Hook Ups Ben and Ana kiss on the beach It’s been a week since we found out that Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas are a thing, when they were spotted together in Cuba. Then on the weekend they were photographed heading to Costa Rica and making out at the airport. Here they are, in Costa Rica, leaving By Lainey • Mar 12, 2020 02:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben and Ana extend their holiday I posted about Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas in Cuba on Friday. Some Show Your Work details on this: I led with the article that morning because no English entertainment outlets were on it yet that day and, afterwards, as PEOPLE and E! and others started picking it up, By Lainey • Mar 09, 2020 10:08 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck in The Way Back In 2016, Ben Affleck and director Gavin O’Connor made a dumb-fun action movie called The Accountant. Now, they have reunited for a new film. Is it a sequel to The Accountant? No. Do I wish it was a sequel to The Accountant? Yes. (Will there ever be a sequel By Sarah • Mar 06, 2020 12:12 pm
Hook Ups Ben Affleck & Ana de Armas? Ana de Armas just covered Vanity Fair and after the success of Knives Out, with several projects in the pipeline, she’s breaking big. Her most recent project is the lead role opposite Ben Affleck in Deep Water, based on the Patricia Highsmith novel about a couple in an open By Lainey • Mar 06, 2020 10:09 am
BFFs Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s phone call Ben Affeck stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! yesterday as he continues to promote The Way Back. The film was directed by Gavin O’Connor who did an interview recently with 34th Street, the student-run University of Pennsylvania magazine, about the project and working with Ben. He said that he and By Lainey • Mar 04, 2020 11:21 am
Royals Ben Affleck and Janina Gavankar at the premiere It’s been a good year for Janina Gavankar. She has a role in The Morning Show, one of the most talked-about new series of 2019 and they’re working on the second season. And she co-stars with Ben Affleck in The Way Back, playing his ex-wife. And, of course, By Lainey • Mar 02, 2020 03:50 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck is blonde What have I been telling you about this movie?! The movie is The Last Duel, starring Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Adam Driver, directed by Ridley Scott, about a couple of 14th century Frenchmen who fight each other over whether or not the other raped his wife – already a problematic By Lainey • Feb 28, 2020 11:30 am
Gossip Nostalgia Ben Affleck: Jennifer Lopez “should have been nominated” We’ve just passed the 16 year anniversary of the end of Bennifer, one of most significant couples of the modern gossip era. Think back to that time, it was a new millennium, and here were (some of) the celebrity couples we were obsessed with back then: Britney Spears and By Lainey • Feb 21, 2020 10:28 am
Break Ups Ben Affleck on the pain of divorce Ben Affleck’s candid interview with The New York Times came out yesterday and today the first part of his interview with Diane Sawyer aired on Good Morning America and he’s equally as forthcoming about alcoholism and dealing with the breakdown of his marriage. Can we do a little By Lainey • Feb 20, 2020 03:15 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck comes back with a comeback movie Ben Affleck’s new film, The Way Back, comes out in a month. He plays a former high school basketball player who’s lost everything to addiction and is finding his “way back” by coaching the team from his alma mater. Obviously he knows something about his character, Jack Cunningham. By Lainey • Feb 19, 2020 10:09 am
Movie Reviews and Previews #ReleaseTheSnyderCut will never end In case you think Martin Scorsese vs. Marvel is the worst, most pointless ongoing argument on Film Twitter, allow me to introduce you to #ReleaseTheSnyderCut. It has been going strong for two years and counting, ever since Justice League was released with significant material added by Joss Whedon following Zack By Sarah • Nov 18, 2019 01:28 pm
Top Reads Ben Affleck’s “difficult and elusive” sobriety Ben Affleck has been out of rehab for a year now. Last week all the headlines about Ben were related to his romantic life – how he may or may not be using the Raya dating app to meet people. On Saturday, seemingly addressing the rumours, he posted this on social By Lainey • Oct 28, 2019 09:12 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck: apps and dating Page Six published a story last night about Ben Affleck and his single life. Their source says he’s been on the dating app Raya and that he was seen at the Hotel Bel-Air a couple of weeks ago with a “young brunette”. Apparently they seemed into each other but By Lainey • Oct 24, 2019 11:25 am
Relationship Assumption Ben Affleck’s billionaire date? Ben Affleck went out for dinner at Giorgio Baldi last night in LA and the paps say he was joined by a “mystery blonde”. They were there for three hours. So… who’s this “mystery blonde”? I don’t know for sure. But here’s a theory: Unless I am By Lainey • Oct 02, 2019 03:12 pm
BFFs Matt & Ben together again I just posted about Matt Damon last week and how he’s been enjoying a quieter summer before what should be a busy fall season with the release of Ford vs Ferrari, his upcoming film co-starring Christian Bale. People are already expecting it to be an Oscar contender and the By Lainey • Jul 23, 2019 09:28 am
Break Ups Ben Affleck’s single red pants The last time I posted about Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus, she was with him for the Triple Frontier press tour after an obvious “we’re back together rollout” via the usual entertainment media outlets. Yesterday PEOPLE broke the news they are over again because of distance. She’s based By Lainey • Apr 12, 2019 11:46 am
