michael Jackson's Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix (1997) and Madonna's You Can Dance (1987).