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| | Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez reunited on Sunday for Samuel's basketball game | | Added 200 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Good lord, there are so many strong opinions about Bennifer these days. Strong opinions about Bennifer the couple, and strong opinions about Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck individually. For what it?s worth, I?m still rooting for Bennifer as a couple but I acknowledge that both Ben and Jen can be (and often are) enormously problematic. That being said, there?s way too much bullying of J.Lo these days and it?s giving me flashbacks to the original Bennifer relationship, where there were all of these racist dogwhistles thrown around about Jen, and she was given sole agency over a complicated relationship and failed engagement. Jennifer is an ahole? but so is Ben.
Last Friday, Jennifer announced that she was canceling her planned tour in support of her flop album, This Is Me? Now. The ticket sales were in the toilet and very few people wanted any of this. Instead of refusing to acknowledge that and barreling ahead with the tour, J.Lo waved the white flag. She clearly wants to spend this summer working on her marriage too, which I think is a good idea.
On Sunday, Jen stepped out with Ben at his son Samuel?s basketball game. Jennifer Garner was there too, but everyone arrived separately. Ben and J.Lo greeted each other with air kisses, but? they left together and Ben drove them to Jack In the Box for lunch. It?s all very suburban. J.Lo used to like that about Ben, that he was a normal guy from Boston who loves his Dunkin and his fast food. Does she still love it?
Also: I fking LOVE J.Lo?s jeans in these photos. They?re so retro! Like, she wore this kind of cut during the original Bennifer relationship. Everything about her style here is so 2003 to me.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck avoid locking lips, give air kisses while attending his son?s basketball game https://t.co/ZlwmsN7jfv pic.twitter.com/kJNCC9ebOL
Page Six (@PageSix) June 3, 2024
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| | Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck 'are still living separately' she seems okay' | | Added 204 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Jennifer Lopez on May 24th her Atlas promotion was over and she was back in the dance studio, preparing for her tour, one would assume. Her manager Benny Medina was with her. I have to say, I find it fascinating to see how Benny is handling the Bennifer drama. He?s really keeping calm and not panicking he?s letting the split rumors hang around (there doesn?t seem to be anything he can do about that), but he?s not making it worse or making any big pronouncements about ?it?s over? or ?of course they?ll absolutely reconcile.? That?s the general vibe coming from J.Lo and Ben Affleck too it?s like they?re giving each other time and space, and in that time and space, they?re not consumed with melodrama about their marriage. This seems to be the message coming from Jennifer?s camp:
Jennifer Lopez is keeping up her busy work schedule as rumors continue to surround her and Ben Affleck.
?They?re still living separately, a source close to Lopez tells PEOPLE. ?She?s back in L.A. for tour rehearsals. She seems okay. She?s very focused on work.
Lopez, 54, and Affleck, 51, spent Mothers Day apart and have been living under different roofs in Los Angeles. Lopezs latest film Atlas debuted over Memorial Day weekend as the No. 1 movie on Netflix in 55 countries, according to the streaming service, adding that the sci-fi movie attracted 28.2 million views. On top of the new movie, Lopez is also preparing to embark on a North American summer tour that begins in Orlando on June 26.
[From People]
It feels possible, to me, that this is less about a permanent estrangement and more about Ben and Jen?s busy schedules this summer. Ben is still filming The Accountant 2, Jennifer is preparing to go on the road in a month. Hopefully, they?re too busy to get a divorce and after a summer apart, they?ll get back together and everything will be all good. This is me being a delusional Bennifer stan. Speaking of, Jennifer Garner also hopes for the best with Ben and J.Lo:
Jennifer Garner is hoping for the best for Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. As Affleck, 51, and Lopez, 54, experience marriage troubles just under two years since tying the knot, a source tells PEOPLE that Garner wants the best for ex-husband Affleck.
She wants him happy and healthy so he can be the best dad possible, says the source. Garner, 52, and Affleck share three kids: Violet, 18, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12.
