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  • Jennifer Garner Mad at ‘Mad About You’ Star Helen Hunt ?

    Jennifer Garner and Helen Hunt were out and about this week on a quiet Los Angeles street but failed to acknowlege each other.

    Maybe the two Hollywood A-listers, Jennifer Garner and Helen Hunt, don’t know one another personally, but they were within just a few feet of each other and didn’t even make an attempt at hello.

    A curious photo snapped of the two shows Jennifer Garner standing on the sidewalk and facing Hunt staring down at her phone, while Helen Hunt seems to be checking out the time on her watch as she prepares to cross the street.

    Jennifer Garner was dressed in a pair of skinny jeans, a black-and-white top and laced loafers, while Helen Hunt looked more like she was out on a run as she was decked out in workout clothes accessorized with some slick aviator sunglasses and a water bottle.

    Jennifer Garner has been busy with her brood of three — Violet, nine, Seraphina, six, and Samuel, two — with husband Ben Affleck. She will soon be seen in Danny Collins, alongside Al Pacino, Bobby Cannavale and Annette Bening.

    As for Helen Hunt, she is just as busy with daughter Makena, 10, with filmmaker Matthew Carnahan. She received critical acclaim and an Oscar nomination for her role in 2012’s The Sessions.

  • Jennifer Garner Reunites With “Alias” Co-Star

    Jennifer Garner reunited with her Alias co-star and TV dad, Victor Garber, for lunch on Thursday.

    For fans of the early 2000’s spy show, the reunion was a sweet reminder that they just don’t make those shows like they used to.

    Alias fans can enjoy some pics of the reunion and remember what it was like to watch these two work out their paternal issues on TV as Sydney and Jack Bristow.

    Jennifer Garner seems very sweet in real life, and it looks like she likes to make friends and keep in touch with her colleagues and co-stars.

    This impromptu reunion is proof that Jennifer Garner must have grown pretty close to her Alias co-star, and Victor Garber seems to be quite fond of her as well.

    However, Garber is not the only Hollywood co-hort that Jennifer Garner has charmed over the years.

    Gwyneth Paltrow seems to have warmed up to Jennifer Garner, as well, even though Paltrow used to date Jennifer Garner’s husband, Ben Affleck.

    She once said of Affleck’s relationship with her parents, “I think they appreciated how he’s super intelligent and he’s really talented and funny.”

    She added, “They loved him, but they were okay with us not being together.”

    While Ben and Gwyneth (Beneth? Just throwing it out there) weren’t meant to be, she is still friends with him, and now with Jennifer Garner.

    “I’m friends with [Ben] still,” Paltrow said. She said he has settled down since then, and “his wife is awesome!”

    She added of Jennifer Garner, “Not only is she beautiful, she’s so warm and she cooks, and she’s so into her kids. She’s hilarious… I had a girls dinner before this summer. (She’s my neighbor.) I really like her a lot.”

    What do you think of Jennifer Garner? Wouldn’t you like to know her in real life?

  • Jennifer Garner Praised by Husband Ben Affleck For Her Commitment to ‘Save the Children’

    Jennifer Garner, 38, was the host of Wednesday’s Save the Children Illumination Gala at the Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.

    It was a family affair this year as her husband, Ben Affleck, was honored among others for their work to help children around the world.

    Before the gala got underway, Garner told The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet that her commitment to the organization, which also advocates for high-quality early childhood education in the United States, is an even greater priority now that she has children of her own.

    “There’s nothing that levels the playing field like being a mom and the conversations are as real with those women as they would be with my friends in the Palisades,” Garner said. “Those women love their kids as much as I love mine, and they should have every possible advantage and lack of disadvantage that I have.”

    During his speech, Affleck, 38, praised his wife for her commitment to Save the Children.

    “Look, I know a lot of celebrities. I’ve seen a lot of celebrities do good work, philanthropic work, show up, take a picture, raise a little money, go to a hospital, shake a kid’s hand, get a picture taken, you know, do their part, albeit a minimal one. My wife is no f—ing joke,” Affleck said. “She really cares about these issues, deeply and personally with the fervent strength that she cares about raising our children and the books, endless books that she hands me (that I’m going to get to) about early childhood education.”

    He spoke on Garner‘s love of children and her passion to see these children receive a quality education.

    “We are too wealthy a country and too good of a country to allow so many of our children to receive so poor of an education. She feels for those children and she feels for us, if we’re to see millions of Americans grow up without an education, completely ignorant, hostile, jaded, brains half-formed. This is a recipe for disaster for our country,” Affleck said. “I admire what you do and if I may say so, you’ll have to forgive me, Save the Children is damn lucky to have you!”

    When it was his turn to receive praise and the Global Child Advocate Award for his work with the Eastern Congo Initiative, the actor was humble.

    “There’s clearly been a terrible mistake,” he said. “First of all, I have to assume somebody dropped out at the last minute.”

    The Batman v. Superman star then offered praise to those in the Congo whom he called the “real heroes.”

