Jennifer LopezJennifer Lynn López (born July 24, 1969) is a well-known American actress, Latin Pop singer, fashion designer, and dancer. She is married to singer Marc Anthony. She is also commonly known as J-Lo or J.Lo. Early YearsLopez as a childLopez was born in the Bronx, New York to Puerto Rican parents Guadalupe Rodriguez and David Lopez. She has two sisters, Lynda and Leslie. Though Lopez's parents were born in the same Puerto Rican town, they did not meet until they both had moved to Castle Hill. They were strict with their girls and instilled a strong work ethic in them — no one in the family was allowed to miss a day of school, work, or church (the family was devoutly Roman Catholic). "Our parents had a strong work ethic — there wasn't really any other way," Lynda Lopez told Rolling Stone. Lopez's parents also stressed assimilation — the need to speak English, to fit into the mainstream, to succeed. Because her parents were strict, Lopez spent much of what she called "the boyfriend years" in Rolling Stone sneaking around to meet up with first-love David Cruz, whom she remained with from the time she was 16 until she was 25."I was always climbing out windows, jumping off roofs, and he was sneaking up," she said. "It was crazy." She spent her entire academic career in Catholic school, and admits she still prays regularly. She was a driven student and natural athlete in gymnastics, softball, and tennis. She went out for the track team, though she had no experience. Her father feared that, new to the sport, she would be outclassed, but Lopez rose to the challenge and ended up competing nationally. "Basically, anything she wants to do, she'll be as successful as you can at it," sister Lynda Lopez told Rolling Stone. "That's the kind of person she is." She met the famous Jorge "Chicken Wings" Lopez from Jersey City. Jennifer Lopez financed singing and dancing lessons from the age of 16. After she dropped out of high school, Lopez pursued her talent for dance. She split her time between her job at a law office, taking dance classes, and dancing in Manhattan clubs at night. Though she did not, and still does not, drink alcohol, her parents disapproved of her working nights so far from home and feared she was associating with a potentially dangerous crowd. She moved out of the house in protest of her controlling parents and was able to shack up with her dance teacher and literally lived on the floor of the dance studio for many years until she could pay rent with occasional work as a dancer. After month's and month's of auditioning for dance gig's, she got her first spot and started out in television as a video girl for rap artist MC Hammer, also a guest spot on the American Music Awards, and was then introduced to the world as a "fly girl" dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color in 1990 only after being rejected twice. She then left the show after the second season due to confliction between she and another dancer. Lopez's stability during that time parlayed into the earliest successes of her career. She got her big break playing a small role in a short-lived television program South Central. She later starred shortly in Second Chances and Hotel Malibu. She got more television acting parts in the made-for-TV movie Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7. She danced for Janet Jackson on tour and in Jackson's video for the popular song "That's the Way Loves Goes" in 1995. Lopez broke onto the big screen in 1995, in the drama My Family/Mi Familia and opposite Wesley Snipes in the action film Money Train. She appeared in Francis Ford Coppola's 1996 comedy Jack, and the 1997 thriller Blood and Wine. After a nationwide search of tens of thousands of women, Jennifer was chosen to play the lead role in the film Selena. In 1998, the Golden Globes organization nominated her for the "Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy" for her role in Selena. Music1st Album "On The 6"Lopez's debut album, On the 6, a reference to the subway line she used to take growing up in Castle Hill, was released on June 1, 1999 and reached the top ten of the Billboard 200. The album featured the multi-week #1 lead single, "If You Had My Love", as well as the top ten hit "Waiting for Tonight". It also contained the Spanish language, Latin-flavored duet "No me Ames" with Marc Anthony, which was an international DAN hit, though the song was never released as a single in the US. Despite this, the video received moderate airplay on the US music channels VH1 and The Box as a novelty. The album also spawned another international hit in "Feelin' So Good", a hip-hop track which contained guest raps by Big Pun and Fat Joe; it failed to make the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100. "Let's Get Loud" was also released as a single, and became a minor dance hit. Her sophomore effort, J. Lo, was released in January 2001 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. The lead single, "Love Don't Cost a Thing" was her first UK number one single, and, along with its follow-up, "Play" (which was written by rising teen star, Christina Milian) it became a top five hit during the year the album was released. The album's next two singles, "I'm Real" and "Ain't it Funny", ended up becoming her biggest ever hits, with both spending several weeks at #1. However, to capitalize on this, Lopez asked Murder Inc. to remix both songs, completely changing the lyrics and melodies and adding raps from Ja Rule in both songs, and from Caddillac Tah to "Ain't it Funny (Remix)". The "I'm Real" and "Ain't It Funny" remixes were two of the biggest pop and rap hits in late 2001 and early 2002, respectively, and their more hip-hop sound gave J. Lo street credibility and brought her music to a whole new group of fans. She re-released the CD on her 32nd birthday, July 24, 2001, including Ja Rule's remixed version of "I'm Real". The remix of "I'm Real" sparked controversy when it contained a sample originally used for Mariah Carey's single 'Loverboy'. Rumors suggest this was Tommy Motolla's doing, Carey's ex-husband. Following the successes of the remix, Lopez decided to devote an entire album to the effort; the result, J to tha L-O: The Remixes, appeared on February 5, 2002. This album, too, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, marking the first remix album in history to debut (or even reach) #1 on the chart. This time around, she got 50 Cent and Nas to write rhymes for two remixes of her next single, "I'm Gonna Be Alright", which ended up becoming another top ten hit. The album also included rarer dance and hip-hop remixes of her past singles, and a new song, a ballad called "Alive", which was included in Lopez's