J-Lo: What we learned about Jennifer Lopez in her Netflix documentary “Halftime”

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Started as a documentary about what the next half of Jennifer Lopez’s life would have in store for the award-winning artist, “the whole movie changed,” according to producer Dave Broome.

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The all-access Netflix documentary “Halftime” began filming as J-Lo ended her residency in Las Vegas on the verge of turning 50, preparing to set out on her It’s My Party tour.

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However, events would occur that made for four years of “constant fluidness” that morphed the final product.

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The result, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released on Netflix 14 June is an intimate view of J-Lo.

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From the making and promoting of the movie “Hustlers” and dealing with an Oscar snub, to being a person not “into politics” needing to make a political statement at the 2020 Superbowl.

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Viewers will also see how jokes at J-lo’s personal expense as she was rising to the heights of stardom took a toll on her.

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When Lopez was asked to perform at the 2020 Super Bowl with Shakira, she was honored.

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However, she became frustrated with the conditions laid out for splitting the stage time with just 12 minutes to perform divided evenly between the two.

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There was no professional envy with her fellow singer about having to share the stage for a job that is typically done by one headliner.

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