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Jun 9, 2022 · Jennifer Lopez had some choice words for the NFL after they announced she and Shakira would only have 12 minutes for the 2020 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
- She Opened Up About Her Relationship with Her Mom
- She Got Pushback from The NFL About The Performance's Message About Immigration
- Her Oscars Snub Was Caught on Camera
- 'American Idol' Helped Her Get Back Into The Industry
- Bruce Springsteen Was Considered For A Cameo
- Ben Affleck Once Asked If Media Scrutiny 'Bothered' Her
Lopez's parents, Lupe and David, moved to the U.S. from Puerto Rico. Lopez said her mom instilled in her and her two sisters, Lynda and Leslie, the principles of independence and self-reliance, which she also relied on. “Growing up, I was surrounded by strong, powerful, tough women. My mom and my grandmother and my aunt — they ran s---," Lopez says...
While Lopez says she isn't a political person in the documentary, she felt compelled to share a message through her performance. In one scene, Lopez and her team present their idea to have Latinx children in lit-up cages during the show to the NFL. The visual was meant to be a "subtle" nod to the Trump administration formalizing the policy of separ...
Lopez had a long film career — but "Hustlers" was the first that garnered her Oscars buzz. Despite her lauded performance, Lopez lost out on a Golden Globe to Laura Dern, and then was snubbed by the Oscars. “The truth is, I really started to think I was gonna get nominated,” Lopez says in the documentary. “I got my hopes up because so many people w...
Lopez said that she lost her way as an artist after her children with Marc Anthony, Max and Emme, were born in 2008. “As an artist, I kind of lost a little bit of who I was in trying to build a perfect family life," she says. Following her divorce from Anthony, she felt she was at a crossroads. "When my kids were 3, I got divorced, I was a single m...
Lopez wanted to incorporate Bruce Springsteen's anthem "Born in the U.S.A." in the halftime show to underline her message that the U.S. is for everyone. Shakira, she says, didn’t want to sing it, because she wasn’t actually born in the U.S.A. "I told her, 'If you come up with a better song and a better cameo to make a statement that we shouldn't be...
In the documentary, Lopez talks about how she was always scrutinized for her appearance and curves. “When I started working, the beauty ideal was very thin, blond, tall, not a lot of curves,” she says. “It was hard when you think people think you’re a joke. Like you’re a punchline. But I wound up affecting things in a way that I never intended to a...
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- “Worst idea in the world”: Having two headliners was way too much to handle. With a focus on Lopez’s half of her halftime show performance, Halftime viewers got to see an inside look at the intense creative process that ensued once Lopez and her team found out they would have to split time with Shakira.
- This is about human rights’: J.Lo’s onstage cages was a non-negotiable. Lopez’s performance came at a heated time in politics as Donald Trump was entering his final year as president and beginning his campaign for the 2020 election.
- J.Lo had a rough upbringing in the Bronx. The documentary provides an inside look at the superstar’s childhood in the Bronx and how things weren’t always picture-perfect for “Jenny from the Block.”
- Lopez really thought she had a chance at a Golden Globe or Oscar: “I let everyone down” One of the most humanizing aspects of Halftime occurred as viewers got to watch Lopez take in the reception and early headlines suggesting that she was going to be nominated for an Oscar and win a Golden Globe for her role as Ramona in Hustlers, but later be let down with neither.
Jun 14, 2022 · In her new Netflix documentary Halftime, she chronicles the stages of her career—the good, the bad, and the ugly—focusing heavily on her 2020 Super Bowl Halftime Performance and her President Biden...
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Jun 10, 2022 · While Lopez was honored to be asked to perform at the Super Bowl, the NFL wanted to bring in Shakira for her performance — a move that led to the singer suggesting that she and Shakira split...
Jun 19, 2022 · "I don't want to fight," an exasperated Lopez ended the call. But she did fight every step of the way to bring the 2020 Super Bowl performance to life.
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Jun 10, 2022 · Shockingly, Jennifer Lopez and Shakira's historic representational 2020 Super Bowl halftime performance resulted from a debatable NFL decision and controversial discussions.