    “What everyday Congolese people do in their lives and with their children, to me, is nothing short of heroic. And I know about heroic,” he said. “Every single person who works for the Congo deserves to wear that cape a lot more than I do…I humbly accept this honor on behalf of the Congolese people.”

    Affleck called on others to join the fight.

    “This is an area that merits our attention, and if you travel there, I assure you, you will not find people who are helpless, you will not find people who are asking for handouts,” he said. “You will find people who are working their ass off to make their community better and their lives better and their families better and just need some small measure of assistance, a good deal less, incidentally, then every single one of us receives in the United States of America.”

    “These children are deeply vulnerable and they need and they deserve our help,” concluded Affleck.

  • Jennifer Garner: ‘My Girls Take Karate So They Can Kick a Guy’s Ass’

    Jennifer Garner is pretty sick and tired of the double standard in the world, especially in Hollywood. Specifically, she is frustrated with how Hollywood puts women into gender role boxes.

    Back in October Jennifer Garner told attendees at the Elle Women of Hollywood event that she and husband Ben Affleck were doing a press event on the same day for their individual film projects.

    She recalled, “[E]very single person who interviewed me, I mean every single one… asked me, ‘How do you balance work and family?’”

    Sounds like a reasonable question for someone who has children, especially since her spouse is also in the business and working regularly. Surely they asked Affleck the same thing.

    Apparently not. She continued, “As for work-life balance, he said no one asked him about it that day. As a matter of fact, no one had ever asked him about it. And we do share the same family. Isn’t it time to kinda change that conversation?”

    Garner is all about empowering her girls to be in control of their lives when they grow up.

    She said she wants them, “to be able to kick a guy’s ass! That’s why they’ve been taking karate since they were little!”

    Ben Affleck backs his wife up on the topic of raising their girls to handle themselves.

    “I think they understand what my wife understands full well, which is that it’s important to be strong and present and powerful and accept nothing less than a man would and in fact, ask for more,” Affleck says.

    “That’s part of what I admire about my wife and I know through her example that my children will absorb that.”

    Jennifer Garner’s latest project is Danny Collins, starring Al Pacino as an aging pop star.


  • Elizabeth Banks On How Nice Jennifer Garner Was During Food Service Days

    Elizabeth Banks and Jennifer Garner once worked at the same restaurant on the Upper West Side before they hit it big in showbiz, and Banks says that Garner was such a kind person that even though she didn’t know her well, she knew of her thanks to her reputation for being nice.

    “Jennifer Garner, it turns out, was so f—ing nice, that literally, I didn’t even know her, but I knew of her. Everyone was like, ‘Did you hear about the hostess who got that f—ing awesome TV show Alias, and we were like, ‘F—! Yeah she’s cool! She’s so f—ing nice! She deserves that gig! She deserves! She’s cool!” Banks said at the Elle Women In Hollywood celebration earlier this week.

    Garner was a hostess when she landed the Alias role, while Banks worked as a waitress. The Pitch Perfect star paid tribute to the actress during the event, saying that Garner’s success inspired her to keep going in what many actors will say is a tough business.

    “I might not always be a waitress! It might work out!” Banks told herself at the time.

    Banks, whose credits include The 40-Year Old Virgin, Kevin Smith’s Zack And Miri Make A Porno, and The Hunger Games franchise, says it’s definitely not easy to be a female in Hollywood and that’s why she’s grateful for the encouragement she’s been offered from other actresses.

    “I want to call a little bit of bulls–t on being a woman in Hollywood. Like, I think it’s really hard actually to be a woman in Hollywood. I think it requires a lot of encouragement along the way,” she said.

    Jennifer Lawrence was on hand during the evening to honor Banks herself, calling her “gifted”.

    “I have had the pleasure of working with this gifted actress for the past few years on the unfortunate box office flop, The Hunger Games,” the 24-year-old actress quipped. “I constantly marvel at the versatility of Elizabeth. She’s a chameleon escaping into every role she plays. Whatever the movie, her performances are always honest and heartfelt. As audience members, we know the women she plays are very real and that’s why directors want to constantly work with her.”

  • Jennifer Garner Talks Sexism And Double Standards In The Film Industry

    On Monday, Oct. 20, Jennifer Garner was honored by Elle magazine at the “Women in Hollywood” celebration in Beverly Hills.

    Although the famed Dallas Buyers Club actress was appreciative of the honor, she also took the opportunity to share her sentiments of double standards and sexism in the film industry, reports Yahoo! News.

    During her acceptance speech, she expressed how a Women in Hollywood event personally makes her feel.

    “The fact that there even needs to be a Women in Hollywood event is a little bit sad,” the 42-year-old actress said. “I mean, the men in Hollywood event is every day — it’s called Hollywood,” Garner explained.

    “Fifty-one percent of the population should not have to have to schedule a special event to celebrate the fact that in an art that tells the story of what it means to be human and alive, we get to play a part.”

    She went on to give an example by shedding light on how differently she and her husband, Ben Affleck, are treated. “So for example, my husband and I do kind of the same job, a little bit,” she said.

