Despite arriving at the Spotlight Live venue three hours late, the star performed songs in front of around 700 fans, including a duet with her husband, who danced and sang along enthusiastically from the sidelines for the rest of her performance.

J.Lo excited about Idol performance - Mar 19 2007
Proving how influential American Idol has become on the modern music scene, Jennifer Lopez has revealed how much she is looking forward to performing on the hit talent show.

"I’m very excited," says the star, talking to entertainment programme, Extra. "I watched it last night. I have a couple of favourites."

J.Lo is expected to perform on Idol April 11th and not only will she sing and dance, but she will mentor the remaining contestants.

As for what song she’ll sing, she says: "One of my Spanish songs. I think they’re doing a Latin album theme night."

Although the show was initially considered tacky, more and more megastars are now lining up to use the huge audience to add exposure.

Rod Stewart saw sales of his easy listening album soar after his appearance and this year.

Jen, Gwen Stefani and Jon Bon Jovi are also planning to take to the stage, as well as lend their expertise.

J-Lo’s twin wishes - Feb 3 2007
She’s made no secret of her desire to have children, but don’t expect Jennifer Lopez to have more than a couple.

Answering some gentle probing by US chat show host Ellen DeGeneres on Friday, La Lopez said she "absolutely" wants children of her own, in addition to the three step-children she looks after with husband Marc Anthony.

Marc, 38, has two sons Cristian, five, and Ryan, three, with his ex-wife Dayanara Torres, and a 12-year-old daughter, Arianna, from a previous relationship.

Asked by Ellen: "But you want to have more kids. Lots of kids?", Lopez replied: "I don’t know about a lot."

"Like, five, four?" Ellen speculated, while Jennifer replied: "One or two. I’ll take two at once, that would be great."

After Ellen pointed out how much work twins would be, J-Lo, who we’re pretty sure could afford a bit of hired help with nappy-changing, seemed keener on the idea of only being pregnant once.

"Okay, but then you’re done, and you got two," she exclaimed.

"Well, [with] quadruplets you’d be done with four," Ellen quipped, before a resolute Jen fired back: "Too many!"

Still, Jen doesn’t appear to be in a rush to get pregnant, telling People en Espanol in a recent interview: "When you are as blessed as I am, you don’t like to push it."

Jennifer’s life change - Jan 15 2007
It seems Jennifer Lopez doesn’t go out to the clubs any more - and she couldn’t be happier.

The diva was chatting to journalists at the launch of her new MTV DanceLife TV show, when she revealed why.

"It was a choice," admitted the 36-year-old, who is now happily married to singer Marc Anthony after failed and very public relationships with Diddy and Ben Affleck.

"My life for me had become uncomfortable in a way that was affecting my personal life and the people in it. So I decided I needed to take a look at that."

She continued: "I realised there was a way to pull back from that. You don’t go out as much. You choose different places to go."

In fact, most of the time she and Marc choose the sofa at home.

"We’re not big club people," she revealed. "Not anymore, I’ve had my days."