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This film chronicles the captivating love story of pop icon Jennifer Lopez and movie star Ben Affleck, a romance that began on a movie set in 2002. It intimately details their journey over two decades, culminating in their Las Vegas wedding. Discover the enduring connection between these two Hollywood figures in this compelling biographical documentary.
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00:00You know, you just never know who you're going to hit it off with or who that person's going to be.
00:16And it's usually the most unlikely person or somebody who thought this will never happen.
00:20And, you know, life has a funny way of just happening.
00:30You can't always get it right the first time.
00:36Just ask Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck.
00:42When the high-profile Hollywood couple first split in 2004, it seemed like romance.
00:48Fast forward to 2021, and love is given a second chance.
00:55J.Lo and Ben were the it couple of the early 2000s.
01:00After a whirlwind romance on a movie set, press fans all around the world were totally obsessed with the match seemingly made in heaven.
01:09And despite spending almost two decades apart, they've proved that love always wins with the shocking but widely loved reunion in 2022.
01:17Made in Manhattan, married in Vegas, and living happily ever after in Beverly Hills.
01:27Bennifer is back and better than ever.
01:30In early 2021, there were rumblings of a reunion.
01:59When Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were spotted secretly visiting each other on numerous occasions, trying to look casual.
02:08Two decades after one of Hollywood's most notable love stories began, it seemed like the former couple were reigniting their spark.
02:15They eventually went public with their rekindled romance on Instagram a few months later.
02:24J.Lo and Affleck had remained supportive of one another in the years following their split, always praising each other's achievements.
02:33Then, in July 2021, in an Instagram post compiling a ton of images from her 52nd birthday, J.Lo ended the collection of cute pics with a photo of her kissing none other than Ben Affleck.
02:49Sending fans into a frenzy.
02:52At the Venice Film Festival in September 2021, the duo returned to the red carpet for the first time since reuniting.
03:08The pair continued to look more loved-up than ever in several more public appearances, hand-in-hand.
03:22But just how did they both rocket to fame?
03:27And where did their romance begin?
03:29So many film stars have attempted to launch a career in music.
03:40And so many hit musicians have sought further success in the movies.
03:45Yet none of them has ever matched the monumental achievements of Jennifer Lopez.
03:54Three multi-million selling albums and counting, several major blockbusters, Hollywood pay packets breaking the $12 million mark, and a Golden Globe nomination.
04:04Jennifer Lopez is truly an all-encompassing superstar.
04:11Everything's a challenge, you know what I mean?
04:13From the time I started acting, I mean, actually when I started dancing first and singing, that was a challenge to get into the business.
04:19Just to break in from, you know, living in the Bronx and not having any connections and not knowing anybody, that was a challenge.
04:25Then breaking into television was a huge challenge.
04:28Getting my first video, now making my first album, doing my first movie.
04:31So it's all, to me, just different things and different accounts and different goals I have.
04:35And I'm just gonna, you know, keep on trying.
04:40J-Lo began singing and dancing and taking lessons at the age of five.
04:43Her parents were very big on having a strong work ethic.
04:46They wanted them to speak English because she grew up in a Spanish family.
04:49But they allowed the kids to go around the house and do little shows and things like that.
04:54So that's really where J-Lo made her mark in the singing and dancing world.
05:00I was the type of kid who used to cut up my t-shirts and, you know, make a skirt out of a pair of pants.
05:07And because I wanted it to match right, I mean, I've just always been part of who I am, you know?
05:12After high school, her parents really wanted her to go to college.
05:16She went for one semester to Baruch College in Manhattan.
05:19That lasted not very long.
05:21So she moved out of her parents' house, got an apartment in Manhattan.
05:24And that's where she started getting roles in musicals like Oklahoma and things like that.
05:29And she even went to Japan where she danced in a show.
05:32She began auditioning for dance roles and was eventually selected as a dancer for various music videos.
05:40She scored her biggest break as a backing dancer in Janet Jackson's That's The Way Love Goes video in 1993.
05:48She was also selected as a backup dancer for New Kids on the Block.
05:52In 1993, Jennifer Lopez had been a backup dancer for Janet Jackson.
05:57And when Janet asked her to go on a longer extended tour, Lopez said no because she wanted to focus on her own thing
06:05and being taken seriously as a performer, actress, and singer in her own right.
06:11She managed to land a role alongside Hollywood A-listers Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson in the movie Money Train.
06:20After the success of Money Train, she acted alongside Robin Williams in Francis Ford Coppola's comedy drama Jack.
06:26propelling herself further up the A-list ladder.
06:301997 was a big year for J-Lo, personally and professionally.
06:35First came a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress for her role in the film Selena.
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07:01I knew of Selena, and I'd heard her music.
07:15I was an admirer of hers.
07:16I knew she was doing great things.
07:19But I had never been to a concert or anything.
07:21But it was definitely a role that I felt I could sink my teeth into.
07:25I mean, it was a good role.
07:28They don't come along like this every day, so.
07:32Selena was loved by hundreds of thousands of fans.
07:35Did you feel any pressure when deciding to take this part?
07:38Can you tell us about that?
07:40No, there was no question of whether or not I was going to take it.
07:42If they were going to give it to me, I was going to do it.
07:45But, of course, there was a lot of pressure with whoever would have gotten it
07:49because she was so beloved and because, you know, it was a huge job.
07:55There was a lot to do.
07:57You know, she was very fresh in the public's mind.
07:59They remembered her.
08:00How do you do it without impersonating, trying to impersonate her or being a caricature?
08:04You know, you don't want to do any of that.
08:06You want to be a real person.
08:07And, you know, that was the hard part.
08:10Right.
08:11The first scene, I mean, I know I trembled in my seat.
08:14I mean, it was amazing.
08:15Yeah.
08:16How did that feel, the fans just chanting, Selena, Selena, Selena?
08:20Yeah.
08:20You coming into the Eastern Answer, don't toss it off.
08:23It was wonderful because when I first came out, I didn't know how the fans were going to accept me.
08:28And when I did come out, they were yelling Selena and they were yelling Jennifer,
08:32which made me feel very at home and that they did accept me in the role and they were there to be supportive and positive.
