Marry Me is slated to hit theaters in 2020. As for when Jennifer Lopez is expected to marry Alex Rodriguez, well, that’s still a mystery. The couple hasn’t set a date yet, but Lopez did open up about their plans briefly in a recent interview with Evening Standard.
“I have a movie I’m shooting in October [Marry Me], and the movie has an album that goes with it, so I’m just a little bit busy right now, and until October, he has the World Series in baseball,” she said. “We’re going to have to pick a day, pick a time and block it out, but we’re definitely talking about it. [Marriage is] important for both of us. We both come from traditional Latin families and we want that. Everyone wants somebody to grow old with. At the end of the day, how much work can you do, how much money can you make, and what does it all matter? It doesn’t, really.”
On the morning of January 7, 2019, my husband was about to become the 40th governor of California, I was going to become the first “first partner” of California, and our four young children were going to take the stage and be thrust into the spotlight with a new level of national attention.
I had a plan for how I wanted to introduce our family to our state. The fight to put on tights and button-down shirts was won, though the fight to take off one coat was lost, and their hair was combed just so. And then, just a couple of minutes into my husband’s inaugural speech, our little Dutch wandered onto the stage holding his binky and his “passie”—much to the audience’s delight and my chagrin.
The media hailed Gavin as “Governor Dad,” and our son Dutch became an internet sensation. I, on the other hand, was asked by too many people to count—in that half-joking but in fact quite serious tone—how could I have possibly let him get up on that stage, and also, why did he still use a pacifier?!
California Governor Gavin Newsom at his 2019 inauguration, alongside his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom and their four children
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I tried to pretend it didn’t bother me, but the truth is it did. It was a reminder that despite our partnership and despite the support I feel in our relationship, I will always bear the responsibility of our children in a way Gavin never will.
And therein lies a deep truth about the struggle for equality, a truth that can often be hard to acknowledge: Policies and structural changes are essential, but on their own those can’t change our cultural attitudes and behaviors toward women. Until we stop treating parenting as a woman’s burden and a man’s adorable hobby, the gender gap we see at work and at home won’t disappear.
The research shows that when women become mothers they face a motherhood penalty at work. Employers are less likely to hire moms than they are to hire women without children, and when they do hire a mother, they offer her a lower salary than they offer women without children. Studies also show that mothers are consideredless committed with their jobs in comparison to their childless coworkers, while men are considered more committed once they have children. In fact, men actually receive a fatherhood bonus, seeing a 6% increase in their salaries once they become parents! It’s not surprising then that my husband’s popularity seemed to soar after his big onstage dad moment!
Jennifer Aniston says the entire cast of Friends had dinner together at Courteney Cox’s house on Saturday, October 5. Yes, you read that correctly: All six cast members of Friends—Aniston, Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, and Matthew Perry—together again.
Aniston revealed this during an interview with Howard Stern on Monday, October 7. “We just had dinner this week, on Saturday night,” she said. “The whole gang. Everyone was there.”
“Schwimmer was in town,” she continued. “We all happened to have a window of time, so we all got together.”
The actress, who played Rachel Green for 10 years on Friends, says “not one” person in the cast has ever annoyed her. “[It was] lightning in a bottle,” she said.
As for the dinner itself, Aniston says the gang “laughed so hard.” “We just laughed a lot,” she continued. “We all miss [Friends] every day. I would be nothing without it.”
This doesn’t necessarily mean a reboot of the series is in the cards, though. While Aniston has said on multiple occasions the cast would be down to get together again, they don’t want to ruin the legacy of the show.
“I really think there’s an idea that if there’s a reboot of the show, it won’t be even close to as good as what it was, so why do it?” Aniston told Stern. See this interview for yourself in the video, below:
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A few Friends cast members have opened up in the past about why a reboot wouldn’t work. “I doubt it—I really doubt it,” Schwimmer said in a 2018 interview. “Look, the thing is, I just don’t know if I want to see all of us with crutches [and] walkers.” Kudrow expressed a similar sentiment: “They’re rebooting everything. I don’t know how that works with Friends, though. That was about people in their 20s, 30s,” she told Conan O’Brien. “The show isn’t about people in their 40s, 50s. And if we have the same problems, that’s just sad.”
It looks like Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are finally starting to ramp up their wedding celebrations. First up? An engagement party so over-the-top that it could’ve doubled as a wedding.
