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Jennifer Lopez Makes a Splash (Literally) With Pitbull at 2013 Premios Juventud Awards—Watch!
The singer did just that when she took the stage to kick off the 2013 Premios Juventud Awards at the Bank United Center in Miami on Thursday.
Of course, she did have a little help from Pitbull, who joined the gorgeous gal on a medley of tunes that included "On the Floor," "Dance Again" and "Live It Up."
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And let's just say the two made quite a splash—literally—at the end of their performance when they jumped into a pool, clothes and all. (See the clip above.)
Later in the show, Lopez was presented with the World Icon Award.
"When I see all these images and your beautiful face, I feel very fortunate to be here tonight," she told the crowd. "What I have always wanted to do with my life is to create, dance, act and entertain; and be a good person."
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She added, "I love what I do. I'm an artist. And I know that being a role model to my community means to be responsible for my actions. I too am human, and I make mistakes. But I promise you that when I fall, I get up again. When I make a mistake, I learn the lesson and I am ready to confront the next challenge.
"I accept this award with a lot of humility and I am enormously grateful.
‘Teen Beach Movie’: Reviews Of Disney Channel’s Musical Hit
Have you ever thought to yourself how much High School Musical would be if it took place on a beach? Well thank goodness the Disney Channel did, because their latest summer flick, Teen Beach Movie, which premiered on July 19, is a dream come true. Stars of the flick Ross Lynch, Maia Mitchell, Garrett Clayton, and Grace Phipps stopped by HollywoodLife.com before the premiere and got us on board, but is the rest of the nation following along?
‘Teen Beach Movie’ Reviews
New York Times
Of course, many other sources are tapped for the synthetic peppiness and romance of Teen Beach Movie. The film within the film, featuring a song-and-dance face-off between a biker gang and a group of clean-cut surfers, is called Wet Side Story (just one “s” away from a more distinguished musical) but more closely channels Grease, also a dominant influence on the High School Musical films.
USA Today
To be clear, Teen Beach Movie isn’t a retro beach movie, but a movie about two modern-day teenage surfers, McKenzie (Maia Mitchell, ABC Family’s The Fosters) and Brady (Ross Lynch, Austin & Ally), who get trapped inside a ’60s-era musical. However, the musical holding them hostage — Wet Side Story, where surfers and bikers battle for control of a local hangout — is more colorful, acrobatic and full of tunes than any of the actual beach films ever were.
Variety
Taken on its own terms the 95-minute Disney Channel original plays like a brightly colored beach blanket, albeit one that’s a little rough around its sandy edges.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Disney is clearly hoping to recapture the teen pop culture conversation with Teen Beach Movie, a more entertaining, clever musical than its generic title suggests. Written by Vince Marcello, Mark Landry and Robert Horn and directed by Jeffrey Hornaday, Teen Beach Movie goes out of its way to mock the movie musical convention of characters breaking into song but then devotes a whole song to the practice.
Sounds like everyone’s warming up to the summer sensation like we are! Teen Beach Movie really is a blast that picks up right where the High School Musical fun left off. But don’t take it from us — you can get a better idea of the beach-y fun by watching our exclusive interview with the cast below! And don’t forget to catch a Teen Beach Movie rerun!
Kate Middleton, Prince William Leave Bucklebury for London
One step closer to the royal magic hour! After about a week away in the comfort of the Middleton family home in the English countryside, pregnant Kate Middleton -- plus husband Prince William -- abruptly departed Bucklebury with police escorts around 3 p.m. local time Friday, July 19, Us Weekly can confirm. The expectant royal couple are bound for London, and all royal protection officers have since departed the Bucklebury area.
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Whether the Duchess, 31, is immediately headed for St. Mary's Hospital to give birth in the Lindo Wing-- or simply back home to Kensington Palace -- remains to be seen. Says a Palace rep: "We wouldn't comment on the exact whereabouts of the Duke and Duchess – we wouldn't normally do so in their private time."
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Earlier on Friday, a royal source told Us that Middleton's due date has "passed." The Prince, 31, has not yet begun his paternity leave, but is simply taking time off to await the birth of his first child. "We're all on the edge of our seats for news," a Royal Air Force source admitted. "I thought the baby would be born by now!"
