Jason Statham covers the February issue of Men’s Fitness to promote Parker, which co-stars Jennifer Lopez and is pretty much a lost cause because it’s the only Statham movie that is not-quite Stathamy, and that’s a bloody shame. One could also blame Jennifer Lopez, of course, for the promise that she once showed in her early acting career (U Turn, Out of Sight) has sadly been missing since the days of Gigli and her default romcom fallback status. To be perfectly truthful, she didn’t ruin Parker (which needed no help in ruining itself), but her presence certainly didn’t help matters.

Nevertheless, the mighty Statham will probably regain his tough guy mojo in short order, but for now, he’s giving some lip service to his career idols in this interview. He also apparently enjoyed working alongside JLo too and says she’s not a diva at all like her reputation would suggest. Is he merely being diplomatic, or has Jennifer changed since the days of Marc Anthony (and before as well)?

His influences: “There’s Bruce Lee and then, of course, there’s Sly.”

His onscreen heroes: “Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood. It’s funny, most of my onscreen heroes are sort of the ones of yesteryear. I just thought they had a bit of a laid-back coolness to them.”

On working with Jennifer Lopez: “In Hollywood, people get reputations, just rumors that are passed down. She couldn’t have been nicer, more pleasant person to work with. She was just fantastic. She was just like a bubbly young girl. That’s what I remember about her – just a beam of light. I loved working with her.”

On his future: “I never look too far forward. Will I be here the next 10 years, 20 years – 2 years? It’s a day-at-a-time thing for me.”

[From Men's Fitness]

Hmm. Maybe the rumors are true that Jennifer really was trying to get in Statham’s pants while they shot the movie. That’s really the only explanation I have for this little oddity. Jennifer may very well be “a beam of light” when she’s feeling the warmies for some dude.

Sadly, this photoshoot (other than the cover) just isn’t doing it for me, but I’d still gladly do the Statham. Much like the Cumberbatch, he’s better in motion and when you can hear his voice. The main difference between the voices is that Cumberbatch is a posh darling, and Statham rides with a fetching Cockney accent. Both of them share the same level of intensity though.

Photos courtesy of Men’s Fitness

Last week we heard the news that Marc Anthony had split with his girlfriend of just over a year, model Shannon de Lima. Let’s do a quick timeline for context. Marc and J.Lo broke up around July of 2011. After that, they’re said to have hooked up in November, 2011 in romantic Puerto Rico. (Love it there!) Then Lopez got with opportunistic baby doucheface, which angered Anthony. Anthony was still in love with Lopez and allegedly wanted to reconcile, but she was all hung up on her kept man, Casper, and rejected him. So Anthony got this younger piece too, but it didn’t last.

Given Lopez and Anthony’s history, I’m raising my eyebrows at this report that they were both seen sneaking out of the same hotel – right after his breakup. I’m thinking there was more going on than just talking. Actually I hope that’s the case. Here’s more:

Latino power couple Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have been divorced since July 2011. But it looks like the pair are still close as JLo was seen visiting his hotel last week.

The singers sparked rumours of a romance being secretly reignited when the pop stars were spotted sneaking out of the Mark hotel separately.

Marc has recently split from his model girlfriend Shannon de Lima. After a year of dating a rep recently told People magazine, “The truth is they have been having a great time together, but it no longer worked.

However, despite the gossip, a source for New York Daily News is adamant there has been no rekindling of old flames. Jennifer was at the hotel, “to wish him luck on the road.”

The pair also share four-year-old twins, Max and Emme and Lopez was apparently bringing them to see their father before he jets off on tour. Despite the age difference, JLo is still going strong with boyfriend, Casper Smart.

Although she did speak to People magazine last week about the insecurities she feels, dating a man 18 years her junior.

“I ask him, ‘Why don’t you go find a young girlfriend and get out of here? What do you want with me?’”

[From Entertainment Wise]

It may have had to do with their kids visiting their dad, and Lopez is still friendly with him so she came along too. Still, I would kind of love it if Lopez and Anthony got back together. She always needs a man in her life, and it seems like Anthony was good for her. He was certainly more on her level that this dude she’s paying to accompany her everywhere, who seems shady and has gotten way too big for his britches.

