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| | Jennifer Lopez told Ben Affleck that she's 'forgiven him all the way' | | Added 280 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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In 2022, Jennifer Lopez: Halftime came out. It?s worth a watch J.Lo is very raw in the documentary, and there are some genuinely intimate moments caught on camera as she?s promoting Hustlers and preparing to perform at the 2020 Super Bowl Halftime show. She?s upset that Hustlers didn?t get any awards-season love, but she tried to just eat the pain and keep moving, and there?s a really sweet moment where she?s rehearsing for the Halftime show and Emme comes in and convinces Jennifer to check out the kids? dance class next door (and that moment inspired an incredible visual in the halftime show).
I bring up Halftime because it?s one of my favorite celeb-documentaries in recent years, and I?m genuinely looking forward to watching her new doc, The Greatest Love Story Never Told. It?s supposed to be a companion piece to her new album (This Is Me? Now) and her musical film (This Is Me? Now: A Love Story). The musical was hilariously bad to me but others feel differently and so be it. But I will devour this doc, which comes out today. Jennifer let cameras into the home she shares with Ben Affleck and their kids, and cameras follow her around as she?s making the album and the musical film. It should be chaotic and TMI. Speaking of, here?s a little preview of coming attractions:
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck?s past relationship strife is water under the bridge. In her new Amazon Prime documentary The Greatest Love Story Never Told, the Waiting for Tonight singer, 54, opens up about the ways in which she and the Air star, 51, have found harmony together after pressing pause on their relationship for nearly 20 years.
At one point, Affleck asks Lopez if she?s forgiven him, or is angry at him.
?I think I was angry at you for a long time,? she tells him in the doc. ?But that heartbreak set both of us on a course to figuring ourselves out to being better people. I think I?ve forgiven you all the way. I think I need to forgive myself [for] some things.?
After meeting on the set of their movie Gigli in 2002, the pair were engaged later that year, and were set to be married in September 2003. But days before, they postponed the wedding, citing ?excessive media attention.? After briefly splitting in the wake of the canceled nuptials, they officially called it quits in January 2004.
In the documentary, director Dave Meyers ? who helmed This Is Me?Now: A Love Story ? says that when Lopez and Affleck broke up, it was ?catastrophic? ? and the On the Floor artist explains that losing him was hard because he wasn?t just the love of her life, but her best friend.
[From People]
In that sliding-doors situation of Ben not sabotaging the engagement and going through with the 2003 wedding? it would have been a completely different kind of heartbreak for both of them. They wouldn?t have survived as a couple for very long, and Ben would have had to scratch the sabotage itch in many other ways. As Jennifer Garner knows. There was always something to be said for coming back together in their late 40s/early 50s, at a point in their lives where the biggest self-sabotages are behind them. Hopefully. I guess I?m saying that I understand why J.Lo was mad at him for a while and why she?s not mad at him now. They both had to figure out a lot of their sh-t separately. And I?m still not convinced that they?ve figured everything out, but whatever. God bless. I?ll watch it.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images, Backgrid.
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| | Jennifer Lopez's 'This Is Me' Now: A Love Story' was a very bad miscalculation | | Added 286 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Over the weekend, I watched Jennifer Lopez?s musical ?film,? This Is Me? Now: A Love Story. She self-financed the hour-long movie for $20 million and she really did not need to do any of that. Like, it should have been just a series of music videos released on her YouTube page. She could have even turned it into a few ?short films? like Taylor Swift did with ?All Too Well.? The problem is that? the music wasn?t actually very good. You could argue that the ?story? of the film was kind of camp and hilariously stupid, but the whole point of the film was that it was supposed to be a companion piece to this new album and the album is?not good. The music was so bad, you guys. Even then, I would consider J.Lo to be a great dancer who can ?perform? her music well, but none of the choreography was working either. All of this is being reflected in the numbers:
Jennifer Lopez has made a big deal about investing her own money in her new project. JLo says she put $20 million into ?This is Me?Now,? the title of her new album, and the video that goes with it on Amazon Prime.