08:40So that was a great feeling.
08:42And the way you feel when you watch that first scene, if you just multiply that by like 10,000,
08:49that's how I felt when I walked in there and then got off.
08:53And when I walked up the stairs and they turned the lights down, you know, that was all one take.
08:58And I got off there.
09:00It was pretty amazing.
09:03Steven Soderbergh's film Out of Sight in 1998 truly highlighted J-Lo's potential.
09:10Starring alongside George Clooney, the film's success saw both stars suddenly being taken seriously.
09:17Karen Sisko.
09:19She's a tough girl, but has endearing qualities about her, which I enjoy.
09:23Is that what attracted you to the role of Karen?
09:26Yeah, I just think that it was a very good role, a strong woman's role.
09:31I'm not saying strong in the fact that that's what her character is,
09:34but strong in the fact that she's part of the story here, you know what I mean?
09:38It's not just window dressing and very appealing, of course, when you come across a role like that.
09:43Now your character and George Clooney's character are almost these, you know, different sides of the same coin.
09:49You know, one kind of chose a different path, and you're kind of the good path.
09:53Yeah.
09:54Talk about that a little bit.
09:54Yeah, you know, it's like, that's one of the good things about the script.
09:58It's very gray.
09:59It's not black or white.
10:00It's like good guys are bad guys, and bad guys are good guys.
10:03And, you know, someone's doing the right thing, and somebody's not doing the right thing, and the good guy kind of does something wrong.
10:08You know what I mean?
10:08And that's how real life is, and I think that's what makes this so interesting, is that you understand why these characters are doing what they're doing.
10:15And you can see yourself.
10:16You can relate.
10:17You can put yourself in their shoes and go, okay, I might have done the same thing.
10:20Her debut album, On the Six, was released in June 1999 and made the top 10 on the U.S. charts.
10:29I would describe it as kind of like a Latin solo.
10:34It's kind of pop, but it's kind of like who I am.
10:38I grew up in New York.
10:40I'm Puerto Rican, so it's like it's urban, but it definitely has a Latin influence, and it's dance music, and it's all those things.
10:46It's a hybrid of all of that kind of stuff.
10:48You'll understand when you hear it.
10:52J-Lo's winning streak was evident, with the album earning a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording and two nominations.
10:59J-Lo's debut single, If You Had My Love, was released in May 1999.
11:08Prior to the debut of her music, critics wondered why she would take the risk of launching a music career when she was already an established movie star.
11:16If You Had My Love was released in May 1999, and she created a record alongside Britney Spears, but they both topped the charts with their debut single, and that doesn't normally happen.
11:28And you usually have to wait a little while or pay some dues, but that song did extremely well.
11:33A lot of music critics, though, were a little skeptical about her music career because they didn't understand why this big actress wanted to do music.
11:40That was kind of unheard of at the time, but she proved them wrong.
11:44In 2001, while recording her second album, J-Lo, she decided to tweak her image as she began to develop into a sex symbol.
12:07She changed her stage name to J-Lo, a nickname given to her by the fans.
12:14The album was a commercial success, debuting at number one on the United States Billboard 200.
12:20It featured the hit single, Love Don't Cost a Thing.
12:23So in the video, My Love Don't Cost a Thing, great to see this fun beach atmosphere.
12:29It's sexy, and it has that famous image of her taking her top off at the end and throwing it towards the camera.
12:36And we also get a glimpse of her second husband, Chris Judd.
12:40He's her backup dancer in this video.
12:42It was in 2001 when J-Lo met backing dancer Chris Judd while filming the video to her single, Love Don't Cost a Thing.
13:10And the two married in late 2001.
13:14However, in true showbiz fashion, the marriage lasted only a few months, and by 2003, the two were divorced.
13:22But true love was just around the corner.
13:27In 2002, J-Lo met Hollywood actor Ben Affleck on the set of the film Geely.
13:33And love soon blossomed.
13:34At the time, J-Lo was still married to her second husband, and she and Affleck went public with their relationship soon after her divorce from Judd.
13:43The relationship spawned publicity off the scale, with the pair being renamed Bennifer,
13:49and Affleck even appearing in her music video for the single Jenny from the Block,
13:53which was taken from her third studio album, This Is Me Then.
13:56So her third studio album, This Is Me Then, had a lot of love songs that were dedicated to her fiancé, Ben Affleck.
14:07Now, the two had become engaged.
14:09This was the famous engagement where he gave her a huge pink diamond, and that became all the rage.
14:15Everyone wanted pink diamonds for their engagement.
14:17But it also was the start of Bennifer.
14:19And it's one of the first times we saw celebrity names become a hybrid name together.
14:25The paparazzi followed them everywhere.
14:28Every single moment of their engagement, of their life, was chronicled.
14:32And this is where we saw kind of a, I don't know, a cleaned up Ben Affleck.
14:35He started wearing Gucci and all of Armani and being really dressed up and slick back hair.
14:40A very different Ben Affleck than we're used to.
14:43J-Lo has so many great songs.
14:45I mean, some of them are not as great as others, but they're all fun.
14:49Of course, the classic that will always be an anthem is Jenny from the Block.
14:55And that's such an awesome song.
14:56It shows her with these furs and nice cars and, like, the personal assistant.
15:01And yet she's just, like, totally gritty, totally street.
15:06It just shows you can have all these fabulous things, but you can still honestly never forget where you came from and what your roots are.
15:12Jenny from the Block really chronicles the love story between Ben Affleck and J-Lo.
15:21You know, she's just saying, I'm a regular girl, but they're showing all these images of them out on the ocean in this big, fancy boat or in hotel rooms and the paparazzi chasing them.
15:30Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got.
15:32I'm still, I'm still Jenny from the back.
15:34Don't have a little, now I have a lot.
15:37Don't go, I know where I came from.
15:39Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got.
15:42Don't go, I'm still Jenny from the back.
15:44Don't have a little, now I have a lot.
15:46Don't go, I know where I came from.
15:50Ben Affleck started acting professionally throughout his childhood.
15:58but his first real spotlight role was a high school bully in Richard Linklater's cult classic
16:03Dazed and Confused in 1993. This projected him into the industry, and his first starring role
16:09came two years later in 1995 as an aimless art student in the college drama Glory Days.
