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| | Jennifer Lopez wore a 'spiderweb' Valdrin Sahiti to her big Sundance premiere | | Added 32 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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The Sundance Film Festival began last week, and Jennifer Lopez came to Park City, Utah to promote her latest film. Last year, she filmed Bill Condon?s Kiss of the Spider Woman on-and-off for months this was what she was working on when her marriage to Ben Affleck fell apart. I never would have thought that J.Lo would end up at Sundance, but here we are. She didn?t feel the need to dial down the glamour either while she was bundled up like she was on a ski holiday for much of her time at Sundance, she ended up wearing some slinky couture for the premiere. She wore a ?spiderweb? dress by Valdrin Sahiti and she looked great tiny, but great. She?s lost weight, hasn?t she? J.Lo told reporters that she feels like this was the role she was born to play:
Jennifer Lopez is braving the Sundance snow to tease her buzzy new project ? which, as she noted, is her very first movie musical.
At the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Sunday, Jan. 26, the actress-singer, 55, discussed her upcoming project Kiss of the Spider Woman alongside director Bill Condon and costar Tonatiuh as part of the Los Angeles Times Talks series, presented by Chase Sapphire Reserve.
I never felt in my life that I was born to play a part ever. And I really felt that with this, Lopez said of her character, screen star Ingrid Luna. Love is just love and people are just people. And for me, that resonated very deeply because of my own life and my own children. And so I really took to it so immediately and was so excited.
A reimagining of the 1993 Tony Award-winning musical and 1985 movie of the same name, Kiss of the Spider Woman stars Diego Luna as Valentin Arregui, a political prisoner during Argentinas civil war in the 1980s. Incarcerated alongside him is Luis Molina, portrayed by Tonatiuh, 30.
Getting to sing the songs from musical creators John Kander and Fred Ebb ? and with Chicago and Dreamgirls director Condon, 69 ? was a dream come true, said Lopez, who is also among the films producers.
I did [Selena Quintanilla-Prez biopic] Selena years ago, but it was not my voice, she noted. They wanted to use her voice. I did dance a little, but there wasnt much choreography. So this was my first musical.
[From People]
The fact that Bill Condon is the director and he reimagined the musical makes me think that this will end up being really good. I?ve seen some Sundance reviews and they?re saying the same thing, that this is a very interesting adaptation and Jennifer is great in it. Additionally because we?re talking about Jennifer Lopez she appeared at a pop-up party and performed a couple of songs, just for the hell of it. A new J.Lo era!!
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
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| | Kelly Ripa says she gained 12 pounds when she quit drinking for Dry January | | Added 32 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Alright, where are my fellow Dry January participants? How?s everybody doing now that we?re in the home stretch? I?ve done Dry January every year since 2020 and despite all of the real world sh-t that?s bombarded this last week, this has been my easiest year yet.
Every year, we hear about celebrities who are doing Dry January. Last year, we got play-by-play updates from Amy Robach and TJ Holmes. Tom Holland and Bella Hadid are both on record as Dry January success stories. Now, we can add Kelly Ripa to the list! Last week, Andy Cohen was a guest host on an episode of Live with Kelly and Mark. When Andy talked about how he?s doing Dry January again this year, but hasn?t lost any of the weight that he usually loses, Kelly shared that although she doesn?t drink anymore, the year that she did do Dry January, she ended up gaining 12 pounds!
During the Wednesday, Jan. 22 episode of Live with Kelly and Mark, Ripa was joined by Andy Cohen as a stand-in co-host while her husband. Mark Consuelos, is filming a new project. During the opening segment, Cohen, 56, revealed he?s currently participating in ?Dry January? and not drinking for the month.
However, as Cohen detailed his experience, he remarked that ?usually a little weight loss comes my way after, but this year, its not really happening yet.?
?I told you when I quit drinking, I expected there to be this windfall of weight loss because everybodys like, ?Well, you are going to get too skinny, and you cant afford to lose it,? ? Ripa, 54, said before revealing the opposite occurred. ?I gained 12 pounds [and said], ?I dont understand this magical weight loss that people apply.??
?I think I just took to eating the sugars,? she continued. ?Because apparently, alcohol is like a lot of sugar, which you dont really realize when it goes in it tastes kind of bitter.?
Ripa revealed in January 2020 during an episode of Live with Kelly and Ryan that she eliminated alcohol from her diet in 2017. The following month, she told PEOPLE that she and her friends decided to try a sober month, and once she completed it she realized she ?felt great? and ?liked the way [she] felt.?
?It wasn?t even really a thought process. It felt great, I felt like I looked great, I felt like I didn?t feel hungover. Not that I was a heavy drinker ? I wasn?t someone who got drunk ? but even like two glasses of wine at a girl?s night out dinner; I would feel it the next morning,? she said.
?I just didn?t really feel the need or desire to go back to it,? she continued. ?It wasn?t really a choice or a thought, it was just, ?Yeah, I guess I don?t drink anymore.? ?
At the time, Ripa said quitting smoking in the early 90s was something that she ?really had to think about,? noting that quitting drinking ?was very easy? and she ?didn?t really think about it at all.?
?I?m not comparing cigarettes to alcohol, but for me it was just like, I don?t do that anymore, Ripa added. I felt better so I just stopped.?
[From People]
Replacing alcohol with sugar and extra food in general is absolutely a real thing. I remember a friend from college telling me once that they kept either gummy bears or Swedish Fish on hand to keep the cravings down when they were trying to give up alcohol. That?s crazy that she put on 12 pounds though! For Kelly, giving up alcohol was probably easier than giving up smoking because she had that sugar substitute. The nicotine patch was only available by prescription from 1992 to 1996 until it was made available over-the-counter. I?m happy for her that she?s living her best sober life. That?s awesome.
I?m in Andy?s camp this year. My first year, I lost 16 pounds and in subsequent years, ?only? lost around five. Honestly, this is my first Dry January in which I haven?t lost any weight, but my kids have been home from school for this entire month (they?re in year-round school) and I?ve definitely had more than my fair share of Crumbl Cookies and Peanut M&Ms over the past four weeks, lol. Ha, gee, I wonder if that could have anything to do with it?
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