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February 28, 2003 - Jennifer Lopez was at the 'Maid in Manhattan' premiere after party at Mezzo in SoHo, London on Wednesday (February 26). Check out pictures from GlobePhotos.

February 28, 2003 - The Sun reports Jennifer Lopez demanded everyone left a London cinema floor at the premiere of her film 'Maid in Manhattan' so she could use the ladies room in total privacy. "There are lots of ladies toilets on the first floor but Jennifer wanted them all to herself," an onlooker explained. "Anyone who needed the loo was told to use the toilets three floors up. They had to wait in a long queue and some guests missed the start of the film." Read more.

February 28, 2003 - Big Pictures has photos of Jennifer Lopez arriving at the Met hotel for a quick change of clothes after the premiere of her film 'Maid in Manhattan' in London on Wednesday (February 26). J.Lo then went out to dinner and made her way to Mezzo for the after-party. Read more.

February 28, 2003 - The Daily Mail reports Jennifer Lopez used six limousines to travel from one exclusive London hotel to another equally upscale hotel -- a distance of about 100 yards. "No one could understand why they didn't just walk," a hotel guest said. Read more.

February 28, 2003 - Tune in to Capital FM on Sunday from 7PM GMT/11 AM EST for Jennifer Lopez on the Capital Takeover. Send in your questions and listen to the stream here.

February 28, 2003 - Jennifer Lopez, Mis-Teeq, and Pop Idol Sarah Whatmore were amongst the stars on hand at the UK premiere of 'Maid in Manhatten' at the Odeon Leicester Square on Wednesday (February 26) in London. Check out more pictures from StarFile, BigPictures, GlobePhotos, Rex Features (page1 / page2 / page3 / page4), LFI, and Yahoo.

February 28, 2003 - Jennifer Lopez was photographed leaving the Metropolian Hotel for an appointment at the nearby Dorchester Hotel in London on Thursday (February 27). Check out pictures from GlobePhotos.

February 27, 2003 - Jennifer Lopez and Pop Idol Sarah Whatmore were on hand at the UK premiere of 'Maid in Manhatten' at the Odeon Leicester Square on Wednesday (February 26) in London. Check out pictures from LFI and WireImage.com.

February 27, 2003 - The Sun reports that Jennifer Lopez has been anything like the humble chambermaid she portrayed in 'Maid in Manhattan', which premiered in London last night, during her stay. Amongst the 'Jen Commandments' given to the Metropolitan hotel: "Thou shalt wait on my score of minions hand and foot ... Thou shalt only serve my entourage £260-a-bottle Cristal Champagne ... Thou shalt install a private gym in mine penthouse suite." Read more.

February 27, 2003 - Sky News reports Jennifer Lopez stunned admirers when she arrived at London's Leicester Square for the UK premiere of her new movie, 'Maid in Manhattan'. The singer/actress wore a revealing beige Yves Saint Laurent dress and a white fur jacket, and spent 20 minutes greeting the 2,000-strong crowd who had turned out to see her. Read more and check out a video clip here.

February 26, 2003 - Jennifer Lopez showed her engagement ring during an interview at the Cadena Ser radio station and attended the Spanish promotion of her new movie 'Maid In Manhattan' at Hotel Ritz on Tuesday (February 25) in Madrid, Spain. Check out pictures from Getty Images and WireImage.com.

February 26, 2003 - Jennifer Lopez arrived at the taping of an NRJ radio program in Paris accompanied by many bodyguards. Check out pictures from LFI.

February 26, 2003 - Jennifer Lopez promoted her new movie 'Maid In Manhattan' on Sunday (February 23) in Paris, France doing a photocall. Check out more pictures from RexFeatures.

February 26, 2003 - The Sun is wondering whether best buddies Ben Affleck and Matt Damon had a falling out after both were photographed sporting black eyes in Los Angeles. Ben's fiance Jennifer Lopez seems to be coming between the two according to recent reports. Check out the pictures and more here.

