Disclaimer: I don't know if it's real, showed up in my inbox, I personally think it's probably fake, still funny, blah, blah, blah.
This just in: Andy found out where this came from. Read all the way down and you will too.

An e-mail exchange between Jennifer Lopez's publicist @ Rogers & Cowan and Warner Brothers publicity mgr re: her request to change her billing to J Lo on her new film Angel Eyes.

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From: Martha Hudson (martha.hudson@warnerbros.com)
To: Lucille LeSueur (lucy@rogerscowan.com)
Sent: Friday, May 4, 2001, 2:08 p.m.
Subject: RE: "Angel Eyes" tweaks

Yes, we got your fax...I thought Alan said Jennifer wanted to do anything to promote this movie.

Martha Hudson
Publicity Manager
Warner Bros. Pictures, International
4000 Warner Boulevard
Burbank, CA 91522-0001

******* From: Lucille LeSueur (lucy@rogerscowan.com)
To: Martha Hudson (martha.hudson@warnerbros.com)
Sent: Friday, May 4, 2001, 2:22 p.m.
Subject: RE: "Angel Eyes" tweaks

Of course, she wants to do *anything*. (Thought you said you got the fax.) She merely wants you to meet her halfway.

******* From: Martha Hudson (martha.hudson@warnerbros.com)
To: Lucille LeSueur (lucy@rogerscowan.com)
Sent: Friday, May 4, 2001, 2:30 p.m.
Subject: RE: "Angel Eyes" tweaks

Lucy, how can I put this? (I suppose I should phone, but I'm too upset): According to this fax, you're asking us to pull all the one-sheets, posters and prints of the movie in order to bill Jennifer as "J.Lo" instead of her fucking God-given name. This is *not* going halfway -- unless she intends to pay for the millions out of her own pocket. We are talking here about a movie that opens in two weeks!! The junket is tomorrow!! Are you guys smoking crack over there with Robert Downey? The bottom line (and I've got backup on this): She signed onto this project as "Jennifer Lopez." She -- so help me -- is going to be billed as "Jennifer Lopez." We can't help it if she's decided to get a diva transplant.

******* From: Lucille LeSueur (lucy@rogerscowan.com)
To: Martha Hudson ( martha.hudson@warnerbros.com)
Sent: Friday, May 4, 2001, 3:22 p.m.
Subject: RE: "Angel Eyes" tweaks

Okay, I'm going to do you a big favor, Martha. I'm not going to repeat what you just said to J.Lo. But only because I don't want to see her go to jail FOR RIPPING OUT YOUR ORGANS WITH HER BARE HANDS! I simply can't believe the lack of respect here. Maybe you can play these games with "James" Caviezel (or is it "Jim"? ... Gee, I guess he can't make up his mind, either.) But J.Lo, clearly, is no "James"/"Jim" Caviezel. She is the world's preeminent female celebrity. She has more talent in her ass than most people have in their tiny finger.

J.Lo is not just an actress. She is not just a singer. She is not just a celebrity. She is a movement. (Why do I even have to say this?) She feels extra-determined that "Jennifer Lopez" isn't where her movement is at these days. She is "J.Lo."

******* From: Martha Hudson (martha.hudson@warnerbros.com)
To: Lucille LeSueur (lucy@rogerscowan.com)
Sent: Friday, May 4, 2001, 3:35 p.m.
Subject: RE: "Angel Eyes" tweaks

Okay, how about this as a compromise: I've seen this critic guy on the Internet. He calls Jennifer "J.Lo's Magical Butt." That enough of a "movement" for you? P.S.: I'd like to see "J.Lo" try to rip out my organs. I hear my liver would grow back anyway. Which is more than I can say for her movie career after this Piece Of Shit opens.

******* From: Lucille LeSueur (lucy@rogerscowan.com)
To: Martha Hudson ( martha.hudson@warnerbros.com)
Sent: Friday, May 4, 2001, 5:05 p.m.
Subject: J.Lo ill

Miss Hudson:
This note is to inform you that J.Lo has taken ill and will be unable to attend Saturday's press junket at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills. She respectfully sends her regrets.

******* From: Martha Hudson (martha.hudson@warnerbros.com)
To: Lucille LeSueur ( lucy@rogerscowan.com)
Sent: Friday, May 4, 2001, 5:42 p.m.
Subject: RE: J.Lo ill

Dearest Lucy:
Kiss, kiss. We're sorry to hear about poor Jennifer Lopez. At least we won't blow our kissing-and-fawning budget tomorrow. We'll need it for that Travolta movie [Swordfish] coming up.

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Okay, enough of that horsepoopy.

Andy Baio finds The Source: Regarding that supposed correspondence from Jennifer Lopez' publicist, a little investigation from Mat showed that the e-mail address for Martha Hudson doesn't exist.

As it turns out, the e-mail was fake, created by iFilm as part of their fictional "Hollywood E-mail" series. A search on Google for "lopez hudson" turns up many reprints of the article, most stating that they're probably real e-mails.

This could be partly blamed on the absence of a disclaimer from a Yahoo reprint, which somehow got removed in the syndication process. (I'm guessing because the disclaimer was hard-coded into the page template on IFilm.)

So, there you go.