Jennifer Lopez is determined to make 2025 her year after her painful divorce from Ben Affleck, and the multi-hyphenate is off to a good start. 

JLo, 55, received a standing ovation when she walked on the stage at the Eccles Center Theater in Park City, UT on Sunday, January 26, at the premiere of her latest project, Kiss of the Spider Woman. 

The singer surprised fans the night before by putting on an ‘impromptu’ performance of some of her hits at an industry party in the tony ski town. 

‘I’ve been waiting for this moment my whole life,’ she told the moviegoers who were the first to see the film based on the Tony winning musical. 

Kiss of the Spider Woman has received a warm 80-percent rating from the critics at Rotten Tomatoes. 

During a question and answer session with the audience following the screening, the star revealed, ‘The reason I even wanted to be in this business is because my mom would sit me in front of the TV and [West Side Story] would come on once a year’ a tearful Lopez told the crowd.

Jennifer Lopez, 55, is determined to make 2025 her year. ‘There’s a lot of positivity for the year ahead,’ a source who knows Lopez told Page Six . ‘It’s a big year for her’   (Pictured in Park City, UT on January 26)

‘I was mesmerized and was like, “That’s what I want to do.” This is the first time I actually got to do it.’

‘There’s a lot of positivity for the year ahead,’ a source who knows Lopez told Page Six. ‘It’s a big year for her.’

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Reviews for Lopez’s performance have been mostly enthusiastic.

‘If you can get over the “wow, I’m watching JLo absolutely kill it” of it all, you’re instantly transported to that movie-musical heyday,’ wrote Kevin Fallon of The Daily Beast.

The critic declared ‘Lopez’s A-list status then would’ve deservedly been alongside the genre’s icons like Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Cyd Charisse.’ 

Kiss of the Spider Woman does not have a distributor yet. 

It was produced by Lopez and her ex Affleck through his and Matt Damon’s Artist Equity company. Affleck was not at the film’s premiere. 

The actress received a 10-minute standing ovation for her performance in Kiss of the Spider Woman, which debuted on January 26 at the Sundance Film Festival 

‘I’ve been waiting for this moment my whole life,’ she told the moviegoers who were the first to see the film based on the Tony winning musical. Lopez said singing and dancing on screen was her childhood dream, and ‘this is the first time I actually got to do it’ 

The cinematic victory comes after Lopez’s painful divorce from Ben Affleck after just two years of marriage  (Pictured in Los Angeles in May 2023)

The actress is teaming up later this year  with Ted Lᴀsso’s Brett Goldstein for the Netflix rom com Office Romance   (Pictured in New York City in October 2024)

When Oscar buzz for her performance was brought up, the actress, who was reportedly disappointed not to have been nominated for her work in Unstoppable, said, she didn’t ‘even want to begin the conversation,’ adding, ‘Of course, I would love [the film] to get the recognition that I believe it deserves.’ 

As she still licks her wounds from a very turbulent 2024 which began with poor reviews for her pᴀssion project This is Me… Now, followed by a cancelled concert tour and culminated with her public divorce from Affleck, JLo is keeping herself open to romance, at least on the small screen.

She is teaming up with Netflix and Ted Lᴀsso’s Brett Goldstein for Office Romance.

In a 2018 episode on his Films To Be Buried With podcast, the writer and actor opened up at his respect for the actress, saying, ‘F–king hell … I love her.’