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Fonda flick doesn't fly in Hardin County By JOHN FRIEDLEIN The owner of Hardin County's two movie theaters is refusing to show the nation's top-grossing movie. Like many veterans, Ike Boutwell has an issue with "Monster-in-Law" star Jane Fonda. On the ticket window at the Elizabethtown Movie Palace is a sign that tells movie goers the cinema will not show the film because of what she did in Vietnam. Below the message are pictures of Fonda clapping with a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft crew in 1972. The sign on the marquee outside Showtime Cinemas in Radcliff reads: "No Jane Fonda movie...

Some of the highlights/lowlights'Grindingly bad.' Kirk Honeycutt: Hollywood Reporter 'Jane Fonda probably should have stayed retired.' David Nusair, Reel Film Review. 'The laughs are as scarce as Coke Machines in the Kalahari Destert' Matt Brunson: Creative Loafing'It is safe to say that there is not one surprising or memorable moment in this bland movie.' Steven Snyder: Greater Milwaukee TodayThe experience of viewing this movie represents a one way ticket into tedium and a forced 90 minute imprisionment with Jane Fonda and Jennifer Lopez, both of whom give performances that can charitably be called cringe inducing.' James Bernadelli: Reel Views.com'Fonda: pushing...

Jennifer Lopez wants to be first female US president 38 minutes ago BERLIN (AFP) - After conquering Hollywood and the pop charts, Latina superstar Jennifer Lopez says she is ready to wrestle George W. Bush out of the White House. "I'm a total powerhouse. If you ask me, I'd like to become the first female president -- that would be really cool," J.Lo told German celebrity glossy Bravo in an issue to be published Wednesday. "The first thing I would do is redecorate the White House -- it doesn't look very cozy." "La Lopez", 35, said the best break from...

She's already a singing and dancing superstar, and now Jennifer Lopez has revealed that she is considering a move into politics.The Latino beauty added she will use activist pal Jane Fonda as an advisor when she gets serious. J-Lo said: 'Jane's been politically involved her whole life but I never have. As you get older you become more mature you become more aware of the world around you.''I remember asking Jane if I wanted to do something what would you say. She said, there is a time to do things and a way to do things. When you're ready, call...

NEW YORK Mar 12, 2005 — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants Jennifer Lopez to "Get Right" when it comes to fur. Lopez introduced her Sweetface collection during New York Fashion Week last month. "Please don't support Jennifer Lopez or her bloody business," according to a Web site that the animal rights group has devoted to the singer, actress and now fashion designer. "Many hot designers, including Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood, Todd Oldham, Marc Bouwer, and others have … created synthetic alternatives that are hip, humane, and easily available and don't turn animals into fashion victims." Calls by...

Pop legend Cher has jokingly branded chart rivals Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez "hoes". The 57-year-old star, told an audience of 20 000 fans gathered at one of her farewell shows at the North Shore stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, last weekend that she would never be replaced by the young stars after revealing plans to quit part of her 30-year pop career. She said: "I'm not going to give up show business but I'm going to give up touring because, you know, there are all of these young girls coming out like Britney and J.Lo." According to reports, the...

Film fans still flocked to see celebrities attending the London premiere of Shall We Dance last night, despite the absence of one its main leads, Jennifer Lopez. Earlier in the day, Lopez issued a statement through the film's distributors Buena Vista International, saying she was unwell and unable to make the premiere, fuelling specualtion that she may be pregnant. The film's director Peter Chelsom said he was disappointed that Lopez was unable to make it. He said: "I'm disappointed. It's a shame. I know it's true that she's not well because she has also cancelled her promotional tour. I've heard...

Hollywood News]: Washington, Jan 25 : Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez and her salsa singer hubby Marc Anthony's marriage is reportedly on the rocks. The couple, who tied the knot in a secret ceremony last June, are reportedly having fights over Anthony's supposedly dominating and chauvinistic attitude. Insiders, meanwhile, have revealed that Anthony is jealous of the 'Maid In Manhattan's' ex-fianci Ben Affleck, and has made her sell the Miami and Los Angeles homes shared by them. Anthony has also allegedly banned the curvaceous pop diva from wearing skimpy outfits, and has told her that he is not interested in having kids...

Jennifer Lopez is appearently trying to end her diva reputation. The actress/singer is reportedly planning to spend Christmas singing at homeless shelters in the Bronx, New York.Said an insider, 'Jen will be taking basic gifts with her and is planning to sing a selection of her favorite songs.'Yeah, because that what those folks need, the gift of J-Lo's song. Perhaps instead of trying to kill people with her voice, she should take out 1/100th of her $50 bazillion empire and buy them houses.Wait, but that wouldn't be nearly as fantastic as hearing her sing.

