Jennifer Lopez Demands New Light Bulbs

style_savy · 03-02-2007

Jennifer Lopez Demands New Light Bulbs

Jennifer Lopez stunned recording studio staff by demanding they change the light bulbs before she arrived.

The star sent a three-page list of requests to the Westlake Studios in Los Angeles just two hours before she was due to arrive.

Top of the list was a demand for special dim light bulbs which had to be angled to make the star look "desirable".

A record executive told Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper: "J.Lo was such a diva when she was here last week. Her people sent us a three-page rider request for her dressing room which was absurd. It was so last-minute.

"All the lights had to be at a certain wattage and an angle to make her look good. We've never seen anything like it since Michael Jackson asked for a room to be made above the studio so his monkey Bubbles could watch him record."

Other demands included piping-hot Cuban bread, dozens of packets of Skittles, a gourmet selection of meats, a cheese platter and scented candles.

The studio insider added: "We needed six extra members of staff to fetch everything she needed. There was enough to feed about 20 people in the end, but she barely so much as looked at it.

"No one could believe it - we knew she could be demanding but this was absurd."

This isn't the fist time J.Lo's diva demands have shocked. She once requested a dressing room be painted white and filled with matching lilies. She is also known for her massive entourage, which includes a personal hairdresser, fitness trainer, and chef.

hollywoodrag.com

PrinceOfCats · 03-02-2007

She needs them.

TheKiwi · 03-02-2007

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Originally Posted by PrinceOfCats

She needs them.

Totally!

Trista · 03-02-2007

Believe me I KNOW about her insane requests...http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backsta...pezrider1.html is the link to the rider where she required the white trailer and what not.

princesslauren · 03-02-2007

That is just sickening...I can't believe she asked for all that food...I hope they found something to do with it...there are so many people who are hungry every day...and she has the audacity to do things like this...

mellowdrama · 03-02-2007

I think contract riders, no matter how absurd, are better at preventing diva behavior than causing it. Don't shine fluorescent lights in JLo's eyes, else she'll put a pin in a doll and Chango will be on your ***, buddy. Fair enough, but the venue or studio doesn't have to agree to it (esp. with 2 hrs notice) and JLo can go record at Spitshine Studios for $60 an hour! She'd have to change her own lightbulb then. There's a joke waiting in that statement somewhere, I assure you.

VainJane · 03-02-2007

It always amazes me how fast entertainers (music, actors, etc.) can go from 'humble nobodies' to this.

LostInNJ · 03-02-2007

Even if this is true...it doesn't say much about the "executives" that are spilling the beans about this stuff...Shouldn't they keep things like this to themselves as blabbing could cost them someone never coming back

Zen · 03-02-2007

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Originally Posted by VainJane

It always amazes me how fast entertainers (music, actors, etc.) can go from 'humble nobodies' to this.

yes, yes, such as Mariah Carey.

Erin · 03-02-2007

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Originally Posted by LostInNJ

Even if this is true...it doesn't say much about the "executives" that are spilling the beans about this stuff...Shouldn't they keep things like this to themselves as blabbing could cost them someone never coming back

That's how I feel...

And we all know this already... we've all heard her diva stories... but I still like her, and who knows why.

mellowdrama · 03-02-2007

^I have to agree...perhaps they don't want her to come back. I'm sure she's paying loads of money to use their studios, and I'd want and expect it to be as comfortable as possible, also. Contract riders aren't anything unusual, but I understand them better from the touring band end of things. The smokinggun site has some funny ones--I like Aretha Franklin's best: $25,000 in a cashier's check! And the promoter's got to hire the band! But she's Aretha Franklin, and, well--JLo isn't.

Alejandro · 03-02-2007

dear god. she's in miami today actually, i could go shove a pickle up her ***

PrinceOfCats · 03-02-2007

Stick the jar up there too, while you're at it...

Best rider, http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backsta.../iggypop1.html .

misssakura · 03-02-2007

Meh, either sounds like a joke or made up to me.

jennifer~ · 03-02-2007

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Originally Posted by PrinceOfCats

Stick the jar up there too, while you're at it...

Best rider, http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backsta.../iggypop1.html .

I'd like to read the Sisters of Mercy's rider, because judging from the musings on their website, I have a feeling it's riotous.

