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Jennifer Lopez slashes Casper's allowance after he piddled on the carpet
Added 11 years agoSource: CeleBitchy
Jennifer Lopez slashes Casper's allowance after he piddled on the carpet
About a week and a half ago, we found out that Jennifer Lopez was definitely coming back to American Idol as a judge. It was such uneventful news that we didn?t even devote a post to it. The rumors had been going around for weeks, and it seemed like Idol producers really wanted J.Lo and she really wanted to come back, and the only hold up was money. Unfortunately, once Jennifer and the producers settled the money issue, Jennifer gummed up the works with the announcement. And by Jennifer, I mean her idiot boy-toy Casper Smart. You see, CASPER announced Jennifer?s return to Idol. He confirmed the news in an interview, thus announcement-blocking Idol producers. Casper piddled on the carpet. And now he has to be punished!

Jennifer Lopez is so furious over Casper Smart?s big mouth that she?s cutting his monthly allowance by a hefty 25 percent, say sources. Jennifer went ballistic when Casper blabbed during an interview that Jen would be returning to American Idol next season as a judge. Fox bosses were banking on making their own big announcement about Jennifer?s return.

?Jennifer caught hell from Idol producers? they wanted to hold a major press conference, not have a boyfriend leak it out.?

Although Casper pleaded ignorance, Jennifer was beyond steamed.

?This was Jennifer?s biggest fear? Casper is young and doesn?t understand the business, which makes life very difficult for her. It?s beginning to dawn on her that he?s a liability. Casper?s slip was very amateurish. Jennifer couldn?t believe he?d be so stupid. The Idol team had a big launch planned and he ruined it.?

To make matters even more embarrassing, J.Lo had stalled on signing her contract until the studio gave Casper a cushy job on the show. Casper is begging Jennifer for forgiveness, but Jennifer is hitting her big-spending boyfriend where it hurts most ? in his wallet.

?Jennifer cut a quarter of the $10,000 monthly allowance she gives him,? revealed an insider.

Friends are confounded that Jennifer doesn?t cut Casper loose. What?s more, her mom Guadalupe ?doesn?t approve of Casper,? said a source, and she was ?livid to learn they were thinking about adopting a kid, strengthening their bond.?

Still, Jennifer has it bad for Casper. A source revealed: ?J.Lo says Casper is the best sex she?s ever had.?

[From The Enquirer, print edition]

?J.Lo says Casper is the best sex she?s ever had.? Chica, NO. NOooooo. I don?t care if you?re banging the finest man in the world (hello, Clive Owen/Michael Fassbender hybrid), you NEVER let your booty call mess with your career. Dealbreaker, ladies. And considering that Casper is nowhere near the finest man and the thought of Casper?s O-face is giving me a case of violent dry-heaves, I see absolutely no reason why Jennifer is allowing this ignorance and impertinence to stand. Of course she needs to dump him, but J.Lo is all about love and love and love and we wouldn?t understand. So if she?s going to stay with him, can she at least punish him with something other than ?cutting his allowance??

For what it?s worth, ?a rep? denied this story to Gossip Cop. I don?t know whose rep or which part was denied. Hopefully the ?best sex she?s ever had? part was the story being denied. Because SERIOUSLY.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

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Jennifer Lopez's Stalker Lived in Her Guest House for Six Days
Added 11 years agoSource: The Blemish
Jennifer Lopez's Stalker Lived in Her Guest House for Six Days
According to reports, Jennifer Lopez’s stalker, 49-year-old John Dubis, managed to live in the pool house of her Hamptons mansion this summer without arousing any suspicion for six days.

He managed to do it all in plain site too. He slept on a couch and even parked his car front of her place. He then even posted vacation photos of her property on the internet along with creepy captions.

?Some more david and jenny art, Newport, RI,? he inexplicably wrote about the Hamptons home, while using the online pseudonym ?David A Lopez.?

It wasn’t all creepy though. He did tidy up the place including a path in the back that was full of debris. C’mon, you expect a stalker to live in that pig sty? His stay was short lived though.

Finally, on Aug. 8, a Lopez employee spotted him standing on the singer?s back porch and confronted him. The accused stalker tried to claim he was the divorced singer?s husband.

