There was a rumor going around last year that some dumb producer wanted to remake the comedy classic Overboard – I discussed it here. The rumor involved Jennifer Lopez taking the role that was originally played by Goldie Hawn, in one of her best comedic performances ever. Well, according to Us Weekly, Jennifer still wants to do Overboard, still wants to play the Goldie role, and now there are several new twists. One, Jennifer’s career is in much better shape, and this is much more likely to happen now. Two, Jennifer’s soon-to-be-ex-husband was maybe (but maybe not) boning Jada Pinkett Smith, who is married to a closet-Scientologist (like Jennifer), Will Smith. Three, Will Smith wants to make the movie with Jennifer now.
Spouse swap! Marc Anthony and Jada Pinkett Smith have already steamed up the screen on TNT’s Hawthorne – and now Jennifer Lopez is joining the Will Smith-produced remake of the 1987 romantic comedy Overboard.
“They have wanted to work together for nearly a decade,” says an insider. Now, with Jennifer’s career on the rise, she’s eager to take on the snobby heiress role that Goldie Hawn made famous.
“She can make fun of her diva reputation,” says one source. Adds another, “Will says if she pokes fun at herself, the public will really appreciate it.”
[From Us Weekly, print edition]
I did a few minutes of hunting on Google, and I found that Will’s IMDB page does not list Overboard as one of the films that Will is even mentioned for, as a star or as a producer. But! Will’s production company, which did the remake of The Karate Kid with his son Jaden, was signed on to Overboard last year, so it may still be a property that they’re developing. Now, Us Weekly doesn’t say that Will wants to star in the movie with Jennifer, presumably in the Kurt Russell role, but it’s implied, isn’t it? Ugh. How would you feel about it if Jennifer and Will starred in an Overboard remake? I feel ill.
Marc Anthony has a new interview that will air on ABC’s Nightline tonight in which he discusses his divorce with Jennifer Lopez. He claims he’s doing it to set the record straight, probably after the cheating rumors and all the tabloids that J.Lo strategically told her side of the story to. Good Morning America had a preview of the interview this morning, and they focus on Anthony saying the split wasn’t “sensationalistic.” Even though I (sort-of) write for a living, I wasn’t sure that “sensationalistic” was an actual word, but it is, it just sounds like it’s made up.
Anthony denies having affairs, particularly with that flight attendant that was mentioned in Lopez’s US Weekly cover story, but he does it in a roundabout way that makes me scrunch up my face and go “hmmm.” He does say “no, absolutely not” about infidelity but he also spends a lot of time going on about how there were a ton of other fake rumors about him and then he complains about the gossip industry.
On the end of his marriage
I’ll tell you it wasn’t some sensationalistic happening.
Interviewer: infidelity?
No, absolutely not. Nothing sensationalistic…
It was a realization on both our parts, so. It wasn’t shocking. These things happen. These things happen.
Interviewer: There was a flight attendant?
There was a flight attendant. There was a pilot I heard. There was this guy sitting next to me in a rehab in Houston. I’ve heard it all.
Celebrity watching and speculation is almost like a sport.
On if he wants this divorce.
It’s a decision that we made jointly, and that’s how I’ll answer that.
Then the interview goes on to promote Marc Anthony’s new album of Spanish love songs, his clothing line with Kohl’s and his talent reality competition with J.Lo.
If celebrity watching and speculation is a sport*, then Anthony’s estranged wife is one of the most enthusiastic and hard working players. She puts this stuff out there for consumption, and she’s pushing her side of the story. Marc was kind of unconvincing with his side. He seemed so lackluster in that interview.
