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July 31, 2003 - The National Enquirer reports that Ben Affleck was overheard telling pals at Los Angeles hotspot Orso that fiance Jennifer Lopez "takes forever to get ready, and when she finally comes out and asks me how she looks, if I dont' answer in, like, 10 seconds, she's back rearranging her whole look!" Because of that, Ben has learned to answer J.Lo quickly.

July 31, 2003 - Satirical site The Onion reports that focus groups at advance screenings for Gigli, a romantic comedy starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez set to open nationwide July 30, have demanded a new ending in which both stars die "in as brutal a manner as possible," sources at Sony Pictures said Tuesday. Read more.

July 31, 2003 - The New York Daily News reports Ben Affleck's reps are furiously denying a report in the National Enquirer that the actor stepped out on fiance Jennifer Lopez with strippers in Canada. The tabloid alleges that Affleck carried on with strippers that night - both in the club and later at actor Christian Slater's rented Vancouver home and handed cash to some of them, saying, "Keep this quiet. Keep this between just us." Affleck's lawyer, Martin Singer, told the Daily News, "Our position is the story is absolutely false. Ben is going to evaluate all his legal options." Another rep for Affleck added, "The story is total garbage." Read more.

July 31, 2003 - The New York Post reports that the buzz on Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's first movie is so bad that Revolution Studios had trouble filling the Los Angeles premiere, giving seats usually reserved for stars to the fans waiting outside. "It's definitely not a fastball down the middle," Revolution partner Tom Sherak admitted to The Post. "It's a curve ball." So how to get people to see it? "I think that our main point was always Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez," says Sherak. Read more.

July 31, 2003 - WENN reports Jennifer Lopez spoke out on the negative publicity surrounding her new film 'Gigli' with fiance Ben Affleck at the film's Hollywood premiere. "I believe that this is a good movie," Lopez said. "I know we did great work on it. I'm proud of Ben in the movie, I'm proud of the stuff I did, I think there is some great writing and really funny stuff. I just hope that everybody comes out to enjoy it because it's a lot of fun to watch." Her fiance added, "The movie will always have a certain kind of significance for me, regardless of the usual concerns you have about a movie - if it performs commercially or critically or what-have-you. This movie will always be important and a landmark event in my life, you know, and that's enough."

July 31, 2003 - Christy Lemire of The Associated Press reviewed the Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck starring 'Gigli', claiming the film out Friday is "every bit as unwatchable as the deafening negative chatter would suggest." Lemire adds, "If this were a movie starring two B-list actors, or two complete unknowns, it probably would have gone straight to video. After curious masochists and J.Lo fans check it out the first weekend, 'Gigli' probably will have a drop-off in audience that rivals 'The Hulk' 70 percent then go to video. And with the release next spring of Kevin Smith's 'Jersey Girl,' in which they also co-star, we can have this little conversation all over again." Read more.

July 31, 2003 - Roger Friedman of FoxNews.com reviewed Jennifer Lopez and fiance Ben Affleck's new movie 'Gigli', and confirmed the early buzz that it is a bomb. Friedman said, "The film — if you can call it that — is a total, mindless disaster. Sitting in a screening last night with reviewers and feature writers, I could only think of one word: stupefying. As many who were there muttered on the way out: 'What were they thinking?'" Read more.

July 31, 2003 - Forbes writer Peter Kafka spoke with Extra about how Jennifer Lopez and fiance Ben Affleck both made the Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Celebrities list. He says, "Jennifer is number five on the list this year. Ben is a mere two spots behind her at number seven." While Lopez raked in a smaller income then her husband-to-be, a mere $29 million last year, Forbes gave Lopez props for multi-tasking. Kafka says, "She can sell clothes, she can sell magazines, she can sell music, and she can sell tickets at the box office." But Kafka says big Ben’s big box office bucks still make him the breadwinner. Watch the video clip here.

July 31, 2003 - The New York Daily News reports Jennifer Lopez's sister Lynda phoned her on her Blink 102.7 radio show to quiz her about the story that the Enquirer caught her fiance Ben Affleck spending a night out at a strip club in Canada. "He, w-he ... it sounds like Ben," J.Lo said. "He, uh, does tip a lot ... I don't know about this. I'll have to ask him." When Linda offered to get him on the phone, Jennifer deadpanned, "Yeah ... it's great to hear [this] first thing in the morning." Read more.

