Inside Jennifer Lopez’s Return to the Block for ‘Halftime’ World Premiere at Tribeca Festival
variety.comRebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“They’re coming out of the woodwork!”Jennifer Lopez is gushing in delight as an impromptu flash mob breaks out — to the tune of “Jenny From the Block,” naturally — on the red carpet of “Halftime,” her new documentary that opened the 2022 Tribeca Festival. “Only in New York,” she said, letting out a “woo.”the woman of the hour, @jlo, watching in delight as a flash mob breaks out on the red carpet at the #Halftime world premiere pic.twitter.com/vHxShRTTxx— Rebecca Rubin (@rebeccaarubin) June 9, 2022Wednesday’s world premiere doubled as a homecoming, of sorts, for the global icon, who grew up only a few blocks from the United Palace in Washington Heights, where the movie played to 3,000 mostly maskless and always enthusiastic audience members. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anna Wintour and Pam Grier were among the bold-faced names in attendance.
In the hours leading up to the screening, dozens of fans lined up around the block in the hopes of snagging a look, and maybe even a photograph, of the guest of honor.The crowds accumulated outside as Lopez arrived fashionably late to the red carpet, which immediately descended into chaos as photographers scrambled to snap pictures and journalists tried to lob questions in her direction as she she hustled into the theater.
Though Lopez hardly spent any time talking to reporters, there was plenty of praise to go around on the red carpet.Given Lopez’s decades-long career in Hollywood — she debuted as a Fly Girl on “In Living Color” in 1991 and became household name after starring in 1997’s musical biopic “Selena” — “Halftime” director Amanda Micheli certainly had no shortage of archival material and fun concert footage to sift through.
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