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Jennifer Lopez admitted she was "about to give up on it all" following her 2014 divorce from Marc Anthony while speaking onstage at her Up All Night Las Vegas residency on March 6

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• "It was actually a really tough time, I was really about to give up on it all," she told the residency audience

• Lopez and Anthony married in 2004, separated in 2011 and finalized their divorce in 2014

Jennifer Lopezadmitted she was "about to give up on it all" following her2014 divorcefromMarc Anthony.

While speaking onstage at her Up All Night Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Friday, March 6, the "On the Floor" singer, 56, explained that the months following her split from her third husband was "actually a really tough time."

"I was really about to give up on it all," Lopez, who shares18-year-old twins Max and Emmewith Anthony, 57, continued into the microphone, as seen in videos shared tosocial media. "I mean, I was a single mom with two 3-year-old twins."

But amid the difficult times, theKiss of the Spider Womanstar received one piece of advice from one of her mentors, the late author Louise Hay, that she still carries with her to this day.

"She said to me, 'Jennifer, you're a dancer, right?' " Lopez recalled. "I said, 'Yes, I am.' And she said, 'When you're learning a dance and you get the steps wrong, what do you do?' I said, 'I just keep going until I get the steps right.' And she said, 'That's right Jennifer. Always keep dancing.' "

"And I wish the same for each and every one of you, that no matter what life throws at you, that you dance and you dance and you dance," she added while pointing to the crowd. "Again and again and again."

Lopezshared similar words of wisdomduring the second night of her Up All Night residency in December, adding that she "really started getting good at [dancing]" after her third divorce at a time when her life "was a mess."

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Despite the hardships that came from her and Anthony's split, Lopez toldSunday TodayhostWillie Geistin December 2018 that Anthony "really helped me with my confidence" during their seven years of marriage.

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"While I was married to Marc, he really helped me with my confidence, and he saw where I suffered," she said at the time, going on to remember him constantly insisting, "You're a great singer. Don't ever let anybody tell you you're not a great singer."

"I respected him so much because I consider him one of the best singers of all time," she continued.

After collaborating with Anthony for her Spanish-language albumPor Primera Vezyears after their split, Lopez told Spotify's¡Viva Latino!podcast in November 2017 that the experience "actually repaired certain parts of our relationship that had been fractured from our marriage and our divorce and it made us friends again."

"Because when we first started working together, it's how we met… we met working," she added. "And so we remembered that, like, oh right, we connect on this level of music."

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Halle Berryis speaking out about why she felt the need to go silent with the press for a decade.

Berry, 59, opened up about her decision in a recent interview withThe Cut, where the actress also discussed her filmCrime 101, menopause, and hercriticisms of California Governor Gavin Newsom.

"After my third divorce, people started to say, 'What's wrong with her? She's crazy. She can't keep a man,'" Berry shared in the interview.

Despite the actress' expansive career, which spans more than three decades and includes ahistoric Oscar winfor Best Actress (Berry is the only Black woman to win in that category), the actress expressed fatigue over constant tabloid coverage of her relationships, which led her to shut interviews down altogether.

"I pretty much stopped doing interviews for a decade because I got tired of the same old story," Berry said. "It was always: 'Poor Halle — Unlucky in Love Again.'"

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When prompted to craft a headline to her liking, Berry first suggested "Halle Berry Is Not a Damsel in Distress," then "Halle Berry Is Not a Victim of Failed Relationships," and finally settled on "Halle Berry Never Said It's Anyone Else's Fault."

The actress is now more open to discussing both personal and professional highlights, as she recentlyannounced her engagement to boyfriend Van Hunton Feb. 5 while appearing onThe Tonight Show.

"There's some confusion," Berry told hostJimmy Fallon, referring to her recentThe Cutinterview in which she admitted Hunt had proposed, but she had not said yes yet.

"It's going around that I, that my guy Van Hunt — I've been dating him now for almost six years — well, there's some confusion that he asked to marry me and I said no. I did not say no."

In addition to Berry's gritty caperCrime 101,which she stars in alongsideChis Hemsworth, the actress has several projects in the pipeline, including an action-thrillerMaude v Maudethat features both Berry andAngelina Jolie.With an impressive resume already cemented, which includes her award-winning performance inMonster's Ball, her iconic role as Storm in theX-Menfranchise, as well as playing Bond girl Jinx inDie Another Day, the actress expressed gratitude for all that's occurred and what's to come.

"As a Black woman, now almost 60, I still get to work in movies and do what I love," Berry toldThe Cut. "I'm winning."

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In 1974, Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) scored a massive hit with the song"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet."The Canadian rock band hit No. 1 on theBillboard Hot 100onNovember9, 1974, with the song from their third album,Not Fragile.

But "You  Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" almost didn't happen. The song, written by lead guitarist and vocalistRandy Bachman, was originally a "throwaway," and there was an insidejoketo its backstory. While recording the song, Bachman stuttered as he sang the words "baby" and "nothing" in the chorus. The tongue-tied lyrics were part of a private joke aimed at Bachman's brother and band manager, Gary, who had a speech impediment when he was a kid.

"Growing up, I was the oldest brother of four boys," Bachman explained toGuitar Playerin an interview. "We teased each other all the time. So I wanted to make it an inside joke with them. I said, 'I think I'm gonna stutter over this and sing anything I can think of.' I figured I'd mix one copy and send it off to my brothers. It's the ultimate tease, because even though we were grown up and in our 30s, we were still pulling rank on each other."

Bachman told the outlet that he never expected to include the song on theNot Fragilealbum. That changed when aMercuryRecords A&R vice president asked for a suitable follow-up to BTO's previous radio hits "Let It Ride" and "Takin' Care of Business."

A sound engineer suggested to Bachman that he pull out the "work track," which was "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet." The record executive loved the song, so Bachman agreed to re-record it for the album without the stuttering. But Mercury Records didn't like the revamped version of the song and insisted that the original version be used.

Bachman called the unexpected hit a 'freak' thing

Bachman toldUltimate Classic Rockthat "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" narrowly missed making it onto theNot Fragilealbum because it was a "throwaway" instrumental that he jokingly added lyrics to. His plan had always been to mix one version of the song, which featured him stuttering over the lyrics, and send it to his brother as a joke.

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"Then the engineer said, 'Play him the work track,'  so we played him 'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet,' which was the work track, and he said, 'I love it. Put it on the album the way it is!'" Bachman explained. "So it was the first BTO album to have nine songs. It had the work track put on it with me stuttering on it, and it became a hit single. So, it was like a complete freak, weird thing to happen."

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BTO's song has actually helped people

While the song started as a playful brotherly joke, "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" caught the attention ofThe Stuttering Foundation. The organization named BTO's song the top stuttering song of all time, and it beat out some tough competition, including The Who's "My Generation" andDavid Bowie's"Changes" for the honor.

The Stuttering Foundation noted that  BTO's song was chosen because it was "the only such song with stuttering vocals that was about a real person who stuttered."

"The backstory underscores the power of speech therapy," the organization added. "Gary Bachman would later overcome his stuttering through speech therapy and embark on a highly successful career in real estate, becoming one of the top realtors in Winnipeg and owning his own agency for over 30 years."

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