February 26, 2003 - Courtney Love was asked on her official site if she had ever met Jennifer Lopez. The Hole singer says they've had brunch and had a meeting about a director. Courtney says, "I like her." Meanwhile, after being insulted regarding one of Courtney's stories about "making up" a story about meeting Tom Cruise, she said of the poster, "Nothing pisses me of more than rock/movie classism ... You're one of those people that thinks that Jennifer Lopez having sex with a black man and a white man in her lifetime is weird and wrong and freaks you out. See, you allow it to affect your daily life this compartmentalization of human beings and your worship of celebrity culture. FREAK! But rock dirty yuck/movie clean rarified air- you're a classist retard." Read more. [Requires registration]

February 25, 2003 - Jennifer Lopez promoted her new movie 'Maid In Manhattan' on Sunday (February 23) in Paris, France doing a photocall. Check out pictures from GettyImages, LFI, and WireImagecom.

February 25, 2003 - alwaysbsb writes "Mike from the Real World: Back to New York, talks about the past Valentine's Day when he went to the Playboy Mansion and met AJ McLean from the Backstreet Boys. He mentioned how nice AJ was and how AJ recognized Mike from the show. You can read more at themizareyouready.com."

February 24, 2003 - Michael Sneed of the Chicago Sun-Times reports Jennifer Lopez was accompanied by a staff of 20 during her trip to Germany. Amongst those on the staff... an eyebrow specialist AND an eyebrow assistant.

February 24, 2003 - Jennifer Lopez appeared on 'Wetten Dass...?' on Saturday (February 22) at The Velodrome in Berlin, Germany. Check out photos from WireImage.com.

February 24, 2003 - Despite being the victim of people talking behind her back, fiance Ben Affleck says Jennifer Lopez never dishes it out herself. "She never, ever, to me, said a bad word about anyone else,'' Affleck told Star 93.7's Ralphie Marino and Karen Blake the other day. "You know how people sit about and talk bad about other people? She never does that. Nothing but kindness. She's not one of those people who sits around saying, 'What's her problem?' 'Who does she think she is?''' Read more.

February 23, 2003 - Jennifer Lopez told reporters in Germany that her life is like an opened handbag. "It's sort of like you know how women are like with their bags and purses," J.Lo explained. "You have all your stuff in there. Everyone knows it's your purse and no one looks in it. And it's like someone comes along and your bag gets dumped out in front of everyone, and everyone sees what's in there. Except they misinterpret everything in there. No, it's not lipstick, it's a gun! Or it's a secret spy weapon!" Read more.

February 23, 2003 - Jennifer Lopez was at a photo call to promote her film 'Manhattan Love Story' on Saturday (February 22) in Berlin, Germany. The 'Maid in Manhattan' film was apparently renamed for overseas. Check out pictures from Getty Images and WireImage.com.

February 22, 2003 - IMDB.com reports Jennifer Lopez angrily stormed out of a surprise lunchtime meeting with fiance Ben Affleck because she felt sure she'd wandered into a clinch between her man and his new Christina Applegate. Affleck was rehearsing a scene for new movie 'Surviving Christmas' with the former 'Married... With Children' star when he started chatting to her about her role in celebrity burlesque revue The Pussycat Dolls. But just as Applegate was giving Ben a taste of her sexy dance act, Lopez walked in on the couple, and promptly marched off. Set sources claim Affleck ran after his wife-to-be and managed to calm her down before the couple disappeared to spend some quality time together in the actor's trailer.

February 22, 2003 - With many music acts getting into the clothing business, including Jennifer Lopez, Tina Cassidy of the Boston Globe wonders if the trend will ever end. "This is not 'Where does it end?' This is the beginning," says Denise Seegal, president and CEO of Sweetface Fashion Company, which owns J.Lo and Lopez's fragrance line. "Fashion is cyclical. And fashion trends come from music, movies, streetwear, and art. So the mixture of all this is just taking hold. A celebrity like Jennifer Lopez really embodies all of that." Read more.

February 22, 2003 - Billboard Bulletin reports that Los Angeles singer Debra Laws is suing Sony Music Entertainment and Epic Records, alleging multiple counts of invasion of privacy. She says her name, voice, "signature lyrics," and melody from her 1980 album 'Very Special' appear without her consent on the Jennifer Lopez / LL Cool J duet 'All I Have'. The track is a #1 hit and appears on both Jennifer Lopez's 'This Is Me... Then' and LL Cool J's '10'. The suit seeks unspecified damages. No comment from Epic on the lawsuit.

