Ben Affleck Ben & Jen after Thanksgiving Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner stepped out today with their son Samuel. They were also photographed over the weekend with all three of their children. It was a family weekend. And there’s been a lot of family time – at least in public – lately, before Ben has to start major By Lainey • Nov 28, 2016 04:14 pm
Coincidence or conspiracy Ben & Jen for Live By Night Live By Night has started screening for industry. The film will open in limited release in December to qualify for Oscar consideration before going wide in January. And while Warner Bros is trying to seem like they’re playing it low key for a campaign, the scheduling makes it obvious By Lainey • Nov 21, 2016 02:00 pm
BFFs Project Casey Manchester By The Sea came out of festival season strong, with outstanding reviews and predictions for Oscar. Most award season experts still agree that Manchester will be nominated for several awards, including Best Picture, but I feel like in the last few weeks, people haven’t been talking about it By Lainey • Nov 15, 2016 02:19 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck is MATH-MAN The Accountant is dumb. It is so, so dumb, and I won’t try to defend it as anything other than a hella dumb movie. But it’s that special kind of stupid—a movie so ludicrously, delightfully dumb that it comes out the other side fun. Everything about The By Sarah • Oct 19, 2016 01:44 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Ben Affleck needs to stay busy Ben Affleck’s The Accountant opens on Friday. Reviews are just now being posted; I’ve read three so far. Consequence of Sound called it “dumb” and “overcomplicated”. The Hollywood Reporter said it had potential but in the end it was a “disappointment”. And Variety seemed to like it OK By Lainey • Oct 12, 2016 11:19 am
Ben Affleck "Matt and Ben" and John and Emily: Inside the Good Will Hunting live read and what it could mean for Manchester by the Sea John Krasinski had a "viral moment" last week on Good Morning America when, as he was talking about his upcoming Good Will Hunting live read, Ben Affleck surprised him with a leering grin and wave. So, imagine the audience's surprise when the real Ben and Matt By Joanna • Oct 11, 2016 12:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck’s schedule It was confirmed today that Ben Affleck’s Live By Night will open in limited release Christmas Day. Which is no surprise. As soon as they announced that the film would premiere in January, there was always the assumption that this mean that the studio would drop it in theatres By Lainey • Oct 05, 2016 11:32 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jennifer Garner’s Gossip Genie Jennifer Garner was out the other day with a friend when the paps showed up. She was in a cheeky mood, because when they started pestering her about her love life, she joked that she’s with Brad Pitt, now that he’s available (via PopSugar): I mean, it’s By Lainey • Oct 05, 2016 10:21 am
Ben Affleck Ben & Jen have breakfast Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner went for dinner last Thursday without their children. Today they stepped out together for breakfast. Like you needed reminding that their sort of maybe/maybe not separation is classy and not ugly, in contrast to, well, you know. Does that have anything to do with By Lainey • Sep 26, 2016 03:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Straddling Ben Affleck The last film Ben Affleck directed was Argo. It went on to win Best Picture. Live By Night is Ben’s next directorial feature, due out in January, although many believe that there will be a limited release in December to qualify for award season. The first trailer came out By Lainey • Sep 09, 2016 12:12 pm
Harry Potter Ben Affleck’s Harry Potter birthdays Duana and I kicked it old school when Harry Potter And The Cursed Child came out, lining up at midnight and rushing home to read it before dawn. Ben Affleck probably didn’t. He probably had it sent to him. But, if he’s anything like he used to be, By Lainey • Aug 23, 2016 04:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Batfleck pulls up his pants for Suicide Squad Big star turnout at the London premiere of Suicide Squad tonight with members of the Justice League (Batman Ben Affleck, Superman Henry Cavill, Aquaman Jason Momoa, and The Flash Ezra Miller) also showing up to support WB and DC. As you can see, Jared Leto, the Third Best Joker (I By Lainey • Aug 03, 2016 05:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ezra Miller will steal Justice League The other big superhero team Warner Brothers/DC showed off at Comic-Con is the Justice League, with the debut of the first trailer for the movie. Unlike Superhero Face Punch, which was teased for three years, this will be a relatively short wait, as Justice League—no longer “Part 1” By Sarah • Jul 25, 2016 08:54 am
BFFs Gwyneth’s old boyfriends Gwyneth Paltrow showed up for her friend Mario Batali at a dinner in New York the other night. Vanity Fair was one of the media outlets invited to cover it. Have you listened to this week’s episode of the Sasha Answers podcast yet? We begin with Sasha’s Gwyneth By Lainey • Jul 22, 2016 02:19 pm
BFFs Matt and Ben… and Casey? Matt Damon is in the middle of his worldwide Jason Bourne promo tour and with that comes a stop on Reddit. He’s done an AMA (Ask Me Anything) before for The Monument’s Men, and gave pretty thorough answers then too. Except, this time around, Matt’s doing more By Joanna • Jul 20, 2016 10:41 am
BFFs “I live inside my own heart, Matt Damon” “In your face, Charlie Murphy.” So here’s Matt Damon on the cover of the new issue of GQ ahead of the release of Jason Bourne. The article is a series of quotes. Matt’s talking about himself. And a lot of his famous friends are talking about Matt. The By Lainey • Jul 19, 2016 11:30 am