The source adds that Garner, who is dating chairman and CEO of Cali Group John Miller, likes that [Lopez] lives a healthy lifestyle and supports Ben?s sobriety. Jen wants that for Ben.
[From People]
Yeah, while I have never believed that Garner and Lopez get along, I think they appreciate each other. Lopez loves Garner?s kids, Garner loves that Lopez is sober and healthy. I don?t know, I don?t think there?s a lot of drama there.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Jennifer Lopez's $90 million Vegas residency might be in danger of being canceled' | | Added 206 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Jennifer Lopez on Tuesday, May 28. She grabbed lunch at the Maybourne Hotel, then went to her Beverly Hills office. Ben was not with her. While Ben and Jen did a few things together last week for their kids/stepkids, Ben also went solo to his daughter Violet?s high school graduation party. I remember hearing, several years ago, that Violet isn?t crazy about J.Lo, but it might have just been a rumor. Backgrid, the photo agency, also claims that J.Los lunch date yesterday was none other than Violet Affleck, so maybe Jennifer took her stepdaughter out to lunch for a graduation treat and an apology for missing Violets graduation. Anyway, the vibe around Bennifer is still ?up in the air.? Whatever is happening between them, they?re still talking and spending time with each other, but Ben is maintaining a separate home in Brentwood.
Meanwhile, Jennifer?s career these days is a mixed bag. She has yet another streaming hit with Atlas, her poorly-reviewed Netflix movie. The numbers are great though, and clearly, people love that J.Lo makes Prime and Netflix movies that they can watch from the comfort of home. Unfortunately, people do not want to leave the house to support her musical career though. Not only were her concert ticket sales severely underwhelming, but it looks like her reported $90 million Las Vegas residency is in jeopardy too:
Jennifer Lopez was recently in talks for a $90 million Las Vegas residency ? but the blockbuster deal now looks shaky at best as her new album and upcoming concert tour are flopping badly, The Post has learned. The embattled pop diva ? whose headline-grabbing marriage to Ben Affleck is reportedly crumbling ? recently had been in talks with MGM Grand on a guaranteed $1 million a show for 90 dates starting next year, a source close to the situation told The Post.
But casino executives have lately grown skittish over abysmal ticket sales for her first tour in five years following the release of her ?This is Me ? Now? album in February ? with poor demand having forced the cancellation of seven shows this summer, the source said. No Vegas deal has yet to be announced. That?s despite a report from The Mirror on Feb. 2 that MGM had teamed up with Live Nation to offer more than $800,000 a show. Rival casino Resorts World upped the bidding to $875,000 per show in partnership with Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) soon after, sources said.
MGM and Live Nation then swooped in with the $1 million-a-show offer for the ?Let?s Get Loud? singer ? but buyer?s remorse has lately set in, the first source said.
?MGM is watching her not doing well on the road. They are very nervous,? the person said. ?It?s pretty rare you have a poor tour and then go to Vegas.?
Now, the Bronx-born star could be looking at a significant haircut to the $90 million windfall. A Lopez residency should fetch just $600,000 to $650,000 and be for fewer shows, the source said. Another source with knowledge of the MGM talks said no deal was ever signed, but discussions have continued.
[From The NY Post]
Here?s the thing I don?t think it necessarily follows that ?if you can?t sell out a tour for an unpopular album, then your Vegas residency will be unpopular too.? People will actually want to see J.Lo in Vegas, for the spectacle of it, for the dancing and for her greatest hits. Like, This Is Me? Now is not a good album and even hardcore J.Lo fans were not supporting that mess. But those fans will come back for a ?greatest hits? residency. Waiting for Tonight! Jenny From the Block! I?m Real! Love Don?t Cost A Thing! Let?s Get Loud!
