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Monday, July 25, 2005

J. Lo: Finally, Some Answers

Posted by on July 25 at 16:08 PM

Other than her charm-packed early performances in the films Out Of Sight and Antz, I’ve never, ever understood the appeal of Jennifer Lopez, especially once she launched her “J.Lo” music career, which combined adamantly bland dance-pop with unprecedented egotism and self-aggrandizement. (J.Lo, you may recall, had not one but two chart-toppers which took as their subject the endless humility and “realness” of Jenny from the block.)

Now Fox News’ Roger Friedman reports that at least three of J.Lo’s radio smashes were bought for her by Sony, including the previously alluded-to “I’m Real.”

Full story here.