On stagelights (True Wisdom): "The lights are not there to make the band look good in the usual way, or even to make the band visible in the usual way. If we want to show which chords we're playing we can usually find a lit spot to do it in. We're not that bothered. We've never used a followspot (the narrow searchlight which follows an artiste around the stage). It's important - apparently - for people to go away having seen the Sisters in the flesh; we don't think that means we have to be seen all the time. Adam sometimes wonders if The Guru wants us to be seen at all, but life's too short for an Official Inquiry."

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mellowdrama 101st monkey airborne Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Francisco Gender: femme Posts: 1,318	^I have to agree...perhaps they don't want her to come back. I'm sure she's paying loads of money to use their studios, and I'd want and expect it to be as comfortable as possible, also. Contract riders aren't anything unusual, but I understand them better from the touring band end of things. The smokinggun site has some funny ones--I like Aretha Franklin's best: $25,000 in a cashier's check! And the promoter's got to hire the band! But she's Aretha Franklin, and, well--JLo isn't. __________________ Pictured above left: her face a mask of stony courage, future Pvt. Eureka Patchouli Jolie-Pitt wins the War on Terror

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Alejandro & b Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: MIAMI Gender: homme Posts: 14,092	dear god. she's in miami today actually, i could go shove a pickle up her *** __________________ Homosexuality is God's way of insuring that the truly gifted aren't burdened with children.

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style_savy V.I.P. Join Date: May 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada Gender: femme Posts: 34,880	Jennifer Lopez Demands New Light Bulbs Jennifer Lopez Demands New Light Bulbs Jennifer Lopez stunned recording studio staff by demanding they change the light bulbs before she arrived. The star sent a three-page list of requests to the Westlake Studios in Los Angeles just two hours before she was due to arrive. Top of the list was a demand for special dim light bulbs which had to be angled to make the star look "desirable". A record executive told Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper: "J.Lo was such a diva when she was here last week. Her people sent us a three-page rider request for her dressing room which was absurd. It was so last-minute. "All the lights had to be at a certain wattage and an angle to make her look good. We've never seen anything like it since Michael Jackson asked for a room to be made above the studio so his monkey Bubbles could watch him record." Other demands included piping-hot Cuban bread, dozens of packets of Skittles, a gourmet selection of meats, a cheese platter and scented candles. The studio insider added: "We needed six extra members of staff to fetch everything she needed. There was enough to feed about 20 people in the end, but she barely so much as looked at it. "No one could believe it - we knew she could be demanding but this was absurd." This isn't the fist time J.Lo's diva demands have shocked. She once requested a dressing room be painted white and filled with matching lilies. She is also known for her massive entourage, which includes a personal hairdresser, fitness trainer, and chef. hollywoodrag.com __________________ ~ Fashion Blogger ~ Updated: February 8, 2013

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PrinceOfCats Naturellement pulpeuse Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The 'other' bit of the south of France Gender: femme Posts: 10,172	She needs them. __________________ -Jamais fille chaste n'a lu de romans

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Trista V.I.P. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Seattle area Gender: femme Posts: 4,592	Believe me I KNOW about her insane requests...http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backsta...pezrider1.html is the link to the rider where she required the white trailer and what not. __________________ Kiki's Beauty World Please remember: NO bolding of my name, as it gives me headaches. mandzhievacassi v.d.dburdeud.millerpoly*nasenyana

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princesslauren rising star Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USA Gender: femme Posts: 195	That is just sickening...I can't believe she asked for all that food...I hope they found something to do with it...there are so many people who are hungry every day...and she has the audacity to do things like this... __________________ “Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.” John Cocteau

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VainJane fashion insider Join Date: May 2004 Location: Virginia and Seattle Gender: femme Posts: 2,040	It always amazes me how fast entertainers (music, actors, etc.) can go from 'humble nobodies' to this. __________________ "But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."

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LostInNJ Rive Gauche. Rive Droite. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NYC Gender: homme Posts: 2,134	Even if this is true...it doesn't say much about the "executives" that are spilling the beans about this stuff...Shouldn't they keep things like this to themselves as blabbing could cost them someone never coming back

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misssakura fashion insider Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Auckland/Berkshire Gender: femme Posts: 2,381	Meh, either sounds like a joke or made up to me.