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| | Ben Affleck trots out Jennifer Garner the kids for a victory lap/photo op | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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These are photos of Ben Affleck on his victory lap over the weekend with his wife Jennifer Garner and their two daughters. You?d think he would look much, much happier - he?s got a cute wife, cute kids, and his second time as director was a success. So successful, in fact, The Town took the #1 spot at the weekend box office. WOOHOO!
Actor/director Ben Affleck’s Warner Bros crime thriller is overperforming at the North American box office. Extrapolating from Friday’s $8.3M grosses and Saturday’s $9.4M (+12%), it will easily finish No. 1 this opening weekend when it was only predicted to come in 2nd. It received a “B+” CinemaScore. The R-rated movie’s estimated $23.6M was still well shy of the $28.6M of the same studio’s October 6, 2006, Boston crime thriller The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese. That “R”-rated film starred Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon and went on to win Best Picture Oscar. Affleck’s The Town is also in the running and stars Affleck, Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) and Jon Hamm (Mad Men). Warner Bros even marketed it as The Departed 2. The studio, which financed The Town 50/50 with Legendary Pictures, paired its first trailer with Inception.
For his 2nd big directing effort after Gone Baby Gone also based on a book (Chuck Hogan’s Prince Of Thieves), Affleck promoted the heck out of it. He called movie journalists personally in Hollywood, NYC, flyover country, and eventually this month’s Venice and Toronto Film Festivals. Even so, at the start of this week, expectations were for The Town to open in only second place to a teen movie — and trail by a large margin. But the tracking spiked as the big TV ad campaign kicked it up a notch in the last few days. So Warner Bros distribution czar Dan Fellman pushed up the print count. I think Hollywood underestimated The Town’s great buzz among starving adult audiences but also its coolness quotient for ages 18-to-25. Trust me, Affleck’s career trajectory rarely happens in Hollywood: from Oscar-winning co-writer to tabloid heartthrob to washed-up star after Gigli to budding director to hot actor/helmer with the #1 movie. What an Industry!
[From Deadline]
I saw The Town on Friday, and I was impressed with it for the most part. I?d give it a B+/A-, mostly for the wonderful performances by the awesome ensemble cast - Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, and Pete Postlethwaite were especially strong, but I was kind of meh on the two women, Blake Lively and Rebecca Hall. Blake really put in a good effort, trying to look and act and sound trashy, but? I don?t know. It all felt very affected. And Hall? well, her strange lips kind of took me out of the movie. Minor kvetching, I know. As for Ben Affleck as star and director. Well, he has some moments of self-indulgence. He keeps the camera on his face for too long, and there are a couple of moments where I was like, ?Um, do we need to watch his broad shoulders walking around Charlestown for a full two minutes?? But overall, he gave a solid performance and he was a solid director. As for the story? well, there was great action, and some really wonderful car chases and really suspenseful, even shocking moments. There is one major, glaring contradiction in the story, and I have no idea if it?s in the book as well, or if nobody really thought it mattered in the screenplay or whatever. I don?t want to do a spoiler, but if you saw the movie and you want to talk about it, email me!
Back to Ben and Jennifer and the kids? why does Ben always look so miserable around his wife? For the love of God, Ben! If you?re going to do a photo-op with your family, own it. Of course, Jennifer doesn?t look thrilled either. Maybe she wasn?t up for these photo ops? Haha, yeah, who am I kidding? I wonder what that negotiation was like? “I want to be touching for at least one photo.” “No.” “Please!” “Okay, one photo, but then I’m just going to sulk the rest of the time.”
Ben, Jennifer and the kids on Sept. 17 & 18, 2010. Credit: WENN and Fame.
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| | Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck: Super Saturday Family Fun | | Added 13 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Out for a fun-filled excursion, Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck took their daughter Violet to the Soccer Kids USA Super Saturday class at Crestwood Hills Park in Brentwood, CA on Saturday (September 18).
Looking ever the fabulous family, the "Good Will Huntin" hunk chatted it up with fellow spectators before taking youngest daughter Seraphina to the swing set after the on-field action.
In quite the cheerful mood, Ben is fresh off of news that his Boston-based crime thriller "The Town" took the top spot at the box office on its opening day.
"The Town" opened to an estimated $8.4 million take, beating out "Easy A" at $6.8 million and "Devil" which took in $4.9 million.
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| | Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck: Starbucks Run | | Added 13 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Stepping out for an early afternoon coffee break, Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck were spotted at Starbucks earlier today (September 17).
The ?Valentine?s Day? actress and her ?Extract? hubby both looked none too pleased to see the paparazzi as they stepped out of their Lexus, but made their way in the coffee shop anyhow to grab up some treats.
Mr Affleck has been busy promoting his latest film, ?The Town? in which he stars alongside ?Gossip Girl? Blake Lively.
During a recent press event for the film that hits theatres today, Ben revealed that he will not work with wife Jen. He told, ?I would be profoundly lucky to work with her. But something tells me that people don?t want to see real-life couples together at the movies.?
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| | Jennifer Garner: Stepping Out of Rom-Com Realm | | Added 13 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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She?s definitely been known for her prolific work in the romantic comedy genre, and now Jennifer Garner is in talks to try out a new thriller role.
The ?Catch and Release? babe has been tapped to star opposite Jeremy Renner in ?Better Living Through Chemistry,? though nothing is official yet.
In the film, Jen would play a trophy wife who introduces a small-town pharmacist to the edgy world of prescription drug abuse.
However, as things get dicier, Garner begins to plot the murder of her husband. Stay linked to the GossipCenter for the latest on this project.
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Debuting their new movie north of the border, the stars of "The Town" were out at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada on Saturday night (September 11).
