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&- Jennifer Lopez was awarded Children's Humanitarian Award at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. She's a long time supporter of the 103-year-old Children's Hospital LA, she spends long hours visiting patients & even invited a group of sick kids on the set of her upcoming movie "Monster-in-Law".
- She started taking singing and dancing lessons at age 5.
- Grew up in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx. It was from this neighborhood that she took the local "6" train to get to her auditions in Manhattan, as well as the inspiration of her debut album "On the 6".
- Was a gymnast in high school. Also played softball and tennis.
- Her younger sister, Linda Lopez, is a DJ on New York's WKTU and an Entertainment Correspondent for WB Network Channel 11 News in New York.
- Jennifer Lopez was engaged at 15 with David Cruz, "The best looking guy in the neighborhood."
- Was nicknamed "The Supernova" by her friends in her hometown. Has also been called "La Guitarra" because her shapely body is curved like a guitar.
- Her x-husband Ojani Noa proposed to her at the "Selena" post production party; presenting her with a large marquis-cut diamond ring. She said 'yes.' The marriage would soon result in divorce.
- Lopez and x-boyfriend musician "Puffy" were arrested in connection with a night club shooting. Police found them with a stolen gun. Police dropped charges originally pressed against Jennifer Lopez and released her from jail.
- Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.
- Voted #1 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list.
- Has her own line of perfume entitled Glow.
- She and her boyfriend Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs announced that they had ended their relationship on February 14, 2001.
- She is the highest paid Latina(o) actress to date for her performance in The Wedding Planner (2001). She was paid $1 million for her role in Selena (1997) in 2001.
- She was the first actress to have a movie (The Wedding Planner (2001)) and a music album hit number one in the same week.
- She met her husband, Cris Judd, while filming the music video for her single "Love Don't Cost A Thing". The two were married in a small ceremony (about 170 guests) at a home in a Los Angeles suburb officiated by attorney Barry Hirsch. Judd is a dancer and choreographer.
- She is the only woman to have been voted the sexiest woman in the world twice in FHM.
- She was named one of E!'s "Top 20 Entertainers of 2001".
- She was oted the #1 best female body in "Celebrity Bodies" (UK) magazine in October 2001.
- She once hosted "Saturday Night Live" (1975) and appeared in a sketch as a singer for the USO who performs for soldiers during WWII. After the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01, she did this for real, performing in a USO concert at an American Air Force base in Germany.
- Her debut album went 6 x platinum.
- She attended Baruch College in New York.
- She ranked #76 in Premiere's 2002 annual Power 100 List.
- Opened a new Cuban restaurant called Madre's in Pasadena, California.
- Has relocated to Miami Beach after purchasing an estate there worth $9.1 million. Her neighbors on both sides of the house are Robin Gibb and Barry Gibb, and singer Ricky Martin lives eight houses away. [May 2002]
- She ranked 1st of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Taiwan in 2001.
- Came in at #5 in FHM's Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, American edition. She had come in first in the 2000 & 2001 editions of the poll.
- Grew up on Blackrock Avenue in the Bronx.
- Released her third album, "This is Me... Then," on November 26th 2002. The first single from the album was the song "Jenny from the Block." Another track, "Baby I Love You!", borrows heavily from the melody of John Barry's theme for Midnight Cowboy (1969). Barry gets co-composer credit.
- Engaged to Ben Affleck in October 2002.
- Was the first Latina actress to be paid $1 million for a movie role (Selena (1997)).
- Ranked #47 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked #76 in 2002.
- Does not drink alcohol.
- Voted the 4th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002.
- Her ex-husband Cris Judd and ex-fiancee Ben Affleck share the same birthday. Ben is 3 years younger.
- Ranked #5 in Maxim's Hot 100 List 2003, behind Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) stars Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, & Cameron Diaz, and Kristanna Loken, Shania Twain, and top-ranked Christina Aguilera.
- Ranked #5 on FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2003 list, behind only Alyssa Milano, Carmen Electra, Britney Spears, and Halle Berry.
