FROM THE TV CRITICS TOUR.Byline: -- David Kronke THE LOWDOWN low·down n. Slang The whole truth: gave us the lowdown on what happened at the party. lowdown low (inf) n he gave me the lowdown on it → ON LOPEZ: The MTV Networks MTV Networks is a division of media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operation of many TV network and Internet brands, including the first MTV channel. The company was established in 1984 after Warner Communications and American Express decided to divest the basic cable didn't offer any news during their three-hour session at the semiannual TV press tour in Pasadena7/8 they even managed to overlook the fact that their chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , Michael Wolf Michael Wolf is the former COO of MTV Networks. Wolf formerly was a Director of McKinsey & Company, the international consultancy, and Head of its Global Media and Entertainment Practice. , resigned Thursday. But they did manage to bring out Jennifer Lopez, so it wasn't a complete wash. Lopez was on hand to promote ``DanceLife,'' an MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. series debuting Monday that she executive produces. It follows a half-dozen aspiring dancers as they attempt to break into the business. Lopez, who began her career as a dancer, said the show concerns ``the struggle of loving something so much and wanting to do it and how hard that life can be. That's why I wanted to do it -- because I lived it. ``It was my first love,'' she continued. ``I was in sweats all day, with a big bag on my shoulder, going from audition to audition.'' Lopez, wearing a clingy mustard top, a short tan skirt and copper heels, added, ``That's one of the most intriguing things about dancers: They may be starving, they may not have booked a gig in six months, and they're still at it. They do it for the love of the dance, as corny corn·y adj. corn·i·er, corn·i·est Trite, dated, melodramatic, or mawkishly sentimental. [From corn1. as that sounds. There's not a lot of money in dance. -- You don't complain 7/8 everyone else around you is in the same boat.'' She recalled getting a job in an overseas Broadway revue. ``I didn't get a solo in the show, and I was the only one who didn't, and I was devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. ,'' she said. ``I called up my mother and she said, `Hey, you Hey, You is the debut EP of Japanese band Mono. Track listing
want to be in that business; don't ever call me up crying.' Tough love.'' Lopez admitted she has been able to stay out of the tabloids for a while by choice. ``My life for me had become uncomfortable,'' she said. ``It was affecting my personal life and the people in it. I had to take a look at it. I decided to change the way I live. It was an adjustment, but I've found a way to do it.'' How do she and her husband Marc Anthony manage to elude the gossip magazines? ``Don't go out as much; choose different places to go,'' she said. ``If you want to be in those magazines, you can be. But I chose to go a little bit underground. -- We're not big club people, not anymore.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Jennifer Lopez is executive producer of ``DanceLife,'' debuting Monday on MTV. Phil McCarten/Associated Press |
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