July 31, 2003 - Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have admitted purposefully giving the media misinformation about their upcoming wedding. Affleck told Bunte magazine in Germany: "Can you imagine a life in which your every move is observed, recorded and shared with the rest of the world?" Lopez added, "We want to keep the location and date of our wedding to ourselves for as long as possible." Read more.

July 31, 2003 - The National Enquirer reports Ben Affleck cheated on his fiance Jennifer Lopez, having sex with strippers during a wild all night party. An exclusive Enquirer investigation reveals that on the very night TV viewers watched lovebirds Ben and J.Lo gushing about their marriage plans on NBC's "Dateline" -- Thursday, July 17th -- Ben had sex in the private back room of a Vancouver, Canada, strip bar -- caught on a hidden video camera. Read more.

July 31, 2003 - The Sun has photos of Jennifer Lopez getting into the $500,000 Rolls-Royce fiance Ben Affleck gave her for her 33rd birthday. She also was sporting another huge diamond ring. Check out photos of the couple apparently trying to save some money by eating at McDonald's here.

July 31, 2003 - Sources close to Jennifer Lopez and her fiance Ben Affleck tell The Mirror that J.Lo is raging over criticism of their new movie 'Gigli'. "Ben's brushing it off. But Jen's taking it personally," the source snitched. The source added that Ben and Jen have vowed never to work together again saying, "They've admitted it's more of a hindrance than a boost to a movie."

July 30, 2003 - Real-life Hollywood couples usually generate more sparks in gossip columns than on screen. As the world waits to see how famous fiances Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez fare in 'Gigli,' the odds are stacked against them writes Jami Bernard of the New York Daily News. Check our her analysis of past couples in film, and their lessons for Ben and Jen, here.

July 30, 2003 - The Sun has photos of Jennifer Lopez from a sexy seaside photo shoot covered only by a thin piece of white chiffon. Check them out here.

July 30, 2003 - Extra caught up with Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck at the premiere of 'Gigli' in Hollywood on Sunday. For Jen's 33rd birthday last week, Ben flew in her whole family. She said, "He really caught me on the emotional. I shed a little tear." Watch the video clip here.

July 30, 2003 - Ben Affleck tells The CBS Early Show what drew him to making the new release 'Gigli' - besides Jennifer Lopez - and gives a peak into their high-profile off screen romance. Speaking on the diva image of his fiance going into the project, Affleck said, "The media image has to do with a lot of surface stuff, you know what I mean? And it has to do with like, you know, demands, or whatever that diva thing is. I don't even know what diva means, really, but I know people say it a lot. I don't know what people tend to think it means. But, actually, she is a woman that is really focused on her work, was really invested in it, not only that, but really down to earth and accessible and sweet. So it made it, really, a pleasurable surprise." Watch the interview here.

July 30, 2003 - Jennifer Lopez and fiance Ben Affleck were on hand for the premiere of their new movie 'Gigli' on Sunday (July 27) at Mann National in Westwood, California. Check out pictures here.

July 30, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "Entertainment Tonight went go behind the scenes of the ultra-glamorous photo shoot for J.Lo's fresh new perfume 'Still Jennifer Lopez'. Jen worked with legendary photographer Nick Knight for the advertising campaign - which features the camera-friendly star in some intimate shots, with both light and shade illuminating her provocative poses. Read more."

July 27, 2003 - The fact that Jennifer Lopez was married to Chris Judd at the time she filmed 'Gigli' with her now fiance Ben Affleck made the boundaries very clear. "Because the whole thing was totally off-limits we did end up becoming friends plain and simple," Ben told Access Hollywood. "I told him we told each other too much, you know, he told me about all his ex-girlfriends and everything," explained J.Lo. Read more.

July 27, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "Jennifer Lopez and fiance Ben Affleck showed star power on television last week, with their 'Dateline NBC' interview leading the network to a weekly win in the ratings race. The movie stars, who are engaged, talked to 'Access Hollywood' correspondent Pat O'Brien about their relationship, and the interview ranked among Nielsen Media Research's top 10 shows. Two new NBC reality series debuted to decent, if unspectacular, ratings: 'Who Wants to Marry My Dad ?' ranked 20th for the week with 8.5 million viewers, and 'The Restaurant' premiered to 7.5 million patrons, ranking 33rd. Read more."