US Weekly has a big article in the print edition about the “alleged” cheating between Marc and Jada Pinkett Smith on set. They suggest that there was at least an inappropriately close friendship between them along with some suspicious behavior. What’s more is that Jada supposedly tried to help broker Jennifer and Marc’s split! It doesn’t make sense that she would have done that if she was sleeping with Marc as it would have involved some massive chutzpah. Here’s more from US:
Lopez may have picked up on what another insider considers an “inappropriately close” off-camera relationship. “They were a little too touching and like they were in their own little world,” says a set source, who recalls that Anthony once fed her a piece of cake with his fingers – and the pair often hung out alone in his trailer. The insider says they just got friendly quickly: “They talked and texted all the time…
“The more distant Marc and Jennifer became, the closer he got to Jada,” reveals the insider. The family friend says Pinkett Smith actually attempted to help mediate the acrimonious split – and her efforts backfired. “Jennifer didn’t like that,” says the pal. “Jada overstepped her bounds a bit and Will chastised her for getting too involved.” She may have been meddling, but the family insider insists Anthony and Pinkett Smith’s friendship never crossed the line to a full-blown affair. “Marc may be attracted to her, but Jada isn’t – period… she’s not jacking up her life for Marc Anthony…
[Jada and Will's] kids and their marriage are too important to them. They will fight tooth and nail to preserve that.”
[From US Weekly, print edition, September 12, 2011]
It sounds like Jada and Marc at least had an emotional affair. That’s funny how Marc sort-of denied having an affair with a stewardess but never mentioned anything on this huge story of an affair with Jada. At least he didn’t talk about it in the preview of the interview that was aired this morning.
*On the “celebrity watching as a sport” angle – whenever a guy tries to tell me that celebrity gossip is frivolous I just ask them if they watch Sportscenter. Usually a look of realization dawns on their face.
These photos are from 5/23. You can tell that J.Lo is pissed off. Credit: WENN.com
These are some more photos of Jennifer Lopez on her seemingly endless music video shoot for “Papi”. We’ve already covered the culottes (The Fug Girls called them culottes too, btw), and the leather pants (too much). Today’s ensemble revolves around a green dress with unfortunate slits. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I like Jennifer Lopez’s legs. More than that, I like her figure in it’s entirety. I wish she didn’t wear such dated, revealing styles, but I still appreciate Jennifer for truly being a curvy woman, and for not trying to mask those curves. She has a crazy ass, and lovely thick thighs, and dancer’s calves. I wish she would wear clothes that flatter those lovely legs, something sexy AND age-appropriate, something that didn’t make her look like she was clinging to a 25-year-old image of herself.
So, are we going to talk about the Spanx/underwear/thigh situation? Look, it’s a bad angle, it’s a bad dress, and I don’t even think these are Spanx, right? She’s just wearing, like, normal granny panties. Other sites are calling them Spanx, though, so I have no idea. Whatever is happening, it’s happening because it’s a bad dress and Jennifer should known better. Do not go off about J.Lo’s thighs. The thighs are fine.
By the way, In Touch Weekly finally revealed their “exclusive” story about the Will & Jada thing – their sources claim that Jada was off boning Marc Anthony – when he was still with Jennifer! Oooh, girl.
Although Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are still publicly pretending that their “marriage is intact,” In Touch has the shocking behind-the-scenes story of their major marriage trouble. For months, an insider says, Will had been harboring suspicions that Jada had grown “uncomfortably close” to her HawthoRNe co-star and their friend Marc Anthony, who was still married to superstar Jennifer Lopez.
“Will expressed worry to some close to him that there was more than just on-set chemistry between Jada and Marc,” the insider tells In Touch. So when Jada told Will she needed space and moved from their Malibu mansion into their Hidden Hills estate — and began spending more time traveling without the family — Will grew increasingly paranoid.
In early August, he decided to confront his gnawing doubts about Jada and made a surprise visit to his wife. And, sadly, his suspicions were seemingly confirmed. “He left crying,” the insider confides to In Touch. “He was very upset. He said Marc was with Jada.”
Marc and Jada? FOR WHY? Out of all of the possible combinations between the two couples, why not Will and Jennifer? That would have been something. But no, we’re stuck with the mental image of Marc and Jada together. Yikes. Anyway, I don’t buy it. I think Jennifer and Marc’s marriage is over because Jennifer just decided that she was over it, not because Marc was boning Jada. But I doubt Jennifer minds this speculation – anything to make Marc look like the bad guy.
I leave you with some additional culotte photos of J.Lo’s “dance break”. These made me LMAO.
