Jennifer Lopez could be heading for a split with dancer Cris Judd after she hired her old flame Ojani Noa to run her Cuban-themed restaurant.
Judd is said to be furious with Lopez's decision to hire ex-hubby Ojani, a close friend told a newspaper, 'It's been eating away at Cris for weeks. I think he hates that J Lo has been spending so much time with Ojani and he's burning up.'
The latest spat could spell the end of the couple, who tied the knot last September. The source added, 'It looks like J Lo is quickly losing interest in Cris and in return he's getting angrier and more resentful of her every day.'
Lopez's restaurant Madre's has caused several arguments with dancer husband Cris. Judd stormed out of the Madre's opening ceremony after J Lo's speech ran, 'This is my first solo project without any help from anybody around me!' Cris took exception to the comment because he had helped plan the design and the menu. J Lo's responded unsympathetically, saying, 'You don't like it... leave.'
J Lo's interest in old flames goes further than Ojani Noa, she recently revealed that she would like to work with her former boyfriend Sean 'P Diddy' Combs. J Lo said: 'I love his work as a musician and of course everybody knows we've worked together on videos and stuff. I would love to work with him in a movie as well. I think he's a very talented artist.'
As yet, husband Cris has not offered comment on J Lo's intentions.
Posted by Jen on Thursday, May 23, 2002 @ 08:01 p.m.
Leave it to Austin Powers to have two leading ladies, and two fine ones at that.
Britney Spears and Beyoncé Knowles will release the leadoff singles from the Austin Powers in Goldmember soundtrack, with Knowles' "Work It Out" dropping shortly before Spears' "Boys," which was remixed by Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes, who produced the original version.
Knowles' up-tempo "Work It Out," which was also produced by the Neptunes, will premiere Thursday (May 23) on AOL.com. The Destiny's Child singer will shoot a video for the song in New York in early June.
"Work It Out" will also be the first single from Knowles' solo album, Dangerously in Love, due in October, according to her manager and father, Mathew Knowles.
Spears filmed a video for "Boys," which appears in its original form on her Britney (2001) album, last week with "Goldmember" star Mike Myers (see "Britney, Austin Powers Team Up For Video, Commercial").
Knowles, who plays Myers' love interest in the latest "Austin Powers" flick, has another song on the soundtrack, "Hey, Goldmember," which was written by Myers and samples K.C. and the Sunshine Band's 1976 disco hit "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" (see "Beyonce Records Song Written By Mike Myers For 'Powers' Flick").
The track list for the rest of the soundtrack is not yet available, according to a spokesperson for the project.
Destiny's Child are nominated for Best Group at the second annual BET Awards, which will broadcast live from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre on June 25 (see "Aaliyah Leads BET Awards Nominees, Followed By Keys, B2K").
For more Hollywood happenings, check out MTV's Movie House.
—Corey Moss
Posted by Jen on Thursday, May 23, 2002 @ 07:58 p.m.
(5/23/02, 1 p.m. ET) -- Multiplatinum recording artist Brandy will donate to charity the gifts she receives Friday (May 24) at a baby shower brunch to be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Le Meridian Hotel in Beverly Hills. Contest winners from around the country will be flown to Los Angeles for the celebration, hosted by 15 Radio One stations including Los Angeles's KKBT, Washington D.C.'s WKYS, and Atlanta's WHTA.
At press time, Brandy had not yet announced to which charity she will make the donation.
LAUNCH recently asked the singer-actress if she has written a song about motherhood. "No, I haven't written a song about that. But I don't think I can ever write a song about it because these feelings (are) really hard to put into words. I don't think there are words created in the English language to describe how a mother feels about a child. And about how she feels about carrying a child. You know, any word, is just not in the language," she said.
Brandy's song "Full Moon," the title track and second single from the album, maintained its position as Number 18 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart last week.
-- Billy Johnson Jr., Los Angeles
Posted by Jen on Thursday, May 23, 2002 @ 07:52 p.m.
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