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June 30, 2003 - The Enquirer reports Jennifer Lopez's two ex-husbands Cris Judd and Ojani Noa ran into each other at The Standard in Hollywood recently. The pair high-fived and bro'-hugged, the proceded to hang out together for the rest of the night drinking cocktails and comparing notes about J.Lo.

June 29, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "Red Hot Jennifer Lopez has got video from this years Oscars. J.Lo was presenting award for Best Art Direction. You can download and watch the video here."

June 27, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Oh! Jennifer Lopez site has Jennifer Lopez's video 'Jenny From The Block' performed live at Germany's Top Of The Pops Show. You can download it from here."

June 23, 2003 - ISIFA.com has photos of Jennifer Lopez and veteran actor Robert Redford on the set of their latest movie 'An Unfinished Life', filming in Ashcroft, British Columbia. Check out the pictures here.

June 23, 2003 - With her wedding in shambles, Star magazine reports Jennifer Lopez is doing everything to hold on to her man - even firing her manager and shedding her vixen image to please Ben, insiders revealed. "Ben is determined that if he is going to marry Jennifer, she has to have a sophisticated image, not the demanding, oversexed diva her former management manufactured," said the insider. Read more.

June 23, 2003 - Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on Friday, "According a new poll by Ceurvo tequila, Ben Affleck and J.Lo are the celebrity couple most likely to break up next. Is that the most reliable source of public opinion we can find? Tequila drinkers? What, were the crackheads and crystal meth people unavailable that day? 'See that guy in the gutter, ask him what he thinks about this'."

June 23, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Oh! Jennifer Lopez site has 2 new MP3's from the 'Glow by JLo Remixes' Single. You can download them from here."

June 23, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "Red Hot Jennifer Lopez has got rare J.Lo video called 'Baila'. It was recorded in 1999 and song appeared on 'Music Of The Heart' soundtrack. Download and watch the video here."

June 23, 2003 - The upcoming issue of New York Magazine is reporting that Jennifer Lopez and fiance Ben Affleck have struck a deal with NBC to do an hourlong interview on 'Dateline' with 'Access Hollywood' host Pat O'Brien - and are talking about possibly making a bunch of joint appearances on 'Today.' The 'Dateline' interview would coincide with the July 30th release of 'Gigli,' the romantic comedy starring the pair that's been delayed several times. Read more.

June 20, 2003 - The Las Vegas Review Journal reports that The Hard Rock Hotel is declining comment on a published report that Ben Affleck recently won $1.5 million and celebrated by ordering two beefy male dancers up to the suite as a special treat for fiance Jennifer Lopez.

June 20, 2003 - The New York Times reports Tommy Hilfiger's company is eyeing Sweetface Fashion, the holding company which owns the "J.Lo By Jennifer Lopez" clothing line, in a reported bid to revitalize itself and get out of its current financial uncertainty. Read more.

June 20, 2003 - Michael Musto of the Village Voice reports that in Jennifer Lopez's quest to find a new publicist, she was turned down by Ken Sunshine. Meanwhile, Musto also hears that J.Lo is looking at her former Sony Music boss Tommy Mottola to serve as her manager, after sacking longtime manager Benny Medina.

June 18, 2003 - The Enquirer reports that Jennifer Lopez's wax figure at Madame Tussaud's in New York City recently had "surgery" on her backside, shaving 10 pounds off her butt. The singer demanded that sculpters shave size off the true to life figure's behind, and while the artists initially said no, the demanding diva got her way.

June 18, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "Jennifer Lopez F.A.N. has got the official poster for the new J.Lo and Ben Affleck's movie 'Gigli'. Check it out here."

June 18, 2003 - HitsDailyDouble.com reports Jennifer Lopez is close to signing with managerial powerhouse The Firm for representation in all areas, including film, TV, music and branding. Lopez split from former manager Benny Medina and his Handprint Entertainment last week.

June 14, 2003 - Craig Kilborn joked during his Late Late Show monologue on Thursday, "J.Lo fired both her manager and agent today. The manager and agent said that they didn't know it was coming because she didn't marry them first."

June 12, 2003 - HitsDailyDouble.com reports that as Jennifer Lopez gives manager Benny Medina his walking papers, speculation is building that sacked Sony Music boss Tommy Mottola may play a part in her career going forward.

June 12, 2003 - After watching Shannen Doherty in 1997's rockin' revamp of 'All About Eve, Friends 'Til the End', TV Guide Online asked the actress if she had Jennifer Lopez type aspirations of jumping from acting to singing. "I'd love to," Doherty responded, laughing. "But there've only been a few actresses who have done it and been successful... like Jennifer Lopez. You don't really get an opportunity to be criticized fairly; it's like, 'Oh, another actress thinking she can sing'." Read more.