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Jennifer Lopez shuts down a Mexican journalist when he asked about the 'rumors' | | Added 211 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are more photos of Jennifer Lopez in Mexico City this week, as she?s promoting her Netflix film Atlas. Last night, I watched The Greatest Love Story Never Told again, the documentary she made concurrently with the musical-film This Is Me? Now. Tonight I might re-watch Halftime, the documentary she made in 2019-2020. I?m a big fan of Halftime it showed an artist and entertainer who had matured, who was politically active, who was still dealing with constant disrespect from multiple industries but still grinding. TGLSNT felt like a regression, like getting back with Ben Affleck undid all of the work she had done on herself for 18-plus years. That being said, rewatching TGLSNT made me feel like Ben and Jen were going to be okay, that they would figure out their sh-t. But yeah, the sh-t about showing Ben?s love letters to dozens of people is still not okay.
Anyway, I still don?t know what to make of Bennifer?s current drama. They?re living separately, but they?re still talking and seeing each other. Jennifer?s people aren?t stopping the rumor mill, but they?re also not making any big announcements. Post-TGLSNT, I know Jen is going to be ride-or-die until the wheels come off. Ben?s another story altogether. While Jen was in Mexico City, at the press conference or media event, a Mexican journalist tried to ask her about Ben and the rumors:
Jennifer Lopez shuts down reporter who asked about Ben Affleck divorce rumors:
?You know better than that? pic.twitter.com/3Yb9LJWlsN
Pop Base (@PopBase) May 23, 2024
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| | Jennifer Lopez stepped out solo at the 'Atlas' premiere as her marriage falls apart | | Added 214 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Jennifer Lopez stepped out solo to the LA premiere of Atlas last night. There was some talk about whether all of the Bennifer drama was lowkey promotion so that all eyes would be on this premiere? but now that I?m looking at the photos, no, that?s not the case. Jennifer looks so sad, drawn and she?s lost weight recently. Ben Affleck?s absence on the carpet is very noticeable. Jennifer did pose happily with her costars Simu Liu and Sterling K. Brown, but overall? a solitary appearance.
In the past 24 hours, the gossip about the Bennifer marriage has heated up. Page Six reports that Ben has ?come to his senses? lately and he feels divorce is inevitable. A source told the outlet: ?If there was a way to divorce on grounds of temporary insanity, he would. He feels like the last two years was just a fever dream, and he?s come to his senses now and understands there is just no way this is going to work.? I mean? it was a fever dream which he asked for, that he wanted. None of this would have happened if Ben hadn?t started writing love letters to J.Lo while she was engaged to Alex Rodriguez! Meanwhile, People Mag had this:
Over the weekend Jennifer and Ben were photographed smiling together, and theyve continued wearing their wedding rings in public, though multiple sources indicated to PEOPLE that theres a strain on their relationship.
They just have very different approaches when it comes to media attention. Ben hates all attention and it makes him very uncomfortable. Jennifer has always had a different approach, one insider says.
A source in the film industry says Affleck, 51, has always been impressed by Lopezs work ethic and success in the industry, however, always sharing her life is not his way.
Even though he admires that about her, it doesn?t make him happy and causes stress in his life and then in hers. There is no question their different styles clash, adds that source.
A third source, from the music world, says Lopez, 54, needs that expression but Affleck simply is not comfortable with it.
After a while it causes tension in the relationship, says the source. He is more introspective and private. She likes to open her heart to her fans and to the world. This makes them considerably different, and it has been difficult in the day-to-day relationship.
There have always been clashes in their styles, how they handle issues, and their actions, but nothing has stopped their love over the years, the source says. This is a great love story.