July 27, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "According to Winnipeg Sun, a crowd of about 200 star gazers who gathered at the 'Shall We Dance ?' shoot on Albert Street sang Happy Birthday to Jennifer Lopez as she arrived for filming last night. The night before, Lopez kicked off her 33rd birthday by working the graveyard shift. Just after the clock struck midnight, J.Lo and Richard Gere began filming on the Princess Street set of the Miramax movie 'Shall We Dance ?' The shoot didn't wrap up until 6 a.m. yesterday. Read more."

July 27, 2003 - Tammy Marlowe of the Winnipeg Sun reports Fred Morden of Morden's of Winnipeg sent a myriad of sweets to the diva's doorstep to wish her a happy 33rd birthday. "We believe that everyone deserves a box of chocolates on their birthday -- especially if it's Jennifer Lopez," Morden said, adding he was a "big fan" of the singer/actress. Read more.

July 25, 2003 - The Sun reports film critics are bashing Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's new movie 'Gigli' predicting it will bomb at the box office, and should have been a straight to video release. Another critic said: "Affleck is just totally miscast and J-Lo is just awful." Read more.

July 25, 2003 - nellysgirl writes "Earlier today, MTV's Total Request Live premiered Jennifer Lopez's new video 'Baby I Love You'. You can view the video captures here."

July 25, 2003 - Roger Friedman of FoxNews.com is weighing in on the recent photo pictorials in Star magazine and Us Weekly which both depicted how Beyonce Knowles of Destiny's Child seems to be borrowing the style of Jennifer Lopez. Friedman speculated that this was because Star now is being run by former Us Weekly editor Bonnie Fuller. Read more.

July 25, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "The image of Jennifer Lopez, nearly omnipresent in gossip and news reports this summer with talk of weddings and business breakups, will grow yet more pervasive this fall as the ad campaign begins for a second perfume under her name. As with Glow by J.Lo, which became a success since going on sale last September, interest in the new scent, Still Jennifer Lopez, will hinge largely on interest in Ms. Lopez. The new perfume is aimed at women aged 25 and up, whereas Glow has been marketed primarily to 15- to 25-year-olds. Read more."

July 25, 2003 - The New York Post reports that during the press junket for 'Gigli', Ben Affleck has been having fun with journalists who insisted on asking him about his much talked about wedding with Jennifer Lopez. "It will be on October 5th in Kauai," he told a Swiss Magazine. "It's in South America," he told another Euro junketeer. "I heard seven different versions of where and when the wedding is going to be come out of Ben's mouth," Affleck's rep, Ken Sunshine, laughed. "Kauai at least has the warmest climate."

July 25, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "Jennifer Lopez is celebrating her 33th birthday Thursday. The leading lady of 'Shall We Dance?' might have to work on her special day since filming is expected to continue tonight at a downtown location. There's speculation fiance Ben Affleck might show up in town to be with his sweetheart. During an interview on Monday with TV show Extra, Affleck admitted he was still unsure about what gift to buy for his wife-to-be. 'I haven't figured it out. I'm somewhat of a procrastinator. I'll wait for inspiration, but she's a tough person to buy for,' Affleck told Extra. Read more."

July 25, 2003 - Jennifer Lopez has received 4 nominations for this year's Video Music Awards. Check out all the nominations here.

July 23, 2003 - Ben Affleck tells Extra can't believe there's still confusion about his relationship with Jennifer Lopez. He said in an interview to promote their new movie 'Gigli', "The weirdest thing is people think it's like a publicity stunt, it's all orchestrated. What am I, Rock Hudson in the 30's?" Watch the video clip, including comments from J.Lo herself, here.

July 23, 2003 - Scarborough Country’s special co-host for Hollywood week, Heather Tom, talked to Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez on whether celebrities are expected to be role models. Plus, would Ben Affleck ever enter politics? Watch the video clip here.

July 23, 2003 - According to the Borowitz Report, an official statement issued today by Jennifer Lopez's fiance Ben Affleck acknowledged that the sixteen words in question on her hit 'Jenny From the Block' were "erroneous" and created a "misleading impression that Jennifer has miraculously remained unaffected by her massive wealth and fame." The statement said that the sixteen words in question --"Don’t be fooled by the rocks I got/I’m still, I’m still Jenny from the block" – would be excised from all future editions of the song. Read more.

July 23, 2003 - Extra did a bit of a Newlyweds Game style word association with Jennifer Lopez and fiance Ben Affleck. Check out their responses in a video clip here.

