Books Ben-Ana at the protest Let’s catch up with Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas. It’s been a few days. And yesterday they stepped out in Venice to support Black Lives Matter and those protesting the demolition of First Baptist Church. March for #GeorgeFloyd in #Venice today. Blessed to have @BenAffleck express awareness By Lainey • Jun 03, 2020 01:22 pm
BFFs Ben-Ana: another road trip? Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas were photographed, as usual, yesterday. What wasn’t usual was that they were packing up the car, with both dogs, and a few backpacks and what looked like overnight bags. Also plenty of refreshments. Seems like it could be a road trip? Or a By Lainey • May 29, 2020 10:10 am
Gossip Nostalgia Matt Damon calls in As we know, Matt Damon and his family have been in Ireland during lockdown because production on The Last Duel moved there. Apparently there’s been a local radio station, Spin 1038, trying to get him to call in. So he finally called in. And complimented Ireland’s Prime Minister, By Lainey • May 13, 2020 09:38 am
Matt Damon Matt Damon: Isolation in Ireland We’ve seen a lot of Matt Damon’s friends during the COVID-19 lockdown. Over in LA, Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas have been stepping out almost daily to walk their dogs. Chris Hemsworth has been photographed at the beach with Elsa Pataky in Australia. And John Krasinski’ By Lainey • Apr 07, 2020 10:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Ben Affleck is blonde What have I been telling you about this movie?! The movie is The Last Duel, starring Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Adam Driver, directed by Ridley Scott, about a couple of 14th century Frenchmen who fight each other over whether or not the other raped his wife – already a problematic By Lainey • Feb 28, 2020 11:30 am
Amazingness Matt Damon’s mullet As noted in the previous post, Ben Affleck is currently promoting The Way Back. When that’s done, he’ll likely return to production on The Last Duel, alongside Matt Damon. It’s scheduled to be released at Christmas which is ambitious. Because Christmas movies are either for the box By Lainey • Feb 19, 2020 11:28 am
Christian Bale Matt Damon tells a story Ford vs Ferrari opens next week – Sarah reviewed the film in September at TIFF – and there are a lot of people who think it could be an Oscar contender, with both leads, Christian Bale and Matt Damon, submitted in the Best Actor category. Which means they’re going to head By Lainey • Nov 05, 2019 10:07 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Men Doing Men Things in Ford v Ferrari Ford v Ferrari, an old-school get-er-done drama in which Men do important Men Things and somehow Change The World with their Men Things, is your dad’s favorite film of the year. It’s a period drama soft-lobbed right down the middle, well-crafted and loaded By Sarah • Sep 11, 2019 04:41 pm
BFFs Matt & Ben together again I just posted about Matt Damon last week and how he’s been enjoying a quieter summer before what should be a busy fall season with the release of Ford vs Ferrari, his upcoming film co-starring Christian Bale. People are already expecting it to be an Oscar contender and By Lainey • Jul 23, 2019 09:28 am
BFFs Chris, Matt, Elsa, Luciana: birthday on holiday Elsa Pataky’s birthday is on July 18. She’s been on holiday with Chris Hemsworth and their close friends Matt and Luciana Damon in Ibiza. There’s a whole crew of friends who have joined. Here they all are on the beach celebrating together. It’s not a small By Lainey • Jul 16, 2019 11:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Matt Damon’s quiet summer Not that Matt Damon’s been loud over the last few years. Or in general. I’m referring really to what might be a much busier fall with the release of Ford vs Ferrari. Sarah posted enthusiastically about the trailer a few weeks ago and with both Matt and Christian By Lainey • Jul 12, 2019 11:03 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Boy sh-t at the race track One of the most fun things I have ever done in my life was go to a test track and drive a 1967 Shelby GT500. I’ve always loved Corvettes, and the way they look like they’re eating the road as they drive, but my boyfriend’s dad was By Sarah • Jun 03, 2019 12:29 pm
TV Updates Intro for December 17, 2018 Dear Gossips, “I certainly didn’t come all this way to suck.” – Matt Damon during his monologue this weekend on Saturday Night Live. And he definitely didn’t suck. It was the strongest episode of the season. It may have been the strongest episode in a year. And it was By Lainey • Dec 17, 2018 09:35 am
BFFs Emily Blunt: Outfit of the Week The Outfit of the Week posts are usually on the LifeStyle page. The reason it’s being featured here is that there’s more to say about Emily Blunt, particularly right now, and also about John Krasinski. But let’s start with the fashion…because THIS DRESS. I sent it By Lainey • Nov 30, 2018 01:31 pm
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
TV Updates Matt Damon is Brett Kavanaugh Adam Driver hosted Saturday Night Live’s season premiere this weekend but the headlines have so far been all about Kanye West, currently the world’s second most effective attention-whore, and Matt Damon in the cold open as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, aka the f-ckboy judge. I By Lainey • Oct 01, 2018 09:56 am
