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00:12You know, you just never know who you're going to hit it off with or who that person's going to
00:15be.
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.
00:33You 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,
01:06seemingly 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
01:16in 2022.
01:21Made in Manhattan, married in Vegas, and living happily ever after in Beverly Hills.
01:27Bennifer is back and better than ever.
01:56In 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
02:15spark.
02:19They eventually went public with their rekindled romance on Instagram a few months later.
02:25J.Lo and Affleck had remained supportive of one another in the years following their split, always praising each other's
02:33achievements.
02:37Then, in July 2021, in an Instagram post compiling a ton of images from her 52nd birthday, J.Lo ended
02:45the collection of cute pics with a photo of her kissing none other than Ben Affleck.
03:00At the Venice Film Festival in September 2021, the duo returned to the red carpet for the first time since
03:07reuniting.
03:13The pair continued to look more loved-up than ever in several more public appearances, hand-in-hand.
03:24But just how did they both rocket to fame?
03:28And where did their romance begin?
03:37So many film stars have attempted to launch a career in music, and so many hit musicians have sought further
03:44success in the movies.
03:46Yet 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
04:03Golden Globe nomination.
04:05Jennifer Lopez is truly an all-encompassing superstar.
04:12Everything's a challenge, you know what I mean?
04:14From the time I started acting, I mean, actually when I started dancing first and singing, that was a challenge
04:19to get into the business, just to break in from, you know, living in the Bronx and not having any
04:24connections and not knowing anybody, that was a challenge.
04:26Then breaking into television was a huge challenge, getting my first video, now making my first album, doing my first
04:32movie.
04:33So it's all, to me, just different things and different accounts and different goals I have, and I'm just gonna,
04:37you know, keep on trying.
04:40J-Lo began singing and dancing and taking lessons at the age of five.
04:44Her parents were very big on having a strong work ethic.
04:47They wanted them to speak English because she grew up in a Spanish family.
04:51But they allowed the kids to go around the house and do little shows and things like that.
04:55So that's really where J-Lo made her mark in the singing and dancing world.
05:01I was the type of kid who used to cut up my T-shirts and, you know, make a skirt
05:06out of a pair of pants and because I wanted it to match, right?
05:10I mean, I was just always been part of who I am, you know?
05:13After high school, her parents really wanted her to go to college.
05:17She went for one semester to Baruch College in Manhattan.
05:20That lasted not very long.
05:22So she moved out of her parents' house, got an apartment in Manhattan, and that's where she started getting roles
05:27in musicals like Oklahoma and things like that.
05:30And she even went to Japan where she danced in a show.
05:34She began auditioning for dance roles and was eventually selected as a dancer for various music videos.
05:41She 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.
05:53In 1993, Jennifer Lopez had been a backup dancer for Janet Jackson.
05:58And when Janet asked her to go on a longer extended tour, Lopez said no because she wanted to focus
06:04on her own thing
06:05and being taken seriously as a performer, actress, and singer in her own right.
06:12She 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,
06:27propelling herself further up the A-list ladder.
06:311997 was a big year for J.Lo, personally and professionally.
06:36First came a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress for her role in the film Selena.
06:42Selena.
06:43Selena.
07:12I knew of Selena.
07:13And 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.
07:33Selena was loved by hundreds of thousands of fans.
07:36Did 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 because she
07:51was 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.
08:00But how 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.
08:11Right.
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?
08:17The fans just chanting Selena, Selena, Selena.
08:20Yeah.
08:20You coming into the Eastern Answer Don't.
08:23Also, it was wonderful because when I first came out, I didn't know how the fans were going
08:28to accept me.
08:28And when I did come out, they were yelling Selena and they were yelling Jennifer, which
08:32made me feel very at home and that they did accept me in the role.
08:37And 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.
09:07Truly highlighted J-Lo's potential.
09:10Starring alongside George Clooney, the film's success saw both stars suddenly being taken
09:15seriously.
09:17Karen Sisko.
09:19She's a tough girl, but has endearing qualities about her, which I enjoyed.
09:23Is that what attracted you to the role of Karen?
09:27Yeah, 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 was, but strong in the fact
09:35that she's part of the story here, you know what I mean?
09:38It's not just window dressing.
09:39And very appealing, of course, when you come across a role like that.
09:43Now your character and George Clooney's character are almost the, you know, different sides of
09:48the same coin.