July 23, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "Jennifer Lopez and fiance Ben Affleck had their press conference for the upcoming movie, 'Gigli', in Beverly Hills yesterday morning. The movie date has reportedly changed to August 1st. Check out pictures here."

July 23, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "Today I received e-mail from Jennifer Lopez official newsletter. Here's what they wrote: "Be sure to watch the 'Today Show' Wednesday July 23 - as they preview Jennifer's brand new video, 'Baby I Love You'! The show airs from 7-10 AM on NBC. Check your local listings for airtimes/channels in your market". World premiere of Jennifer's new video will be aired today in TRL."

July 23, 2003 - Star magazine reports that Jennifer Lopez is a huge fan of Barbra Streisand. "We have so much in common," Lopez reportedly told pals. "We can both sing and do movies. We're both looked upon as divas." But unlike J.Lo, Streisand has removed herself from the public spotlight in recent years.

July 20, 2003 - The Scottish Daily Record reports Jennifer Lopez blasted a maid at a posh hotel after she burst into the room, catching fiance Ben Affleck in his underwear. The couple were spending a night in Georgia after signing papers for their new $14 million mansion, but forgot to put the do not disturb sign on the door. A hotel insider said, "Ben was sporting a nice line in black thongs."

July 20, 2003 - The New York Daily News reports Jennifer Lopez's childhood home at 2210 Blackrock Ave. in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx, caught fire about 2:30 p.m. Thursday after fireworks landed on the roof. Current owner Rookmin Arjune said, "Yes, we're going to rebuild. The J.Lo room is perfect. It just lost its windows." Firefighters brought the fire under control 45 minutes after it was reported. Most of the damage was limited to the back of the house. Read more.

July 20, 2003 - The New York Daily News reports Jennifer Lopez's childhood home at 2210 Blackrock Ave. in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx, caught fire about 2:30 p.m. Thursday after fireworks landed on the roof. Current owner Rookmin Arjune said, "Yes, we're going to rebuild. The J.Lo room is perfect. It just lost its windows." Firefighters brought the fire under control 45 minutes after it was reported. Most of the damage was limited to the back of the house. Read more.

July 20, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "Saying it wanted a 'sophisticated, influential and sexy woman,' luxury goods maker LVMH signed Jennifer Lopez for its fall-winter advertising campaign for star brand Louis Vuitton. Check out some quality scans here."

July 20, 2003 - Conan O'Brien joked during his Late Night monologue on Friday, "Last night during an interview on NBC, Jennifer Lopez said that in her relationship with Ben Affleck, he's the one who wears the pants. That's what she said, yeah. Then Affleck said that Lopez is the one who splits the pants."

July 20, 2003 - A source tells the New York Post that a couple of weeks ago, screams were heard out of Ben Affleck's trailer on the Canadian set of 'Paycheck' when fiance Jennifer Lopez wasin town. "They had a massive fight - everyone could hear it," the spy revealed. "It was about [former manager] Benny Medina - Ben wanted her to settle the case quietly and she didn't." The two have since made up.

July 20, 2003 - The final version of the Jennifer Lopez and ben Affleck starring 'Gigli', opening August 1st, totally plays down the lesbian aspects of J.Lo's character that were in the original script and rough cut of the movie. ''It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the way to market this movie is to exploit Jen and Ben's romance in real life. ... Having her play an overt lesbian would have complicated that and confused a large segment of the audience base they are trying to reach,'' a studio insider told the Chicago Sun-Times.

July 20, 2003 - WENN reports Jennifer Lopez's representative remains skeptical about the headline in Star magazine claiming she plans on marrying actor Ben Affleck in September. "If every date that was rumored for them to get married was true, they would have been married six times by now," the rep said.

July 20, 2003 - Star magazine reports Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck has chosen early September for a very memorable wedding day. And Ben and Jen are sparing no expense. Read more.

July 18, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "If you missed the 'Jen & Ben' Dateline interview yesterday on NBC, you can download the whole show on Bellalopez.com. In the hour-long interview, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck speak of everything from domestic matters, such as who wears the pants in the family, to romantic matters, such as when they fell in love and the big question... when is the wedding? The couple also addresses rumors of her diva behavior and his extravagant spending. Download the entire interview here."

