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Jennifer Lopez

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Latin heat meets Versace and Puffy February, 2000. The Grammy Awards. In the evening's highpoint, Latin beauty Jennifer Lopez wears an eye-popping Versace dress that looks like a pasted-on scarf. It barely conceals her body. The audience is visibly dumbfounded. Her co-presenter, the usually witty David Duchovny, is star-struck and he stutters his lines. A chiquita legend is born. Jennifer Lopez spotlights the career and personal life of a celebrity riding the wave of our love affair for all things Latin. Lopez first blazed into the spotlight when she starred in the film Selena. The role helped catapult Lopez into a bona fide Hollywood star. Since then, she has starred in several films - including the popular hit Anaconda and the modern noir flick Blood and Wine. She recently took the music world by storm with the release of her first cd, the best-selling On the 6.Success for Lopez has come at a personal price. The media magnet's every move and romance are reported in breathless detail. This is partly because drama seems to follow Lopez wherever she goes. Her short-lived marriage ended in divorce, a casualty of the pressures of stardom. The book delves into her high-profile relationships with Sony music chief Tommy Mattola and rap impresario Sean A. Puffy Combs.This biography offers up-to-the-minute details about the case. It also details Lopez's early years. Born and raised in the Bronx to a middle-class Catholic family, Jennifer Lopez always had her sights set on stardom. She got her first break as a dancing "Fly Girl" on the innovative series In Living Color, but even then it seemed a long shot for an actress of Latin descent to ever be a leading lady. Lopez never doubted herself, only to prove the sceptics wrong. "If I could describe myself in a few words," she says "strong would be one of them. I know what I want, and I'm willing to go after it."

6.75 x 9.75

20 b&w photos,

200 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2000

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September 10, 2024
Jennifer Lopez is one of the most recognized celebrities worldwide. I enjoyed reading about her life and I am glad to know that she spent some of her childhood in White Plains, Bronx, New York.

I am a New Yorker myself!
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December 5, 2021
W tej biografii możemy przeczytać o dzieciństwie Jennifer Lopez, Bronxie, w którym się wychowała, pierwszych rolach serialowych: w "In Living Color" i "South Central", "Second Chances" i "Hotel Malibu".

Dalej, biografia zawiera: pierwsze, większe hollywoodzkie produkcje filmowe ("Pociąg z forsą", "Jack"), i tytułowa rola Seleny w filmie odpowiadającym o życiu przedwcześnie zmarłej piosenkarki. Kolejne propozycje filmowych ról w produkcjach takich jak: "Anakonda", "U-Turn", "Out Of Sight" oraz "Cela". Opisano też związek małżeński z Ojanim Noą, rozpad małżeństwa i romans z Puff Daddy'm. Rozpoczęcie kariery muzycznej i wydanie pierwszej płyty "On The 6". W końcu burzliwe życie z Seanem Combsem (Puff Daddy) i słynna strzelanina w jednym z klubów na Manhattanie.

Książkę - jako, że jest ona z 2000 roku - wieńczy: okres drugiej płyty "~J.Lo", prace nad filmem "Angel Eyes" oraz małżeństwo z Crisem Juddem.

Biografię czyta się szybko. Ma ona swoje gorsze strony, głównie kiedy autorka za bardzo zaczyna się rozpisywać na temat życiorysów innych postaci, z którymi Lopez się spotkała (aktorów, jej partnerów). Trochę to chwilami irytowało.

Plusem książki jest wkładka z ładnymi, kolorowymi fotografiami Jennifer. Książka w trakcie lektury posiada też parę czarno-białych fotografii.

Sporym minusem wydania są dość liczne literówki.

Fanom piosenkarki polecam choć z racji, iż to książka sprzed dwudziestu lat, można odczuć niedosyt. Dla mnie jest niezła.

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