- Ranked #4 in the "Loveliest Latin Ladies" section of Stuff's 125 Sexiest Women of the Year 2003, along with Shakira, Salma Hayek, Daisy Fuentes, Roselyn Sanchez, Penélope Cruz, Eva Mendes, Sofía Vergara, Lana Parrilla, Marieh Delfino, and Sissi.
- 20 January 2004: Ended engagement to Ben Affleck.
- Struggles to converse in Spanish, even though she was raised in a Puerto Rican home.
- Wrote the song "Dear Ben" about her fiancee Ben Affleck and how much she loved him.
- After four unsuccessful previous nominations, she won the worst actress Razzie for Gigli in 2003.
- She wears a size 6 shoe.
- Her mother won a $2.4-million jackpot at the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey in April 2004.
- Grew up blocks away from actor, Mills Pierre, where they both took classes at Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club.
- Sister Linda López is an Entertainment Correspondent for WB Network Channel 11 News in New York.
- Secretly married Marc Anthony on June 5th 2004; all the guests were invited to a "afternoon party", and they were never told that they were going to a wedding.
- Both her parents are of full European ancestry.
- Stated in interviews during her engagement to Ben Affleck that once married, she would go by the name Jennifer Affleck both privately and professionally. This never came-to-be as she and Affleck broke off their engagement in January 2004.
- 2004 Honoree for the Noche de Niños Gala (Childrens Hospital Los Angeles)
- Ranked #2 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
- She was named one of People magazine's Fifty Most Beautiful People for 1997
- Owns a home in Old Westbury - Long Island, New York.
- Years before they married (or even became a couple), she and Marc Anthony sang a song together called "No Me Ames" which appeared on her album "On the 6"
- There was some controversy around her fashion line "Sweetface" due to the excessive use of fur for the clothes. Members of PETA protested against her and famous PETA member Heather Mills stormed with some reporters into Jennifer's office in New York and expected an explanation from Jennifer, but the singer wasn't there. Mills then left a DVD in Lopez' office, which shows how brutally animals are murdered just to get their fur. Mills was then asked to leave by Lopez' assistant in September 2005.
- Wore a Vera Wang gown to her June 2004 wedding to Marc Anthony
- She and Marc Anthony live in Bel-Air. In addition, they have a house on Fisher Island and another one in Long Island, New York.
- 10 April 2006 - Filed a request for injunction against her first husband, Ojani, to stop him from publishing materials that are disparaging. He supposedly signed an non-disclosure agreement in 2004 that prevents him from such a publication.
- Named #31 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement.
- One of her first dancing gigs was dancing for an opening number by the New Kids on the Block for their performance on the American Music Awards in the late 1980s. She can be clearly seen dancing with her hair in a ponytail and wearing a cap in the middle of the dance troupe.
- Named #26 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.
- Attended Holy Family Catholic Church and Grammar School in Castle Hill, Bronx, New York, New York, USA. She also attended Preston High School in Throgs Neck, Bronx, New York, New York, USA where she graduated from in 1987.
- Stepmom of her husband Marc's 3 children Ariana, Cristian and Ryan.
- Was one of the guests at Tom Cruise's and Katie Holmes wedding ceremony in Italy.
- Began her career as a dancer for Janet Jackson.
- Ranked #3 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
- December 2007 - According to Forbes, her movies averaged $9 of gross income for every dollar the actress got paid.
- By 2004, she had amassed a fortune estimated to be worth $255 million, due to her work as a singer, actress, and Co-owner of Sweetface Fashions.
- Has split with her year-long manager, Irving Azoff [January 15, 2008].
- Gave birth to fraternal twins, Emme Maribel Muñiz, at 12:12am, weighing 5lbs 7oz and Maximillian "Max" David Muñiz, at 12:13am, weighing 5lbs 13oz, on February 22, 2008 on Long Island, New York by C-section.
- Client of Simon Fields.
- She and her twins were featured on the front cover of People magazine's March 11, 2008 issue when they were four weeks old. People paid $6 million for the photos.
