Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born on July 24, 1970 in Castle Hill, Bronx. Jennifer is the daughter of Guadalupe and David Lopez. She is known for her success of overcoming the Spanish stereotypes she was discriminated for through her life and it has led her to be the highest paid Latino woman in the world. Jen appears on magazine covers and in movies, breaking down barriers and showing every woman, no matter what their size, race, or beliefs can do anything they put their mind and heart to. As a child Jennifer loved to sing and dance and immediately her parents recognized her talent and enthusiasm for performing so they the enrolled her in dance classes. Her mother, Guadalupe, 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.” Jennifer grew up, very close to her family, she even bought her mother a Cadillac with the …show more content…
million-dollar paycheck she earned for her title role in the movie Selena. Her parents always supported her wanting a career in show business but not to the extent of Jennifer deciding she didn’t want to go to college. When Jen told her parents about her decision they were quite upset and thought it was rather stupid to skip college and try to be a movie star. Therefore Jennifer left her home after a fight she had with her parents and never went back. Jennifer said,” I had to make my own way” and moved into a Manhattan dance studio where she had been training. Then later got an apartment with some friends. Since the time she moved out of her home she started her showbiz career as a dancer in stage musicals. Jennifer always believed in herself and says “I don't regret what I've been through. I've had ups and downs, super highs and some really low lows. I've been so blessed that I could never say, 'I wish this didn't happen.' It's part of who I am. There's nothing in my life that's so ugh.” (True Love) Her confidence and perseverance shaped her into the woman she is today. Lopez's musical career also began to take off, as she released her debut Latin pop album, On the 6 in June 1999.
The album, was a success thanks to her hit single, "If You Had My Love," which went platinum two weeks after it was released, crowing Jen one of the most successful musicians in cultural pop music. After her first hit single, in early 2000, she was nominated for the title of ‘Best Dance Performance’ for the second hit single she released called "Waiting for Tonight," though Jen sadly lost the award to Cher. The popularity of the extremely talented Jen grew in 2001, when her album, J. Lo hit number one on the pop charts, while the next film she starred in, The Wedding Planner, was also on top in the box office during its first week of release. Later In December 2002, she had another great success with the release of her record “This Is Me” along with a starring role in Maid in Manhattan, Jen was a success and continued to be one. In 2003, she co-starred with Ben Affleck in Gigli and she also starred in Shall We Dance? a remake of the top-grossing Japanese
flick. Recently, In 2012, Jen announced that she would be leaving American Idol. She told the world "I honestly feel like the time has come that I have to get back to doing the other things that I do, that I put on hold because I love Idol so much,” though she returned to the show for the thirteenth season in 2014. In addition to being on American Idol, Jen continued to work on her own personal music. She released her album A.K.A. in June. This was also near the time Jennifer worked with Pitbull and Claudia Leitte on their song "We Are One" for the World Cup. Then later in 2015 she went back to work on her acting career as the lead in The Boy Next and on tv, Jen co-stars in the new police drama Shades of Blue which debuted in 2016, same year she served as a judge for the final season of American Idol. Jennifer has never backed down from a challenge or opportunity in her life and it has made her into a strong Latino woman. Jen shows women and men all around the world that with focus, determination, and perseverance anything you put your heart and mind to is possible.
Jenni endured a lot of struggles growing up in Long Beach. Jenni grew up in poverty even with both parents working one to three jobs at a time. She would help sell cassette tapes at flea markets with her parents to make money. She was a normal girl in Long Beach until she turned 15. At age 15 after dating for 2 months she became pregnant with her first kid. Traditionally she was kicked out of her house which caused even ...
Selena Quintanilla Perez was born on April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas. Selena grew up understanding Spanish, but English was her first language. At the age of five Selena saw her brother learning to play the guitar and became jealous of the attention he was getting. She picked up a songbook and began to sing. Her family quickly turned their attention to her strong and beautiful voice. In the first grade Selena excelled at a game called Jump the Brook, in which two ropes are placed side by side and each kid takes a turn jumping across.1 In middle school Selena was in honors classes and made A’s and B’s. Selena used her allowance to put clothes on layaway. As a teenager, Selena hung all of her awards on the wall next to the staircase in her family’s house. As an adult, Selena was very involved with kids. She was a spokeswoman for the D.A.R.E. Program.