July 18, 2003 - The New York Post reports that Jennifer Lopez's famous rear was digitally slimmed for 'Gigli' promotional posters and billboards. "[Columbia's] marketing division airbrushed her butt to make it smaller and pumped up her chest," said a Hollywood insider who has seen the before-and-after publicity shots. A spokesman for Lopez deadpanned: "I'm absolutely shocked. Who would ever think this could possibly happen in Hollywood?" Read more.

July 18, 2003 - A snoop tells Michael Sneed of the Chicago Sun-Times that all is not going well between Jennifer Lopez and fiance Ben Affleck, as they film movies on different sets in Canada. Sneed is told that they may have their ups and downs, but down is getting more use lately.

July 18, 2003 - ballersfantasy writes "The E! series, 'Love Chain' featuring Jennifer Lopez will debut Sunday, July 27, at 10:00 pm ET/PT. Later that week VH1 will show its series 'The Fabulous Life Of...' also featuring Jennifer Lopez on Wednesday, July 30th, at 10:00 pm ET/PT."

July 17, 2003 - Peoplenews.com reports that Jennifer Lopez is plotting an autobiography in an effort to clear up all the gossip about her. "She is just a hard-working actress and singer who happens to attract all the wrong headlines," confirmed a friend. "She feels all her hard work gets overlooked because of her lifestyle and relationships." Read more.

July 17, 2003 - Donny Deutsch, the chairman of the New York ad agency, Deutsch Incorporated, was on Live From The Headlines with Paula Zahn on CNN on Tuesday night. Deutsch spoke about celebrities in ad campaigns, including Madonna's deal with Gap, Jennifer Lopez's deal with Louis Vuitton, and Britney Spears' now ended campaign with Pepsi. Read more.

July 17, 2003 - Jeannette Walls of MSNBC.com reports that Jennifer Lopez left the set of her new movie, 'Shall We Dance,' in Winnipeg only a few days after arriving to head to Vancouver where Ben Affleck is filming 'Paycheck'. Film insiders are now wondering if J.Lo caught wind of the buzz about the great chemistry between Uma Thurman and her fiance. "I’m not saying anything is going on, but there were also rumors about Ben and Jennifer Garner, [his co-star] in 'Daredevil,' and let’s not forget how Ben and Jen met," a source revealed. "Jennifer is the sort of girl who, shall we say, doesn’t enjoy sharing." Thurman is married to actor Ethan Hawke, and they had a daughter in 1998. 

July 17, 2003 - In her interview with Nylon magazine, Christina Aguilera was critical of an Jennifer Lopez's non-view on the war in Iraq. "I just read this article where they asked her, 'So what are your views on the war?' And she said, 'Oh, I don’t really think about that kind of stuff. I leave it up to him’—and she points to [her fiance Ben Affleck]," Aguilera said, rolling her eyes. "I understand if you say, ‘I’d rather keep my opinions to myself,' but to admit you don’t have any opinion of what’s going on in your country and the world? I was just like, wow. So what, I’m just here to look pretty and entertain? It’s just deeper than that to me, you know?" Check out the text of the entire article here.

July 17, 2003 - Music video director Dave Meyers spoke with Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith about directing the new Jennifer Lopez video, 'The One', featuring Joe Budden. Meyers has also directed J.Lo's 'All I Have,' 'I’m Real' and 'I’m Gonna Be Alright', and says the singer/actress "is very, very in touch with what’s going on. That woman is in complete control of her career and I think succeeding because of it. She definitely comes with ideas a lot of times on the videos. It’s like ‘Hey, I want to be in the hood…or the Midwest…or in ‘Flashdance.’ She puts you in the ballpark. For ‘The One,’ she mentioned being in Little Havana. You can pretty much guess that any artist that’s at the top generally already has a vision of some sort." Read more.

July 17, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "Tonight on NBC, you can watch Jennifer Lopez and fiance Ben Affleck's Dateline interview. But today, you can already see video captures from the program. Check them out here." 

July 17, 2003 - Conan O'Brien joked during his Late Night monologue last night, "Jennifer Lopez made a surprise trip -- she made a surprise trip to the set of Ben Affleck's latest movie, because she heard rumors that Affleck was flirting with his female co-star. [Audience oohs] Yeah. In fact, J.Lo said she was so mad, she'll probably only marry Affleck once."