Peoplereports that the singer and former baseball player celebrated their love amongst friends and family Friday night in Los Angeles. Few details have emerged about the evening, but if Lopez’s 50th birthday celebrations earlier this summer are any indication — the party included a 10-tier cake, head banging and several A-list celebrities — it was surely a lavish fête.
Lopez’s bestie Leah Remini did share some pictures of the night, giving us a glimpse at JLo’s glam for the party: smoky eyes, heavy lashes and a nude lip. Lopez opted for a romantic hair style, featuring a deep part and and subtle curls, to pair with her one-shouldered blush pink outfit. The pictures only offer a peek at the evening’s venue, a glamorous ballroom, where it seems guests were seated for dinner amongst candlelight and crystal dish ware.
A-Rod popped the question during a dreamy sunset in the Bahamas in March with an incredible 15-carat diamond ring. But considering Lopez’s incredibly busy schedule — which has included promoting the Oscar-buzz generating film Hustlers, walking in Versace’s latest fashion show and being named a Super Bowl 2020 headlining act — it’s no surprise the pair had to wait almost six months to celebrate the relationship milestone.
But Lopez has admitted neither of them are in any rush to head down the aisle. In a video shared on her YouTube channel in June, she revealed that the couple will tie the knot “next year.” She also said that she wants to have a “big wedding.”
“I’d like to get married in a church this time. Never been married in a church,” Lopez, who has previously been married three times, added.
The star also recently said to Entertainment Tonight that she and Rodriguez have yet to set an official wedding date, but she knows who she wants to walk her down the aisle: her 11-year-old son, Max.
Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will headline the 2020 Super Bowl halftime show, Pepsi confirmed on Thursday, September 26.
“Ever since I saw Diana Ross fly off into the sky at the halftime show, I dreamed of performing at the Super Bowl,” Lopez said in a statement provided by Pepsi, who sponsors the show every year. “And now it’s made even more special not only because it’s the NFL’s 100th anniversary, but also because I am performing with a fellow Latina. I can’t wait to show what us girls can do on the world’s biggest stage.”
Adds Shakira, “I’m so honored to be taking on one of the world’s biggest stages in the company of a fellow female artist to represent Latinos and Latinas from the U.S. and all over the world—and to top it off, on my birthday. This is a true American dream and we are going to bring the show of a lifetime!”
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Fans of both Jennifer Lopez and Shakira have taken to Twitter to express their excitement. “This is the greatest day of my life,” one fan tweeted. “BEST Halftime EVERRR!!! Latino POWER!!” wrote another.
Peep some more reactions for yourself, below:
The year 2020 is shaping up to be a big one for Jennifer Lopez, who is already garnering awards-season buzz for her performance in the movie Hustlers. The film itself was a box office hit, and critics have singled out J.Lo as a highlight. Shakira, meanwhile, went on a world tour last year that spanned 54 dates across Europe, Asia, North America, and Latin America.
The world is still reeling at the sheer power of Jennifer Lopez, who at age 50, walked the 2020 Versace runway in a reimagined version of the famous green dress she wore 20 years ago — looking just as good, if not better. She got a standing ovation at the show and tons of love online, but her fiancé and forever cheerleader Alex Rodriguez may have been the most floored of all.
On Saturday, A-Rod was obviously still thinking about the show-stopping moment. He posted a behind-the-scenes shot of J.Lo posing in front of a mirror in the gown. His caption was short but pretty direct: “This woman…,” he wrote.
The former baseball player has always shown his love for the singer through very public displays of affection. Not that that’s surprising; he said 20 years ago that Lopez was his dream date — which, we should point out, was right around the time she first wore the iconic plunging-neck sheer dress to the 2000 Grammy Awards. The couple got engaged this year after dating for two years, but J. Lo has said that they’re not in a rush to start wedding planning. She’s been busy on tour and wrapping up Hustlers, which is being called the “movie of the year” and is getting some serious Oscar buzz.
In an interview with Vogue, J.Lo opened up about the iconic garment, and how it marked a major fashion and pop culture moment (and made her fans’ jaws collectively drop both in 2000 and today).
“That was a moment that captured people’s imaginations, I think . . . in terms of my career, this dress really marked a moment in time,” she said. “Even if you don’t know my music and you don’t know my movies, people know about that moment and that dress. That was it.”