February 20, 2003 - Blender magazine spoke with Robbie Williams to weigh in on their Rock Goddesses selections, and the British singer was able to get digs in at Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, and Christina Aguilera. On Mariah, he said to the interviewer suggesting the two singles hook up, "You're carrying the McBonkers torch to the stadium of mad." And on Aguilera's makeover: "She's dirty and needs a wash." And on the lyrics to J.Lo's 'Jenny From The Block': "I love the song, but the lyrics... She's obviously a goddess, but she's obviously quite mad."

February 20, 2003 - While Jennifer Lopez has moved on to fiance Ben Affleck, her ex-husband Cris Judd isn't ready to enter the dating arena yet. "I'm not in that place to try and even date anybody right now; I'm still struggling through (the breakup) and trying to day-by-day cope with it," he says. "It's all good. We're still friends. We never fought." Read more.

February 20, 2003 - K-Rock's Cane and Cabbie spoke with Ben Affleck and spoke a bit about how fiance Jennifer Lopez reacted to his romantic scenes with 'Daredevil' co-star Jennifer Garner. He also laughed off reports he'd have a bachelor party at Crazy Horse II. Listen to the interview clip here.

February 20, 2003 - Groovevolt.com's Ms Blabba Mouth reports on rumors that Jennifer Lopez may be hiding her pregnancy, while Jive Records seems to have made the decision to stop promoting Nick Carter's debut solo effort 'Now or Never'. A source said of the Backstreet Boys star, "I think his career is going no where by no fault of his own." Read more.

February 20, 2003 - The Washington Post reports Ben Affleck attended his grandmother's funeral over the weekend, with fiance Jennifer Lopez at his side. Following the 35-minute service near Boston, the couple quietly dashed off.

February 20, 2003 - Jim Farber of the New York Daily News reports that LL Cool J's album got a lifesaving boost from Jennifer Lopez after Epic allowed Def Jam to use the smash hit 'All I Have' on LL's latest album '10'. The disc had been at a lowly #84 before getting the J.Lo boost this week to rocket to the #9 spot - selling 66,101 units, up from 11,189. For her part, Lopez didn't get much of a boost from the track, having already had a top 10 selling album since its release. Read more.

February 20, 2003 - Cindy Adams wrote cryptically in the New York Post on Wednesday, "Jennifer Lopez subsidized a nice little Valentine party. Ritz Carlton. Price no object. Like she ordered 300 roses. The stems were then lopped off. The heads were then plucked. The petals were then strewn about. I don't know what Jenny from The Bronx might have done, but this sure as hell beats burgers-to-go from White Castle."

February 20, 2003 - When the rest of America discovers the Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck drama 'Jersey Girl' later this year, you'll already know the movie's shocking twist. So if you don't want to know, don't click this link at Star magazine.

February 18, 2003 - David Browne of Entertainment Weekly sounds a sour note on the future of Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. Browne writes, "The apathetic public response to both 'Charmbracelet' and Whitney Houston's 'Just Whitney...' confirms that these two longstanding, long-screaming divas have met their expiration date." He added, "The lesson to learn from all this chaos would appear to be obvious: You can only take your control-freaky, money-flaunting, power-tripping behavior so far before it all comes crashing down around you. It's a lesson that has clearly made an impact on the two women who have replaced Whitney and Mariah in the hearts and stereos of America, namely Shania Twain and Jennifer Lopez." Read more.

February 16, 2003 - Cris Judd has spoken with Access Hollywood for the first time following his divorce from Jennifer Lopez. When asked if he could go back and do anything differently would he still marry Jennifer, Cris told Nancy O'Dell: "Absolutely, I would, 100 percent, absolutely. I believe in the whole sanctity of marriage, and when you finally find that person, and you believe in it, that's it." You can catch Cris on ABC's new reality series 'I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here'. Read more.

February 16, 2003 - Boston's MIX 98.5 morning man John Lander interviewed Ben Affleck and asked him what his plans for Valentine's Day were. "I'm opening my movie and NOT getting married," Jennifer Lopez's fiance insisted. Ben said the two will get married sometime this summer, and he says he won't change his name to Lopez afterwards.

February 14, 2003 - New York Daily News quotes Jennifer Lopez on his best kiss: "I would have to say Sean Penn, whom I kissed in 'U-Turn,' was the best."

February 14, 2003 - The New York Daily News reports an insider tells them Jennifer Lopez has had to scratch plans for a three-night concert run in New York because she's pregnant with fiance Ben Affleck's child. Reps for the couple denied this latest report, noting that J.Lo is due to start filming in April on 'An Unfinished Life' with Robert Redford.

