Word: puff
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...such golden-age Hollywood names as Rita and Ava--but Lopez projects a cheery fearlessness in other venues too. Is she expected to plug her new picture and CD? Then she'll go on all the talk shows, even if it means being asked to discuss her boyfriend Sean ("Puff Daddy") Combs' imminent trial, during which, according to news reports, a witness may finger her as an accomplice. (Yes, she told Matt Lauer last week, she'd be willing to testify.) Maybe Lopez believes in honoring TV commitments, or maybe she simply has unsquashable cojones, but there's no doubt...
Besides, there may be a better show coming soon to a courthouse near you. "If you ever had a desire to serve on a jury," New York State Supreme Court Justice Charles Solomon told prospective jurors at the Puff Daddy trial last week, "I can assure you, professionally and personally, this will be a good one." Now that's a money quote...
...sure nobody is looking at me," said David Duchovny as he served as a Grammy presenter alongside Versace-draped Jennifer Lopez (seen at right after the show with always-in-trouble beau Puff Daddy). Matt Stone could sympathize with Duchovny after escorting his South Park co-creator Trey Parker to the Oscars, above...
There's the larger question about whether this form of mini-media conglomerate can survive. The artist-as-mogul trend (Puff Daddy and Madonna, for example) has had a bumpy ride. Whether or not Wu-Tang winds up challenging the media giants, and whether or not the world-domination thing pans out, the band has built something it may be able to live with. "Sometimes I wake up and say, 'Man, we came from nothing and look at what we've got,'" says Diggs. "I just wish America one day can take a look and realize the prodigal children...
...PUFF DADDY's 1999 oeuvre went platinum within four weeks and hung on to Top 40 status for two more months...