Check out Jennifer Lopez!

The multihyphenate chanteuse serves golden goddess on the cover of ELLE‘s Women in Hollywood 2023 issue.

One of an elite list of names bestowed with their own spread, J.Lo’s feature comes during an exciting week of unveilings.

As reported, the superstar announced her first album in a decade, ‘This Is Me…Now,’ revealed that it’ll be accompanied by a full-fledged movie, and teased its lead single ‘Can’t Get Enough.’

With the LP due on February 16 and ‘Enough’ dropping on January 10, tide yourselves over by peeping more of the glorious spread below. Also awaiting there are quotes from Lopez, who opens up about about her spot in Hollywood and the broader landscape…

On The State of Women in Hollywood Today:

“There are still a lot of obstacles in the way. It’s not everything you would want it to be, but at least you can see a diverse cast in a movie where the leads are of different races and genders and things like that. And I think that’s encouraging, that we fought for that. I like to think that having been able to break into certain things, that I didn’t settle, knowing in my heart that I was just another girl and I could tell a story of any woman.

One of the things I’ve learned, too, is that we have to take ownership. We can’t sit around and wait for people to hand us roles. A lot of actresses right now, they produce their own movies and develop their own material, and I think that’s key as well.”

On Not Being Defined or Confined by Age:

“People have realized that women just get sexier as they get older. They get more learned and more rich with character. All of that is very beautiful and attractive, and not just physically, but on the inside, the beauty that you gain as you get older, the wisdom you gain.

I see myself working [as long as] I want to. I don’t know what that age is. It might be 70, it might be 80, it might be 90, I don’t know. But I know that it’s there for me if I want it and I want to create it. That has always been the mindset that I’ve had: to never let anybody put me in a box because of where I was born, where I’m from, what age I am, anything like that. Those boundaries don’t exist for me.”

On What’s Next:

“I want to keep evolving. And whether I’ll take the helm and direct my own film at one point is a possibility. I’ve talked about it. I’ve been offered to direct a couple of things, and I’ve turned [them] down, just because of time constraints and things like that. I can’t tell you, ‘I’m going to direct three movies, and I’m going to do this, and I’m going to do that.’ But I can say that I will keep evolving as an artist and as a performer and producer and in all of the ways to create the projects that I decide to be involved with—and I hope that that never stops.”

On Being Booked and Busy:

“Wait until next year. Next year is the real doozy.”

Your thoughts?

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