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Daily Mail
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Jennifer Lopez enjoys a wild night out in Las Vegas as she parties on an open-top bus - after THAT cringe-worthy lesbian kiss at the AMAs
She shocked fans at the American Music Awards on Monday after kissing both male and female dancers live on air. And Jennifer Lopez shows no signs of stopping her latest wild antics as she was filmed partying and singing On The Floor on an open-top bus in Las Vegas later that evening. The singer and actress, 55, who recently divorced ex husband Ben Affleck, was surrounded by men holding her up as she stood on a chair waving her arms in the air. After declaring she's excited to have a 'free and happy' summer, the A-list wore her merch to promote her upcoming Las Vegas residency tour Up All Night Live as she partied without a care in the world. Fans have questioned whether Jennifer's bizarre behaviour recently is a 'desperate' attempt to make ex Ben jealous following their finalised dissolution of their two-year marriage four months ago. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. She was savaged over her cringe-worthy opening performance at the 2025 AMAs after the 'disgusting' lip-locking session with her dancers. Viewers blasted her for going 'too far' with her girl-on-girl kiss, with one X user declaring: 'Jennifer Lopez has lost the plot.' 'Another viewer asked: 'Why is Jennifer Lopez kissing everyone at the AMAs?' while another chimed in: 'Just looked up from my phone and JENNIFER LOPEZ IS KISSING A GIRL?!?!' Jennifer was called 'disgusting' and 'desperate' by some unimpressed viewers. For the raunchy stage show, she sported her signature golden-blonde locks in a waist-length, straight style with a center part. The songstress began her set by singing an excerpt of her 2012 song Dance Again. She then transitioned into a medley of viral hits from the past year, including Chappell Roan's HOT TO GO, Morgan Wallen and Post Malone's I Had Some Help, and Tinashe's Nasty. Jennifer took on hosting duties for this year's ceremony a decade after she first hosted in 2015. Fans have questioned whether Jennifer's bizarre behaviour recently is a 'desperate' attempt to make ex Ben jealous following their finalized dissolution of their two-year marriage four months ago It appears Jennifer has kickstarted her 'free and happy' summer since her high-profile divorce and amid ex-boyfriend Diddy's trafficking trial - following her string of carefree outings One of her glamorous looks of the evening was a beaded silver dress with a halter neck design. It appears Jennifer has kickstarted her 'free and happy' summer since her high-profile divorce and amid ex-boyfriend Diddy's trafficking trial - following her string of carefree outings. The star is headlining WorldPride during June's Pride Month in Washington, D.C, and Jennifer can't wait to 'make people sing and dance' over the coming weeks. The Jenny from the Block hitmaker told People: 'I'm excited to tour. I'm excited first to go do Pride. I'm super excited about that. I'm working on that show right now too as we speak, and crafting the tour as well. I'm excited to get back out there.' 'It seems like a perfect summer to celebrate being free and being happy', she added. 'Just everything in my life right now just feels really healthy and good, and I'm ready to get out there and make people sing and dance and have a good time. That's always my goal.' Comments Jennifer made about ex-boyfriend Diddy in a 2002 interview recently resurfaced amid the music mogul's bombshell sex trafficking trial. The rapper, 55, is currently on trial after pleading not guilty to allegations of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; racketeering conspiracy; and transportation to engage in prostitution. The steamy, unexpected moment left fans floored A year after their 2001 split, Jennifer reflected on the romance in a Primetime: Special Edition interview with Diane Sawyer who asked her if she was 'afraid' during the relationship. She replied she was not frightened and insisted the relationship was merely not a good fit for her. The video, posted by the Instagram account feltitagain last week, was captioned 'Remember this J-lo interview # Jenniferlopez #jlo and #pdiddy #seancombs #puffy #hoodmemes #hoodnews #plot #love.' The topic of Diddy came up in the interview with a montage of the pair during happier times as Sawyer lamented in a voiceover, 'And what about Sean Combs, Puffy, P Diddy, the man who courted controversy if not outright danger? He always seemed to be the one in control. We wondered, looking at the girl on the red carpet, who was she?' Diane then asks Jennifer, 'Was she afraid?', referring to the Maid In Manhattan star. 'Um, no, I don't think she was afraid, I just think that I, at that time was uh, cared very deeply for Sean, and you know we just... didn't have the same kind of ideals about life and family and stuff like that,' she said. 'It just wasn't a good relationship for me. It didn't have so much to do with him as it had to do with me at the time. 'I had to learn to care about myself a little bit more and put up certain boundaries of what I would accept and wouldn't accept because really he was just being himself. 