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Jennifer Lopez gets a lot of crap for being a diva. To be fair, 96% of it probably comes from me. That’s right, I control the media. Regardless, it’s only fair to point out when she does something good, too. To be fair, Lopez isn’t exactly known as the next in line to steal Angelina Jolie’s humanitarian of Hollywood title. But she did something pretty awesome yesterday, by surprising some 10-to-12 year olds by showing up to their graduation.
Students at a Staten Island, New York, elementary school for autistic children sure like the way Jennifer Lopez moves.
Teacher Kathy Amati and a paraprofessional showed the video for Lopez’s “Let’s Get Loud” to the students at P.S. 37. The children liked it so much, they wanted to watch it every day.
They learned the lyrics and the dance moves from the video.
With their teacher’s encouragement, they wrote to Lopez, hoping for pictures or an autograph. Instead, she asked to come to their graduation.
On Tuesday, the singer-actress performed “Let’s Get Loud” for a group of eight 10- and 11-year-olds at their graduation ceremony.
[From Austin360]
How very Johnny Depp of her. I love it when celebrities do something nice, but what I really love is when they go above and beyond what was asked of them. And let’s face it, anyone willing to make the trek to Staten Island on that garish orange ferry is a good person just for that. While her motivations may just be to get some good PR, who the hell cares? Lopez did something really nice and I’m guessing it made the kids’ year. So kudos to her, and congrats to the grads.
Here’s J-Lo and Skeletor in New York on April 14th. Images thanks to WENN.
Written by JayBird
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Did any of the students notice ?
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Way to make fun of challenged kids, vdantev.
But good for Jenny from the block. Even divas are capable of Random Acts of Sweetness.
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It’s called a joke, you overly sensitive humorless pud….
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Vdantev… you really have some cranky pants on today. What is UP with the comments?
Jaybird…there is actually a BRIDGE that goes to Staten Island… pretty big…pretty famous… no ferry needed ya goose….
J Lo… that was pretty spectacular of her. My daughter emailed her favorite person of her sport (she was 7 at the time) and got an email back and it made her year so I am sure, that these kids were over the moon. And to be able to simply show up and sing a song to give that to kids, challenged or NOT…they are KIDS… that is awesome.
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Aren’t jokes supposed to be funny, Vdantev?
Look, I’m not getting on my high horse, but making fun of anyone (esp. children) with physical or mental disabilities/challenges is not only cruel, but simply not funny.
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Haven’t those children suffered enough?
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Dammit, there you go making me admire something she’s done. That was super-decent of her.
You don’t think she’s… gasp… mellowing do you
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There were other occasions when Jennifer Lopez often invited fans of hers (children from difficult backgrounds) on sets of her films and music videos with out the media knowing about it, so she has done some nice stuff in the past and good for her for making the kids so happy.
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I love this story..
I teach special ed and this just made me happy…
and congrats on controlling the media..
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Aren’t jokes supposed to be funny, Vdantev?
Humor IS in the ear of the audience, so to speak. Made my office mate snicker. I’m more of a Bill Hicks vitriolic rant/observational type anyway.
As you were,
It’s great Jenny from the block is starting to step down from her ivory pedestal to do something for us mere mortals.
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I don’t get the joke. Unless you are implying autistic kids/people don’t notice things around them? If that’s the case, your ‘joke’ couldn’t be farther from the truth and oh ya, so not funny.
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OMG!! vdantev is not making fun of the kids, He’s making fun of JLo, as in no one cares if she is there or not,as in she’s irrelevant and boring, spent, etc. etc. Geez!!
Easy people!!
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If J9 is right and vdantev is making fun of JLo all is well. I just didn’t get the joke to begin with.
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