June 12, 2003 - Karen Thomas of USA Today spoke with MSNBC.com gossip writer Jeannette Walls after Jennifer Lopez shocked Hollywood in axing both her agency Endeavor and longtime manager Benny Medina. "She obviously saw her image in crisis, and she is becoming known as the demanding diva. She wants to be recast as Jenny from the Block," Walls reasoned. If J.Lo hopes to turn her image around, Walls suggested an un-diva-like public gesture — do something for charity, sign autographs for fans, make an image-enhancing TV appearance. "This can be quickly reversed," Walls says. "The public wants to love her." Read more.

June 12, 2003 - Jeannette Walls of MSNBC.com spoke with insiders following Jennifer Lopez's moves to sack her agency Endeavor and longtime manager Benny Medina. "This is definitely an attempt to clean up her image," said a source. "And she has some serious cleaning to do and she’s running out of people in Hollywood to do it for her." Read more.

June 11, 2003 - The New York Post has more details on the surprising sacking of Jennifer Lopez's longtime manager Benny Medina. A source revealed that it was her fiance Ben Affleck that was behind the move. "Ben hated Benny," the source said. "He hated how Benny created this diva image of Jennifer." The source also pointed the finger at Medina over J.Lo's infamous diva-like demands. "When Jennifer did the ‘Enough' press junket, Benny insisted he have suites in the hotels as well," the source revealed. "It was like the studio was dealing with two stars, not one. And she was blamed for it." Read more.

June 11, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "According to Hollywood Reporter, Jennifer Lopez has signed with CAA. The signing followed quickly on the heels of a housecleaning during the past few weeks that saw the performer jettison everyone in her existing representation team except for her attorney Barry Hirsch. On Tuesday, Lopez parted ways with her longtime manager Benny Medina of Handprint Entertainment, and she severed ties Monday with Endeavor's Patrick Whitesell. Earlier this month, she let go of Alan Nierob, her publicist at Rogers & Cowan. Read more."

June 10, 2003 - According to the Hollywood Reporter, Jennifer Lopez is departing her agency Endeavor which took her on as a client less than eight months ago. "Endeavor has parted company with Jennifer Lopez," the Endeavor partners confirmed in a statement. "Jennifer is an incredibly talented actress and a good friend, and we wish her much continued success. However, as an agency, we were no longer able to work with her manager Benny Medina. We thought it best for Jennifer and Endeavor that we part company at this time." Read more.

June 10, 2003 - Blender magazine featured remix website GoHomeProductions.com in its new issue. The site features 'Christmas On The Block', featuring Jennifer Lopez's 'Jenny From the Block' and Paul McCartney's 'Wonderful Christmastime'. Check out that remix and more here.

June 9, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Jennifer Lopez in the midst of her real-life engagement to Ben Affleck is nearing a deal to slip on another engagement ring for a role in the New Line Cinema comedy 'Monster-in-Law.' Lopez is in early negotiations to star in the project, which centers on a girl who's set to marry the perfect guy until she meets his mother, the world's worst mother-in-law. Read more."

June 9, 2003 - Jennifer Lopez has hooked up with Fat Joe on a remix to 'I'm Glad'. Download the J.Lo and Fat Joe remix from JenniferLopezFAN.

June 8, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Watch the trailer for 'Gigli', the movie that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez met on while filming at jlo-freshsexyclean.com. The trailer shows the first scenes of Affleck playing Gigli, a low-level gangster, whose boss teams him up with a more veteran gangster, Lopez, to undertake a complicated kidnapping."

June 8, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Jennifer Lopez FAN has photos from the set of new J.Lo and fiance Ben Affleck's movie 'Jersey Girl'. Check them out here."

June 6, 2003 - The New York Daily News reports Jennifer Lopez is expected to show off her summer/fall clothing line at the Copacabana on W. 34th St. this Sunday, where an after-party for the Puerto Rican Day Parade will celebrate the Latina diva's heritage.

June 6, 2003 - Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs tells People magazine that he is planning to buy ex-lover Jennifer Lopez and her fiance Ben Affleck a pair of Rolls-Royces when they marry. "I heard they have some Bentleys. I want to upgrade them to Rolls-Royces - his and hers," he revealed. Still, don't look for Puffy to deliver them in person at the ceremony. "I don't want to make anybody feel uncomfortable," he explained. Read more.

June 6, 2003 - The Sun reports a furious Jennifer Lopez screamed at fiance Ben Affleck on the set of Ben's new movie 'Paycheck'. J.Lo marched Ben to his trailer as the movie crew heard shouting inside before Lopez stormed out screaming into her cell phone. J.Lo's pals say that Ben's co-star Uma Thurman is making the singer/actress feel threatened, especially considering ex boyfriend Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs cheated on her in the past.

