This story came out on Radar a couple of days ago, but Star has more details and it paints a much better picture of Marc Anthony freaking out over his ex’s new relationship. It also makes it clear that Lopez is using her new romance to make Anthony jealous, and it’s working.

We’ve heard that Marc and J.Lo have been friendly post-split and that they even hooked up just a couple of weeks ago. Well all that seems to have ended when Lopez took up with her 24 year-old backup dancer, Casper Smart, and made sure to pose for plenty of PDA candids with the young “stud.” (That’s probably how she thinks of him, but ew.) The only problem is that Lopez and Anthony are still working together, on a talent search reality show in which they scout for acts in Latin America. Anthony found out that Lopez had brought her boytoy along with her on a trip to Peru where they were supposed to film the show. So Anthony called up their producer and threatened to resign. It doesn’t sound like he went through with it, as there’s a lot of money on the line. This all points to the possibility that their divorce and custody proceedings could get messy.

“Casper was booked on a commercial jet – in economy, no less – back to Los Angeles [from a trip to Morocco with Lopez], but J.Lo had decided that she wanted him to go with her to Peru for ¡Q’Viva!,” an insider tells STar.

“When Marc learned through their mutual colleagues that she intended to bring him, he was furious. So in the conference call, he objected to Casper going to Lima, given that he and Jennifer were supposed to be working together, but Jennifer was indignant and insisted that Casper was coming.”

Fuming, Marc waited until he got confirmation that Jennifer’s private jet had left Casablanca’s… Airport. Then he called Idol cocreator Simon Fuller – whose XIX Entertainment is the force behind ¡Q’Viva! – intending to resign, the insider tells Star. “Marc told Simon the reason was, quite simply, J.Lo. He said, ‘I can’t work with her!’”…

After the blowup over Casper, “Jennifer is threatening Marc with the twins,” another source reveals. “She told him she is going to go for full custody. Jennifer claims he is very controlling and jealous.”

Marc previously exploded after pictures surfaced of Casper playing doting dad to the twins while romping in Hawaii with J.Lo over Thanksgiving. “Marc saw them all looking like one big, happy family and called J.Lo immediately and tore into her,” the source says. “He believes this is just a rebound and that she can’t keep a relationship going.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, December 19, 2011]

That was a douche move for J.Lo to bring Casper with her on a business trip with Anthony, and of course Anthony hit the roof. I don’t like either of them and assume that Anthony overreacted over having to see the guy, but I understand why he got upset over those photos of Casper with his kids. It was a low blow for Lopez not only to bring Casper around the kids on that Hawaiian vacation, but especially to make sure that so many pictures got out documenting it. She deserves her fun, but she should keep her kids away from her new piece until she’s serious.

Radar notes that these two haven’t officially filed for divorce yet as they’re still negotiating a settlement. It could go into next year before all the complicated financial details are worked out. It looks like divorce is inevitable. Hopefully Lopez won’t immediately marry her rebound fling once she’s legally able to. You can easily imagine her doing that.

Marc is shown performing on 9/9/11 at the Meadowlands. Credit: Janet Mayer/PRPhotos. Jennifer is shown in two different outfits at the AMAs on 11/20/11. Credit: WENN.com and Fame

You know how everyone is like “what is she thinking?” when they see photos of Jennifer Lopez with her new piece, 24 year-old backup dancer, Casper Smart? As Kaiser mentioned in an earlier story, it would make sense if the guy was attractive, but he just looks so… douchey. I know we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, etc., but come on. If you saw this guy in person would you assume that he had a ton of redeeming qualities beyond his physique? Anyway J.Lo’s mother, Guadalupe, apparently shares the public’s sentiment about her daughter’s new boyfriend. Guadalupe is close with her daughter and has lived with her on Long Island so she can watch her grandchildren, Lopez’s three year-old twins with her ex, Marc Anthony. Lopez’s mom is pissed that her daughter is exposing the kids to a new father figure so soon. Lopez went on a Hawaiian vacation with Smart and her twins over Thanksgiving, and outlets reported how great he was with her kids. This new romance does not sit well with Guadalupe, who won’t even speak with her daughter at this point. (If this Star story is accurate.)

A source close to the singer… tells Star that Guadalupe is “devastated” over Jen dating such a young man so soon after her split from Marc – and she’s cut off contact with her A-list daughter! “Guadalupe has become very upset with what she says is Jennifer’s poor judgment,” reveals an insider. “They’re not on speaking terms at the moment.”