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Whether the Duchess, 31, is immediately headed for St. Mary's Hospital to give birth in the Lindo Wing-- or simply back home to Kensington Palace -- remains to be seen. Says a Palace rep: "We wouldn't comment on the exact whereabouts of the Duke and Duchess – we wouldn't normally do so in their private time."
PHOTOS: Royal family baby photos
Earlier on Friday, a royal source told Us that Middleton's due date has "passed." The Prince, 31, has not yet begun his paternity leave, but is simply taking time off to await the birth of his first child. "We're all on the edge of our seats for news," a Royal Air Force source admitted. "I thought the baby would be born by now!"
Friday Box Office: 'The Conjuring' Scares Up Huge $17 Million
Warner Bros.’ The Conjuring has earned a whopping $17 million yesterday, including $3.3 million in Thursday night showings. The well-reviewed 1970′s-set demonic possession thriller earned just a bit less than the $3.4 million earned by The Purge on its Thursday night debut back in early June and just a touch more than the $16.7 million 1.25-day total, meaning it’s playing nearly identically. The Purge went on to gross $34 million over its opening weekend. If we give The Conjuring even the same multiplier (2.03x its Friday number), that gets James Wan’s thriller to $34.6 million. Barring unexpectedly bad frontloading, The Conjuring can steal away that ‘biggest opening weekend for a purely original R-rated horror film’ record that The Purge stole from The Devil Inside ($33 million) last month. It’s the biggest Friday debut for an R-rated original horror flick.
For what it’s worth, the film earned an A- from Cinemascore, which is unusually high for a horror film. Chalk the word-of-mouth up to both the film’s apparent high quality (waiting on the horror junkie wife for this one) and the fact that religious-themed horror film that plays well for those who are deeply religious. Think The Devil Inside, The Exorcism of Emily Rose ($30 million opening in 2005), and even Stigmata ($18 million opening back in 1999). In a far-less front-loaded era, The Exorcism of Emily Rose had a 2.67x weekend multiplier while Stigmata had a 2.8x multiplier. The same variables would give The Conjuring a debut of over/under $46 million. But even a relatively okay multiplier of 2.35x gets it over the $40 million mark.
Even if it “stalls” at $34 million, it still ends up one of the biggest horror debuts ever outside of films like the PG-13 The Grudge ($39 million), Paranormal Activity 2 ($40 million), Friday the 13th ($40 million),Paranormal Activity 3 ($52 million) and Hannibal ($58 million). If you want to count horror-tinged thrillers or horror sci-fi, toss in I Am Legend ($77 million), War of the Worlds ($64 million), Signs ($60 million), The Village ($50 million), and Shutter Island ($41 million) as possible top contenders. If it has anything resembling a 3x multiplier for the weekend (unlikely, but the film seems to be garnering solid word of mouth), then we’re looking at a $45-$50 million debut. Either way, expect The Conjuring 2 in two years.
Red 2 earned $6.34 million on Friday, or just a touch below the $7.3 million that the original Red earned back in October 2010. The first ‘Bruce Willis and other senior citizens make an action film’ entry had a solid 2.9x multiplier for a $21 million debut. Let’s presume a slightly lower one (it is a sequel after all) and go 2.8x for a $17 million weekend. Of course the original Red was leggy as all hell, going 4.3x its opening weekend for a $90 million finish. Don’t expect a similar miracle here for this poorly reviewed sequel.
Turbo pulled in another $6.53 million on Friday, giving it $16.23 million for the first three days and what looks to be a $28 million five-day finish, one of the lowest debuts in Dreamworks Animation history and certainly the lowest Fri-Sun figure (around $19 million) since Flushed Away in late 2006. Oh well, my almost-6 year old enjoyed it quite a bit, as did her mother. As sadly expected, R.I.P.D. earned just $4.8 million yesterday, with a likely $11 million opening weekend. With a cost of $130 million and no real upside on the horizon, this will not only be the biggest bomb of the summer but one of the bigger box office disasters in modern memory. I’ll go into a little more detail on this one tomorrow, but I’m sure Universal would kill for Battleship/John Carter type grosses at this point.
