FameCrawler : Jen Garner

Ben Affleck Says Romance with JLo was a Mistake

Karl Erikson — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:36:00 GMT

Ben Affleck says he regrets his relationship with Jennifer Lopez. Ben, 36, says their romance got out of control really fast. "I think Jen and I made a mistake," he says, "in that we fell in love, we were excited, and maybe too accessible."

Hmm, isn't that what romance IS? Being accessible?

"I don't think either of us anticipated the degree to which it would take on a world of its own." The couple met on the set of the god-awful "Gigli" in 2002 - guess something came out of that movie besides tears of agony, that movie was worse than waterboarding - but broke up just before they were due to marry in September, 2004.

Ben, of course, is now married to the tons-hotter Jennifer Garner, 36. They have little Violet. J-Lo, 39, is married to Marc Anthony, 40, and they have 9-month-old twins Max and Emme.

You tell me...who got the better end of that deal? The guy who married Elektra or the guy who married that other chick?

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Jennifer Lopez Explains Whoring Out Her Children

JLo: I Had A Nervous Breakdown

Jen Garner and Violet Dining Out

Jennifer & Ben: Baby Benjamin Affleck?

Jen Garner and Violet

Jennifer Garner's Enormous Baby Bump

Jennifer Garner Working Out For Two

Karl Erikson — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:31:00 GMT

Good ol' Sydney Bristow doesn't stay sharp by sitting her ass on the couch drinking Guinness, that's for sure. That's MY job.

Here's beautiful Jennifer Garner getting ready for a workout at Pro Gym in Los Angeles. After all, she's pumping up for two now.

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Ben Affleck and Jen Garner Expecting A Second Child

Karen — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:33:00 GMT

Reports are circulating that the famous couple are going to have a little sibling for daughter Violet!

A source told the National Enquirer, "A few days before the Fourth of July, Jen began calling close pals with the news that she was pregnant again. Jen said she's three months along - and she and Ben are 'ecstatic'."

The source adds, "She and Ben are still deciding whether they'll ask the sex of the child."

Well we'll see if the Enquirer is right, but you know their track record!

Gary Busey Explains His Attack On Jen Garner. Sort Of.

HerBadMother — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:46:00 GMT

So, that whole thing that went down last night on the Oscar red carpet? Gary Busey attacking Jennifer Garner and Ryan Seacrest just standing there like a big limp douche? Well, Busey has finally come forward to explain his side of things. In a manner of speaking.

Ryan Seacrest, ever the ~~mediawhore~~ enterprising journalist, invited Busey onto his radio show today to talk about what exactly happened and what exactly Busey was on. Busey, as might be expected, was more than a little confusing in his explanation of the events:

"Well, what I wanted to do was when I first saw you (Ryan) working, I said, "Who is this guy?" And I said, "Oh God, this isn't going to work." And then you captured me. You are to me, when you're working, an innocent champion of honesty. Your heart has a way to embrace the truth in your delivery without looking like you are reading a script. Everything looks spontaneous. What spontaneity is—spontaneity comes from an invisible idea that is there before the creation began. And you have that naturally, so I just wanted to pay you a compliment. But I didn't know you were in the middle of an interview, I was just moving through there."

Translation: I was totally f*cked up on crack and vodka chasers and thought that Jennifer Garner was you. I love you, man.

Other Busey nuggets:

"The truth requires no questions."
"The word fan is an obsolete word to me. It means two thing: fantastic or fanatic. Or something that hangs on a ceiling or sits on a table and blows wind in your face."
"And I know you must remember to chase and catch your dreams. If you don't, your imagination will live in empty spaces, and that is nowhere land."

General translation: The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind. The answer is blowin' in the wind. And you'd better go chase it. Here's some mescaline.

He's batshit f*cking crazy. Good times.

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Gary Busey Attacks Jen Garner At Oscars (UPDATED!)

HerBadMother — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:45:00 GMT

I don't know whether Gary Busey was high or drunk or just looking to grab a little attention for himself, but seriously? Jumping on Jennifer Garner? PSYCHO.

In case you missed it, what happened was this: Gary Busey interrupted a red carpet interview between Garner and Ryan Seacrest, grabbed Jennifer and groped her and kissed her on the neck.

Jennifer recoiled in alarm, before composing herself and asking Seacrest, “aren’t you going to ask me about getting kissed on the neck by that man?” Then she bolted.

Which, you can't blame her. I mean, Gary Busey? Ew. Gary Busey all liquored up and gropey? Triple ew. Factor in Ryan Seacrest getting all twitchy and girly and totally unheroic in the face of Jen's molestation by Busey and you have major, major creepage.

Drunken pervage: the video evidence -

Jennifer Garner Hit And Run Scandal!

HerBadMother — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:03:00 GMT

Okay, so she didn't run, and it's not a scandal, but still. You'd think that this kind of thing - running over old ladies with a stroller - would dim the perpetually virtuous glow of Jen Garner, but apparently little old ladies love being run over when the relevant strollers are inhabited by dimpled toddlers and pushed by sweet-faced moms of the like of our Jen.

Check it out (video HERE). That lady is practically grateful for being run over.

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To Hell With The 'Sexy' Lists: Who's A Good Celebrity Mom?

HerBadMother — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:23:00 GMT

I have an idea for a new list. It will be an antidote to all of the superficial and misogynistic lists that currently get all of the press, and it will make everyone feel better. Cookie Magazine or whomever could publish it, and we could all debate who should be on it: Loveliest Celebrity Moms Ever.