movie Enough. On November 26, 2002, Lopez released her fourth studio album, This Is Me... Then, which reached #2 on the Billboard 200 and spawned two very popular singles; the top 5 "Jenny from the Block", (sampling the track from the song "Watch Out Now" by the Beatnuts, and including raps from Jadakiss and Styles P and the multi-week #1 "All I Have" duet with LL Cool J. Another single, "I'm Glad", was also released, but only managed to go top forty, a rather low result considering Lopez's usual chart success. Another song from the album was a cover of Carly Simon's "You Belong to Me." In 2004, Lopez once again participated in duets with Marc Anthony, this time on his albums Amar Sin Mentiras and Valio La Pena. 5th Album "Rebirth"After a considerable amount of time away from the music scene, Lopez finally released her fifth studio album, Rebirth, on March 1, 2005. Debuting at #2 on the Billboard 200 to initially decent sales success, the album quickly fell off the charts and remains to be Lopez's biggest commercial (not to mention critical) failure/flop yet. Despite this, the album has so-far spawned one hit in "Get Right", which reached the top twenty; however, it was greatly shunned by critics as an almost complete rip-off of Usher's unreleased song Ride. Even so, "Get Right" was a huge hit in the UK, becoming her second #1 single there. The second single, "Hold You Down," which featured Fat Joe, only barely made it into the top 75 in the US, peaking at #64 but the track managed a peak of #6 in the UK. In late 2006, Jennifer Lopez is to release her 6th studio album and first Spanish Album titled "Como Ama Una Mujer", and in the Fall she is to release her sixth studio album, an English album. FashionLopez owns a clothing line called "JLO by Jennifer Lopez", whose brand has been licensed for a term by Warnaco Group [1]. Her line is the most successful of any artists' in history and includes many different types of clothing for young women, including jeans, tees, coats, belts, purses, sexy lingere and many other products. Furthermore, she is planning to launch a jewelry line, hats, gloves and a scarves line. She also has a perfume line out called "Glow", and she was in question before, because the name came from another patented perfume. In October 2003, Lopez introduced a perfume called "Still". During November of the same year, she launched a new clothing line called "Sweetface". Lopez's frequent use of fur in her clothing lines and personal wardrobe has brought the scorn of people concerned with animal rights. More than one hundred protestors from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals held a demonstration at the Los Angeles premiere of Monster-in-Law. For her part, Lopez told a radio DJ she was open to being educated on the topic-and the DJ promptly told her animals are routinely skinned alive to make trendy furs. That has not discouraged her in the least bit from wearing and marketing clothing made from fur She has also done a photoshoot to represent the Louis Vuitton Winter 2003 campaign, in which the pictures would be seen all over the world through TV commercials, billboards, ads, newspapers, magazines and more. Other merchandise includes a clothing and cologne line for men due for release sometime in 2006. J.Lo has now said that she is going to start producing clothes for pets dogs, most of the customers will most likely be members of hollywood and their furry little friends. J.Lo Inc.Lopez owns a production company, Nuyorican Productions, in which she is expected to produce some of her upcoming movies. Some of the projects for the company include Carmen, Dirty Girls Social Club (featuring Jeffrey Wilkinson as Dirty Girl # 4) and The Hector Lavoe Project. This company was founded together with her former manager, Benny Medina, whom she filed a lawsuit against because of alleged fraud in July 2003. Currently, the company produces the television series South Beach for UPN. The company produced the commercially-successful movies The Cell, The Wedding Planner and Maid in Manhattan. These three movies put together made more than $350 million at the box office worldwide. RelationshipsLopez is notorious for her multiple relationships. Her first marriage, to waiter Ojani Noa, occured on February 22, 1997. He was later named the manager of Lopez's restaurant, Madre's. They divorced in January 1998. Her second marriage was to Chris Judd, her former backup dancer. She met Judd while filming the music video for her single "Love Don't Cost A Thing". The two were married on September 29, 2001 at a home in a Los Angeles suburb officiated by attorney Barry Hirsch. The marriage also ended in divorce in January 2003. From 1999 to 2001, she dated singer and producer Puff Daddy [real name: Sean Combs], breaking up after a shooting incident in a New York night club. Both were arrested in connection with a nightclub shooting in December 1999. Police found them with a stolen gun. The charges against Lopez were dropped, but the charges against Combs stayed. He was eventually tried and acquitted. Their breakup was announced on February 14, 2001. Lopez became engaged to Ben Affleck and confirmed this in October 2002, after Affleck gave her a reported $3.5 million ring. But the marriage planned for September 14, 2003 in Santa Barbara, California was called off a few days before the event. She had stated in interviews during her engagement to Affleck that, once married, she would go by the name Jennifer Affleck both privately and professionally. This never came to be as she and Affleck broke off their engagement and split for good in January 2004. Lopez married singer Marc Anthony in a secret wedding on June 5, 2004, less than a week after his divorce was finalized from former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres. All the guests were invited to a "afternoon party", and they were never told that they were going to a wedding. Years before they married (or even became a couple), she and Marc Anthony sang a song together called "No Me Ames" which appeared on her album "On the 6." Almost immediately after the wedding, rumors began swirling that the wedding was of the "shotgun" variety and that Lopez was pregnant. Claiming to be a devoted Roman Catholic, Lopez has said in the past that she would never have a baby without being married. Complicating the situation is Anthony's refusal to confirm his marriage to Lopez and the fact that his divorce took place in the Dominican Republic less than a week before his reported marriage to Lopez, making it potentially invalid in the United States. The couple has since confirmed their marriage, although Lopez refuses to elaborate publicly on her marriage to Anthony. Lopez has