Update: I just realized that this happened last week but we haven’t talked about it yet. So that makes the timing even more suspect, considering Anthony had just announced his split with de Lima. Also, the original report in the NY Post claims that Lopez was alone and that they spent two and a half hours together.

Marc Anthony and Shannon de Lima are shown on 12-11-12. Credit: WENN.com. Jennifer Lopez is shown on 1-24, 1-25 and 1-13-13. Credit: FameFlynet and WENN.com

Ooooh, here’s a really good explanation for why Casper Smart was not around this week while Jennifer Lopez promoted Parker in New York City. This might also explain the major discrepancy between how Jennifer looked at the Golden Globes versus how she looked at the post-Globes parties. The theory – posited by Star Magazine – is that when Jennifer Lopez sat in the audience of the Globes and watched her ex-fiancé Ben Affleck win Best Director, it triggered a major crisis in J.Lo’s delicate psyche. In one crashing, awful moment, she realized that Ben was married to a lovely, successful woman and he was happy and the industry loves him and Jennifer also realized that she’s dating a gross-looking backup dancer whose last gig was probably as some kind of gay gigolo. BOOM!

Jennifer Lopez is putting on a brave face while promoting her movie, Parker, telling the world that she has “no regrets” about her love and career choices, but close pals say that after watching Ben Affleck accept a Golden Globe for directing Argo on January 13, Jennifer suddenly found herself in the middle of a midlife meltdown.

“Ben winning that award really hit her in a weird way,” confides a friend. “She used to brag that she’d win an Oscar by the time she was 45, and that doesn’t seem likely. Plus, her music career isn’t what it used to be.”

Nor is her love life. Jen, who has been dating 25-year-old backup dancer Casper Smart since 2011, couldn’t help but feel pangs of envy as Ben glowingly thanked wife Jennifer Garner and their three children during his speech.

“Ben’s wife is very successful and respected in the industry and J.Lo can tell that she and Ben are very happily married,” the source explains. “Then she looked at her own relationships: she’s dating a backup dancer who’s nearly half her age and riding her coattails.”

Casper may be youthful, but seeing her ex so fulfilled was a wakeup call for Jenny from the block.

“Jennifer acted happy for Ben that night – but the truth is, she became very embarrassed about her own life… her loved ones are worried and constantly tell her she should give herself more credit, but Jennifer is really in the dumps.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

If it makes Jennifer Lopez feel better, Jennifer Garner barely works these days, and while Garner’s well-liked within the industry, I get the feeling that there are some people who are really tired of her daily pap-walks and the Affleck-Garner Oscar Campaign. And if it makes Lopez feel better, someone should definitely tell her about Ben and Blake Lively (allegedly!). Of course, that’s still no excuse to stay with Casper. But I just don’t buy that J.Lo is THIS self-aware. I mean, this is the woman who exhaustively praises her own “elegance” because she packs her own bags and combs her kids’ hair. FOR REAL. This is not a woman who has a crisis of conscience when she sees an ex-lover succeed.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

I have such mixed emotions about these Jennifer Lopez photos from the Las Vegas premiere of Parker. Like, in some of the pics I actually felt a genuine thrill because J.Lo used to be so much fun to watch on a red carpet, and I miss her ability to really work the hell out of a carpet, and these photos prove that she still can. But then I got to some photos where it’s just like… ugh, Casper Smart is still there. And Jennifer doesn’t get that he kills her sexiness completely. Also: I don’t get why her hair is looking so bad lately. Is she fighting with her hair people?

Anyway, Jennifer’s dress is Kaufman Franco. I’m not crazy about the way it’s cut on her chest, but I don’t mind the rest of the dress – it’s old-school J.Lo, figure-hugging and butt-emphasizing. It reminds me of some of the Versace gowns she used to wear all the time. As for Casper… lord, he’s short! I don’t I’ve ever realized how tiny he is. I think Casper had to stay at home in LA while Jennifer promoted Parker in NYC, but he got permission to come to Vegas. You know what though? I bet it didn’t even go down like that. As much as I hate to admit it, Jennifer isn’t giving him permission for anything. He does what he wants, and she’s grateful for him, because she has no self-awareness.

