JLo Covers Variety

Jennifer Lopez is on the cover of the latest issue of Variety! The issue features a brand new photos shoot as well as an in-depth conversation with Jennifer about ‘This Is Me…Now’ and ‘This Is Me…Now: A Love Story’.

Lopez called her longtime producing partner, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, in the middle of the night, telling her that she was kicking in $20 million of her own money to the project. (After it was completed, Amazon bought it for an undisclosed amount.) A potential partner had pulled out, she’d said, because they didn’t understand the thing.

“I’m in New York,” Goldsmith-Thomas tells me, “and she’s saying, ‘I think I’m going to finance this myself.’ I was like, ‘Wait, what?’ I don’t even know what it is. What are you doing?’ I was worried. ‘Why are you sharing your story? It’s too personal. Stop it.’ It made me uncomfortable for her.”

Read the entire interview here.

‘This Is Me…Now: A Love Story’ Advance Screening Report!

Thanks to Team JLo, we got to host movie theater screenings for ‘This Is Me…Now: A Love Story’ this week! On Wednesday, I made my way to NYC for the screening at AMC Lincoln Square 13. Fans who attended the event received a signed exclusive collectible poster (pictured below) and were treated to popcorn and drinks to enjoy while watching the film!

Now to the most important part – the movie and the music! I will attempt to keep this as spoiler-free as possible. In a nutshell, I LOVED it. It sounds cliche but the songs do sound like an older and wiser JLo’s ‘This Is Me…Then’. She’s grown so much since then and that growth is addressed lyrically and in the movie’s narrative. It was hard to digest everything but the lyrics seem very personal and honest and I can’t wait to listen to the album to really take them all in.

The visuals were absolutely stunning and like nothing we’ve ever seen her do before. If you’ve seen the movie stills, you may wonder how they could all belong to the same movie but they did a beautiful job tying it all together while also giving each song it’s own unique setting and moment. It’s beautiful, fantastical and out of this world but still feels really true to her and her heart. It’s not all Hearts & Flowers, though, and The Artist (Jennifer’s character) really goes through it. I loved those vulnerable moments and I found myself getting emotional during one part in particular: ‘Rebound’. I applaud her for going there because I can’t imagine how hard it was to open up in that way. I’ve followed her for 25 years and I know she doesn’t like to talk about the difficult times or let people in in that way (and I absolutely respect that) but seeing that side of her just makes me love her more. Other standout moments for me were ‘Hearts & Flowers’, ‘Hummingbird’ and ‘Midnight Trip To Vegas’. I also really loved ‘This Is Me…Now’ and ‘Broken Like Me’.

The celebrity cameos have been hinted at and I’ll only say that I really enjoyed how they were incorporated. I thought it was very clever and I particularly enjoyed Keke Palmer’s role. There was also a special cameo that I didn’t even realize who the actor was until the end.

Overall, the project is quintessentially JLo but the evolved version of her. I can’t wait for everyone to enjoy it! Very personal new music and a new movie with a unique vision and a wide variety of themes, dance styles, costumes, etc. What more could a JLover want?

‘This Is Me…Now: A Love Story’ premieres globally on Amazon Prime on February 16, the same day that ‘This Is Me…Now’ is released! Pre-save ‘This Is Me…Now‘ now!

 

You can also see stills in the gallery:

JLo Performs ‘Can’t Get Enough’ & ‘This Is Me…Now’ on SNL

Jennifer Lopez performed on Saturday Night Live yesterday and in true JLo fashion, she delivered two amazing and totally different performances! First up was ‘Can’t Get Enough’ with special appearances by Latto and Redman!

Later on, she debuted This Is Me…Now‘s title track with a beautiful floral performance:

How I’ve missed seeing her perform! Hopefully those rumored tour dates are announced ASAP because we are ready!

This Is Me…Now’s Title Track Out Now!

JLo surprised us all by releasing the title track of ‘This Is Me…Now” today! I thought it would be my favorite based on the little snippets she’s teased recently and it did not disappoint! The very personal track is the perfect opener to what is described as her most personal album yet! Watch the official lyric video above and stream ‘This Is Me…Now’ now!

First Look: Atlas on Netflix

Netflix released first looks for a number of their upcoming releases today, including Jennifer Lopez’s Atlas!

Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer Lopez), a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past. But when plans go awry, her only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it.

Set in a high-tech and futuristic world, Atlas is a galaxy-spanning adventure written by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite and directed by Brad Peyton. Jennifer is joined by an ensemble cast of heroes and androids that includes Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory J. Cohan, Abraham Popoola, Lana Parrilla and Mark Strong. It will be released on Netflix this year.

Watch the brief preview here: