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Jennifer Lopez: Halftime is a 2022 American Netflix original documentary film directed by Amanda Micheli. Its story follows the career of Jennifer Lopez, with a heavy focus on her performance at the Super Bowl LIV halftime show and her film Hustlers (2019).
- Lopez was frustrated about splitting the Super Bowl show. For the 2020 halftime show, Lopez and Shakira each split their time evenly for the 14-minute performance, singing a medley of their major hits.
- Seeing images of kids in cages at the border motivated Lopez to get more political. During the documentary, Lopez notes that she's not "into politics." "I’m not that person," she says.
- Lopez considered quitting Hollywood amid scrutiny, jokes at her expense. As her career blew up, Lopez says there was a time when she "had really low self esteem."
- The 'Hustlers' Oscar nomination snub hit Lopez hard. Throughout the documentary, viewers are given a look at all the work that Lopez put into the movie "Hustlers," including taking pole dancing lessons.
Jun 14, 2022 · CNN — “Halftime” could have just as easily been titled “The Importance of Being J-Lo,” focusing on Jennifer Lopez’s life and career, somewhat arbitrarily, through a particularly busy,...
- “Worst idea in the world”: Having two headliners was way too much to handle. With a focus on Lopez’s half of her halftime show performance, Halftime viewers got to see an inside look at the intense creative process that ensued once Lopez and her team found out they would have to split time with Shakira.
- This is about human rights’: J.Lo’s onstage cages was a non-negotiable. Lopez’s performance came at a heated time in politics as Donald Trump was entering his final year as president and beginning his campaign for the 2020 election.
- J.Lo had a rough upbringing in the Bronx. The documentary provides an inside look at the superstar’s childhood in the Bronx and how things weren’t always picture-perfect for “Jenny from the Block.”
- Lopez really thought she had a chance at a Golden Globe or Oscar: “I let everyone down” One of the most humanizing aspects of Halftime occurred as viewers got to watch Lopez take in the reception and early headlines suggesting that she was going to be nominated for an Oscar and win a Golden Globe for her role as Ramona in Hustlers, but later be let down with neither.
Jun 14, 2022 · Halftime: Directed by Amanda Micheli, Sam Wrench. With Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck, Adam Blackstone, Kim Burse. Global superstar Jennifer Lopez reflects on her multifaceted career and the pressure of life in the spotlight in this intimate documentary.
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- Documentary, Biography, Music
- Amanda Micheli, Sam Wrench
- 2022-06-14
Jun 9, 2022 · We watch Jennifer Lopez, global icon and multi-hyphenate talent, ready to perform at the eponymous halftime show of the 2020 Super Bowl — perfect makeup, big hair, shiny costumes, cheering...
May 18, 2022 · The upcoming doc is titled Halftime, a nod to Lopez's age, 52, and a hint at what her trailblazing career as a singer, an actress, and a business mogul will look like in the next half of her...