The project unfurled on Thursday night. There are no numbers yet, but there?s some indication of a soft launch. The album went to number 1 upon release, but now it?s number 4 on iTunes. What goes down on pop charts doesn?t usually come back up.
The album has also not birthed any hot tracks. The lead single, ?Can?t Get Enough,? is at number 76. There are no other tracks from the album on the top 100. A good indicator of an album?s strength is it immediately dispersing tracks throughout the top 100. It seems like the fans could indeed get enough.
As for the video, ?The Greatest Love Story Never Told? doesn?t hit Amazon Prime until February 27th ? next Sunday. By that time, the album and the single may not be in a position to help it.
[From Showbiz411]
I?m actually going to watch the documentary because I want to see how cringe it is and how much Ben Affleck appears in it. I?m also interested in seeing how thoroughly J.Lo documented the fact that everyone in her life told her to just skip the musical film. I kind of think she should have skipped the album too, but whatever. Again, I love Jennifer Lopez and I?m still really sad and outraged that she didn?t win an Oscar for Hustlers. She has every right to do whatever she wants, but oh my god, was this whole three-part album/film/documentary thing a huge miscalculation. Still, I think it was like an itch she had to scratch she wasn?t going to let it go until she figured out a way to do it.
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Top 10 stories about Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopezs rekindled romance
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| | Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck attended the 'This Is Me' Now: A Love Story' premiere | | Added 292 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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As many know, I have been a longtime supporter, promoter and enjoyer of all things Bennifer Redux. I rooted for them to get back together and I was beyond pleased when it all came together in 2021. In J.Lo?s mind, Ben Affleck was the one who got away. In Ben?s mind, he had a lot of regrets about how he cracked under the bright hot spotlight. They came back together when they were older and wiser. They seemed committed to not making the same mistakes as the first time around. They gave less of a fk about what people said about them. The culture changed too what was widely mocked in 2003 is celebrated in 2024. So, that?s where I was a longtime Bennifer Defender. I believed in them and I hoped that Ben wouldn?t fk it up. Guess what? Jennifer is the one fking it up.
These are photos from last night?s premiere of This Is Me? Now: A Love Story. That is the ?musical film? Jennifer produced alongside her new album of the same name. In her Variety cover story this week, Jennifer makes it clear that no one believed in this musical film, to the point where she had to self-finance to the tune of $20 million. Not only that, many of J.Lo?s longtime friends and allies were like ?girl, please don?t do this, this is absolutely bonkers and way too much.? Even Khloe Kardashian refused to take part in the musical. Ben appears in the musical, and the whole thing is about how it took her nearly 20 years to get back to him. Not only that, she did a documentary about their love!!
All of which to say, at the premiere, Ben seemed to be recreating some of the 2002-03 photos where he appeared trapped and looking for the exit ramp. Jennifer wore Zuhair Murad I don?t like this, but whatever, it?s not offensive. I really have a pit in my stomach about everything else though. I mean, maybe the reaction will be ?this is so camp, we love it.? But good lord, I wish J.Lo could just BE happily married and not have to make a musical film and a documentary about her fourth marriage.
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Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Cover Images, Michael Williams / Avalon, Hubert Boesl/DPA/Cover Images.
