Cheating Loins Jennifer Garner’s “bless his heart” smile Jennifer Garner covered Vanity Fair last year. And at the end of the article, when asked about Ben Affleck’s rising phoenix tattoo, she threw out a “bless his heart”. It was explained to me by many of you that this is Southern shade. That in the South, it’s By Lainey • Jul 12, 2017 10:24 am
Relationship Assumption Ben & Lindsay: smiling and not hiding When Ben Affleck and Lindsay Shookus were first photographed together last Thursday, confirming that they’re together, he looked pretty easy with it but she seemed kind of overwhelmed. The paps also shot her at LAX the next day, heading out of town, and she wasn’t all that comfortable By Lainey • Jul 11, 2017 11:21 am
Cheating Loins Ben Affleck’s suspicious girlfriend timeline Last Thursday, Ben Affleck went out for dinner in LA with his girlfriend Lindsay Shookus. As I mentioned at the time, even though the paps were there, Ben didn’t look particularly bothered by the fact that the public would now be aware that he’s dating again after he By Lainey • Jul 10, 2017 12:18 pm
Hook Ups Ben Affleck’s new girlfriend Exactly two years ago last Friday, Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck announced their divorce. In the two years since, there’s been all kinds of speculation as to whether or not they’re getting back together. As recently as last week, when they were on holiday with their children in By Lainey • Jul 07, 2017 09:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Math-Man Returns Today in Holy Sh*t Random But Awesome News, Warner Brothers is planning a sequel to the bonkers assassin movie, The Accountant. This is the “so dumb it’s fun” movie in which Ben Affleck plays an autistic assassin who does math on the windows because he’s a super-genius By Sarah • Jun 27, 2017 10:13 am
Break Ups Jennifer Garner’s “life after heartbreak” This week’s PEOPLE Magazine cover featured Jennifer Garner and her “life after heartbreak”. It has all the feel of an exclusive interview: Jen tells PEOPLE about how she’s moved on, where things are at between her and Ben Affleck, what she has planned going forward. Except it’s By Lainey • May 31, 2017 03:51 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Justice League uh-oh Would you be terribly surprised if I told you Justice League might be in trouble? No? Me neither. The latest warning sign comes in the form of reshoots—lots and lots of reshoots. Like, multiple rounds of reshoots, enough to be “remade…twice”. Oh boy. I bet Ben Affleck is By Sarah • May 16, 2017 02:10 pm
Ben Affleck JLO says ARod is “supportive” Jennifer Lopez performed at the Billboard Latin Music Awards in Miami last night. She sang her new Spanish single, Mirate. And she wore two dresses and I’m not sure why she bothered changing because, to me anyway, they’re exactly the same. And here’s where you tell me, By Lainey • Apr 28, 2017 11:34 am
Ben Affleck The Ben Affleck dating word order It’s been a week since Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner filed for divorce, right before Good Friday, the classic weekend gossip dump and bury. As TMZ first reported, Ben is supposedly dating someone, but “not seriously”. And as I subsequently mentioned, TMZ decided not to ask the follow-up (WHO By Lainey • Apr 20, 2017 11:11 am
Break Ups Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner’s classic move Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, possibly the most memorable example of the classic Friday dump. They announced their separation on Friday, January 7, 2005, late in the afternoon, when everyone had packed up to go home. Friday at 6pm is a lot less loud than, say, a Wednesday at 10 By Lainey • Apr 17, 2017 11:45 am
Assy Style Batman and Superman at CinemaCon As mentioned earlier, yesterday was Warner Bros’ turn to present at CinemaCon. And so they brought out the Justice League, without the superhero we care most about at this point: Wonder Woman. Gal Gadot gave birth recently so she’s not available which is why, I dunno, the whole vibe By Lainey • Mar 30, 2017 03:26 pm
Photo Assumption The Afflecks on Sunday Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner took their kids to church yesterday. And, as you can see from these photos, it’s like the last two years never happened. This shot of them angling their faces towards each other is probably making the cover of at least one weekly tabloid: BEN By Lainey • Mar 27, 2017 10:13 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Justice League steps down Last summer at Comic-Con Warner Brothers/DC unveiled the first look at Justice League, and it wasn’t completely awful. But in case you were feeling cautiously optimistic that Warners/DC could fix their sh*t and turn out a good Justice League movie—don’t. The first official trailer By Sarah • Mar 27, 2017 09:33 am
Relationship Assumption JLO & ARod: the height factor Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are currently in Miami together. They’ve been going to the gym together. And last night they stepped out for dinner together, making sure not to be photographed in the same frame. JLO knows better. She knows to wait for the perfect time before giving By Lainey • Mar 17, 2017 12:24 pm
Hollywood Drugs Ben Affleck was in treatment Ben Affleck revealed on Facebook late yesterday that he was in treatment for alcohol addiction. You may have known about this already, that he’s been making good decisions. And this was the best decision, made undoubtedly with the support of Jennifer Garner, the person who’s always been a By Lainey • Mar 15, 2017 01:02 pm
Relationship Assumption Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner: divorce on hold PEOPLE reported first thing this morning that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have called off their divorce – for now: Though the actors, both 44 — who announced their separation back in June 2015 — aren’t back together, they have decided to keep working on their marriage after going through a recent By Lainey • Mar 08, 2017 11:24 am