More than anything, Guadalupe – who has been a caretaker for Jen’s 3 year-old twins… is upset about J.Lo flaunting the fling in front of her children. “The kids are struggling to understand what’s happened with their father and mother,” the source says. “Then, all of a sudden, there is a new father figure in their life.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, December 12, 2011]

It looks like Lopez got the message, sort of. She left her kids at home when she jetted to Morocco with Smart yesterday, where she’s performing at the opening of a mall for an undoubtedly hefty fee. People has this news along with a quote from an “insider” that “Casper is with her, but she left the kids in L.A. Jennifer is expected back in L.A. before she heads to Peru with her kids for work.” She won’t talk about her dating life “directly”, and told Ryan Secrest, that “Until I’m in a really serious relationship – because of the babies – I’m not really gonna be commenting on my personal life.” She has no problem posing for plenty of paparazzi pics with the guy and giving quotes to People off the record, though. I wouldn’t be surprised if her mom is fed up with it and worried about her grandbabies.

Header photo from 7-9-11. Other event photos from 11-20-11. Credit: WENN

As I’ve said before, I don’t understand why Jennifer Lopez is slumming it with her 24-year-old backup dancer, Casper Smart. It would be one thing if he was really pretty – that, I might understand. Every girl likes to look at pretty things. But Casper is not pretty. He has a good body and he can dance and… that’s about it. Which means THAT is how low Jennifer has set the bar. Good body and a good dancer – what is this, ninth grade?! Anyway, Jennifer took her kids and her boy-toy to Hawaii for some rest and relaxation. We don’t have the photos – you can see some here and here. Casper is just… how could you want to hit that? I don’t understand!

Fashionista Jennifer Lopez didn’t go shopping on Black Friday. Instead, she feasted her eyes on Casper Smart, her 24-year-old dancer beau of just a few weeks, who doffed his top during a sexy Thanksgiving vacation in Kauai, Hawaii.

New photos from Friday reveal Lopez, 42, sipping a tropical cocktail and lounging in her bikini in a cabana alongside her topless, muscular new man. As previously reported by Us Weekly, Lopez, Smart and her 3-year-old twins Max and Emme spent the Thanksgiving holiday in Hawaii.

“Casper was great with the kids,” a source told Us. During a Thursday outing on the beach, Smart (who’s performed with Lopez onstage numerous times) “was twirling them around and doing flips with Emme and she seemed very comfortable with him.”

Two Sundays ago — following a hot performance at the American Music Awards — the new couple packed on the PDA at a post-AMAs bash in L.A.

No word yet on whether Lopez and Smart are exclusive. In early November, Lopez hooked up with ex Marc Anthony (they split in July after seven years of marriage) in Puerto Rico.

Cautions a friend of the former super-couple: “They may sleep together, but they’re over!”

[From Us Weekly]

It’s already been pointed out that Jennifer claimed she wasn’t going to introduce her kids to any boyfriends unless it got serious. Does this mean that it’s “serious” with Casper and Jennifer? Have they even had time to get “serious”? They’ve been dating for what? A month or two? So, basically, Max and Emme are going to have lots of “uncles” for a while OR Jennifer is going to end up marrying another g–damn backup dancer. COME ON J.LO. You can do better than this, on all fronts.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

I haven’t been paying attention to Jennifer Lopez’s little fling with that backup dancer, Casper Smart, mostly because I’m hoping that if I ignore them, that little boy will go away. Yeah, he’s young and maybe (??) he has a good body (he looks ‘roidy), but his face… he is not pretty. Remember when Jennifer Lopez used to like ‘em pretty? There Ojani, who was pretty (and brow-tastic) and crazy, then there was Puff Daddy (that was his name then) who I didn’t find pretty, but J.Lo wasn’t with him for pretty. Then she had two pretty ones in a row – Chris Judd and Ben Affleck. And Affleck got the pretty out of her system, and she moved on to Marc Anthony. Will she ever go back to the pretty? I think she was trying to with Bradley Cooper, but that was such a massive FAIL of a PR gambit. Plus, B-Coop is more “emu” than “pretty”. Just sayin’.

So Jennifer is boning this young boy who doesn’t have a lot going on facially, and I suspect he has nothing going on conversationally either. While it’s flattering for J.Lo to have something new and shiny to look at, it doesn’t really feel like she’s “conquered” anyone, and there’s no sense of achievement. So what does she do? She creates some drama. A little love triangle, just so her ego gets stroked and she can feel a little sense of victory. Yes, Jennifer boned her ex-husband, Marc Anthony, in Puerto Rico a few weeks ago.

Guess Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony aren’t such bitter exes after all. Filming their talent competition Q’Viva! The Chosen in Puerto Rico Nov. 8, the former couple hooked up, an insider tells Us Weekly.