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| | Jennifer Lopez's Variety profile reveals a woman who has truly lost the plot | | Added 293 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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The Friday before Ayo Edebiri hosted Saturday Night Live, with Jennifer Lopez as musical guest, TMZ unearthed a 2020 podcast interview from Ayo. Ayo appeared on the Scam Goddess pod and named Jennifer?s singing career as one of her favorite ?scams.? When I covered the issue, I thought that Ayo likely spoke to J.Lo directly at SNL. Jennifer confirms that?s exactly what happened in a bonkers new Variety cover story. Jen spoke to Variety about her three new projects: the album This Is Me? Now; the musical film This Is Me? Now: A Love Story; and a documentary called The Greatest Love Story Never Told. In case you didn?t realize it, J.Lo has well and truly lost the plot. We were so worried that Ben Affleck was going to fk up this marriage, but it?s Jennifer. She?s the one going way overboard in an attempt to celebrate her love for her fourth husband. Even Jane Fonda tried to talk her out of it, as did J.Lo?s longtime producing partner. Jennifer even put $20 million of her own money into financing these disasters. Some highlights from Variety:
Bennifer 1.0: ?Our relationship crumbled under the weight of the pressure. We lost a sense of ourselves, and we needed to separate because we didn?t know how to survive it. I had to figure myself out, and he had to figure himself out.? The first time Lopez was in love with Affleck, the crush of cameras took him away from her, leading her into multiple baffling relationships. This time, Lopez is turning the tables and seems intent on sharing every shred of their love while Affleck grudgingly follows along. In the documentary, Affleck says, ?Things that are private I always felt are sacred and special because, in part, they?re private.? He then delivers an understatement: ?So this was something of an adjustment for me.?
The musical film features a Zodiac Love Council: ?Everybody thought I was crazy,? she says with a loud laugh. ?And by the way, I thought I was crazy.? Joining Jane Fonda and Trevor Noah in a partly animated musical journey through many of the songs on ?This Is Me ? Now? are Post Malone, Sofia Vergara, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Keke Palmer and a few other famous randos. They?re all on that Zodiac love council examining Lopez?s romantic foibles. There is a special appearance by guru to the stars Sadhguru, which, according to the documentary, added $200,000 to the film?s budget. Affleck plays a wizened TV commentator.
Even Khloe Kardashian wanted no part of this disaster: Khlo Kardashian was among many Hollywood types who declined to appear in the film despite Lopez?s requests. The irony that an icon from the most photographed family didn?t want to appear in her film was not lost on Lopez, who looks downcast in the documentary. ?People are scared to put themselves out there,? she says on camera. ?I get it. It took me a long time. I?m scared. But I don?t act like I?m scared ? that?s the secret to my whole fking career.?
She needs to do all of this to start the next chapter?? ?I?ve been on this journey, and I?ve been trying to figure it out,? she says about her chronic quest for enduring love. ?Now I feel like because Ben and I have rediscovered each other ? and now that we?re married ? I have something to offer. This is the defining piece of work that?s going to close that chapter so I can move on to the next part of my life.?
She thinks the iconic ?Jenny From the Block? video was a mistake. ??Jenny From the Block? should have been me back in the Bronx kind of walking around the neighborhood. That?s what that video should have been.? Lawrence, she says, convinced her to ask Affleck to be in the video. ?We were so ourselves. And we never thought that people would take offense or be angry at us for kind of living out loud and making a cool video. We were so naive?.I don?t regret it. Even though it wound up turning out ugly for us in the media, it was very defining for me in my musical trajectory. Some very beautiful, iconic images came out of that video. It?s the one thing, no matter where I go people still go, ?Hey, there?s Jenny from the block.??
On Ayo Edebiri?s scam comments: ?She was mortified and very sweet,? says Lopez about talking to Edebiri backstage afterward. ?She came to my dressing room and apologized with tears in her eyes, saying how terrible it was that she had said those things. She felt really badly and loved my performance because we had just done my soundcheck and she actually got to hear me perform. She was just like, ?I?m so fking sorry, it was so awful of me.?? Lopez shrugs. ?It?s funny. I?ve heard similar things said about me throughout my career, so it really didn?t affect me.?
[From Variety]
The Ayo story I mean, Jennifer was really making sure that everyone knows that Ayo was tearful and apologetic, which is a big choice. But I was on the side of ?Ayo should privately apologize? anyway regardless of your thoughts about J.Lo?s music career, it was a regrettable move for Ayo to trash someone famous, someone she might meet and work with some day. As Tina Fey said to Bowen Yang, ?Learn from my mistakes, learn from Ayo. Podcasts are forever. Authenticity is dangerous and expensive.? Talk about celebrities like they?re your future coworkers. Ayo learned that lesson.