July 16, 2003 - The New York Daily News reports Jennifer Lopez literally raided the cookie jar last spring after she completed a photo shoot for the new Louis Vuitton campaign in Paris. Designer Marc Jacobs invited J.Lo to take home some of the clothing and luxury goods she'd modeled, and a source revealed, "She took just about everything. Shoes, dresses, bags. An assistant went down the row of tables and loaded up a duffle bag. About 10 minutes later everyone was standing around in shock, when they got a call from Jennifer's people. They said she'd forgotten a pair of socks! It was like when you tell a kid, 'Have a few pieces of candy,'" says another source involved with the shoot. "And then, the next thing you know, the candy bowl is empty." Read more.

July 14, 2003 - Jennifer Lopez is trying to put to rest old gossip about what happened on the set of 'Gigli' with co-star Ben Affleck, during which time she was still married to Cris Judd. "We just became friends," J. Lo tells Reader's Digest in its August issue. "I'm a very faithful person. If somebody had told me, 'Ben's attracted to you,' I would have said, 'No. I wasn't raised that way.'" Lopez admitted that she and Judd "were having problems" at the time, "but that's one thing Ben and I never talked about. I felt it was too private and sacred -- to talk about that with another man wouldn't have been cool."

July 14, 2003 - WENN reports that a stolen $4,000 necklace that Jennifer Lopez wore on the set of her upcoming film 'Shall We Dance' was discovered near the scene of a brutal murder in which a man was found hacked up and decapitated in his Winnipeg hotel room. Authorities have arrested a suspect, but are still clueless as to how J.Lo's jewelry got there.

July 14, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "Jennifer Lopez and fiance Ben Affleck's movie "Gigli" opens on July 30. On Thursday (July 17) at 10 p.m. ET/PT, see Access Hollywood's Pat O'Brien's interview with Jennifer and Ben, their first and only interview as a couple. It's a special Dateline NBC/Access Hollywood exclusive."

July 14, 2003 - Ben Medina has disputed claims that he was responsible for the diva demands of Jennifer Lopez before the singer/actress fired him weeks ago. He tells Us Weekly, "She was always aware of what we were doing for her environment - the water, food, fruit she required." Medina pointed blame at J.Lo's fiance Ben Affleck for the split. "I've been there through boyfriends, husbands, new relationships. But now she has this new relationship, and it all changed. You have Ben, and his business manager and his lawyer basically controlling her."

July 14, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "Jennifer Lopez and fiance Ben Affleck's new movie 'Gigli' is coming out on July 30th. Check out stills from this production here."

July 14, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "According to Friday Morning Quarterback, the new Jennifer Lopez single off her 'This Is Me...Then' album is 'The One'. The song will appear on radio stations on August 11th."

July 14, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "Red Hot Jennifer Lopez has got more photos from J.Lo's new movie set 'Shall We Dance' in Winnipeg, which were taken on July 11th. Check them out here."

July 11, 2003 - More than 75 Jennifer Lopez photographs taken by Tony Duran were on display on Tuesday (July 8) at The Roxy in New York City. Check out pictures from the event at WireImage.

July 11, 2003 - The Winnipeg Sun reports 'Shall We Dance?' co-stars Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez reached out and literally touched a lucky handful of fans among the dozens outside a downtown dance studio Wednesday afternoon. "She touched my hand. I love her. She looked so perfect even up close. I'm never going to wash my hand again. Gum, spit, it doesn't matter," said Melissa Sanderson, 22, who was still shaking from her encounter with J.Lo. Read more.

July 11, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "Jennifer Lopez is on the cover of Esquire August issue and inside you can read an interview with her. She says: "I did grow up poor, and I did, you know, wear holey sneakers and hand-me-downs, I did sleep in the bed with my two sisters. And now it's different. It's different because I worked hard to get here. And I never take it for granted. I really do realize, like, oh my gosh, I wanted to do this my whole life and now I'm able to do it. It feels amazing, you know what I mean ? I'm just worried somebody's gonna wake me". Read the whole interview with Jennifer, including informations about her new movie project 'Shall We Dance?' where she stars with Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon and about her usual day at work at RedHotJenniferLopez."

July 11, 2003 - Jennifer Lopez has been voted the world's number one "Bling Babe", beating out Missy Elliott while her ex-boyfriend Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs was named top "Bling Bloke" - ahead of Sir Elton John and David Beckham. The poll of 1,000 men and women was conducted by the makers of Diamond White cider. Read more.