[From People]
I hate to say this, but yeah? I was right to be concerned about Jennifer?s whole This Is Me Now crap. She really did lose the plot. The visual album/movie and the documentary were way too much. The fact that she shared Ben?s letters with songwriters and producers was a huge overstep. Her need to document this ?love story? for public consumption was a huge error. Now Ben is using all of that against her. I mean? neither one of them has learned a thing, that?s what makes them perfect for one another. But yiiikes.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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| | Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez went to dinner & Emme's school event on Sunday | | Added 215 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Y?all, I don?t even know what?s happening with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez anymore. InTouch Weekly got the ball rolling last week when they claimed that Original Bennifer was headed for divorce and it wasn?t even Ben?s fault. That?s when other outlets got involved People Magazine reported that Ben and J.Lo hadn?t been seen together in 47 days, then their sources confirmed that Ben and Jen were living separately in LA. Us Weekly?s sources claimed that they?ve been on the outs for weeks, if not months. Then on Friday, they were seen together at a school play for one of Ben?s kids they arrived separately but they were photographed together.
These photos are from Sunday Jennifer arrived at a Brentwood movie theater separately from Ben, but they ended up leaving together and grabbing dinner at BOA Steakhouse. He drove, they were photographed at multiple locations and they seemed to be sending a signal to the public that they?re not divorcing? yet. They?re working through their sh-t, maybe. It?s worth noting that Friday?s joint appearance was for one of Ben?s kids, and Sunday?s theater trip was seemingly for a school event for Emme. So Ben and Jen are still showing up for their stepkids. And I?ve always felt that Ben completely adores Emme in particular. I wonder if Emme is telling them to work out their sh-t.
Over the weekend, a source told Entertainment Tonight: Jen and Bens relationship is not over yet, but they have been staying in separate homes and the tension has been high. They are taking a second to figure out what each of them is going through and wants. Both of them have been very down. High tension? Okay. Ben was also seen without his wedding ring over the weekend, but he wore his ring for Sunday?s outing.
Again, Jennifer has a movie premiere tonight. Will Ben show up? Is this all just gossip for Jen to promote her movie? Or is this just two melodramatic Leos being melodramatic??
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | In Touch: Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck are 'headed for a divorce' & Ben's not to blame | | Added 219 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Jennifer Lopez has been stepping out solo a lot lately. For weeks, she?s been photographed without her husband in New York and LA. I?ve sort of quietly noted all of the photos and just thought ?well, Jennifer and Ben Affleck have different things going on, they?re not joined at the hip.? It doesn?t really help that J.Lo is in a weird place professionally at the moment. Jennifer?s ?This Is Me? Now? projects were flops and her attempt to organize a tour around the album flopped too, although there is some kind of ?greatest hits? tour coming. There?s a lot of hate for J.Lo on TikTok too and? I don?t know, the vibe is off somewhere. I?m not sure the weird vibes are coming from her marriage, but In Touch Weekly is claiming that Ben and Jen are on the rocks and headed for divorce.
Ben Affleck has hit a breaking point with Jennifer Lopez and has ?moved out? of the home they share, a source exclusively tells In Touch.
?The writing is on the wall ? it?s over,? the insider dishes. ?They?re headed for a divorce ? and for once, [Ben?s] not to blame!?
Fans have noticed that Ben and Jennifer have been spending increasing amounts of time apart in recent weeks. The actor did not attend the Met Gala with his wife on May 6, despite her important position as co-chair of the event. Ben?s official excuse for missing the Met Gala was that he was busy filming The Accountant 2, but In Touch?s source says he ?decided to call it quits? on his marriage to the A-list singer.
?He?s focusing on his work and his kids now,? the insider adds. ?Ben already moved out and they?ll likely have to sell the dream house they spent two years searching for. They?ll never stop loving each other, but she can?t control him, and he can?t change her. There?s no way it could have lasted.?
Unfortunately, compromising ended up being harder than the couple thought. ?They waited almost two decades to get back together, but in the end, they just couldn?t make it work,? the insider explains. ?They both said they?d matured and learned from their mistakes, but some of the bigger issues that tore them apart the first time remained the same.?
