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Even so, she remains 'an eternal optimist about love'

(NEWSER) - Despite her upcoming divorce from husband Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez still believes in love. "I remain an eternal optimist about love," she tells Vanity Fair in her first interview since announcing the split. Making her family work "was my biggest dream, and I really worked hard at it. We both did." E! notes that most of the interview took place before the divorce was announced, but even in those portions, the signs are there. "We try" to balance work and family life, but "it's getting increasingly harder," Lopez says at one point, adding that when she started working again, things got "tough." More»

Plus: Anthony doesn't seem all that upset by split

(NEWSER) - In case you missed it, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony announced on Friday that they're splitting up . Up next: the expected deluge of gossip.

• Was J.Lo cheating on her hubby? Bossip notes that "word on the Latino streets" is that she was having some extramarital fun with telenovela star William Levy, who starred in the video for her song, "I'm Into You." The "proof" includes the fact that the video featured some steamy embraces, as well as the fact that both Lopez and Levy have since left their spouses. ( Jezebel notes that Levy allegedly cheated on his wife with more than three dozen ladies.)

Separation comes after seven years of wedded ... bliss?

(NEWSER) - Maybe he couldn't live up to her diva demands ? Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are splitting up after seven years of marriage, their rep tells Us . In a statement, the couple calls the decision to end their marriage "difficult" and "painful," but "amicable." Lopez recently rubbed elbows with Prince William and wife Kate during the royals' California trip, but her husband was notably not at her side. The couple has three-year-old twins, Max and Emme. More»

Billy Bob opens up about Angelina on 'Nightline'

(NEWSER) - Billy Bob Thornton takes the blame for the failure of his marriage to Angelina Jolie in a new Nightline interview. “I blew it because I didn’t think I was good enough for her. She has one way she wanted to live her life and I had another way to live mine and I was just too insecure,” he says. “I did feel like the Phantom of the Opera hiding in the catacombs. People have actually said that I didn’t deserve to be with her.” More»

Benny Medina weighs in on Jennifer Lopez's love life

(NEWSER) - The juiciest quotes in Vogue 's new Jennifer Lopez profile come not from Lopez herself, but from her longtime manager, business partner, and godfather of her twins, Benny Medina. "The thing that I always sort of wished is that she would give herself time to just naturally meet someone, instead of having nearly obsessive guys pursue her," says Medina, who considers Lopez a serial monogamist. "The ease with which that obsession becomes a relationship I think sometimes works against her ability to have a real meaningful relationship." More»