Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were in Paris last night promoting Argo. Ben took his wife out for dinner after as they continue to put their romance on display in service of his Oscar campaign. Mrs. A is great at this job, a perfect politician’s wife. Also in Paris, oh look!, JLo and her slum lover. Full Story

Ben Affleck’s Argo opened pretty strong this weekend. The word of mouth is even stronger which means it’ll likely hold. Which of course means that it’s enough to satisfy the Academy, not that the Academy wasn’t already impressed. Argo is going to the ex-Kodak now-Dolby. There’s no doubt. Full Story

Argo opens this weekend. Ben Affleck has been selling it for weeks, and very, very well. He’s smiling for the paps, he’s taking his daughters out, he’s hitting parked cars and leaving considerate notes for the owner, and he covers the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter. Full Story

Ben Affleck let us see him kiss his wife on a red carpet last night. It must be Oscar time. And they say he’s good for several nominations. With a lot of studio money behind him, at this point it’s almost a guarantee. I mean, Ben would have to f-ck up hard to not be at the Dolby in February, especially with Jennifer Garner playing Michelle Obama at his side. Full Story

It’s seems a certainty right now, even though it’s early, that Ben Affleck’s Argo will be a legitimate contender for Oscar. He’s a skilled director. The actors are impressive. And the story is like porn for Oscar voters - that Hollywood had a hand in a dramatic covert international rescue. Full Story

And there’s Matt Damon and Penelope Cruz too! The Toronto International Film Festival announced its lineup today. As you know, award season really begins at TIFF. And they’re coming... Let’s deal with the ex-connection first: Ben Affleck’s new film Argo will have its world premiere at TIFF. Full Story

Ben Affleck figured it out a year ago - Jennifer Garner and his children saved his career. Oh sure, he’s a talented director, but in this celebrity environment, talent relies on public image; he’s lucky his wife is forgiving. And every reformed man in Hollywood right now must be looking at Tom Cruise relieved that it’s him and not them. Full Story

Was it?No idea.But Jennifer Garner and Jessica Biel are best friends so at some point, there had to be an invitation over to the Afflecks for barbeque, right? And since Ben is such a respected director now, Justin Timberlake would have been all over that. Justin Timberlake totally wanted to be in The Town. Full Story

Matt Damon and wife Luciana were papped leaving LA yesterday to go back to New York. I was at LAX yesterday too. Why is it such a dump??? Or it is just that I never fly out from the right terminal? There are 7 of them. I’ve been to 2, 3, and 7. Are they all sh-t, or just the ones I go to?Anyway, not sure exactly why the Damons were in Los Angeles so I’ll go ahead and assume they were there, partly, to spend time with Matt’s best friend Ben and his wife Jen and to meet the new Boy Affleck, just a week old. Full Story

Jennifer Garner covers the new issue of InStyle. A LOT of gushing happens in the article. Gushing over her husband, gushing about her marriage. There have been rumours swirling about the Afflecks for years. There have been several reports calling for their split several times. And each time I have written that I don’t see it. Full Story

This is what started it all...At the beginning of June, photos were leaked online alleged to be of Blake Lively, allegedly stolen from her cell phone, allegedly sent to a mystery recipient. The leaker was a punk, promising more compromising shots, and thanking her for the “faps”. Click here Full Story

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck were out with their daughter Seraphina yesterday and came across paps from pretty much every agency. By my count, at least 6. Despite knowing they were being shot, Ben still managed to lean in and give his wife some sugar, prompting her to smile delightedly - a smile of such genuine happiness, and therefore infectious, even I, programmed to be cynical and skeptical, choose to believe that he was doing it just to amuse her and not for an added publicity bonus. Full Story

After my article yesterday on Jennifer Lopez, Casper Smart, and how she did much better - gossip-wise - back with Ben Affleck, many of you wrote to say (including Sandy C just an hour ago) that you’d never seen the Vegas photos of JLo sitting at the poker table with Ben, realising, as the paps were shooting, that it was totally, finally over. Full Story

I am begging her, Jennifer Lopez, for the sake of Gossip, to give us something better than this. JLo was on the radio with Ryan Seacrest today who tried to get her to go there about that back-up dancer she’s dating, Casper Smart, and she was all like, I don’t want to talk about my love life until it’s someone serious because of my babies and I’m super busy right now and I don’t have time to be all multiple-dating people and whatever, and then Us Weekly Full Story