June 5, 2003 - Roger Friedman of FoxNews.com has more details on the contentious lawsuit which TVT Records recently won against Def Jam, including how the 'I'm Real' track Jennifer Lopez did with Ja Rule, much to Mariah Carey's ire, happened. Def Jam president Lyor Cohen revealed in court testimony, "Irv [Gotti] in the middle of [recording a] Ja Rule album went and was asked to do a record for J.Lo. And then he put Ja Rule on it, stripped Ja Rule on it. And I said, you know, this could be devastating to our release. I don't think you should do this. He went ahead and did it anyhow. I did send Epic [J.Lo's label, overseen by Tommy Mottola] a letter not to allow them to do it." After presumable pressure by Mottola to release the track, the project proceeded, and Mariah had to scrap everything she'd done at the last minute. Read more.

June 5, 2003 - The Las Vegas Sun reports that in an interview to be broadcast Thursday on Boston JAM'N 94.5-FM, Jennifer Lopez responded to reports that she and Ben Affleck were shopping for baby clothes in Sin City. "You know us Latinos, if I was pregnant I wouldn't buy anything until I was like six or seven months or until the baby was born," she said. "We're very superstitious." She said the toddler items were for the young children of her sister, Leslie Lopez.

June 5, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Jennifer Lopez F.A.N. has exclusive photos from new Sexy Issue Vibe magazine which will come out on 10th of June. Check the new J.Lo photoshoot here."

June 5, 2003 - Access Hollywood will premiere the trailer for 'Gigli', the film Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez met on while filming tonight. This will be the first time viewers will be able to see scenes of the Martin Brest film that brought the two superstars together.

June 5, 2003 - An insider tells MSNBC.com's Jeannette Walls that Jennifer Lopez is now helping fiance Ben Affleck with his acting skills. "She was watching the dailies and calling Jenno Topping, who’s a producer on Ben’s movie ['Surviving Christmas'], and telling Jenno what to tell Ben, how to get a better performance of him," the insider revealed. "It was driving people crazy." Read more.

June 3, 2003 - An interactive wax figure of Jennifer Lopez has been unveiled at Madame Tussaud's in Times Square. If you blush, so will she. Watch a video clip from KTLA.

June 3, 2003 - tiffified writes "Hello magazine reports Charlotte Church is talking bad about Britney Spears. She says, "Britney, she's gorgeous - but she wears far too much make-up." She also takes a personal blow to Christina Aguilera by caling her "a slag" and says that Jennifer Lopez has no life. Read more."

June 3, 2003 - While many think Ben Affleck is being controlled by Jennifer Lopez, a source tells the New York Post it's actually the other way around, leaving some to wonder what will happen with J.Lo's longtime manager Benny Medina. "People think Jennifer controls Ben, but it's really the other way around," the source said. "She sees him as this smart guy who can show her how to do things. It was the same when she was dating Puff - she took all of Puff's best people including Benny." Read more.

June 3, 2003 - The Las Vegas Sun reports Jennifer Lopez and fiance Ben Affleck spent time at the Hard Rock Hotel last week. The couple had a quiet dinner at Nobu, but then hotel security was called to protect them from onlookers when they hit the high-stakes blackjack tables for an hour.

June 3, 2003 - Michael Jackson almost left Sony for Def Jam Records last year. Jennifer Lopez almost didn't strike up her musical collaboration with her rap savior, Ja Rule. And rap impresario Irv Gotti doesn't take no for an answer. Those are just three of the revelations in court testimony from a recent trial concerning two record labels according to FoxNews.com's Roger Friedman, who got to see statements from Def Jam Records president Lyor Cohen in their lawsuit with TVT Records. Read more.

June 3, 2003 - Big Al from the Kidd Kraddick show got Jennifer Lopez on the phone while she was filming in Canada. Al gave J.Lo big compliments for her role in 'Maid in Manhattan'. Lopez says the album has been going very well, she says her new video for 'I'm Glad' was her favorite. Lopez says no wedding date has been set, and she adds that Ben Affleck has been active in the planning. Download and listen to the interview here.

June 3, 2003 - Us Weekly reports Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are homebodies who would rather stay home in their living room than pose on red carpets. "For them, it is about life, loyalty and love," a source said. "After all the paparazzi have stopped shooting and the autographs have been signed, they get behind closed doors and act like a normal couple. Their biggest joy comes from the simple things. It's the great secret that only they share."

June 1, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Jennifer Lopez F.A.N. fan site has got very rare and brand new 'I'm Glad' remixes, including Trackmaster Remix, Who Da Funk and Miami Murk Mix. Check them out here."

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