become a stepmother to Anthony's two sons, Cristian and Ryan, with Torres and also to his daughter, Arianna, from a previous relationship. Arianna starred in Lopez's music video for "Get Right". Her BehindLopez's buttocks, which are commonly described as attractively large and shapely, have frequently been the subject of comment and parody. The size of her backside was actually one of the components in helping her win the title role in the 1997 film Selena about real-life Texan singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, who also was noted for having a shapely posterior. She won the title of Best Female Body in the U.K. magazine Celebrity Bodies poll in 2001; and also First Place in FHM magazine's 2000 and 2001 polls of Sexiest Women, with all of the polls citing her shapely rear as a reason. In a skit at the MTV Video Music Awards, Triumph, the Comic Insult Dog begged Lopez to let him sniff her rear end, claiming that it was the equivalent of scaling Mount Everest for a dog. On a Hollywood television gossip show in 2004, an interviewer asked her, "How do you feel about your butt?" She answered "I can't believe you're asking me a question like that." Accomplishments"The Wedding Planner" DVD Cover
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Upcoming Films:. Nevertheless, today a rock which deviates from a straight line is said to curl. 2006. One possible derivation is that it came from the old verb "curr" which describes a low rumble, a sound that is strongly associated with the game (curling is often called the roaring game). 2005. It was first used in print in 1630 in Perth, Scotland. 2004. The origins of the word "curling" are not known. 2003. In the early history of curling, the rocks were simply flat-bottomed river stones which were sometimes notched or shaped; the thrower had little control over the rock, and relied more on luck than skill to win. 2002. Curling probably does not take its name from the motion of the stones. 2001. Curling is the provincial sport of Saskatchewan, home of one of the most famous curlers, the late Sandra Schmirler, who led her team to what was believed, until 2006, to be the first ever gold medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics. 2000. However there are many young teams who turn heads, and junior curling is quite popular, with national finals being televised nationwide in Canada. 1999. Because accuracy, strategy, skill, and experience are more valuable in curling than traditional sports virtues of speed, stamina, and strength, most competitive curlers are older than their counterparts in other sports. 1998. Curling survives as a people's sport, making its Winter Olympic Games debut in 1998 with men's and women's tournaments (some sources also include the competition held in 1924 as an official Olympic tournament). 1997. While Canadian bonspiels (tournaments) offer cash prizes, there are no full-time professional curlers. 1995. The first ever world title was won by the Canadian team from Regina, Saskatchewan skipped by Ernie Richardson. On a Hollywood television gossip show in 2004, an interviewer asked her, "How do you feel about your butt?" She answered "I can't believe you're asking me a question like that.". The first world curling championship in the sport was limited to men and was known as the "Scotch Cup" held in Falkirk and Edinburgh, Scotland, 1959. In a skit at the MTV Video Music Awards, Triumph, the Comic Insult Dog begged Lopez to let him sniff her rear end, claiming that it was the equivalent of scaling Mount Everest for a dog. The Tournament of Hearts and the Brier are contested by provincial and territorial champions, and the world championships by national champions. magazine Celebrity Bodies poll in 2001; and also First Place in FHM magazine's 2000 and 2001 polls of Sexiest Women, with all of the polls citing her shapely rear as a reason. Despite its small population, the Brier has been won by the province of Manitoba more times than any other province. She won the title of Best Female Body in the U.K. Improvements in ice making and changes in the rules to increase scoring and promote complex strategy have increased the already high popularity of the sport in Canada, and large television audiences watch frequent curling telecasts, especially the Tournament of Hearts (the national championship for women), the Brier (the national championship for men), and the women's and men's world championships. The size of her backside was actually one of the components in helping her win the title role in the 1997 film Selena about real-life Texan singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, who also was noted for having a shapely posterior. Curling is most popular in Canada, but is played in other countries including the United States, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark and even Japan, all of which, with other countries, compete in the world championships. Lopez's buttocks, which are commonly described as attractively large and shapely, have frequently been the subject of comment and parody. If no independent officials are available, the thirds measure the distances. Arianna starred in Lopez's music video for "Get Right". An independent official then measures the distances using a specially designed device that pivots at the center of the button. Lopez has become a stepmother to Anthony's two sons, Cristian and Ryan, with Torres and also to his daughter, Arianna, from a previous relationship. In tournament play the most frequent circumstance in which a decision has to be made by someone other than the third is the failure of the thirds to agree on which rock is closest to the button. The couple has since confirmed their marriage, although Lopez refuses to elaborate publicly on her marriage to Anthony. No players other than the third from each team should be in the house while score is being debated. Complicating the situation is Anthony's refusal to confirm his marriage to Lopez and the fact that his divorce took place in the Dominican Republic less than a week before his reported marriage to Lopez, making it potentially invalid in the United States. However, all scoring disputes are handled by the third, or vice-skip. Claiming to be a devoted Roman Catholic, Lopez has said in the past that she would never have a baby without being married. Most decisions about rules are left to the skips. Almost immediately after the wedding, rumors began swirling that the wedding was of the "shotgun" variety and that Lopez was pregnant. Scoring without the hammer is commonly referred to as stealing, or a steal, and is much more difficult. Years before they married (or even became a couple), she and Marc Anthony sang a song together