Jennifer Lynn Lopez was born on July 24, 1970 in Castle Hill, Bronx. Jennifer is the daughter of Guadalupe and David Lopez. She is known for her success of overcoming the Spanish stereotypes she was discriminated for through her life and it has led her to be the highest paid Latino woman in the world. Jen appears on magazine covers and in movies, breaking down barriers and showing every woman, no matter what their size, race, or beliefs can do anything they put their mind and heart to. As a child Jennifer loved to sing and dance and immediately her parents recognized her talent and enthusiasm for performing so they the enrolled her in dance classes. Her mother, Guadalupe, said "Jennifer always loved to sing, but she was also a great actress and knew that she would have a bright future ahead of her.” Jennifer grew up, very close to her family, she even bought her mother a Cadillac with the …show more content…
The album, was a success thanks to her hit single, "If You Had My Love," which went platinum two weeks after it was released, crowing Jen one of the most successful musicians in cultural pop music. After her first hit single, in early 2000, she was nominated for the title of ‘Best Dance Performance’ for the second hit single she released called "Waiting for Tonight," though Jen sadly lost the award to Cher. The popularity of the extremely talented Jen grew in 2001, when her album, J. Lo hit number one on the pop charts, while the next film she starred in, The Wedding Planner, was also on top in the box office during its first week of release. Later In December 2002, she had another great success with the release of her record “This Is Me” along with a starring role in Maid in Manhattan, Jen was a success and continued to be one. In 2003, she co-starred with Ben Affleck in Gigli and she also starred in Shall We Dance? a remake of the top-grossing Japanese
Jenni Rivera, born Dolores Janney Rivera Saavedra, was born in Long Beach, CA. She grew up in poverty, and with four brothers she was a tom boy. She learned to defend herself at a young age. “I soon developed the reputation as the girl who beats up boys.” This taught her how to respect herself in the music industry. Despite her boyish ways she loved to sing. She would compete at bars with her dad. He early singing career made her realize she could make good money and provide for her family by singing.
For this assignment I choose Kylie Jenner. She is constantly in the Public eye and her family is well known around the world also. The Kardashian-Jenner family is always a fascination to the public. The Jenner family and Kardashian family are all connected in some way. The television show “Keeping up with the Kardashian’s” is where a lot of the spotlight comes from.
Selena Quintanilla Perez was born on April 16, 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas. Selena grew up understanding Spanish, but English was her first language. At the age of five Selena saw her brother learning to play the guitar and became jealous of the attention he was getting. She picked up a songbook and began to sing. Her family quickly turned their attention to her strong and beautiful voice. In the first grade Selena excelled at a game called Jump the Brook, in which two ropes are placed side by side and each kid takes a turn jumping across.1 In middle school Selena was in honors classes and made A’s and B’s. Selena used her allowance to put clothes on layaway. As a teenager, Selena hung all of her awards on the wall next to the staircase in her family’s house. As an adult, Selena was very involved with kids. She was a spokeswoman for the D.A.R.E. Program.
There are many reasons people send out hate about Jennifer Lawrence: They call her rude and fat, they say her fans are annoying, and sometimes they hate on her for the most random reasons, for example, because of her quirky, odd, slightly insensitive brother or even because she uses strange words, such as the term “quark”. But JLaw doesn’t care. Despite all the harsh critisisms sent out, she doesn’t respond, she stopped on many social media platforms, and she doesn’t let it get to her. “I can
In today’s world, with the media exploiting every single thing about a celebrity, it easy to know their accomplishments or the scandals in their life. The actions that one demonstrates especially when being a celebrity, influences the public and determines whether they are someone to look up to or not. One of the star that are in the public eye is Jennifer Lopez but she is mostly known as JLo. Many people know her as an American singer, actress, dancer, fashion designer and businesswoman (Jennifer Lopez). Everybody out there has their own opinion about her, those who look up to her describe her as a strong, independent and hardworking women who fought to be in the position that she’s in. On the other hand, the haters out there look at her as someone who exposes her physical appearance, isn’t latina enough and is talentless. However Jennifer Lopez is worth knowing about because of her influence in the hispanic community, her support for feminism and her ability to adapt to a variety of roles as a celebrity.
