celeb photos J.Lo receives ELLE Icon Award | Eva Longoria: “wouldn’t be standing here” without Jen

[insomniac]

 

 

 

Edited December 6, 2023 by insomniac

[Escape]

[Bindi]

[Geraldine]

this woman has been getting awards for everything except music/acting in the last 20 years

[LadyDiana]

Just look at Ben's face you just know that moment's ago his face was between those boobs, sniffing, licking, kissing he is so hot with that beard, gosh wish I could just... ugh...

Congrats to Jen for whatever award she got, she deserved it

[Space Cowboy]

49 minutes ago, Geraldine said:

this woman has been getting awards for everything except music/acting in the last 20 years

It’s what she deserves. She’s one of the most iconic celebs and she opened so many doors for the latin community. She should be celebrated period 

[Fitzswiftie]

Love that Eva shouted out America too. In the Ugly Betty pilot her and her sister are talking about how non-service job careers don’t happen for women like them (unless your J.Lo).

[Mordecai]

Good for JLo. She's been relevant for 25+ years and never gets the praise or accolades that her peers do. Can't wait for the new album 

[insomniac]

5 minutes ago, Fitzswiftie said:

Love that Eva shouted out America too. In the Ugly Betty pilot her and her sister are talking about how non-service job careers don’t happen for women like them (unless your J.Lo).

Yes, it felt full circle though with them both being in attendance at the event and having built great careers of their own since.

[insomniac]

1 hour ago, Geraldine said:

this woman has been getting awards for everything except music/acting in the last 20 years

Racisme. 
 

“Who Let The Dogs Out” won a freaking a Grammy over “Let’s Get Loud” 💀Like who is still listening to that song today. LGL is still ending up on Top 2000 year-end lists today—can’t say the same for WLTDO. 

 

And when J.Lo was nominated for a Golden Globe for Selena she was very deserving of a win. Hollywood wasn’t ready to reward Latina’s (and often still aren’t).
 

As if Helen Hunt’s performance in “As Good As It Gets” is still being praised as much as Jennifer Lopez in “Selena”.  
 

The Academy even went as to put ScarJo in a nomination twice in the same category just so they could snub Jen’s “Hustlers” performance. They showed their true colors that day and I’m glad they and GG got into a controversy about lack of diversity amongst members soon after.

Edited December 6, 2023 by insomniac

[Totami Legend]

I love this mini celebration with music and awards but sis needs to book some good acting roles. 

[RIKI232]

ok boobies!! 

she looks phenomenal and the awards is well deserved 

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[Marry The Gods]

She looks amazing 

[Geraldine]

1 hour ago, Space Cowboy said:

It’s what she deserves. She’s one of the most iconic celebs and she opened so many doors for the latin community. She should be celebrated period 

yes but she opened those doors over 20 years ago. Her career has been a flop for over 10 if we're being serious so i dont know exactly what is being recognized in 2023

[Space Cowboy]

1 minute ago, Geraldine said:

yes but she opened those doors over 20 years ago. Her career has been a flop for over 10 if we're being serious so i dont know exactly what is being recognized in 2023

And other icons like Madonna has been a flop for like 15 years or Stevie Wonder hasn’t been relevant since the 80s. That doesn’t change the fact that they’re lengends and they deserve to be celebrated and recognized for what they have done.

 

You don’t need to be currently relevant to be recognized and awarded for your past contributions, specially for someone who has done so much for her community as jlo. She deserves as many Icon Awards as she can get.

 

Also, JLo is still relevant nowadays aside from her music career. Isn’t she like in the top 5 most followed female singers in instagram? Doesn’t she still make millions through brand deals? Doesn’t she still make mildy successful films? She’s still the biggest latin name in the US.

[livelikemusic]

Congratulations to Jennifer. Well-deserved!!

[MusicIsMyMaster]

Truly an ICONC!

 

thats my mother. 

[insomniac]

Full speech, courtesy of ELLE:

 

“Oh, my God. What a night. I’m gonna go off script, but I’m gonna come back to this. I feel so honored to be here. It is like a dream.

