J.Lo said in a radio interview that her father is a Scientologist and that it’s oh so sad that people are trying to make the mudering, money-grubbing, insular cult into some negative thing. She affirmed that she’s Catholic, but when she defends the cult it seems like she might be open to a conversion:

When asked about what she thought about the negative perception some people have about Scientology, Lopez replied, “I, myself, am Catholic. But it’s just sad that people would look at it (Scientology) in that way.”

J.Lo also has a personal connection to the Church of Scientology.

“My dad has been a Scientologist for 20 years,” she said. “It’s weird people want to paint it in a negative way.”

[via TMZ]

Everyone was speculating that Catholic J.Lo would convert to the celebrity-courting cult after she started hanging out with Scientologist Leah Remini and went to TomKat’s Rome wedding/Scientology pitch. She was said to be using Scientology-speak in everyday conversation, and was rumored to be trying it out in a vain attempt to get pregnant.

We’ll see how long it takes J.Lo to fall prey to Scientology. It might seem A-OK to her, because celebrities are given special treatment and aren’t forced into servitude for years during their quest for brainwashed enlightenment. Maybe she’s not ready for a full conversion yet because she realizes how much money it would cost her.

Drew, J.Lo, and Evangeline all looked lovely at the Golden Globes. I’m impressed with J.Lo’s makeup, which has looked mismatched recently but seems just right and not overdone here. Drew is a vision in white. She’s appearing in the upcoming film Music and Lyrics By with Hugh Grant, and judging from the way they’re posing kind of far from each other I would say this appearance is for professional reasons, but I would like to be wrong.

Evangeline Lilly’s dress is a gorgeous swirl of muted pastels and I love her loose curly hair.

Cameron Diaz is a haughty mess. She tried to pull off upswept carefree hair, but her hair is too straight and it just looks messy. Those bright red glossy lips look clownish, and I can’t stand her frilly white dress. She’s taking too many risks here at once, and falls flat. Am I being too harsh on her?

Pictures from Gossip Rocks.

It turns out that rumor that the head of Scientology accompanied Tom and Katie on their honeymoon in the Maldives was untrue, because the Scientologists denied it and we should just take them at their word. Now there’s news that Tom and Katie are going to follow up their second wedding party with yet another honeymoon. Their first honeymoon on a tugboat yacht was cut short due to bad weather. This time they’re said to be going alone to Tahiti and leaving little Suri at home.

Tom & Katie are indeed planning a second honeymoon for the two of them only … Suri will stay with the family in the US as they head to a romantic & exotic location.
Rumor has it that the couple have booked a holiday in Tahiti, at the $15000 a night Le Taha’a Private Island and Spa.
Hmm … This will definitely be a real honeymoon!

I’m not sure this is true, because they were initially said to be going to Tahiti on their honeymoon, and only a few sources are reporting that they’re planning a second honeymoon there. They were in Tahiti back in February when Katie was pregnant.

Their stateside wedding party will take place this Saturday at the malibu estate of Tom’s business partner. Tom, Katie, Victoria Backham, J.Lo and Marc Anthony were seen out to dinner at a steakhouse last night in what looked like a second-wedding party rehearsal dinner. Pictures from Gossip Rocks.

Marc Anthony hightailed it out of there when he saw his poorly made-up wife getting it on with healthy hottie LL Cool J for a video shoot.

Hey, at least he didn’t freak out, flip anyone off or shove and shout at LL for getting too close to his woman. Marc probably realizes he would lose any fight with buff LL. in about two minutes. Hell, LL is so confident about it he’s telling the story to the papers.

Here are Marc and J.Lo leaving their hotel in Santander, Spain on 10/12. Man I would love to be able to take a private jet to travel. [via]

Jennifer Lopez’s makeup looks simply awful. That shade of green eyeshadow is hideous and coupled with that bleeding pale-pink lipstick and shiny skin she just looks bad. Wouldn’t you wipe off your face and reapply your own makeup if a colorblind makeup artist did that to you?

Lopez is being sued for $35,000 for not paying for flights she and husband Marc Anthony chartered. Maybe she’s trying to show how poor she is by wearing bad drug store makeup.

She is seen at the Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles 2nd Noche de Ninos Gala on 10/8. [via]

The last time J.Lo revealed her hair in public it was a pretty shade of dirty blonde. Now she’s gone brunette, and it really flatters her. It’s a lot better than that polyester silver do-rag she covered her head with at the VMAs.

She’s also shown with brown hair in the ad for her new perfume, Luxe, so it’s likely she was just hiding it at the VMAs.

