marc anthony

Marc Anthony is known for his singing career and his high-profile marriage to Jennifer Lopez, but the man can act too.

He shows up on TNT's 'HawthoRNe' this week (Tues., Aug. 10, 9PM ET) and again next week as a possible love interest for Jada Pinkett Smith's Christina Hawthorne. As we reported back in April, Anthony will play Nick Renata, a straight-laced cop who meets Christina while investigating a child abduction.

We caught up with Anthony to hear all about working with Jada, being the set's errand boy and whether or not we'll see him on TV again soon.

TNT has confirmed that Grammy winner Marc Anthony will guest on an upcoming episode of 'HawthoRNe.'

In a statement released to AOL Television, the network revealed that Anthony will play "Nick Renata, a police officer who meets Christina Hawthorne (star Jada Pinkett Smith) while investigating a child abduction. Nick is a straight-laced cop who is intrigued by Christina's energy and passion for her patients. Time will tell if their date sparks a relationship."

The episode will air sometime in August.

According to Jennifer Lopez, raising her two-year old twins to be bilingual is made easier by her nanny, who speaks to the children in Spanish, while she and husband Marc Anthony speak to them predominately in English, she said on 'The Early Show' (weekdays, 7AM ET on CBS).

"You know, what helps so much is we have somebody who helps out with the babies every day. They have a nanny and she speaks only to them in Spanish and we speak mostly English. But they know everything. My boy counts to ten in English and Spanish. My girl asks for agua ... They mix it up," Lopez said.

Watch the video after the jump.

File this one under the header, "Thanks but no thanks." According to reps for J-Lo, Jennifer Lopez will not replace Paula Abdul on American Idol. Apparently, there's a hot rumor out there that Jennifer had some interest in taking over in light of the lack of progress in Paula's negotiations with the producers for her return.

This sounds like a bunch of malarchy. Jennifer Lopez has no need to appear on American Idol as a judge. She's got a thriving career -- something Abdul did not have when she got the Idol gig in 2002. For J-Lo to plunk herself on American Idol would likely impede her career, although it would give her lots of visibility.