50-y-o Jennifer Lopez embraces her age

Jennifer Lopez says turning 50 has been the "best moment of her life".

The Love Don't Cost a Thing hitmaker reached the landmark age in July, and although women in the entertainment business are "conditioned to think" they are finished when they have lived through five decades, she feels as though she is only improving as a performer.

In an interview with this week's issue of ES Magazine, she said: "Did I think I would be doing this at 50? I didn't think I'd stop, but I didn't know that it would be the best moment of my life.

"We're conditioned to think, as women, that it would be over by now. And the truth is, it's not like that at all. I find myself growing and getting better every year and that's exciting.

"It's ambition for sure, and also toughness. This business is not for the faint-hearted - it eats people up. To survive in it for as many years as I have, you've got to have a tough skin."