Yesterday, we had some photos of Jennifer Lopez shooting her new music video for “Papi” in LA. Jennifer wore what I thought was an unfortunate and dated outfit of wide-leg pleated shorts and a belly-baring blouse. I claimed that the shorts were culottes, and a lot of you yelled at me and said that I was a horrible, stupid person for identifying them as culottes. Guess what? They are still culottes, according to me and Google. Anyway, these are even more photos of Jennifer’s video shoot. This time, Jennifer chose to wear leather pants from Balmain. I eagerly await all of the know-it-alls quick comments about how they’re not really pants and how dumb I am for saying that they’re pants. I’m not even going to call them Capris – to me, they’re just skinny, leather pants that don’t fit properly. I could do without all of the silver bling around the crotch too. Why must Jennifer consistently wear such yeast infection-y ensembles?
In between setups, Jennifer played with her three-and-a-half-year-old daughter Emme. I don’t see Max around! Maybe he doesn’t like leather. Or video shoots. Even though I think both twins take after their father in looks, I have high hopes for Emme. Look at her face and how perfectly she can mimic Jennifer’s diva expressions! So cute. Be nice, y’all.
By the way, people are already making a big deal about the Scientology comparison between J.Lo/Marc’s split and Will & Jada’s alleged split. Both couple publicly flirted with and out-right supported the Church of Scientology in years passed, and it would be interesting if Xenu was one of the reasons Will and Jada bit the dust (allegedly).
These are newish photos of Jennifer Lopez shooting the music video for her new single “Papi” in LA over the weekend. In all honesty, I don’t have any problems with Jennifer trying to get her music career back on track, and I don’t mind the her general insanity. But I do mind the fashion missteps, and I do mind how dated Jennifer’s music career and styling feels. I mean, Jennifer is trying to “rock” some culottes in this video. Culottes and a belly shirt. It’s just so… Pretty Woman. Early 1990s. I will always give Jennifer credit for one thing though – I love her legs. I love that she has dancer’s calves and thick, muscular thighs. I think her legs are really sexy.
In other J.Lo news, there are about a million stories about her split with Marc Anthony. Last week’s tabloids claimed that Jennifer was trying to ensure that Marc didn’t get one red cent of her fortune, but I’m not sure I believe that. Surely they had a pre-nup? Surely Marc is already incredibly wealthy on his own? Granted, he seems to have crappy business sense, but I still think he’s pretty wealthy. Meanwhile, Us Weekly’s sources claim that Marc is “harassing” Jennifer (CB mentioned this in a previous post, but it’s worth mentioning again):
Marc Anthony’s being a bugaboo! Although he and Jennifer Lopez announced their separation nearly a month ago, the singer’s still not ready to let go, a source tells Us Weekly.
“He calls her nonstop, especially when he’s drinking,” the insider says. “Marc is constantly harassing her and doesn’t think she’ll go through with the divorce.”
(Anthony’s rep denies the calls, and the twosome put on a united front in Southhampton, NY August 10, so Anthony could spend time with 3-year-old twins Max and Emme.)
There are also even more reports that Jennifer is acting like a diva on the set of What to Expect When You’re Expecting. Last Friday, CB reported that there were rumors about a J.Lo-Camy Diaz feud, and now Gatecrasher claims that Jennifer “wouldn’t talk to anyone directly” on the Atlanta set, and “would converse with people only through her handler.” I don’t know… I’ll always buy that Jennifer is a diva, but she’s never seemed like the “don’t look me in the eye, peasant!” kind of diva.
Star Magazine had this recent story about how Cameron Diaz is getting catty about Jennifer Lopez’s on set behavior. They’re co-starring in that sure-to-be crapfest What to Expect When You’re Expecting and allegedly have a mutual disdain for each other. Cameron is said to be more vocal about how much she dislikes Lopez while Lopez just totally ignores Cameron. I could see this happening, although it’s in Star so it’s possibly fiction.
“Jennifer and Cameron don’t like each other,” an insider tells Star. “They don’t interact much, but when they do, the tension is thick.”
