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Jennifer Lopez is ready for kids again … just as soon as she’s sure her marriage is stable.

Although J.Lo isn’t currently pregnant (we caught her sipping a glass of Champagne at Topshop’s opening), the megastar is gearing up to expand her brood. “I could talk for a year about my kids,” she said afterward at the dinner at Balthazar, adding that the best thing about being a mom is “everything!”

Hubby Marc Anthony was more vocal about his desire to have a larger family right away. “I hope [we have more kids on the way] soon!” he told us, earning an enthusiastic nod from his wife of nearly five years.

The couple appears to be in perfect harmony. During Wednesday night’s fete, the two even chorused to Jennifer Hudson’s “I Love You I Do.” But insiders say that despite outward appearances, Lopez is desperately trying to save her marriage.

“Jennifer is determined to make it work with Marc,” a source close to the couple confides. “But these two have serious, serious issues. Jennifer feels like Marc is holding her career back, and she was sick of his social butterfly mentality while she stayed at home with the twins. There are times when she’s had it, and close to ending it. She’ll throw down her ring and say, ‘That’s it.’ But when Marc realizes he’s about to lose her, he comes right back to Mommy. She enhances his life — she’s a huge star and good for him, and he does love her. And really, all their fighting makes for some fiery passion in the bedroom.”

And while J.Lo has always wanted a big family, she isn’t ready to make that commitment until she’s certain she and Marc will last.

“She wants to make sure her marriage is secure before she has more kids,” says the pal. “Jennifer needs to ascertain that Marc will assume his half of the parental responsibility.

“She will never give up the red carpet, and certainly doesn’t want to be barefoot and pregnant, locked down or locked up. She wants to give [1-year-olds Max and Emme] siblings, but she loves the attention of the spotlight. She does not want to be a stay-at-home mom.”

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The last time the public were treated to a sight of Jennifer Lopez’s baby twins Max and Emme, magazines had paid $6million for the privilege.

But fans attending the New York concert of J.Lo’s husband Marc Anthony got to see the babies for the bargain price of their concert ticket.

Halfway through his gig at Madison Square Garden on Valentine’s Day, Jennifer stunned fans when she walked on stage carrying their twins, who will turn one this Sunday.

While mum Jennifer kept it short and sexy in a little black dress and Christian Louboutin high heels, the twins were dressed to the nines for their first on-stage experience.

Max was dressed in a black suit and bow tie, while Emme was adorned in an oversized pink frilly dress and matching bow in her short brown curls.

The twins, who look remarkably like their father, were wide-eyed and shy as they faced the thousands of screaming fans.

Throughout the concert, the 39-year-old watched her husband, 40, in action from the front row, while the children were kept in the quieter backstage area, presumably with a family member or nanny.

After the concert, the twins were put to bed – giving mum and dad some time alone at top Manhattan restaurant Cipriani.

The family scene on stage couldn’t have been more different from the press reports surrounding the couple two months ago.

In December, it was claimed the couple would announce their split on Valentine’s Day, ironically the same day Jennifer’s ex-boyfriend Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs announced the end of their relationship eight years ago.

The couple, who have been married for four years, renewed their vows in a ’spur of the moment’ decision during an early morning ceremony in the penthouse suite of Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas last October.

Jennifer and Marc’s first marriage was a low-key, secret ceremony in the back garden of her Beverly Hills home.

The ceremony came just four months after J.Lo announced she had ended her engagement to Ben Affleck.

But on Saturday, the couple looked every inch the happily married couple, with Jennifer showing off the wedding ring she has often removed in recent months.

Attending the Golden Globes in January, her ring was noticeably absent, fuelling reports at the time their marriage was in trouble.

But the Love Don’t Cost A Thing singer simply insisted the pricey gem didn’t go with her gold outfit.

She said: ‘Every time I’m not wearing my ring, people think I’m getting divorced. Divorce is not, and never was, an option.’

The couple’s marriage is the third for Jennifer and second for Marc, who has three children from previous relationships.

The Out Of Sight actress was previously married to Cuban waiter Ojani Noa for 10 months in the late 1990s and choreographer Cris Judd from 2001 to 2003.