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.
As she made a name for herself, one of Jennifer's accomplishments is her influence within the Hispanic community. For instance, Jennifer participated with the organization Children’s Health Fund, which administers “a mobile van program that gives health services and education to underserved children in disadvantaged rural and urban communities” (“Charity-Jennifer Lopez”). As most know, one of the major group to have insurance issues are latinos because most latinos are undocumented. Her attendance at the Children's Health Fund Gala, shows how she can honor the 20 years of work and support that has been done to make the lives of countless positive. In addition, makes others acknowledge the fact that she goes out of her way to spread the word to assist the less
George Lopez was born on April 23rd in the year of 1961 in the Mission, Hills of Los Angeles, California. His father who was Anataso was a migrant worker who left his wife, Frieda for a different lifestyle. After Lopez was born, Frieda and George Moved in with his mom’s parents who tried to raise Lopez In her hometown of California. When George was a young kid his mother explained to him that his father had died. Even though, the real truth was that he was in fact alive but wanted nothing to do with his son who he had with his ex-wife. His mother soon remarried when George was only ten years of age. His mouther also left, so he had nowhere to go other than to his grandparents’ house because he figured they would take care of him. Lopez was
singing career as a backing vocalist for other artists. Her rapping skill caught Lil Wayne's
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.
Ariana Grande is one talented singer. The girl has impressed everyone with her spot-on celebrity singing impersonations and has sung with some of the most talented singers still alive today. However, there's still a lot you don't know about this sassy celeb. Here are the top eight most common misconceptions believed about Ariana Grande.
Selena Quintanilla was born on April 16, 1971, in Lake Jackson, Texas. Selena was considered the "Queen of Tejano," a type of Mexican music that incorporated other styles, such as country. She was also sometimes referred to as the "Mexican
Lopez is a great example of a Latino that did not have an easy start. Lopez was born, and raised in Mission Hills, California. His father abandoned him when he was two years old. His father took his baby clothes, and
Born and raised in Manhattan, the stunning, bi-racial Alicia Keys recognizes a number of influences including her ultra-supportive mother who told her "You can quit anything else but you can never give up on your piano lessons." Alicia also sites a teacher at the Professional Performance Arts School in Manhattan who, while she was majoring in Choir, gave her valuable instruction on her voice. "This teacher spent so much time with me, she became the closest thing to vocal training I received," Alicia recalls.
There are many reasons people send out hate about Jennifer Lawrence: They call her rude and fat, they say her fans are annoying, and sometimes they hate on her for the most random reasons, for example, because of her quirky, odd, slightly insensitive brother or even because she uses strange words, such as the term “quark”. But JLaw doesn’t care. Despite all the harsh critisisms sent out, she doesn’t respond, she stopped on many social media platforms, and she doesn’t let it get to her. “I can
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.
Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric is a 2017 documentary for National Geographic that explores the complications of gender identity. In a series of interviews with surgeons, scientist, students and families across the country, Katie Couric documents the experiences of transgender and intersex people and the challenges that they have faced through their journey. What Katie Couric uncovers is that people are a lot more complicated than we thought. By learning more about transgender biology and social identity, she hopes to answer the question - Should our bodies define us? Katie met with scientists and surgeons in her quest.
As a child, Streisand was very shy and describes her childhood as a painful experience. She often felt rejected by other kids because of her looks. Her stepfather was also emotionally abusive, and found no support from her mother, who thought Barbra was not pretty enough to make it in show business. Barbra went to school at Bais Yaakov School, and sang in the school choir. She also went to Erasmus Hall High School, where she met Neil Diamond, who she would collaborate with in the future. Before graduating from high school, Streisand traveled into New York City to study acting. She met Anita and Alan Miller at the age of 15, and made an agreement with the couple to babysit their children, and in return Alan would give her a scholarship to his acting school. She graduated from Erasmus High School at the age of 16, and was nu...