February 14, 2003 - 50 Cent chatted with MuchMusic about his much publicized public feud with Ja Rule and Murder Inc. "When I was coming up as an artist after I got shot and I came back to Columbia Records," said 50 Cent. "I did a record with Jennifer Lopez and Irv went out his way calling people (saying) 'Yo if you do records with 50 Cent I won't do records with you, I won't do this film' like his influence would be large enough to stop me from actually existing in the music business."

February 14, 2003 - Ben Affleck appeared on Live with Regis and Kelly on Thursday where Regis Philbin grilled him about his engagement to Jennifer Lopez. "You're involved with the hottest woman, you're the sexiest man alive, she's got to be the sexiest woman alive and you're in love," said Regis. However, Ben jokingly turned the tables on Philbin. "Yes, I'm in love, it's like when you saw me backstage and you were doing that whole thing saying, 'Jennifer Lopez, I'd drop my own wife like a hot rock, forget about it I'd even drop Kelly, but we won't repeat that'." Read more.

February 14, 2003 - The Sun spoke with Ben Affleck who revealed he and Jennifer Lopez have no plans to marry anytime soon. "I would like to set the record straight — I’m not getting married any time in the near future," he said. "I’m not even abreast of all the rumors in the way that you probably are. But I’m hopeful that all the heat on me will go away and I’d like to work without being in the middle of a tornado." Read more.

February 12, 2003 - Us Weekly reports that last month while driving to Jennifer Lopez's trainer, her fiance Ben Affleck was making out with the diva while driving, according to a source. "Ben came close to hitting a parked car," the source added.

February 12, 2003 - The new Lycos 50 is in and t.A.T.u. have passed up Britney Spears in search queries becoming the most searched for musical act, jumping up 6 to #8, while Britney Spears drops 2 to #12. Other pop acts in the top 50 include Jennifer Lopez at #18, Michael Jackson at #19, Avril Lavigne at #26, Christina Aguilera at #27, American Idol at #29, and Shakira at #49. Check out the full list here.

February 12, 2003 - Conan O'Brien joked about Jennifer Lopez in his Late Night monologue on Tuesday night. Conan cracked, "In a recent interview Ben Affleck says that he no longer goes out all night and gets drunk. In a related story, J.Lo says that she has also changed and no longer goes out and gets married."

February 12, 2003 - After already being behind the sacking of Ben Affleck's former publicist Odessa Whitmore, who also happens to be fiance to Matt Damon, Jennifer Lopez was also behind the ouster of her replacement, Annelise Levy. Seems as with Whitmore, J.Lo was furious that Levy was living in Affleck's mansion in Los Angeles. "Lopez gave her the heave-ho simply because she's a woman," blabbed a source. Affleck's publicist countered, "Levy left on her own terms to work for actress Naomi Watts."

February 12, 2003 - Variety reports Robert Redford is to star opposite Jennifer Lopez in Lasse Hallstrom's 'An Unfinished Life'. Lopez plays a single mother who, due to hard times, is forced to move in with Redford, her estranged father-in-law. Filming on the Miramax/Revolution production begins in April.

February 12, 2003 - The New York Post reports Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez plans a combined bachelor/bachelorette party at Crazy Horse Too strip club in Las Vegas for 100 close pals, at least according to one of the club's owners. Affleck's rep says it's utter nonsense. "Bullsh**," he told the Post. "And you can quote me on that."

February 11, 2003 - Brooke Burke, Backstreet Boys star AJ McLean, O-Town star Ashley Angel, Ben Affleck and fiance Jennifer Lopez, Drowning Pool, and the Calling were at the 'Daredevil' premiere on Sunday (February 9) at Mann Village Theater in Westwood, California. Check out photos from the event at StarFile, GlobePhotos, LFI, and WireImage.com (page1 / page2).

February 11, 2003 - Britney Spears' big screen debut 'Crossroads' collected eight nominations for this year's Razzies, which honor the year's worst films, while Madonna's 'Swept Away' received seven, both including worst actress and worst film. Jennifer Lopez also is nominated for two of her films, 'Maid in Manhattan' and 'Enough'. Winners of the 23rd Razzies, organized by the Golden Raspberry Award Foundation, will be announced on March 22rd, the eve of the Oscars. Read more.