called "No Me Ames" which appeared on her album "On the 6.". This is called a blank end. All the guests were invited to a "afternoon party", and they were never told that they were going to a wedding. If only one point is possible, the skip will often try to avoid scoring at all in order to retain the hammer until the next end, when two or more points may be possible. Lopez married singer Marc Anthony in a secret wedding on June 5, 2004, less than a week after his divorce was finalized from former Miss Universe Dayanara Torres. Naturally, it is easier to score points with the hammer than without; in tournament play, the team with the hammer generally tries to score two or more points. This never came to be as she and Affleck broke off their engagement and split for good in January 2004. In the event that neither team scores, the hammer remains with the same team. She had stated in interviews during her engagement to Affleck that, once married, she would go by the name Jennifer Affleck both privately and professionally. (In tournaments, this is typically assigned, giving every team the hammer first in half of their games.) In all subsequent ends, the hammer belongs to the team that did not score in the preceding end. But the marriage planned for September 14, 2003 in Santa Barbara, California was called off a few days before the event. Before the game, teams typically decide who gets the hammer in the first end by coin toss or similar method. Lopez became engaged to Ben Affleck and confirmed this in October 2002, after Affleck gave her a reported $3.5 million ring. The last rock in an end is called the hammer. Their breakup was announced on February 14, 2001. This is often accompanied with saying "Good game!" Hands are also shaken before the game and is accompanied by saying "Good curling!" to the opposing team. He was eventually tried and acquitted. When a game is ended by normal means, both teams will shake hands as well. The charges against Lopez were dropped, but the charges against Combs stayed. This may occur at any point during the game, but usually happens near the end. Police found them with a stolen gun. When a team feels it is impossible or near impossible to win a game, they will shake hands with the opposing team to indicate surrender. Both were arrested in connection with a nightclub shooting in December 1999. This is called a blank end and the end number usually goes in the furthest column on the right in the row of the team who has the hammer (last rock advantage). From 1999 to 2001, she dated singer and producer Puff Daddy [real name: Sean Combs], breaking up after a shooting incident in a New York night club. However, some confusion can exist if no team gets points in an end. The marriage also ended in divorce in January 2003. This scoreboard works because only one team can get points in an end. The two were married on September 29, 2001 at a home in a Los Angeles suburb officiated by attorney Barry Hirsch. If they score two more in the second end, then a two will be placed beside the five in the red row indicating that the red team has five points in total (3+2). She met Judd while filming the music video for her single "Love Don't Cost A Thing". If the red team scores 3 points in the first end (called a three-ender), then a one (indicating the first end) is placed beside the number three in the red row. Her second marriage was to Chris Judd, her former backup dancer. The numbers placed are indicative of the end. They divorced in January 1998. It is set up in the same way, except the numbered row indicated points not ends, and it can be found between the rows for the team. He was later named the manager of Lopez's restaurant, Madre's. The other form of scoreboard is the one used in most curling clubs (see photo). Her first marriage, to waiter Ojani Noa, occured on February 22, 1997. The number of points each team gets in an end is marked this way. Lopez is notorious for her multiple relationships. Below this are two rows — one for each team. These three movies put together made more than $350 million at the box office worldwide. On this scoreboard the ends are marked by columns 1 through 10 (or 11 for the possibility of an extra end to break ties) plus an additional column for the total. The company produced the commercially-successful movies The Cell, The Wedding Planner and Maid in Manhattan. One is the baseball type scoreboard, which is usually used for televised games. Currently, the company produces the television series South Beach for UPN. There are two different types of scoreboards used for curling. This company was founded together with her former manager, Benny Medina, whom she filed a lawsuit against because of alleged fraud in July 2003. The score is usually marked on a scoreboard of some sort. Some of the projects for the company include Carmen, Dirty Girls Social Club (featuring Jeffrey Wilkinson as Dirty Girl # 4) and The Hector Lavoe Project. Since the bottom of the rock is rounded, a rock just barely in the house will not have any actual contact with the ring, which will pass under the rounded edge of the stone, but it still counts.) The winner is the team with the highest score after an even number of ends — usually in high-level curling this is ten; however, at club play it is usually eight, or less. Lopez owns a production company, Nuyorican Productions, in which she is expected to produce some of her upcoming movies. (A rock is considered in the house if any portion of its edge is over any portion of the 12-foot ring. J.Lo has now said that she is going to start producing clothes for pets dogs, most of the customers will most likely be members of hollywood and their furry little friends. Rocks that are not in the house (further from the center than the outer edge of the 12-foot ring) do not score even if no opponent's rock is closer. Other merchandise includes a clothing and cologne line for men due for release sometime in 2006. After both teams have delivered eight rocks each, the team with the rock closest to the button is awarded one point for each of its own rocks that is closer than the opponent's closest rock. She has also done a photoshoot to represent the Louis Vuitton Winter 2003 campaign, in which the pictures would be seen all over the world through TV commercials, billboards, ads, newspapers, magazines and more. While a sound strategy, this made for an unexciting game. That has not discouraged her in the least bit from wearing and marketing clothing made from fur. The team with the hammer could peel rock after rock, which would blank the end, keeping the last rock advantage for another end. For her part, Lopez told a radio DJ she was open to being educated on the topic-and