JENNIFER LOPEZ
Bronx, New York born Jennifer Lopez is also known by her name J Lo. J Lo was born on July 24, 1969. Jennifer Lopez is an American singer, actress and fashion designer. She was born in a Puerto Rican family to Guadalupe Rodriguez and David Lopez. J Lo has an older sister Leslie and a younger sister Lynda who is a journalist. David Lopez use to work at the night ship with an insurance company and later on he became a computer technician whereas Guadalupe was a home maker. At the time when Jennifer Lopez was born, the family was living in a small apartment. Few years later, her parents saved up some money and purchased a double story house which was actually a big deal for a relatively poor family.
A catholic ‘Preston high school’
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is where Jennifer spent her all her academic carrier where she also practiced gymnastic, ran tracks on national level and she was also the member of school’s softball team. She was an excellent athlete and also competed in level championships. At the Age of five, Jennifer’s father David use to send her to dancing classes where she was tutored. Jennifer learned about the film casting in the final year of her high school.
She gave the audition and got selected for the film My Little Girl (1986). It was a low budget film co-written and directed by Connie Kaiserman. After finishing the role in My Little Girl, Jennifer realized that she could be a great movie star and pursue her carrier as an actress in order to make a better fortune. To make her parents happy, she enrolled in Baruch College, only to drop out after one semester. She informed her parents about her dream of becoming a movie star on which they said that it’s stupid and ‘No Latino did this’. The difference in their opinion led Jennifer to move into an apartment in Manhattan. During this time, Jennifer performed in the regional production of the Musicals ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ and ‘Oklahoma’. From there, she was hired to do the chorus in a ‘Golden Musicals of Broadway’ which was also toured in Europe for five months. Later on, she got a job in a Japanese show ‘Synchronicity’ where she acted as a dancer, choreographer and …show more content…
singer. Jennifer’s career was started in 1991 where she was selected as a backup dancer in ‘New Kids on the block’ and also performed with them during the performance of ‘Games’ in ‘18th Annual American Music Awards’. After a short time, Jennifer Lopez gained her first regular high profile job as a Fly-Girl dancer on TV program ‘In living color’. Lopez applied for the job after one of the cast member who was unable to continue with the show. Out of 2000 applicants, Jennifer made it to the finals. She was runner up but still got the job as the as the winner was unable to accept the job. Lopez moved to Los Angeles to film the series and remained a regular member until 1993, and thought of pursuing a full-time acting career. Before leaving the show, Lopez worked as a backup dancer for the American recording artist Janet Jackson. Lopez was all set to go on the ‘Janet world tour’ with Janet Jackson in 1993 but she backed of to do her “own thing”. In early 1997, alongside Jack Nicholson and Stephen Dorff, Lopez started in the Neo-Noir thriller ‘Blood and wine’. Lopez started as the title role of the Selena biopic in March. Despite of previously working with the film’s director in ‘My Family’, she went through the intense process of auditioning. Kenneth Turan of Los Angeles times stated that the Film is not just a celebration of Selena’s life but also the actress who portrayed her. From the news outlet, the announcement was described as a ‘role of a lifetime’. Reportedly, the Lopez salary for film was one million dollar which made the record for the highest paid Hispanic actress in the history. After playing Selena, Lopez was really feeling her Latin roots and cut a demo in Spanish. Lopez Manager then send the song Vivir Sin Ti (Living without you) to the Sony Entertainment who showed interest in signing her. Tommy mottola, the head of the Label ‘Sony Entertainment’ suggest that she would sing in English. Lopez music career also started to take off when she released her debut Latin pop album, on June 6 1999.