Anthony, 43, was spotted picking up Lopez, 42, at the airport — and “Marc never stayed in his hotel room,” the source says.

And the twosome, who put a fork in their seven-year marriage this past July, are destined to hook up again, pals say. Although Lopez is casually dating backup dancer Casper Smart, one friend predicts she and Anthony (father to her twins Emme and Max, 3) will be intimate again in December while shooting Q’Viva!

“It’s inevitable,” the friend says. Marc has this hold over her.” The split, says the friend has been an “emotional roller coaster” for the superstar.

But another pal cautions that an actual reconciliation is not in the cards. “They may sleep together, but they’re over!”

[From Us Weekly]

Bitch, don’t even start with the “emotional roller coaster” crap. I know exactly why Jennifer had post-breakup sex with Marc – because she wanted to know that she could still have him if she wanted him. Because she doesn’t want HIM to be over HER. Because it’s fun for her to be wanted. Because she’s a total drama queen and everything is about her. What else did you expect?

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Jennifer Lopez made a “triumphant return” to the American Music Awards last night – she performed a medley of her hits “Until It Beats No More,” “Papi” and “On the Floor.” We only have photos of Jennifer’s post-performance gown, though – it’s this interesting Zuhair Murad gown that… I kind of love. I would hate this gown on nearly anyone else, but Jennifer comes really close to pulling it off. It’s a weird effect, but it’s good on her. I just wish J.Lo hadn’t gone full Croydon Facelift.

Anyway, about the medley – Jennifer wore Giambattista Valli at first, and then everything came off in layers until she was “performing” in a nude bodysuit with sparkles, much like Britney Spears’s infamous VMA performance more than a decade ago. Here’s a pretty good video of J.Lo’s performance – if the video gets deleted, I’ll try to find another one:

People are making a big deal about Jennifer “copying” something so iconic from Britney, but as a casual follower of Jennifer’s hit-or-miss performances, I can say that this is not even the first time Jennifer has performed in a nude bodysuit with sparkles – bitch loves catsuits and bodysuits, and this is nothing new. Still, I guess it’s interesting to see a 42 year old woman do the sparkly bodysuit thing.

Jennifer also won favorite Latin Artist, AND she got a standing ovation for her performance. Oh, J. Lo. One last thing: did anyone else notice the crassness with which Jennifer shilled for Fiat during her performance? She has a contract with Fiat, she put Fiat in her music video for “Papi” and she actually did a commercial for Fiat. And now she’s pulling Fiats into her live performances. I don’t begrudge an artist for “selling out,” but Jesus, even I find this incredibly crass.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

It looks like whatever fake romance J.Lo was trying to cook up with Bradley Cooper in the tabloids has either fizzled out or never was. Lopez, 42, has been sleeping with one of her backup dancers, a 24 year-old squat shaved kid named Casper Smart. Multiple outlets have this story with insider “sources” in Lopez’s camp to confirm the news and add details. It’s predictable, and it’s all about how J.Lo is sexy and desirable. The story has a whiff of haughty desperation about it, just like J.Lo. The stories do acknowledge that it’s just a fling for her, though, a fling that she’s more than willing to confirm.

A few months after she and husband Marc Anthony announced they were splitting, the American Idol judge appears to be logging time with a new man: Los Angeles-based dancer Casper Smart.

“Yes, they are dating and having a good time,” a source tells PEOPLE of the pair. “They’ve been getting more open with their flirting for weeks.”

Smart, who has appeared in Glee, Step Up 3D and How I Met Your Mother, reportedly also dances at Los Angeles-area nightclubs.

Smart also reported that he and Lopez worked together on Friday night, posting on his Facebook page: “In Palo Alto Bout to do a show w/ Jennifer Lopez for some1s birthday.”

Lopez had been most recently linked to Bradley Cooper.

As for her budding romance with Casper, another source describes it as “a fun fling.” Says the source: “It’s not meant to turn into anything more.”

A rep for Lopez had no comment.

This wouldn’t be the first time Lopez, 42, has been romantically involved with a dancer. She was married to choreographer and dancer Cris Judd in 2001, and the couple split in 2002.

[From People]

Yes Lopez’s rep had “no comment,” but People still got a “source” to tell them that “they are dating and having a good time.” Both TMZ and The Insider also have confirmation from sources, along with additional details. My favorite quotes are in US Weekly, where Lopez’s people try to explain away her “breakup” with Bradley Cooper:

Lopez “liked the thrill and the fact that Bradley has been pursuing her,” but a source says she “has really been trying to concentrate on her kids and work. But Bradley has been especially eager.”

So Lopez has been “trying to concentrate on her kids and work,” so she rejected the movie star and picked a no-name backup dancer 18 years younger than she is. I’m so sure that’s exactly how it happened. Is she going to keep dating 20-something lovers post divorce, just like Madonna? At least she’s not marrying them yet.

These photos are from Casper, the friendly back-up dancer’s Facebook. Lopez is shown out in NY on 11/8 with her daughter and at an event on 11/7. Credit: Fame

Just shoot me in the face, because I think Jennifer Lopez looks fantastic here. Jennifer was one of the big “gets” last night for Glamour Magazine’s Women of the Year event. J.Lo wore this Atelier Versace gown that was kind of overkill for the event, although there were several big “named” who ended up wearing formal gowns, so maybe I’m misjudging the “bigness” of the event. Anyway, the dress. Go ahead and yell at me. She looks great in it. Her body looks amazing in it – Versace really works on her historically, something about her curves in Versace’s usually close-cut, sexy tailoring. That thigh-high slit? Sexy! I even like the way the shoulders are cut – usually I dislike that kind of high neck in a gown, but this is great on Jennifer. Have I gushed enough? Nope.

Because I also love the she wore her hair mostly down. Jennifer does the Croydon facelift much, much too often, and I personally think she looks better when she works a softer hairstyle. I love her hair here too.

According to Us Weekly, Jennifer was the center of attention during the dinner too:

As one of the year’s honorees, Lopez looked uncharacteristically nervous at the podium.

“It’s been kind of a long night, right?” she joked, in a nod to the night’s impressive list of honorees, including Jennifer Aniston, former First Lady Laura Bush, Arianna Huffington, Gloria Steinem and others.

“We all felt a little overwhelmed tonight,” Lopez, who seemed on the verge of tears throughout her speech.

The singer, actress, designer and American Idol judge has, of course, had a challenging year, after she and Marc Anthony announced the end their marriage of seven years in July.

She told the crowd what gets her through the tough times. “It’s the women. Through the ups and the not so ups, that’s the one thing that got me through,” she admitted. “My grandmother, who taught me to cook and not be afraid to serve and be humble. And to go out looking nice because people like that and then they respect you.”

Another motivator? “My daughter Emme [3] inspires me to be a better human being.”

[From Us Weekly]

LMAO at “My grandmother, who taught me to cook and not be afraid to serve and be humble.” She had to be taught how to NOT BE AFRAID to be humble. That’s why I kind of love Jennifer.

Oh, and did you hear that J. Lo is in serious talks to star as Carmen Sandiego? True story.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

You know how Bradley Cooper’s mom used to get photographed out with Renee Zellweger all the time? Well now that Coop is allegedly dating Jennifer Lopez (and is “so into her” and pursued her and everything), his mom supposedly does not approve at all. For all the preening Zellweger can do on the red carpet, she seems very down to earth and we’ve heard stories of her random acts of kindness. J.Lo – not so much. She’s a diva of the highest order and B. Coop’s mom is telling him to cool it with her. Remember, Cooper may currently be living with his mom (I can’t verify that, but it was rumored that he asked her to move in with him) and she probably has a ton of influence over him. Is this true or is this a publicist’s way of preparing us for the news that these two are about to “fizzle out” and make an announcement that it didn’t work out for them?

Well Bradley Cooper may be smitten with his new girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez, but his mom, Gloria, doesn’t approve of the blossoming romance. “She thinks Jennifer is too much of a diva for her son,” a friend tells In Touch. “Plus, she’s not even divorced from Marc Anthony yet, so she’s asked Bradley to cool it.”

Making matters worse for Jennifer? Gloria loved Bradley’s ex Renee Zellweger. “She was heartbroken when her son ended that relationship,” says the friend. So while no woman would ever want to compete with Jennifer for a man’s attention, in this case, Mom may have the upper hand!”

[From In Touch, print edition, November 14, 2011]

I’ve said it before and I’ll mention it now, I don’t think Bradley Cooper is gay. I think he’s a metrosexual dude who doesn’t come across as particularly sexy or interested in sex at all. He’s a leading man now, though and I find him to be a decent actor. He had swagger and sex appeal in The Hangover and he seemed like a loser, then a guy who was on top of the world in Limitless. I just saw Limitless and I liked it, but Kaiser thinks it had too many plot holes and that Cooper wasn’t believable in the lead. We were just e-mailing about this and she says he’s more of a character actor than a lead. I see her point as I do find the guy vanilla. I don’t mind watching him on screen though and think he’s convincing.

This Lopez romance sounds overblown or fake to me, but it could be on. She dated Ben Affleck after all, and doesn’t he seem to have some things in common with Cooper? Is his momma going to try and shut down this relationship? If this story is true, that would be amusing.

