JLo and the “name”

It’s the final week of Jennifer Lopez’s latest residency in Las Vegas. The final show will be on Saturday but it was a moment from her show the other night that’s making headlines. It happens when she pulls someone up from the crowd and when she asks his name, he says it’s “Ben”. And she jokingly reveals what she thinks of it. It’s not that serious, it’s not like she doesn’t know what we know and think and all the gossiping that we’ve all done about her and Ben Affleck, well past the relationship expiry date.

The video is long, though, I didn’t expect it to be when I started watching, I thought it would just be that quip – so my actual main takeaway from it isn’t what she said about the name Ben, it’s her performance, her physicality, how loose and limber she is, how it looks like this clip could have been from 2016 or 2006.

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You can see more of that energy in the performance video for her new song with David Guetta, “Save Me”.

JLo, as we know, has a lot of haters. Whatever their reasons are, there is no argument to be had about her energy. This woman is f-cking indefatigable.

Here she is a couple of days ago with Emme in just about the flattest shoes you’ll ever see her in. During a residency, I imagine the feet need to be as comfortable as possible when you’re not on stage.

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What else happened today…

Stephen Colbert will be done with late night television in less than two months but he won’t be unemployed. His first move post Late Show is perfect for him. He’s going full nerd – because we all know he has a PhD in Lord of the Rings and he’s co-writing a new film with his son Peter McGee. Stephen will probably going through a lot of big feelings after his final episodes; it will be a grieving process, having to leave a job he loved and was not ready to quit. Digging into a work that he’s been passionate about for much of his life, and doing it with his kid, is probably a really great way for him to heal and process and move on. (Mashable)

I say this as a gambler – by birthright, because I come from a gambling lineage. My grandmother ran a mahjong den in Hong Kong where my ma also reigned when it became obvious that she was the loudmouth gangster of the family. I spent much of my childhood there, the joke in my family is that I was born on a mahjong table. So I know my way around any casino, public or underground, I’m as comfortable in a gambling environment as I am on my couch. But gambling now has taken on a whole new life form that doesn’t appeal to me – as Kayleigh Donaldson writes, gambling is embedded into everything. (Pajiba)

I am soooo into this outfit on Daisy Edgar-Jones. The buttons, the high collar, the ruching in the jacket, and whatever is going on in the hem of the skirt, all of this is working for me. (Go Fug Yourself)

Alan Ritchson’s neighbour tried to sell a lie about him after getting his ass beat. The video now shows that the f-ckass neighbour was being a clown and deserved to eat sh-t. But also, there is potential here for a sequel to the Gwyneth Paltrow trial. Because this idiot would totally be stupid enough to sue, for whatever dumbass reason, and we can tune in to watch him get dunked on again. (Celebitchy)

I spent a long time – and too much money, ugh – looking for what is now my signature scent. Now Ellie-Mae Hammond is making the case that signature scents are overrated and that we might consider building a scent wardrobe, rotating scents the way we would our clothes. I know a few people who do this, who have certain scents for different occasions, but the expression, “scent wardrobe”, is so fresh and appealing to me. One of the few new trend terms that I can actually embrace. As for whether or not to begin the process of a scent wardrobe… this requires some commitment. Because, again, it took me forever to mine and will it take forever to curate a collection? (Refinery 29)