09:49You know, one kind of shows 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
10:06and the good guy kind of does something wrong.
10:08You know what I mean?
10:08And that's how real life is.
10:10And I think that's what makes this so interesting is that you understand why these characters
10:14are doing what they're doing.
10:15And you could see yourself.
10:16You can relate.
10:17You can put yourself in their shoes and go, okay, I might have done the same thing.
10:22Her debut album, On the 6th, was released in June 1999 and made the top 10 on the U.S.
10:29charts.
10:31I 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
10:44it'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
10:57Best Dance Recording and two nominations at the Latin Grammy Awards also.
11:02J. Lo's debut single, If You Had My Love, was released in May 1999.
11:07Prior to the debut of her music, critics wondered why she would take the risk of launching a music
11:13career 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
11:22Spears, but they both topped the charts with their debut single, and that doesn't normally
11:28happen.
11:28You 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
11:37didn't understand why this big actress wanted to do music.
11:41That was kind of unheard of at the time, but she proved them wrong.
12:00In 2001, while recording her second album, J. Lo, she decided to tweak her image as she began
12:06to develop into a sex symbol.
12:08She 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.
12:24So 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
12:35it 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.
13:02It was in 2001 when J. Lo met backing dancer Chris Judd while filming the video to her single,
13:08Love Don't Cost a Thing, and the two married in late 2001.
13:14However, in true showbiz fashion, the marriage lasted only a few months, and by 2003, the two
13:21were 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, and love soon
13:34blossomed.
13:35At the time, J. Lo was still married to her second husband, and she and Affleck went public
13:40with their relationship soon after her divorce from Judd.
13:43The relationship spawned publicity off the scale, with the pair being renamed Bennifer,
13:48and Affleck even appearing in her music video for the single Jenny from the Block, which was
13:53taken from her third studio album, This Is Me Then.
13:58So her third studio album, This Is Me Then, had a lot of love songs that were dedicated
14:04to 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
14:15the 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.
14:24The 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 slicked back
14:40hair.
14:40A very different Ben Affleck than we're used to.
14:43J. Lo has so many great songs.
14:46I think, I 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.
14:57It 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
15:10where you came from and what your roots are.
15:14Jenny 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
15:24them out on the ocean in this big, fancy boat or in hotel rooms and the paparazzi chasing
15:29them.
15:54Ben Affleck started acting professionally throughout
15:57his childhood, but his first real spotlight role was a high school bully in Richard Linklater's
16:02cult classic Dazed and Confused in 1993.
16:06This projected him into the industry, and his first starring role came two years later in
16:111995 as an endless 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,
16:25gaining him a lot of praise from critics.
16:30Also in 1997, Affleck co-wrote and acted in Good Will Hunting alongside Matt Damon.
16:36The screenplay originated in 1992 when Damon wrote a 40-page script for a playwriting class
16:43at Harvard University.
16:44Affleck and Damon eventually won both the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best
16:49Original Screenplay.
16:54We've never taken ourselves very seriously or considered ourselves, you know, we know
16:59so many 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.
17:14I think more than anything that it was an exercise in frustration, because whether or
17:22not it actually comes to fruition, I think the act of sitting down and kind of taking control
17:26of your own life.
17:26The problem with being an actor is that, which means most of the time you're not going to
17:30be working, and you're going to be trying to be working, and it's really, really difficult
17:36to feel like you own your own life.
17:38And so just the act of sitting down, writing was something we could kind of do on our own
17:43time and feel like we were, there was an outlet for this kind of creative energy that we felt
17:48like we had, but nobody really wanted.
17:51And 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 Tarantino and all these great innovators kind of went
18:12out and made monies inexpensively, the Coens.
18:14You 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.
18:25And they're winning Academy Awards, for God's sake.
18:31Armageddon, released in 1998.
18:33Established Affleck as a viable leading man for Hollywood studio 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
18:52weight, become tanned, and get his teeth capped before filming began.
18:56The film, where he starred opposite Bruce Willis as a blue-collar driller tasked by NASA
19:01with stopping an asteroid from colliding with Earth was a box office success.
19:07As 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.
19:16Uh, I'll never do that again.
19:19I'm a fool.
19:20That was idiotic.
19:21I 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?
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.
19:36Well, I'm turning over.
19:40Later 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.
