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Jennifer Lopez returned to the top of the charts Wednesday with the debut of her third album J to Tha L-O! The Remixes. Featuring 11 remixed tracks from her two releases, Lopez's new album got a little push from her ex-boyfriend Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, who is credited with remixes for the formerly not-so-hot singles "Feeling So Good" and "Walking on Sunshine." The album also contains the new song "Alive," which will be featured in Lopez's upcoming movie Enough. As well as music and movies, Lopez also has plans to open a Cuban-themed nightclub in Pasadena, Calif. Her investment group, Mojo Restaurant LLC, plans to renovate a restaurant-bar that could be ready for business as early as April, the Associated Press reports.
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Gwyneth Paltrow may have cut back on alcohol to suit her strict macrobiotic diet, but that hasn't stopped her from taking endorsement deals from liquor giant Martini & Rossi, at least according to msnbc.com's sources. While it is not uncommon for Hollywood celebs to appear in ads that won't be broadcast in America, Paltrow promoting a product she thinks is so unhealthy that she won't use it herself is hypocritical even by celebrities' standards, the source wails.Meg Ryan is in negotiations to star in the erotic thriller In the Cut. According to Variety, the film tells the story of a New York writing teacher who lives to take chances by night. Nicole Kidman, who optioned the book out of her own pocket in 1996, will serve as the film's executive producer. In his next film, Fighting Temptations, Cuba Gooding Jr. will star as a young hip-hop artist from L.A. who returns to his Southern hometown to discover he's in for a substantial inheritance. Gooding is also set to reprise his role in Snow Dogs 2, Variety reports. Arnold Schwarzenegger told reporters Wednesday that Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines will have a female Terminator. "The idea of the female terminator is great," he told reporters. "She will have control over machines and over anything mechanical, including myself. So you will sometimes see me as the villain and sometimes as a terminator that tried to save the world." Terminator 3 is slated for release in 2003. As a promotion for his upcoming movie Mr. Deeds in which his character writes greeting cards as a hobby but keeps getting rejected by Hallmark, Adam Sandler has written and recorded nine Valentine's Day cards, available for free at greetings.yahoo.com. Sandler also plans to write and record messages for other holidays. The film, also starring Winona Ryder, is scheduled for release on June 28. ABC will renew its hit police drama NYPD Blue for another season, Reuters reports. Although time changes and late season debuts have at times put the show's creator Steven Bochco and the network at odds, the decision to renew the show for a 10th season will make it one of the longest-running drama series in prime time TV. Fox Broadcasting said it cannot immediately commit to ordering any additional episodes of the animated show Futurama. Because of the long lead time for animated projects, the show's executive producer Matt Groening needed a commitment this month for the 2003-04 season, Reuters reports. The network could still order episodes down the line, but that is unlikely. Celebrities flocked to the runway shows to preview the fall 2002 collections during New York Fashion Week. AP reports that Derek Jeter, Rev. Al Sharpton, Kim Cattrall, Susan Sarandon, Angie Harmon and former New York Mayor David Dinkins have been spotted at the designer previews, which continue through Friday. Accusations flew in Naomi Campbell's privacy trial on Wednesday, with Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan saying what the court had heard from the supermodel was two days of lying. The newspaper claims that Campbell was not entitled to the same privacy "as the normal man or woman in the street" and accused her of trying to put the best possible spin on the adverse publicity she was getting, Sky News reports. Responding to recent comments in the news media indicating she was unhappy, Miss America Katie Harman said Wednesday that she loves her job and is 100 percent in support of the Miss America Organization, AP reports. Reports of trouble surfaced after her parents sent an eight-page letter to pageant officials, complaining that their daughter was upset over unexpected charges, lack of lucrative bookings and the rude treatment of her parents.Expecting
Will & Grace star Eric McCormack and his wife of five years, assistant director Janet Holden, are expecting their first child in July, People reports. Johnny Depp and singer-actress Vanessa Paradis are awaiting their second child this summer. The couple has a 2-year-old daughter named Lily-Rose. Today show weatherman Al Roker and his wife, 20/20 correspondent Deborah Roberts, are expecting their second child later this year. The couple has been married since 1994; they have a 3-year-old daughter named Leila.