Cooper is shown above on 9/6/11 looking orange with a bad haircut. Lopez is shown on 10/25/11. Credit: Fame

Jennifer Lopez covers the December issue of Glamour Magazine. I’m not in love with the cover shot or the bonus photo from the shoot – I don’t hate it or anything, and I guess it’s okay for Glamour. The best part of J.Lo’s appearance on the magazine is the interview, in which Jennifer tries to put herself out there as the kind of woman who doesn’t want to have every part of her life in the public eye. Now, I’m sure there are some secrets Jennifer would like kept private. But as far as love goes… she’s always going to be carrying on her relationships in the public eye.

Whoa, J Lo! Jennifer Lopez covers Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year December issue — and, in a low-cut skin-tight red top tucked into curve-hugging sailor pants, the star, 42, flaunts a lot more cleavage than she customarily does.

(The singer, actress and designer wears a red bustier by Chloë Sevigny for Opening Ceremony, pants and a Swarovski crystal anchor necklace by Salvatore Ferragamo, plus a Michael Kors gold necklace, Verdura gold bracelet, two Chanel Fine Jewelry gold, black onyx, and diamond bracelets, a Lorraine Schwartz white gold diamond bracelet, a Verdura gold, platinum, and diamond wide link bracelet and a Pomellato rose gold and diamond bracelet.)

Jennifer says about her style, “The things I liked when I was, like, 16 and in the Bronx – jeans, cut-up T-shirts – I still like. But I’ve been exposed to so much now from traveling the world and seeing couture clothes. I used all of that when I created my new line for Kohl’s. My style has come from everything, from where I started to where I am today.”

Inside the mag, star (who’s been dating Bradley Cooper of late) opens up about a new relationship in the wake of her split with husband Marc Anthony.

“I think to give something a chance, to really get to know somebody, you want to do it out of the public eye. You know the media—they want to rush everything,” muses the “I’m Into You” singer.

But, Lopez tells Glamour, she’s ready for whatever romance comes, thanks to some hard lessons learned during her painful split. “I think I’ve finally learned the biggest lesson of all,” she says. “You’ve got to love yourself first. You’ve got to be OK on your own before you can be OK with somebody else. You’ve got to value yourself and know that you’re worth everything. And until you value yourself enough and love yourself enough to know that, you can’t really have a healthy relationship.”

[From Glamour & Us Weekly]

The whole “You’ve got to love yourself first” argument is the same one she made in Vanity Fair when she was announcing her split from Marc Anthony. We can be snide and say that Jennifer’s problem has never been lack of self-love, but I’m reading more into her comments – I think she’s saying that she stayed with Marc for so long because she put so much focus on “them,” on the marriage, on the two of them together, as a couple, not on making herself happy. Which I buy – I think Jennifer shelved some of her desires and ambitions when she was with Marc, and I’m looking forward to seeing what post-divorce J.Lo does. Hopefully, this Bradley Cooper thing will die swiftly and she’ll find someone high-profile who enjoys her company.

Glamour photos courtesy of HuffPo.

These are photos of Jennifer Lopez and her sister Lynda Lopez at an event yesterday in West LA. The event was some kind of press conference in which Samsung and Best Buy pledged $500,000 to J.Lo’s charity, The Maribel Foundation. To read more about what Jennifer is doing, go here. The foundation has already donated $1 million to underprivileged children in LA.

What I really wanted to talk about was the fashion, though. J.Lo hasn’t been doing very many public appearances lately (beyond the odd concert), so these are the first “red carpet” type photos we’ve had of her in a few months. Jennifer wore a Lisa Ho tulle cocktail dress for the occasion. Now… I like the color on her. I like the skirt too – I’m glad Jennifer didn’t pour herself into some tight little dress, and I’m glad Jennifer isn’t flashing her bits and pieces at us in some short little minidress. That being said, I don’t find the bodice of this dress flattering on her at all. And taken with the “Croydon facelift” hair, everything from the waist up is pretty much a mess, right?

Oh, and remember how Jennifer dared to show human (famewhore) emotion during a weekend concert? She teared up while she was singing (“singing”) and most people were like, “The famewhore is crying because she’s lost her love!” Jennifer told Extra that she only broke down when she saw her mother: “I didn’t see her the whole time until this one moment, and I was a bit emotional…[I’m] a regular person like everybody else. I have feelings and emotions. My life goes great and it goes not great sometimes. But you know what? We keep going, and that’s what it is.” I still don’t see the controversy with J.Lo tearing up.

Photos courtesy of WENN & Fame.