Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony bringing up babies without nannies

Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have reportedly shunned regular childcare help and are keen to raise their twins themselves. Jennifer gave birth to daughter Emme and son Max in February and enlisted sister Lynda to help out until they got into the swing of it. However, according to Us Weekly, Lynda left in the middle of April to concentrate on her own pregnancy and now the famous couple are handling diaper duty by themselves.

A source explained: “Jennifer looked forward to being a mom for so long that she has no interest in just handing the kids off to someone else. “They’ll hire babysitters or nannies to cover particular occasions but on a day to day level, it’s just them - and they’re loving it.”

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JENNIFER LOPEZ - LOPEZ TO HELP SICK CHILDREN

Singer/actress JENNIFER LOPEZ is to co-ordinate and host a fundraising gala to help sick children - insisting her baby twins have inspired her to "do something for the world". The star gave birth to Max and Emme in February (08), her first children with husband Marc Anthony, and she is convinced becoming a mother has made her want to do more charity work. Lopez has now agreed to host the third annual Noche de Niños gala to benefit the Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. She will also be helping to co-ordinate the fundraising event which will feature performances from her husband.
And she puts her new-found dedication to good causes down to her kids.

She tells People En Espanol, "They inspire me to want to be better, to be a better person, to do something for the world, to set an example for them, to make them proud of me and to know that there's a certain way that you should live." The Noche de Niños gala will be held on 11 October (08) at the Nokia Center in L.A. to benefit the 93,000 children treated annually at the hospital.

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From movie set to music studio

Scarlett Johansson is the latest Hollywood star to swap the film set for the recording studio, with an album out in the UK on Monday. Can actors make a successful transition to the music world - or should they hang up their microphones for good? The first time most people heard Johansson stretch her vocal cords was in her Bafta-winning performance in Lost in Translation, singing karaoke to The Pretenders song Brass in Pocket. Her vocals led to a track on the album Unexpected Dreams: Songs from the Stars, which featured tunes performed by an array of film and TV actors.

So impressed were Warner Bros that they approached the 23-year-old to record her own album - and Anywhere I Lay My Head, a compilation of Tom Waits covers, is the result. Even David Bowie has added his talents as a backing singer on two tracks. But actors appear to have a harder time making it in the music industry than singers who try to break into Hollywood. Will Smith, Barbra Streisand and Cher - who all started out as singers - have earned Oscar nominations or wins for their acting abilities.

"Her fans will probably buy it and the fact it was produced by [rock band] TV on the Radio means an indie crowd might be more interested - maybe just out of curiosity. "I doubt it's going to be a blockbuster. It's not going to reach a mass audience - it covers pretty obscure songs and they would be foolish to think it would sell a million copies. "But between her fanbase and TV on the Radio's, I think it'll do pretty well." Q's Mr Grundy agrees. "It's not going to be a pop smash - it's an album of Tom Waits covers," he says. "But it's the kind of thing that might appeal to people who liked the Lost In Translation soundtrack rather than, say, Johansson's work in The Other Boleyn Girl.

There are a few exceptions to the actor-turned-musician rule, though. Jennifer Lopez has had worldwide success as a pop star, while Lindsay Lohan and Miley Cyrus have also had platinum-selling debut albums in the US. And then there are the few actors who have become one hit wonders - like Nicole Kidman, whose duet with Robbie Williams on Somethin' Stupid went to number one in 2001. So what is the secret of their success? "Jennifer Lopez makes pop music and the fact she's a worldwide star making music that's very accessible is a winning combination," Mr Cohen says. "People like Bruce Willis and Russell Crowe I think are doing it for fun and would really doubt they are interested in becoming worldwide superstars on the basis of their music, beyond the fame they already have." One problem for actors being successful musicians is being able to juggle the two.

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Sniff Test: Deseo Jennifer Lopez

A diamond in the rough bottle in a textured linen-look carton, Deseo Jennifer Lopez ($59 for 50ml eau de parfum at department and drug stores across Canada) means ‘I desire.’ What Ms.Lopez desired in this latest addition to her blockbuster fragrances is a floral woody perfume with notes of Sicilian bergamot, freesia, jasmine, orange blossom, mimosa, amber, sandalwood, musk and patchouli. It’s said to be inspired “by the smell and feel of the air during a midnight walk in Jennifer’s flower garden.”

He Says:

Wow. This is surprisingly sophisticated. It opens on a grapefruit note but quickly dries down to a soft green feel courtesy of watery bamboo notes. There are the expected floral notes of mimosa, orange blossom and geranium flower. Yet these are offset by what I’d describe as warm sand notes. This scent reflects a more matureJennifer Lopez. 3 / 4 noses

She Says:

Another faceted flacon, another difficult to remove cap (remember Fabulosity?). But happily, not another stinker. Deseo smells...expensive. And high-maintenance (not unlike its creator). There’s a sharpness to the opening citrus note and the loudness of a French market stall’s worth of flowers (both kindof reminiscent of J.Lo’s hotel room rider: “at least 10 difference fresh white flowers in every room, or else!”). It calms down and melts into a creamy floral, eventually. Rich and confident, but I’ve smelled this sort of composition before.

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