What better way to promote a new movie than by getting divorced, or—better still—letting out rumors of divorce?  Rumors of marriage, fake marriage, infidelity and impending divorce are all fantastic ways to create buzz about an upcoming film/CD/television show.  Easy to ignore?  Maybe.  But, on the other hand, sometimes not.

Jennifer Lopez went to the premiere of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” with neither wedding ring nor undernourished husband.  Did this mean there was trouble in the Lopez/Anthony household?  Were twins Max and Emme about to become just the next children of a broken home (or several broken mansions, as the case may be)?  When a woman goes out without her 8-carat diamond wedding ring, sometimes rumors start.  When that person is an oft-married celebrity, rumors FLY.

Marriage Troubles, Or A New Movie Coming Out?

Marriage Troubles, Or A New Movie Coming Out?

J. Lo has conquered dancing, singing, and even acting.  She then took time off to give birth, so her name hasn’t been in the press so much.  God knows we’d all rather read about something tragic than something happy, so the world acknowledged the birth of her twins with Marc Anthony and then moved on to Paris Hilton’s latest break-up, or Lindsay Lohan’s latest alcoholic beverage.  

Clearly, with a new movie coming out, she needed a shot of press attention, STAT.  The upcoming movie, “Plan B”, is about a single woman who uses artificial insemination to conceive and then finds romance.  Didn’t I see an episode of “Will & Grace” like that?  Anyway, it’s a movie coming out in 2009, and no one heard of it until the clever ‘divorcing Marc Anthony and going to her own Plan B’ rumors started swirling around.

A few nights after the wedding ring-less movie premiere, J. Lo and Marc Anthony went out to dinner, together, wearing their wedding rings, and evidently looking all googly-eyed at each other.  Hopefully, Marc had a large meal, as he has spent his entire career looking sickly and vile, especially next to Jennifer Lopez and her notorious caboose. 

It is difficult to speculate as to the strength of the J. Lo/Marc Anthony union.  Jennifer has been married quite often, after all, and you never know when it’s time to trade up.  Marc Anthony, who was little more than “who?” before marrying his megastar wife, might not be enjoying his role as Mr. Lopez.  Even starring in a movie together–one that no one saw–didn’t elevate his status. Who knows?  One thing is certain, however: they are both media-savvy enough to know that nothing garners attention so much as rumors of divorce.  Thank God for that, or “Plan B” might be released, totally unnoticed.  Tragic.

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