16:18A lead role in the romantic comedy Chasing Amy in 1997 would become Ben Affleck's breakthrough,
16:24gaining him a lot of praise from critics. Also in 1997, Affleck co-wrote and acted in Good Will
16:34Hunting alongside Matt Damon. The screenplay originated in 1992 when Damon wrote a 40-page
16:41script for a playwriting class at Harvard University. Affleck and Damon eventually won
16:46both the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
16:50We've never taken ourselves very seriously, or consider ourselves, you know, we know so
16:59many writers, there's so many people whose work we admire and whose work we respect, and
17:03I think it's real difficult to not feel like an imposter, you know, we sort of feel like
17:07the Milli Vanilli of screenwriting, so we're trying to let it soak in a little bit.
17:12I think more than anything that it was an exercise in frustration, because whether or not it actually
17:22comes to fruition, I think the act of sitting down and kind of taking control of your own
17:26life, the problem with being an actor is that, which means most of the time you're not going
17:30to be working, and you're going to be trying to be working, and it's really, really difficult
17:34to feel like you own your own life, and so just the act of sitting down, writing was
17:41something we could kind of do on our own time, and feel like we were, there was an outlet
17:47for this kind of creative energy that we felt like we had, but nobody really wanted it.
17:50And we never would have thought, really, that it was possible.
17:53I mean, even 15 years ago, people, you didn't think of independent movies as something that
17:57was, you know, you could do.
17:59So Matt and I thought that we could really make the movie by just raising a little bit
18:03of money and making it, because guys like Kevin Smith and Rick Linklater and Spike Lee
18:08and all these, like, and Quentin Terence, you know, and all these great innovators kind
18:11of went out and made monies inexpensively, the Coens.
18:15You know, then you thought, oh, well, you can make a movie, you know, and you don't have,
18:18because we never thought that anyone would buy it or that it would actually go through
18:20the Hollywood sort of channels, much less, you know, end up winning Academy Awards,
18:26for God's sake.
18:29Armageddon, released in 1998, established Affleck as a viable leading man for Hollywood
18:36studio films.
18:38Good Will Hunting had not yet been released during the casting process, and after Affleck's
18:42screen test, director Michael Bay dismissed him as a geek.
18:47Producer Jerry Bruckheimer convinced him that Affleck would be a star, but he had to lose weight,
18:52become tanned, and get his teeth capped before filming began.
18:55The film, where he starred opposite Bruce Willis as a blue-collar driller tasked by NASA with
19:01stopping an asteroid from colliding with Earth, was a box office success.
19:05As long as it says, Harry Stamper oil on the rig, you will not disobey my rules.
19:10You got that?
19:11Yeah, I do got it.
19:12Right now, I need to hear five words from you.
19:15Uh, I'll never do that again.
19:19I'm a fool.
19:20That was idiotic.
19:20I mean, that was stupid.
19:22I'm an idiot.
19:22I know what names on the sign.
19:23I'm not, I can't.
19:24What's going on here?
19:25What's going on?
19:25Well, I mean, I, you know, I screwed up.
19:27I'm a little edgy.
19:27How long have you worked for me?
19:28Five wonderful years.
19:30In five years, you have never apologized to me this quickly.
19:34Something's going on here, and I'm going to find out what it is.
19:36No, no, no, no, no.
19:36Well, I'm turning over.
19:41Later in 1998, Affleck had a supporting role as an arrogant English actor in the period
19:46romantic comedy Shakespeare in Love, starring his then-girlfriend, Gwyneth Paltrow.
19:50Shakespeare in Love won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, while the cast won
19:56the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast.
20:07Affleck reunited with director Michael Bay for the critically derided war drama Pearl Harbor
20:12in 2001.
20:14A.O.
20:14Scott of the New York Times felt Affleck and Kate Beckinsale do what they can with their
20:19lines and glow with the satiny shine of real movie stars.
20:28Ben Affleck became more involved with television and film production in the early 2000s.
20:33He and Damon had set up Pearl Street Films in 1998, named after the street that ran between
20:38their childhood homes.
20:43While Affleck had been a tabloid figure for much of his career, he was the subject of increased
20:48media attention in 2003 because of his relationship with Jennifer Lopez.
20:52By the end of the year, Affleck had become, in the words of GQ, the world's most overexposed
20:58actor.
21:00J.Lo and Ben Affleck got engaged in November of 2002, with Affleck giving her a $2.5 million,
21:066.1 carat, pink diamond ring.
21:09She's had great success in the music industry, but her film career was not going well, especially
21:17the film Gigli, which she starred in with Ben Affleck, her fiancé.
21:21The movie cost about $54 million to produce.
21:26It only earned $7 million worldwide.
21:30Huge bomb, huge stinker for both of them.
21:33But they also had another film coming out, which came out early in 2004, and it was called
21:37Jersey Girl.
21:39Now, J.Lo only had a small role, and in fact, here's a spoiler, she dies at the beginning.
21:43But the film cost about $35 million to make and only made $36 million worldwide.
21:48So everyone was saying, stop making movies together, because these are terrible, terrible
21:52movies, and you guys don't look good on screen together.
21:55Just days before the wedding, the couple made a joint statement announcing the postponement
22:03of their wedding due to excessive media attention.
22:06Unfortunately, this news went from bad to worse, with the couple announcing their split
22:10in 2004.
22:15Jennifer Lopez hit the headlines once again in 2004, when she secretly married Salsa star Mark
22:22Anthony.
22:23They had briefly dated in the late 1990s, before his first marriage and her second.
22:28Well, Ben Affleck and J.Lo did not last.
22:31They broke up in January 2004.
22:34Very public breakup.
22:35They said it was the paparazzi and all the media coverage of their relationship.
22:39But there were other things going on.
22:41You know, people spotted Ben Affleck in strip clubs, and things were going on there.
22:46And she wasn't happy.
22:47So their marriage never happened.
22:50So in January, she's all brokenhearted and sad.
22:53And a friend of hers swoops in to rescue her.
22:56And it's singer Mark Anthony.