Last thing: is she getting lip injections? I really can’t tell at this point. She’s always had full lips, but they’re looking really “extra” here.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

These are some photos from last night’s NYC premiere of Parker, that Jennifer Lopez & Jason Statham movie which Jennifer has already compared to Out of Sight (spoiler: it’s not like Out of Sight). Unfortunately, we only have street photos of J.Lo going into the indoor premiere – my guess is that it was originally supposed to be a premiere with an outdoor press line in which everyone could snap photos of Jennifer in her cream Lanvin dress, but it’s SO COLD on the East Coast this week, all of the “fashion photos” were done inside (and we don’t have access to them, so go here to see). I think Jennifer looks great in this white/cream coat – it’s not the most flattering thing ever and you can tell she’s desperate to show off her body, but I bet it’s warm. Her hair looks particularly good here too, right?

Interestingly enough, Casper Smart was not at the premiere. Neither was Jason’s girlfriend Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, but she was around for the after-party and Jason rarely brings her to his premieres, so her absence made sense. But Jennifer trots Casper out for everything! So where was he? LaineyGossip posited a theory that Jason Statham doesn’t care for Casper and he told J.Lo to keep her D-list boyfriend away, which could explain the lack of Casper on this red carpet AND during this week of promotion in NYC, where Jennifer has been photographed going solo a lot. Another explanation? Maybe Jennifer is getting tired of Casper…? Probably not – they just got a dog together. They named him Bear. Because that’s their nickname for each other.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.

All of us here on the Eastern seaboard of America are experiencing what is being referred to as “the coldest week of the year”. Here in Virginia, the highs are supposed to reach 15 degrees Fahrenheit tomorrow, I think. I’m mentioning this because it’s supposed to be freezing ass freezing in New York City, and this was how Jennifer Lopez was dressed for her media rounds yesterday. A leopard-print miniskirt, a thin jacket and thigh-high Louboutin boots. How does she not have frostbite?

Jennifer went into the Good Morning America studios, where I guess she did an interview to promote Parker, her latest film. Oh… I was going to bitch about not being able to find any coverage, but I found the interview. But I can’t embed it, so you just have to go here to see it. She’s complaining about how much she works and how tired she is. Oh, and she compares Parker to OUT OF SIGHT. For the love of God. NOOOOO.

I like her purple dress, but I still worry about how cold she must be. And seriously, her hair is looking awful these days. I used to love her hair, but it looks over-processed and like she needs to stop doing so much to it. Jennifer was recently discussing how it is that she looks so good at the age of 43, and she said: “I never drank or smoked, and it’s really paying off now because my skin is still really good with moisturizing and getting good sleep… I’ve never had Botox or any of those things. But when I need to, maybe I will.” Do you think she’s really Botox free? I think she might be right now, but I bet she’s gotten ‘toxed in the past.

Here’s the Parker trailer. It looks like something I would watch on cable, only I would turn it off half-way through because I figured out what was going to happen.

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News, WENN.

Jennifer Lopez is on the cover of People Magazine this week, in an issue that many people note is cleverly timed to pull focus from her longstanding rival, Mariah Carey, who is now taking her place on the American Idol judging panel. Lopez’s hair looks particularly shaggy and frizzy on the cover, but it’s not a Photoshop issue (for her hair at least, her face was obviously changed). People also posted a video clip of her interview, during which her hair looks just as fried on camera as it does in the photo. Well Ms. Lopez’s people are not happy about this photo, and allegedly think it makes her look “old and haggard.” It’s a bizarre photo for sure, but a lot of that is due to her hair and how she’s posed, doggy style, (credit: Kaiser) on the cover. I’ve never seen a cover photo of someone crouching down like that. To me, her makeup looks pretty and she doesn’t look “old” at all, she just looks in need of a deep conditioning treatment and a trim. Here’s more:

