Movie Reviews and Previews Oppenheimer in Paris As we’ve mentioned a few times now in today’s posts, the deadline for the producers and the actors to reach a new deal is tonight. And if that doesn’t happen, the actors have already decided to join the writers on strike. Sarah just wrote in the previous By Lainey • Jul 12, 2023 10:47 am
Douchebags Bennifer: Carpet Kissing and a Trump F-U Let’s get the garbage out of the way first. Near the end of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s film, Air, Matt’s character, Sonny Vaccaro, delivers a monologue for Michael Jordan and his parents as he tries to persuade the Jordans to sign with Nike. It’s a By Lainey • Jun 13, 2023 12:48 pm
BFFs Air Bennifer The Air premiere was always going to be a high profile event, given that the film is directed and produced by Ben Affleck, alongside his best friend Matt Damon, and also stars Viola Davis, Chris Tucker, Jason Bateman, and more. But in addition to the ensemble, there were so many By Lainey • Mar 28, 2023 02:08 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck’s Big Air Ben Affleck’s film, Air, about how Nike’s relationship with Michael Jordan and his family produced the cultural phenomenon now known as Air Jordans, premiered at SXSW this weekend, and if the audience reaction is any indication, it’s a winner. The critics, so far, seem to agree. Not By Lainey • Mar 20, 2023 12:40 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Air but no Jordan Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s latest collaboration is Air, the story of how Sonny Vaccaro changed sports and marketing and sports marketing and shoes forever by signing a then-rookie Michael Jordan to an unprecedented contract that resulted in the Air Jordan—one of the most recognizable fashion brands in By Sarah • Feb 10, 2023 01:23 pm
Tom Brady Intro for January 13, 2023 Dear Gossips, The bankruptcy of cryptocurrency firm FTX is ongoing, and this week included the release of documents that list the company’s biggest investors, including New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Patriots lost boy Tom Brady, and recent New England ex-pat Gisele Bündchen. Brady was a brand ambassador for By Sarah • Jan 13, 2023 09:19 am
Weddings Bennifer Wedding: Guests and a No-Show As we all know by now, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s wedding reception weekend happened in Savannah and I’m hoping to get to the actual couple later because it was previously reported that Vogue was covering the event and I keep checking Vogue.com and their Instagram account By Lainey • Aug 22, 2022 10:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Bennifer and Matt Damon Holiday Schedule While his best friend Ben Affleck was in Las Vegas marrying Jennifer Lopez – now and forever NOT known as Mrs. Jennifer Lynn Affleck, LOL – Matt Damon was seen this weekend with his wife and their kids on holiday on the Amalfi Coast. They’ve actually been in Italy for at By Lainey • Jul 18, 2022 10:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck’s All-Star Cast Ben Affleck continued work on his Nike movie with Matt Damon this week. Ben and Matt worked on the script and are co-producing, Ben is also directing, and the cast includes Viola Davis too so there are three Oscar winners in this movie which will come up in the promotion, By Lainey • Jun 30, 2022 12:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Matt, Ben, and JLo It was announced earlier this year that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are reuniting onscreen for a film about how Nike signed Michael Jordan, a partnership that would result in sneaker culture as we know it now. Sneaker culture is also fashion culture, as you cannot separate the influence of By Lainey • Jun 08, 2022 01:27 pm
Top Reads Matt Damon and the crash If you haven’t heard, cryptocurrency is crashing. Smarter people than I can explain it—and do here, here, and here—but suffice it to say, the bubble burst and billions in value have been wiped out. As per usual, it’s not the billionaires suffering—oh no, they’re By Sarah • May 13, 2022 09:52 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Oppenheimer dudes Christopher Nolan’s next film, Oppenheimer, is currently filming in Los Angeles. Cillian Murphy and his near-translucent stare rings the bell for some of y’all, so here he is on set yesterday, along with Matt Damon and Dane DeHaan in period World War II-era garb. To refresh, this movie By Sarah • Apr 22, 2022 09:39 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s shoe movie Coming off The Last Duel, which reunited Ben Affleck and Matt Damon not only as co-stars but also as co-writers (along with Nicole Holofcener), Affleck and Damon are working together once again, this time on a movie about Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro, the man who built the indelible and then-revolutionary By Sarah • Apr 20, 2022 11:42 am
Cringe A Bennifer Valentine for Everyone Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were at the Super Bowl last night which she’d already talked about on Live with Kelly and Ryan last week. Every private box last night was seemingly stacked with celebrities and the box Bennifer was in was no exception. You can see Cardi and By Lainey • Feb 14, 2022 09:51 am
Top Reads Matt Damon and the Hack Matt and Luciana Damon stepped out for lunch yesterday in LA. In terms of his work as an actor, it’s been a few months since Matt was on set, but production on Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, about the “father of the atomic bomb”, is supposed to start in February. By Lainey • Jan 21, 2022 11:08 am
BFFs Ben Affleck and Matt Damon chew the fat Ben Affleck is still on the combined promotional trail for The Tender Bar and campaign trail for that movie and/or The Last Duel, neither of which have serious hopes of major awards nominations. He follows his LA Times interview with a new Entertainment Weekly cover story, with an interview By Sarah • Jan 12, 2022 12:21 pm