22:58He just helps her with her broken heart.
23:00And before you know it, she's married.
23:02And it's only June.
23:03Same year.
23:04And she's got her third husband.
23:07It was about a hot five minutes later that Jennifer was spotted with Mark.
23:12I literally think she and Ben Affleck broke up, and she got on the next plane to Mark Anthony.
23:18Mark and Jennifer had been friends for a long time.
23:22Their relationship had been platonic, and then they had briefly dated, and then it was platonic again.
23:27But Mark, I think, was kind of always in love with her.
23:31I think Mark was the guy who is in the background, who you know adores you,
23:36and thinks you're just God's gift to this earth.
23:39And after Ben Affleck kind of broke her heart, I think Jennifer was looking for that kind of reassurance.
23:47And Mark represented that.
23:48The other thing is, Mark represented Jennifer's roots.
23:51You know, they both speak Spanish.
23:53She's sung lots of songs in Spanish.
23:55She loves singing.
23:57And I think she connected with Mark in a way that she wouldn't have done with Ben Affleck.
24:02And Mark felt familiar.
24:04Mark felt like home.
24:05Mark felt like he embodied something that was very much a part of her culture growing up as a Latina.
24:11And Mark and Jennifer seemed to make sense.
24:13So they very quickly got together, and they very quickly got married.
24:17In fact, Mark's divorce was only finalized from Dianara like a few days before he actually married Jennifer Lopez.
24:24After a year away from the music scene, J-Lo released her fourth studio album, Rebirth, in 2005.
24:36For her, this was kind of a fresh start.
24:39She had gone through a rough couple years with her breakup with Ben Affleck.
24:42The movie career wasn't going well.
24:45And, you know, she had a new marriage with Mark Anthony.
24:46So I think she just felt like this was a fresh start for her.
24:49And she didn't have a bunch of love songs to Ben Affleck on this album.
24:52You know, she just kept a few simple references to her current husband.
24:56But she was really happy with where the album was.
25:00Although debuting and peaking at number two in the U.S., the album quickly fell off the charts.
25:05The album featured the successful single, Get Right.
25:11In the music video, Get Right, J-Lo plays multiple roles.
25:16You'll see her as a bartender.
25:17You'll see her as the go-go dancer.
25:19You even see her as the young working mom, a club goer.
25:23It's just really kind of fun where she just is playing multiple roles throughout the entire song.
25:27And we do get to see another one of those famous J-Lo dance breaks that just, she kills it right there in the middle of the song.
25:35She followed up her discography with her first full Spanish album, Como Ama Una Mujer, in 2007.
26:01Husband Mark Anthony produced the album, and it reached the number one spot, putting J-Lo back on track with her previous musical successes.
26:09For J-Lo's fifth studio album, Como Ama Una Mujer, you know, this was a Spanish-language album.
26:15And it was the top-selling Spanish-language album ever for that very first week.
26:20It had extremely strong sales.
26:23The critics weren't as kind, though, because they said, you know, we can really kind of hear her vocal quality,
26:27and it's kind of weak and stuff like that, but that didn't stop the fans from buying the album.
26:32In 2005, J-Lo starred alongside Jane Fonda in the romantic comedy Monster-in-Law.
26:38She received $15 million for her role in the film.
26:42With a production budget of $43 million, the film went on to gross a total of $115 million worldwide.
26:48I don't know why people like seeing women fight.
26:51I don't understand it at all myself, but they like that.
26:54No, but me and Jane had a good time.
26:56It was what?
26:56I think it's the hair pulling.
26:57The hair pulling?
26:58The slapping?
27:00Any advice for daughter-in-laws?
27:02How should they behave the best?
27:03Daughter-in-laws, how should they behave the best?
27:06God, just be polite.
27:07Be polite.
27:09Act like your mama taught you some manners.
27:11You know what I mean?
27:11Is this experience any similar to your dealing with mother-in-law in general?
27:16Any mother-in-law?
27:17Um, no.
27:18Thank God.
27:19No.
27:19This is a quite, hopefully, very rare experience for anybody.
27:25Although the person who did write the script, the first girl, Anya, said that she did have
27:29a similar experience, and that's why she wrote the script.
27:32So, I guess it's out there.
27:33I haven't had it, though.
27:34I've been lucky.
27:34I've been lucky.
27:35On November 7th, 2007, during the final night of their co-headlining tour, J-Lo and Mark
27:45Anthony confirmed they were expecting their first child.
27:48The announcement ended months of speculation over the pregnancy.
27:53It was a shock that I was having twins.
27:55I didn't expect, I didn't even think I was pregnant, to be very honest.
27:58I was like, no, it hasn't happened for me for so long.
28:01I don't know why it would happen now.
28:03And my husband felt like, no, you're pregnant.
28:06You're pregnant.
28:06He had a sentence.
28:07Yeah.
28:08And we went to the doctor, and she checked me, and she was just like, oh, you're having
28:12twins.
28:13And I was like, what?
28:14Of course I am.
28:16Of course I'm having twins.
28:19J-Lo gave birth to a son, Maximilian David, and a daughter, Emmy Maribel, in Long Island,
28:24New York, on February 22nd, 2008.
28:27Well, it's funny because, you know, they are not growing up the way I grew up.
28:33It's a very different kind of existence for them.
28:36I grew up in the Bronx.
28:37You know, both my parents worked their butts off.
28:39And me and Mark work our butts off, too.
28:41But, you know, we have a little bit more than they had, a lot more than we have when we were
28:46growing up.
28:47And so my kids have a different perspective, and I realize that.
28:49They're going to have a different perspective on life.
28:51And I think one of the most important things to teach them is that they need to make their
28:54own way.
28:55They have to work very hard, and they have to care about the world around them.
28:58And I hope by doing things like this that they'll remember from a very young age that
29:03that was something that was always very important to Mark and I.
29:08In April 2010, J-Lo starred in the romantic comedy The Backup Plan, her first film role in
29:14over three years.
29:17I didn't see you.
29:18I saw you see me.
29:19Forget it.
29:20I'll get out, but not because you're right, but because I'm in a terrific mood, and you're
29:23ruining it.
29:25Where's that guy?