When cops arrived, Dubis told officers that he was the father of J.Lo?s children, and that J.Lo had left the pool house open for him.

Uh, I’m pretty sure her employee knows what Marc Anthony looks like so that was a terrible lie. He should have said he was her personal stylist. But the dude’s crazy anyway so that would have worked for about 5 seconds until h admitted to masturbating in her yard.

He also allegedly admitted to pleasuring himself in the star?s yard because he thought that she wanted him to ?spread his seed throughout the world,? sources said.

Well, okay then. Can someone explain to him that that’s a totally different kind of seed? The kind that can’t be planted in the ground? You can’t grow a god damn sperm tree, sir. Believe me. I’ve tried.

Asked if they noticed this guy walking around the back and jacking off in her yard, neighbors said they just thought he was an employee.

?Oh, my, come to think of it, I did find it odd when I saw a man standing outside her driveway with the gate closed,? said neighbor Nancy Haverman. ?I figured he was just part of her security crew.

?It?s really frightening ? you don?t want to be a celebrity. I?m telling you, it?s a curse. I just hope [J.Lo] gets to enjoy this place just like everybody else.?

Oh, yea, what a curse. Enough money to buy a secondary mansion in the Hamptoms. Yea, you get a couple crazy guys jerking off in your yard trying to plant sperm trees every once in a while but totally worth it.

Mark Young, a spokesman for J.Lo said he hasn’t heard about this but that Jennifer is now vacationing in the Hamptoms. Probably paying close attention to the ground to avoid the puddles of jizz.

Site news: Updates may be less today because I’m in Miami where I’m planning to stalk all the celebrities at Miami Beach. Haha, just kidding. I’ll just be looking at them through a long lens like everyone else. Human interaction scares me.

The post Jennifer Lopez’s Stalker Lived in Her Guest House for Six Days appeared first on The Blemish.

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Jennifer Lopez Talks Fashion in Redbook September 2013
Added 11 years agoSource: Celebrity Gossip
Jennifer Lopez Talks Fashion in Redbook September 2013
She's known for her keen sense of fashion, and now Jennifer Lopez is revealing her secrets to rocking various ensembles.

During her Q&A session with Redbook, the "Ain't It Funny" songstress chats about her favorite go-to article of clothing and even offers up advice to the readers of all ages on how to stand out.

Check out a few highlights from Miss Lopez's interview below. For more, be sure to visit Redbook!

On sticking with comfortable clothing:

"With Jennifer Lopez for Kohl?s we?ve been mixing materials, like t-shirts with a lot of the chiffon, focusing on the softness of it. I love things to feel easy. I feel like in my job I always have to wear stuff that, if I?m acting in a movie or if I?m doing a video or on stage it?s always this stuff that?s kind of holding me together or needs to look a certain away. You suffer for that. I have bruises on my body from shooting a video the other day in a feathered corset."

On ignoring age when it comes to fashion:

"I don?t care who thinks I?m not the right age for something. Right now, I?m in love with leather pants! If you have the legs for a short skirt and can pull it off, do it. When it doesn?t feel right to you anymore, you?ll know it?s time to stop."

On her golden rule of fashion:

"If you?re showing a lot of leg, don?t do cleavage. If your dress is tight, it shouldn?t be short. You cross the line into trashy when you reveal a lot."




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Jennifer Lopez Returning to 'American Idol'
Added 11 years agoSource: The Blemish
Jennifer Lopez Returning to 'American Idol'
Outlets are reporting that Jennifer Lopez is returning to the sinking ship that isAmerican Idol.She left last year to focus on her music career. Well that’s over now so she’s on her way back and will likely be joining Keith Urban and will.i.am.

As far as judges go, that should be less annoying than any other season. Not only that, but we’ll get to hear the wonderful advice offered by will.i.am. “More autotune! It would be dope if you repeated the hook 50 more times! Add in some lasers! Pew pew pew!”

The post Jennifer Lopez Returning to ‘American Idol’ appeared first on The Blemish.