February 11, 2003 - Chris Booker of Entertainment Tonight caught up with Ben Affleck and asked him about how he and fiance Jennifer Lopez will manage to get married with both having such busy schedules. Ben told Chris, who happens to date J.Lo's sister Lynda, "I'm working through July. It also wasn't the kind of thing where we got engaged, and said, 'Oh, that means that we have to get married like right away.' I think both of us anticipated that that was the more traditional version of it, you know the old school kind of stages of like, Okay, you date, and then say, Okay, we're going to commit to, like, take this relationship to another level. So now we're going to go forward with the relationship. It doesn't mean that you rush right into it. There's not any hurry to have a ceremony on my part or her part. We'll figure it out, and we'll do it when it's the right time, and when we tell you, you can't tell ET. You can't dime it out. That's why we'll tell you last (laughs)." Read more.

February 10, 2003 - EURWeb.com caught up with WBLS DJ Wendy Williams and asked her about  her interview style. She says, "People who come to my show know what to expect. For instance, Mariah Carey came on my show. We had a face to face and she brought champagne and Chinese food we talked for two hours. She didn't walk out or get upset of nothing like that. She was a perfect lady and a girlfriend and she defended herself. Jennifer Lopez came into the studio and we chatted for an hour and a half. She never came out of her skin, beautiful!" Read more. 

February 8, 2003 - ISIFA.com has photos of Jennifer Lopez leaving the Ivy restaurant in Beverly Hills on Tuesday (February 4) after having lunch with her manager Benny Medina and a friend. Her fiance Ben Affleck, who has a new movie 'Daredevil' coming out on Valentine's Day was nowhere to be seen. It was a very busy day in the restaurant as Melanie Griffith was also having lunch at the same place and 10 minutes later Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne showed up for lunch at the trendy restaurant. Check out the pictures here.

February 8, 2003 - People magazine names the top 10 moments in the history of the Grammies, which include Ricky Martin's performance of 'La Copa de Vida,' and Jennifer Lopez in her Versace gown. Others named on the list include Eminen, Santana, Tina Turner and others. Read more.

February 7, 2003 - Cindy Adams of the New York Post chatted with hot record producer 7 Aurelius, who has been working with several top pop stars including Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, and Mariah Carey. On Britney, he says, "She's looking to go street." And J.Lo? "Her ass is phenomenal." Finally, how about Mariah? "I was on guard. All this security around. Then I went downstairs, and it was just her. And she was great. Nothing too hard for her. No matter how often I wanted to redo it, she did it." Read more.

February 7, 2003 - Ben Affleck gets razzed by Michael Clark Duncan, his 'Armageddon' co-star, about dating Jennifer Lopez. "I tease him about it every day," he tells the BBC. "I mean, come on! You walk into a grocery store and there’s one of your friends walking out of a pizza place with Jennifer Lopez. It’s just funny to read that he’s even going with her. I’m like, ‘I didn’t know he had that much charisma.’ I just see him as a goofy guy." Duncan also says that a wedding date has been set, but adds, "I know some things but I’m not gonna talk about it. I told him if he didn’t invite me I was gonna come anyway, and I was gonna crash it!"

February 7, 2003 - Getty Images has photos of Jennifer Lopez shopping on Wednesday (February 5) in Beverly Hills, California. Check out pictures of J.Lo here.

February 6, 2003 - Ben Affleck tells Vanity Fair that the media fascination with him and fiance Jennifer Lopez is race-related. Ben explained, "The fact that I'm white and she's Puerto Rican. That's what's underneath, although nobody says it because it's not politically correct." Read more.

February 4, 2003 - The Sun reports Jennifer Lopez is to star in an all-girl cop caper. "It’s a female version of the 'Lethal Weapon' series," revealed a Hollywood insider. "The characters are similar to the Mel Gibson and Danny Glover characters in those films." Movie bosses are hoping for multiple sequels in the movie to be titled 'Double Or Nothing'.

February 4, 2003 - Extra TV has a video clip of their first ever interview with Jennifer Lopez, from back in 1995. At that time, Jennifer's trainer was whipping her into shape for a film with Jack Nicholson called 'Blood & Wine' and another with Wesley Snipes, called 'Money Train.' Even early on, she showed the dedication it takes to succeed, both at the gym and in Hollywood. She said, "People always say: have something to fall back on. I don't have something to fall back on. I don't plan on falling." Read more.