Jennifer Lopez isn’t too happy with her cover photo on this week’s issue of People magazine, sources tell us. The 43-year-old mother of two sits down for an interview with the weekly to discuss her life after splitting with Marc Anthony and finding her new love Beau “Casper” Smart. The story was perfectly timed to upstage Mariah Carey’s appearance on the “American Idol” judging panel. But we’re told that Lopez, who appears in a crouching pose with a wide smile and her hair styled straight with long bangs, feels the photo makes her look old. “Her camp feels she looks old and haggard,” a source tells us. Friends are also comparing the singer and former “American Idol” judge’s wide-eyed look and stick-straight hair to eccentric 70-year-old fashion designer Betsey Johnson. We’re told Lopez’s camp reached out to People to moan about the photograph. But her manager Benny Medina insists he was happy with the final result: “Look at the pictures and read the story! We worked closely with the editors of People and we are very pleased with cover photo and the results all around.” People told us it “continues to have a productive relationship with her and her team.”

[From The NY Post]

Of course Jennifer’s team isn’t going to publicly call out People, and I get the sense that Medina called up Page Six and gave them the details for this story and then added the official statement that they loved the photo and story. More press for them, pay attention to J.Lo!

I just wanted to add a photo of Betsy Johnson here, whom the article claims is a dead-ringer for J.Lo’s People cover look. That’s hilarious, J.Lo does look like Betsey Johnson! The thing is, it’s not her face at all, it’s that terrible hair. She needs to take responsibility for that hair. Unless People’s stylists forced her down and pushed a wig on her head without letting her look in the mirror, that’s on J.Lo. She needs a trim. I can’t figure out whether that’s a full wig or some cheap extensions mixed in with her own hair.

Update: LMAO at this new article advert, on E!, that claims that Jennifer Lopez credits her “drop dead gorgeous hair” to “Brazilian Blowout’s Acai Brazilian Dry Oil” as if anyone would take hair advice from this woman.

In related news, she’s adopted a new puppy with Casper Smart. At least they’re not having kids together – yet.

Lopez is shown out with Casper Smart on 1-16-13. Credit: PacificCoastNews.com

For some reason, Jennifer Lopez is on the cover of People Magazine this week. She must be promoting her new action movie Parker, co-starring Jason Statham, which is out next Friday, January 25. (Here’s a link to the trailer, which looks like a lot of other Jason Statham action movies.) In terms of the cover photo, I’m struck by what an awkward pose she’s making and how fried and shaggy her hair looks. They could have put some product in it to smooth some of those flyaways.

It seems funny that Lopez is on the cover of People the same week that her old show, American Idol, premieres with a brand new panel of judges. We just had The Globes too, they could have been front and center instead of on a side panel. It just speaks to Lopez’s vast capacity for self promotion and reinvention, which I grudgingly give her credit for. In a video interview posted on People’s website, Lopez frames her decision to leave Idol as an artistic career choice, not a money decision, which runs counter to stories that she wanted a whopping $17 million to return for a third season and was turned down.

In People’s preview of the interview, Lopez talks about her romance with 25 year-old Casper Smart, and credits him with helping her recover from a tough divorce. She also says that she’s surprised he stays with her and doesn’t get a younger girlfriend. Here’s more, from People:

When Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony split in 2011 after seven years of marriage and two children together, the singer says it felt like “her whole world fell apart.”

But Lopez, 43, credits her boyfriend, choreographer and dancer Casper Smart, 25, with helping her heal after divorce.

“I just got out of a big, heavy, devastating thing, and he’s helped me heal,” she says in this week’s issue of PEOPLE. “He’s been there for me.”

But the singer is well aware that the 18-year age difference between the two draws speculation.

“I ask him, ‘Why don’t you go find a young girlfriend and get out of here? What do you want with me?’ And you think, ‘How long is this gone be?’ You think, ‘Okay, in 10 years I’m going to be like this and you’re going to be like that’ and … men at that age are … I think all different things. The truth is we don’t know what’s going to happen. We’re loving this moment right now. We make each other happy.”

Even after several larger-than-life romances that played out in the public eye, Lopez regrets nothing.