The album fueled by her success of hit single “If you had my love” went platinum within 2 weeks and made Lopez one of the most influential examples of the growing Latin cultural influence in pop music alongside Ricky martin. In early 2000, Jennifer was also nominated for best dance performance for her hit ‘Waiting for tonight’ and unfortunately lost the award to the veteran diva char. The popularity of the Jennifer Lopez reached the new milestone when she released her album ‘J Lo’ in 2001 which was debuted no. 1 on the pop chart. Maintaining the decorum, she keeps on touching the new heights with her outstanding performances in films and
songs. Jennifer Lopez married in 1997 to Ojani Noa. Ojani was a model and actor. She then had a widely public relation with the rapper, Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs. In December 1999, Combs and Lopez was allegedly involved in a shooting incident outside a New York City nightclub in which reportedly 3 people were injured. After the incident, Lopez and Combs were separated. Shortly after the breakup, Jennifer started dating Cris Judd. He was a dancer who was also appeared in her hit single ‘Love Don’t Cost a Thing’. Later on the couple announced their engagement in 2001 after so much speculation from media. The got married in September and got separated after 9 months.
Jenni Rivera, born Dolores Janney Rivera Saavedra, was born in Long Beach, CA. She grew up in poverty, and with four brothers she was a tom boy. She learned to defend herself at a young age. “I soon developed the reputation as the girl who beats up boys.” This taught her how to respect herself in the music industry. Despite her boyish ways she loved to sing. She would compete at bars with her dad. He early singing career made her realize she could make good money and provide for her family by singing.
sold to her father and never released. Selena was the Hot Latin Tracks artist of the year in 1995. Selena has had seven number one singles on the Billboard’s Hot Latin chart. Only three other Latin artists have had more. The “Dreaming of You” album was the second fastest selling album by a female artist in history next to Janet Jackson. Although Selena improvised and created her own dance moves on stage, she used to watch “Soul Train” to get ideas for her dance steps.3 Once a man brought his sister who was dying of cancer and ...
Jay-Z was born Shawn Corey Carter on December 4, 1969. He grew up in the infamous Marcy projects in Brooklyn with a sister and a brother. You would think that just growing up on the Marcy projects would be hard enough on a kid, but at the age of twelve, Shawn’s parents got a divorce. Shawn then attended the Brooklyn High school with two of today’s better known rappers, Biggie Smalls and Busta Rhymes.
From a young age, Lohan was constantly starring in ads such as Gap and Pizza Hut, and modeling for Magazines like Vogue and Elle. She continued to go on, securing a role in Another World, an opera that previously starred Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. Later, she earned roles in big movies, such as Freaky Friday, Herbie Fully Loaded and Just my Luck. She got her first breakthrough in the movie, The Parent Trap, which earned 84 million worldwide. The hit movie, Mean Girls, marked the peak of Lohan’s career. The film earned 129 million and earned her multiple awards from places like MTV Movie Awards and Teen Choice Awards. For a limited amount of time, she became the highest paid actress of her generation. Lohan then began to launch a singing career, releasing an album calling, Speak, which generated loads of money due to her high celebrity
Celia Cruz was born in a humble neighborhood of Santo Suarez in Havana, Cuba on October 21, 1924. She was one of 14 children. One of her chores was to sing to her youngest sibling to sleep. Her first appearance as a child earned her a pair of shoes from a tourist that was watching. As a teenager she performed in many talent shows at school and community gatherings. Also her aunt took her cousin and her to nightclubs and cabarets. Yet, while her family supported her talent, her father was insisting for Celia to continuing her school so she could become a teacher.
In today’s world, with the media exploiting every single thing about a celebrity, it easy to know their accomplishments or the scandals in their life. The actions that one demonstrates especially when being a celebrity, influences the public and determines whether they are someone to look up to or not. One of the star that are in the public eye is Jennifer Lopez but she is mostly known as JLo. Many people know her as an American singer, actress, dancer, fashion designer and businesswoman (Jennifer Lopez). Everybody out there has their own opinion about her, those who look up to her describe her as a strong, independent and hardworking women who fought to be in the position that she’s in. On the other hand, the haters out there look at her as someone who exposes her physical appearance, isn’t latina enough and is talentless. However Jennifer Lopez is worth knowing about because of her influence in the hispanic community, her support for feminism and her ability to adapt to a variety of roles as a celebrity.
