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November 29, 2004 - The New York Post reports Jennifer Lopez is currently putting together her first fashion show for her J.Lo clothing line. "She will hold it in February during Fashion Week at the Armory — not at the tents," a source revealed. The diva is reportedly making her line of casual gear more "upscale," so expect Lopez to unveil a "chic new look" at the show.

November 29, 2004 - Anonymous writes "The first single from Jennifer Lopez's upcoming CD will be 'Get Right'. The video for the song will appear on MTV's 'Making of the Video' on December 8th. Lopez's new CD will be released in 2005 and includes a duet with fellow Bronx native Fat Joe called 'Hold You Down'. Fat Joe says he loves working with Jennifer on several levels. He told Sunny 95 FM in Columbus, "J.Lo, baby, it's always good to be involved with J.Lo. She pays well, she looks beautiful, she smells great. But the record is a special record. It's a record about us growing up in the Bronx and being friends and she going on to Hollywood and being a major star and now I'm doing my thing in rap music and even though we don't see each other all the time, we keep it real with each other. We've got love for each other. It's a friendship record, it's a bonding record." Listen to the interview here."

November 22, 2004 - The Daily Star reports filming on Jennifer Lopez's Pepsi advertisement was delayed after the diva couldn't fit into her skimpy costume. "Not surprisingly, there were lots of volunteers for that job," a set insider explained. There were all these people ready to get on with the work when we realized there was a problem. Basically, J.Lo's bum was just too curvy for the outfit and we had to make sure the costume fitted her before we could start filming." Destiny's Child star Beyonce Knowles, who teamed up with J.Lo and soccer star David Beckham on the ad, was able to fit into her outfit. The insider added, "Beyonce fitted into her costume easily but J.Lo just couldn't squeeze in."

November 22, 2004 - Jennifer Lopez was photographed leaving Da Silvano restaurant on Sunday (November 14) in New York City. Check out pictures from GettyImages.

November 15, 2004 - Jennifer Lopez was photographed in New York City wearing a cap with the words 'Fu**in' Freezing', though she combatted the cold with a fur coat. Check out a photo from TheSun.

November 15, 2004 - Anonymous writes "Radioandrecords.com reports that new Jennifer Lopez's single 'Get Right' will be featuring rapper Kanye West. The song (which is the first single from J.Lo's untitled album) will hit the radio stations early next month."

November 15, 2004 - The Daily Star reports Destiny's Child star Beyonce Knowles and Jennifer Lopez asked to be partitioned from Coldplay at a recent studio recording session in London where they were taping a Pepsi advertisement. A source at the studio complained, "They were making a huge fuss about making sure no one could hear them and insisted on having a huge partition put up between their area of the studio and Coldplay's. It's ridiculous - all the recording suites are sound-proofed anyway."

November 8, 2004 - In Touch magazine reports that Marc Anthony's reluctance about having more children is putting wife Jennifer Lopez's dreams of becoming pregnant in jeopardy. "He asked Jen to understand his hands are full with three children," a friend revealed. "And said he wanted them to hold off before having their own. Marc loves Jen too much to burst her baby bubble. But he doesn't want to be overwealmed." But don't look for J.Lo to just go along with Marc. "Jen has not given up on her dream of having four kids with Marc," the friend added. "She just doesn't talk about those numbers around him any more."

November 8, 2004 - Opinionated singer Amy Winehouse lived up to her reputation sounding off on her female peers in an interview with The Times of London. She said of Jennifer Lopez, "My friend is a singer/songwriter who had to do tunes for J-Lo and they told her purposely not to sing too good 'cos Jennifer can't sing that. They were, like, 'You need to tone it down' and she was, like, 'Oh, you mean really basic'."

November 8, 2004 - Anonymous writes "Red Hot J.Lo posted a first trailer of Jennifer Lopez's new movie 'Monster-In-Law' which will be released in May next year. Download, watch the video and check out the captures here."

November 8, 2004 - Anonymous writes "Jennifer Lopez may not be talking about her marriage with Marc Anthony, but one of the songwriters behind her next album is. Rodney Jerkins, a veteran hitmaker who has so far produced two tracks for the as-yet-untitled album, said one of them, "You Got Me," is about Lopez and Anthony's relationship. "From what I looked at on TV, from newspapers and everything, I just took that and created a song about it," Jerkins said. "It's basically saying, 'No matter what people say about relationships, about us, no matter what their view is, you got me and I got you.' That's the bottom line." Jerkins' other collaboration with Lopez is called "Step Into My World." "It's basically just exploring J. Lo's world and what her world is all about," said Jerkins, who produced the singer/actress' breakthrough single, "If You Had My Love." "I heard it may even be the second single." A spokesperson for Lopez's record label had no details about the album, but it's expected to be released in early 2005. It will be her fourth studio release and first since 2002's This Is Me ... Then. "She's grown," Jerkins said. "She's gotten better vocally. She even shocked me." Read more."

November 1, 2004 - The Mirror reports Jennifer Lopez was sent a load of swanky clothes from MaxMara in hopes she could attend the store's London launch, but the diva couldn't make it. A store insider explained: "We sent Jennifer thousands of pounds-worth of dresses and were thrilled when we heard that she liked them. Unfortunately, her filming over-ran so she couldn't make it... but she's still got the frocks."

November 1, 2004 - Heidi Oringer of ABC News writes: "Everybody's talking about TV's 'Desperate Housewives', but I think Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez may just qualify as the most desperate housewives around." Read more.

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