“I don’t regret those things – that’s who I am,” she says. “But at least now I’m at a point where I have to recognize that these choices and things that happen are partly because of me and my decisions and I have to be more careful. So I am being more careful.”

[From People]

I love how Lopez has a 25 year-old boyfriend whom she employs and bankrolls and then wonders why he doesn’t get a younger girlfriend. She also says she’s “being more careful” about her romances, even though she’s dating this kid who is so clearly beneath her. Oh well, he helped her heal and she’s making artistic, not money decisions when she asks for $2 million more a year, gets turned down, and then decides to do something else. I get the sense that Lopez believes her own hype, though, and that she’s not fibbing to the public so much as breathing her own rarefied air.

There’s another new interview with Lopez, on Access Hollywood. She was asked about the recent career success of her ex, Ben Affleck, who just took home Best Director and Best Picture at The Globes for Argo. She had nice things to say about him, which hasn’t always been reciprocated when it comes to Affleck talking about Lopez. She said “I’m always rooting for him” and “We went through a rough time at a certain point and it was like we couldn’t get a break and now to see him be successful and getting what he deserves for what he did made me feel really good.” Note how she said we “went through a rough time,” not he. She seems like she still has feelings for him. Just my take! Also, Lainey pointed out how many of Lopez’s exes were at the Globes. There was Affleck, Diddy, and Bradley Cooper. (I almost forgot that she “dated” him.)

Lopez and Smart at shown at the Globes on 1-13-12, credit: FameFlynet and at The Weinstein Company’s after party, credit: Fayesvision/WENN.com

Just know: I was going to include more people into this post, but then I saw that Jennifer Lopez did a costume change in between the actual Golden Globes ceremony and the after-parties, and that made me stop and say: “Okay, let’s give her what she wants – the spotlight!” So here you go, a post devoted solely to Jennifer Lopez and her poor boy-toy, Casper Smart.

Casper is officially making it through his second awards season! Remember, he was J.Lo’s Oscar date last year, and God knows, she’ll probably be invited to present this year and Casper were be on the Oscar red carpet, rubbing elbows with Jessica Chastain and George Clooney. You’d think that he would have realized the situation by now: he better propose to her fast!! I can’t believe it hasn’t happened yet.

But what’s worse than seeing Casper on the red carpet of the Golden Globes is seeing Jennifer Lopez’s try-hard. Sure, she had a few good moments – like her little bit with Tina Fey, which was super-cute. But mostly it felt like… “Ugh, Jennifer Lopez is trying to get attention.” Maybe it was about Ben Affleck, her ex- lover? I honestly forgot about the Bennifer 1.0 Drama because there should have been more cutaways to J.Lo whenever Ben was mentioned. Then again, I don’t think Jennifer harbors any ill-will towards Ben –he’s the one ashamed of HER, not vice-versa.

Anyway, about the fashion… Jennifer’s wife gown is Zuhair Murad, a label which is increasingly taking cues from Marchesa in The Fug Department. I absolutely hated this gown. I did like the black gown she wore at the after-party, although she looks sort of like a zombie – super-tired, right?

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

Jennifer Lopez covers the February issue of Harper’s Bazaar, and I am outright loathing the photo shoot. It could have been so cute and amazing – Jennifer Lopez in Istanbul with sparkly clothes! And no Terry Richardson! Instead, photographer Katjia Rawles shot J.Lo exactly like Terry Richardson would have (overdone, washed-out “glam” lighting, p0rny posing), and whoever did Jennifer’s hair needs to rethink their career. A middle part with her normally bouncy, lush hair slicked down at the top? Gross. My New Year’s Resolution was to find new things to bitch about, and my list has already begun: I will now yell about bandeau bikini tops and center-parts.

As for the interview… it’s typical J.Lo. She’s a decent interview, capable of being “revealing” but not giving away everything. You can read the whole piece here, and here are some highlights:

Being on tour: “Last night I was so tired, and having to do a concert was daunting, you know? But Mom just said, ‘Close your eyes,’ and she held my hand the entire way over.” As for Max and Emme, “they are used to being around a lot of people. They’re open, happy, curious, smart, loving, affectionate. They’re”—Emme tumbles over the couch—”rambunctious.”