The A-listers’ frosty relationship is particularly glaring because J.Lo, 42, has bonded with… other cast members [including] Brooklyn Decker [and] has also been linked to her on-screen mate, Rodrigo Santoro. “Cam sees all that stuff and hoopla around J.Lo’s divorce from Marc Anthony and whether she’s dating Rodrigo as a distraction from work,” says the insider. “She’s also annoyed by Jennifer’s huge entourage, which includes her mom, three assistants, makeup and hair people and her manager. She made a snide comment to the effect of, ‘How many people does it take for one woman to film a simple scene?’”
Cameron, 38, has even taken a shot at the acting skills of [J.Lo]… “She said Jennifer has a lot to learn and made a dig about how she’d be better off sticking to her day jobs – meaning singing and judging Idol…”
[J.Lo] “doesn’t seem to care,” says the insider. “She doesn’t talk about Cam or ask about her. She just acts as if Cam doesn’t exist.”
[From Star Magazine, print edition, August 29, 2011]
I hope that’s true since it’s so awesomely bitchy.
There are tons more stories on J.Lo in this week’s tabloids. There’s yet another piece in Star, about how Marc allegedly wants his estranged wife back and is making headway in that department. They quote an insider who says “Jennifer is open to not going through a messy divorce. She is actually listening to Marc, and Marc has been trying to mend the relationship… Marc has been calling her a lot, saying he is sorry for the way he treated her and that he will change. And he says he has changed already.”
Meanwhile US Weekly has a completely different take on Marc’s phone calls to Jennifer. “He calls her nonstop, especially when he’s drinking, and they had a huge argument in early August. Marc is constantly harassing her and doesn’t think she’ll go through with the divorce… she has no interest in reconciling.” That sounds straight from Jennifer’s camp while the Star take is from Marc’s.
And In Touch has Jennifer trying to protect her assets from her Marc’s skeletal grubby paws. They quote an insider who says “Marc doesn’t want this divorce, and Jennifer thinks he might get his revenge by hitting her where it hurts – her bank account… She won’t give Marc one cent of her earnings.” But of course they live in California, with Lopez’s lawyer telling In Touch “By California law, Marc has a right to half of her earnings made during their marriage.” You know she’s going to fight like hell. This is about to get interesting.
Much like Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Lopez seems to have been flirting with the Church of Scientology for years now. Back in 2007 and 2008, she was giving interviews praising Scientology and using some of the language associated with CoS (“audit” and “tin can” I guess?). Considering that Jennifer is also supposed to be heavily into Santeria, no one really thought much of it, probably because no one really wanted to imagine Jennifer covered in hen’s blood, praising the almighty Xenu. However, The Mail has a source who claims that Jennifer’s Scientology connections might have been one of the major factors in her split with Marc Anthony:
While singer Marc Anthony has been described as a control freak following the breakdown of his marriage to Jennifer Lopez, I’m told there is another factor in their split.
J-Lo’s commitment to Scientology was a bone of contention between the Hollywood star and her husband, and the couple, both 42, rowed over her wish to send their three-year-old twins, Max and Emme, to a Scientology school.
Jennifer is close friends with Tom Cruise and his wife Katie Holmes – also staunch Scientologists.
She said in a recent interview she ‘wouldn’t mind’ having her twins educated by the church, adding: ‘I just wish that people wouldn’t judge it without knowing what it is.’
A source close to the couple said: ‘Jennifer and Marc couldn’t see eye-to-eye on the subject. She’s always been more into the church than him. He wasn’t a huge fan and it caused problems.’
What is Marc? Catholic? Something similar happened with Nicole Kidman, right? She was and is Catholic and some said that her family’s faith is what always kept her at arm’s length from CoS. Jennifer Lopez, meanwhile, seems to have only kept faith with Santeria and just added some Xenu on the side. I think Jennifer’s… dad?… is a Scientologist too. That probably adds to the pressure that J.Lo feels to embrace Xenu.