the DJ promptly told her animals are routinely skinned alive to make trendy furs. This rule, a relatively recent addition to curling, was added in response to a strategy of "peeling" opponents' guard stones (knocking them out of play at an angle that caused the shooter's stone to also roll out of play, leaving no stones on the ice) that skilled teams leading a game would employ to prevent their opponents from "stealing" an end (scoring without having the last rock, or hammer) by placing guard stones and later trying to draw around them and using them for protection. More than one hundred protestors from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals held a demonstration at the Los Angeles premiere of Monster-in-Law. This rule is known as the four-rock rule or the free-zone rule; some people and leagues play with a three-guard rule, where the rule is in place until three rocks are played. Lopez's frequent use of fur in her clothing lines and personal wardrobe has brought the scorn of people concerned with animal rights. If they are removed, they are replaced and the opponent's rock is removed from play. During November of the same year, she launched a new clothing line called "Sweetface". Until four rocks have been played, guard rocks left in the area between the hog and tee lines, excluding the house — known as the free guard zone — may not be removed by an opponent's stone. In October 2003, Lopez introduced a perfume called "Still". A player in the house, either the skip (captain) or vice-skip (also known as the third), will often coach the sweepers as to when they should sweep. She also has a perfume line out called "Glow", and she was in question before, because the name came from another patented perfume. On each shot, two players are equipped with brushes or brooms with which they can vigorously sweep the ice in front of the rock so as to alter its trajectory or increase the distance of travel. Furthermore, she is planning to launch a jewelry line, hats, gloves and a scarves line. When throwing the rock, it must be released before the near hogline is reached (players usually slide while releasing their shots) and must cross the far hogline; otherwise it is removed from play. Her line is the most successful of any artists' in history and includes many different types of clothing for young women, including jeans, tees, coats, belts, purses, sexy lingere and many other products. In each end each player on each team throws two rocks in turn, the players on each side alternating shots. Lopez owns a clothing line called "JLO by Jennifer Lopez", whose brand has been licensed for a term by Warnaco Group [1]. A competitive game usually consists of ten ends, while recreational games are more commonly only eight or even six ends. In late 2006, Jennifer Lopez is to release her 6th studio album and first Spanish Album titled "Como Ama Una Mujer", and in the Fall she is to release her sixth studio album, an English album. Curling is played between two teams of four curlers. The second single, "Hold You Down," which featured Fat Joe, only barely made it into the top 75 in the US, peaking at #64 but the track managed a peak of #6 in the UK. Brooms are also used by some curlers as a balancing aide during delivery of the stone. Even so, "Get Right" was a huge hit in the UK, becoming her second #1 single there. Today, brushes have replaced traditional corn brooms at every level of curling, but are universally referred to as brooms. Despite this, the album has so-far spawned one hit in "Get Right", which reached the top twenty; however, it was greatly shunned by critics as an almost complete rip-off of Usher's unreleased song Ride. Brushes were used primarily by elderly curlers as a substitute for corn brooms. Debuting at #2 on the Billboard 200 to initially decent sales success, the album quickly fell off the charts and remains to be Lopez's biggest commercial (not to mention critical) failure/flop yet. In earlier days, brooms were made of corn strands and were similar to household brooms. After a considerable amount of time away from the music scene, Lopez finally released her fifth studio album, Rebirth, on March 1, 2005. The skip will also hold the broom at the opposite end of the rink from the delivering player to show the deliverer where to aim the rock. In 2004, Lopez once again participated in duets with Marc Anthony, this time on his albums Amar Sin Mentiras and Valio La Pena. The broom can also be used to clean debris off the ice, and is also used by the skip to show where she or he wants the rock to go. Another song from the album was a cover of Carly Simon's "You Belong to Me.". Agressive sweeping in front of the rock momentarily melts the pebble, which lessens the deceleration of the rock, and also straightens the trajectory of the rock. Another single, "I'm Glad", was also released, but only managed to go top forty, a rather low result considering Lopez's usual chart success. The curling broom is used by the sweepers to sweep the ice surface in front of the rock. Then, which reached #2 on the Billboard 200 and spawned two very popular singles; the top 5 "Jenny from the Block", (sampling the track from the song "Watch Out Now" by the Beatnuts, and including raps from Jadakiss and Styles P and the multi-week #1 "All I Have" duet with LL Cool J. Another piece of equipment is the curling broom. On November 26, 2002, Lopez released her fourth studio album, This Is Me.. This piece of equipment is needed when a player is sweeping, and needs traction with both feet. The album also included rarer dance and hip-hop remixes of her past singles, and a new song, a ballad called "Alive", which was included in Lopez's movie Enough. This is also usually made of rubber. This time around, she got 50 Cent and Nas to write rhymes for two remixes of her next single, "I'm Gonna Be Alright", which ended up becoming another top ten hit. An additional piece of footwear is the gripper, which can slide on and off the shoe with the slippery surface. This album, too, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, marking the first remix album in history to debut (or even reach) #1 on the chart. The other foot has a thin layer of rubber, to maximize traction on the ice. Following the successes of the remix, Lopez decided to devote an entire album to the effort; the result, J to tha L-O: The Remixes, appeared on February 5, 2002. Left-handed curlers have this special shoe on their right foot, while right-handed curlers have it on their left foot. Rumors suggest this was Tommy Motolla's doing, Carey's ex-husband. This enables curlers to slide out of the hack when delivering a rock. The remix of "I'm Real" sparked controversy when it contained a