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"Jennifer Lopez has revealed that she quit American Idol to focus on her acting. Lopez announced last week that she will not return to American Idol, but said that she had an &amp;quot;amazing run&amp;quot; on the series.   In an interview with The AP, Lopez commented that her decision to leave the Fox reality show was spurred by a renewed interest in film work. &amp;quot;I do miss doing films. I feel like the last two years with American Idol, I&amp;#039;ve really, really focused on, you know, my music,&amp;quot; Lopez explained. &amp;quot;It was all kind of very synergistic, it worked really well together.&amp;quot; She continued: &amp;quot;[Movie work] is something that I really loved, it&amp;#039;s how I kind of started in this business, and it doesn&amp;#039;t leave you. I am an actress, I need to do that, too.&amp;quot; The &amp;#039;On the Floor&amp;#039; singer also said this week that Steven Tyler&amp;#039;s decision to leave American Idol influenced her own departure. &amp;quot;We had magic. I don&amp;#039;t know, with him gone, it might be a different formula,&amp;quot; Lopez said. Lopez will spend the summer and fall on a co-headlining tour with Enrique Iglesias, which will see her perform in Montreal, Los Angeles, Paris and Prague. She lends her voice to Ice Age: Continental Drift, now playing in the US and the UK. Watch a trailer for Ice Age: Continental Drift below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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