The Newlywed Game: Jen Lopez + Marc Anthony!
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I love this strong-willed, generation-jumping movie/caliente biopic El Cantante. You won't find anyone who just shrugs this film off—it really gets to people—and I believe that Marc Anthony deserve an honorary Oscar for Best Body Parts.
See, Anthony plays legendary Puerto Rican salsa singer Héctor Lavoe, and Jennifer Lopez plays Hector's love-her-or-hate-her-or-just-admire-her-eye-shadow wife, Puchi. We got to speak with Marc first, followed by Jen. So, in that way, it was like a game show where you talk to each newlywed individually. So, let's see how they stacked up!
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Round 1: How Do They Look?
Marc is dressed to kill in this gray ensemble that complements his eyes. The jacket, the pants, the collared shirt, they all make me think of the word "fierce." I am newly aware of what a difference nice fabrics make.
Jen is dressed to walk the red carpet—at 10:30 a.m. I'm talking the false eyelashes, the white Dior dress that has every girl in our room aching for a deep-pocketed sugar daddy and, of course, the jewels. A girl asks Jen to see her ring. Jen smiles, "The ring? Which one?" Ha.
Do They Match Up? Yep. They both obviously like to look their best.
Round 2: Is Jen's Character a Bitch or a Good Girl?
When he was doing research for the film, Marc says he "couldn't find anyone to say anything nice" about Puchi.
Jen says, "I feel like she's not perfect, but at the same time I feel like she loved Héctor. I would always tell Marc, 'If it wasn't for Puchi, Héctor would have died a long time ago! She's the one who pulled him out of a crack house!' "
Do They Match Up? They're miles apart.
Round 3: Is the Music Business Really All About Drugs?
Marc tells a fantastic story from the early days of his career, when a promoter tried to pay him with cocaine.
Jen says, "I've never had to deal with the drug thing."
Do They Match Up? Eh…Marc, slip Jen some truth serum next time, would ya?
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Round 4: Is Jen's Perfume Endeavor a Good Thing or a Lame Greedy Thing?
Marc gets his passion on, bemoaning the way the entertainment industry has changed. "It's endorsements, clothing lines. It's a new day. You're not anyone if you don't have a fragrance." Sting!
A brave journalizer tells Jen what her husband said and asks if Marc keeps her in line with his barbs. Jen ain't having it: "I think he really is being complimentary when he says that. He really was just being cute. You know what I mean?"
Do They Match Up? Yes, she teases him in her own way, and if a reporter implied my boyfriend was schooling me, I'd get my back up a wee bit, too.
Round 5: What's It Like to Fight Vicious in Front of the Camera?
Marc is even tempered. "It was fun, 'cause that's not our lifestyle. So, it's like, 'All right—let's beat the s--t out of each other.' "
This subject brings out the giddy schoolgirl in Jen. "It was like an adrenaline rush. We would be in the car like, 'Oh that was great! Remember when I pushed you?!' "
Do They Match Up? Opposites attract, so we'll give it to them.
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Round 6: How Do They Deal with Fame?
Marc has a very concise take on it: "It's an upbringing thing."
Jen, on the other hand, opens the floodgates! I wonder if Ben Affleck will read the following words. Here now, the longest quote you'll ever see in this column:
It's one thing to be in high school and have that happen and you want to kill yourself, but on a global level, to have people scrutinizing you is very hard and difficult to deal with. Plus the pressures...Are you the real thing? Are you not the real thing?
Well, the last movie didn't do well. As an artist, you have this want to please people; that is your whole mission in life...I've had times where I'm like, I can't take it anymore. It hurts your soul...
It took time to get to that place where I was ready to settle down...I think we knew that it was very important for me—Marc kind of helped me with this. I didn't know there was another way to live. At that time, I was like, "I'm just gonna live my life. I'm not gonna let this change me." But all this stuff is happening. You're on the cover of a tabloid every week…[But he has been] in the public eye, working since he was 11 years old, [and] was like, "You can be an artist. You can have your credibility, sell your records, do your thing and still have a life. You're allowed that. You don't have to give everything all the time."
It was a real conscious decision for us. Yes, we are singers and actors. We do want to give all this and share all this, but at the same time we do have a life that is private and sacred and ours. As people see that, they're a little bit more respectful down the line...But that took time, too. We had to let them know, you're gonna stand outside our house, you're not gonna make the money. You have to learn that. Five, six, seven years ago, it was different for me.
Do They Match Up? At a total loss here. See the movie and decide for yourself!




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