sample originally used for Mariah Carey's single 'Loverboy'. Inexpensive sliders can be purchased that can be attached to any shoes by means of an elastic band. She re-released the CD on her 32nd birthday, July 24, 2001, including Ja Rule's remixed version of "I'm Real". The sole of one shoe has a thin strip of Teflon or another type of smooth surface, called a slider. Lo street credibility and brought her music to a whole new group of fans. When curling, players need to wear special shoes. The "I'm Real" and "Ain't It Funny" remixes were two of the biggest pop and rap hits in late 2001 and early 2002, respectively, and their more hip-hop sound gave J. The two remaining players follow the rock and assist in guiding its trajectory by sweeping the ice before the rock, usually under direction from the skip and their own instincts for the weight of the rock, as well as stopwatch split timing. to remix both songs, completely changing the lyrics and melodies and adding raps from Ja Rule in both songs, and from Caddillac Tah to "Ain't it Funny (Remix)". Thus, each time a rock is thrown, there is one player throwing the rock, and another player at the far end. However, to capitalize on this, Lopez asked Murder Inc. While the first three players throw their rocks, the skip remains at the far end of the ice to guide the players; while the skip is throwing, the vice takes this role. The album's next two singles, "I'm Real" and "Ain't it Funny", ended up becoming her biggest ever hits, with both spending several weeks at #1. The lead for each team throws first, followed by the second, third (vice skip or vice or mate), and the skip who is the team captain; this order is not mandatory, and some prominent teams (for example, Randy Ferbey's) reverse the order in which the skip and third throw. The lead single, "Love Don't Cost a Thing" was her first UK number one single, and, along with its follow-up, "Play" (which was written by rising teen star, Christina Milian) it became a top five hit during the year the album was released. The team members are named according to the order in which they throw in each end. Lo, was released in January 2001 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. Curling is a team game, played between two teams of four curlers each. Her sophomore effort, J. Because of the particular rarity of Ailsite, costs for curling stones can reach as much as $500 (CAD). "Let's Get Loud" was also released as a single, and became a minor dance hit. Most curling stones are made from this granite. The album also spawned another international hit in "Feelin' So Good", a hip-hop track which contained guest raps by Big Pun and Fat Joe; it failed to make the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100. The Scots in particular believe that the best quality curling stones are made from a specific type of granite called "Ailsite", found on the Ailsa Craig, an island off the Ayrshire coast. Despite this, the video received moderate airplay on the US music channels VH1 and The Box as a novelty. Lights at the base of the handle indicate whether contact was sustained past the line or not. It also contained the Spanish language, Latin-flavored duet "No me Ames" with Marc Anthony, which was an international DAN hit, though the song was never released as a single in the US. The handle is coated in metallic paint; the circuitry detects the relative charge of the thrower's hand contact to determine if they are still in contact, and a linear field is established at the hog line to indicate its location to the internal sensor. The album featured the multi-week #1 lead single, "If You Had My Love", as well as the top ten hit "Waiting for Tonight". A special handle has recently been developed for high-level tournament play, which integrates electronics to ensure a rock is released before it crosses the hog line. Lopez's debut album, On the 6, a reference to the subway line she used to take growing up in Castle Hill, was released on June 1, 1999 and reached the top ten of the Billboard 200. According to the Canadian Curling Association Rules of Curling, "The use of a curling aid commonly referred to as a 'delivery stick' which enables the player to deliver a stone without placing a hand on the handle is considered acceptable.". In 1998, the Golden Globes organization nominated her for the "Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy" for her role in Selena. This allows the game to be played by handicapped players, as well as those unable to crouch comfortably. After a nationwide search of tens of thousands of women, Jennifer was chosen to play the lead role in the film Selena. Such a stick is designed to attach to the handle so that it can be released without requiring the player to place a hand on the handle in a crouched position. She appeared in Francis Ford Coppola's 1996 comedy Jack, and the 1997 thriller Blood and Wine. Although the rock is designed to be delivered by players grasping the handle as they slide down the ice, a special "delivery stick" may be used by players incapable of delivering the rock in this fashion. Lopez broke onto the big screen in 1995, in the drama My Family/Mi Familia and opposite Wesley Snipes in the action film Money Train. Ice on which the rocks curl well is said to be swingy. She danced for Janet Jackson on tour and in Jackson's video for the popular song "That's the Way Loves Goes" in 1995. The degree of curl depends on several factors, including the preparation of the ice and the flattening of common paths to the house during the game. She got more television acting parts in the made-for-TV movie Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7. On properly prepared ice the rock's path will bend (curl) in the direction the front edge of the rock is turning, especially toward the end of its trip. She later starred shortly in Second Chances and Hotel Malibu. This small running surface allows the pebble applied to the ice to have an effect on the action of the rock. She got her big break playing a small role in a short-lived television program South Central. A special feature of the rock is that its bottom is not flat, but concave and the actual running surface of the rock is only ¼ to ½ inch (6 to 12 mm) wide on the rim of the concave bottom. Lopez's stability during that time parlayed into the earliest successes of her career. If the handle is rotated away from the body, the shot is said to be an in-turn, and if rotated across the body, it is an out-turn. She then left the show after the second season due to confliction between she and another dancer. The curling stone or rock used in the game weighs a maximum of 44 lb (19.96 kg) and is fitted with a handle on top allowing it to be