Jennifer Lopez, 52, shows flashback video to celebrate 25 year anniversary of Selena
dailymail.co.ukJennifer Lopez is celebrating the film that helped catapult her into superstardom.Selena was released 25 years ago and the multi-faceted artist is sharing video on Instagram from an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show promoting the biopic.'What a very special day … we’re celebrating 25 years of SELENA!' Lopez said in her Instagram caption. 'Today we celebrate and honor Selena’s legacy and music.
This movie means so much to me … Selena and her family mean so much to me, and I was so lucky to be chosen to play her.' The way she was: Jennifer Lopez is celebrating the movie that helped make her a superstar.
Her breakthrough film, Selena, was released 25 years ago on March 1997; here she is seen talking up the film on Oprah in the 1990s Breakthrough artist: Selena was a breakthrough artist.
The Mexican-American singer focused on Tejano music, and had trouble making a name for herself in the male-dominated genre. She was murdered by an obsessed fan in 1995 at the age of 23.She added, 'I’ll never forget this time in my life and it’s an honor as an artist to have been part of the magic that is this movie.'Selena Quintanilla Pérez was a groundbreaking Mexican-American artist who shook up the music world with her songs.The Baila Esta Cumbia singer was called The Queen of Tejano after breaking through that musical glass ceiling.
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