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| | Mail: Ben Affleck & J.Lo's divorce documents 'are finalized, but not yet turned in' | | Added 142 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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For the past two months, the vibes have been horrendous when it comes to Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez. Initially, it seemed like they were having issues and they just needed a break from each other, or maybe they just needed to reconnect and work on their marriage. Then Jennifer flew to the Hamptons and Ben stayed in LA. Rumors abound that their marriage ?has been over for months? and they have ?deeper issues? beyond Ben?s discomfort with J.Lo?s fame. Then on J.Lo?s birthday last week, Ben stayed away. Not only that, but he closed escrow on his new bachelor pad ON her birthday. As I?ve said throughout the week, I truly believe a divorce announcement will happen soon. The Daily Mail believes the same:
Jennifer Lopezs love may not cost a thing, but her divorce to Ben Affleck sure will. Friends have claimed to DailyMail.com the 51-year-old Last Duel actor and the superstar singer, 55, are once again pushing ahead with divorce after a final attempt at reconciliation in recent weeks failed.
The couples divorce documents are finalized, but not yet turned in, multiple sources have claimed.
The news follows Affleck buying a new $20.5 million bachelor pad mansion in the Pacific Palisades on Wednesday, July 24, the day Lopez turned 55. Friends of Lopezs claimed Afflecks sudden bachelor pad purchase on her birthday had been a stab to the heart.
July 24 also marked the day Lopez also finalized the sale of her four-bedroom New York City penthouse for $23 million, People reported.
?They finalized the divorce papers with her a month ago, but are waiting for the right time to drop them, one source close to the duo claimed. At that time, they will release a joint statement that will say how they have much love for each other and how they fought to make it work, but couldnt. Honestly, in the end they could not come to a compromise. What they had before is gone and they have both accepted it, another source claimed.
[From The Daily Mail]
Oh god, what if Ben told Jennifer that she can announce their divorce in her On The JLo newsletter? What if she?s been putting it off because she still believes they can reconcile? I don?t know. I hate to say it, but I actually think the Mail is correct I think Ben and Jen have already worked out everything behind the scenes and they?re just waiting for the right moment to drop the news. I think their marriage really is over. It?s really sad. Jennifer must be devastated, honestly. I hate to do this, but I?m once again using the photos from the This Is Me? Now premiere in February, which is where many of us got our first inkling that Ben had checked out of this marriage big-time.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Backgrid, Cover Images.
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| | Kevin Costner's 'Horizon 2: An American Saga' will premiere at the Venice Film Festival | | Added 142 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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The saga of Kevin Costner?s Horizon: An American Saga continues? For those who haven?t been paying attention to Horizon (of which there are many), a quick recap: Costner walked away from his $3 million-an-episode gig with Yellowstone to film his passion project, which he stars in, directs, co-wrote, and produced with $38 million of his own money and a mortgage on his Carpinteria mansion. Oh, and his great vision for Horizon was a series of four films, each with a running time of two-to-three hours. The great payoff for Costner would be when audiences flocked to see the first installment, H:AAS ? Chapter One. If you film it, they will come. Only the people didn?t come, and the critics who had to see the movie panned it. Chapter One bombed so badly that the second film lost its mid-August release date. But I guess Costner has been working the phones, because lo and behold, H:AAS ? Chapter Two will now premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September:
Kevin Costner?s ?Horizon: An American Saga ? Chapter Two? is set to world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September after its U.S. release was pulled.
The Western epic?s second chapter was scrapped earlier this month from its planned Aug. 16 release in U.S. theaters after ?Horizon?s? first installment, which carried a $100 million budget, earned only $11 million on its opening weekend.
?Chapter Two? ? which Costner again directs and stars in alongside Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone and Danny Huston ? will bow on the Lido out-of-competition on Sept. 7. The world premiere will be preceded earlier the same day by a screening of the first ?Horizon? movie, which launched from Cannes in May to a seven-minute standing ovation.
New Line Cinema?s ?Horizon: An American Saga? is a multi-faceted depiction of the Civil War expansion and settlement of the American West. In addition to directing and starring, Costner served as a co-writer with Jon Baird (?The Explorers Guild?) and produced through his Territory Pictures.
?My dream was always to show ?Horizon: An American Saga ? Chapter Two? at the Venice Film Festival,? Costner said in a statement. ?The fact that now they have decided to show ?Chapter One? earlier in the day and then the world premiere of ?Chapter Two? that evening shows not only their belief in how the two films work together but their support of a director?s vision. I?m indebted to Alberto Barbera for his courage and leadership in committing to this cinematic journey.?
Added Barbera: ?It is a great pleasure and honor to host the world premiere of the chapter two of ?Horizon: An American Saga,? alongside its chapter one. This late addition to the lineup of the Venice Film Festival pays a heartfelt and respectful tribute to the visionary project of a great actor and director, who invested himself in the epic reconstruction of the years crucial to the found of the country, digging beyond myth in search of authenticity capable of restoring a piece of history in its complex and contradictory reality.?
In Variety?s review of the first film, chief film critic Owen Gleiberman wrote: ?Instead of unfurling a Western saga in a solid powerful arc, Costner serves up three hours of anecdotes, cross-cutting among groups of characters, dropping in on situations that are dropped just as quickly, taking a skittery overview of life on the range, and asking the audience, in many cases, to stitch together the backstory of what they?re seeing.?
[From Variety]
That was a slick move by Variety to reprint their lukewarm review at the end there. Also slick, or at least curiously worded, was Venice Film Festival Director Alberto Barbera slipping into his statement that Horizon is a ?late addition to the lineup.? And Costner finagled not only the world premiere of Chapter Two, but also a screening of Chapter One earlier in the day? I hope there?s a decent break between the films! I once went to a double feature of The Godfather I & II in a single day; there were five hours between the start times. The tight turnaround was intense, but it was an offer I couldn?t refuse! (Thank you, thank you, I know that was well done.) Bear in mind, also, that Costner is supposedly just starting production on the third film, and who knows about the fourth. In the meantime, I?m assuming Signore Barbera will soon be moving into Costner?s Carpinteria mansion. That was the bargaining chip, si?
Photos credit: Jeffrey Mayer / Avalon, IMAGO/Dave Bedrosian / Avalon
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| | Matt Damon & Luciana brought their four daughters to 'The Instigators' premiere | | Added 142 days ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Matt Damon has a new movie, out on AppleTV this month. The Instigators stars Damon, Casey Affleck, Jack Harlow (!!), Ving Rhames, Hong Chau, Alfred Molina and more. I?m including the trailer below it reminds me a bit of The Town, which was (arguably) Ben Affleck?s best directorial effort. It?s like ?what if The Town was funny and the thieves had a therapist??
Last night was the big premiere, and Matt brought his whole family out. His mom was there, his wife Luciana was there, and he posed with their four daughters. Matt Damon has been a girl-dad this whole time and I was like ?wait, his daughters are that old already??? From People, their daughters and their ages: Isabella, 18, Gia, 15, and Stella, 13, plus 24-year-old Alexia, who is Luciana?s daughter from a previous relationship (Matt raised Alexia and considers her one of his four kids). The girls are beautiful and they?re all sort of spectacular blends of Matt and Luciana? They got Matt?s cheekbones but with Luciana?s coloring and hair.
Also: Luciana apparently produced The Instigators and she ?convinced? Matt to step into the role. I?m trying not to remember all of the dumb sh-t Matt has said over the years, and I just hope this promotional tour goes well and he doesn?t remind everyone of all of his gaffes.
Photos courtesy of Cover Images.
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