rotated as it is released. After month's and month's of auditioning for dance gig's, she got her first spot and started out in television as a video girl for rap artist MC Hammer, also a guest spot on the American Music Awards, and was then introduced to the world as a "fly girl" dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color in 1990 only after being rejected twice. Though she did not, and still does not, drink alcohol, her parents disapproved of her working nights so far from home and feared she was associating with a potentially dangerous crowd. A single moveable hack may also be used. She split her time between her job at a law office, taking dance classes, and dancing in Manhattan clubs at night. On indoor rinks there are usually two fixed hacks, rubber-lined holes, one each side of the centre line with the inside edge no more than three inches (7.6 cm) from the center line and the front edge on the hack line. After she dropped out of high school, Lopez pursued her talent for dance. The hack is a device used to provide traction to the curler making a shot; the curler places the foot he or she will push off with in the hack. Jennifer Lopez financed singing and dancing lessons from the age of 16. Twelve feet behind the junction of the centre and tee lines, the centre line is crossed at right angles by the hack line. "That's the kind of person she is." She met the famous Jorge "Chicken Wings" Lopez from Jersey City. more than 12 feet from the centre) is not in the house and therefore does not score. "Basically, anything she wants to do, she'll be as successful as you can at it," sister Lynda Lopez told Rolling Stone. The inner rings are merely a visual aid for judging which stone is closer to the centre; they do not affect scoring; however, a stone that is not at least touching the outside of the 12-foot ring (i.e. Her father feared that, new to the sport, she would be outclassed, but Lopez rose to the challenge and ended up competing nationally. They are usually distinguished by colour. She went out for the track team, though she had no experience. The rings that surround the button are defined by their diameter as the four-foot, eight-foot, and twelve-foot rings. She was a driven student and natural athlete in gymnastics, softball, and tennis. Two other lines, the hoglines, are drawn parallel to each backboard and 37 feet (11.3 m) from it. "It was crazy." She spent her entire academic career in Catholic school, and admits she still prays regularly. The two lines are the centre line, which is drawn lengthwise down the centre of the sheet, and the tee line, drawn 16 feet (4.9 m) from the backboard and parallel to it. Because her parents were strict, Lopez spent much of what she called "the boyfriend years" in Rolling Stone sneaking around to meet up with first-love David Cruz, whom she remained with from the time she was 16 until she was 25."I was always climbing out windows, jumping off roofs, and he was sneaking up," she said. The centre of the house, marked by the junction of two lines which divide the house into quarters, is known as the pin, tee, or spit. Lopez's parents also stressed assimilation — the need to speak English, to fit into the mainstream, to succeed. On the rink, a 12 foot (3.7 m) wide set of concentric rings, called the house, is painted near each end of the rink. "Our parents had a strong work ethic — there wasn't really any other way," Lynda Lopez told Rolling Stone. The curling action of rocks/stones changes during a game as the pebble evens out from wear. They were strict with their girls and instilled a strong work ethic in them — no one in the family was allowed to miss a day of school, work, or church (the family was devoutly Roman Catholic). As the bottom catches on the pebble, it turns to the inside or outside, causing the stone's path to 'curl'. Though Lopez's parents were born in the same Puerto Rican town, they did not meet until they both had moved to Castle Hill. The pebble creates friction with the bottom of the stone. She has two sisters, Lynda and Leslie. A key part of the preparation is the spraying of fine water droplets on the ice to create what is called pebble. Lopez was born in the Bronx, New York to Puerto Rican parents Guadalupe Rodriguez and David Lopez. The curling arena is a sheet of ice 146 feet (45.5 m) long by 14 feet 2 inches (4.32 m) wide, and is carefully prepared to be absolutely level and to allow the "rocks" or "stones", as the polished granite is called, to glide with as little friction as possible. . . She is also commonly known as J-Lo or J.Lo. Curling was on that occasion played outdoors. She is married to singer Marc Anthony. Previous opinion had been that all sports then had been demonstration events. Jennifer Lynn López (born July 24, 1969) is a well-known American actress, Latin Pop singer, fashion designer, and dancer. In February 2006 the IOC included the winning curling teams in the 1924 Winter Olympic Games, originally called Semaine des Sports d'Hiver ("International Winter Sports Week"), as medal winners in an official Olympic tournament. Reggaeton (2007). Curling has been an official sport in the Winter Olympics since the 1998 Winter Olympic Games. Bridge & Tunnel (2007). Today, curling is played all over Europe and has spread to Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and even China and Korea. El Cantante (2006). The first curling club in the United States began in 1832, and the game was introduced to Switzerland and Sweden before the end of the nineteenth century. Bordertown (2006). The Royal Montreal Curling Club, the first sporting club of any kind in North America, was established in 1807. Fabolous),Most Fashionable Artist (Won), Most Fashionable Music Video ("Get Right"). The game is currently most firmly established, however, in Canada. 2006 Groovevolt Fashion And Music Awards: 3 nominations for-Best Pop Song by a group or collaboration ("Get Right" -feat. Whatever the truth of the matter, outdoor curling was very popular in Scotland between the 16th and the 19th centuries when the climate was cold enough to ensure good ice conditions every winter, and as a result the international governing body for curling, the World Curling Federation, is based in Perth, Scotland. 2005 World Music Awards :Nominated for World`s Best-Selling Pop Female Artist. The game is generally believed to have been invented in 16th century Scotland, although two paintings by Pieter Brueghel the Elder depict Dutch peasants curling. 2005 MTV Video Music Awards: 4 nominations for ("Get Right"), Best Editing in a Video, Best Direction in a Video, Best Dance Video, Best Choreography in a Video. Curling is a precision sport similar to bowls or bocce, but played on ice with polished heavy stones rather than plastic balls. 