19:51Shakespeare in Love won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, while the cast won the
19:56Screen 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.
20:34He 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.
20:51In 2003, he was the subject of increased media attention.
20:59J.Lo and Ben Affleck got engaged in November of 2002, with Affleck giving her a $2.5 million,
21:076.1 carat, pink diamond ring.
21:11She'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.
21:22The 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.
21:38Now, 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.
21:47So everyone was saying, stop making movies together, because these are terrible, terrible
21:52movies, and you guys don't look good on screen together.
21:58Just 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 in
22:112004.
22:15Jennifer Lopez hit the headlines once again in 2004, when she secretly married Salsa star
22:21Mark Anthony.
22:22They 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.
22:36They 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.
22:49So in January, she's all brokenhearted and sad, and a friend of hers swoops in to rescue
22:56her, and it's singer Mark Anthony.
22:58He just helps her with her broken heart.
23:00And before you know it, she's married, and it's only June.
23:03Same year, and 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.
23:19Mark 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
23:26platonic again.
23:28But 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, and thinks you're just
23:38God's gift to this earth.
23:39And after Ben Affleck kind of broke her heart, I think Jennifer was looking for that kind
23:46of reassurance, and Mark represented that.
23:48The other thing is, Mark represented Jennifer's roots.
23:51You know, they both speak Spanish.
23:53She sung lots of songs in Spanish.
23:55She loves singing.
23:56And 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
24:09up as a Latina.
24:10And 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
24:23married Jennifer Lopez.
24:29After a year away from the music scene, J-Lo released her fourth studio album, Rebirth,
24:35in 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.
24:44And, you know, she had a new marriage with Mark Anthony.
24:47So 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
25:05charts.
25:07The 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'll 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
25:26song.
25:27And we do get to see another one of those famous J-Lo dance breaks that just, she kills
25:32it right there in the middle of the song.
25:34Take whatever you want, baby, let's ride.
25:37And whatever you want, do let me decide.
25:39Just put your name on the dotted line.
25:42And I'm sorry about picking it right.
25:45On the dotted line, we can get right.
25:54She followed up her discography with her first full Spanish album, Como Ama Una Mujer,
26:00in 2007.
26:01Husband Mark Anthony produced the album, and it reached the number one spot, putting J-Lo
26:06back 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
26:14album, and 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
26:26hear her vocal quality, and it's kind of weak and stuff like that.
26:29But 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.
26:41With a production budget of $43 million, the film went on to gross a total of $115 million
26:47worldwide.
26:49I 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?
26:57I think it's the hair pulling.
26:58The hair pulling?
26:59The slapping?
27:00Any advice for it?
27:01For daughter-in-laws, how should they behave the best?
27:03Daughter-in-laws, how should they behave the best?
27:06God, just be polite.
27:08Be 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, thank God.
27:19No, this 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.
27:39On November 7th, 2007, during the final night of their co-headlining tour, J-Lo and
27:45Mark Anthony 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, and 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.
28:18J-Lo gave birth to a son, Maximilian David, and a daughter, Emmy Maribel, in Long Island,
28:24New York, on February 22nd, 2008.
28:29Well, 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, and me and Mark work our butts off, too.
28:42But, you know, we have a little bit more than they had, a lot more than we have when we
28:46were
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
28:55own way.
28:55They have to work very hard, and they have to care about the world around them.
28:59And 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
29:14in over three years.
29:17I didn't see you.
29:18I saw you see me.
29:19Forget it.
29:20I'll get out.
29:20But not because you're right, but because I'm in a terrific mood, and you're ruining it.
29:25Here's that guy.
29:26He's hot.
29:27Hi.
29:28Did you follow me?
29:29I didn't follow 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?
29:40You going to see him again?
29:41I think so.
29:41I'll call you.
29:44Having 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 for Alex is amazing.
29:58You know, he was a lot of fun to play with.
30:00And the film's called The Backup Plan.
30:02Yes.
30:03Obviously, 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.
30:19You 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 pregnant?
30:25And how much of it was acting?
30:26It was acting.
30:27It was acting.
30:28It was all acting.
30:30No, 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.
30:41And she's also emotionally very different than I was.
30:43And it was what 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.
31:00And it just changes you, 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.
31:06They were going to 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.
31:17OK, it's all right.
31:18They're going to lie.
31:19Trust me.