    “Not long ago we both had one of those magical days, we call it a junket, where we both attended these lovely events where people come in every four minutes, they ask the same questions over and over again, you know the drill.”

    She also recalled another comparison that obviously irks her. She’s always asked about balancing her career and having a family.

    “We got home at night and we compared notes,” she continued. “And I told him every single person who interviewed me, I mean every single one, and this is true of the red carpet here tonight at Elle, asked me, ‘How do you balance work and family?’

    However, her husband is reportedly never questioned about the more personal aspects of his life.

    “As for work-life balance, he said no one asked him about it that day. As a matter of fact, no one had ever asked him about it. And we do share the same family. Isn’t it time to kinda change that conversation?”

    She concluded by asking Elle to focus on progression where women are concerned. “So, while we’re at it, while we’re changing the world Elle, you have some say in this, can we just stop pretending that skinny jeans are flattering?” Garner quipped. “Can we just band together and go for a boot-cut…please?”

  • Jennifer Garner’s Hilarious Theory on Why She Wasn’t Invited to George Clooney’s Wedding

    Jennifer Garner has an interesting theory why she wasn’t one of the lucky ones to be invited to George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin‘s beautiful wedding in Venice.

    And it has to do with lice and body odor.

    The mother of three shared with Jimmy Fallon during an appearance on The Tonight Show the challenges associated with having small children attending school.

    “I’ve had two mornings in a month without kids home sick. Strep throat, something they call a ‘fever virus,’ another strep throat, and then this hand, foot and mouth situation, which you should really…you don’t want that,” Garner said, to which Fallon quipped back, “Ben Affleck is now banned from my show. He’s not allowed to bring hand, foot and mouth disease onto my show.” Garner replied, “He probably did.”

    “That’s not even the worst of it,” Garner continued. “You could come home and get The Call from school. You could get The Call. It is coming your way! The Call is, ‘Hi, Mr. Fallon. Um, this happens a lot, so don’t freak out, but if you could come pick up Winnie. Your daughter has a very treatable case of lice.’”

    After one kid got lice, Garner said, “We all got lice. It’s making me itchy just to talk about it,” said the actress, while scratching her scalp. “This was years ago. It’s not right now. I’m totally fine right now.”

    She went on to explain how the lice cure was executed for her family.

    “They have people like the Lice Lady, and they come over and they comb painstakingly through your hair, and then they put something on your hair…It looks like the put Crisco in your hair but you smell a little bit like a mixture of sulfur and rosemary,” Garner explained. “And you do it everyday for a month!”

    And it was during this lice infestation that Garner met Clooney for the first time.

    “Actually, the first time—the only time! The only time our family had this problem, it was a day I had been combed through. I was getting the kids happy while they did them and whatever. Ben had gone early and he’d showered. He came out and he said, ‘Hey, um, there’s a party. I wanna go. Let’s go.’ And I said, ‘I can’t. I need to shower.’ I mean, I’m in, like, cargo pants. I’m nasty in a thousand [ways]. He’s like, ‘Come on! I mean, we have a babysitter. I want you to come with me.’ So, I get in the car and I go with him because he acted like I was going to be high maintenance. I don’t ever want to be called high maintenance. I am not a high maintenance chick! So I’m like, ‘What’s the big deal? No one’s gonna notice,’” the star of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day recalled. “We show up and the first person I see is George Clooney, and I’d never met George Clooney. I was kind of like, ‘Ah, he’s so handsome! Like, oh, my God!’ So, I see him and I walk up to him and I’m chatting with him, just trying to act like it’s cool…and I can see that he smells me, you know? But he’s trying to be polite.”

    “So, anyway, people keep asking why we weren’t at George’s wedding and we were both ‘working’ but I think he didn’t want Licey there,” Garner joked. “He’s like, ‘No, we don’t need the Afflecks. We’re OK!’”

  • Jennifer Garner Dishes About Hubby Ben Affleck’s New Batman Body

    Jennifer Garner is loving her husband Ben Affleck’s new and improved physique!

    The Academy Award-winning actor has been quite busy filming the highly-anticipated Man of Steel sequel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice!

    Of course, he puts in work when the cameras are rolling, but it’s the gratuitous effort he’s been making off-camera that has his wife’s attention.

    The Gone Girl star has reportedly bulked up for his new superhero role and his wife is quite pleased with his muscular physique!

    The Dallas Buyers Club actress recently stopped by Live With Kelly & Michael where she chatted with Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan.

    The upcoming film was one of the first topics in the discussion, reports E! News. Of course, his armored Batsuit is designed with a ripped, embellished muscular exterior, but fans are wondering what his body looks like underneath the armor.

    Kelly asked, “Does he look just as ripped underneath the costume?” Jennifer had no reservations about doting on her husband’s Batman body transformation!

    “You know, he has put on 30 pounds of muscle and he’s 8 percent body fat,” she revealed. “He looks pretty good. It’s a little bit like, ‘Whoa, who are you?’ It feels like I’m having an affair. But I don’t mind, I’m not complaining,” she admitted.