2004 People's Choice Awards: nomination for Best Smile. 2004 Golden Raspberry Awards: 2 nominations, Worst Screen Couple, Worst Supporting Actress for ("Jersey Girl"). 2003 Latin Billboard Music Awards: win for Latin Dance Single Of The Year ("Alive"-remix). 2003 NRJ Radio Awards: win for Best RnB. 2003 Teen Choice Awards: win for Female Fashion Icon , win for Best RnB/Hip-Hop Artist. LL Cool J,Most Fashionable Artist. 2003 Groovevolt Fashion And Music Awards: 4 nominations for-Video Of The Year ("I'm Glad"),Best Album Female ("This is me...Then"),Best Collaboration for "All I Have"-feat. 2003 Mtv European Music Awards: nomination for Best RnB Act. 2003 MTV Video Music Awards: 4 nominations for ("I'm Glad"), Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, Best Choreography in a Video, Best Art Direction in a Video. 2003 American Music Award: win for Favorite Female Artist - Pop / Rock. 2002 Teen Choice Awards: win for Best RnB/Hip-Hop/Rap Single ("Ain't It Funny-remix"). 2002 Showest Awards: win for Female Star Of The Year. 2002 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards: win for Most Influential Artist. 2002 Mtv European Music Awards: nomination for Best RnB Act, win for Best Female Act. 2002 Hastings Bad Cinema Society Stinkers Awards: nomination for Worst Actress ("Enough"). 2002 NAACP Image Award: nomination for Outstanding Actress - Motion Picture ("Maid in Manhattan"). 2002 MTV Video Music Awards: win for Best Hip-Hop Video ("I'm Real") - shared with Ja Rule. 2002 American Music Award: nomination for Favorite Female Artist - Hip-Hop/R&B. 2001 Teen Choice Awards: Female Hottie Of The Year; win for Best Dance Track ("Play"). 2001 Top Of The Pops: ARTIST ON TOP OF THE WORLD. 2001 Kid's Choice Awards: win for Favourite Female Movie Star. 2001 Grammy Award: nomination for Dance Recording Of The Year("Let's Get Loud"). 2001 Mtv European Music Awards: win for Best Female Act. 2001 Alma Awards: 4 nominations, Outstanding Female Performer, Album of the Year ("J.Lo"), Outstanding Performance - Music, Variety or Comedy Special ("Jennifer Lopez in Concert: Let's Get Loud"), win for Outstanding Actress - Motion Picture ("Angel Eyes"). 2001 Alma Awards: win for Outstanding Music Video - People's Choice Award ("Love Don't Cost A Thing"). 2001 Hastings Bad Cinema Society Stinkers Awards: nomination for Worst Actress, win for Most Annoying Fake Accent - Female ("Angel Eyes"). 2001 People's Choice Awards: 2 nominations, Favorite Actress, Favorite Female Musical Performer. 2001 MTV Video Music Awards: 2 nominations for ("Love Don't Cost A Thing"), Best Female Video, Best Dance Video. 2001 American Music Award: nomination for Favorite Female Artist - Pop or Rock. 2000 Alma Awards: win for Outstanding Music Video Performer ("If you had my love"). 2000 Bambi Awards: win for Best International Pop Performance. 2000 Kid's Choice Awards: win for Favourite New Music Artist. 2000 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards: Versace Award. 2000 Mtv European Music Awards: nomination for Best Female Act,win for Best RnB Act. 2000 Saturn Awards: nomination for Best Actress ("The Cell"). 2000 Grammy Award: nomination for Best Dance Recording ("Waiting For Tonight"). 2000 MTV Movie Awards: nomination for Best Female Performance ("The Cell"), win for Best Dressed in a Movie ("The Cell"). 2000 MTV Video Music Award: nomination for ("Waiting For Tonight"), Best Choreography, win for Dance Video of the Year ("Waiting For Tonight"). 1999 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards: win for Most Fashionable Female Artist. 1999 Teen Choice Awards: win for Best Song Of The Summer ("If you had my love"). 1999 Billboard Music Awards: win for Best Pop Clip ("If you had my love"). 1999 Ritmo Latino Awards: win for New Artist Of The Year. 1999 Alma Awards: win for Outstanding Actress ("Out Of Sight"). 1999 Mtv European Music Awards: nomination for Breakthrough Act. 1999 Soul Train Award: nomination for Best R&B/Soul Album - Female ("On the 6"). 1999 American Music Awards: 2 nominations, Favorite Artist - Latin Music, Favorite New Artist - Pop / Rock. 1999 MTV Video Music Awards: 4 nominations for ("If You Had My Love"), Female Video of the Year, Dance Video of the Year, New Artist Video of the Year, Pop Video of the Year. 1998 Imagen Foundation Awards: Latin Image Award "Selena". 1998 Alma Awards: win for Outstanding Actress for "Selena". 1998 Empire Awards: nomination for Best Actress ("Out of Sight"). 1998 MTV Movie Awards: 2 nominations, Best Kiss - shared nomination with George Clooney ("Out Of Sight"), Best Female Performance ("Out of Sight"). 1998 Golden Globes: nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for "Selena". 1997 Saturn Awards: nomination for Best Actress ("Anaconda"). 1995 Independent Spirit Awards: nomination for Best Supporting Actress ("My Family"). 2006: Como Ama Una Mujer (Release in May 2006). Fat Joe). Hold You Down (Feat. Get Right. 2005: Rebirth. Baby I Love You (official release in UK). I'm Glad. LL Cool J). All I Have (Feat. Jadakiss, Lox & Styles). Jenny From The Block (Feat. Then. 2002: This Is Me.. Alive (from movie Enough). Nas and 50 Cent on the explicit version). I'm Gonna Be Alright (Feat. Ja Rule). Ain't It Funny Remix (Feat. Ja Rule). I'm Real Remix (Feat. 2002: J To Tha L-O! The Remixes. I'm Real. Ain't It Funny. Play. Love Don't Cost A Thing. 2001: J.Lo. Let's Get Loud. Feelin' So Good. Waiting For Tonight. No Me Ames. If You Had My Love. 1999: On The 6. Main article: Jennifer Lopez discography. Lopez is one of the top 10 highest paid actresses in Hollywood. In 2004, the JLO Clothing and Perfume lines combined, brought in over $US 550,000,000. and a combined 25 weeks at #1. Lopez has 5 #1 hits in the U.S. Lopez has sold nearly 40 million records worldwide. Lopez made the highest debut of 2003 on the US charts with "All I Have" debuting at #25. Her wealth is estimated at $255 million. Lopez made the 2004 Fortune list of the wealthiest entertainers under the age of 40. Lopez is the only woman who has been #1 two years in a row in FHM magazine's list of the 100 Sexiest Females in the World. Lopez's perfume "Glow" made history in 2001, by being the #1 perfume in more than nine countries in less than four months. Lo) at #1 in the same week. Lopez is the first actress and singer to have a movie (The Wedding Planner) and an album (J. She still holds the record, earning $15,000,000 for her performance in Monster-in-Law (2005). By 2003, Lopez had become the highest-paid Latina actress in Hollywood. Jennifer Lopez became the first Latina actress to get paid $1 million or more for one film (for her role in Selena). |