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Breaking News: Jennifer Lopez Wears an Age Appropriate Dress!!
Added 11 years agoSource: Yeeeah
Breaking News:  Jennifer Lopez Wears an Age Appropriate Dress!!








Jennifer Lopez Viva Movil Launch

















Cynthia Steffe

Cynthia Steffe lace dress (reg $443.93 sale $310.75)















Laundry by Shell Segal

Laundry by Shell Segal Mixed Lace Cotton Sheath Dress (reg $138.00 sale $82.80)















Nine West

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Steven by Steve Madden

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JUL
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Jennifer Lopez Was Homeless at 18 and Other News
Added 11 years agoSource: Yeeeah
Jennifer Lopez Was Homeless at 18 and Other News
She is reportedly worth $250 million and won’t let any of the help make eye contact, but Jennifer Lopez has revealed that she was once “homeless” in an interview with next month’s Mandatory)

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is finally home — she’s joining Fox News. (Celebitchy)

This is how you know you’ve had enough plastic surgery. (popbytes)

Beyonce is massive and there?s nothing anyone can do to stop her, which is sort of respectable in its own way. (Evil Beet)

Janice Dickinson in a bikini will make you just wish you stayed in bed this morning. (Hollywood PQ)

Watch an astronaut wash her hair in zero gravity! (Pajiba)

Both Django and Milo made the top 25 boy names of 2013. This just confirms my suspicion that people are stupid. (The Stir)

Britney Spears’ two sons make a cameo in her new “Ooh La La” video. (I’m Not Obsessed)

Rice enzymes: which is better, Tatcha or Dermalogica? (Modavanti)

Interviewing Selena Gomez isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and not just because she expects you to be familiar with her “music.” (Hollywood Life)

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JUL
10
Jennifer Lopez channels Liz Taylor on the cover of W: does she pull it off?
Added 11 years agoSource: CeleBitchy
Jennifer Lopez channels Liz Taylor on the cover of W: does she pull it off?
Just the other day, Jennifer Lopez was telling the world that her style is a mixture of Jackie O, Ava Gardner, and Madonna. Now she covers the August issue of W magazine as photographed by Mario Sorrenti with a very obvious Elizabeth Taylor theme going on. It is obvious, right? I don’t know what she’s thinking while trying to channel such iconic women in such a half-hearted way. Again, it’s as if JLo believes a big wig (that can’t be her real hair — she’s been sporting too many highlights lately) will make us all believe that she is in fact the next coming of Liz. As if.

Jennifer’s dress is Gucci, and I will admit to being disappointed that she’s gone such a predictable route in trying to look like someone else. Jennifer has always succeeded through her own (admittedly tacky) style, but she completely owns it, and I’m sad to see her pretending otherwise. Maybe she’s looking at this magazine shoot as an acting gig. I don’t know. The interview is slightly more illuminating than this cover because JLo talks about her pre-JLo days when she was essentially homeless. Now she has enough money to fill several swimming pools, so it’s interesting to witness her reflecting upon the bad old days:

She visits the Bronx with the journo: “I was nervous coming here today. This is the house I grew up in. I would look out that window to see if my boyfriend was coming, and then I?d run out the door I?m the middle sister. All three of us girls shared a room. I was into sports and dancing. I ran track. I have a lot of stamina. I was built for the long run.”

She left home at 18: “My mom and I butted heads. I didn?t want to go to college–I wanted to try dance full-time. So she and I had a break. I started sleeping on the sofa in the dance studio. I was homeless, but I told her, ?This is what I have to do.? A few months later, I landed a job dancing in Europe. When I got back, I booked In Living Color. I became a Fly Girl and moved to L.A. It all happened in a year.”

She missed the Bronx: “I hated L.A. I was asking, ?Where?s the store for milk? Don?t you guys walk on the street?? Now I love Los Angeles, but it doesn?t give me strength the way the Bronx did. All the strength that I needed for life, I got from that neighborhood.”

Work ethic is important: “I think a lot about teaching my kids to work hard. I?ve learned something about kids–they don?t do what you say; they do what you do. I watched my parents. My dad worked nights, and I was aware of how much he was doing for us. My mom was a Tupperware lady and also worked at the school. I always felt that I couldn?t let them down. And I had a natural discipline from early on. I was always training for something.”