    After he signed on to do the film last year, he immediately began making trips to the gym. As a matter of fact, he was reportedly urged to slow down because he was transforming so quickly. Since he was also filming Gone Girl at that same time, the distinct change was becoming a bit noticeable.

    Trish Summerville, the costume designer for Gone Girl, spoke with E! about his body transformation back in November of 2013.

    “I’m trying to keep him at the size he’s at right now until he’s done with us,” Summerville said. “He’s a really big guy, like he’s quite tall. You don’t realize how big he is. He kind of reads smaller on film than he does in real life.”

    Ben Affleck is definitely expected to deliver a stellar performance in the new film. He’s not even done filming and Jennifer Garner is already pleased with his progress, thus far!

    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is tentatively scheduled to hit theaters nationwide on March 25, 2016!

  • Jennifer Garner On Parenthood And Lice

    Jennifer Garner knows one thing better than acting. That is the struggle to be a good parent.

    Garner is married to Ben Affleck and the pair have three kids that they are raising.

    Just like the rest of us, this celebrity couple has the pleasure of dealing with the ordinary, and sometimes cringe-worthy, details of parenthood.

    Jennifer Garner shared a hilariously (kind of) normal story with Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday about their entire family having to undergo treatment for Lice.

    As she was speaking to Fallon on the pitfalls of parenting she said,

    “You could come home and get The Call from school. You could get The Call. It is coming your way! The Call is, ‘Hi, Mr. Fallon. Um, this happens a lot, so don’t freak out, but if you could come pick up Winnie. Your daughter has a very treatable case of lice.’”

    Jennifer Garner then explained what her family had to go through.

    “They have people like the Lice Lady, and they come over and they comb painstakingly through your hair, and then they put something on your hair…It looks like the put Crisco in your hair but you smell a little bit like a mixture of sulfur and rosemary,” Garner explained.

    She added, “And you do it everyday for a month!”

    Here comes the not-so-normal part of the story. The part where she has a casual discussion with George Clooney while she smells like sulfur and rosemary.

    “We show up and the first person I see is George Clooney, and I’d never met George Clooney. I was kind of like, ‘Ah, he’s so handsome! Like, oh, my God!’ So, I see him and I walk up to him and I’m chatting with him, just trying to act like it’s cool…and I can see that he smells me, you know? But he’s trying to be polite.”

    Jennifer Garner is pretty sure that’s why The Afflecks weren’t invited to his Italian wedding.

    “So, anyway, people keep asking why we weren’t at George’s wedding and we were both ‘working’ but I think he didn’t want Licey there,” Garner joked. “He’s like, ‘No, we don’t need the Afflecks. We’re OK!’”

    So funny! Such a great, (sort of) normal story from the life of Jennifer Garner.

  • Jennifer Garner Dumps Ice Water On Husband’s Head

    Jennifer Garner Dumps Ice Water On Husband’s Head

    Jennifer Garner and her husband Ben Affleck are the latest couple to take part in the ALS ice bucket challenge.

    To participate, the person who has been challenged must let someone pour a bucket of ice over their head and then donate money to the ALS Association, or an organization of their choice.

    Affleck was nominated by Tyler Perry, and allowed his wife to douse him in ice while standing on their pool deck. However, Ben quickly turned the tables on Jennifer and pulled her into the pool behind them, causing them both to be soaked.

    Ben took to his personal Facebook page to share the adorable clip of the couple’s challenge. After completing the challenge, the person is required to challenge three additional people. Affleck challenged Jimmy Kimmel, Neil Patrick Harris, Matt Damon, and Garner. “Challenge accepted Tyler Perry,” Affleck wrote. “I will also donate to this very worthy cause – The ALS Association. Over to you Jimmy Kimmel, Neil Patrick Harris, Matt Damon, and my wife. #IceBucketChallenge.”

    Post by Ben Affleck.

    Massachusetts resident Pete Frates, 29, and his family created the challenge that has now gone viral. Frates was diagnosed with ALS in 2012, and created the challenge to help raise awareness.

    “This is a creative way to spread ALS awareness via social media and in communities nationwide,” Barbara Newhouse, the President and CEO of The ALS Association, said. “We thank Pete Frates and his family for getting so many people involved in spreading the word about ALS.”

    The ice bucket challenge has helped raise nearly $16 million from July 29 to August 18. That is an amazing number considering the organization only raised $19 million for the entire year of 2012.

  • Jennifer Garner’s Rep Confirms The Actress Is Not Pregnant

    Jennifer Garner has been the recipient of increased speculation that she is pregnant with her fourth child.

    Several tabloids, including OK!, Star, The Daily Mail and The New York Daily News, recently claimed Jennifer Garner is expecting another child with husband Ben Affleck. However, the 41-year-old actress’ representative, Meredith O’Sullivan, said any pregnancy reports are just “not true.”

    Garner said the couple plan “to be done” with having kids.

    Never say never!

    In September 2012, Garner admitted to Ellen DeGeneres that Affleck has some undisclosed superpowers.