Marc has two sons Cristian, eight, and Ryan, five, with ex-wife Dayanara Torres, who he divorced four days before marrying Jennifer, and a 14-year-old daughter Ariana with ex-girlfriend Debbie Rosado.

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Jennifer Lopez’s excuse for not wearing her engagement and wedding rings at the Golden Globes earlier this month was that they simply didn’t go with her dress.

She and 3rd husband Marc Anthony have denied the persistent rumours of marital strife but NOW can reveal that Jennifer, 39, has secretly seen a lawyer to investigate the logistics of a divorce.

‘She and Marc are fighting like cat and dog over everything,’ reveals a source.

The proof of this was never more evident than on New Years’ Eve, when a spat at the La Concha hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, turned embarrassingly public just after midnight.

A furious looking Marc ‘was wagging his finger in [Jennifer’s] face and appeared to be scolding her’, an eyewitness revealed. ‘She looked miserable.’

Many of the couple’s ongoing disputes are over how to raise 11-month-old twins Max and Emme.

Marc is a devout Catholic, as was Jennifer when they met. But in the past two years she’s developed an interest in Scientology – of which her father David is a devotee – with the help of her best friend, 38-year-old actress Leah Remini.

One source says: ‘J-Lo feels that it would be beneficial for them to have Scientology in their lives. She keeps arguing that her father is the most decent man she knows and she’d be happy if her twins grow up with even some of his values. J-Lo has even said she would consider sending them to a Scientology school.’

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After weeks of speculation that Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony were on the verge of a split, J. Lo finally put the rumors to rest in an exclusive interview with In Touch on January 11. “Every time I’m not wearing my ring, people think I’m getting divorced,” Jennifer tells In Touch. “Divorce is not — and was never — an option.” Jennifer’s close friend, Benny Medina adds that “Jennifer and Marc are committed to the future and to one another. All the rumors are just that — rumors.”

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Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony walked the red carpet together at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards.

Lopez — who was not wearing her wedding ring — donned a mashed gold bugle beaded embroidered long draped dress by Marchesa.

The couple’s major public outing comes a month after multiple sources confirmed to Us Weekly that their marriage is at a breaking point.

“They both didn’t wear their rings on purpose,” a mutual pal of the married couple of four years (who renewed their vows in October) told Us. “Nothing Jennifer does is without purpose.”

Anthony’s rep has insisted, “They are doing great.”

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Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony may have renewed their wedding vows a mere three months ago, but their rocky romance will likely bite the dust right after Valentine’s Day, says an insider.

“Marc and Jennifer are planning on announcing their divorce right after Marc’s show at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 14,” a friend of the couple tells us. “Jennifer is planning on joining Marc onstage for a surprise duet. Things haven’t been right for a while now, and they thought it would be a bittersweet farewell.”

Definitely one for theatrics in arenas, J.Lo confessed her pregnancy at a sold-out show in Miami during her El Cantante tour in November 2007 and will employ the same shock value a second time around.

“They’re definitely planning a clean break in February,” the source insists.

The couple, who have been married just over four years and are the parents of 10-month-old twins Max and Esme, renewed their vows in a surprise Las Vegas ceremony back in October, but sources close to the pair say that it didn’t help, and that their relationship has been on a downward spiral in recent months. Lopez, 39, set tongues wagging when she arrived at “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” premiere in early December without her wedding or engagement rings.

Similarly, Marc, 40, has been spotted ditching his own wedding band at N.Y.C. hot spots such as Bungalow 8. He was also caught partying — bandless — with pal Eva Longoria Parker at Lavo in Las Vegas on Dec. 8.

“They were there along with Russell Crowe and his brother Bigram [Zayas]. Marc had been needing to blow off some steam for a while, and this was a good chance to do it. He was trying to be on his best behavior because there were photographers around, so he didn’t get too crazy, but he had fun without Jennifer,” a spy tells us. “Marc’s ready to move on. The fighting has been too much for him to handle lately.”

A rep for Anthony would only say that “none of the rumors are true”; a rep for Lopez didn’t respond.

Unfortunately for Jenny from the Block, this is one unfunny Valentine.

