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Friday 11 February 2022
In 'Marry Me,' Jennifer Lopez leans into her stardom

By LINDSEY BAHR are... unexplored. Is there
Jennifer Lopez is very good eventual, inevitable, con-
at being very famous. nection believable? No,
That might sound more like not remotely. But you go
a circumstance and not a along for the ride because
rarified skill, but that's just Wilson is charming as a
because she'd never let hangdog type and does
you see the work behind enough with very little.
it. The same goes for her Directed by Kat Coiro,
competence as a roman- who did the pilot for the
tic comedy heroine. She brilliant "Girls5Eva," and
might not always get the written by "Mindy Project"
best material, but her rom- alum Harper Dill and "Cat-
com charm is undeniable woman" screenwriter John
and even underrated 25 Rogers, "Marry Me" feels
years after her breakout in like an early aughts cre-
"Selena." The only time we ation, right down to Kat's
as a culture seem to con- corduroy newsboy caps,
sider a performance of back when studios used to
hers especially noteworthy regularly spend more than
is when she's in something $20 million on the genre. It
more "serious" (see: "Out of breezes along thanks to its
Sight," "Hustlers"). This image released by Universal Pictures shows Jennifer Lopez, right, and Maluma in a scene from cast, including Sarah Silver-
It's what makes " Marry Me," "Marry Me." man doing some heavy
her new rom-com in the- Associated Press comedic lifting as Charlie's
aters and on Peacock TV co-worker; John Bradley, of
Friday, so inspired. It allows on any dark secrets of ce- form their hit single "Marry its love for the genre on its "Game of Thrones" fame,
her to lean into her utterly lebrity, but it does play into Me," but right before she sleeve with knowing refer- who is a nice presence as
singular experience as a Lopez's hopeless romantic goes out on stage, draped ences to everything from Kat's manager Collin; and
very, very famous person persona within the con- in jewels, she (along with "Pretty Woman" to "Notting Michelle Buteau as a very
within the construct of her fines of a PG-13 rating. Her the rest of the world) sees Hill." Though she doesn't Hollywood assistant.
best genre. Though it says Kat is a Lady Gaga-esque a video of her intended know it when she picks him, There's some hilariously ob-
something that she, as singer who has had some cheating on her. Still, she's thankfully for Kat, Charlie vious product placement
pop star Kat Valdez, is the bad luck in the romance already got the dress and is just a nice single dad to and also a few celebrity
most believable part of the department, at least one the venue, so she looks a sweet 13-year-old with cameos, from Hoda Kotb
whole endeavor, a glossy divorce and one 48-hour out in the audience, spots a cool Brooklyn loft, a dog to Jimmy Fallon (whose
and better-than-average marriage. She's supposed Owen Wilson's Charlie, and and a job as a high school show is somehow always
fantasy about the pros of to marry Bastian (played picks him to marry. It is the math teacher. His bag- on in the background and
arranged marriage. by Colombian pop star most movie rom-com set gage is minimal, his divorce whose alter-ego is notice-
Now, "Marry Me" is not re- Maluma) live in front of 20 up that's ever existed, and amiable, he doesn't have ably meaner than his real
ally pulling the curtain back million people as they per- this is a movie that wears a dark side and his flaws life persona). q

Medical examiner: Bob Saget died from unseen blow to head

toxins in Saget's body, ac- on Wednesday. Rizzo Saget and had three
cording to a statement "The authorities have de- daughters from a previous
from Medical Examiner termined that Bob passed marriage.
Joshua Stephany in Or- from head trauma," their Saget was on the road as
lando. statement said. "They part of his "I Don't Do Neg-
An autopsy report released have concluded that he ative Comedy Tour," and
later Thursday showed that accidentally hit the back said just before his death
Saget had an abrasion on of his head on something, that he enjoyed warm au-
his scalp, a fracture at the thought nothing of it and dience receptions in Or-
base of his skull, fractures went to sleep. No drugs or lando and the Ponte Ve-
around his eye sockets, alcohol were involved." dra Beach resort area.
bleeding between the The 65-year-old entertain- "I'm back in comedy like I
brain and tissue covering er was found on his hotel was when I was 26. I guess
the brain as well as bruises bed at the Ritz Carlton in I'm finding my new voice
to the brain. Saget was Orlando. A hotel security and loving every moment
Bob Saget arrives at a screening of "MacGruber" on Dec. 8, positive for COVID-19 but officer entered the room of it," he'd posted on Insta-
2021, in Los Angeles. had no inflammation in after Saget failed to check gram.
Associated Press his respiratory system, ac- out, and called 911. There Saget's death prompted
cording to the report. were no signs of foul play, an outpouring of affection
By MIKE SCHNEIDER backwards fall. "His injuries were most likely authorities said last month. from fans and colleagues,
Associated Press Saget was found dead incurred from an unwit- Best known for his role as who recalled him as both
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Jan. 9 in a Florida hotel nessed fall," the statement beloved single dad Danny funny and extraordinarily
medical examiner in Flori- room. He'd performed in said. "The manner of death Tanner on the sitcom "Full kind. His family said they
da said Thursday that co- the area the night before is accident." House" and as the wise- were overwhelmed and
median Bob Saget died as part of a stand-up tour. The medical examiner's cracking host of "America's comforted by "the incred-
from an accidental blow A toxicology analysis didn't conclusion was first an- Funniest Home Videos," ible outpouring of love
to the head, likely from a show any illicit drugs or nounced by Saget's family Saget was married to Kelly from Bob's fans." q