As for Jennifer?s whole three-project mess these days? as Variety makes abundantly clear, absolutely no one in Jennifer?s life wanted any part of this. I think she could have gotten away with an album, for sure, and maybe spent some money making some fun music videos. But the musical film PLUS a documentary in which she?s dragging Ben around on camera? Come on. Jane Fonda was right this is way too much.
This week's Variety cover story:
Jennifer Lopez?s $20 Million Gamble: Why the Superstar Spent Her Own Money and Defied Skeptics to Tell Her Ben Affleck Love Storyhttps://t.co/f0Fr7YDYDe pic.twitter.com/wKdVz8nWdC
Variety (@Variety) February 13, 2024
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| | Jennifer Lopez's visual album 'This Is Me' Now' has a trailer & it is bonkers | | Added 319 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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For more than a year, Jennifer Lopez has been teasing her next big project, something called This Is Me? Now. This whole time, I thought it would be a studio album, with maybe a cute personal documentary attached, something which would showcase her life with Ben Affleck. Boy, was I wrong. Now, there is a studio album. And attached to that album is a FILM. Like, with some kind of plot, and acting, and characters and dialogue. At first, I was like ?is this J.Lo?s version of Lemonade?? But here?s the thing Lemonade was not a ?movie,? it was mostly a collection of music videos and cool imagery adjacent to Beyonce?s album. This Is Me?Now is something else entirely. The trailer came out yesterday and people are gagged.
?She thinks I?m her employee!? ?Being with you feels like home? but I left home for a reason.? WHAT? The cast list is bonkers too? Derek Hough AND Fat Joe? Ben Affleck AND Keke Palmer? Neil DeGrasse Tyson AND Kim Petras? The one nice thing I?ll say is that I?m looking forward to the dancing. Jennifer is a great dancer, and I?m absolutely positive that many of these ?scenes? were setups for dance breaks. Anyway, it comes out on Prime on February 16th. Mark your calendars.
The vinyl covers for This Is Me?Now.
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| | Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck actually seem perfectly solid after a quiet summer? | | Added 427 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Bennifer has been relatively quiet for months. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have been seen a few times walking arm in arm down a street, or going to dinner, or having an argument in a car but it was an incredibly quiet summer for them, and I imagine it will be a quiet fall. I?m fine with that I wish them well and I believe in them. I believe that it?s different now, that Ben has had enough of scratching his self-destructive itch, that he?s really making an effort to ensure that this marriage works. This is one of those rare situations where it feels like ?no news is good news.? Now, Page Six and other outlets are desperately trying to convince people that there?s drama behind the scenes, especially with their blended family. ?Sources? shut it down:
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are crushing co-parenting ? and they have Jennifer Lopez to thank for it. The singer has helped her husband and his ex-wife get to a ?better place,? a source told the Daily Mail Thursday.
?Ben is healthy,? the source continued. ?The drama of the past and the emotions of divorce are long gone and they are all making it work.?
In fact, Lopez herself is ?friendly? with Garner and all of their children ?love each other.?
?It is really a very happy co-parenting situation,? the source furthered.
The Grammy winner is the mother of twins Emme and Maximilian, 15, whom she shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony. Meanwhile, Affleck and Garner share Violet, 17, Seraphina, 14, and Samuel, 11.
?Everything is really good right now and should be the same in the near and distant future,? the source gushed, going on to note that the actor, 51, and Lopez, 54, have also had ?many talks? about her co-parenting relationship with Marc Anthony.
?They all have been able to figure it out,? the outlet reported. ?It is actually inspiring and nice to see.?
