Not Safe For Work

While Jennifer Lopez doesn’t look as boomin’ as she did back when she was a Fly Girl on In Living Color, we’re kind of amazed that her body is still defying gravity and her face is holding wrinkles at bay one week away from her 40th birthday. Let’s consider all that she’s been through.

J-Lo has released seven albums (another one is coming later this year), starred in dozens of film and television roles (including Gigli, a.k.a. The Worst Movie of 2003), started a film and television production company and launched two clothing lines and seven perfumes. She’s also survived a high-profile court case during her Diddy days, a last-minute calling off of her “Bennifer” engagement as well as two divorces. And we haven’t even mentioned that she gave birth to twins with hubby Marc Anthony earlier this year. Allow us to repeat ourselves: Twins!

Yes, Jenny has been around the block, but she’s holding up nicely as she enters her 40s. Check out photos of Jennifer Lopez filming The Backup Plan, a new romantic comedy to be released in 2010. [Photo: Splash News Online]

When celebrities get engaged, it’s all about love - yeah right! When stars decide to get hitched, everyone will be looking at the engagement ring, so it better be a good one! When Hayden Christensen recently popped the question to OC starlet Rachel Bilson, he did a very good job of picking out a classy diamond for his lady love. How did other stars fare when they decided to make their love forever? From Jennifer Hudson to Beth Ostrosky to Carmen Electra, it’s all about the bling. Check out our gallery of the most fabulous celebrity engagement rings! [Photo: Splash News Online]

12►

Which is better: to be nominated for Oscars year after year and never win like Kate Winslet, or to win once like Halle Berry and spend the rest of your life making crap like Gothika? For a variety of reasons, from the lack of good roles for talented actors without star power, to the poor choices of a star gone wild, some Oscar winners and nominees have only tasted Academy love once in their life. Here are ten of our favorite one-hit Oscar wonders.

[Photos: AFP/Getty]

Yay! Jennifer Garner has had her baby! People is reporting that “Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck gave birth to a healthy baby girl.” (Well, if we’re going to get all particular about it, it’s Jen’s hard work in the “giving birth” arena, but hey). We at Scandalist are thrilled to hear the news, especially since we were wondering if the baby was so warm and cozy in there, it was planning on taking up permanent residence. But great news, guys! And we’re looking forward to another traditional-yet-quirky name, please.  Ahhhh.

The arrival of daughter no. 2 for Ben means he and his male life partner bud Matt Damon are now both part of female-dominated households (Matt’s got a stepdaughter and two daughters, too). Expect the pair of them to totally forget they used to be the young hot things of Hollywood back in the day, and turn all scary-protective Bruce Willis-style on any potential suitors’ asses in a few years’ time… [Photo: Splash News Online]

Between Australia’s lack of success and whatever the hell she’s done to her face, Nicole Kidman is getting a lot of grief from the media, with some dubbing her “Queen Of The Flops.” While her status as a bankable actress is fair game (again…her face), there are a lot of men we should be giving the royal treatment before we start ripping on Nicole too harshly. As the The Huffington Post notes, Hugh Jackman gets to be the Sexiest Man Alive even though no one will pay to see him do anything other than flash metal claws. Check out the gallery to see why Hugh and 9 other A-list actors should get their own “box-office poison?” thinkpieces.

[Photo: Getty]

Well, it wasn’t a coincidence that saw Robert de Niro, Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes, Ben Affleck, Lily Allen, Charlize Theron, Michael Jordan, Mischa Barton, Mary-Kate Olsen and Lindsay Lohan (plus SamRo, natch) all turn up in Dubai last night. They were all (plus lots more hangers-on) attending the launch of the $1.5 billion Atlantis resort on the man-made Palm Jumeirah island. If you’re feeling financially embarrassed by the credit squeeze at the moment, you might not want to know that the launch party cost $22 million, and celebrities enjoyed eating tons of lobster, smoked salmon, oysters and champagne, while watching Kylie Minogue perform a set in front of the world’s biggest fireworks display. Oh, and they were all flown out there for free, and got to stay in suites worth tens of thousands of dollars a night.

Next time you hear someone complain about “loss of privacy” or “paparazzi intrusion”, just look at their happy little faces last night. Honestly, it’s totally worth it. [Photo: Getty Images]

Matt Damon and wife Luciana welcomed another baby girl, named Gia Zavala, to their family yesterday. No word on whether Damon knows the Sopranos has ended and her chances of being cast as Mob Baby #1 are nil. Gia also has two sisters, Isabella, 2 and Alexia, 10, who is Matt’s stepdaughter. It’ll be no time before she’s playing with the newest unborn Affleck.