The actor – who starred alongside Matt in 1997 movie ‘Good Will Hunting’, which the pair also wrote – admits he has been in contact with Matt and has also passed on some of his own tips on caring for children.

Ben, who is expecting his second child with wife Jennifer Garner later this year, said: “I’ve kind of been texting Matt back and forth, and he’s doing great and his wife Luciana is doing great.”

Matt – who also has a two-year-old daughter Isabella and a 10-year-old stepdaughter Alexia with Luciana – is also “thrilled” about the new addition to his family, according to Ben.

He added to People magazine: “Anybody who has a child is excited, I think, no matter what the gender is. They are thrilled. The thing that people really want, when you get down to it, is a healthy child.”
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“I guess they are looking for a bigger place now,” pal Kevin Smith told PEOPLE at a the Maxim magazine party on Saturday in San Diego where he attended Comic-Con.

The director-actor, who is a longtime friend of Affleck and starred with Garner in 2006’s Catch and Release, also revealed how he learned the news that the couple – who are parents to daughter Violet, 2 – are expecting again.

“I saw him last week. Ben came over to watch my movie (Zack and Miri Make a Porno) at the house, and he told me, ‘We’re having another baby,’” recalls Smith.

He added that parenthood comes naturally to both stars. “[Jen] is such a Martha Stewart type. She is a perfect mom,” he says. “And [Ben] is a great dad, which I found not that surprising, but it’s a side of him that I never thought about before he became a dad. He’s a great father. He loves that kid of his.”

“Ben and Matt were entertaining the girls with stories, and they were all laughing a lot,” says an observer of the couples.

When dessert came, the celebratory group toasted – after all, Garner and Affleck’s third wedding anniversary was the following day.

“Jen and Ben were in a great mood, and they left Nobu hand in hand,” says the observer. Also spotted at Nobu Saturday night: Kate Hudson, back in L.A. following last week’s Santa Barbara getaway with Lance Armstrong.
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Dating Jennifer Lopez was bad for Ben Affleck’s career, according to the Hollywood star himself.

Affleck and Lopez’s romance hit the headlines between 2002 and 2004, and the couple were engaged when they split.

Both blamed excessive tabloid coverage for the separation.

Now Affleck, who now has a daughter with girlfriend Jennifer Garner, believes the unwanted media attention surrounding his romance with Lopez resulted in studio executives taking him less seriously in Hollywood.

He told American magazine Details: “It was probably bad for my career. What happens is this sort of bleeds over from the tabloids across your movie work.

“You go to a movie, you only go 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.”

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Former Alias star Jennifer Garner is set to launch a TV show for mothers.

The actress and her TV presenter friend Lauren Sanchez-Whitesell are currently pitching a series only described as ‘The View’ for mothers.

Jennifer reportedly plans to talk about her marriage to Ben Affleck and their 17-month-old daughter Violet, and will appear on the show regularly.

Sanchez-Whitesell, who hosts US TV show ‘So You Think You Can Dance’, said: “We’re putting together a show for moms, by moms.

“We’re pitching it next week to a network. I call Jennifer the Barbara Walters of the show. She will come on periodically. We haven’t quite settled exactly how often, but she’s the executive producer.

“We’ll talk about how to get your kids to sleep, or how do you choose the right school, or how to keep your marriage together after having kids.”

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The actor plays chain-smoking bondsman Jack Dupree in the new action film and admits the amount of cigarettes he had to puff on for the role have put him off nicotine for good.
He told People magazine: “The whole week that I shot, I smoked, like, five packs a day. By the time the movie was over, I was so sick of smoking, I just didn’t want to do it anymore, and I quit.”
Affleck, 34, is delighted he has a permanent record of the last time he smoked.
He added: “It’s pretty cool that I have this celluloid record of the last time I smoked.”

 Source: Bang Showbiz