Held at the Roy Thomson Hall, the film's director and star Ben Affleck worked the red carpet while his actress wife Jennifer Garner showed up to lend a little support.
Also on hand were "Gossip Girl" babe Blake Lively and "Twilight" hottie Rachelle Lefevre, as well as "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm and his girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt.
Due out in theaters this Friday (September 17), "The Town" sees "a longtime thief trying to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists, as well as the FBI agent looking to bring him and his crew down."
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| | Jennifer Garner and Violet: Santa Monica Sweethearts | | Added 13 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Tending to some end of the week duties, Jennifer Garner and daughter Violet were spotted out in Santa Monica, CA on Friday (September 10).
The ?Ghosts of Girlfriends Past? actress looked cute and casual while holding her young lady?s hand as they exited their vehicle.
In other news, Mrs Ben Affleck will be honored for her aid organization work at the second annual Power of Women luncheon coming up on September 30.
The event, which will also honor Katie Holmes, Eva Mendes, Diane Lane, Natalie Portman and Amy Adams, will take place at the Beverly Hills hotel in Los Angeles, California.
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| | Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck: Brentwood Family Fun | | Added 13 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Getting in some all important quality time, Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck were spotted out at the Brentwood Farmers Market yesterday (August 29).
The ?Catch and Release? babe and her ?Good Will Hunting? husband escorted their adorable daughters Violet and Seraphina down the street while also juggling their groceries.
Ms. Garner?s family fun came after a long week of filming her current film project ?Arthur? with Russell Brand and Helen Mirren.
During Friday?s shoot in New York City, she was spotted sporting three totally different looks all in the span of a few hours.
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| | Jennifer Garner Violet: Patty-Cake Carriage Cuties | | Added 13 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Making the most of their time in the Big Apple, Jennifer Garner and her daughter Violet Affleck were spotted out and about in Manhattan yesterday (August 24).
The ?Catch and Release? actress and her adorable little girl hit up a horse and carriage ride around Central Park, playing patty-cake and laughing as the paparazzi looked on.
In addition, Jen and Violet also took in a performance of ?Mary Poppins? at the New Amsterdam Theater in Times Square after dropping Seraphina off at home earlier in the day.
Ms. Garner recently told press she makes sure to keep a healthy lifestyle, not just for herself but also to help her daughters form good habits.
?I think if your kids see you exercising they?ll grow up exercising. They?ll assume that it?s always a part of life; if they think it feels good to move your body, they?ll want to do it as they get older.?
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| | Jennifer Garner's Rainy Day Stroll with the Girls | | Added 13 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Making their way around the Big Apple, Jennifer Garner was spotted braving the rainy weather with daughters Violet and Seraphina on Sunday night (August 15).
The former "Alias" actress toted a big red umbrella as she and a helping hand guarded the girls from the rain and paparazzi while strolling on the Upper West Side in NYC.
And while she's recently been working on a movie called "Arthur," Miss Garner has already wrapped up shooting a film called "Butter" alongside Hugh Jackman.
Due out in 2011, the comedy is set in the Midwest U.S., where "an adopted girl discovers her talent for butter carving and finds herself pitted against an ambitious local woman in their town's annual contest."
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| | In Touch: Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck are in counseling, trying to make it work | | Added 13 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner had a couple of well photographed outings recently that looked staged, in my opinion. They take pains not to be photographed together on the red carpet, and in these park outing photos they were smiling, playing with their kids and kissing. (They also went out to eat at Nobu recently.) It’s possible they were just followed by the paparazzi who stalk them daily and decided to make the best of it. They were at the park to attend their older daughter Violet’s soccer game so it’s not like they could leave. Even if they did set up the photos I can’t really blame them. They’re damned if they do, damned if they don’t, as evidenced by this story in In Touch that their marriage is allegedly in trouble but they’re working on it. Given all we know about Ben, it sounds likely even if it’s completely made up, and that’s likely to be the case too. Here’s what In Touch says, and they note that the two have been necessarily apart due to work arrangements.
Just hours after filming on the NYC set of Arthur, in which she co-stars with Russell Brand, Jennifer Garner packed up her daughters… and bounded a flight back to LA and her husband…
It had been weeks since Jennifer, 38, had been in LA with Ben, 38, and it appeared she couldn’t get home fast enough…
“Ben was so happy to have them home, he took Jen out for a romantic date to Malibu’s Nobu restaurant that weekend,” says a friend.
But it hasn’t been all smooth sailing for the couple, who recently celebrated their five-year anniversary. They’ve been in counseling since last year to work through some of their issues. “Ben was never the marrying type,” says the friend. “He is still a playboy at heart, and now that he’s getting closer to 40, he seems to be going through a midlife crisis.” But the therapy sessions seem to be working -for now. “Ben battles demons, but does his best to keep the marriage going. He loves Jen and adores his daughters, so he’s making it work.”
[From In Touch, print edition, August 16, 2010]
The thing that made me think these two might be having problems is a giant 7 carat diamond ring that Garner has been wearing occasionally. Many of you noted that it looks like a guilt gift from Affleck. He may have done it just to be sweet though and it’s a damn nice piece of jewelry! Who are we to knock a guy for giving his wife a ginormous ring?
Ben looks kind of annoyed in these photos but maybe we can chalk that up to the fact that there are several paparazzi bothering him while he’s trying to have a day out with his family. A lot of stories claim couples are having problems based on the fact that someone looks pissed off in photos. Imagine the things these guys shout while they’re taking the pictures and it’s easy to see why the celebrities are mad.
The Town is coming out on September 10 and marks Ben’s second film as a writer/director. He’s going to star in this one too, and it looks damn good. I hope that it does well at the box office and helps herald Affleck’s comeback. He’s had some minor successes but nothing big yet.
Photos are from 7/31/10. credit: Fame Pictures.
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