31:20So, yeah, we were very, very, me and the writer, who's also a woman and had just gotten
31:24to her own pregnancy.
31:25We're very adamant about those things.
31:28And obviously, Zoe, in the end, she can have it all.
31:30She can have the family 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, but it's just, it's better.
31:44You know, life is just more beautiful now.
31:47And you say you love making comedy.
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, you're going to laugh.
31:58I love that.
32:03In 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.
32:17For their appeal to Latin and international markets.
32:22When Jennifer Lopez said yes to American Idol, she was, you know, she was in her 40s.
32:27She had had a couple of films that didn't do that well at the box office.
32:32And 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 sing
32:55something beautifully.
32:56She was funny.
32:57She's naturally funny.
32:59And she was the 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
33:17had earlier in the decade.
33:19So for her, this was a great way to remind fans I'm an artist and let me show you what
33:24I've got the song top the charts across the globe.
33:53Becoming one of the most successful singles of the year.
33:58From 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 Mark Anthony.
34:14You know, after I did American Idol and, you know, before that, you're so guarded as an
34:19artist, you know, you don't know how much to give, how much to reveal.
34:22You 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,
34:33since
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 really
34:40are.
34:41And 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 Mark Anthony officially announced their split, with Anthony filing for
35:02divorce in April 2012.
35:08After a successful few months, J-Lo was back to doing what she does best.
35:13She released her eighth studio album, AKA.
35:17It was released on June 13th, 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.
35:38It 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, Shades
36:06of Blue, as Detective Harley Santos, a single mother and police detective who goes undercover
36:11for 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.
36:24I 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,
36:46I wish I didn't care as much sometimes.
36:49In May 2015, Jennifer Lopez announced her Las Vegas residency concert show, which commenced on
36:57January 20, 2016.
36:59She signed a three-year contract at Planet Hollywood's Zappos Theater, which saw her perform 120 shows.
37:06It was amazing to see J-Lo's residency in Las Vegas do so well, because in a career that has
37:13had so
37:14many amazing highs, it really shows just how powerful and popular, with so many different audiences, she is.
37:22And again, it was a tramp, and it was something that I think shows, again, she's not just this great
37:27actress,
37:27but she's an amazing overall entertainer.
37:31Having a residency in Las Vegas really solidified Jennifer Lopez as a music sensation.
37:37The residency concluded on September 29, 2018, having grossed over $100 million in ticket sales
37:44during 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 spent
38:02time 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, you know,
38:20boiled 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.
38:31Her 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.
38:44She 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
39:05hard-working, athletic discipline part of his ethos that Jennifer does.
39:11In 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 J.Lo as the sixth
39:30highest-paid woman in music.
39:34In February 2019, J.Lo 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.
39:55I try to take care of myself.
39:58You know, it's not easy for anybody.
39:59I 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.
40:15And, you know, I don't always want to, but I do.
40:20I 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.
40:39The following month, while on their beach vacation in the Bahamas in March, Alex Rodriguez asked
40:45J-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
41:19of 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.
41:53And, 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.
42:16The 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 girl talent.
42:26I know.
42:26I mean, you know, being involved with a movie like this, producing a movie like this,
42:30starring in 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, Lorraine 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.
43:06She 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 Super Bowl 2020
43:29alongside 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, it's just very empowering for us.
43:43And, uh, for me, I'm, I'm very proud to be able to, 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.
43:58When we finished the first run through, you know, Shakira looked at me, she was like, that
44:02was 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, a great show.
44:37And we hope that it will be a great show.
44:44After his split from J-Lo, 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, Hollywood land.
45:10He was awarded the Volpe cup at the Venice film festival and was nominated for a golden
45:14globe for best supporting actor.
45:17I was really eager to, I had a sense that whoever was lucky enough to play the part, um, you
45:22know, would be a, would, would, would have a, you know, a real opportunity on their hands
45:26because it was, it's pretty rich, um, in terms of what you're able to do with it.
45:30You know, a lot of movies, you know, uh, 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
45:42of different sides of him.
45:44So 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 kinds 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.
46:31I 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.
46:48I 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, truly, genuinely thrilled.
47:03And like I said, there are nine amazing movies, any of which could win, any of which would deserve
47:09to win if they did.
47:10Um, so I don't get into worrying too much about who got what and didn't get what.
47:15I mean, uh, you know, I've had many, many, many, many, many, many years watching from
47:19home.