- Did not return to work until over a year (15 months) after giving birth to twins Max and Emme in order to begin filming The Back-Up Plan (2010).
- Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born on July 24, 1970. Her parents came to New York from Ponce, Puerto Rico. She is the middle of three sisters. At the age of 7, young Jennifer went on her first tour - around New York City with her dance class.At the age of 16 Jennifer got a little break with a bit part in the film ''My Little Girl'' (starring Mary Stuart Masterson). But Jennifer's first love was still dance, and when she read about a scholarship to a dance school in Manhattan, she went down and grabbed the opportunity. At this time she was taking a full time course load at Baruch, working in a law office and taking her dance classes. Eventually this would lead to a falling out with her mother, who didn't want Jennifer to pursue dance as a career. When her mother gave her the ever popular ''you live by my rules as long as you live under my roof'' speech Jennifer took that as her cue to break out on her own. Not having anywhere else to live, she took up residence in the building where she took her dance classes. A year and a half of auditioning with no success brought Jennifer to the verge of a breakdown. But salvation would come in the form of a tour that sent her dancing across Japan. Before this, she had auditioned to be a ''Fly Girl'' for the show ''In Living Color'' but she had been turned down. Upon returning from Japan, she received a call from ''In Living Color'' asking her to audition again. This time she made the cut and it was off to Hollywood. She didn't really enjoy her time on ''In Living Color'', as she longed for an acting career that would put her in the spotlight. Her first television job as an actress, on the Fox series ''South Central'' came her way because the producer of the show was married to one of the other fly girls, and he took notice of Jennifer during a special Fox aired about the Fly Girls. ''South Central'' only survived one season, but she quickly resurfaced on television screens appearing as ''Melinda Lopez'' first in the short lived ''Second Chances'' series, then ''Hotel Malibu.'' In 1995 she jumped onto the big screen in her first major role, opposite Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson in ''Money Train.'' She would go on to work opposite such talents as Robin Williams and Jack Nicholson, but it was her work with Gregory Nava, who directed her in ''My Family, Mi Familia'' that would lead her to the role that would make her a star. After an extensive nationwide search, Jennifer was chosen to play Selena Quintanilla Perez, in the official biopic of the life of the fallen Tejano star. Taking part in the production of ''Selena'' would impact Jennifer's life in many ways. On the personal side, Jennifer's fianc��, Ojani Noa, proposed to her at the wrap party for Selena. The couple had met in Miami while Jennifer was filming ''Blood And Wine'' with Jack Nicholson. Ojani, a Cuban immigrant, was an aspiring model working as a waiter at Gloria Estefan's restaurant, Larios On The Beach. They were married in Miami on February 22, 1997, after knowing each other less than a year. Jennifer's sudden rise to fame with the release of ''Selena'' the following month would put an excessive strain on the marriage, and the couple filed for divorce just a little over a year after they were married. After news of the divorce made headlines, the gossip papers quickly had her romantically linked to the likes of rap impresario Sean ''Puffy'' Combs, Sony Music President Tommy Mottola and Salsa singer Marc Anthony. Jennifer herself remains tightlipped - and rightfully so - on the subject of her personal life (although she has recently admitted that she is in fact having a relationship with Puffy). Back on the professional level, her role as Karen Sisco in 1998's ''Out Of Sight'', opposite George Clooney, has brought her into the major leagues, making her the highest paying Latina actress in history. Playing Selena also brought back Jennifer's interests in being the ''all around'' entertainer, and she decided to record a demo of her singing, completely in Spanish. After a bidding war among a number of record companies, Jennifer was signed to Sony Music's Work Group label. Her first CD, a pop album with a Latin flavor (although mostly in English) was released June 1, 1999. Working with the likes of Emilio Estefan, Rodney Jerkins and Sean ''Puffy'' Combs, the music world is buzzing that Jennifer is ''the next Gloria Estefan'' set to become the mainstream Latin crossover star Selena herself surely would have been, had she been given the chance. That early prediction seems accurate, as her first single, ''If You Had My Love'' shot to 1 on the Billboard chart, and has been certified platinum (one million Sales)
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