    “My husband is kind of a wonder sperm kind of guy,” said Garner.

    Garner appeared once again on Degeneres’ show in November 2013, telling the talk show host that her husband’s sperm “have so far been held at bay. There are 57 kinds of contraceptives used pretty much [every day]. Three of them are under the age of 8. But yes, so far so good, ha. Stop it, stop it in its tracks.”

    Garner and Affleck, 41, are the parents of daughters Violet, 8, and Seraphina, 5, and their two-year-old son, Samuel.

    “I think that’s enough,” Garner said. “I think we have provided the world with enough.”

    The Alias star has confessed that, at times, her career acts as the means to escape stay-at-home mom duties.

    “I respect women who stay at home with their kids, because I know how hard it is to do just that,” Jennifer told Hello! “I sometimes think that for me, acting is an escape from how hard it is to run a home.”

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  • Mark Ruffalo: Did Ben Affleck Ruin Friendship With Jennifer Garner?

    Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Garner were close friends when they filmed the 2004 romantic comedy 13 Going on 20, but they have lost touch over the years. Mark says Jen’s husband Ben Affleck is to blame. Might this be true or did the old friends simply lose touch with one another?

    It was during an interview on Andy Cohen’s Bravo show Watch What Happens Live, on which he appeared with his Begin Again costar Keira Knightley, that the topic first arose. Now it’s circulating social media, the internet, and even TV celebrity news.

    Watch What Happens Live gives fans the opportunity to call or tweet in to the show and ask questions of the celebrity guests. Of course the fact that these calls or tweets come in live means practically any topic might come up and guests are frequently caught completely off guard.

    One fan called in to the show asking if Mark keeps in touch with Jennifer Garner.

    “We had a great time together, and I think we would, but then Ben [Affleck] came on the scene and that was the end of that,” Mark Ruffalo replied.

    “I heard he doesn’t allow her to have male friends,” Andy Cohen said, joking, “I made that up!”

    Was he trying to make light of what could in fact be a rather serious scenario or just behaving in his typical Andy Cohen manner?

    Mark Ruffalo pled the fifth to Andy Cohen’s remark, adding that he was “sad” not to maintain his friendship with Jennifer Garner.

    Jennifer Garner began dating Ben Affleck the same year 13 Going on 30 was released. They married the following year and are now the parents of three children. Violet is 8, Seraphina is 5, and Samuel is 2.

    Mark Ruffalo was married to Sunrise Cougney while he was friends with Jennifer Garner, and that didn’t seem to be a big deal. He and the French-American actress married in 2000 and have three children together.

    Is it possible that Jennifer Garner has lost touch with other male friends because of Ben Affleck? Is he a controlling husband? Is she missing out on what might have been a lifelong platonic friendship with the Begin Again star.

    Hopefully all of this is nothing more than a huge dramatization of something that simply came out in conversation. Mark Ruffalo probably said what he did completely off the cuff–never meaning for it to gain the media attention it seems to keep gaining.

    Did Mark Ruffalo unwittingly cast an unfavorable light on Ben Affleck? Or is there a bit more to this story?

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  • Jennifer Garner Not Friends With Mark Ruffalo

    Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo haven’t kept in touch so well in the decade since they starred together in 13 Going on 30.

    One would have thought that after such cozy publicity appearances and an obvious on-screen connection, they would still be friends.

    Mark Ruffalo may have disclosed the reason on Thursday night’s Watch What Happens Live during his appearance with Keira Knightly.

    They were visiting with host Andy Cohen about their new film Begin Again when Andy, the gossip hound that he is, stubbled onto the juicy bit about Jennifer Garner when he asked if they were still friends.

    Andy asked Ruffalo about his surprisingly vaporous relationship with Jennifer Garner and Ruffalo replied without hesitation, “We had a great time together, and I think we would, but then Ben came on the scene, and that was the end of that.”

    Hmmm. So, is there truth to the rumors of Ben Affleck’s jealous guard of wife Jennifer Garner? Maybe, according to Mark Ruffalo.

    Andy Cohen responded gleefully with, “I heard he doesn’t allow her to have male friends. I made that up.”

    To that statement, Mark Ruffalo simply shrugged and said he would “neither confirm, nor deny” those rumors. Which pretty much means confirm.

    It’s not likely that there was any sort of romantic relationship between Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo. Ruffalo was, and still is, married to actress Sunrise Coigney since 2000. At the time they had a child together.

    During filming of 13 Going on 30, Jennifer Garner was in a relationship with Alias co-star Michael Vartan whom she left for Ben Affleck after wrapping on 13 Going on 30.

    Jennifer Garner met Affleck on the set of the movie Daredevil in 2003. They started dating in mid-2004 and married in June 2005. They now have three girls together.

    Here’s hoping, for Jennifer Garner’s sake, that the rumors are not true.

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  • Billy Joel: The Piano Man is a Good Samaritan

    Billy Joel is known for way more than simply being the ‘Piano Man.’ In fact to one New York woman he’s even known for being a good Samaritan. The singer was riding his motorcycle through East Hampton on Monday when he saw a woman who had fallen and was sprawled face-down in the middle of the road. He stopped his bike and came to her aid immediately.

