More recently, the sound stage complex housed the long running TV sitcoms Seinfeld and That ’70s Show, among many others. And now it’s home to JLo who is determined to revive her film career with the romantic comedy The Back-Up Plan, which she’s currently filming here.

The Back-Up Plan teaser poster.In the Alan Poul-directed movie set to open early next year, Lopez plays Zoe, a freethinking Manhattan woman who decides to go it alone as a single parent. She’s conceiving twins through artificial insemination when she meets whom she believes might be Mister Right (Alex O’Loughlin), even if he has some reservations.

That story’s not much of a leap for Lopez. She’s the devoted wife of Marc Anthony, her Mister Right, and the caring mother to fraternal twins Max and Emme, born to her on Feb. 22, 2008.

Lopez agrees it was easy to identify with the screenplay. Still, the 39-year-old had misgivings about returning to the grind after tending to her real-life babies, which accompany her to most of The Back-Up Plan locations around the city.

Looking vivacious, the slimmed down JLo – she dropped 50 pounds of baby weight – seems confident and in charge when she takes an afternoon break from shooting an apartment confrontation scene to discuss her return to the big screen.

“I don’t think it is any big secret that I love romantic comedies,”
says Lopez who is joined for the chat by her co-star O’Loughlin.
“I chose this specific movie because I thought it was funny and romantic and it had a little bit of a naughty edge to it.”

Not surprisingly, she also had cast approval and lots to say in selecting co-star O’Loughlin, the Australian actor best known for his detective role in The Shield and private investigator and vampire in the now cancelled Moonlight series.

Her assessment? She says she decided he had lots of charm, but more critically O’Loughlin had the strength of character to stand up to the strong-willed Lopez on screen.

As it was, she knew she would be a force in the part.

“Having been pregnant and having my own kids I responded right away to my character,” she admits. “But then I hadn’t been on a set for 26 months.”

So she had to take it slow and easy those for the first few weeks on The Back-Up Plan. “It was nerve-racking,” confesses Lopez smiling. “I thought maybe I would forget how to do it right.”

“But she didn’t,” assures O’Loughlin, who says he’s been impressed with her commitment to detail in general and her comedic timing specifically.

Shrugging off the compliment, Lopez says she’s accustomed to being under-estimated whether it’s on a sound stage or in a recording studio.

Over-exposed by public displays of exaggeration? She became accustomed to that as well.
For nearly a decade, the singer and actress unintentionally provided gossipy fodder for sensationalists around the world.

Almost everybody knows the turmoil she’s experienced, whether the incidents were overblown or not. There were her failed marriages, the Sean Combs nightlife clubbing phase, and the wild and wacky ‘Bennifer’ engagement to Ben Affleck that became infamously disengaged.

So that’s her baggage real or imagined. And O’Loughlin’s asked the obvious because of it.

What’s it like acting opposite somebody so famous?

As he tries to explain himself, Lopez’s goading him to come clean with what he really thinks.
“Believe it or not I didn’t have any pre-conceived ideas,” he says. “She’s smoking hot and super famous.”
“And for someone as iconic as you are,” adds O’Loughlin, pausing as he looks at Lopez who interrupts him with

“I want to hear the second part of that sentence.”

“OK, I think of you as a grounded person who’s got all of her stuff down at work,” he says, looking relieved he’s finished without more good-natured taunting by Lopez.

Maybe it’s the dancer in her, but she’s always been prepared. Born in the South Bronx to Puerto Rican parents, Lopez’s dance gigs and classes consumed her early performing years, which led to a regular spot as a Fly Girl dancer on the comedy show In Living Color.

She was more ambitious than that, however, talking her way into bit parts on shows South Central, Second Chances and Hotel Malibu in the early 1990s. She graduated to film, co-starring in Gregory Nava’s My Family in 1995, although she made more of an impression that same year playing opposite Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson in Money Train.

The next year she impressed the film industry even more by winning the supporting role in Francis Ford Coppola’s comedy-drama Jack with Robin Williams. She was applauded for holding her own against Jack Nicholson in the thriller Blood and Wine.

But it wasn’t until Selena in 1997 that Lopez shined portraying the real life Tejano pop singer tragically murdered just as her career was blossoming. She followed through with the promise of great things to come, headlining with George Clooney in the quirky 1998 crime flick Out of Sight. Then there was the Lopez alter ego JLo, who could sing and dance and sell products but seemed to select movies that didn’t challenge.

The Wedding Planner did decent business at the box office, which was fine. Angel Eyes and Enough disappeared without impact.

And while Maid in Manhattan got Lopez back on track as a bankable movie star, it didn’t save her from her future.

Source: Canada.com

First of all, I myself am a huge fan of Michael’s music and this is my way to pay respect to him. Secondly, Michael Jackson was also a huge influence to Jennifer. I took a quote from an interview Jennifer had with TIME magazine back in 2007.

Any other big music influences in your life?

“I love a good lyricist—always have. The thing that inspired me most was the different performers, like Tina Turner, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Madonna, even Janet Jackson. I always loved the idea of mixing music and dance.”

Rest in peace Micheal, you will be missed! My thoughts are with his family.

This is by far my favorite look of Jennifer from the last few months, she looks so fresh and sexy! Hopefully we will get to see a full shot of her walking but judging from the video the paparazzi didn’t have time to capture her standing.

