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    ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ | Anatomy of a Scene

    The director Bill Condon narrates a musical dance sequence featuring Jennifer Lopez.

    Hi, I’m Bill Condon. I directed “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” I also wrote the screenplay adaptation. So this is a scene from the movie within the movie. Jennifer Lopez plays a great fashion editor who has come to this small village with Diego Luna, who is a great photographer, and her sidekick and best friend, played by Tonatiuh. Then the gangster who owns this club and controls the village, shows up. He’s played by Tony Dovolani. Tony, a legendary ballroom dancer, is someone who was in “Shall We Dance” with Jennifer years ago. So this is a reunion too, between these two great dancers. When we were building the number, Jennifer’s credo here was don’t make it easy on me. I want to do things that are difficult. So ultimately her grabbing that glass and getting on the ground and spinning and then getting up, that was all at her instigation. And I think you’ll notice here that we shot this number when they dance in one master the way they used to very wide so that you can see a full figure. The take I chose to put in the movie is the one where Diego Luna watching Jennifer pull off this amazing number sees that incredible Colleen Atwood fringe is about to crash into the champagne glass and grabs it. I just thought it was a wonderful moment. It was choreographed by all of our choreographers led by Sergio Trujillo, Christopher Scott, Brandon Bieber because we prepared this movie in three locations. Diego Luna was working in Madrid, Jennifer was in Los Angeles, and we were prepping in New York. So it was a constant kind of exchange of ideas. “I’ll see you in the lobby in the morning?” This scene also introduces a romantic triangle within the movie. Diego Luna, still in love with a woman from the village called Paulina Paz, who is dating this gangster. And Jennifer being his new love. So this triangle then gets reflected in the prison drama itself. “And with that, I say Ciao. Good night, Valentín.” “No, don’t stop now.” “It’s a bunch of silly clichés, but at least these new characters inject a bit of dramatic conflict.” “Better to leave the audience wanting more. Sleep tight.”

    The director Bill Condon narrates a musical dance sequence featuring Jennifer Lopez.

    By Mekado Murphy

    October 17, 2025

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  • Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez ‘Not Getting Back Together BUT…’ – Perez Hilton

    Sorry, y’all! Whatever hopes you might have been harboring about Bennifer 2.0 (er, 3.0?) should be officially dashed, because it is off the menu. But don’t go thinking the show is over just yet! While technically they’re dunzo in the romance department, these two Hollywood heavyweights are serving up some seriously friendly vibes that have tongues wagging!

    So, wait, let’s go back a bit: the whole world knows that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck rekindled their early 2000s magic by tying the knot in 2022. It was glam, glossy, and giving true love part deux. But fast forward to August of last year when the Waiting For Tonight singer filed for divorce, officially moving to forever close the chapter on their love. Sad face, right? Well, maybe not so fast…

    Related: Jennifer Lopez Complains She Isn’t Taken Seriously As An Actress!

    Just when we thought it was all courtroom drama and icy silences, the two turned up *together* on the red carpet for the Monday night premiere of J.Lo’s new film Kiss of the Spider Woman! And guys, they looked friendly AF! Like, really friendly. We’re talking shared laughs, cozy smiles, and red carpet posing like it’s 2002 again.

    But don’t go planning a reunion tour yet! A source spoke to Us Weekly about the pair’s shocking red carpet closeness this week, and slammed the door HARD on any reconciliation possibilities:

    “They are not getting back together but are in a great place and are able to communicate better and have a friendship.”

    Hmmm… That “but” is doing a lot of heavy lifting! LOLz!!

    TBH, tho, it’s giving amicable exes with history and not passionate rekindling. Which makes sense, because apparently getting to this chill zone wasn’t exactly easy-breezy. The source added:

    “It took a lot of time for them to get to this place.”

    Welp, sounds like through all the divorce difficulties of the recent past, at least now the vibes are good enough for Ben to show up at Jenny’s big night!

    So why was Mr. Batman there, anyways? Nostalgia? A cryptic message to the world? Nope! Another source added:

    “There is nothing going on between them. He went because he’s a producer.”

    Duh! That’s right! Ben’s company Artist’s Equity (co-founded with his bestie Matt Damon, obvi), produced the film. So technically it was a work thing, as you might say. But that didn’t stop social media from losing their minds over seeing the exes share a laugh.

    And they were so sweet, so respectful, and juuust close enough on that red carpet to keep us all on the edge of our seats. Sooo, y’all better stay tuned! Because with these two, you just never know…

    [Image via MEGA/WENN]

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