29:26He's hot.
29:27Hi.
29:27Did you follow me?
29:29Follow you?
29:34Okay, now this is getting weird.
29:36I know.
29:36We keep running into each other.
29:37It's crazy.
29:38What are you doing tonight?
29:39You going to see him again?
29:41I think so.
29:41I'll call you.
29:42I'll wait.
29:43Having received a modest $77 million worldwide, the film received mediocre reviews.
29:49I had a lot of fun with this movie.
29:51You know, I love comedy.
29:52You can have a lot of fun on a set when you're doing a comedy every day.
29:56And working with Alex was amazing.
29:58You know, he was a lot of fun to play with.
30:00And the film's called The Backup Plan.
30:02Yes.
30:02Obviously, you're a businesswoman, entrepreneur, singer, actress.
30:06Did you have a backup plan?
30:07I really didn't.
30:08I really didn't.
30:09I don't think you can in this business.
30:11If you want to be in this business, it's so competitive that you have to really be focused.
30:15And you can't have like, oh, I'll fall back on this or whatever.
30:18You can't.
30:18You just have to go, no, this is what I'm going to do.
30:21And how much of the character was you just actually being yourself and remembering being
30:25pregnant?
30:25And how much of it was acting?
30:26It was acting.
30:27It was acting.
30:28It was all acting.
30:29No, it wasn't me being myself.
30:32I think Zoe and I are very different in many ways.
30:34You know, she was kind of a loner.
30:36I'm so not a loner.
30:38I love being around my family and friends and stuff.
30:40And she's also emotionally very different than I was.
30:43And it was fun.
30:45And how has having children, how has it changed your life?
30:48Oh, God.
30:49I mean, it just changes you as a person.
30:51You know, your whole perspective on life is different because now your heart has opened
30:57up in a way that you never knew it could.
30:59And it just changes you.
31:01It changes you.
31:02I mean, there was a scene in the movie, a couple of scenes where I was like eating and
31:05peeing out.
31:06And they put them in and in the first cut.
31:07And I was like, listen, you guys, this is very important for women.
31:11They need to see me picking out.
31:13This is what happens when you're pregnant.
31:14You get really sleepy.
31:15You get really hungry.
31:16You have gas.
31:17Okay.
31:17It's all right.
31:18They're going to lie.
31:19Trust me.
31:20So, yeah, we were very, like me and the writer, who's also a woman and had just gotten
31:24through her own pregnancy.
31:25We're very adamant about those things.
31:27And obviously, Zoe, in the end, she can have it all.
31:30She can have the family and the man and the work.
31:33I mean, how do you balance work and looking after your children?
31:36I mean, it's a tough balancing act.
31:38It really is.
31:39You know, I wouldn't say that my life is easier.
31:42It's harder now.
31:43But it's just, it's better.
31:44You know, life is just more beautiful now.
31:47And you say you love making comedy.
31:49Yes.
31:49What was the most fun scene in this?
31:52The most fun scene was probably the water birth scene.
31:54And I don't want to give too much away, but you'll laugh.
31:57Trust me.
31:58You're going to laugh.
31:58In June 2010, following the departure of Ellen DeGeneres from American Idol, it was reported
32:08that Jennifer Lopez was in talks to join Season 10's judging panel.
32:12During the same time, J-Lo and Anthony were being considered for a role on The X Factor for
32:17their appeal to Latin and international markets.
32:20When Jennifer Lopez said yes to American Idol, she was, you know, she's in her 40s.
32:27She had had a couple of films that didn't do that well at the box office.
32:31And I think she saw it as an opportunity to kind of revitalize her career.
32:36Well, a lot of people didn't think it was going to.
32:39But in fact, Jennifer was completely right about it.
32:42She added so much to the show.
32:45She was the perfect judge who sat alongside, you know, people like Keith Urban.
32:49She has that emotive, emotional quality where she would tear up when she heard somebody
32:54sing something beautifully.
32:56She was funny.
32:57She's naturally funny.
32:59And she was a perfect judge.
33:00And she did a fantastic job on the show.
33:02It not only revitalized her career, but it also revitalized the program.
33:07After her debut on the show in 2011, J-Lo released her comeback single, On the Floor.
33:13This was a great comeback single for her because she hadn't had that massive success she had
33:17earlier in the decade.
33:19So for her, this was a great way to remind fans, I'm an artist.
33:23And let me show you what I've got.
33:24If you go hard, you gotta get on the floor.
33:28If you're a party treat, then step on the floor.
33:32If you're an animal, then tear up the floor.
33:35Break a sweat on the floor.
33:37Yeah, we work on the floor.
33:39Don't stop, keep it moving, put your drinks up.
33:43Pick your body up and drop it on the floor.
33:47Let the rhythm change your world on the floor.
33:49The song topped the charts across the globe, becoming one of the most successful singles
33:55of the year.
33:57From 2011 through 2016, J-Lo graced the American Idol judging table with a positive and supportive
34:05attitude towards contestants.
34:07It was seen as the remaking of her career, a steady gig that saw her through her divorce
34:12from Marc Anthony.
34:13You know, after I did American Idol, and, you know, before that, you're so guarded as
34:19an artist, you know, you don't know how much to give, how much to reveal.
34:23You reveal a little bit through your music, through the characters you play.
34:26But once I did Idol, and I really let people in to see who I really was as a person, since
34:33then I realized that that has its benefits to it.
34:35It also, you know, there's nothing wrong with showing your vulnerabilities and who you
34:40really are, and I don't know.
34:44I don't regret it.
34:45I always do what feels right in the moment.
34:47I follow my gut.
34:50For months, there had been rumors circulating in the showbiz world about the impending breakup
34:55of J-Lo and Anthony.
34:56In 2011, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony officially announced their split, with Anthony filing for
35:02divorce in April 2012.
35:04After a successful few months, J-Lo was back to doing what she does best.
35:14She released her eighth studio album, AKA.
35:17It was released on June 13, 2014, by Capitol Records, experiencing weak sales.
35:23The album produced three singles, including Booty, featuring Pitbull and rapper Icky Azalea.