For this assignment I choose Kylie Jenner. She is constantly in the Public eye and her family is well known around the world also. The Kardashian-Jenner family is always a fascination to the public. The Jenner family and Kardashian family are all connected in some way. The television show “Keeping up with the Kardashian’s” is where a lot of the spotlight comes from.
September 16, 1968, a famous songwriter, actor, and singer was born in New York City (Biography.com). This famous person is one known around the world, whether you know him from his ex-wife Jennifer Lopez or listened to his music. This person is the infamous Puerto Rican Marco Antonio Muñiz, otherwise known as Marc Anthony. Although not born in Puerto Rico, Marc Anthony’s music influences many people around the world including South America and the United States.
George regained his sense of purpose after a local comedy manger helped him out. George Lopez is now climbing to the top of the totem pole and he is improving tremendously. In 1999 Lopez became the first Latino to host a major English-Language radio show for a Clear Channel Communications in the city of Los Angeles and it just happened to be at the top of the radio market. This was a very big step for Lopez because most radio host were black or white and not Latino. He was top ten on the charts for the best radio talk show host within the city. In the meantime while doing all the other great work he released his second live stand-up comedy album in the year of 2001 and it was called Right Now Right Now. This album received a Grammy Award nomination for the best comedy album. Also in the year of 2001 he stared his standup comedy called,
Jennifer Lopez was born in the Bronx, New York on July 24, 1970. She was born in the United States to Puerto Rican Parents, Jennifer considers herself to be a Puerto Rican and she is very proud of her Hispanic heritage and culture. Her father is David Lopez, a computer specialist, and her mother Guadalupe Lopez, a Kindergarten teacher. Her parents recognized Jennifer’s talent and enthusiasm for performing and at the age of five the enrolled her in dance classes. Her mother said “Jennifer always loved to sing, but she was also a great actress and knew that she would have a bright future ahead of her.” With the support of her parents Jennifer grew up to be a very sensible girl, who is still very close to her family. When Jennifer earned her million-dollar paycheck for playing the role in the movie Selena, she bought her mom a Cadillac. Even though they saw Jennifer’s talent at the age of five, their relationship was not always understandable. Jennifer made a major decision and that was not to go to College. That decision was very disappointing to her parents who wanted her to go to law school. Her parents supported her pursuit of a career in show business, they did not wanted to be in the expense of her education. When Jennifer told her parents that she was not going to College and law school, they thought it was really stupid to go off and try to be a movie star.
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Some might disagree with Klosterman’s view on Perez Hilton and his villainy, but that is because they do not realize the amount of hatred and sorrow Perez Hilton has brought upon the world. Perez Hilton might seem like a bully to some but if we take a step back and look at the big picture we will see that he is in fact the definition of evil. Because he makes spreading lies and harassing people on the internet seem like such a wonderful job to have, people who are reading his blogs and looking up to him as an idol take bullying and harassing people as normal thing. Nowadays internet bullying is such an overwhelming problem for our society and we struggled to find the source of problem because the internet moves so quickly. “The reason Perez
Mariah Carey was born March 27, 1970 in Huntington, Long Island, New York. Her parents are Alfred Roy Carey and Patricia Carey who was a voice coach and opera singer. Mariah Carey shocked her family when she inherited her mother's vocals so she began singing lessons at age four. Today she is one of the most known artist but is also a film actress, music producer, songwriter, and she has won many awards. The day after she graduated high school she moved to New York City to pursue her music career. She started her career as a backing vocalist for Brenda K. Starr who gave columbia records Mariah’s demo tape at a party thrown by CBS records. The goal was to give the demo to a man named Jimmy Greenberg but it ended up in the hands of the president of Columbia records, after that her career took off.
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Born on March 30, 1968, in Charlemagne, Québec, Canada, Celine Dion is a living legend of the French-speaking country. Raised in a very humble but modest home, Dion was the 14th child of Thérèse Tanguay and Adhémar Dion. From her early school days, Celine was the first one on the list to sign up for any concerts near her home. She had the same fondness toward music as her family did and with time, she will soon grow to become an exceptional artist, now owner of five Grammys and the first Canadian to be awarded a gold album in France.