Jon Hamm
Mad Men star Jon Hamm has signed on to co-star with Ben Affleck in the crime thriller The Town.
Hamm will play an FBI agent on the heels of a bank robber (Affleck) who is considering going straight after falling in love with a bank teller (Rebecca Hall), according to the Hollywood Reporter. Despite their romance, the teller ...
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Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have welcomed a baby girl into the world, People reports.
The actors are already parents to Violet, age 3. Reps for Garner and Affleck could not immediately be reached for comment.
The couple married in June of 2005, and had Violet in December the same year. In August, Garner told press that the two of them were "so excited" for their second child.
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Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Garner may feel like she needs an alias lately: the Golden Globe-winning actress has obtained a court order against a stalker.
Garner, 36, feels that Steven Burky is a threat to both her an her family, and says he's been harassing her since 2002, Us reports.
Garner, who is very pregnant with her second child with husband Ben Affleck, said in court papers that Burky's "obsessive and harassing...
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Jennifer Garner by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/ WireImage.com
Jennifer Garner has confirmed that she and husband Ben Affleck are expecting their second child, ending months of baby bump speculation.Garner jokingly admitted the pregnancy in an interview with Access Hollywood at Walt Disney's 10th Anniversary party for the Baby Einstein line of merchandise Wednesdy, saying, "I just had a lot of carbs for breakfast." She added, "It always makes me laugh when people say 'Is she?' 'Isn’t she?' It's like eventually you will know, so just chill out for a minute."Kidding aside, the former Alias star said she and her hubby are "so excited" for the new child, whose sex has not been revealed. Garner and Affleck married in June 2005, and Garner have birth to the couple's first daughter, Violet, in December of that year. — Adam Bryant
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Jennifer Garner by Jamie McCarthy/ WireImage.com
Are the Afflecks expecting a second child? Conflicting reports have emerged, thanks in part to comments from Jennifer Garner's Alias costar, Victor Garber. The actor seemingly announced her pregnancy to Us, saying, "Yes, she is," when asked if the couple was expecting a baby.Later in the day, though, Garber said his comments had been taken out of context. "I haven't confirmed that at all, no," E! reports. "I know they want to have another child and hopefully that's true, but I don't know that." He added, "I know that they are hoping to be, I just don't know that it's for sure. It's a very...personal thing."What is confirmed is that Garner's been seen around town sporting super-baggy tops, and has previously expressed interest in having more children with Ben Affleck in addition to their daughter, Violet. All of this leaves us with the same guessing game — and possibly a Jack Black-like slip from Garber. What do you think he meant? — Anna Dimond
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Josh Groban cameo on Jimmy Kimmel Live by Michael Desmond/ABC
After watching Jimmy Kimmel's hilarious post-Oscars "I'm F--king Ben Affleck" music video, I had one lingering thought I just couldn't put to rest: How in the world did they get stick-in-the-mud Harrison Ford to play along?Apparently, all they had to do was ask. When Affleck learned that Ford found the humor in an earlier video, in which Kimmel's girlfriend Sarah Silverman confessed to getting down with Matt Damon, they approached the Indiana Jones star and found him more than willing to play a part. Ford was just one in a shockingly large group of celebs, including Brad Pitt, Robin Williams, Cameron Diaz and Josh Groban, who were eager to make an appearance in Kimmel's jokingly vengeful retort.Even with all that star power on hand, shooting the clip took quite a while. New York's Daily News reports that the scene in which Kimmel and Affleck almost kiss required 10 takes because the pair couldn't stop laughing. But all the hard work was worth it — the video has already been vi...
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If you thought Sarah Silverman's "I'm F**king Matt Damon" was the most hilarious video you'd ever seen, wait till you get a load of what Jimmy Kimmel did to strike back last night during his post-Oscar show. Not only did he whip up a ridiculously brilliant video featuring Matt Damon's "other half," Ben Affleck, as his love interest, but he also went on to recruit what appears to be all of Hollywood to serve as backup singers. Robin Williams, Don Cheadle, Cameron Diaz, Lance Bass, Josh Groban, Harrison Ford — it’s an endless list! Brad Pitt even makes a cameo as the Fed Ex guy. All we can say after watching them walk away together in their cut-off short-shorts? Awesome. Just plain awesome. **Note: If the video is loading slowly, sit tight — a lot of people are trying to watch this at the same time!And if you don't remember how this all started, check out Sarah Silverman's "I'm F**king Matt Damon" video below. Your take: Whose video do you think was better, Sarah’s...
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Gone Baby Gone courtesy Miramax
A community has been left in shock after a young girl was taken from her home. Two young private detectives (Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan) are hired by the girls Aunt to look into the case, and they soon find themselves risking their lives in the search to bring Amanda home safely.There's been a lot of buzz about Gone Baby Gone, Ben Affleck's directorial debut, due to the Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Amy Ryan, I became interested in seeing the movie after catching a trailer for it on another Disney Blu-ray release. Casey Affleck, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman, and Michelle Monaghan were wonderful to watch, and they're joined by a number of recognizable supporting cast members.We often see one or two exclusive features for the Blu-ray release, but this disc has the same material as the DVD, with an obvious upgrade to the audio and video. Listen to writer/director Ben Affleck and writer Aaron Stockard as they provide commentary on the movie, and optional commentar...
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The Jack Ryan Collection courtesy Paramount Home Entertainment
Last summer, fans of the movies based on Tom Clancy's popular books were thrilled to hear that Paramount Home Entertainment was announcing new cinema-quality high definition releases of all four films in The Jack Ryan Collection. These Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD sets would include Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin in The Hunt for Red October, Harrison Ford in Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger, and Ben Affleck with Morgan Freeman in The Sum of All Fears. The releases were all to be the "Special Collector's Edition" versions, incorporating all the bonus material found on the similarly titled DVDs... but with 1080p quality video!People, myself included, were excited, and this was certainly high on most want lists. The release date for versions in both formats was going to be Sept. 25th. But then, in August, Paramount announced that they would no longer support the Blu-ray format, and that effective immediately all future hi-def releases would be HD DVD only. A "BD" version of The Jac...
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Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan in Gone Baby Gone courtesy Miramax Films
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Disney has yanked Ben Affleck's directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, from the London Film Festival, where it was to have had its U.K. premiere, because its plot too closely mirrors the unfolding real-life mystery surrounding Madeleine McCann, a youngster who went missing in May in Portugal. Although Mr. Jennifer Garner's flick takes place in Boston, not Portugal, and is based on a novel by Dennis Lehane (of Mystic River), the Mouse still maintains that it has postponed the movie's debut for "the right reasons." Meaning, so far as I can tell, stupidity. Gone Baby Gone will get an American release Oct. 19. Provided nobody goes missing in Sweden.
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