[From W magazine]

When Jennifer stated, “I have a lot of stamina. I was built for the long run,” she really hits home, doesn’t she? Even though she might do obnoxious things like perform for autocratic despots, and go through wedding rings like I go through boxed wine, Jenny from the Block possesses a lot more staying power than we ever suspected during the Bennifer days. There’s something to be said for succeeding even in the face of Gigli. She really showed all of us … but Liz Taylor, JLo is not.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and W magazine

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22-Aug-2024 :People: Ben Affleck ?hasn?t shown any? interest in making their marriage ...
21-Aug-2024 :Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from Ben Affleck on their second anniver...
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JUL
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Jennifer Lopez: My style is a mixture of Jackie O, Ava Gardner & Madonna
Added 11 years agoSource: CeleBitchy
Jennifer Lopez: My style is a mixture of Jackie O, Ava Gardner & Madonna
When I think of Jennifer Lopez’s sense of style, the image isn’t really a negative one. In my mind, JLo is a risk taker, and she isn’t afraid to wear body-conscious ensembles that are fierce and flamboyant while (usually) managing to flatter her figure. Make no mistake, Jennifer possesses a fantastic body, and she must work awfully hard to maintain it, but it must also be a challenge to tailor clothing to her assets that probably aren’t easily flattered by off-the-rack items. Whatever the case, I certainly do not think of Jennifer in terms of classic fashion (except for her recent wrinkly turn in Christian Dior on the Walk of Fame), but she seems to think that descriptor fits her. In fact, JLo insists that her style is very obviously a blend of Jackie O, Ava Gardner, and vintage, 1980s Madonna. Now I can sort of see the latter, but as far as Jackie and Ava are concerned? Bitch, please:

Jennifer Lopez says her style is a mixture of late US First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, singer Madonna and Old Hollywood starlet Ava Gardner.

Jennifer Lopez’s style is a mixture of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Madonna and Ava Gardner.

The 43-year-old singer – who has her own fashion range for Kohl’s – revealed she takes inspiration from the three very different style icons.

She said: “If you mix Jackie O with Madonna in the ’80s and Ava Gardner, that would be kind of like my style.”

Like Madonna, 54, Jennifer is known for her provocative stage outfits, but she is regularly commended for her red carpet style – much like former US First Lady, Jackie, and Old Hollywood actress, Ava, were.

No matter what she wears, the singer-and-actress insists it’s important to carry every outfit off with confidence.

She explained: “You just have to decide what you feel most confident in, because confidence is what makes people sexy. You have to be you but don’t get stuck.”

[From Contact Music]

Okay, Jennifer has a point about carrying her various fashion forays off with confidence. She always wears her outfits — they do not wear her at all. But I still unavoidably laugh at JLo thinking people will readily tie her fashion sense to Jackie O and Ava Gardner. She seems to think that she can just put that out there, and eventually people will believe it, which is ridiculous … especially when Jennifer’s most important accessory of the past couple years has been a young piece named Casper Smart. Madonna would totally go (and has gone) there though.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet

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1
Jennifer Lopez Sang 'Happy Birthday' for Turkish Dictator
Added 11 years agoSource: The Blemish
Jennifer Lopez Sang 'Happy Birthday' for Turkish Dictator
A Human Rights Watch report has called Turkmenistan “one of the world’s most repressive” regimes. Internet traffic is monitored and reporters being jailed is the norm. Says HRW, “Media and religious freedoms are subject to draconian restrictions, and human rights defenders and other activists face the constant threat of government reprisal. The authorities continue to use imprisonment as a tool for political retaliation and to restrict peoples’ right to travel freely.”

So it’s no surprise that when Turkmenistan leaderGurbanguly Berdymukhamedov celebrated his 56th birthday on Sunday, it was with a special performance from Jennifer Lopez. How else was she going to get people to clap for her if not through fear and intimidation.

Reports say Lopez was paid $1 million plus expenses for the performance. She dressed in a traditional Turkmen dress to sing Happy Birthday to the president and performed a few of her other hits. Thus instilling more sadness into this country than Gurbanguly ever could.

