In case there was any doubt in your mind that Jennifer Lopez is one of the world’s hottest (and apparently, most powerful) celebrities, these photos should change your mind.
J Lo did an interview and photo shoot with the magazine that hates Kim Kardashian, and apparently, she lives in a great big house with beautiful furnishings and is “really happy” with Casper Smart. Oh God:
The house, a classic white brick manse, is huge—nine bedrooms—and sprawls out from the center hall with two giant wings. The interior is echt J.Lo: luxe, modern, and sexy—dark floors, gray curtains and walls, pastel-colored furniture. Her assistant, Gilly, deposits me in Lopez’s office and says, “Jennifer will be down shortly.” I hear kids shrieking somewhere upstairs. Like Lopez herself, the office is both masculine and feminine. There are wood-paneled walls and wingback chairs, a killer sound system, and a fur throw draped over a sofa. There’s a huge plaque (30 MILLION ALBUMS SOLD WORLD-WIDE); a ledge full of various film- and music-industry awards; and on her desk, nude shots of J.Lo for the advertising campaign for her forthcoming perfume, Glowing (the sample fragrance bottle actually lights up). A quick glance at the shelves reveals a taste for the classics (The Grapes of Wrath, Shakespeare); memoir (Arthur Miller’s Timebends); and self-help (Lies at the Altar: The Truth About Great Marriages). On the glass coffee table there is a big, lush book on Pucci, which somehow seems perfect.
I poke my head out of the office to look for a powder room and suddenly find myself in the kitchen, surprising the lady of the manor, who is leaning against the counter, picking at a salad and talking to her boyfriend, Casper Smart, the 24-year-old dancer she has recently taken up with. I met Smart back in Miami a few weeks earlier, while Lopez was staying in a huge suite at the Fontainebleau. Outside her door, there was Obama-level security. Inside, Lopez and Smart, in white terry-cloth bathrobes and wet hair, were eating an elaborate steak dinner while watching American Idol on a huge television. Despite the scary tattoos and shaved head, Smart was polite and very friendly. They are clearly besotted. Indeed, they cannot keep their hands off each other, and it is impossible not to notice just how happy Lopez is around him.
The rest of the article talks about Jennifer and Marc Anthony, and how she doesn’t smoke or drink and never really has, and where her future lies (hint: not with American Idol). The thing is, though, no matter who she’s been with or where she’s gone, she’s still completely charming and down-to-earth, and I guess that’s the second-most likable thing about her. The first? Well. Just check out the photos and you’ll figure that one out for yourself.
