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The J-Lo Implosion

The Back-Up Plan is the latest in a string of failures for Jennifer Lopez. Peter Lauria on the stunning decline in what she earns per movie, and the growing trouble for the superstar's music career.

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The Back-Up Plan, Jennifer Lopez's latest romantic comedy, opened this past weekend and grossed a lousy $12.3 million—and ably described what Lopez desperately needs right now, career-wise.

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