Capitol Hill-AP -- Ben Affleck is helping Senator Edward Kennedy propose a dollar-85 increase in the minimum wage. The small room in the Senate where their news conference was held today was overflowing with reporters -- and female staffers who wanted a glimpse of Affleck. Kennedy jokingly asked "where were you" the last time he proposed an increase in the minimum wage. Kennedy and other Democrats want the minimum wage raised to seven dollars an hour. Affleck's father and stepmother worked for low wages as janitors at Harvard University, but he joked that Kennedy invited him because he thought he'd...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Jennifer Lopez's mother won a $2.4 million jackpot while playing $1 slots in Atlantic City on Saturday night. Guadalupe Lopez, 58, of New York, was playing a Wheel of Fortune-themed slot machine at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa when she hit for $2,421,291.76 just before 8 p.m. Saturday, according to the casino. Casino spokesman Michael Facenda denied knowing of any relationship between the jackpot winner and pop celebrity Jennifer Lopez. But Us Weekly and People magazine report in upcoming issues that Guadalupe Lopez is Jennifer's Lopez's mother. Jennifer Lopez's publicist, Rob Shuter, declined...

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<p>Federal auditors say the USO submitted improper expenses for concerts for troops overseas featuring J-Lo and other pop stars, the Los Angeles Times reported.</p> <p>An audit by the General Accounting Office (search) released this month unearthed about $433,000 in unexplained, inappropriate expenses that were charged to the Pentagon by the United Services Organization (search) for multiple concerts over a two-year period. The shows featured Kid Rock, Ja Rule, Jennifer Lopez (search) and others, according to the Times.</p>

Ben & Jen Split January 22, 2004 ET has learned that BEN AFFLECK and JENNIFER LOPEZ are Bennifer no more. Today, a representative for Lopez told ET, "I am confirming the reports that Jennifer Lopez has ended her engagement to Ben Affleck. At this difficult time, we ask that you respect her privacy."Next week's Us magazine is reporting the particulars of the breakup. The tumultuous 18-month romance purportedly ended Jan. 20, just three days after Ben returned to Los Angeles from the Sundance Film Festival. The decision was reportedly mutual.One reason for the final demise of the relationship is said...

When the anthrax mailers penned the message, "YOU CAN NOT STOP US. WE HAVE THIS ANTHRAX," the threat included a chilling nuance that remains largely unrecognized. "ARE YOU AFRAID?" asked the attackers. "Yes," should have been the answer, according to some biodefense experts, who think that the anthrax spores mailed to Senators Thomas Daschle (D-- SD) and Patrick Leahy (D--VT) in the fall of 2001 represented the state of the art in bioweapons refinement, revealing telltale clues about the source. This view is controversial, however, because others dispute the sophistication of the Senate powder, and a schism now exists among...

Phil Brennan, NewsMax.com Thursday, Aug. 15, 2002 Editor's note: See part one in this series, FBI and Anthrax: Another TWA 800 in the Making? By now, there should be no dispute as to where the anthrax that killed Bob Stevens and nearly killed Ernesto Blanco came from. If you follow the spores found by the EPA in the samplings it took at the AMI building, even the most obtuse investigator would have to conclude that they arrived by mail. Begin at the Boca Raton, Fla., post office that serviced AMI. Anthrax spores matching those found at AMI were found there....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Almost a year after the nation's worst biological weapon attack, the FBI has yet to figure out who sent anthrax-laced letters that killed five people, prompting criticism that its investigation is moving too slowly. Federal law enforcement sources acknowledged they are not close to making an arrest in the investigation, which began less than a month after the Sept. 11 hijacked plane attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. FBI officials said they believe the person who mailed the letters to two U.S. senators and to the news media last autumn took advantage of the...

BOCA RATON -- FBI investigators believe photocopy machines helped spread anthrax throughout the American Media Inc. headquarters last year before the building was quarantined. While testing the three-story building for anthrax spores, investigators found that every copy machine in the building -- more than two dozen in all -- tested positive for anthrax, according to a source familiar with the investigation. The anthrax is believed to have gotten into the copiers from reams of copy paper that had trapped airborne spores in the company's mail room, where the paper was stored. The FBI's theory helps explain for the first time...

Many leads, many dead ends By Chitra Ragavan Less than a sugar packet's worth of evidence, and not a whole lot of clues. That's what the Federal Bureau of Investigation's massive anthrax probe comes down to six months after a spurt of mystery mailings killed five people, sickened 17 others, paralyzed mail delivery, and terrified the nation. The FBI's aggressive–and some declare flawed–probe of the attacks has run into one dead end after another, causing frustration and disappointment. "As an investigation, it's a nightmare," one official tells U.S. News. Whoever was behind last fall's anthrax attacks committed a so-far perfect...

UNIVERSAL CITY, CA -- Jennifer Lopez's Nuyorican production banner is teaming with Universal Domestic Television on a daily, one-hour, first-run ensemble talk show geared toward younger women in fall 2004. Nuyorican's Julio Caro will also produce. The series will be co-hosted by Lopez' sister, radio personality Lynda Lopez. Casting is underway to round out the panel of four women, who will share their strong views on the day-and-date program. Celebrity guests who have a vested interest in the topics of the day will also weigh in with their opinions. "This show will be a natural extension of the dynamic brand...