    In addition to calling 911 for help, he gathered her packages from the road and stayed with her until EMTs arrived. He stayed while they administered help to be certain she was okay. It’s uncertain why the woman fell–whether she suffered from a medical condition or simply tripped as she crossed the road. However in photos provided by The TODAY Show she appeared to be sitting up and alert as she was being treated by the ambulance crew.

    Billy Joel isn’t the only celebrity recently to help out someone in need. In recent years Jennifer Garner brought gasoline to a stranded motorist, Patrick Dempsey freed a teenager who was trapped in a car following an accident, and Ryan Gosling prevented a tourist from being run over by a New York City taxi cab. It’s nice to know that all of these celebrities–including Billy Joel–have a human side in addition to their fame in the entertainment industry.

    Billy Joel definitely has what it takes to still live up to his ‘Piano Man’ persona, too, however. With more than 150 million records sold since 1972, the legendary singer was set to take the stage at Boston’s Fenway Park on Thursday evening in front of a huge crowd of fans.

    At least if anyone in the crowd at Fenway falls down and can’t get up, they’ll rest easy knowing that a good Samaritan as well as an amazing entertainer is in the venue.

    Kudos to Billy Joel for being helpful where some celebrities might have simply called 911 and left the scene for fear of causing a media frenzy.

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  • Ben Affleck: Is Gambling Getting out of Hand?

    It may be getting a bit worrisome that Ben Affleck is spending so much time gambling these past few months.

    And it looks like his wife, Jennifer Garner, is not relishing his time away from family to indulge in his favorite pastime.

    According to Star magazine, the Batman v. Superman actor’s latest gambling obsession has started to upset Garner, leading her to cancel a planned family trip to Detroit over the summer.

    “Jen canceled her trip. She just doesn’t want to be Ben’s enabler or babysitter,” said a source. “She was absolutely mortified about the Las Vegas incident, and everything has really gone downhill since then.

    Garner is allegedly infuriated with the Argo actor because he reportedly stays up all night betting thousands and then he sleeps all day.

    “She’s completely distraught over Ben’s problems,” said the source. “It’s a never-ending roller coaster.”

    This comes two months after the Oscar-winner was banned from blackjack tables by several Las Vegas casinos for card counting.

    On May 31, the 41-year-old actor was spotted at Caesars Windsor Hotel and Casino in Windsor, Ontario, not looking his best.

    “Ben walked in and went straight to the card games,” said an eyewitness. “His hair was a disaster, and he looked like a mess! He sat down and played for roughly 20 minutes before security heard he was there. They made the dealers stop what they were doing and asked him to leave. Ben seemed pretty mad.”

    Another eyewitness at MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit noticed Affleck on May 24 during the same trip.

    “It took me a minute to realize it was Ben Affleck,” the second eyewitness told Star. “He looked disheveled and upset while sitting there gambling. He seemed really frazzled like he had just lost a ton of money. He was smoking a cigarette and his head was down in his arms. When he sat up his eyes looked bloodshot, like he’d been there all night!”

    Affleck checked into rehab in 2001 for an addiction to alcohol, but fell off the wagon nine years later. His latest habit raises the question whether he may need to seek treatment once again for a gambling addiction.

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  • Keira Knightley Gives Herself a $50,000 Salary

    Keira Knightley recently admitted to Glamour that she allows herself an approximate annual salary of just $50,000.

    “I think living an [expensive] lifestyle means you can’t hang out with people who don’t live that lifestyle. It alienates you,” Knightley explained. “Some of my best, most hilarious times have been in the least luxurious places.”

    That said, Knightley added that “if I want or need something that goes over that, I get it.”

    Knightley is known for flaunting Hollywood’s stereotypes about how a successful actress should dress. Her fashion choices are often low-key and eclectic and she frequently makes headlines for wearing the same outfit two or three times.

    In April Knightley drew negative attention when she wore a cropped-top Chanel dress that showed off her tiny waist to the Tribeca Film Festival to premiere her most recent movie Begin Again.

    The dress was called “terrifying” and “absolutely bizarre” but Knightley laughed it off:

    “When we were getting ready that evening, we were all going, ‘They’re soooo going to hate me in this, but they’re so wrong.’ Apparently the reason they were so mean was because they thought the dress was unsexy. I wasn’t intending to be sexy. This idea you have to be sexy on the red carpet – that dress made me very happy.”

    Back in 2010 Joe Wright, who directed Knightley in Atonement and Pride and Prejudice said of the actress:

    “One of the things I love most about Keira is that she’ll play the game to a certain point and play it no further. She doesn’t pander to the press in the way I’m sure they’d like. So sometimes they’re even meaner to her than others.”

    Knightley isn’t afraid to speak her true thoughts on marriage, either.

