How did Lopez, 41, go from homegirl to the girl you wouldn't mind hanging out with?  'You can't have big ups without big downs," Lopez said last year in her VH1 "Behind the Music" special.  The odds were certainly against her when she left her working-class Bronx neighborhood in the 1980s, turning her back on college to pursue a career in dance.  A gig as one of the Fly Girls dance troupe on the hit Fox sketch comedy show "In Living Color" led to the opportunity to appear as a dancer in the Janet Jackson music video "That's The Way Love Goes." Jackson was one of Lopez's personal idols.  "When I saw (the music video for) 'Pleasure Principle' it inspired me to get into this business," Lopez said. "I was a little girl and I was trying to do every move she does."  After roles on the short-lived television show "South Central" and the film "Money Train," she made cinema history in 1997 when she became the highest paid Latina actress by earning a $1 million paycheck for her critically acclaimed starring role in "Selena."  Lopez followed that with star turns opposite George Clooney in "Out of Sight" and several other movies while also launching a music career with her debut album "On the Six."  Since then she has released six more albums, including the Spanish language "Como ama una Mujer;" been the first actress and singer to have a movie and album hold the No. 1 spots in the same week ("The Wedding Planner" and "J.Lo"); become the highest paid Latina actress in Hollywood (she commanded $15 million for the 2005 film "Monster-In-Law"); and launched a clothing and fragrance line.
When it comes to her career, Jennifer Lopez is more like Jenny who has been around the block.From Fly Girl on "In Living Color" to judge on "American Idol," she has taken her talent beyond the