July 11, 2003 - The Sun reports that Jennifer Lopez's sacked manager Benny Medina has lashed out at her fiance Ben Affleck, blaming him for causing his longtime professional relationship with J.Lo to crumble. "All aspects of her world started to change when she got involved with Ben Affleck," Medina moaned. "The relationship with Ben is completely different to her others. With Puffy there were no problems. With Cris Judd, we all got along and respected each other. I’m sad, hurt and angry. I have seen her behavior with other people and I should have assumed it would some day happen to me."

July 11, 2003 - Access Hollywood was first on the set of 'Gigli' to visit Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck to see their chemistry on screen, and hear their glowing praise of each other. "The world doesn't really know the depth of what he's capable of yet and that's exciting to me," said Jen about fiance Ben. "I saw things on this movie that were so impressive and I was so impressed with it I was like 'Wow, you know this guy is really amazing.'" Ben returned the compliments saying, "She's just very natural, everything that comes out of who she is. She's somebody who's very self-assured and that's a quality you can't fake." Read more.

July 11, 2003 - The New York Post reports that while Jennifer Lopez is blaming her former manager Benny Medina for costing her the cover of Vogue, in fact it was Vogue editrix Anna Wintour who decided J.Lo was too low-class. "Jennifer was styled by all of their top stylists. They brought the clothes, did her hair, everything," said an insider. "She was supposed to be 'The Millennium Girl' and it was going to be huge. But then nothing happened. Benny called Anna's office and she didn't call him back, because she had decided Jennifer 'wasn't Vogue material.' " Vogue rep Patrick O'Connell says the scrapped '99 cover did happen, but things have changed since then. "From the beginning, we always said it was a cover try and that it might not work out," he said. "As it happened, the sitting didn't come together and we weren't able to run the pictures. It was no fault of anyone's, the pictures just didn't work." Meanwhile, it appears Medina and J.Lo are "on the verge of a settlement" in their bitter legal fued after his firing. Read more.

July 11, 2003 - Ann Oldenburg and Karen Thomas of USA Today have seen a big change in Madonna, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Jennifer Lopez and wonder, "Who are these girls?" Barbara Gauthier, image consultant and founder of Gauthier Total Image Spa in Sherman Oaks, California responds, "Because of the way we communicate and the fact that everything's at a much faster speed, it's about needing to do it so they don't get old. There's another lovely thing right behind Britney, waiting to take her place." Read more.

July 11, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "Jennifer Lopez just started filming her new movie called 'Shall We Dance' with Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon. Check out the pictures from the movie shoot in Winnipeg at RedHotJenniferLopez."

July 9, 2003 - Nominations for The VIVA Comet Awards will be held on August 15th in Germany, and up for best international act are: Christina Aguilera, Robbie Williams, Blue, Jennifer Lopez, and Shania Twain. Read more.

July 9, 2003 - Anonymous writes "You can check out the remix to the single 'The One', from Jennifer Lopez, featuring Joe Budden, streaming online at jloplatinum.com."

July 9, 2003 - Anonymous writes "JustJLo has captures of an old Jennifer Lopez Coke Commercial done in 1998, the clip features Jennifer, with her mother and father in a very glamours red dress. You can download the video and view captures here."

July 7, 2003 - Access Hollywood profiled the bitter breakup of Jennifer Lopez and her longtime manager Benny Medina. Watch the report, including video clips from when the two were close, here.

July 6, 2003 - The war of words between Jennifer Lopez's attorney Barry Hirsch and her fired manager Benny Medina have continued. Benny said of J.Lo to Entertainment Tonight: "Jennifer Lopez, by making false allegations against me, is now trying to add me to the long list of people whom she has used and discarded after she took from them all she could get. She will not succeed in taking from me the money, which I earned by working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days to make her a star. I look forward to the opportunity to have the world come to know the real Jennifer Lopez. I will defend myself against these lies and will collect from her every dollar for which I am owed. Others have stepped back in the face of her threats, I will march forward." Read more.

July 6, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Check out the amazing Jennifer Lopez scans of the August issue of Esquire Magazine at J.Lo - Fresh Sexy Clean."

July 6, 2003 - The New York Post reports that paparazzi swarmed Manchester, Vermont this weekend on rumors that Jennifer Lopez was to secretly wed Ben Affleck their. "It's all fabricated," said Ken Sunshine, Affleck's flack. "Ben is filming 'Paycheck' in Vancouver with Uma Thurman. God knows where these rumors come from." Read more.

