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What Has J-Lo Spawned?

Take another look at that $6m spread in People on Jennifer Lopez's newborn twins. It's a picture of parental bliss. The actress displays the requisite ecstasy as she and husband Marc Anthony skip down the front drive, each pushing a stroller. (For $6m, People had a right to a bit of a show.) But turn to page 55, and look closely at Emme Maribel, the couple's daughter. Some dark intelligence is evident behind those eyes. For the close-up:

12:57 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Nick Denton
26,995 views, 112 comments

Latest by Snarky1: Ooh...somebody's got Mommy's original nose... more »

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$3m Per Twin

So this is what People's $6m bid has bought. The Time Inc. magazine is finally publishing those pricey photos of Jennifer Lopez and her new twins. But no Marc Anthony: the performer's husband, unlike Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt, for instance, isn't famous enough to add value to the image—which makes the price paid by People all the more extraordinary. Not only is Marc Anthony a net negative; Jennifer Lopez herself is past the peak of fame that she reached when dating Ben Affleck. But competition between celebrity weeklies has sharpened since the weeklies paid $4m for Brangelina's baby; that has caused general inflation in the price of photos; and nothing trumps the visual appeal of twins except, maybe, triplets. Awww.

9:31 AM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Nick Denton
4,114 views, 74 comments

Latest by gimmeabrake: news flash: J Lo's babies suffer horrible blinding by photographer's strobelights. Experimental surgery to restore vision expected to cost over 3 million dollars. Photographs of surgery in the next issue of Science. more »