[From In Touch Weekly]
Lord, I hope this isn?t true. They waited so long, they?re in such a different place in their lives than the first go-around, I want to believe that this is just about two people with busy schedules. The thing about real estate is weird too, because Jennifer has been looking at other houses, but I think that?s just her thing? She likes real estate, she likes looking at houses, she and Ben couldn?t decide on a new house for two years. Like? if Bennifer splits again, I will be so sad. These two Leos are perfect for each other.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Cover Images.
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| | Met Gala co-chair Jennifer Lopez wore an icy Schiaparelli: love it or hate it? | | Added 228 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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It genuinely shocked me to see how many celebrities interpreted ?The Garden of Time? to mean ?metallics, icy, sand/beige, silver and white.? I think most people were expecting florals, colorful looks and interesting vintage. That?s not what we got. Jennifer Lopez, one of the Met Gala co-chairs, kind of got it wrong. That being said, this is one of her best red carpet looks in a while. J.Lo went with a custom Schiaparelli Couture and this is very sexy, flattering, all of it. I wish her makeup had been different, but overall, I really liked this.
Chris Hemsworth was another co-chair who did not really go for the theme. Chris and Elsa Pataky both wore Tom Ford, and Elsa wore a crown. Just? boring, really. The more I look at Chris?s look, the more Miami Vice it seems.
Phoebe Dynevor went for a woodland fairy vibe in this Victoria Beckham. I thought she looked cute, honestly. She wasn?t shooting for the moon, she just wanted to look pretty and she wanted something sort of comfortable.
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| | Jennifer Lopez is disappointed by ticket sales but 'doesn't care what others think' | | Added 246 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Oh, J.Lo. All she wanted was to spread joy to the world with her love of LOVE in her triple project extravaganza: This Is Me? Now the album, the musical film, and the making of documentary The Greatest Love Story Never Told. Well, spread joy and make back the $20 million she personally funded. And what have we given her in return? A fairly ?meh? reaction, along with the lowest Billboard 200 debut of her career (38). But hey, we?re talking about scrappy Jennifer Lopez here. So she moved full steam ahead into announcing her tour? only to cancel several city stops (which haven?t been rescheduled) after a month of lackluster ticket sales. Now ?sources? have spoken to Us Weekly to say that yeah, of course Jen is disappointed, but really she doesn?t care what other people think.
?Jennifer?s very focused on her latest project and doesn?t want bad press to get in her head,? the insider says, referring to Lopez?s recent rough patch involving her This Is Me? Now Tour and record of the same name.
The source explains that Lopez, 54, has been through ?plenty of problems like this before and has gotten over them,? adding, ?She moves on when things like this happen.?
Last month, Lopez raised eyebrows when she canceled several shows for her upcoming This Is Me? Now Tour after weak ticket sales. The stops included Nashville, Raleigh, Atlanta, Tampa and New Orleans and were supposed to take place between August 22-30.
The musician didn?t give any explanation at the time, and according to Ticketmaster dates in the southern part of the U.S. were not rescheduled.
Days later, Lopez posted an updated tour schedule with a revised lineup of dates. The shows will begin in June in Orlando and conclude in August with two New York City performances. None of the canceled shows are listed on the schedule.
Lopez?s This Is Me? Now album dropped in February and didn?t live up to the singer?s standards when it came to the charts. The record debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard 200, which is the lowest any of Lopez?s albums have ranked. (This Is Me? Now is the follow-up to Lopez?s 2002 LP, This Is Me? Then. The new record is her ninth studio album.)
While a second source tells Us that Lopez is ?disappointed? over the underwhelming response to her tour and album, a third insider says she?s not letting it derail her next ventures.
?Jennifer is extremely proud of all the hard work she puts into her projects, and Ben [Affleck] has been a huge support through it all,? the third source shares.
Lopez and Affleck, 51, are currently house hunting for a fresh New York City pad, sources tell Us. Plus, Lopez has decided to focus on her next movie, Kiss of the Spider Women, which she?s already filming in New Jersey.
