J.Lo performs at school graduation

New York – Students at a Staten Island, New York, elementary school for autistic children sure like the way Jennifer Lopez moves.

Teacher Kathy Amati and a paraprofessional showed the video for Lopez’s “Let’s Get Loud” to the students at P.S. 37. The children liked it so much, they wanted to watch it every day.

They learned the lyrics and the dance moves from the video.

With their teacher’s encouragement, they wrote to Lopez, hoping for pictures or an autograph. Instead, she asked to come to their graduation.

On Tuesday, the singer-actress performed “Let’s Get Loud” for a group of eight 10- and 11-year-olds at their graduation ceremony.

George Michael sounds off on gay marriage

San Diego – George Michael is a most happy fellow these days: He’s kicking off his first North American tour in 17 years and same-sex marriage has just been legalized in California.

“It’s way overdue,” the 44-year-old English pop star told The Associated Press. “It’s something that happened … almost without a whisper in England, but it was basically because we weren’t that concerned about the word ‘marriage.”‘

Michael, who is openly gay, said, “because this is a much more religious society, there are a huge number of people who want (their) unions to be part of something that they can place in their religion, so (marriage is) much more important here. I think that’s why it’s so long in arriving here, but I think it’s fantastic, obviously.”