{"id":2181616,"date":"2025-11-30T10:51:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T10:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2181616"},"modified":"2025-11-30T10:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T10:51:07","slug":"jennifer-lopez-set-to-host-2025-american-music-awards-what-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jennifer-lopez-set-to-host-2025-american-music-awards-what-we-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Lopez set to host 2025 American Music Awards: What we know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2024\/08\/21\/USAT\/74883575007-et-thumbs-copy-0100-00-01-16-still-001.jpg?crop=1919,1079,x0,y0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck separated in April: Reports<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Lopez filed to divorce Ben Affleck on the two-year anniversary of their Georgia wedding ceremony. Their romance dates back to 2002.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/03\/25\/ben-affleck-jennifer-lopez-divorce-comments\/82650635007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jennifer Lopez<\/a> is returning to her musical roots after <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2024\/05\/31\/jennifer-lopez-cancels-2024-tour-this-is-me-now-live\/73925450007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a canceled tour<\/a> and subsequent divorce from actor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2024\/09\/01\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-divorce\/75040441007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ben Affleck<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Hustlers&#8221; actress will host and perform during the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2022\/11\/21\/american-music-awards-2022-winners-list-taylor-swift\/10746355002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Music Awards<\/a> on May 26, or Memorial Day, which will air on CBS. &#8220;Good things come in threes\u2028JLO. AMA. CBS. On 5.26.25,&#8221; the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DIPCpAqvgrQ\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DIPCpAqvgrQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">singer wrote on Instagram<\/a>, with a teaser promo video.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes a decade after her hosting debut in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the multi-hyphenate star will take the reins of the awards show again after first teasing the possibility during last fall&#8217;s &#8220;American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The gig arrives after a tumultuous year for the A-lister.<\/p>\n<p>Last May, Lopez revealed in a note to fans that she was canceling her North American tour, writing she was &#8220;completely heartsick and devastated about letting you down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She added: Please know that I wouldn\u2019t do this if I didn\u2019t feel that it was absolutely necessary. I promise I will make it up to you and we will all be together again. I love you all so much. Until next time&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then, on Aug. 20,\u00a0the star surprised fans again when she filed to divorce\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/health-wellness\/2024\/02\/29\/ben-affleck-matt-damon-male-friendship\/72658257007\/\">the &#8220;Good Will Hunting&#8221; alum<\/a>\u00a0Affleck in Los Angeles Superior Court, according to court filings obtained by USA TODAY at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The pair, who were previously engaged to each other in 2002 and later in 2021, delighted fans when they reunited after respective splits. It marks the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/health-wellness\/2024\/08\/21\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-divorce-schadenfreude\/74884708007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">second marriage for Affleck and the fourth for Lopez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">&#8216;Oh, it was a summer&#8217;: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/entertainment\/celebrities\/jennifer-lopez\/\" data-autotag=\"30d2960f-1d24-4ab0-a39d-6e80120266fa\">Jennifer Lopez<\/a> <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2024\/09\/01\/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-divorce\/75040441007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">addresses divorce with cryptic IG post<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Later this year, Lopez is slated to star in her first movie musical &#8220;Kiss of the Spider Woman,&#8221; a buzzy reimagined version of 1985 movie of the same name and Tony Award-winning musical from 1993. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kiss of the Spider Woman&#8221; is originally a 1976 novel written by Argentine author Manuel Puig, which depicts daily conversations between two cellmates in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Contributing: KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck separated in April: Reports Jennifer Lopez filed to divorce Ben Affleck on the two-year anniversary of their Georgia wedding ceremony. Their romance dates back to 2002. Jennifer Lopez is returning to her musical roots after a canceled tour and subsequent divorce from actor Ben Affleck last year. 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