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January 30, 2002 - Jenette Restivo of ABCNews.com looks at the growing trend of women getting butt implants to look more like Jennifer Lopez and look good in thongs or hip hugging pants. The $10,000 procedure is not without risk though. Dr. Ed Luce commented, "The principle risks are that the implants don't do well on an area we put so much pressure on like the buttocks." Read more.

January 27, 2002 - Star reports Jennifer Lopez was burning mad after walking in on Cris Judd and friends doing catcalls and whistling to the television while watching a Shakira video. J.Lo kicked out Judd's pals and left Cris in the doghouse for the night.

January 26, 2002 - The Mirror reports Jennifer Lopez has been banned from ever dining at The Ivy restaurant in London after a series of phone calls changing her dining time and the number in her party for herself and entourage at the restaurant. When three of her bodyguards burst into the restaurant demanding they be allowed to "security sweep" the entire place, the manager told them to leave and when J.Lo's assistant later cancelled altogether, the manager told the assitant Lopez would never be dining there again. Read more.

January 26, 2002 - Cindy Pearlman of the Chicago Sun Times reports Jim Caviezel revealed a story Jennifer Lopez had told him regarding one of his earlier films during the time the two were filming 'Angel Eyes'. Jim said, "Jennifer told me years ago she was really into watching me in 'The Thin Red Line' to the point where Puffy, whom she was dating at the time, said, 'Let's go. Right now.' She never got to see the end of the movie."

January 26, 2002 - US Weekly has more news on the former couple Jennifer Lopez and Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs ignoring each other at the ICM Golden Globes after-party. A source revealed, "She was holding court with a full table that included Mel Gibson, her husband, and Jennifer Connelly, while [Combs] kept walking around, purposely ignoring her and trying to act really social with people like Kate Beckinsdale. Their ignoring each other was what was most noticeable."

January 24, 2002 - Jim Caviezel, who starred with Jennifer Lopez in "Angel Eyes," tells the New York Post why he insisted on having Jennifer Lopez keep her clothes on during their love scenes in that film admitting, "I just said, 'Look, put a top on her. I'm gonna keep my shorts on, she's gonna keep hers on. Get the camera and shoot around it.' And that's out of devotion, love and respect to my wife."

January 23, 2002 - The New York Daily News reports Jennifer Lopez and her husband Cris Judd kept their distance with Sean 'P.Diddy' Combs at the Golden Globe Awards after-party at Ago, put on by ICM.

January 22, 2002 - The New York Daily News reports Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, Destiny's Child, Wyclef Jean, Eve, Nelly, Shaggy, Fred Durst, Erykah Badu, Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, and Madonna are amongst those who have been invited to perform at the Artists Against AIDS Worldwide concert in Johannesburg. No date has been set for the show, but organizers plan on broadcasting it around the world when it happens. Read more.

January 22, 2002 - Well anyone that watched the Globes last night must have been cringing at the debacle that was Jennifer Lopez's breakout hit, 'Waiting For Tonight' transformed into some cheesy promotional gimmic to open the Golden Globe Awards Sunday. Rosie O'Donnell agreed doing a sarcastic impression of the 'Waiting For The Globes' song where she thought while watching it that it would end up being part of a joke, but it wasn't.

January 21, 2002 - The latest poll at popdirt.com has BellaLopez.com nominated for "Which pop star's fan site is the best on the net?" Vote for it here.

January 21, 2002 - In an abstracts.net poll asking 'Do you think Jennifer Lopez's resurgence is because of her music or Ja Rule's influence?', 33.8% said all J.Lo, 32% said Ja Rule's rescue, and 34.3% said team effort, with 1182 total votes cast.

January 21, 2002 - Dido won two awards at the NRJ Awards in Cannes on Saturday, with Jennifer Lopez getting best female artist. Other winners included Britney Spears, who also performed 'Slave 4 U' at the show, while Michael Jackson was presented best male star by Spears. Geri Halliwell got best song of the year for 'It's Raining Men'. Read more.

January 21, 2002 - Jennifer Lopez and Ja Rule recently recorded a remix of "Ain't It Funny" to follow their hit remix of "I'm Real." They also made a video for it that will debut on MTV's "TRL" on Tuesday, January 22, and on on BET on January 23 at 6PM.

January 19, 2002 - IMDB reports Jennifer Lopez has admitted to wanting to star in a 'Bodyguard' type role that fellow diva Whitney Houston played. J.Lo said, "I'd like to do a film with the impact of Whitney Houston in The Bodyguard or Bette Midler in The Rose. Making Selena was an incredible experience for me, but I'd love to do a film which has me singing the music. It has to be the right role, maybe something that would surprise people and wouldn't look like I'm just playing myself in the that role. I just want to keep growing as an artist."

January 19, 2002 - IRN reports eccentric American UFO scientist Dr Henrick Shenkle is claiming that the famous behind of pop singer Jennifer Lopez was the creation of aliens. Shenkle says aliens abducted the singer and inserted implants into her shapely bum, while erasing the procedure from Jennifer's memory. The 'Doctor' has been studying the roundness of the singer's backside for two and a half years.

January 19, 2002 - Peoplenews.com reports a spokeswoman for Top Of The Pops revealed that Britney Spears was no diva during her appearance on the show, unlike Jennifer Lopez. The spokeswoman said, "Britney has made no outlandish demands and she only has an entourage of about 20 – half of what J.Lo has." Read more.