Immediately after Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony split, Us Weekly published a great cover story all about what down in the last weeks of Jennifer and Marc’s marriage. One of the best stories involved Jennifer’s mom, Guadalupe, emailing Ben Affleck and asking for his advice on what Lopez should do. Us Weekly even claimed that Ben replied to Guadalupe, and after that, there were lots of stories about how Ben and J.Lo (Bennifer 1.0) could and should get back together. Oh, and there was also a story about how Guadalupe always adored Ben, because they were gambling buddies, and how she never warmed to Marc Anthony.
Anyway, some people were like, “OMG, how rude! I can’t believe J.Lo would even get near Ben Affleck, especially since he’s married to The Dimple Princess!” Because this is high school, and exes can never, ever speak to each other, and if they do speak to each other, it means that they’re boning. Well, according to Star Magazine, Ben’s Dimple Princess is getting ready to cut a bitch over this whole situation:
Jennifer Garner isn’t taking kindly to rumors that her hubby, Ben Affleck, reconnected with his ex Jennifer Lopez – and she’s doing her best to make sure it never happens.
Garner is telling friends she will fight like hell to keep her family intact and J.Lo out of Ben’s life. Garner doesn’t believe that J.Lo and her husband should have anything to talk about now – especially since “they parted in a very unfriendly manner,” says a source.
Jennifer [Garner] has also told friends that she believes family is the most important factor in her life – and she intends to keep her family together forever. My source adds that Ben and Jennifer are “still very much together and will always put the welfare of their children first.”
[From Star Magazine, print edition]
Yes, we know that Jennifer thinks “family” is the most important thing is life. Nay, THE ONLY important thing in life, and she thinks that every woman has “no deeper want” than to become a mother. I do believe that Garner is a great mom, and that she loves and adores her family, and her girls and her husband are her top priorities in life. I also believe that Garner sees J.Lo as a threat, probably because Garner not only loves her husband, she KNOWS her husband. Ben Affleck is a dog, and his self-destructive streak runs deep, and there are probably lots of women in his life that Garner is threatened by.
Is there a limit to how much she’ll fight back, though? At some point, after Blake Lively and after Jennifer Lopez and after the gambling (which is still a big problem, allegedly), isn’t Garner just exhausted from dealing with all of his baggage and issues? That’s what I always wonder when I photos of them – why is she holding on to this marriage like Ben’s got the last dong on earth? The answer everyone always gives is “the kids”. Sure, I’ll buy that she’s invested in the marriage for the kids, but at some point, won’t “self-respect” and “I can’t deal with his bullsh-t for one more minute” come into play?
Also: this woman cannot find a flattering casual outfit to save her life.
Last year, I noted that Jennifer Lopez had become, in my mind, the new Eva Longoria. This was before Jennifer signed on to American Idol, mind you, and Jennifer’s career seemed to flailing, and all she did was wander around every red carpet with her mouth hanging open (her “sexy-face”), which is kind of Eva Longoria’s move, historically. One of my biggest complaints about Eva is that she will show up to the opening of an envelope, and she’s really boring. That was Jennifer a year and a half ago. Well, Jennifer found a way to push herself back into relevancy, both with Idol and by publicly dumping her controlling husband, Marc Anthony. Jennifer is now back on top! But there’s still an Eva Longoria problem – just not the same one:
Life & Style: “J. Lo Betrayed by Marc Again.”
Life & Style claims that following his split with Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony has reached out to Eva Longoria for comfort.
“In a long, tearful, anguished conversation,” Anthony told Longoria “about his heartache, his pain, his disappointment.”
Life & Style explains that “there’s a history of bad blood between Jennifer and Eva,” and that’s why “Marc’s calls to Eva behind Jennifer’s back — telling her all the deepest, darkest secrets about his marriage to the ‘American Idol’ judge — are the ultimate betrayal.”
Apparently in 2008 Eva was photographed sitting on Marc’s lap at a party in Las Vegas, mere months after Jenny gave birth to twins.
To be fair, both Eva Longoria’s and Marc’s rep deny the story, and besides that, Eva has a man – Eduardo Cruz, Penelope Cruz’s brother (Penelope allegedly hates Eva too). Now, I believe that Eva and Marc are friendly, and maybe they even talk, and maybe there’s a little flutter of something… like, maybe Eva thinks she can trade up from Eduardo to Marc? But in general, I don’t think Eva and Marc are doing anything crazy. Here’s what I do buy, though: Jennifer hates Eva. I will buy that every day of the week and twice on Sunday. It just feels right.