On Casper Smart: “He’s fantastic; he’s like my best friend. I can tell him everything, when I’m feeling down, when I’m feeling good. He gives moral support, endless love and support.”

Why she left American Idol: “But I’m not a judge for a living. I’m a singer. I’m a dancer. I’m a performer. I’m an actress. That’s what I’m supposed to be doing. It makes me a better parent, a better person.” As for the demented schedule, “I think I can just handle more than the average bear, you know?”

Her crazy entourage: When Lopez gets her J. Lo on, it’s as if she has an inbuilt wind machine. The machine around her is massive too: Along with her family and her longtime manager, Benny Medina, she has assistants, hair and makeup, security, a trainer, tour managers, and on and on. “I like the whole idea of traveling, of looking good, and doing it well,” she says. “I make it as simple and as beautiful as I can because my life is kind of big. So I pack my luggage, or dress myself, or comb my kids’ hair, pick up their clothes—that makes our life beautiful, you know? There’s something very elegant in that.” Lopez is also very disciplined: She doesn’t drink or smoke (“I’m on a natural high, baby”), avoids sugar and salt (apart from sour-cream-and-onion chips), and tries to get eight hours of sleep a night.

Jennifer doesn’t care about her tour rider: Lopez’s legendary tour-and-shoot rider remains an eye-popper. Among other requests, there’s one for a “white love seat.” But this list does Lopez a diva-like disservice. She doesn’t care if there’s a love seat or not—in fact, she bursts out laughing when you bring it up. “Oh, was there a love seat?” Nope. “I didn’t notice!” As for minions carting tons of white candles around the world? “No, never. That’s an old myth.”

Aging: Lopez describes herself as “philosophical, you know, now that I’m 25.” Wry chuckle. “When I turned 40, I was like, huh. I accept myself more now. It was much more comforting.” She characterizes her mental age as “16 to 18. That’s when I became the person that I am. Even though I didn’t realize the whole journey I would go on, I still feel all that youthfulness.”

Jennifer’s worst days: “The worst is when I’m tired. It’s the overworking, which I’ve learned to say no to. I’m not my best self. I’m at my best, I think, when I’m giving love. I feel my best, I am my best, I need my best.”

Her film, Parker, with Jason Statham: “It’s one of those action movies that’s kind of cooler, you know? It recalls Out of Sight a little bit.”

Jennifer’s style: Over the past two decades, she has evolved from a “boyish, hip-hoppy sensibility: big hoops, sneakers, tank tops, and my big curly hair. When I got into the business, I developed a love of monochromatic looks.” But then she “added that sexy element to it. Then it was classic things, movie stars, Jackie O. And now,” she says, exhaling, “all of these things mixed together, that’s my style.”

Her famous green Versace: “I have that at home,” she says. “The other day, my housekeeper put it on a mannequin in my spa, where I get my hair and makeup done. She sent me a picture. She was like, ‘You like this dress?’ Um, yeah, but I don’t know if I like it out in the house!” Smart, who has been diligently on kid watch, pipes in. “But it’s famous! It’s the most famous dress you’ve ever worn.” (Joke that Emme can wear it in a few years and he looks horrified: “Oh, God, no!”)

[From Harper’s Bazaar]

You know what always cracks me up? How much Mariah Carey hates Jennifer Lopez (and I’m sure the feeling is mutual), because they are so, so similar. Couldn’t you just hear Mariah saying something like, “I make it as simple and as beautiful as I can because my life is kind of big. So I pack my luggage, or dress myself, or comb my kids’ hair, pick up their clothes—that makes our life beautiful, you know? There’s something very elegant in that”? That self-assured praise of oneself for doing absolutely normal things? Imagine if we all talked like that? I got up this morning two minutes before my alarm went off, because it’s so elegant to do that, and then I peeled my own breakfast banana, because I am an everyday hero. Then I ate some yogurt like a boss. Then I went to my computer to work because I am just like Jesus Christ.

Photos courtesy of Katjia Rawles/Harper’s Bazaar.