February 4, 2003 - Entertainment Weekly spoke with 'Daredevil' writer-director Mark Steven Johnson who admits he did quiz Ben Affleck about rumors he and Jennifer Lopez were secretly engaged. "The rumor was they'd [already] gotten engaged," says the filmmaker. "So I e-mailed him and said, 'What's the deal? Are you or are you not?'" As Johnson remembers it, Affleck issued a noncommittal, tongue-in-cheek response: "He wrote, 'Learn my sh** at the checkout counter like everybody else.'" Affleck is on the cover of this week's issue. Read more.

February 4, 2003 - Ben Affleck is defending fiance Jennifer Lopez for her alleged "diva-like" and promiscuous behaviors. Ben complained, "She's characterized as oversexed. I mean, the woman's had five boyfriends in her whole life! She's a deeply misunderstood woman, in my opinion." Read more.

February 4, 2003 - The Calgary Sun was on hand when Ben Affleck spoke with reporters promoting 'Daredevil'. The actor admitted to being surprised at the attention he got after he started dating his fiance Jennifer Lopez. "It really is a little weird. I was in a public relationship before with Gwyneth Paltrow," Affleck said. "I didn't do anything different this time so I wasn't prepared for the media frenzy. I admit, I was a little bit shocked." He later joked of his 'Daredevil' co-star: "I took comfort in the fact that Colin Farrell dated Britney Spears and I was off the hook for a few days." Read more.

February 4, 2003 - Bill Zwecker of the Chicago Sun-Times spoke with Ben Affleck after the actor and fiance Jennifer Lopez pulled out of Chicago while Ben was filming 'Surviving Christmas.' Ben admitted, "It was crazy cold. I have never been so cold in my life. I mean, I'm from Boston. I know what cold is, but that was beyond anything I've ever felt. When I was out there on Michigan Avenue shooting that scene, I was so cold I thought I was going to vomit!" Ben says because of the cold, he and J.Lo "stayed in [when he wasn't filming] and didn't get out to many restaurants or stuff." Read more.

February 3, 2003 - Well despite an earlier comment to Movieline dissing Madonna's acting ability, Jennifer Lopez tells NY Rock that the Material Girl is her biggest influence on the other side of the spectrum -- musically. "For my era growing up, [she] was the quintessential performer, and a push-the-envelope type of person," J.Lo said. And is Lopez the type to push the envelope? "No, I don't think that I'm a push-the-envelope type of person," she admits. "But I think Madonna was so visionary. And in her shows, she was so expressive. So that was very inspiring for me as a young girl. I remember seeing a lot of her shows." Check out the entire interview here.

February 1, 2003 - Us Weekly reports that when Jennifer Lopez ate with two friends at the Ben Pao restaurant in Chicago, she feasted on sesame chicken and ginger ale, but had a hard time sleeping that night because according to a source, "her party had only tipped 20 percent." The next day, one of her dinner companions "came back to Ben Pao and left her server an extra $100 and said, 'Jennifer was talking about it all night. She felt terrible because she had made a mistake.'" A rep for Ben Pao said, "We were excited to have her with us and impressed with her generosity."

February 1, 2003 - Star magazine reports Jennifer Lopez's dreams of a Valentine's Day church wedding have been shattered after her first ex-husband Ojani Noa has refused to annul their marriage which, in the eyes of the Catholic church, means they are still seen as man and wife. "Jennifer has done me no favours," Ojani said. " She screwed me out of a decent divorce settlement, then fired me as the manager of her restaurant. I owe her nothing." Read more.

February 1, 2003 - Popbitch.com reports that during video shoots and concerts, Jennifer Lopez will refer to herself as "The Management" if she is asked to do something she doesn't want to do. J.Lo will say: "The Management doesn't think that would be appropriate." Meanwhile, they report that Lopez wants to get back with Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs, and are constantly on the phone to one another. But since "The Management" doesn't want that known, as it won't do her career any further good, she's sticking with Ben Affleck.

February 1, 2003 - The Chicago Sun-Times reports that it is official -- the Chicago plug has been pulled on the Ben Affleck film 'Surviving Christmas' because of cold weather. The set was shut down on Wednesday, and at the Edgebrook neighborhood where the film had been shot and Ben and Jennifer Lopez had been spotted... all that was left were old Christmas decorations. Presumably the filming will resume in sunny Los Angeles.

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