J.Lo and Marc Anthony are shown in Toronto at the premiere of their new film, “El Catante”:

Pictures [via]

Since J.Lo can’t get pregnant, she probably figures she’ll settle for looking matronly. What the hell is she wearing? She undoubtedly designed that craptacular outfit herself. It looks quite scratchy and polyester, but considering that J.Lo’s wearing it, it’s probably some rare kind of polyester that’s made from the skin of endangered seals. It might look kind of hot and retro if it was sleeveless, but she inexplicably tacked some puffy sleeves on it. And look - she’s wearing a matching silver do-rag!

She looks like she’s trying to channel her “Monster In-Law” co-star Jane Fonda circa 1968, but Fonda looked much more fierce.

Jennifer Lopez is supposedly pregnant, and this time it sounds like more than a rumor. Former American Idol star Jesse McCartney, who is said to be a friend of Lopez and her husband, Marc Anthony, let the news slip during a radio station interview:

People think J.Lo is pregnant every few months, so this doesn’t seem substantial until she’s showing or it’s officially confirmed. There haven’t been many candids of J.Lo recently, but that only means she hasn’t been hitting the paparazzi spots or going to high profile events. She is due to attend the Toronto Film Festival next month, so we’ll have to scope out the pictures to see if she has a bump.

Meanwhile a British rag claims that J.Lo didn’t quit “Dallas” - she was fired because John Travolta can’t stand her:

If this is true, and I doubt it, Travolta might be so vehemently against J.Lo because she rejected his freaky cult religion, Scientology. Remember all those pictures of J.Lo out shopping with Leah Remini? She undoubtedly tried to convert her to Scientology, and I bet Catholic J.Lo wasn’t having it.

Besides, it was said that J.Lo quit “Dallas” because the production was sinking fast and she thought Travolta wasn’t up to par as a leading man. He may have heard that she didn’t want to star in with him, and leaked the news that it was his decision, not hers. It’s classic.

Here’s an ad for Lopez’ new “Luxe” fragrance line. Some horny art director made an unappreciated designer spend a lot of time getting her to look just naked enough to make allergy-aggravating cheap perfume look sexy. I wonder if her areolas are really this big. Hey - big nipples are a sign of pregnancy, or heartbreakingly ineffective ongoing fertility treatment.

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J.Lo’s first ex husband, Ojani Noa, is unable to publish a tell-all book about their relationship now that Lopez won a case against him publishing the book. He signed a confidentiality agreement with Lopez in late 2005 as part of his settlement payout for a breach of contract lawsuit against her. Noa claimed that Lopez had him unfairly fired from his manager position at her Pasadena restaurant, Madre’s.

In April Noa told Lopez’s attorneys that he’d put the book out unless she paid him a cool $5 million. Of course the diva wasn’t having that and sued him in an attempt to block the book, which is said to have juicy details like J.Lo cheating on P.Diddy in 1999 with Marc Anthony. Unfortunately J.Lo was successful and we won’t be able to get our hands on the novel, but one detail did come out: Noa claims Lopez does Santeria on her enemies to get back at them:

I believe this, because Lopez was said to have consulted a Santeria advisor at the time of her upcoming wedding to Ben Affleck. The voodoo guru told her to call it off:

That’s pretty funny and we hope more dirt gets released on Lopez even though the book was blocked. If she’s gullible enough to believe in voodoo, maybe Lea Remini will successfully convert her to Scientology.

Here she is in the videoshoot for “I’m gonna be alright,” which was released in 2002. [via]

Marc Anthony may or may not be ill. When we say he’s ailing, we’re referring to an earlier story where we speculated based on scant evidence that the Latin crooner is dying. He may not be verifiably ill, but he sure acts grumpy enough to at least be suffering from an intestinal disorder.

Anthony got in a fight with photographersat the Women in Film awards on Tuesday. When a photographer pushed him back while trying to get a picture of J.Lo he went off on the guy:

Marc has a too-short fuse and is quick to declare his love for his diva wife. Somethings wrong with him!

Meanwhile J.Lo has publically denied that she’s pregnant. People are insisting she is, though, because In Touch says she supposedly bought a diaper bag and told Leah Remini that her boobs are going to get bigger while they were out shopping for clothing. TMZ was there too, and said it’s not true since sales staff swore that Lopez had a flat stomach.

Here is Marc doing his national duty as grand poobah of the Puerto Rican Day parade with J.Lo in tow on Saturday in NY City. [via]