George Lopez was born on April 23rd in the year of 1961 in the Mission, Hills of Los Angeles, California. His father who was Anataso was a migrant worker who left his wife, Frieda for a different lifestyle. After Lopez was born, Frieda and George Moved in with his mom’s parents who tried to raise Lopez In her hometown of California. When George was a young kid his mother explained to him that his father had died. Even though, the real truth was that he was in fact alive but wanted nothing to do with his son who he had with his ex-wife. His mother soon remarried when George was only ten years of age. His mouther also left, so he had nowhere to go other than to his grandparents’ house because he figured they would take care of him. Lopez was
Her first movie was “Carmen: A Hip Hopera” which aired in 2001. After the production,“Dream Girls” in 2006 she was nominated with the Golden Globe Award. Although she was with “Destiny’s Child” she wanted to start acting to become known, and to make a name for herself. When Beyonce went solo in 2003 she released an album called, “Dangerously In Love”. She earned five Grammy Awards and she also featured in the Billboard Hot 100 with the singles, “Crazy in Love” and “Baby Boy”. In 2005, Beyonce released her second album “B’Day” which contained the hits, “Deja Vu”, “Irreplaceable”, and “Beautiful Liar” So far in Beyonce’s career she has won twenty Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, eight Billboard Awards, sixteen MTV Video Music Awards, and three World Music
Ariana Grande is one talented singer. The girl has impressed everyone with her spot-on celebrity singing impersonations and has sung with some of the most talented singers still alive today. However, there's still a lot you don't know about this sassy celeb. Here are the top eight most common misconceptions believed about Ariana Grande.
Jennifer Lopez was born in the Bronx, New York on July 24, 1970. She was born in the United States to Puerto Rican Parents, Jennifer considers herself to be a Puerto Rican and she is very proud of her Hispanic heritage and culture. Her father is David Lopez, a computer specialist, and her mother Guadalupe Lopez, a Kindergarten teacher. Her parents recognized Jennifer’s talent and enthusiasm for performing and at the age of five the enrolled her in dance classes. Her mother said “Jennifer always loved to sing, but she was also a great actress and knew that she would have a bright future ahead of her.” With the support of her parents Jennifer grew up to be a very sensible girl, who is still very close to her family. When Jennifer earned her million-dollar paycheck for playing the role in the movie Selena, she bought her mom a Cadillac. Even though they saw Jennifer’s talent at the age of five, their relationship was not always understandable. Jennifer made a major decision and that was not to go to College. That decision was very disappointing to her parents who wanted her to go to law school. Her parents supported her pursuit of a career in show business, they did not wanted to be in the expense of her education. When Jennifer told her parents that she was not going to College and law school, they thought it was really stupid to go off and try to be a movie star.
Selena Quintanilla was born on April 16, 1971, in Lake Jackson, Texas. Selena was considered the "Queen of Tejano," a type of Mexican music that incorporated other styles, such as country. She was also sometimes referred to as the "Mexican
In late 1999, Alicia followed Clive Davis to his new J Records where she continues to chart her arrival to the music world. Creations now rising out of the studio show signs of both a critical and commercial monster - a deep, melodic, soulful gem of an album that showcases Alicia in all her universal glory. Though most of the album- including the luminous "Fallin'" and the moving "Troubles" - was written and produced by Alicia Keys, the artist collaborates with Jermaine Dupri on "Girlfriend" and with Isaac Hayes on "Rock Wit U" from the Shaft soundtrack. Her debut album, Songs in A Minor, is set for release on J Records in late June.
Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric is a 2017 documentary for National Geographic that explores the complications of gender identity. In a series of interviews with surgeons, scientist, students and families across the country, Katie Couric documents the experiences of transgender and intersex people and the challenges that they have faced through their journey. What Katie Couric uncovers is that people are a lot more complicated than we thought. By learning more about transgender biology and social identity, she hopes to answer the question - Should our bodies define us? Katie met with scientists and surgeons in her quest.
Angelina Jolie has been known to comfort and aid with refugees across the world. In the year of 2001, Angelina Jolie became an official goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioners for Refugees. She has comforted, visited, and been with refugees in more than 20 countries. She has traveled to Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, and Iraq to meet up the needs of these people. Angelina Jolie has risen awareness for the thousands upon thousands displaced people who had to flee Darfur from murder.
As a child, Streisand was very shy and describes her childhood as a painful experience. She often felt rejected by other kids because of her looks. Her stepfather was also emotionally abusive, and found no support from her mother, who thought Barbra was not pretty enough to make it in show business. Barbra went to school at Bais Yaakov School, and sang in the school choir. She also went to Erasmus Hall High School, where she met Neil Diamond, who she would collaborate with in the future. Before graduating from high school, Streisand traveled into New York City to study acting. She met Anita and Alan Miller at the age of 15, and made an agreement with the couple to babysit their children, and in return Alan would give her a scholarship to his acting school. She graduated from Erasmus High School at the age of 16, and was nu...
Mariah Carey was born March 27, 1970 in Huntington, Long Island, New York. Her parents are Alfred Roy Carey and Patricia Carey who was a voice coach and opera singer. Mariah Carey shocked her family when she inherited her mother's vocals so she began singing lessons at age four. Today she is one of the most known artist but is also a film actress, music producer, songwriter, and she has won many awards. The day after she graduated high school she moved to New York City to pursue her music career. She started her career as a backing vocalist for Brenda K. Starr who gave columbia records Mariah’s demo tape at a party thrown by CBS records. The goal was to give the demo to a man named Jimmy Greenberg but it ended up in the hands of the president of Columbia records, after that her career took off.