Is true love impossible for celebrities? Jennifer Lopez has announced that she is divorcing Ben Affleck. Some have compared her to a dazzling film star from an earlier time.
JLo is a new Liz Taylor says author
Is true love impossible for celebrities? Jennifer Lopez has announced that she is divorcing Ben Affleck. Some have compared her to a dazzling film star from an earlier time.
After months of rumours, the news has been announced: two of HollywoodA district of Los Angeles historically home to numerous film studios. It is often used to stand for the American film industry as a whole.'s biggest stars are getting divorcedWhen a marriage is officially ended and two people separate. .
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck first got engaged in 2002 - before they both married other people. They finally got married to each other in 2022, but after two years the marriage is over.
Before she married Affleck, Lopez was married to Ojani Noa, Cris Judd, and Marc Anthony. She was also once engaged to baseball star Alex Rodriguez. In total, she has had four husbands.
Writing in The New York Times, Jennifer Weiner warned that JLo risked becoming like Elizabeth Taylor - an actress who is best known for her many marriages rather than her talents.
Taylor found fame as a child star and won two Best Actress OscarsA colloquial name for the Academy Awards, named after a nickname for the golden statue given to winners.. But people around the world know her for her eight marriages and seven husbands.
The list of celebrities in short-lived relationships is a long one. British reality stars Molly-Mae HagueThe Hague is a city in the Netherlands. and Tommy Fury called off their engagementWhen two people have agreed to get married. this summer. Britney SpearsAn American pop star who had huge influence in the 1990s and 2000s. 's marriage to Jason Alexander lasted only 56 hours.
There are lots of different reasons why celebrities might break up. Stars who married before they became famous often decide that their partner does not fit in with their new lifestyle. Making a film can mean spending lots of time away from home.
And it is not easy to be watched by other people. Businessman Dalton Gomez became engaged to Ariana GrandeAn American pop star born in 1993. after the two spent lockdownPeriods of time when, due to the coronavirus pandemic, people were ordered to stay indoors. together. But when life went back to normal he is said to have found the attention surrounding her too much to handle.
Is true love impossible for celebrities?
Yes! The pressure of fame is just too much for them. They do not have the chance to meet and fall in love in private like other people do.
No! Short marriages make good headlines in newspapers. But there are lots of long marriages in Hollywood too - we just rarely talk about them.
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Keywords
Hollywood - A district of Los Angeles historically home to numerous film studios. It is often used to stand for the American film industry as a whole.
Divorced - When a marriage is officially ended and two people separate.
Oscars - A colloquial name for the Academy Awards, named after a nickname for the golden statue given to winners.
Hague - The Hague is a city in the Netherlands.
Engagement - When two people have agreed to get married.
Britney Spears - An American pop star who had huge influence in the 1990s and 2000s.
Ariana Grande - An American pop star born in 1993.
Lockdown - Periods of time when, due to the coronavirus pandemic, people were ordered to stay indoors.
JLo is a new Liz Taylor says author
Glossary
Hollywood - A district of Los Angeles historically home to numerous film studios. It is often used to stand for the American film industry as a whole.
Divorced - When a marriage is officially ended and two people separate.
Oscars - A colloquial name for the Academy Awards, named after a nickname for the golden statue given to winners.
Hague - The Hague is a city in the Netherlands.
Engagement - When two people have agreed to get married.
Britney Spears - An American pop star who had huge influence in the 1990s and 2000s.
Ariana Grande - An American pop star born in 1993.
Lockdown - Periods of time when, due to the coronavirus pandemic, people were ordered to stay indoors.