?She really doesn?t care what others think,? the third insider says of Lopez?s reaction to her recent criticism, adding that Affleck, whom she wed in 2022, has been keeping ?Jen grounded? through all the highs and lows.
Lopez, meanwhile, is already on to the next big thing. ?She?s looking for a fresh start,? the first source tells Us.
[From Us Weekly]
In J.Lo?s defense regarding poor ticket sales: what Machiavellian tour planner scheduled five concerts over eight days across the American South in AUGUST?? I love New Orleans, but I still wouldn?t be caught dead there in the summer. Or actually I would ? because the humidity had killed me! But humidity + dancing in the audience? I?d rather watch Gigli. As for these sources, I don?t know. Is professing that ?she really doesn?t care what others think? the most effective strategy? Personally I would?ve advised staying quiet and out of sight (see what I did there!) in New Jersey working on Kiss of the Spider Woman (she?s playing the role originated by the late great Chita Rivera, those are some big jazz shoes to fill). And then BAM! Emerge on May 6 to make a stunning entrance as Met Gala co-chair. But yet again, no one consulted me. At least one concern seems to have been lifted for Lopez: she just sold her Manhattan penthouse, last listed at $25 million. This Is Me? Recouped!
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| | Jennifer Lopez canceled several dates on her This Is Me' Now tour | | Added 281 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I enjoy Jennifer Lopez?s dogged, determined spirit. Plus I?m a gal who loves excess, so I admire the over-the-topness she was going for with releasing This Is Me? Now the album, This Is Me? Now: A Love Story the musical film, and The Greatest Love Story Never Told documentary. Only the album hasn?t done that well in the charts or sales, and as we all now know, Jennifer personally funded the $20 million it cost to make these projects. But J.Lo also has a This Is Me? Now Tour later this year, where she can deliver a great live show. Except now, one month on from announcing the tour, several dates have been canceled without much of an explanation
Some Jennifer Lopez fans will have to wait a little longer to be introduced to the woman J.Lo is now.
According to a message on Ticketmaster?s website, the pop star and actress has canceled concert dates on her upcoming This Is Me? Now tour dates, including planned stops in Nashville, Tenn., Raleigh, N.C., Atlanta, Ga., Tampa, Fla., and New Orleans, La.
The canceled dates were all planned to take place across a consecutive eight-day stretch from Aug. 22-30. EW has learned that a logistical issue through the promoter forced the last several dates to be canceled, but that there?s potential to work something out for the affected cities in the future.
EW has reached out to representatives for Lopez and tour company Live Nation for comment on the cancellation, as Ticketmaster?s note indicates only that, ?Unfortunately, the Event Organizer has had to cancel your event.?
The cancellations follow the high-profile release of Lopez?s accompanying cameo-filled, self-funded streaming movie project and its parent album This Is Me? Now, a sequel to her 2002 album This Is Me? Then that, like its predecessor, chronicles Lopez?s love life ? particularly her marriage to actor Ben Affleck.
While the streaming film (and a subsequent documentary about its creation) made headlines and courted viewer eyeballs according to Amazon streaming lists, This Is Me? Now the album marked one of Lopez?s least successful outings to date. It debuted and peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and fell off the ranking entirely the following week, though it did reach No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart.
[From Entertainment Weekly]
On the one hand I?m really impressed with Jennifer sticking to her guns for the trifecta projects. It takes equal parts confidence, delusion, and chutzpah to say YES! when absolutely everyone else in your life advises NO! The thing is, though, you kind of have to be right in order to pull off this maneuver and, well? yeah. By the time Jane Fonda weighed in with her doubts, that?s at least where I would?ve taken a pause. As for these cancellations, it could be something or it could be nothing. I think it?s too early to tell. But it certainly gives the vibes of an inauspicious start. I had a dorky idea, though: if AARP can sponsor the latest Rolling Stones tour, do you think Ben Affleck is on the phone with Dunkin? to broker a deal? This Is Me? Caffeinated!
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