July 6, 2003 - ballersfantasy writes "In the August issue of Glamour magazine, singer/actress Christina Milian is said to be the next J.Lo. Two years ago, Jennifer Lopez had a hit with 'Play,' cowritten with Milian. Milian, 21, is currently recording an album and has two movies on the way: 'Love Don't Cost A Thing,' due out in December, and 'Troque,' set to debut in January. Milian says comparisions to J.Lo only go so far: "I want to reach the same level. My ultimate goal is to start a record company to help other artists.""

July 6, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Oh! Jennifer Lopez site has new video of the moment - 'Play' live at Hit Machine. You can download it here."

July 4, 2003 - The New York Daily News reports that the relationship between Jennifer Lopez and former manager Benny Medina continues to deteriorate as yesterday Medina was served with legal papers while he watched 'Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.' Medina said, "I took the afternoon to watch 'T3' not knowing I was going to be terminated." The lawsuit accuses him of siphoning $100,000 from Lopez's earnings for his personal use and seeks payback - with 10% interest. "A $100,000 amount would be a drop in the bucket to the amount of money she grossed," said Medina, who called the accusations "untrue and offensive." Read more.

July 4, 2003 - Andres Segura talked with Extra about his tough job working with Jennifer Lopez on these new Louis Vuitton ads. He says she made the five-day shoot easy, once he got over the first day jitters. Andres says, "It's like you have in front of you a girl you always admired as an artist and suddenly you are next to her and looking at her and listening to her." Watch a video clip, which includes behind the scenes shots from J.Lo's photo shoot, here.

July 4, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "Jennifer Lopez goes retro in the August issue of Esquire, with photographer James White snapping her in a series of cheeky '50s poses reminiscent of Marilyn Monroe. Jennifer says being a superstar is like living scenes from 'The Wizard of Oz.' "It feels crazy sometimes. It's like being in the middle of a tornado," the luscious lovely says in the new Esquire. "It's like whoooosh, you know what I'm sayin' ? It's like Dorothy - you wake up and find yourself in the land of Oz." But J.Lo says she's always managed to stay true to herself, despite her fame: "Has it affected me? Do things get weird? Yes. But I am still Jennifer." Check out the pictures at Red Hot Jennifer Lopez."

July 4, 2003 - According to the New York Post, things have gotten ugly after Jennifer Lopez fired longtime manager Benny Medina, and of course the issue is money. "Benny always did Jennifer's contracts and, as every manager does, got a percentage of the profits," said an insider. Medina is said to be reaping up to 20 percent of Lopez's take, including her film fees and revenue from her Glow fragrance and J.Lo clothing line. "Jennifer is furious," the source said. "She has been calling Benny every day, saying she won't pay him one more dime. But everything is legal and above board. Benny told her if she stopped paying him he will sue her." Read more.

July 2, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "This month you can find Jennifer on none other than four hot covers in the July/August 2003 issue of American Photo. All photos has been taken by Tony Duran, who's Jen's favorite photographer. Check out the scans at Bellalopez.com."

July 2, 2003 - lopez_lover writes "Red Hot Jennifer Lopez has got video from Jen and LL Cool J's performance at CD:UK. They sang their smash hit 'All I Have'. Download and watch the video here."

July 2, 2003 -  Anonymous writes "I work as a manager at Blockbuster Video in Vancouver. We have several movie actors who come in because my store is situated right next to a major movie studio. Anyways, my co worker runs up to me and says: 'You won't guess who's in the store: Ben and J.Lo'. Sure enough I look, and there is Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez standing in the sell-thru section." Read more.

July 1, 2003 - The Sun has photos of Jennifer Lopez and fiance Ben Affleck emerging from the Blockbuster video rental store in Vancouver, BC with a bag-full of DVDs. Affleck is filming in Vancouver. Check out the pictures here.

July 1, 2003 - WENN reports Jennifer Lopez missed out on watching 'Matrix Reloaded' in a Georgia cinema after popcorn cracked her teeth. J.Lo was left sobbing in pain in the cinema while her fiance Ben Affleck tried to comfort her. "It had been a dull pain for a while, but right then it just kind of kicked into high gear," she remarked. "I think I bit down wrong on a piece of popcorn. It was like a knife in my brain. I just started crying right there in the movie theatre. I pulled my hat way down and Ben was like, 'What's wrong?' I'm like, 'I can't take it. It hurts too much.' So I had a root canal. Tell people you had a root canal and everybody feels sorry for you."

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