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BOTH Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have recently been photographed without their wedding rings, but the marital discord apparently started much earlier. Despite the fact that the couple renewed its vows in October, a source tells Page Six that Lopez used to send her assistant on tour with Anthony while she stayed at home with their twins. “She wanted reports back so he didn’t cheat on her,” says our source. Lopez and Anthony are also reportedly selling the $8.5 million Bel Air estate where they were wed in June 2004. Lopez’s rep did not respond to a request for comment.

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The new issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands tomorrow, reveals the behind-the-scenes crisis going on in Jennifer Lopez’s third marriage to Marc Anthony.

Rumors swirled that Lopez’s marriage was on the rocks after she showed up to the premiere of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button last week without her 8-carat diamond engagement ring, wedding band – or ever present husband, Marc Anthony (who was spotted in Las Vegas sans wedding band the weekend before).

Multiple sources confirm to to Us Weekly their marriage is at a breaking point.

“They both didn’t wear their rings on purpose,” a mutual pal of the married couple of four years (who renewed their vows in October) tells Us. “Nothing Jennifer does is without purpose.”

While Anthony’s rep insists to Us, “They are doing great,” a source tells Us deep trouble has been brewing.

“He’s very, very controlling of her,” a close Anthony pal tells Us. “The skirts aren’t as short. You don’t see so much of that booty anymore.” The new Us Weekly also reports that Anthony also picks out Lopez’s clothes and keeps tabs on her phone calls.

But Lopez — who once claimed she “loved getting his opinions” — has become less interested in his approval since the birth of their 10-month-old twins, Max and Emme.

“She walks in from work, washes her hands and grabs the babies,” a longtime friend tells Us. “With him, it’s almost like, ‘Ugh, they’re crying again?’”

Another problem: Lopez — who once commanded $15 million per film — “blames Marc for her career going down the tubes,” says a mutual pal, adding that she’s bitter about the failure of their 2006 drama, El Cantante, which only grossed $7.5 million. (Her 2002 flick Maid in Manhattan earned over $94 million.)

“Jennifer looked around and said, ‘This is my life now? I’m a Long Island housewife?’” a pal says. “She hates that everything she worked for went down the tubes.”

Lopez isn’t the only one with growing resentment toward her husband. Her best friend, Leah Remini, also can’t stand him.

“It if was up to her, Leah would just break them up today,” a pal says.

Anthony has also been badmouthing his wife. One night after their tense family Thanksgiving in which the couple “didn’t sit together,” Anthony hit NYC hotspots Bungalow 8 and Marquee, where he was spotted with his hand on a woman’s thigh and overheard complaining about his wife to a group of women, “telling them, ‘She’s making me miserable,’” a source says.

His club spree didn’t stop there: The next night, he was photographed by TMZ.com partying sans wedding band with pal Eva Longoria Parker and Russell Crowe in Las Vegas. (A source says, “According to Jennifer, he didn’t cheat.”)

The pair, who hadn’t been spotted together since Oct. 23 — and the very public removal of their wedding bands — had dinner Tuesday at Beverly Hills restaurant Luau, which they left holding hands.

(Lopez is no stranger to shows of strength, though: after she and Ben Affleck called off their first wedding, they had dinner at the paparazzi-laden Ivy restaurant in L.A.)

For more details on Anthony’s creepy control issues and how they drive Lopez to tears, pick up the newest issue of Us Weekly, on stands tomorrow.

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While it’s only been nine months since Jennifer Lopez gave birth to twins Max and Emme, baby-bump watchers may want to keep the singer in their sights. According to In Touch Weekly, Lopez and proud papa Marc Anthony are already planning to broaden their brood.

“They were advised to wait six months after she gave birth,” a family friend revealed. “They listened to their doctor’s advice, but now they’re trying to make one more baby.”

In fact, given how well Lopez has taken to all things maternal, the insider hints that the power pair may not stop there.

“Jennifer can’t believe how much she loves motherhood,” the friend said. “Of course, she always knew she wanted to be a mom one day, but she wasn’t quite prepared for the overwhelming joy these children have given her or how it’s really cemented her relationship with Marc. She would love a full house!”

A full house? Maybe they can get a bulk deal on those diamond-encrusted rattles.

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