[From Page Six]
I actually believe this? I don?t think Garner wants him back and I think she?s happy to see him with J.Lo. Or rather, Garner got there eventually, and I would also assume that J.Lo made an effort as well. I find the blended family aspect fascinating it?s clear that Emme and Seraphina were instantly tight, just as it was clear that Ben felt comfortable with J.Lo?s twins right away. As for Marc Anthony? from what?s I?ve heard, he?s barely involved with those kids, but whatever. Anyway, this is just my update I think Ben & J.Lo are fine, despite the efforts to make them sound like their marriage is already full of drama.
Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck have heated discussion inside car after his intimate moment with Jennifer Garner https://t.co/fxsxBxc6Gb pic.twitter.com/bbZyTwvkUb
Page Six (@PageSix) October 1, 2023
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| | Ben Affleck, J.Lo & Violet Affleck attended Michael Rubin's 4th of July party | | Added 517 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Here are some photos of Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez and Violet Affleck on the Fourth of July. There?s always at least one major ?industry party? on Independence Day, and this year Michael Rubin hosted it. The dress code was ?all white,? which? eh. It feels very early-aughts, doing an all-white dress code for a summer party. I remember those Hamptons parties with all-white dress codes. Still, Bennifer was game and so was Violet.
Violet is fully her mother?s daughter I always do a double-take whenever I see photos of her, because it inevitably looks like Jennifer Garner and J.Lo are hanging out. I wonder if J.Lo does the same double-take. Violet not only paired her white dress with pigtails, she also wore a mask at the party. She?s 17 years old and she?s still like ?actually, I don?t want to catch anything.? The only other Hollywood type I?ve seen wearing masks still, to this day, is Leo DiCaprio (and I mostly think that?s about the paparazzi).
Speaking of Leo, Ben and J.Lo are both Leos, with Jennifer?s birthday coming up on July 24th and Ben?s birthday coming up on August 15. Will they do another birthday trip in Europe? Will they get a yacht? I hope so. There are also persistent rumors that Ben and Jen will do a vow renewal this summer for their one-year anniversary. I hope not I hope they just go on a big birthday/anniversary trip.
Here?s one of Michael Rubin?s IGs about his party, and you can see a great photo of the Affleck-Lopez fam. Beyonce was there!! So were Kim Kardashian, Tom Brady, Kim Kardashian and dozens of A-listers.
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| | Jennifer Lopez: 'The teenage years are tough. They start challenging you' | | Added 566 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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This story came out last week but I just saw it, so I apologize for my tardiness. Jennifer Lopez appeared on Live with Kelly and Mark to discuss her large, blended family. Although Jen and husband Ben Affleck are enjoying a big, happy family vibe, the fact is, when they united their two fronts, they ended up with a whole house full of teenagers. Of all of the things you want doubled when you merge households, teens are likely not your first choice. Jen told Kelly and Mark that it was kind of a shock to go from babies, who tend to listen to their parents, to these pre-teens and teens who ?start challenging you.? I imagine if you multiple that by five, yeah, that would be tough.
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have their hands full.
During a new guest appearance on Live With Kelly and Mark, the ?Let?s Get Loud? singer opened up about her and her husband?s blended family. Between them, the couple share five children in total, four of whom are teenagers.
?That?s almost five teenagers. The youngest is 11, so he?s not quite [a teen], but preteen,? Lopez told hosts Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos. ?He?s an angel.?
She added, ?The teenage years are tough. They start challenging you and everything. You have this baby for a while and then it?s like your best little friend who loves being with you all the time, and all of a sudden they?re like, ?Get out of my room.??
Consuelos?who shares three children with Ripa?offered a few words of comfort to the multi-hyphenate: ?But, you know they come back when they?re in their 20s.?
?Twenties?!? Lopez replied. ?Jesus Christ! I?m so depressed.?
