Love Bird Alert™ and On The Rocks Alert: J. Lo alone and... back together with Ben Affleck?

Publications: People, Us Weekly, Weekly Life & Style, OK!
Date: 8 August 2011

Fresh trash on Thursdays! So, now that J. Lo and Marc Anthony are no more, do we care about how he's doing?

Please. Get serious. It's all J. Lo all the time on the covers of the magazines this week. Here are the stories about her whooping it up.

• People: J. Lo Solo: Her birthday without Marc
• Us Weekly: J.Lo Parties Post Split
• Weekly Life & Style: J. Lo's revenge

And then there's OK!, the nicest of the supermarket rags if not the most reliable, They say she's going to get back together with Ben Affleck.

• OK!: The plan to get Ben and J. Lo back together!
  Inside their private talks!
  All the intimate details
  Even J. Lo's mom is in on it!

Affleck isn't a fixture in the Only Ten Magazines That Matter, but there have been some stories about trouble in his marriage to Jennifer Garner.

Even if they are true, let me say this.

Ben. Buddy. I know we've never met and it's exceedingly unlikely you'll ever read this, but going back to J. Lo would be the worst move of your career, and I'm including Gigli and Smokin' Aces.

On the rocks alert: The J. Lo - Marc Anthony break-up takes center stage.

Publications: People, OK!, Weekly Life & Style, In Touch, Star, Us Weekly, National Enquirer
Date: 1 August 2011

Fresh trash on Thursdays! Easily the biggest story of the week is the divorce of Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony with mentions on seven of ten supermarket rag covers. Here are the headlines.

• People: : J. Lo and Marc Anthony: Their marriage explodes
  The real story
  Their constant fighting
  rumors of infidelity
  jealousy issues
  what's next?
• OK!: J Lo's divorce shocker!
  Marc's been seeing his sexy ex-wife!
• In Touch: J. Lo's agony
  Marc's jealous rage
• Star: Inside J. Lo's bitter $250 million divorce
  Sexless nights
  Other women, other men
  Final screaming match
• Weekly Life & Style: $300 M divorce
  The cheating rumors that tore them apart
• Us Weekly: Cheating and Lies
  Her side of the story
  Marc caught with stewardess
  Screaming fights about flirting with costars
  A secret e-mail to Ben Affleck
  His desperate need to control her
• National Enquirer: J. Lo caught!
  Did this photo end their marriage?
  

7 year ITCH? J-Lo & Marc Anthony to DIVORCE!!!!!

File this in the "Who didn't see this coming" report.  People magazine announces that after 7 years and a set of 3-year old twins, the couple has decided to split!  That's right, Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony are getting a divorce!!!



"This was a very difficult decision," the couple told the magazine. "It is a painful time for all involved and we appreciate the respect of our privacy at this time."


The couple also said they have reached "amicable conclusions on all matters."

Hmmm, let ME assess this.  Okay. Look at J-Lo, now look at Marc.  Marc is beginning to look like that little annoying man from 'The Six Flags' commercials.  He looks like a deflated balloon lately, while J-Lo has got her stride back and is looking better than ever. 


She probably woke up one morning and looked over at him and thought she was in bed with a cadaver.  -WOW- that was somewhat harsh.  But hey, it's based in truth.  Even there performance on 'Idol' this past season looked forced.  It was painful to watch, even on fast-forward. (THANK YOU DVR!) 

So I guess whether or not she will return to 'Idol' pails in comparison to this news.  But then again 'Idol' needs to be on a resuscitation anyway.  That show has jumped the shark on so many levels that people don't really even care about the performers anymore.  They wait to see what mentors or REAL performers are going to guest on the show these days.  Really, tell me the last 3 season winners in 5 seconds......... See, you don't even remember! LOL


Back to J-Lo & Marc... well sorry to hear its the end of the road for the couple, but such is life....

Breaking news: Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony divorcing.

Publication: Huffington Post
Date: 15 July 2011

Trying to hide a story in the Friday news dump is not just for Washington D.C. anymore. Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez have decided to end their seven year marriage. To recap some of the stories of the past year in the gossip rags, Marc Anthony was allegedly not happy about her taking the job on American False Idol and in January she had an interview with the standard crap line "My kids saved me."

Maybe they saved her a bundle on car insurance. They sure couldn't save this drama queen's marriage.

J. Lo's ex-lover tells all!

Publication: Star
Date: 20 June 2011

Star says they have dirt from an ex-lover of Jennifer Lopez.

They are going to have to be more specific. That really doesn't shrink the field of possible sources very much.