35:29In June 2014, J-Lo released her latest album, AKA, which was based off of all of her travels
35:36around the world from her last tour.
35:37It really had inspired her.
35:39And she had this fantastic single off the album with Iggy Azalea called Booty.
35:44And if you have seen the video, you know what I'm talking about.
35:48It's a lot of oiled booty.
35:50Booty debuted inside the top 20 in the United States, making it her second highest debut on
35:55the Billboard Hot 100 after her infamous single, On the Floor.
36:00Her successful acting roles continued as she starred in the NBC crime drama series,
36:05Shades of Blue, as Detective Harley Santos, a single mother and police detective who goes
36:10undercover for the FBI in order to investigate her own squad.
36:15J-Lo also worked as an executive producer for the show, which had three successful series
36:20and premiered in January 2016.
36:23I think the most fun part of playing Harley is she's so unlike, she's so much tougher than
36:28I am in real life and so steely and so like in control of her emotions, whereas I really
36:36am not most of the time.
36:39We have similarities, but I think just, you know, her kind of not care attitude, you know,
36:45I wish I didn't care as much sometimes.
36:48In May 2015, Jennifer Lopez announced her Las Vegas residency concert show, which commenced
36:56on January 20th, 2016.
36:59She signed a three-year contract at Planet Hollywood's Zappos Theater, which saw her perform
37:04120 shows.
37:07It was amazing to see J-Lo's residency in Las Vegas do so well, because in a career that has
37:13had so many amazing highs, it really shows just how powerful and popular with so many
37:20different audiences she is.
37:22And again, it was a, it was a tramp and it was something that I think shows, again, she's
37:26not just this great actress, but she's an amazing overall entertainer.
37:30Having a residency in Las Vegas really solidified Jennifer Lopez as a music sensation.
37:37The residency concluded on September 29th, 2018, having grossed over $100 million in ticket
37:44sales during its three-year run.
37:46She was so great in Las Vegas.
37:49She did something like 120 shows over three years, and every single night she put the same
37:54hard work and dedication into making it a fantastic evening.
37:57In my career as a reporter, I've known lots of people who have either worked with her or
38:02spent time with her, and everyone says the same thing.
38:05She's the hardest working person in showbiz.
38:09She's incredibly disciplined.
38:10I know someone who was in business meetings with her, where they would literally come in
38:14with a certain snack at an exact time of day, because that's when she would eat her
38:19boiled eggs or carrot sticks or whatever it was.
38:22She is so regimented and disciplined about her eating and her exercise and her work.
38:27She never misses a rehearsal.
38:29She never misses a workout.
38:30Her work ethic is the stuff of legends.
38:34I think there's a raw talent and a hard work ethic, and you cannot fault her for that.
38:39March 2017 saw romance bloom once again for Jennifer Lopez.
38:43She confirmed her relationship with former professional baseball player Alex Rodriguez,
38:49posting loved-up photos to her Instagram page.
38:52In October of the same year, the pair made plans to move in together, proving their relationship
38:57was serious.
38:58The reason she and A-Rod are such a perfect couple is that A-Rod has the same kind of hard
39:06working, athletic, discipline, part of his ethos that Jennifer does.
39:10In April 2018, Jennifer Lopez was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the
39:18World, proving that she has maintained her popularity over the years.
39:22With earnings of $47 million between June 2017 and June 2018, Forbes listed JLo as the sixth
39:30highest-paid woman in music.
39:32In February 2019, JLo announced that she would embark on her first concert tour in nearly
39:40seven years to celebrate her upcoming 50th birthday.
39:44Titled It's My Party, the international tour ran from June to August, grossing an estimated
39:49$54.7 million from 38 shows.
39:53I try to take care of myself.
39:58You know, it's not easy for anybody.
40:00I think as you get older, you know, you think about it and you go, okay, I want to maintain
40:04a youthful quality.
40:06I want to be able to run around with my kids.
40:09You know, all of those things.
40:10And you have to work at it.
40:12I do work out and I do try to eat right.
40:14And, you know, I don't always want to, but I do.
40:19I force myself at times and I think that's what it takes.
40:23You have to put in the hard work.
40:24Nothing comes easy.
40:26If you see anybody doing something and then you're like, wow, look at that.
40:30It's because they're working hard, for sure.
40:32And not always because they want to.
40:35Because I know I don't.
40:36The following month, while on their beach vacation in the Bahamas in March, Alex Rodriguez
40:44asked J-Lo to marry him.
40:49Naturally, the two documented the engagement on Instagram, where fans are treated to picturesque
40:54shots of the proposal and the stunning diamond ring.
41:01Jennifer Lopez made an impactful return to acting in the film Hustlers, for which she
41:06also served as an executive producer alongside director Lorene Scarfaria.
41:12The thing about J-Lo and Hustlers is that she was completely running circles around all
41:18of the other women in the movie with her acting chops.
41:21And it was fascinating because even though she is 20 years older than some of her co-stars,
41:27she seemed as a peer to them.
41:29It wasn't like she was trying to play younger.
41:31It wasn't like she was trying to be the matriarch.
41:34She just was natural.
41:35And that's what I think is so appealing about J-Lo.
41:38And I think why she got such great acclaim for Hustlers is because she's kind of this
41:42ageless enigma.
41:44Like she's just sexy and cool regardless.
41:47There's a scene at the end of Hustlers where she's walking down the road and she has like
41:50a crop top and like a puffy coat on.
41:54And, you know, my mind is going, I know she's 50 years old, but it doesn't look like she's
41:58trying to dress young.
41:59It doesn't look like she's trying to, you know, be something she's not.
42:04It's just who she is and it works for her.
42:06So it's really good kind of as a role model, too, for women.
42:10If you're being your authentic self, you can dress however you want, be whoever you want.
42:14And that's J-Lo to a T.
42:15The film is inspired by a true story, following a group of Manhattan strippers who con wealthy
42:21men for their money.
42:23Especially for a movie like Hustlers.
42:24Yeah.
42:25It's all about girls.
42:26I know.
42:26I mean, you know, being involved with a movie like this, producing a movie like this, starring
42:30in a movie like this, it's like a dream come true.