( Proceed ) x.007 – Leaving Cecconi’s in West Hollywood (June 23) 2009
Pictures: GossipGirls, video per HollywoodTV, Splash

Jennifer wearing Sweetface.Jennifer Lopez is pulling the plug on her contemporary sportswear brand, Sweetface, after six years in business. The last collection, spring 2009, is in stores now, but there will be no further shipments

“In light of some new company strategies, we have decided to put the Sweetface line on hiatus while we prepare to reintroduce the brand in the near future with new messaging points and an entirely new fashion point of view,”

the company said Tuesday.

How and when that relaunch will take place was not revealed. With the shuttering of Sweetface, the only apparel-related businesses remaining in the U.S. for Lopez are her JLO by Jennifer Lopez branded costume jewelry, which Macy’s continues to carry, and the Victoria’s Secret catalogue carries the brand’s shoe collection. Each of those are produced under licensing agreements. The company also continues to do well with fragrances; there have been six scents launched with Coty Inc. to date, and a seventh called ‘My Glow‘ is due to be introduced later this year.

The shuttering of Sweetface follows several years of struggle for all of Lopez’s apparel labels — and is in sharp contrast to the hype generated by her launch of the JLO brand in 2001 as one of the first celebrity fashion lines. Lopez heavily promoted the collection and even held fashion shows during New York Fashion Week in a bid to establish herself as a serious designer.

There are 38 J.Lo shops worldwide.But while the collections sold well initially, they ran out of steam and have been rejiggered repeatedly over the last several years. In 2007, the company closed its JLO by Jennifer Lopez junior business in the U.S. and decided to only distribute the collection outside America. That business was replaced by a new line for the U.S. called justsweet, which closed in September after only a few seasons at retail. Company executives had planned to relaunch the JLO brand in the U.S. exclusively on ShopJLO.com in March, but that has yet to transpire.

As for Sweetface, it first launched as an urban streetwear spin-off to the JLO line in 2003 and soon after became a higher-end contemporary line selling to specialty retailers including Shopbop.com and Intermix. In 2006, the company was said to be bringing in about $200 million at retail, but things headed south soon after that.

Now Lopez — who was rarely seen wearing her own label — is banking that her fashion fame is higher overseas than in the U.S. Sweetface Fashion Co., the parent for Lopez’s stable of brands, still produces and distributes the JLO by Jennifer Lopez brand throughout 40 countries, where there are currently 38 freestanding stores operated under franchise.

The Glow collection started with Glow and was followed by Miami Glow, Love at First Glow, Glow After Dark, Glow Shimmer and Sunkissed Glow.

The fragrance was developed while Jennifer was pregnant with her twins and inspires the relationship a mother has with her child.

“Every baby is an angel.”

said Jennifer Lopez. Which clearly transpires to the capsule of the flacon which has an angel on it. The bottle is the first out of the Glow collection that has a different shape than usual, the flacon also has a more classic look.

The ad campaign was shot in September last year by legendary photographer Carter Smith, who also shot her last editorial for ELLE magazine.

The Fragrance:
Top notes: Lavender flower, water lily, freesia
Mid notes: White rose, wet leaves, peony, casablanca lily
Base notes: Skin musk, milky sandalwood, precious woods and heliotrope

Available editions:
Eau de Toilette Spray (50 ml) $49.50
Eau de Toilette Spray (100 ml) $59.50
Tender Body Lotion (200 ml) $29.50

‘My Glow’ will be available in October 2009 at department stores across the country. No word yet if Coty Inc. has plans to also release the fragrance internationally.

( Proceed ) x.003 – ‘My Glow’ by Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer’s dad David was also with them. Marc and David are both Mets fans so I assume that it’s probably Jennifer Father’s Day gift to both of them! Updated +55 HQs.

Tomorrow, Jennifer Lopez will be back working on her new album(s) with producer Hit-Boy. They’ll have a studio session on Monday and Tuesday. Hit-Boy also produced ‘Forever’ on the album “Brave,” you can keep updated on what’s happening with him via his Twitter.

( Proceed ) x.066 – At a match between NY Mets and Tampa Bay Rays (June 21) 2009
Pictures: Reuters & AP

( Proceed ) x.013 – Filming in Pasadena, California at night (June 19) 2009
Pictures: Celebrity-Gossip and FYB

The video includes home footage of Emme and Max and of Jennifer visiting the Children’s Hospital of LA. We also get to hear a clip of a very personal song she penned for the twins. Must see!

“It would be great to get Jennifer Lopez. She’d be brilliant. Everyone thinks she’s a diva with white sofas. I reckon she’s pretty tough underneath,”

Grylls told USA TODAY’s Donna Freydkin during a rare New York appearance at a party in his honor Thursday night.

Watch the episode with Will Ferrell on YouTube.
More celebrity episodes are in the works.

“We’ll do other specials with other actors. We’re going to try and do three or so a year,”

said Grylls. And Grylls hopes all of them go as well as the one with Ferrell.

“Will was great. He knew nothing. He came and trusted me. Same way if I went to L.A. with him, I’d kind of have to be in his pocket,”

Source: USA Today

Jennifer, if you’re reading this, I totally say go for it! Yeah, I do watch Discovery from time to time and always thought that this program is very enjoyable to watch. I definitely agree that Jennifer would be able to endure this. So let’s do this, Jen!