'He wasn't doing anything wrong, and he felt like he loved me very much and I know he did and I felt like the same way. So if I was unhappy in some way, then I was the one who had to do something. Not him. He was doing everything he wanted to do.' The pair's romance first began in 1999 while Jennifer was preparing for the release of her debut album, On The 6, which Sean helped produce. During their relationship, Jennifer debuted her most famous outfit during the Grammy Awards ceremony in 2000. The green silk chiffon dress from Versace was super low-cut, barely covering her cleavage. But the couple also hit headlines after Jennifer and Sean were arrested on December 27, 1999 following a shooting at a nightclub. The singer and then-boyfriend Diddy were at Club New York in Manhattan on December 27, 1999, when gunfire broke out inside the venue. The music mogul was accused of firing a gun in the shootout that left three people injured, including Natania Reuben, who was struck in the face but miraculously survived. Both JLo and Diddy were arrested in relation to the incident, but Jennifer was not charged and Diddy was later acquitted. Jennifer broke up with the rap mogul a month before his trial was slated to begin in 2001. He was ultimately acquitted on all charges. Diddy's ex-girlfriend Cassandra 'Cassie' Ventura delivered horrifyingly graphic testimonies the first week of the trial alleging that the music mogul physically and psychologically abused her over more than a decade from 2007-2018. The 38-year-old detailed the regular beatings she allegedly experienced, the rapper's alleged use of blackmail and scare tactics to coerce and manipulate, depraved sex acts she claims she was forced to participate in - and the medical toll she suffered as a result. A male escort allegedly hired by Combs to engage in a variety of sexual acts with Ventura during his notorious 'freak off' parties also took the stand to explain how 'Diddy' purportedly pushed Ventura into unprotected sex with strangers and orchestrated various sexual encounters for his own pleasure. In response, lawyers for Combs sought to portray Ventura as a willing and eager participant in the music mogul's sexual lifestyle. His defence says that, while he is guilty of domestic violence, nothing he did amounted to a criminal enterprise.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Oktoberfest to return to Riverfront Convention Center in New Bern
NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) — The New Bern Breakfast Rotary Club has announced the return of the annual B/S/H/Oktoberfest to the Riverfront Convention Center in New Bern. This charity event will be on Saturday, September 27th from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm. To kick off the fundraiser, New Bern Mayor Jeffrey Odham will perform the 'Tapping of the Keg' ceremony on Wednesday, September 24th. Traditionally, the Oktoberfest celebration takes place in Germany during late September and early October of each year as a famed beer festival and fair. In New Bern, The Little German Band and Dancers lead the crowd with singing and dancing, which includes the infamous Chicken Dance, in the true spirit of the traditional celebration. The popular Stein Holding contest will be available for people who want to test their strength and endurance! The tickets will be $35 in advance, $40 at the door, includes admission, one traditional German-style meal and a nonalcoholic drink. There will be separate tickets sold for beer and wine. It will be $25 for active-duty military with ID, $5 for children 6-12, and free for children under 5. Advance tickets are available mid-August at Mitchell Hardware or can be purchased online. Sponsorships are available. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Independent
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Diary written by acclaimed artist Duncan Grant sells for 17 times its estimate
A diary belonging to acclaimed Scottish artist Duncan Grant has sold for 17 times its auction estimate. The diary, which was recently discovered years after his death in 1978, was started on January 21, 1911 after it was given to him as a gift by his mother. It sold for £13,750 against an estimate of £500-800, auctioneers at Gorringe's said on Tuesday. The painter and designer, who was born near Aviemore in the Highlands in 1885, was a central member of the influential Bloomsbury Group of artists and intellectuals. The diary begins with an entry that reads: ' Mother gave me this book as a present, also a cushion plus a sponge,' and it contains Grant's notes and appointments throughout 1911, providing a 'remarkable insight' into his life and work. The diary was discovered by Poppy Woodeson, daughter of art historian and biographer John Woodeson, who interviewed Grant during the course of his literary career. She found it following the recent death of her mother. 'It was a total surprise when I discovered the diary among my parents' effects,' she said. 'I had no idea that this important and fascinating piece of art history was in their possession.' The previously unseen diary provides an insight into the artist's daily activities in the year he received one of his most important early commissions, having been invited to create murals for the dining room of Borough Polytechnic – now London South Bank University. It contains Grant's notes and updates on ongoing artworks, such as his 1912 painting titled Dancers, and features a pencil sketch of a standing nude figure. It also contains details of his lunch and dinner dates with fellow artists and luminaries. These include artist Vanessa Bell, with whom Grant went on to have an affair, her artist brother Adrian Stephen, and Virginia Woolf, considered one of the most important writers of the Modernist movement. Other notable entries include Grant's account of witnessing the coronation procession of King George V and Queen Mary in London on June 22, 1911. A photograph of the novelist EM Forster, which was taken by Ms Bell at Charleston farmhouse in Sussex in 1923, is also contained within the diary. John Holmes, managing director of Gorringe's auctioneers, said: 'We are absolutely thrilled at the result, the diary received international interest that goes to show just how well placed Gorringe's are for dealing with Bloomsbury Group material.'
