(NewsNation) — I have to hand it to Jennifer Lopez. She could have sent her twins, Max and Emme, to a school in Los Angeles where they would have been surrounded by nepobabies and influencers.
Instead, Lopez is keeping the kids she had with ex, Marc Anthony, firmly grounded in New York City.
Both children attend great schools (I know which ones, but am not saying) and act and sing.
Jennifer Lopez’s child Emme has ‘amazing voice’: Insider
Max appeared recently in a school play, and parents told me he was “very good,” while Emme is said to have an “amazing voice” and is “shockingly smart” in school.
One insider said of Emme, “She clearly got her father’s pipes, because man, that girl can sing!”
Max usually stays out of the limelight, but Emme is frequently seen with their mom, most recently at the “Othello” premiere on Broadway where they mingled with the show’s stars, Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Jennifer Lopez arrives at the 81st Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 7, 2024, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) 
FILE – Video Vanguard award recipient Jennifer Lopez performs at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Aug. 20, 2018. Lopez will help bring in the New Year with a headlining performance in New York’s Time Square for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2021.” ABC and dick clark productions announced Tuesday that the pop star will perform live before the icon ball drop on Dec. 31. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the event will be closed to the public. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) 
FILE – In this Jan. 30, 2020 file photo, NFL Super Bowl 54 football game halftime performer Jennifer Lopez answers questions at a news conference in Miami. Lopez will give a musical performance on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol when Biden is sworn in as the nation’s 46th president next Wednesday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) 
TORONTO, ONTARIO – SEPTEMBER 06: Jennifer Lopez attends the premiere of “Unstoppable” during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall on September 06, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images) 
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 04: Jennifer Lopez attends Variety presents The Creative Impact Awards and 10 Directors To Watch Brunch at Parker Palm Springs on January 04, 2025 in Palm Springs, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) 
FILE – Actress Jennifer Lopez wears a creation as part of the Versace Spring-Summer 2020 collection, unveiled during the fashion week, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File) 
Jennifer Lopez, a cast member in “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” poses at the premiere of the film during the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Jennifer Lopez focusing on latest projects
Lopez, meanwhile is putting the year from hell (2024) firmly behind her and focusing on her latest projects: the upcoming “Kiss of the Spider Woman” (which premiered to middling reviews at Sundance but will have a theatrical release this fall) as well as “Office Romance,” “Bob the Builder” and “The Godmother” (all of which are in various stages of production).
A rep for Lopez didn’t return emails.
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