1. Bennifer | Just Like Us: The Tabloids That Changed America

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🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Bennifer: a supernova of fame, photos, and Diane Sawyer specials. In the early 2000s, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez began dating and the emerging tabloid press was there to track every kiss, ring, and breakup rumor. In this episode, we dive into the rise, fall, and eventual return of the original celebrity portmanteau. Host: Clare Malone Producers: Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey, Juliet Litman, Vikram Patel, and Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	How are you, Jennifer?
0:01.0	I'm good.
0:02.0	Good to see you.
0:03.0	Good to see you.
0:04.0	You're a newlywed.
0:05.0	Yes.
0:06.0	Congratulations.
0:07.0	Just got married.
0:08.0	You might recognize these voices.
0:10.0	The first is Rosie O'Donnell, and this is her daytime talk show that if you're of a certain
0:23.1	age and inclination, you'd definitely watched after school in the late 1990s.
0:28.9	The one who just got married is Jennifer Lopez.
0:32.2	You might know her now as the cultural juggernaut who starred in rom-com classics like The
0:36.4	Wedding Planner, who pulled dance on screen at age 50, was a major figure of the Latin
0:41.3	explosion in music, has had her own makeup, clothing, and perfume lines, and drinks all
0:46.1	her liquids from a bedazzled sippy cup.
0:49.3	But this is 1997, and she is very new.
0:52.8	New to stardom, new to talk shows, newlywed.
0:57.2	The Wedding was an adventure.
0:58.2	It was an adventure The Wedding?
0:59.2	Yeah.
1:00.2	And what way?
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