Jumat, 09 Februari 2007

Jennifer Lopez's hot Valentines D-date

Rumor is that Jennifer Lopez may show up at tonight’s Rodeo Drive Walk of Style tribute to Donatella Versace. Hey, she owes her for that shocking sheer green chiffon gown that totally put Lopez on the fashion map. She’s not on the confirmed celeb list, as is her husband Marc Anthony. But the Donahue Group, organizers of the annual Beverly Hills fashion/entertainment event, says “there are rumors that she may show up.” Hope they save her seat.

But Lopez will NOT be at the Grammy Awards on Sunday. Why? Because she’s got a hot Valentine’s Day date with a Nobel Peace Prize winner in Berlin, that's why.

Lopez is flying to the Berlin International Film Festival to pick up an Artists for Amnesty award for “Bordertown,” her new film that documents the ongoing unsolved murders of hundreds of women in Juarez, Mexico. Nobel Peace Price Winner Jose Ramos-Horta will present J-Lo with her award at a ceremony co-hosted by the William Morris Agency on Feb. 14.

Lopez plays a journalist investigating the murders, Martin Sheen plays her editor who tries to stop her coverage for ad revenue reasons. The film also stars Antonio Banderas.

According to Amnesty International's Bonnie Abaunza, Jennifer helped finance the film using money from her fragrance sales. She first heard about the murders in ’98 when director Gregory Nava came to her with the project. “I desperately wanted to tell this story. I began working to ensure we made this film in order to bring the attention of the world to this tragedy and to pressure the Mexican government to bring to justice those responsible for these horrible crimes.”

The film is premiering at the Berlin fest on Feb 15. Jennifer will work with AIUSA launching a bilingual website on Feb 14 in memory of the murdered women. The site will feature
petitions, documentary footage, testimonials, online chats, contact information for non-governmental organizations in Juarez, and a flash animation depicting the severity of the problem. It will also feature public service announcements by Lopez and co-stars Banderas, Sheen and Maya Zapata. Lopez and her husband have produced a song, “Porque La Vida Es Asi,” (“Because Life is Like That”), inspired by and dedicated to the women of Juarez.

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