42:32Um, we all feel so incredibly proud, you know, to have got this movie made and to have so
42:39many women working in the key positions of producer, director, stars.
42:43It's an amazing thing.
42:45And the movie itself, Larene did a fantastic job.
42:48And so did everybody.
42:49So I'm excited for people to see it.
42:51Okay.
42:53J-Lo's portrayal of a manipulative stripper garnered acclaim from critics, with some deeming
42:58it the best acting performance of her career, which was Oscar worthy.
43:02The film also gave J-Lo her highest opening weekend at the box office.
43:07She garnered nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globe Awards, Screen
43:11Actors Guild Awards, Critics' Choice Movie Awards, and Independent Spirit Awards.
43:16The success of Hustlers was regarded by various media outlets as a symbolic comeback for Jennifer
43:21Lopez.
43:23In September 2019, it was revealed that Jennifer Lopez would co-headline the series of
43:28Super Bowl 2020 alongside Shakira.
43:31The women made history as the first Latina artists to headline the Super Bowl halftime show.
43:37Two Latinas doing this at this time in this country at this time.
43:41It's just very empowering for us.
43:43And for me, I'm very proud to be able to help set and push forth that message.
43:50The show combined both singer's best and beloved hits alongside an indomitable display of hip
43:55shaking and hair flipping.
43:56When we finished the first run through, you know, Shakira looked at me, she was like,
44:02that was amazing.
44:03And I was like, no, you were amazing.
44:04And I think it's, we, it was very, she was like, it's different what we do.
44:08And I said, well, it's very Shakira and it's very Jennifer.
44:11And I think that's what you're going to get from the performance.
44:14Your show and my show feel very different, but very complimentary.
44:18They compliment each other.
44:19And I think that we've been working so hard the past weeks to make sure that everything
44:24is as good, as good as we can, um, uh, feel it, that it is.
44:30And, and so everybody can enjoy, uh, this Sunday, enjoy a, uh, a great show.
44:37And we hope that it will be a great show.
44:44After his split from JLo, Ben Affleck also quickly moved on.
44:48He married actress Jennifer Garner in 2005 and the new Hollywood couple welcomed three
44:54children together over the years, daughters, Violet and Serafina Affleck and son, Samuel
44:59Affleck.
45:01Ben Affleck began his acting career comeback with his highly acclaimed performance as Superman
45:06actor, George Reeves in the noir biopic Hollywoodland.
45:10He was awarded the Volpe cup at the Venice film festival and was nominated for a golden globe
45:15for best supporting actor.
45:16I was really eager to, I, I, I had a sense that whoever was lucky enough to play the
45:21part, um, you know, would be, would, would, would have a, you know, a real opportunity
45:26on their hands because it was, it's pretty rich, um, in terms of what you're able to do
45:30with it.
45:30You know, a lot of movies, you know, sort of rush past character and stuff and, you know,
45:34have to blast through to keep the plot going.
45:37Whereas this really took time to sort of, um, examine the nuances of the guy and a lot of
45:43different sides of him.
45:43So it was nice.
45:44You know, I've had a kind of interesting career because it's been, I've done a lot of different
45:48kinds of things and, and I've done some stuff that's kind of character interesting supporting
45:52roles like this.
45:53And I've done some sort of larger, more like bloated action, you know, big movies like
46:00that.
46:00And kind of, um, you know, look, on balance, these are much more interesting.
46:03Uh, you do much better in the pocketbook doing the other kind of movies, but it's, you know,
46:08I've seen it kind of from both sides.
46:10That isn't really the way in which I feel like I've, I've experienced being typecast.
46:14I think typecasting now has more to do with people's familiarity with you through gossip
46:19magazines and entertainment television shows where they have a sense of familiarity with
46:24actors that sometimes prevents them from kind of, well, seeing the actor as the character
46:30they're playing.
46:30I think you do better to stay out of that as much as you possibly can, although that's
46:35not, um, something I've succeeded at doing very well.
46:40Ben Affleck soon began on his next directorial project, Argo, in 2012 for Warner Brothers.
46:46I just feel so incredibly honored to be nominated as a producer for this movie, to be here at
46:54the big party, you know, um, it's tremendous.
46:57I mean, we got seven nominations, uh, including best picture.
47:00I'm elated by that.
47:02Truly, genuinely thrilled.
47:03And, uh, like I said, there are nine amazing movies, any of which could win, any of which
47:08would deserve to win if they did.
47:10Um, so I don't get into worrying too much about who got what and didn't get what.
47:14I mean, uh, you know, I've had many, many, many, many, many, many years watching from
47:19home.
47:20Uh, I thought I was excited about making the movie.
47:23These guys had a script.
47:24I really liked that.
47:24I called them up, said, I got a take for it.
47:26You know, will you put me on the movie?
47:28And, um, I wanted to do the movie and I want to work with them.
47:31Uh, that's what I thought would happen.
47:34You know, I want to work on something quality.
47:35I did the movie.
47:36We all worked really hard.
47:37I hope that people would like it.
47:38I didn't take a more meta, uh, uh, you know, approach to it than that.
47:43I was excited to make it.
47:44I was excited to work with these guys, the cast we had.
47:46And, um, you know, I was willing to let the chips kind of fall where they may, as long
47:49as we thought we had done something that we, we were interested in.
47:55In 2014, he pushed back production on his own directorial project to star as a husband
48:01accused of murder in David Fincher's psychological thriller, Gone Girl.
48:06Fincher cast him partly because he understood what it felt like to be misrepresented by tabloid media.
48:14Sadly, in 2015, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner publicly announced their separation in June
48:202015, with Affleck continuing to live in a guest house at the family home until mid-2017.
48:28They jointly filed for divorce in April 2017, seeking joint physical and legal custody of
48:34their children.
48:34Given Affleck's growing reputation as a filmmaker, his decision to star as Batman in the 2016
48:47superhero film Batman vs.
48:49Superman Dawn of Justice was regarded as a bewildering choice.
48:53Although the casting announcement was met with intense fan backlash, Affleck's performance
48:58ultimately earned a positive reception.
49:23Affleck reprised his role as Batman later that year, making a brief cameo appearance in
49:36Suicide Squad in 2016.
