![]() She became a Hollywood megastar by playing a real-life Latina who never got her crossover moment: Selena. Lopez’s celebrity was always invitingly meta, mixing real life and show business. And that’s precisely why this crowd-pleasing tabloid romance - of old lovers reunited - feels oddly uncanny yet on brand. In the era between, say, Cher and Kim Kardashian, Lopez was the most consistent headline-grabbing, content-creating star. But it’s also a reminder of why Lopez’s iconic green dress in 2000 took over the nascent internet to the point that it compelled Google to create the popular Google Images search function. The fascination with Bennifer’s social media rebirth is, on the one hand, part of the aughts nostalgia that had people yearning for an Aniston–Pitt reunion earlier this year. They both moved on and have enjoyed plenty of career - and relationship - highs and lows since. She and Affleck dated for less than two years after the video, breaking up after some movie flops and cheating rumors in 2004. Watching the “Jenny From the Block” video now, it’s striking how even back then Lopez managed to turn the celebrity gossip swirling around her into her own irresistible content. “I’m in control and loving it,” she sang, “rumors got me laughing, kid.” The scenes of her body being worshipped on her terms were, like the bop itself, a reclamation of her image at the time. Her first major film was Gregory Nava's My Family (1995), and her career went into overdrive when she portrayed late Tejana singer Selena in Selena (1997).In both the original music video and the new images, Lopez lies down in a bikini while Affleck lovingly pets and kisses her much-mythologized backside. After a two-year stay at In Living Color (1990) where actress Rosie Perez served as choreographer, Lopez then went on to dance for famed singer-actress Janet Jackson. Her big break came when she was offered a job as a fly girl on Fox's hit comedy In Living Color (1990). During this time, she continued dance classes at night. After high school, she briefly worked in a law office and took dance classes at night. At 18, Jennifer moved out of her parents' home. She spent most of her upbringing in a two-story house in the Castle Hill neighborhood. ![]() At school, Jennifer was an amazing athlete and participated in track and field and tennis. Aside from being a budding entertainer, Jennifer was also a Catholic schoolgirl, attending eight years at a Catholic elementary school named Holy Family, located in The Bronx, before graduating from all-girls prep school Preston High School after a four-year stay. At 5, Jennifer began taking singing and dancing lessons. Her biggest influence was the Rita Moreno musical, West Side Story (1961). Although she loved music, the film industry also intrigued her. As a child, she enjoyed a variety of musical genres, mainly Afro-Caribbean rhythms like salsa, merengue, and bachata, and mainstream music like pop, hip-hop, and R&B. Jennifer always dreamed of being a multi-tasking superstar. Their daughters would have a stable, middle-class upbringing. The two Puerto Ricans were brought to the continental United States during their childhoods and eventually met while living in New York City. ![]() Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born on Jin The Bronx, New York City, New York to teacher Lupe López and computer specialist David López.
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