By the way, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony were seen together in Southampton yesterday. According to reports, Marc had flown in to spend time with the kids. You can see the photo here. Jennifer’s rep seems to emphasize that they are not back together. Of course not. She’s done with him.
In yesterday’s Jennifer Lopez story, I mentioned that I was looking forward to her new post-Marc Anthony phase, the part where she gets involved with someone big and scandalous. I mentioned Ben Affleck, because there have already been rumors, and because I would genuinely think it was funny if there was a revival of Bennifer 1.0. I get that the idea of Affleck and Lopez upsets people, but seriously, I will never understand the urge to treat Jennifer Garner solo – or Bennifer 2.0 – with kid gloves. They’re just like every other celebrity couple – perhaps with even more quiet scandals than most. Anyway, the tabloids are ignoring the Ben Affleck thing this week, probably because there are new photos of Jennifer Lopez working on the Atlanta set of What To Expect When You’re Expecting, where she’s working with Rodrigo Santoro, also known as “that hot dude from 300 and Love, Actually”. You can see a photo here – that was enough for several stories about how Rodrigo is helping Jennifer “move on”.
Jennifer Lopez was seen talking “intensely” to a tall, dark-haired man in a dimly lit parking lot. He put his arm against the SUV, leaning closer to her, “so close that if she’d moved her head a few inches, their lips would’ve met in a kiss.”
It’s hotter than ever in Atlanta, Ga., now that Jennifer Lopez and Rodrigo Santoro have begun shooting scenes for their new movie, What To Expect When You’re Expecting. An on-set source says sexy 35-year-old Rodrigo is making her forget all about her ex, Marc Anthony.
“There is amazing chemistry between them,” the source tells Life & Style. “Jennifer can’t get over how hot Rodrigo is.”
And is it any wonder why J. Lo is drawn to Rodrigo? He’s the complete opposite of her controlling ex Marc!
“Where Marc was always trying to hang around J. Lo and manage and manipulate and swing deals, Rodrigo is easygoing and not threatened by her,” the source divulges. “He’s a good guy — he reads a lot, is very smart and just oozes sexuality.”
A source says Jennifer and Rodrigo “were shooting a scene where they were on a date, and the whole time it was impossible to tell what was part of the scene and what wasn’t.”
Besides giving each other “love taps” between scenes, J. Lo and Rodrigo have also been spotted hanging out alone in her trailer! And a friend of J. Lo tells the mag she wouldn’t be surprised if the single songstress decides to take things to the next level with Rodrigo.
“Jennifer doesn’t like to be alone,” a friend tells the mag. “She likes to have a man around, and Rodrigo is exactly her type!”
Us Weekly, meanwhile, says that Jennifer and Rodrigo have been “bonding” while Jennifer “is reveling in her newfound independence.” But it could be a ploy, and if it is, it’s working: “Marc is suspicious of anyone, especially a hot guy she is working with. It drives him crazy.” Another source says, “He can’t let go. His mood shifts from blaming her to begging her to take him back to telling her she is destroying his life. He’ll call her to apologize and then get mad and call her names.” Sources close to Jennifer “insist” that Jennifer was never unfaithful to Marc, but they also say that the littlest thing Jennifer would do would set Marc off: “Marc was paranoid she was having an affair.”
Jennifer can and has done worse than Rodrigo, who is absolutely gorgeous and reportedly a really nice guy. But I just don’t think he’s “big enough” for J. Lo. She needs to go big, and I mean fame-wise, money-wise, etc. I hope she doesn’t go for some backup dancer-type. She has before. In any case, Jennifer’s rep denied the Rodrigo story to Gossip Cop.
Oh, and In Touch must not have gotten the memo about Rodrigo, because they have her trying to get with Gabriel Aubry. ZOMG! Halle Berry will try to eat J.Lo’s face if that ever happened. Now I really want Gabriel and Jennifer to happen. It would be so amazing!
