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Snubbed by Oscar, Affleck Wins Critics' Choice Top Honors

He takes best director and best film for 'Argo'

(Newser) - The Critics' Choice Awards are generally a good barometer for the Oscars, which makes Ben Affleck's night a bittersweet one. He took home honors for best director and best film last night for Argo, hours after failing to even get nominated in the directors' category for an Academy Award....

Lincoln Leads Oscar Noms With 12

Notable Academy Award snubs: Kathryn Bigelow, Ben Affleck, Tom Hooper

(Newser) - Lincoln ruled at this morning's Academy Award nominations announcement, scoring nods in the Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay categories. In all, the Steven Spielberg drama leads with 12 nominations, the AP reports. Eight other Best Picture nominees were...

Breaking Dawn Gets 11 Razzie Noms

And bad film awards show only has 10 categories

(Newser) - A nice bit of schadenfreude for Twilight haters: Breaking Dawn Part 2, the merciful final installment in the vampire saga, leads this year's nominations for the Golden Raspberry Awards (aka Razzies), which honor the year's worst films. It managed to grab a nomination in each of the 10...

12 Co-Stars Who Also Co-Starred in Each Others' Weddings

In the end, 'Jack' walked 'Rose' down the aisle

(Newser) - Admit it: You let out a big "awww" when you heard that Leonardo DiCaprio (aka Jack from Titanic) walked Kate Winslet (aka Rose from aforementioned Titanic) down the aisle at her third wedding . The Huffington Post rounds up 11 more celebrity co-stars who participated in each others' weddings:
  • Victor
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Who Gets John Kerry's Senate Seat?

Scott Brown is a good bet, but Kennedys are dropping hints

(Newser) - John Kerry's confirmation hearings for secretary of State haven't yet started, but that's not stopping quite a crowd from measuring the drapes for his Senate office. According to Massachusetts state law, Gov. Deval Patrick would appoint Kerry's successor—likely a placeholder—then a special election would...

Obama Nominates John Kerry for State

Barring a confirmation surprise, he will replace Hillary Clinton

(Newser) - The not-so-surprising leaks were right on the money: President Obama today picked John Kerry to be his next secretary of state, reports AP . "I'm very proud to announce my choice," said the president, adding that Kerry's whole life and career "has prepared him for this...

Ben Affleck for Senate? He Won't Say

Plus, Putin offers Depardieu a Russian passport

(Newser) - John Kerry is likely to leave his Massachusetts Senate seat to become secretary of state, and the rumor mill has now churned out one Ben Affleck to add to the list of his possible replacements. Affleck was actually meeting with Kerry and other lawmakers in DC yesterday to talk about...

Lincoln Rules Golden Globe Nominations

Snags 7 nominations, including best picture, best director

(Newser) - Lincoln was the big winner when Golden Globes nominees were announced this morning; the Steven Spielberg biopic received seven nominations including best motion picture drama, best director, and acting nods for Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, and Sally Field. The other best picture nominees were Argo, Django Unchained, Life of ...

Boy Band Makes Barbara Walters' 'Most Fascinating'

List also includes '50 Shades of Grey' author

(Newser) - Barbara Walters continues her trend of choosing some pretty fluffy people for her annual "Most Fascinating" list: Last year , the Kardashians, Pippa Middleton, Donald Trump, and Katy Perry made the cut; this year, she selected UK boy band One Direction, Fifty Shades of Grey author EL James, Ben Affleck,...

Cloud Atlas Fizzles
 Cloud Atlas Fizzles 
box office
Oct 28, 2012 1:38 PM CDT

Cloud Atlas Fizzles

While Ben Affleck's 'Argo' rises to the top

(Newser) - Either Argo triumphed at the weekend box office, or Hollywood's other offerings were just too weak to compete, the LA Times reports. Ben Affleck's rescue thriller snagged the top spot in its third week with $12.4 million—the year's second-lowest No.1—followed by The Possession...

