Normally, I would not have much to say about Ben Affleck standing around outside, but, well, due to the ongoing and very serious wildfires around LA interrupting publicity schedules, it’s this or pictures of B-list celebrities at the farmer’s market, so…here is Ben Affleck with Violet Affleck, who is back home from Yale, presumably to check on her family and friends as wildfires continue to rage around LA. (Don’t get me wrong, events SHOULD be cancelled, everyone is making the right call, it just means photos are getting skint.)
As Lainey covered last week, Ben and Jennifer Lopez finalized their divorce to kick off 2025. Bennifer is over (again), but they’re still linked through movies. With Unstoppable almost in the rearview—it hits Prime Video on the 16th—they still have Kiss of the Spider Woman, which will premiere at Sundance, and was produced through Affleck’s shingle, Artists Equity. I don’t expect Affleck to show up for Kiss, though, just as he didn’t for Unstoppable. His company is behind it, but he’s not one of the hands-on producers. Still, it’s the last link in the professional Bennifer chain. Privately, it seems like their kids are remaining friendly, so they might never really be free of each other. Everyone is gossip genie’ing JLo with someone new, but my prediction is these two will try it again somewhere down the line. Maybe a later in life, third-time-is-the-charm scenario.