Ben Affleck Ben is his tattoo Ben Affleck’s new interview with Ellen DeGeneres to promote Triple Frontier on Netflix will air today. He looks good, relaxed, acknowledging his troubles of the past couple of years and the work he’s put in to move through them. So much so that he’s ready to take By Lainey • Mar 14, 2019 09:55 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben and Lindsay’s weekend in New York As mentioned last week in the post about Ben Affleck’s glow-up in progress, he’s been getting ready for the Triple Frontier premiere (available on Netflix this week) which happened in New York last night after the junket. Lindsay Shookus was seen leaving the junket and also at his By Lainey • Mar 04, 2019 09:14 am
Ben Affleck Ben Affleck’s glow-up? I put a question mark behind that because I don’t know yet that it’s an official “glow-up”. So can we call it a “glow-up in progress”? I posted the other day about Ben Affleck and how tidy he looked on his night out with Lindsay Shookus last weekend. By Lainey • Mar 01, 2019 01:05 pm
Relationship Assumption Ben & Lindsay on Oscar weekend Oscar weekend, for most, is a work weekend. Actors and producers and writers try to be in LA if they can so that they can show up at the parties, strike up conversations with the people they need to be talking to so that they can set up their next By Lainey • Feb 27, 2019 03:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck’s gentle return Ben Affleck was on Kimmel last night to premiere a new trailer for Triple Frontier. The film premieres on Netflix March 13, also starring Charlie Hunnam, Oscar Isaac, and Garrett Hedlund. It looks like a hard movie, like they’re going through some SH-T. What I’m trying to say By Lainey • Feb 15, 2019 02:34 pm
Relationship Assumption Ben and Lindsay back together? E! News, PEOPLE, and Us Weekly are all reporting that Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus are talking again. All stop short of saying the two are back together, but all three are saying that they’re in touch or spending time together or exploring a friendship, basically setting the groundwork By Lainey • Feb 05, 2019 03:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Batfleck is done Once upon a time, Ben Affleck was going to make a Batman movie. A lot of us assumed he took the Batman gig specifically because he would get to make a Batman movie. Then, as his run of movies as the caped crusader started rolling out and dividing audiences and By Sarah • Jan 31, 2019 11:29 am
Gossip Nostalgia Intro for January 8, 2019 Dear Gossips, As an award season junkie, I’m still not over how wide open this Oscar race is and how the Golden Globes shook up the situation – which probably makes the Hollywood Foreign Press Association very happy. They love that they’re actually a factor this year. Especially since By Lainey • Jan 08, 2019 09:16 am
BFFs Matt & Ben together again I mean, it’s not that they were ever apart, but we don’t see them together a lot these days. We see Matt Damon with Chris Hemsworth, often. A Matt and Ben Affleck sighting, however, has become more rare. The Matt + Ben thing, though, well it’s still a By Lainey • Oct 29, 2018 01:02 pm
Relationship Assumption Ben and the Millennial It was reported earlier this week that Ben Affleck and Shauna Sexton were no longer dating and that it wasn’t serious to begin with, even though they’d just gone fishing or something last weekend. A “friend” of Ben’s apparently told PEOPLE that the two were “just casual” By Lainey • Oct 11, 2018 10:56 am
Ben Affleck Brawny Ben Affleck As we know, Ben Affleck over the last few weeks has been in treatment for addiction. During this time, he’s been seen visiting his children and Jennifer Garner and also hanging out with his new girlfriend, Shauna Sexton. Last week, he was photographed at Warner Bros for a meeting, By Lainey • Oct 02, 2018 12:55 pm
Top Reads Jennifer Garner comes through Here’s Jennifer Garner yesterday, a day after taking Ben Affleck to rehab, looking pretty relaxed running errands in the neighbourhood. There must be some relief there, non? He’s in a safe place. He’s getting help. As you probably know by now, Jennifer staged an intervention on Wednesday By Lainey • Aug 24, 2018 09:39 am
Relationship Assumption Ben Affleck: takeout and sleepovers I posted on Friday about Ben Affleck’s date with Shauna Sexton, Playboy’s 2018 Miss May. They went to Nobu in Malibu. As noted in that article, Lindsay Shookus has deleted her Instagram. Ben and Shauna were seen together again this weekend. At the Jack in the Box drive-thru. By Lainey • Aug 20, 2018 09:45 am
Break Ups Ben Affleck’s dinner date Ben Affleck celebrated his birthday earlier this week. He had dinner with his kids. Lindsay Shookus wasn’t there. We haven’t seen Lindsay with Ben in a few weeks. Saturday Night Live hasn’t started up again yet so… in theory… she’d have to time to be in By Lainey • Aug 17, 2018 03:59 pm
Relationship Assumption Ben & Lindsay’s family time Lindsay Shookus’s parents were in LA for the weekend. She and Ben Affleck were photographed having dinner with them and here are some shots of all of them, including her kid, on a hike on Sunday. Family time then. Just your ordinary weekend family activity, no drama. Except, well, By Lainey • Jun 25, 2018 03:51 pm
Relationship Assumption Ben & Lindsay’s status update Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus have been seen together in LA a few times this week. Yesterday they were photographed at his office. Also yesterday ET gave us an update about their relationship. I’m curious about the motivation for this. A source tells ET that the 45-year-old actor and By Lainey • Jun 22, 2018 11:22 am