Jennifer Lopez gives birth to twins

Jennifer Lopez gave birth to twins - a boy and a girl - on Friday morning after one of pop music's most closely-watched pregnancies.

The boy and girl, delivered in a Long Island, New York, hospital, were the first for the 38-year-old actress and singer, whose efforts to become pregnant have filled tabloid pages in the past few years.

Anthony, a 39-year-old salsa singer, has a daughter and two sons from two previous relationships.

Lopez did not confirm her much-rumoured pregnancy until early November, when she announced the news to a Miami audience while on a concert tour with her husband.

The babies were born at 12.45am local time (5.45am UK time) on Long Island, New York State. Lopez, 39, and husband Marc Anthony, 38, married in 2004. The twins are her first children, and his third and fourth.

Lopez's publicist Simon Fields said: "Jennifer and Marc are delighted, thrilled and over the moon."

Her father, David Lopez, told a TV station earlier this month that she was expecting twins.

Britney, Lohan, Hilton can't handle Fame

Jennifer Lopez has jumped to the defence of troubled stars Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.

 

The 'Waiting For Tonight' singer insisted that the reason behind their messy lives is nothing but the pressures of fame.

 

"People wonder why Britney or Lindsay or Paris is acting crazy, but they don't know what it means not to be able to walk outside your house. 'Oh, but she has $10 million!' they say, but that doesn't help when you can't... feel good," Contactmusic quoted her, as saying.

 

"I feel so bad when I see people going through the beginnings of it. Because it's not fun. You have to learn to navigate it because if you don't, it will eat you up," she added.

 

According to the singer/actress, the best way to deal with the problem is to keep grounded.

“It's a lot of pressure. And you gotta keep grounded and find a way to deal with it and hopefully have love in your life," she said.

As for her own self, she said, that she and her hubby Marc Anthony consciously avoid socialising in places where the paparazzi are likely to be prowling.

Jennifer Lopez is very dominating, says husband!

Actor/singer Marc Anthony says his wife, the sultry Jennifer Lopez, likes to take the upper hand in their relationship.

 

"She's always been the boss," Anthony was quoted as saying by contactmusic.com website.

 

The couple are set to tour together, their first ever outdoor performance, after Marc recently revealed that they made a vow to each other that they would avoid working separately.