49:41He starred as an autistic accountant in the action thriller The Accountant in 2016, which
49:47was an unexpected commercial success.
49:49There was a need to do research around autism so that we got that right.
49:56We wanted to make a fun movie that people would like and that was entertaining, but
49:59it had to be rooted in something true that was recognizable to people.
50:04I just got a letter from a friend of mine whose son is autistic, and he said, you know,
50:07if my son turns out to be an assassin, I'll be thrilled.
50:10So I took that as high praise.
50:12Ben Affleck's starring role as a recovering alcoholic in the sports drama The Way Back
50:18in 2020 was widely praised.
50:20The themes of the movie were close to home for Affleck.
50:24Life, you know, ebbs and flows.
50:26There are natural difficulties.
50:29I had this like kind of, I don't know what, very early success as a very young man, which
50:38is difficult to manage, I think at any age, but particularly when you're young.
50:41And I had some stuff work and some stuff didn't, and I ran afoul of the press a little bit
50:45and became overexposed, causing me to kind of turn around and question, and maybe I was
50:48being a little bit hyperbolic for effect in the speech, but causing me to question, like,
50:52what do I want to do in this industry?
50:53Do I have anything to offer?
50:54What should I be doing?
50:55How can I best express myself?
50:57And that was around the time that I took up directing, and I really view this as connected
51:01to that decision because that decision was about, you know, was really fraught with,
51:05can I do it?
51:05Can I make it?
51:06Can I really direct movies and be a director?
51:07To be at the DGA, to be honored with an award by the DGA is definitely more than I ever
51:12imagined on the first day of shooting of Gone Baby Gone.
51:22After J-Lo ended her engagement to Alex Rodriguez and Ben Affleck had split from Ana de Armas,
51:27the two were spotted hanging out again in 2021.
51:30However, sources claimed that the pair being spotted together was purely platonic, claiming
51:36they had never not been friends.
51:44Then, after nearly two decades after they first split, J-Lo and Ben Affleck were spotted
51:49heading off for a week-long vacation to Montana.
51:54Following the vacation, the singer flew out to Los Angeles to spend more time with her former
51:58fiancé, determined not to let distance affect their reunion.
52:02The press and their fans were going crazy over the constantly appearing images of the
52:06couple being spotted together.
52:11Weeks later, Affleck also reportedly took a flight to J-Lo's residence in Miami to spend
52:17more cozy quality time with her.
52:19The pair quickly began spending all their free time together, blending their children into
52:23one big family.
52:24Then, in April 2022, in an exclusive video published in her personal fan newsletter, J-Lo
52:33announced that she and Affleck had gotten engaged a year after reuniting.
52:37He proposed to her while she was taking a bubble bath.
52:41The video featured J-Lo beaming as she showed off her new engagement ring, an emerald-cut pale
52:46green diamond.
52:47Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck tied the knot in a surprise Las Vegas wedding at midnight
52:54on July 17, 2022.
52:56The singer confirmed the news in her newsletter, On the J-Lo, saying that a low-key ceremony
53:01in a chapel was exactly what the two wanted.
53:05After their surprise nuptials, the pair jetted off to Paris for a sunny summer holiday and brought
53:10along their kids.
53:11They hosted a star-studded second private wedding ceremony in August 2022 and embarked
53:17on a second honeymoon trip to Italy.
53:25Ahead of the release of her forthcoming album, This Is Me Now, and in honor of the 20th anniversary
53:31of her third studio album, This Is Me Then, J-Lo sat down with Zane Lo for Apple Music to
53:37talk about her latest musical venture.
53:39During their conversation, she opened up about how Affleck inspired her to get into the recording
53:45studio, in both instances, 20 years ago and now.
53:48In 2021, Affleck appeared as a substitute father figure in George Clooney's coming-of-age
54:13drama, The Tender Bar.
54:14A friend of mine, Cleo Duvall, who's an actor, who's in Argo, gave me the book a long time
54:19ago.
54:21A long time ago.
54:22A long time ago.
54:23And I read it.
54:24I really liked it.
54:25And then I didn't know George was adapting.
54:26And I got an email from him.
54:27He was actually out of the country saying, hey, do you want to come do this?
54:28I was like, this is sort of fell from the heavens.
54:31You know, it's this amazing part.
54:33He kept on touting his multiple sexiest man alive awards.
54:37He thinks it's an award.
54:39But he's really a wonderful guy and a storyteller of the highest order and a brilliant director,
54:46particularly for actors.
54:47It was like, it was a gift, you know.
54:48He really was so generous in the way he helped me with the performance and the advice he had
54:54and the experience itself was really wonderful.
54:58For the role, Affleck was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award
55:05for Best Supporting Actor.
55:07He also had a supporting role in Ridley Scott's The Last Duel.
55:19This same year, J-Lo starred opposite Owen Wilson and Maluma in the romantic comedy Marry
55:24Me, released in February 2022.
55:27The film grossed over $50 million at the box office while becoming the most streamed
55:32day and date film on Peacock and received generally mixed reviews from critics.
55:39This is something I know intimately.
55:42You know, you know, a lot of actresses could play something like this, but knowing it in
55:47the way that I do, I think really helped me play this role in a very authentic and real way.
55:54Because in every moment, I knew exactly all of the scenes.
55:59Like, this is what is happening here.
56:01This is what it's like.
56:02No, that's not how I would say it.
56:04That's not how it would go.
56:06So I was able to really input on the script in that way to make every little detail right.
56:13Since their romantic reunion, the couple has been publicly supporting each other's career milestones.
56:23From the next video, I'm just looking at the end of the film of Strickland.
56:24Over the film of Strickland.
56:25And now the film is also the story ofritical, and the film's story for the most memorable
56:26film of comic books.
56:27, And now, I've read a book and read his book, the film's book too.
56:28I have read a book and read a book.
56:29And then I've read about books to read the film, and I thought it would be very least right
56:30from what that film is.
56:31And the film is by actually read the film, for the film's book, and I've read the film
56:33that we have a part of the film.
56:34Ever since I've read a movie, the film's book, but I'm so happy with the film.
56:35But that's the film's book where I'm a young singer.
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