Ja-Rule starts 2-year bid- Talks about his sentence, music and the J-Lo rumors!

Rapper/actor Ja-Rule pleaded guilty of keeping illegal weapon in December 2010, turned himself into the city officials of New York on Wednesday to commence a 2-year jail term.


Ja Rule, whose real name is Jeffrey Atkins, had been arrested in July 2007 after police officials searched his Maybach as he left a concert at the Upper West Side's Beacon Theatre. Police recovered an unlicensed weapon with scratched serial number hidden in the backseat of his Maybach.

Ja Rule confessed in his latest plea that he had control and authority over the weapon. However, he said the gun actually belonged to his company.


Bossip sat down with Ja-Rule before he turned himself  to serve his 2-year bid. The rapper talks about his prison bid, his long hiatus from music and Jennifer Lopez rumors.


(video courtesy of Bossip.com)

Stars without make-up: May 2011 edition.

Publication: Star
Date: 23 May 2011

Star has picutres of actresses, singers and models without make-up and almost all of them look not very good to downright awful. There was one "guess who?" picture of a model, but I don't play that game. The people identified are J. Lo, Teri Hatcher, Meg Ryan and Kirstie Alley.

New Music-(kinda) 'I'm into you' Jennifer Lopez feat. Lil' Wayne...For real!

WELL, well, look what we have here!  Jennifer Lopez in hopes to amp up sales of 'Love?' disc has released the alternate version of her 2nd single 'I'm into you'.  The original video featured vocals by Lil' Wayne, but he did not appear in the visual.  This was due to parole constraints that did not let Lil'Wayne travel to Mexico where the video was shot. The new video doesn't showcase any new material, it now features studio clips of Lil' Wayne interspersed in the original.  Seeing that Lil'Wayne on a track and video pretty much means certified 'HIT", it's interesting that this version was issued first.  Hmmm, some labels feel that they must have a 'pop' friendly version of a song and an 'urban' version of the same song to appeal to all demographics.  Just seems like a divisive tactic that further splits the demographics to me.  But record labels have been doing this for years.  Mariah Carey's camp is notorious for having alternate versions of the same song to appeal to different targets.  Do you agree with this type of marketing?




What are your thoughts? 

From what I've been hearing, "Love?" needs as much help as possible.  Not looking to be a HUGE numbers success despite the 'Idol' push and performance.  But we shall see how this pans out.

The MET Ball 2011 -Celebrating Alexander McQueen

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute Gala is underway in New York City!

 These celebrity guests and more gathered to celebrate the exhibition, “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty,” which officially opens Wednesday.



Can you FEEL the STAR POWER HERE!? Everybody who is anybody is in the building! Take a look!

 

Jennifer Lopez DEBUTS new video on 'The Today Show'!

The new video from Jennifer Lopez's 7th studio album, "Love?" debuted today on 'The Today Show'. The lush visual, "I'm into You" is for the 2nd single from the disc and features the oh, so popular, 'go to guy' in the rap game right now, 'Liltunechi' better know as Lil' Wayne!
Take a look!

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I guess 'Lil' Wayne couldn't make that flight to film the video. Or maybe there is an urban version of the video in the works? Why else would you not include Wayne in the visual???

It's a bird , it's a Plane, It's Lil' Wayne?!?

Seems like Lil' Wayne is once again the 'GO-TO' man when it comes to features and videos.  Here he is seen with 'American Idol' judge and artist Jennifer Lopez on the set of her new video "Into You", featuring none other than 'Liltunchi' himself.  Recently Wayne shot the smoldering hot video with Kelly Rowland and offers a hot 16 to the track that Rowland admits 'totally changed the song for the better".



Lil' Wayne has pushed the release of his much anticipated disc "The Carter IV" back until mid June, but that doesn't mean he can't have fun helping others as well.  Adding Wayne to almost any track is sure to help you get more spins.  However, that formula doesn't work for everybody. Just ask Amerie, Sophia Fresh and Mario.

The most beautiful woman in the world: Jennifer Lopez.

Publication: People
Date: 25 April 2011

Fresh trash on Thursdays! People has their double issue on the stands this week of Most Beautiful People, and most of the cover goes to Jennifer Lopez, with little pictures of Mila Kunis and Ryan Reynolds and the headline "95 fabulous faces".

95 is not only an odd number, it's a strange number. How hard would it have been to find five more good looking people and push the list to an even hundred?

For me, J. Lo is pretty but not super special. I am of the opinion the Ben Affleck pulled off one of the great upgrades in show business history when he got rid of her and hooked up with the taller, sexier and much lower maintenance Jennifer Garner.