J. LO KEEPS IT SO DAMN REAL

Jennifer Lopez returned to her native Bronx yesterday. From the New York Daily News:

She's just Jenny from the block – and Bronx-born Jennifer Lopez proved it to fans yesterday when she went back to the old neighborhood to sign copies of her new album…

"We have a huge star who recognizes where she came from," said 30-year-old Erika Lopez, no relation, standing in the throng waiting for J.Lo to arrive at the F.Y.E. record store on Jerome Ave. "She's letting us know that she loves us and loves her borough."… 

[Another fan] said, "It's super to see her here, to see how she remembered where she came from. It shows that people who come from the neighborhood can achieve their goals."

In fact, J. Lo loves the Bronx so much that she announced her decision to keep it real by renting a fifth-floor walk-up apartment and traveling around New York only by subway and bus.

Except replace that paragraph with "She wore expensive clothes none of her fans could possibly hope to afford and half of South Africa's diamonds. Then after she did the bare minimum required by her PR people she was quickly whisked away in a black Escalade with her wealthy skeletal vampire of a seventh husband."

I never made it all the way through seminary school — I got kicked out for provoking sinful thoughts in the nuns — but I'm pretty sure Jennifer Lopez is a saint. When I try to think of another celebrity besides J. Lo who stays so closely in tune with the common people, the first name that keeps popping up is Jesus Christ.

(The photos are from some concert held somewhere four days ago. Whatever.) –MU 

BORING UPDATE: You can see pictures of the event here. Or if there's some grass nearby, you could give it a long stare to see if it's growing. That might be more interesting.