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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are Related

Vanessa Baker — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:17:44 +0000

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have been good friends and writing partners for awhile, but now it’s reveled the two are actually distantly related, reports E! News. The New England Genealogical Society says both actors are descendants of bricklayer William Knowlton Jr., making Damon and Affleck tenth cousins, once removed.

Affleck is also revealed to be related to 16 American presidents, and Princess Diana, while Damon shares DNA with 11 former presidents.

“Ben is an eleventh cousin to Obama,” said genealogist Chris Child. “We just found that connection this week. They share a common ancestor in the Hinckley family of Cape Cod. It might be kind of one of those neat things to say at cocktail parties.”

Affleck and Garner House Hunt

Irene Ogrodnik — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:57:44 +0000

With sources confirming that Jennifer Garner is expecting baby No. 2, the actress and husband Ben Affleck are looking for a bigger home, reports People magazine.

“I guess they are looking for a bigger place now,” the couple’s pal Kevin Smith told People at a Maxim party on Saturday.

The director-actor is a long-time friend of Affleck’s and starred with Garner in 2006’s “Catch and Release.” Smith revealed to the entertainment magazine how he learned the couple were expecting.

“I saw him last week. Ben came over to watch my movie (”Zack and Miri Make a Porno”) at the house, and he told me, ‘We’re having another baby,’” recalls Smith.
The actor continued to add that Garner and Affleck were both great parents. The couple already have a 2-year-old daughter named Violet.

Jennifer Garner Pregnant?

Irene Ogrodnik — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:07:43 +0000

Tabloids went on a frenzy when Jennifer Garner’s ‘Alias’ co-star Victor Garber responded “Yes, she is,” to the question of whether Garner was pregnant.

However, according to E! News, Garber’s words were taken out of context.

“I haven’t confirmed that at all, no,” Garber said at an ABC event. “I know they want to have another child and hopefully that’s true, but I don’t know that.”

Back in May, Garner’s husband Ben Affleck reportedly told the UK’s ‘Times’ newspaper that he and his wife were expecting baby No. 2.

“We’re going to have another baby soon,” he added, “now that we’ve figured out how to do it. We want lots of kids.”

Affleck and Garner tied the knot on June 29, 2005 and had daughter Violet later that year in December.

Affleck To Sell Lopez’s Bentley Gift

andPOP Staff — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:08:52 +0000

BEN AFFLECK is selling the $300,000 Bentley his ex-fiancee JENNIFER LOPEZ bought him as a gift.

The movie star is shopping around the motor to private collectors to avoid the publicity of a big auction, according to America’s In Touch magazine.

Sources say Affleck plans to donate the proceeds from the sale to a children’s hospital in his native Boston, Massachusetts.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Baptize Daughter

andPOP Staff — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:30:14 +0000

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner had their daughter baptized on Christmas Eve.

UPI reports that the couple had their one-year-old baby baptized at Christ Church United Methodist in Charleston, West Virginia, near where Garner grew up.

Along with their daughter, Violet, Garner’s nephew, Alex, was also baptized at the same ceremony. Garner’s parents, as well as her sister and brother-in-law are members of the church.

Violet was born on Dec.1, 2005.

Ben Affleck Wants Another Baby

andPOP Staff — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:22:38 +0000

Ben Affleck is desperate to have another baby.

The ‘Hollywoodland’ actor – who already has a daughter, Violet, with wife Jennifer Garner – is keen to extend his family but is unsure about how many more children he wants.

Affleck was asked by US chat show host Ellen DeGeneres: “Will you have more? Shall I ask that question?”

To which he replied: “Sure, I would love to.”

Ellen then quizzed the star about how many more children he wanted, saying: “How many? A lot. Some people would want five or six kids and would love to have a large family.”

A nervous Affleck, 34, answered: “OK, let’s back it up there. I think I should probably talk to my wife before I talk to you.”

The ‘Good Will Hunting’ star recently confessed that his family was the most important thing in his life, and admitted that he thanks God everyday for wife Garner and daughter Violet.

He said: “I thank the Lord for my wife and child every day. I can legitimately and truthfully say I do not know what she sees in me.”

Ben Affleck in talks to Remake Clint Eastwood Film

andPOP Staff — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:26:40 +0000

Ben Affleck is reportedly in talks to direct a remake of the Clint Eastwood film “Play Misty For Me.”

The “Hollywoodland” actor, who recently made his directing debut taking the helm on “Gone, Baby, Gone,” has been approached by bosses about making the movie.

Hollywood legend Eastwood directed and starred in the original 1971 film about a DJ who is stalked by a deranged listener obsessed with the song “Misty,” by Johnny Mathis.

Eastwood is rumoured to be producing the remake, while “Lucky Number Slevin” writer Jason Smilovic is said to be writing the screenplay.

However, Affleck is yet to commit to the project.
Meanwhile, the “Good Will Hunting” star has admitted he is glad he didn’t marry ex-fiancée Jennifer Lopez.

The 34-year-old actor – who is now married to actress Jennifer Garner, with whom he has a baby daughter, Violet – is relieved his relationship with J.Lo
fell apart because his life was becoming “miserable”.

Affleck recently said: “I should never have got engaged and never gone down that route. I thought I wanted certain things, but I didn’t. I got lost and felt suffocated, miserable and gross. I had to stop and think, ‘What am I doing with my life?’”

Ben Affleck Lashes Out

andPOP Staff — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 13:54:31 +0000

Ben Affleck took a blast against paparazzi photographers at the Venice Film Festival.

Reuters reports that the actor, who was in Venice to promote his new film, “Hollywoodland,” took aim the photographers during a news conference.

“I think more and more people pay attention to actors’ private lives (and that) makes it difficult to suspend disbelief when you are going to watch their movie because really what you are thinking about is whatever you have read about them in a magazine rather than the performance they are giving, and it makes the actor’s job harder. The movies become incidental pit-stops and commercial breaks in the soap opera of their life,” Affleck said.

However, it seems not every actor agrees with Affleck.

When asked how he felt about the intrusions, Ethan Hawke said, “If the paparazzi are bothering you, it probably means you are having a pretty wonderful life.”

Ben Affleck Rushed to Hospital

Adam Gonshor — Tue, 30 May 2006 15:27:24 +0000

Ben Affleck was rushed to a Boston-area hospital Monday afternoon after suffering a painful migraine attack, according to the Boston Herald.

Affleck’s wife, Jennifer Garner, drove him to the hospital.

He was released two hours later.

A spokesperson for Affleck said he is “recuperating at home.”

Affleck has been in Cambridge, MA directing his first major motion picture, Gone, Baby, Gone.

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck Welcome Daughter

andPOP Staff — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 15:36:40 +0000

Jennifer Garner has given birth to her and husband Ben Affleck’s first child — a daughter named Violet, E! Online reports.

US Weekly reported Garner, 34, was admitted into a Los Angeles Hospital on Wednesday where labour was induced that night.

It is still unknown if the baby was born on Wednesday or Thursday.

“Ben was with her the entire time,” a source told Us.

Garner and Affleck, 33, wed in June.