Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez: Why we re all so invested in Bennifer 2.0
13 May, 2021 08:29 PM
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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck became red carpet darlings after meeting on the set of Gigli in 2002. Photo / Allstar, Columbia
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck became red carpet darlings after meeting on the set of Gigli in 2002. Photo / Allstar, Columbia
Daily Telegraph UK
By: Sophia Money-Coutts
Bennifer s back. After a 17-year break, a couple of marriages and children, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck seem to be doing the merengue again.
The evidence looks compelling: a few long-lens snaps of the pair boarding a private jet and sitting in an SUV, having apparently spent a few days at Ben s chalet in Montana.
Latino-owned restaurants represent Cuba & Dominican Republic
First on the menu are chicharrones and other Cuban classics served up at Gustazo in Waltham, then its mofongo and pollo frito at Merengue in Boston Share Updated: 8:04 PM EDT May 5, 2021
Latino-owned restaurants represent Cuba & Dominican Republic
First on the menu are chicharrones and other Cuban classics served up at Gustazo in Waltham, then its mofongo and pollo frito at Merengue in Boston Share Updated: 8:04 PM EDT May 5, 2021
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Show Transcript AND WE LOVE OUR FOOD HERE AT CHRONICLE. GUSTAZO MEANS GREAT PLEASURE IN SPANISH AND THIS RESTAURANT’S OWNER WANTS A MEAL HERE TO BE JUST THAT. THIS IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL CUBAN DISH. SLOWLY ROASTED PORK WITH RICE, CARAMELIZED ONIONS. SHE WAS A PROFESSIONAL DANCER BEFORE SHE LEFT CUBA WITH HER MUSICIAN HUSBAND AND MOVED TO MASSACHUSETTS IN 2001. WE SELL A LOT OF WE SAW A LACK OF CUBAN CUISIN REPRESENTATION IN BOSTON
getting harder and harder to find. relatives say ariel was raised by his mother and didn t get along with his father. he dropped out of school in the tenth grade. ariel taught himself to play bass, and he joined a band, playing salsa and merengue in clubs around town. he was popular with band mates. that s where bianca cruz met him as a child. i remember going to concerts and spending time with the band backstage. friends saw two very different ariel castros, the one who came alive on stage, and the other shy and caring offstage. it was always him playing with hi hair, him being super nice to me. you wouldn t picture, you wouldn t imagine he d do something like this. reporter: but he could be incredibly violent. in 2005, castro was accused of savagely beating his wife, breaking her ribs, her nose, dislocating her shoulders, and triggering a blood clot on the brain, all the while threatening to kill her and her daughter.
house of horrors. here ariel s uncle tells me the castro family story. he was a sweet person. reporter: astrowas born in a small rural town in puerto rico. his family came to cleveland when he was 6. he grew up on the city s near west side, a working class neighborhood where work was getting harder and harder to find. relatives say ariel was raised by his mother and didn t get along with his father. he dropped out of school in the tenth grade. ariel taught himself to play bass, and he joined a band, playing salsa and merengue in clubs around town. he was popular with bhand maand. that s where bianca cruz met him as a child. i remember going to concerts and spending time with the band backstage. friends saw two very different ariel castros, the one who came alive on stage, and the other shy and caring offstage. it was always him playing with hi hair, him being super nice to me.