January 19, 2002 - Television network E! had a special announcing their list of the 25 Sexiest Women in Entertainment and topping the list was Jennifer Lopez.

January 18, 2002 - Peoplenews.com reports Jennifer Lopez has garnered a cameo role on the upcoming 'Men In Black' sequel. The diva will reportedly be in a 'very funny' scene at the end of the film. As earlier reported, Michael Jackson is also getting a cameo in the film. 

January 17, 2002 - The Sun has photos of Jennifer Lopez exposing her underwear upon exiting a SUV. Hubby Cris was unable to shield the photographers from the bonus un-coverage. An onlooker remarked, "She looked pretty unhappy but there were quite a few people milling around who enjoyed it." Check out the picture here.

January 17, 2002 - Suge Knight was on the Howard Stern show Wednesday morning and the rap mogul talked about Death Row, some of his rap rivals, the J.Lo sex tape, and what's up with his own sex life. Suge said he's seen the Jennifer Lopez sex tape and that it makes the Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee tape look like Rated PG material.

January 15, 2002 - Readers of Stuff magazine have dubbed Britney Spears as the "Sexiest Woman in the World," where the pop princess beat out Latin diva Jennifer Lopez, who nabbed the #2 spot. The mag said of Britney, "Spears is so hot she may be a bigger threat to the environment than global warming." Shakira also appeared in the top 10 grabbed the #9 spot. Further back was Mandy Moore at #67.

January 15, 2002 - Britain's Star reports Mariah Carey has refused to do a duet with rival Jennifer Lopez. Mariah said of the idea, "I'd rather share the stage with a pig – a duet with Jennifer and me ain't gonna happen."

January 14, 2001 - Jennifer Lopez talked with US Weekly about her key to keeping trim where the Latin diva revealed, "I'll have egg whites in the morning, carbs for lunch, and a salad for dinner." When she indulges, Lopez likes "Cookies with coffee, that makes me feel good."

January 13, 2002 - Star reports Jennifer Lopez's hubby Cris Judd has been hired by J.Lo to direct her new music video for It's Alright and the couple is reportedly writing a comedy film for Jennifer to star in and Cris to direct.

January 12, 2002 - The Jennifer Lopez related search queries for the month of November are up on pay-per-search engine Overture.com. For the month, the term 'Jennifer Lopez' got a huge 370,564 searches, a little over three times the number for her rival Mariah Carey. In addition, misspellings littered the list (though terms like JenniferLopez or Jenifer Lopez were pooled). For a full list of J.Lo related searches, read on. Read more.

January 11, 2002 - Kid Rock was on with Craig Kilborn Thursday where he talked about the new album, Pamela Anderson, his recording studio, and his trip with Jennifer Lopez to entertain the troops. Kid Rock said J.Lo was nice to him but "Everybody's nice to me." Craig asked why and Kid Rock didn't know causing Kilborn to wonder, "She didn't feel protected or she wanted to be safe? She's seeing the troops. She's safe enough, right?" Kid Rock agreed saying, "I was going to say sh -- where can you be safer than on a United States Air Force base?"

January 11, 2002 - Peoplenews.com reports Jennifer Lopez's husband Cris Judd had a Chanel jacket stolen from him while he watched J.Lo during her Top Of The Pops set last month. Seems everyone was keeping an eye on Jennifer as Lopez's huge security staff of 22 couldn't catch the thief either.

January 8, 2002 - According to the New York Post, a gray '96 Audi with 'JLO' personalized plates has been sighted near the home of Sean 'P.Diddy' Combs... Now if you thought for a minute Jennifer Lopez would drive a '96 Audi, think again, as the car is registered to John L. Oliver, 64, of East Hampton.

January 4, 2002 - Billboard reports Jennifer Lopez's Epic label is prepping a live DVD featuring a full version of the "Jennifer Lopez: Live in Puerto Rico" concert last September which will also include a 20-minute behind-the-scenes documentary. So far the only details on the remix are that they'll include the two tracks that featured Ja Rule ('I'm Real' and 'Ain't It Funny'). Read more.

January 4, 2002 - As we revealed earlier this week, Star has photos of Jennifer Lopez walking arm-in-arm with her 'Gigli' co-star Ben Affleck and talk of their on-set flirting has sources turning to the tabloid. Said one source, "Cris [Judd] already worries that J.Lo could leave him for a bigger name. The last thing he would want to see is her getting cozy with a big star. Here she is hanging around on movie sets with huge stars like Ben Affleck, and Cris knows that he is only a dancer. He can't help but feel insecure."

January 3, 2002 - MSNBC's Jeannette Walls gave out her annual Scoopie Awards to several divas, including Most Demanding Diva to Jennifer Lopez, Boniest Diva to Whitney Houston, Most Dramatic Diva to Mariah Carey, and Most Overexposed Diva to Britney Spears. Read more on her special awards here.

January 2, 2002 - MTV aired their USO special yesterday and while Ja Rule and Kid Rock each made appearances and performances at night clubs at Rammstein, Jennifer Lopez only showed up as a judge for a talent competition. As well, just as gossip reports revealed, Lopez interacted little with members of the service during her stay. They did show more footage of Jennifer Lopez performing though to make up for the lost time.

January 1, 2002 - Star reports Ben Affleck is setting his sights on Jennifer Lopez as the married actress is filming 'Gigli' with Affleck in West Hollywood. The Star has photos of the pair walking arm in arm and whispering into each other's ears.

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