    The 29-year-old actress, who married Klaxons vocalist and keyboardist James Righton in May 2013, told Glamour’s Christa D’Souza that she’s never been a fan of marriage:

    “Actually my parents kept saying, ‘Why bother?’ I think they only [got married] to get a mortgage. But when James proposed, I just thought, Well, never done that before. It seemed like a fun thing to do.”

    When asked about her upcoming first wedding anniversary at the Tribeca Film Festival, Knightley appeared to have forgotten all about it: “Oh yeah, is it?!” she stammered. “Oh, thanks, yeah good, wow!”

    And don’t expect Knightley to follow in Jessica Biel’s or Jennifer Garner’s footsteps by taking Righton’s last name for legal or personal purposes. She thought about it but just “couldn’t do it. I couldn’t go there. Yet.”

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  • Ben Affleck Banned For Life From Vegas Casino

    Hard Rock Cafe in Los Vegas has banned actor Ben Affleck for life from playing blackjack after security officers accused him of “being too good”, a source told The New York Post Friday.

    Some reports said that Affleck allegedly was counting cards, which involves remembering which cards have already been played to determine the odds of whether or not to place a high bet. Counting cards isn’t illegal but many casinos forbid it, and it’s apparently grounds for getting banned for life.

    “Card counting is perfectly legal,” said Colin James of BlackjackApprenticeship.com. “You’re just using your brain. But the casinos don’t like it because they know if you play long enough you’ll take their money.”

    The Batman star and his wife, actress Jennifer Garner, were on a little couple getaway when the incident took place.

    “Ben was told that he cannot ever play blackjack at the Hard Rock again,’’ the source said. “He was there with Jen on Tuesday night for a romantic break before he headed off to Detroit to shoot Batman vs. Superman.”

    “He was playing blackjack at a high-rollers table on Tuesday and was doing pretty well. He is really smart and a great blackjack player.

    “Suddenly, managers approached Ben and told him. ‘You are playing too well. You are going to have to stop playing blackjack. You can play any other game at the Hard Rock, but you are banned from playing blackjack in our casino.’’’

    “What he was doing isn’t ­illegal. He’s basically an ‘advantaged player’ because he knows what he’s doing,” said the source.

    “Card counting is perfectly legal,” said Colin James of BlackjackApprenticeship.com.

    “You’re just using your brain. But the casinos don’t like it because they know if you play long enough you’ll take their money,” said James. “He and Jen decided to leave, and security arranged for a car service to take them back to their hotel.”

    Hard Rock Cafe told Affleck he can visit the casino in the future but just not anywhere near the blackjack tables.

    Apparently Affleck may have tried this gambling tactic before and is an extremely talented card player.

    In 2001, he won $800,000 at the Hard Rock’ blackjack tables by playing three $20,000 hands in one night.

    A spokesman for Affleck declined comment.

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  • Jennifer Garner Talks Ben Affleck and Past Crushes

    Jennifer Garner has definitely had a busy week with a lot to talk about. With the theatrical release of her new film Draft Day, she’s made several public appearances to promote the film. She also stopped by Live! With Kelly & Michael on Friday, Apr. 11.

    Although she appeared on the show to discuss the  comedy-drama, football film she co-stars in with Kevin Costner, the athletic nature of the film actually led to a comical discussion about her husband Ben Affleck’s competitive nature.

    According to US Weekly, Garner quipped about how emotional Affleck can get at their 8-year-old daughter Violet’s basketball games. While the Dallas Buyer’s Club actress likes to offer mutual support for all participants in the game, Affleck isn’t supporting any opponents. As a matter of fact, he even becomes a baffled when she even claps for the other team.

    “I clap for everyone who makes a shot on either team,” Garner said, adding “because I feel like, good shot, great job.” The feeling isn’t too mutual for Affleck. Apparently, he takes the game quite seriously. “Meanwhile, he’s freaking out and I’m constantly like, ‘stop it!’”

    “You know, he’ll be saying, ‘she’s open! Do you see she’s open?!’” Garner quipped of her hubby. “It’s like, ‘Ben, they’re eight. You’re yelling  at an 8-year-old little girl. She will see that Violet is open and she will get the ball to her when it’s appropriate.’” However, Garner knows her husband does it all out of love!

    The 41-year-old actress also had lots to say during a recent interview with On the Red Carpet (OTRC). During the interview, Garner explained how filming the movie actually came with one big perk – Kevin Costner! Garner revealed that Costner was actually her teenage crush. So, she was honored to have the privilege to star in a film with the veteran actor.

    “You know, I remember when I was younger, watching ‘Bull Durham’ and just falling so hard for Kevin Costner,” she told the publication. “Well, he’s still Kevin Costner he still knows exactly what do. And I didn’t care a thing about baseball but I sure loved watching him. And he quarterbacks this movie — he marches us down the field.”

    Draft Day opened in theaters nationwide on Friday, April 11.

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  • Jennifer Garner Says Ben Affleck Is Too Competitive

    Ben Affleck is way competitive and he gets completely riled up at his children’s sporting events.

    That’s what his wife Jennifer Garner said when she visited Live! With Kelly & Michael last week.