47:19Uh, I thought I was excited about making the movie.
47:23These guys had a script.
47:24I really liked that.
47:25I called them up and said, I got a take for it.
47:27You 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.
48:05Venture cast him partly because he understood what it felt like to be misrepresented by tabloid
48:11media.
48:14Sadly, in 2015, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner publicly announced their separation in June
48:212015, with Affleck continuing to live in a guest house at the family home until mid-2017.
48:27They jointly filed for divorce in April 2017, seeking joint physical and legal custody of
48:34their children, and it was finalized in October 2018.
48:41Given Affleck's growing reputation as a filmmaker, his decision to star as Batman in the 2016 superhero
48:48film Batman vs. Superman Dawn of Justice was regarded as a bewildering choice.
48:54Although the casting announcement was met with intense fan backlash, Affleck's performance
48:58ultimately earned a positive reception.
49:27Captain Marvel vs. Superman Dawn of Justice
49:31Affleck reprised his role as Batman later that year, making a brief cameo appearance
49:36in Suicide 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.
49:51There 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.
50:13Ben Affleck's starring role as a recovering alcoholic in the sports drama The Way Back
50:18in 2020 was widely praised.
50:21The themes of the movie were close to home for Affleck.
50:25Life, you know, ebbs and flows, you know, there are natural difficulties.
50:29I had this like a kind of, I don't know what, very early success as a very young man and
50:38which
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.
50:43And I ran afoul of the press a little bit and became overexposed, causing me to kind
50:47of turn around and question.
50:48And maybe I was being a little bit hyperbolic for effect in the speech, but caused me to
50:51question like, what do I want to do in this industry?
50:53Do I have anything to offer?
50:54Should I, what should I be doing?
50:55How can I best express myself?
50:57And that was around the time that I took up directing.
50:58And I really view this as, as, as connected to that decision because that decision was
51:02about, you know, was really fraught with, can I do it?
51:05Can I make it?
51:06Can I really direct movies and be a director?
51:07And to be at the DGA, to be honored with an award by the DGA is definitely more than
51:12I ever imagined 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 Anna
51:27De Armas, the two were spotted hanging out again in 2021.
51:31However, 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 heading
51:50off for a week-long vacation to Montana.
51:54Following the vacation, the singer flew out to Los Angeles to spend more time with her
51:58former fiancé, determined not to let distance affect their reunion.
52:02The press and their fans were going crazy over the constantly appearing images of the couple
52:07being 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.
52:18The pair quickly began spending all their free time together, blending their children
52:23into one big family.
52:27Then, 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.
52:49Jennifer 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.
53:04After 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 Lowe for Apple Music to
53:38talk about her latest musical venture.
53:40During 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.
54:07In 2021, Affleck appeared as a substitute father figure in George Clooney's coming-of-age
54:13drama, The Tender Bar.
54:15A friend of mine, Cleo Duvall, who's an actor, who's an Argo, gave me the book a long time
54:19ago.
54:20A long time ago, but, and I read it, I really liked it, and then I, I didn't even know
54:24George
54:24was adapting, and I got an email from him, he was actually out of the country, he was
54:27saying, hey, do you want to come do this?
54:29And I was like, this is sort of fell from the heavens, you know, it's this amazing part.
54:33He kept on touting his multiple sexiest man alive awards.
54:37He thinks it's an award, but he's, he's really a wonderful guy, and a storyteller, a highest
54:45order, and a brilliant director, particularly for actors, it was like, it was a gift, you
54:48know, he, he, he really was so generous in the way he helped me with this, the, the performance
54:53and the advice he had, and the experience itself was really wonderful.
55:00For 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
55:25Me, released in February, 2022.
55:27The film grossed over $50 million at the box office while becoming the most streamed day
55:33and date film on Peacock and received generally mixed reviews from critics.
55:40This is something I know intimately, you know, you know, a lot of actresses could play something
55:46like this, but knowing it in the way that I do, I think really helped me play this role
55:52in a very authentic and real way, because in every moment, I knew exactly all of the scenes,
56:00like, this is what is happening here, this is what it's like, no, that's not how I would
56:05say it, that's not how it would go.
56:07So I was able to really input on the script in that way, to make every little detail right.
56:18Since their romantic reunion, the couple has been publicly supporting each other's career
56:23milestones.
56:48So I'll see you next week.
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