?It?s crazy, I feel like I had them yesterday. They were just babies a little while ago,? Lopez continued. ?It?s the time when they are individuating and they are challenging everything you say and everything you do and everything you are. And that?s what it is. And you have to kind of just ride the waves. I feel like it?s like surfing. I?m just riding the waves?whoops, just got knocked over. Now, I?m back! I?m back!?
She also described the struggles of being a mother of teenagers.
?I think it?s particularly hard on moms a little bit. Because they always kind of love Dad,? she said. ?They are always kind of like, ?Dad?s the best.? And I was like that with my dad too. My mom told me?and I?ll say it to you right now on TV in front of everybody?I understand you so much more now.?
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Jen and Ben?s problem is numbers. Once they got five, it became mob rule. I?m kidding. Five teens sounds overwhelming to me and so far, teenagerdom is my favorite phase. Maybe because mine challenged me from the start, the little brats. No! Again, I?m kidding kind of. I don?t know how to communicate with younger kids. I tend to approach things through discussion and four-year-olds don?t really have many counter arguments I can relate to. So once my kids brought their own viewpoints into the picture, our relationship took on a larger dimension. It?s just different for everyone, I think. But again, I have two and there are two adults. We?re not outnumbered.
I love Jen likening raising kids to surfing and getting knocked over by the waves of challenges. It?s an apt description. I also
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| | Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck kissed at 'The Mother' premiere in LA | | Added 571 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I?ll just put this out there at the top: I?m not worried about Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck?s marriage, actually. I think, as a couple, they?re fine. He adores her, she worships him. They?re two 50-something divorcees who know how much give and take there is in a marriage and what they need to do to look after each other. Now, I am slightly concerned about some other things! I?m concerned that J.Lo?s glam squad is dysfunctional and I?m concerned that Ben is going to lose his mind on a paparazzo at some point.
These are photos from last night?s LA premiere of The Mother, J.Lo?s new Netflix film. She was in New York most of last week doing promotion for this movie and she was moving around solo, with no Ben (he stayed in LA). I?m glad that Ben came out to her premiere, because I think that means a lot to her, that Ben will come out to her events too. Now, most of the photos of Ben from the red carpet are just of him trying to kiss Jennifer or talk to her he wasn?t very interested in posing. Still, I?m not ?worried? about them.
Fashion notes: Jennifer wore a custom Brunello Cucinelli ensemble. Her body is crazy but I do feel like we?ve seen too much of her abs lately. Like? it?s fine to just wear a simple blouse, J.Lo! If I had her abs, I would probably show them off as well.
Meanwhile, this Bennifer video has been going viral they were out grabbing coffee or shopping in LA this week and Ben was very annoyed at the paparazzi trailing them. The car-door slam was, in my opinion, not about J.Lo, it was about the paps.
That man look STRESSED pic.twitter.com/LvSKAjjosn
Lance (@Bornakang) May 10, 2023
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| | Jennifer Lopez wore Ralph Lauren to the 2023 Met Gala: tragic or hot? | | Added 581 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Jennifer Lopez attended this year?s Met Gala, and I don?t think Ben went with her? One year, Ben did go to the gala but J.Lo walked the carpet solo, but it doesn?t appear that they did the same thing this year. J.Lo wore this Ralph Lauren look and? no. It fell flat. I mean, her body looks amazing and I like the idea of the design more than the execution.
Dua Lipa was one of the co-chairs of this year?s Met Gala, which basically means that Anna Wintour likely had to approve of Dua?s look. Dua chose a vintage 1992 Chanel (bridal) gown and paired it with giant diamonds from Tiffany & Co. The look was, overall, not really a serve. I mean, it?s vintage Chanel, it?s fine, but the effect was very? prairie/prom/bridal and I?m not sure that was what she wanted.
Roger Federer and his wife Mirka Roger was one of the co-chairs of this year?s gala, and he?s good friends with Anna Wintour (she adores him). I hoped that he would wear something crazy, but he just pulled out a nice tuxedo. Mirka is killing it though, I love her Valentino dress.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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