18 Stars You'd Never Guess Are Related

Brad and Angie both have political ties

(Newser) - You may have heard that Ancestry.com just uncovered a link between four famous Canadians: Yep, Justin Bieber, Ryan Gosling, Celine Dion, and Avril Lavigne are all distantly related. Celebuzz reveals more celebrities and other VIPs who are actually family:
  • Hillary Clinton and Angelina Jolie are ninth cousins twice removed.
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14 Insane Celebrity Purchases
 14 Insane Celebrity Purchases 
Oct 20, 2012 7:16 AM CDT

14 Insane Celebrity Purchases

Ben Affleck uses his $2.5K rug ... as a bath mat

(Newser) - Celebrities: Sometimes they're just like us ; other times ... well, not so much. Celebuzz rounds up 14 totally outrageous celebrity purchases that will remind you, you're not one of them:
  • A pushy sales guy in Turkey convinced Ben Affleck to purchase a $2,500 rug ... but with no place
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Ben Affleck's Argo Can't Unseat the No. 1 Film

Liam Neeson wins again with 'Taken 2'

(Newser) - Liam Neeson edged Ben Affleck at the box office this weekend as Taken 2 banked $22.5 million and the Affleck-directed political thriller Argo debuted at $20.1 million, says the Hollywood Reporter . The micro-budgeted horror film Sinister ($18.3 million) beat expectations by taking third, followed by Hotel Transylvania ...

Affleck&#39;s Argo Has It All
 Affleck's Argo  Has It All 
movie review
Oct 12, 2012 11:11 AM CDT

Affleck's Argo Has It All

Iran hostage crisis at center of actor/director's latest

(Newser) - Ben Affleck's latest directorial effort tells the (mostly) true story of an unusual element of the Iran hostage crisis: A CIA boss, played by Affleck, gets a few hostages to safety by having them pretend to be a Canadian film crew. Argo is winning rave reviews:
  • Get ready to
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Jennifer, Ben Name New Baby...

Samuel Garner Affleck, Ben announces on Facebook

(Newser) - Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are the parents of a baby boy, reports Us Weekly . They're no strangers to the unique-celeb-name-game—their daughters are Violet, 6, and Seraphina, 3—but they went with something a bit more traditional for the new addition: Samuel Garner Affleck. The proud papa announced...

Ben Affleck Lends Star Power on African Atrocities

He and 'Washington Post' columnist hear tales of LRA brutalities

(Newser) - Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army have been terrorizing central Africa for years, "but the net around him tightens," writes Michael Gerson in the Washington Post . Gerson accompanied Ben Affleck, who founded the Eastern Congo Initiative , to the region to hear first-hand the tales of atrocities...

Damon, Affleck Making Whitey Bulger Flick

Sopranos writer to pen script

(Newser) - The Whitey Bulger story begs for the cinematic treatment—and it’s getting just that, courtesy of two guys who know a thing or two about Boston. Ben Affleck will direct Matt Damon as Bulger in the Warner Bros. release, with a script by Sopranos writer/producer Terence Winter. “I...

Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck Expecting Baby No. 3
 Jen, Ben Expecting Baby No. 3 
Aug 23, 2011 9:14 AM CDT

Jen, Ben Expecting Baby No. 3

Couple is 'thrilled' at new addition

(Newser) - Baby No. 3 is on the way for Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck, the couple announced yesterday. The two 39-year-olds, who wed in 2005, are already parents to Violet, 5, and Seraphina, 2, the AP notes. In a statement, they said they are “thrilled” to be welcoming a new...

GOP Uses Ben Affleck Movie for Inspiration

House leaders play clip from 'The Town'

(Newser) - One of the weirder nuggets to emerge from the behind-the-scenes wrangling on the debt ceiling comes from the Washington Post , which reports that House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy played a clip from a Ben Affleck movie yesterday in a bid to foster unity among his fellow Republicans. In the scene...

8 Celebs Whose Addictions Shocked Us

Daniel Radcliffe's admission is far from the first to surprise

(Newser) - Raise your hand if you were shocked to read that Harry Potter—er, Daniel Radcliffe— had a drinking problem . Well, you weren't the only one. The Frisky rounds up seven more celebs whose addictions surprised the world:
  • Demi Moore: She was addicted to cocaine in the '80s, but
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