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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Jennifer Lopez's This Is Me... Now

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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4.510.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The wait to learn more about Jennifer Lopez's love life is finally over. The singer and actress has released a new film on Prime Video called This Is Me...Now: A Love Story, in conjunction with a new album and an upcoming documentary. It's all about her journey from Gigli to joyful, from falter to altar, with her now-husband Ben Affleck. She sings, she dances, and is cared for by the weirdest council of advisors ever assembled — including cameos from Neil deGrasse Tyson, Post Malone, Jane Fonda.

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A warning, this episode contains mention of intimate partner violence.

0:04.1

The long wait for someone, somewhere, to have something to say about Jennifer Lopez's love life is finally

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over. She's released a film called This Is Me Now, a Love Story, in conjunction with an album and an upcoming documentary all about her journey

0:24.8

from Julie to Joyful from Falter to Altar with her now husband Ben Affleck.

0:31.1

She sings, she dances, she is cared for by the weirdest

0:34.1

Council of Advisors ever assembled, take a breath, gaze into the center of a

0:39.3

perfect flower, and prepare to be transported. I'm Linda Holmes and on this episode of NPR's pop culture happy hour we're talking

0:46.7

about this is me now.

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Joining me today is the host of NPR's It's been a minute Brittany loose. Hey Brittany

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Hello Linda, thank you so much for having me today.

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Of course, also with us is a producer on NPR's Culture Desk and the Book of the Day podcast

1:49.4

Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento.

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Welcome back to the show, Isabella. Howdydy thank you for having me. So back in

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2002 Jennifer Lopez released her third studio album, This Is Me Then. It was

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