Jennifer Lopez won the Spotlight Award at the Palm Spring International Film Festival Gala for her work as Ramona is Hustlers! You can watch her speech here and her post-award interview with Entertainment Tonight here. My favorite part of her speech was when she said, “no is not an answer, it’s an opportunity.” Love it!
Some photos from the event:
Jennifer Lopez has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award! The nominees were announced today and Jennifer is up for best supporting actress for her performance in Hustlers! Jennifer reacted to the news on Instagram:
Could not be prouder to be recognized by the HFPA. Hustlers was a labor of love, sweat and perseverance written, directed, produced, edited and starring a group of bad-ass women. I am proud and honored to represent them and this film!!!! ♥️ #HustlersMovie #ramona pic.twitter.com/PapHE5PDps
— Jennifer Lopez (@JLo) December 9, 2019
Plus, the accolades keep coming! Jennifer won Best Supporting Actress at the LA Film Critics Association Awards and has been nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award. The New York Times Magazine also named Jennifer as one of their 10 Best Actors of the Year. You can read the new interview and see the photoshoot here.
The 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony will air live on NBC from the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 5 starting at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET.
The Envelope from The Los Angeles Times gathered five actresses: Jennifer Lopez, Cynthia Erivo, Nora Lum (Awkwafina), Charlize Theron and Renée Zellweger at the end of October to talk about their films, their working lives and the future as it looks to them. You can watch the full interview above and read a recap here.
Jennifer Lopez has been nominated in the Best Supporting Female category at the Film Independent Spirit Awards for her role as Ramona in Hustlers! Congratulations, Jennifer!
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Jennifer Lopez – HUSTLERS
Taylor Russell – WAVES
Zhao Shuzhen – THE FAREWELL
Lauren “Lolo” Spencer – GIVE ME LIBERTY
Octavia Spencer – LUCE
Jennifer was previously nominated in the category in 1996 for My Family. According to industry experts Variety and GoldDerby, the nomination is a huge boost for her Oscar chances!
Hustlers director Lorene Scafaria is also nominated for Best Director and Todd Banhazl is up for Best Cinematography.
Jennifer Lopez has been extremely busy promoting her new movie, Hustlers! Hustlers has been doing extremely well so far. It is certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with the following critic’s consensus: “Led by a career-best performance from Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers is a uniquely empowering heist drama with depth and intelligence to match its striking visual appeal.” It is also doing very well at the box office, with projections now calling for a $32 million opening weekend (a record for both Jennifer (in live action films) and STXfilms).
Here are some highlights from Jennifer’s extensive promo tour:
GMA, Fallon Tonight Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3, The History of Music Video Dancing with Jimmy Fallon, Live with Kelly & Ryan Part 1 and Part 2, TODAY with Hoda & Jenna, Strahan Sara & Keke Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4, On Air With Ryan Seacrest, ETOnline, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, The View, Late Night with Seth Meyers Part 1 & Part 2, NBC6 in Miami, NowThis
Print: The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly (digital cover with Constance Wu), Entertainment Weekly #2, Inquirer Part 1, Inquirer Part 2
Of course, don’t miss her behind the scenes videos on her Youtube channel!
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