In holdover news, Pacific Rim earned $4.7 million, dropping a rather large 67% from last Friday. It’s eight day total is now $57 million. Word of mouth ain’t gonna save this one, and I’d argue that the scheduling of the San Diego Comic Con (one week earlier than usual this year) kinda messed up Warner Bros’ entire schedule, but that’s an essay for Monday. In the end, it appears that it was a big-budget would-be blockbuster that only played to the niche converted. Grown Ups 2 fell 60% for a $6.4 million Friday gross, compared to a 52% drop for the first Grown Ups. The weekend drop will be high, but Sandler’s general audience comedies tend to recover over the long haul as they become the ‘second choice’ for general moviegoers.
Despicable Me 2 dropped just 44% for a $7.5 million third Friday, and it may-well cross $275 million by the end of the weekend. The Heat earned another $2.8 million for a $122.8 million cume. In limited release, Fruitvale Station expanded to 34 locations and earned $229, 634 on its second Friday. It should top $1 million by tomorrow before a major expansion next weekend. And The Way Way Back expanded to 304 screens and grossed $616,000, crossing the $3 million mark.
That’s it for now. Tune in tomorrow for the full weekend numbers. And again, I’m not at Comic Con (kids aren’t old enough yet), but for updates, go to Why So Blu?, because they are friends of mine and they are knee-deep in the trenches.
Even if it “stalls” at $34 million, it still ends up one of the biggest horror debuts ever outside of films like the PG-13 The Grudge ($39 million), Paranormal Activity 2 ($40 million), Friday the 13th ($40 million),Paranormal Activity 3 ($52 million) and Hannibal ($58 million). If you want to count horror-tinged thrillers or horror sci-fi, toss in I Am Legend ($77 million), War of the Worlds ($64 million), Signs ($60 million), The Village ($50 million), and Shutter Island ($41 million) as possible top contenders. If it has anything resembling a 3x multiplier for the weekend (unlikely, but the film seems to be garnering solid word of mouth), then we’re looking at a $45-$50 million debut. Either way, expect The Conjuring 2 in two years.
Red 2 earned $6.34 million on Friday, or just a touch below the $7.3 million that the original Red earned back in October 2010. The first ‘Bruce Willis and other senior citizens make an action film’ entry had a solid 2.9x multiplier for a $21 million debut. Let’s presume a slightly lower one (it is a sequel after all) and go 2.8x for a $17 million weekend. Of course the original Red was leggy as all hell, going 4.3x its opening weekend for a $90 million finish. Don’t expect a similar miracle here for this poorly reviewed sequel.
Turbo pulled in another $6.53 million on Friday, giving it $16.23 million for the first three days and what looks to be a $28 million five-day finish, one of the lowest debuts in Dreamworks Animation history and certainly the lowest Fri-Sun figure (around $19 million) since Flushed Away in late 2006. Oh well, my almost-6 year old enjoyed it quite a bit, as did her mother. As sadly expected, R.I.P.D. earned just $4.8 million yesterday, with a likely $11 million opening weekend. With a cost of $130 million and no real upside on the horizon, this will not only be the biggest bomb of the summer but one of the bigger box office disasters in modern memory. I’ll go into a little more detail on this one tomorrow, but I’m sure Universal would kill for Battleship/John Carter type grosses at this point.
In holdover news, Pacific Rim earned $4.7 million, dropping a rather large 67% from last Friday. It’s eight day total is now $57 million. Word of mouth ain’t gonna save this one, and I’d argue that the scheduling of the San Diego Comic Con (one week earlier than usual this year) kinda messed up Warner Bros’ entire schedule, but that’s an essay for Monday. In the end, it appears that it was a big-budget would-be blockbuster that only played to the niche converted. Grown Ups 2 fell 60% for a $6.4 million Friday gross, compared to a 52% drop for the first Grown Ups. The weekend drop will be high, but Sandler’s general audience comedies tend to recover over the long haul as they become the ‘second choice’ for general moviegoers.
Despicable Me 2 dropped just 44% for a $7.5 million third Friday, and it may-well cross $275 million by the end of the weekend. The Heat earned another $2.8 million for a $122.8 million cume. In limited release, Fruitvale Station expanded to 34 locations and earned $229, 634 on its second Friday. It should top $1 million by tomorrow before a major expansion next weekend. And The Way Way Back expanded to 304 screens and grossed $616,000, crossing the $3 million mark.
That’s it for now. Tune in tomorrow for the full weekend numbers. And again, I’m not at Comic Con (kids aren’t old enough yet), but for updates, go to Why So Blu?, because they are friends of mine and they are knee-deep in the trenches.
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