From The Archives: Evidence That J-Lo Is A Closet Scientologist

HerBadMother — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:33:00 GMT

You had any doubts that Jennifer Lopez was embracing Scientology? Because here she is, two years ago, with hubbie Marc Anthony, at what is clearly a Come As Your Favorite Warrior Against Xenu costume party sponsored by the Church Of Scientology. (Ignore the MTV Music Video Awards backdrop. That's just there because those parties are super-mega top-secret and, also, because Scientology owns MTV, which explains R. Kelly, I think.)

Marc, note, refused to dress-up. I guess that Catholicism dies hard. Might not die hard enough to keep those twins out of the Church of Tom Cruise, though. Not when Mommy is enough of a believer to take up arms against Xenu.

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Celeb Baby Photos = Big Bucks. Right?

HerBadMother — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:40:00 GMT

Every time that I see a headline about how much some magazine has spent - usually the GDP of a small country - acquiring the exclusive rights to celebrity baby photos, I have a little moment of combined revulsion and surprise. Revulsion, because, well, how many children could you feed with that money? And surprise because - WHY? Does six million dollars - the amount rumored to have been spent on J-Lo's baby pics - actually translate into increased revenue for a magazine? Do babies on covers really move that much product?

Apparently, yes. But that's not the whole story.

According to a story at Jossip, mags with babies on the cover do sell more issues, but the real money comes from selling international rights. They say, “Magazines who buy exclusive pics often re-sell the international rights to another publication, off-setting their own costs. That’s what People did with Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s baby pics.”

Which, you know, doesn't address the revulsion issue (especially if those celebs just pocket the money, instead of giving some or all of it to charity, as Brangelina did. You can build a whole lot of orphanges with the kind of money that gets tossed around for baby pics), but it does explain a little more about why People and Us Weekly even bother.

$$$ makes $$$$$$$.

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From The Archives: Evidence That J-Lo Is A Closet Scientologist

Celeb Baby Photos = Big Bucks. Right?

Celeb Baby Photos = Big Bucks. Right?