Lopez’s publicist says the event was vetted by staff and had they known of any human rights issues, they would not have attended. Her publicist also told The AP that the event was hosted by the China National Petroleum Corp. and wasn’t a political event. That totally explains why she sang happy birthday to the Turkmenistan leader.

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Jennifer Lopez sorry she earned $1.4 million to perform for Turkmenistan leader
Added 11 years agoSource: CeleBitchy
Jennifer Lopez sorry she earned $1.4 million to perform for Turkmenistan leader
Jennifer Lopez is at it again with her one-off gigs (not shown in these photos, which were taken in London last month) in former Soviet republics. This time, she earned $1.4 million on Saturday evening by performing at a birthday celebration for the president of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. Berdymukhamedov presides over what Global Human Rights Watch describes as “one of the world’s most repressive countries.” In Turkmenistan, Internet use is severely restricted (with social media being completely outlawed), and all electronic and television communication is monitored. In addition, Turkmenistan does not allow freedom of thought or religion, homosexuality is punishable by law, and the authorities have been known to demolish homes and forcibly evict residents without any form of compensation.

Naturally, JLo claims that she knew nothing of the sort, and her publicist is insisting that she’d never have performed in Turkmenistan if she’d have known anything at all about the country’s human rights history. This situation is much like Hilary Swank getting $1.5 million for the Chechen dictator’s birthday party wherein she gushed about how Ramzan Kadyrov is such a wonderful leader and does so much for his people. Celebrities and their teams have access to the Internet, right? It’s like they don’t know how to Google anything (except themselves), and JLo looks pretty ridiculous right now:

The US pop star Jennifer Lopezhas added to her long history of performing for unsavoury characters with a birthday concert for the president of Turkmenistan — a man accused of committing widespread human rights abuses while ruling over the hermit nation.

Human rights activists criticised the star, also known as JLo, for singing at the flashy southern resort of Avaza on Saturday night to mark the 56th birthday of Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, attended by a select group of officials, diplomats and executives.

With a shout of “Turkmenistan!”, Lopez took to the stage to sing and dance her way through her biggest hits. At the end, she changed from a skimpy white dress into a long, traditional Turkmen outfit to sing Happy Birthday, Mr President. “It was our pleasure,” Lopez said from the stage. “And we wish you the very happiest birthday.”

Berdymukhamedov presides over a personality cult in the oil and gas-rich central Asian nation and brooks no dissent. Human Rights Watch calls Turkmenistan “one of the world’s most repressive countries.” Lopez is believed to be the first major star to visit and perform in Turkmenistan, a nation whose people live in poverty and are allowed little contact with the outside world.

Lopez’s entourage appeared unaware they were heading to a country where the internet is tightly controlled. Access to social media and websites run by independent media and human rights groups is banned. “I wonder where all my Turkmenistan followers are!? Hit me up!” tweeted her choreographer JR Taylor. The tweet was later deleted as reports of Lopez’s controversial performance began to spread.

Lopez’s publicist released a statement on Sunday saying that had the singer been aware of the country’s human rights issues, she would not have performed there. The statement said she was invited to perform for CNPC and “graciously obliged” their last-minute request to sing a birthday tune for Berdymukhamedov.

Lopez has also performed at the wedding of an Uzbek businessman in Ukraine, reportedly for $1m, as well as for the Azeri oligarch Telman Ismailov, reportedly for $1.4m.

Before two performances in Russia last year, Lopez declined to discuss the country’s human rights situation with fans during a phone-in. In response to a question about the jailed punk band Pussy Riot, she said: “I don’t like to talk politics, to be quite honest.”

[From Guardian]

LOL at JLo’s choreographer asking where all his Turkmenistan tweeps are, and double LOL at the deletion of said tweet. One would think that celebrities would require their teams to research any and all important matters of human rights record whenever visiting an unfamiliar foreign country. This should just be a part of the job, right? Of course, I’m not excusing JLo at all for not bothering to at least visit the main Wikipedia page for any unfamiliar country she visits. That’s just common sense. Here’s a video clip of JLo’s fierce, enthusiastic performance for Berdymukhamedov, and I’m sure JLo will be keeping the money all to herself.

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