Break Ups “Inadequate” Ben Affleck Although PEOPLE’s cover story about the Ben Affleck Jennifer Garner divorce focuses primarily on how Jen’s dealing with the “ultimate betrayal”, the magazine does try to offer a rationale for Ben’s attitude about the end of his marriage. As you know, Team Affleck has repeatedly denied the By Lainey • Aug 06, 2015 12:04 pm
Break Ups Jennifer Garner: Diary of the Best Mom The cover of the new issue of PEOPLE Magazine features Jennifer Garner’s “heartbreak” with an inset of a crusty-looking Ben Affleck and the word “nanny” just below his face. How can the MiniVan Majority resist that? While the magazine makes a point of reiterating that Ben has denied the By Lainey • Aug 05, 2015 10:59 am
Dumbass Eavesdropping on the nanny STAR Magazine has creeper shots of Christine Ouzounian at the Hotel Bel Air that were taken on Sunday. They call it an “ultra-exclusive” property. And it’s not cheap either. Just wanted to set the setting. Anyway, as you can see, most of the shots were taken on an iPhone By Lainey • Aug 04, 2015 10:09 am
Dumbass Ben Affleck’s nanny problems Today is the last day of July. It’s been a great month in gossip. Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, and Katy Perry gave us Girl Sh-t. Drake and Meek Mill are giving us Boy Sh-t. Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton gave us Country Sh-t. But the smuttiest sh-t belongs to By Lainey • Jul 31, 2015 09:30 am
Cheating Loins The nanny loves Ben Affleck US Weekly published an exclusive yesterday about Ben Affleck’s affair with former nanny Christine Ouzounian, scooping PEOPLE Magazine. PEOPLE followed shortly after with a strong denial from Ben Affleck; his rep claimed that they were considering legal options. Sure. But in that same post, PEOPLE goes on to reiterate By Lainey • Jul 30, 2015 11:14 am
Cheating Loins Ben’s denials and the tabloid competition US Weekly’s cover story about Ben Affleck dating the nanny is a major get for the magazine, especially over PEOPLE. His publicist has been working hard to get out the denial, telling Gossip Cop that: “People’s lives are at stake, and they chose to try to sell more By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 11:48 am
Break Ups Ben Affleck and the nanny US Weekly has the exclusive – Ben Affleck is dating a woman who used to be the nanny. Her name is Christine Ouzounian, 28 years old. Supposedly she and Ben started dating during Ben and Jennifer Garner’s secret 10 month trial separation. Whatever. We’ve already analysed the legitimacy of By Lainey • Jul 29, 2015 09:05 am
Break Ups Ben & Jen’s family weekend Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton took the heat off Ben Affleck last week. Now that Miranda and Blake are trying to make it all go away by tweeting at each other like everything’s all good, let’s check back in with Ben and Jen. This weekend they were in By Lainey • Jul 27, 2015 01:00 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Ben brings the puppy Ben Affleck is back in Atlanta to spend time with his children who are there with Jennifer Garner. Yesterday he was seen wearing his ring with the family’s new puppy, adopted in May, a golden retriever. A source told PEOPLE that the puppy is a sign that Ben and By Lainey • Jul 21, 2015 11:48 am
Media Manipulation Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner: ring off, ring on Ben Affleck at Comic-Con. As expected, as predicted, he went there and did his job. A few self-deprecating remarks here and there, looking weary, which elicited compassion, and talked about how he was perfect for the Batfleck role because he’s a “burnout”. Textbook. Then again, as Sarah told me, By Lainey • Jul 13, 2015 11:06 am
Break Ups Ben Affleck’s plan and more Gone Girl insight The plan, as I’ve been telling you all along, was to let Batman take over. To give the divorce gossip its due time before crushing it with work talk and superhero excitement. And now we’re seeing the rollout. Warner Bros announced yesterday that Ben Affleck will begin directing By Lainey • Jul 10, 2015 10:07 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Ben Affleck: parent on location and looking back on Nick Dunne As we saw yesterday, Ben Affleck flew to Atlanta earlier this week to be with his kids. Jennifer Garner is shooting a movie there. According to PEOPLE, there’s a guest house on Jennifer’s rental property. And on Wednesday, while she was working, he took his kids out for By Lainey • Jul 09, 2015 11:28 am
Break Ups Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner make the covers As expected, most magazines will feature the Ben Affleck Jennifer Garner breakup on their covers this week, with PEOPLE and US leading the way. Let’s start with PEOPLE, always more celebrity-friendly, and especially in this case, since they were the first to receive the official divorce statement from the By Lainey • Jul 08, 2015 09:52 am
Break Ups Jennifer Garner gets back to work Pop Sugar has the exclusive photos of Jennifer Garner on Monday on the set of her new movie Miracles From Heaven. Click here to see. Her hair is lighter and there’s a ring on her finger. Just like there was a ring on Ben Affleck’s finger in the By Lainey • Jul 07, 2015 11:50 am
Break Ups Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner: the first “after” photos PEOPLE has the exclusive first photos of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner since they announced their divorce. They were taken in exclusive Baker’s Bay, where, as I reported last week, they were previously on family holiday together in March. Click here for a refresher. As I noted in that By Lainey • Jul 06, 2015 10:19 am
Break Ups Ben Affleck is Don Draper, again The fascinating thing about A-list breakups isn’t always the mechanics of “why.” It’s often not hard to understand why: big egos, long stretches of time apart, an endless line of hot people to have affairs with, professional jealousy. When the breakup involves a couple that, over the years, By Maria • Jul 06, 2015 09:10 am