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Jennifer Lopez to host LA hospital gala

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jennifer Lopez has children on her mind - and not just her infant twins with husband Marc Anthony.

The 39-year-old singer/actress/entrepreneur is also thinking about the 93,000 sick and seriously injured children treated annually by Childrens Hospital Los Angeles - and how she can help.

Lopez announced Wednesday that she'll host and help coordinate the third Noche de Ninos benefit gala. This year's star-studded party, to be held Oct. 11 at the Nokia Center, will feature performances by Lopez, Anthony, Alejandro Sanz and Latin rockers Juanes and Mana.

Lopez, who was Noche de Ninos' first honoree in 2004, said her twin son and daughter inspired her to get more involved.

"Doing something where I was proactive ... where I was the one pushing and making something happen, that just became very important to me," Lopez told The Associated Press. "I don't know if it was because I was pregnant and thinking about children, thinking about the world. Definitely my children inspire me very much in so many ways, even just in the past two and a half months of their little lives."

"They inspire me to want to be better, to be a better person, to do something for the world, to set an example for them, to make them proud of me and to know that there's a certain way that you should live," she said. "I've been very fortunate over the years, but I've also worked very hard, and that's the example I want to set for my children."

Lopez said she was looking for ways to contribute more to the charity.

"I kind of fell in love with the kids," she said, "and it's just magnified now that I have my own children."

Working with her sister Lynda and Noche de Ninos founder Giselle Fernandez, Lopez came up with the idea of a concert and started asking friends for help.

"They've been very forthcoming with their time and, in this case, their talent to make this really a one-of-a-kind concert," she said, adding that she rarely calls to ask for favors. ("I don't ask for a glass of water when I'm on the set. It's just not my style.")

Another Hit for Britney ... the Traffic Kind

That Death Cab for Cutie have gracefully graduated from indie rock underdogs to Grammy-nominated, major label status is little surprise; these boys, led by songwriter Ben Gibbard, have always been adept at taking intimate moments and observations, then expanding them to epic dimensions. And, sometimes, vice versa. On "Narrow Stairs," produced by the band's own Chris Walla, they continue peering through both ends of the telescope. The narrator of "Bixby Canyon Bridge" quietly shuffles through the Big Sur landscape in 6/8 time, shadowed by tremulous guitars, then reaches a breaking point, demanding "I want to know my fate" as the volume swells. The single, "I Will Possess Your Heart," opens with an extended instrumental intro, rising in tension, only to give way to Gibbard softly singing an unnerving lyric about an unrequited (unknown?) suitor and his oblivious romantic object. And with his high, clear voice, Gibbard can make even the most screwed-up scenario -- like the raging inferno of "Grapevine Fires" -- seem oddly beautiful.

Wishing Britney a Happy Mother's Day

While we're as guilty as the rest for having fun here and there with the trials and tribulations of Ms. Spears, we wish her only the best.

Carey, MTV Host Cannon Married?

(May 1) - Just one day after reports of their engagement surfaced, Mariah Carey and MTV's 'Wild 'N Out' host Nick Cannon have allegedly tied the knot.

According to the New York Post, the singer and the TV star wed in the Bahamas at the home Carey recently purchased.

"They have been smitten with each other for days, weeks. And she's always had a crush on him" a source told the Post.

But not everyone is happy about the news. Another source is concerned over the lack of a prenuptial agreement.

"There was no pre-nup - there wasn't time," the source said.

If true, this is the second marriage for Carey and the first for Cannon.


Source: AOL Music News