I echo every single sentiment that every single woman that is on the stage said. It is a very moving thing to be in a room full of powerful women who are championing each other and who are caring about one another and who are uplifting each other. It is just very, very moving.

So I wanna thank Nina for putting this night together, for doing this for so many years, and ELLE Magazine. Nina Garcia. You know, I’ve known you for so many years. We worked together for so many years and it was you, you know, who put me on covers in the beginning of my career and took chances on me and I appreciate you and I see what you’ve done and you think you are amazing. Thank you.

When I started out, again, I could look forward to playing the maid a lot of times, or the loud-mouth Latina. But I knew I wanted to be the leading lady. I was like, “I’m that girl! I’m that girl! I feel just like those women that I’ve watched the movie of. I can do this!” So, I'm gonna go back to my speech.

So this is kind of funny…because I was thinking about this on the way over here. So go with me on this for a second: I don’t have an Oscar, I don’t have a Golden Globe, I don’t have a Grammy, or a SAG award, or a BAFTA or a Critics Choice, or a Hollywood Film Award. I do a have a Palm Springs International Film Festival Spotlight Award. But this is my fifth “icon” award. 

Of all the things that I thought I would grow up to be when I was a little girl, the last thing you know that was kind of on my list was ICON. I always look up the word “icon” every time this happens. The dictionary says “it’s a representative symbol, or someone or something that is worthy of veneration. So it’s about being venerated for things that you’ve accomplished,” which obviously I am very honored and flattered, and humbled by in this company. This award is also about being a representative symbol, in this case what is it is to be a woman in Hollywood. But when I think about that, and about the things that I spent my life doing and working at, it’s been so many different things. 

You know, I started off as a dancer, and then started making movies, and then records and then creating my own brand somehow, and companies, and each step of the way and each transition, there seemed to be tremendous opposition—both literal, like physical, and emotional—to the idea that you could do many different things and be taken seriously. 

The idea was that you were not as real a musician if you were also an actress, or you’re not a serious actor if you’re a dancer, or a legitimate business person or entrepreneur if you are an artist, but it went beyond that too: You couldn’t be good or credible at anything if you were sexy, and you couldn’t be sexy if you were a mom, and you couldn’t be intelligent if you were beautiful, and so on and so on. And you certainly couldn’t be any of those things if you were a lil Puerto Rican girl from the Bronx. 

So it makes sense that I’m here being honored by ELLE magazine and other women in Hollywood, because you understand this struggle! You understand that the actual magic of being a woman is to be able to do many different things, and do them spectacularly, and quietly with our heads down day to day without complaining and most times with little appreciation and recognition. 

That the things that women are usually criticized for and kept out of the rooms power because of, things like changing our minds like being emotional, being mercurial, and having our attention in several different places at once is actually our superpower and the essence of who we are. That is what it is to actually be a woman. 

So as I stand here accepting this award in awe that this is my life. I echo the words from that lovely video we just saw: “Why cant we do all the things?!” I will always believe that we can, that all of you can, that I can.

Thank you for this honor thank you for seeing me, thank you for recognizing me as one of your own. I love you and I see you as well and appreciate every single one of your contributions not just to this industry, but to the whole entire world. 

Thank you guys so much.”

 

https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a46029458/jennifer-lopez-women-in-hollywood-speech-transcript-2023/
 

 

Edited December 6, 2023 by insomniac

[Leptine]

5 hours ago, Geraldine said:

this woman has been getting awards for everything except music/acting in the last 20 years

She actually won the 'Los Angeles Film Critics Association' (LAFCA) for 'Hustlers', one of the most prestigious critics circle award.

[insomniac]

46 minutes ago, Leptine said:

She actually won the 'Los Angeles Film Critics Association' (LAFCA) for 'Hustlers', one of the most prestigious critics circle award.

You tell them. 

[insomniac]

A positive topic about J.Lo. Isn’t it nice? 🦗

[harwee]

Icon

 

[theweekend]

that's what she deserves

[Onthe6]

Icon! 

[Breathe On Moi]

umm her dress is absolutely immaculate wtf

 

i miss the days when she’d be front page for her wear/dresses, this literally made no noise