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J. Lo easing back into the limelight
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jennifer Lopez is no longer the “it” girl for the voracious tabloids, who currently feast on the likes of Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Richie and Britney Spears. Now that Lopez is a 30-something married woman, it’s much easier to stay out of the limelight.
“It was a choice,” said Lopez, who came to the Ritz Carlton in Pasadena before print media to talk about her executive producing role on the new MTV reality show “Dancelife” debuting Monday, January 15. “My life for me had become uncomfortable in the way it was affecting my personal life and the people in it.”
So she stopped going to the trendy hotspots where the papparazzi congregate. “If you want to be in those magazines, you can. And if you don’t, you don’t have to be. And so I chose to pull back a little bit, go a little bit underground.”
But she said she’s got a new album and two new films coming up so the “J. Lo” headlines will inevitably come back in force.
In “Dancelife,” cameras follow the paths of six dancers struggling to make it as professionals in the business, auditioning for acts such as Nelly Furtado, Omarion and Ashlee Simpson. Lopez appears only in the first episode and perhaps one other one.
Lopez feels for the dancers because she was one of them in her early years. “They are doing it because they love to dance… They’ll be starving. They will not have booked a gig for six months or a year and they will keep doing it. That’s one of the beautiful things about dancers.”
Interestingly, she and her hubby Marc Anthony don’t dance together. “We’re homebodies,” she said. Instead, she watches dancing on TV — both ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” and her preferable choice, Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance.”
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By CJ
January 12, 2007 9:45 AM | Link to this
She’s still “Jenny from the block” … just a lot more wealthy now.
By Foots
January 12, 2007 10:02 AM | Link to this
I definitely remember her one of the Fly Girls on In Living Color back in the day, so she has the skills. That show put her and Jim Carrey on the map (but he was only James Carrey back then).
By Adrianne
January 12, 2007 10:07 AM | Link to this
What a beautiful thing to see someone evolve and make choices that reflect who they are and what they’ve become. Jennifer has never been afraid to be herself - popular or unpopular. Very, very admirable.
By Kimberly
January 12, 2007 10:45 AM | Link to this
I am so glad to see her coming back. I followed her from her Fly Girl days to being a back up dancer for Janet Jackson back in my dancing days. I can’t wait to check out her show next week. I just hope it doesn’t come on the same time as American Idol.
By WhoCares
January 12, 2007 12:06 PM | Link to this
Give me a break. She disappears for 3 years and we’re all supposed to forget what a terrible person, not to mention talentless hack, she is.
By Darrin "The Vent King"
January 12, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this
I was so glad when she did “go underground”. Nothing personal against her but man you media types know how to drive a story into the ground. Talk about overkill. For awhile you couldn’t look in any particular direction without seeing her face or hearing her name and it was extremely annoying. I thought she was beautiful and talented, but geez enough was enough. I hope this time when she comes back on the scene you all got that out of your system. I’ve never seen one butt cause so such a stir.
By Lis
January 12, 2007 12:26 PM | Link to this
Artist like J Lo needs to go no where - her fans always welcome her & No, we are not tired of her because she’s talented and so natural [both in acting & singin].
By JB
January 12, 2007 1:39 PM | Link to this
J Lo go away!!!!!!! If it were not for In Living Color you would still be an unknown person still on the block.
You can not sing or act. Maybe dance just a little.
So go back!!!!