    She said whenever they attend their daughter’s basketball game, it’s hard for her husband to just sit back and enjoy it. Instead, he yells instructions at the kids, but not Garner, she goes to the games just to cheer–whether her daughter is playing well or not.

    “I clap for everyone who makes a shot on either team,” she said. “Because I feel like, good shot, great job, and meanwhile he’s freaking out and I’m constantly like, ‘stop it!’”

    But what gets Garner the most is when Affleck yells at other players on his daughter’s team, and she has to remind him that little girls are playing, not high school or college kids.

    “You know, he’ll be saying, ‘she’s open! Do you see she’s open?,’” said Garner. “It’s like, ‘Ben, they’re eight. You’re yelling at an 8-year-old little girl. She will see that Violet is open and she will get the ball to her when it’s appropriate.’”

    Affleck’s love of sports, especially Boston teams, have been well-documented, and he’s also spoke at lengths about his children in interviews.

    In a 2010 interview, he lashed out at the paparazzi for hounding his family, and said although people may love to see photos of him and Garner with their children in magazines, they have no idea what the paparazzi does to get those photos.

    And since his kids didn’t’ sign up to be famous they shouldn’t have to suffer the same hassles that he and his wife do.

    “My kids aren’t celebrities,” said Affleck. “They never made that bargain…..The tragic thing is, people who see those pictures naturally think it’s sweet. They don’t see the gigantic former gang member with a huge lens standing over a 4-year old and screaming to get the kid’s attention.”

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  • Jennifer Garner Talks Balancing Work With Motherhood

    The glitz, the fame, all that money. Those are just some of the things that Hollywood couples couples get to enjoy, however there is a downside.

    Like not being able to walk around freely without constantly being hounded by the paparazzi, or everyone being in their personal business and dying to know the ins and outs of their love life.

    And another thing that has to be difficult for Hollywood couples is being away from their children–assuming they have any–because there’s a good chance one or both of them will be away for incredibly long periods of time.

    Actress Jennifer Garner talked about this particular challenge when she recently sat down with Good Morning America’s George Stephanopoulos.

    Garner said she takes extreme measures when it comes to communicating with her children while she’s away, and she does the same thing when her husband Ben Affleck is gone.

    “I made pajamas for the kids with Ben’s face on it that they sleep in,” she said.

    And Garner uses a lot of gadgets and toys to keep in touch with her children, including using a stuffed animal.

    “There’s a teddy bear that you can get and you can put your voice in the paw so I’ll do stuff like that,” said the 41-year-old.

    It seems ever since Garner had three children, who’s names are Samuel, Violet and Seraphina, she’s been speaking a lot about motherhood in her interviews, almost just as much as she talks about her film projects, which can be a good and bad thing, she said, because people feel compelled to give her parenting advice all the time.

    In addition, the actress says that although she does speak about being a mom a lot, she doesn’t consider herself an expert, and she’s still trying to figure a lot of things out.

    “Oh, I get it from strangers in elevators,” she stated in a 2012 interview.

    “They’ve read something about our family, or seen a picture of me taking our children to the playground, and they all have some criticism or advice. And, you know, I don’t claim to be the perfect anything, but I want to say, ‘You know, you really should be reading something else besides these magazines. Can I send you a novel? Really, there are far more interesting things to read out there.’”

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  • Jennifer Garner Talks Style And Fashion

    Jennifer Garner Talks Style And Fashion

    Jennifer Garner may be a stunning, impressive actress, but she admits that fashion just isn’t her niche.

    According to Cover Media, the actress recently sat down for an interview with Glamour Magazine where she shared her perspective on fashion. The Alias star expressed that she definitely feels pressure where her appearance is concerned since it is a high priority to look above par in the competitive entertainment industry. Garner also shared her ground-breaking fashion realization during the discussion.

    “I used to totally wing fashion,” she told the British publication. “Until I realized what worked for me: neutrals and a cut that isn’t too tight or too loose. Some people are born with an innate fashion sense; some people know a lot about fashion. I had neither,” she quipped.

    The Golden Globe winner also gushed about her latest feat as the new face of Max Mara accessories. When asked of her sentiments of the esteemed honor, she gave a relatively humble response. While Garner’s no stranger to cameras, she admitted that she still hasn’t grown accustomed to seeing her face on the luxury Italian fashion house’s advertising campaigns.

    “Seeing myself on a billboard? Weird! My friends sent me pictures of the high billboard in Venice’s Piazza San Marco that features my campaign as the face of Max Mara accessories. It’s very exciting, but very, very surreal,” she said.

    Garner was also in attendance last night for the 2014 Oscars. Her 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club, which she starred in alongside Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto, has garnered numerous accolades including three Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

    The 41-year-old actress, who wore a jaw-dropping, silver beaded Oscar de la Renta gown, revealed that no matter how many times you walk the red carpet, its always “scary!”

    “The red carpet can be scary. You have days when the last thing you want to do it walk up one; if you’ve had a bad day or a baby or put on a few pounds,” she told the publication. “I’m not a stick, I’m not someone who starves myself. I just go forward and do the best I can.”

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