Baby Name Update

Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have named their daughter Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck. Very pretty! (I must say I may be a bit biased - my middle name happens to be Elizabeth too!) I can't wait to see pics!

And Baby Makes Two!

Congrats to Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner (and Violet too!) who welcomed a healthy baby girl Tuesday in L.A. We can't wait to hear the cutie name!

Jennifer Garner Is SO Preggers!

Exhibit A: The use of daughter Violet and other everyday objects


Exhibit B: Baggy clothes


Exhibit C: No description necessary


Congrats!

- Erin Dustin

Jennifer "garners" praise for Broadway debut

Jennifer Garner won raves reviews for her Broadway debut in Cyrano de Bergerac Thursday night. "I'm ready for a glass of wine!" she said while making her way to the opening night party. "I'm just happy that I stayed on my feet and said everything that I was supposed to say." The Big Ben of Broadway - New York Times critic Ben Brantley - called the production "surprisingly potent," star Kevin Kline "artfully low-key" and Garner "captivating" in her demanding role as the love interest Roxane. "Ms. Garner, I am pleased to report, makes Roxane a girl worth pining over," he wrote in his review published this morning. Despite the glowing review, Garner vowed she would not be reading the play's notices. "I'm not going to look at [them]," she said. "No. I can't stand it." Garner's husband Ben Affleck was on hand for support. "She did fine! It was terrific, and I had a lot of fun," he said. "I'm really impressed by her courage and her talent." Having now seen her in the role a few times, Affleck added that Garner "keeps impressing me, and I keep on loving it."

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Ben admits JLo killed his career

Ben Affleck has come a long way in the nearly 10 years since he and Matt Damon won an Academy Award. He's had more flops than blockbusters, a high-profile romance with Jennifer Lopez, and a daughter, Violet, with his wife Jennifer Garner. Now Affleck is staking his career on his new film Gone Baby Gone, a career he now admits was sidelined by bad script choices and his relationship with Lopez. In November's Details, the 35-year-old actor discusses his directorial debut, leaving Los Angeles, and how his life has evolved since Good Will Hunting. Some highlights:

On dating JLo: "It was probably bad for my career. What happens is this sort-of bleed-over from the tabloids across your movie work. You go to a movie, you go only once. But the tabloids and Internet are everywhere. You can really subsume the public image of somebody. I ended up in an unfortunate crosshair position where I was in a relationship and [the media] mostly lied and inflated a bunch of salacious stuff for the sake of selling magazines. And I paid a certain price for that. Then, in concert with some movies that didn't work..."

On Gone Baby Gone: "I feel like [the film] is the linchpin for my life. My career. I have a lot riding on it. I want [the film] to work. Badly. I mean, a shitty movie comes out on 2,800 screens? I've been there and it's embarrassing."

On his directorial debut: "Listen, I've gone out and directed a movie and made it really f**king good. If the movie's good, people will like it and go see it. All the rest of it is bullshit."

On what's at stake: "It's pretty simple. If people don't go see it, I'm f**ked."

On living in LA: "I'd be surprised if I'm still living here in a couple of years. Professionally it would be difficult. But that's not as important as that other thing."

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Affleck flick similar to real-life case in U.K.

Ben Affleck's new movie Gone Baby Gone may be pulled from British screens following the case of missing British tot Madeleine McCann. The actor's directorial debut is due for release in November, but now may not be released in U.K. cinemas following the disappearance of McCann. Affleck admits the film bears striking similarities to the case and is preparing to take the appropriate steps to prevent the film from being shown to U.K. audiences. He says, "We are acutely aware of the situation. We have a greater concern for that than the release of our film, which is just a commercial matter, whereas this is a matter of life or death. I'm not up to date on the details and it is not something that has taken off in the United States like it has in the U.K. It is only when someone said there was this case that was very similar to my film we looked it up. We don't want to release the movie if it is going to touch a nerve or inflame anybody's sensitivities." Four-year-old Madeleine went missing during a family holiday in Portugal on May 3.
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Ben Affleck's global awarenss flick

Ben Affleck stars in the first in a series of five-minute YouTube global awareness films called Clean My Ride, Flex My Fuel. The short flicks chronicle the adventures of a shaggy alternative fuel activist who enlists a few celebs in his campaign for flex fuel. Also lined up to take part in the project are Jennifer Garner, Matt Damon, Jason Biggs, Sarah Silverman and Joshua Jackson.