Christy Turlington, who is featured in this month's Cookie, would certainly have to be on it, because a) she is jaw-droppingly gorgeous in the most unaffected and unenhanced way, and b) she radiates good-heartedness and save-the-worldishness and makes me want to do yoga, maybe, if I could ever get off my ass. Also, she invented the world's best yoga-wear, which - quite apart from good for yoga, which I wouldn't know - is the very best garb for post-partum bodies and bodies that can't be bothered to iron stuff when they're exhausted from caring for babies.

I would also put Jennifer Garner on that list, because every picture ever taken of her and her daughter is the very image of motherly love and childish joy and also have you seen her dimples? (That I have a massive girl-crush on her and want her to join my Mommy-and-Me group has not biased me in any way on this issue.) Who else? Angelina, maybe, for adopting all of those children and very possibly saving their lives - recent controversies over the terms of those adoptions don't change the fact that she is making a home for children who would otherwise likely not have any - though she looks like she would cut you if you ever dared criticize her, which isn't a lovely characteristic, but I'll reserve judgment on that. Maggie Gyllenhaal, for breastfeeding publicly, and for being unremittingly cool. Jamie Lee Curtis, for remaining insistently consistent in promoting healthy body image for girls. Julia Roberts and Jodie Foster, for putting family life before their own celebrity. Salma Hayek, for being breathtaking (superficial, I know, but still.) Sarah Jessica Parker, because she proves that sexiness isn't the be-all and end-all of loveliness, in motherhood or in womanhood generally. I could on and on.

I would prefer that it not be a ranked list, because true loveliness defies ranking, but I'd understand if some sales-minded editor insisted upon such ranking. It would have to be a celebrity-specific list, otherwise it would be nearly infinite (the stock of motherly loveliness in the world being itself almost infinite), and - however sadly - not particularly newsworthy. Obviously, there'd be some notable exclusions - Britney, of course, and likely Posh (just not lovely, in my books. She snarls), among a great many others - which is not to say that those women are excluded from the possibility of loveliness as mothers, just that, at present time, they seem to have other, less-lovely concerns. There would, however, not be an 'Unlovely Moms' list, because unecessary meanness is just not lovely.

I'm not quite certain of how I'm defining 'lovely' here; I just think that I know it when I see it (and in any case, who knows how to define 'sexy' or 'hot', either? Or 'unsexy' for that matter?) And that it's a more precious commodity that 'sexiness' or 'hotness' or whatever. And that we should celebrate it. For a change.

Who would you put on the list? Who would you exclude?

Jennifer Garner Won't Sign Tabloid Magazines

Karen — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:04:00 GMT

Jennifer Garner was out signing autographs after her performance in the play Cyrano de Bergerac in New York City. When asked to sign a tabloid for a fan, she refused, saying "“I’ll sign anything else but.”

The magazine was a People. Once again, there's nothing bad I can say about Jen. She's sweet, a good mama, and Whit and BadKitty would kick my butt if I did.

Bender Affleck: Is Ben Drinking Again?

Whit Honea — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:09:00 GMT

Is Ben Affleck back on the booze? According to a source the actor, who spent time in rehab for alcohol in 2001, was seen celebrating recently with pints of Guinness and a few glasses of wine.

Man, is it wrong to think that Guinness sounds good in the middle of the day?

The source said that Ben was the last one in the bar and had to be dragged out by friends.

I'm not going to throw stones yet. I love Guinness and I don't have any problem with a guy celebrating something big (the party was for his directorial debut, Gone, Baby, Gone, which appears to be doing well). However, if this is the beginning of a problem revisited, then that is a different story.

I'm giving Affleck the benefit of the doubt. I know I've said before that I used to think he was a tool, but writing about him 10x a day has caused me to appreciate him. He and his family are some of the more normal people that pass through the pages of FameCrawler.

An occasional Guinness is good for the soul (and breastmilk!), but in the meantime Ben should just stick with the Starbucks.

Photo: Celebutopia

Jennifer Garner and Violet are Two Happy Peas in a Pretty Little Pod

Whit Honea — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:05:00 GMT

Here at FameCrawler it's our job to provide you with celebrity parents and their kids and throw as much snark on the pile as we can stomach. It's fun. However, I can't ever bring myself to be sarcastic about Jennifer Garner and Violet Affleck. The few times I've teased them I've had trouble sleeping. They're just too cute and normal for my own good.

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I Hope Violet Affleck Doesn't Catch Soxitis from Ben and Jen

Whit Honea — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:29:00 GMT

Violet looks so cute than I'm almost willing to forgive the slight that Ben Affleck is throwing at the city of New York.

A Boston Red Sox hat? I know, he's a fan. He's from there. Still, that's asking for it. They shouldn't put Violet in such a dangerous situation.

Notice how Jennifer is keeping her distance. She's the smart one.

Jenny Garner, Violet and Ben: This is how They Roll

Whit Honea — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:59:00 GMT

Here we have one of our favorite families, Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck and their daughter Violet, out for a stroll in NYC. Notice anything different? Violet has her feet on the ground! She's a walking machine.

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Photos (lower): Celebs and Bubs

Jennifer Garner: I Don't Know What I'm Doing, Either

HerBadMother — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:02:00 GMT

Like I needed more reasons to crush on Jennifer Garner. It's not enough that she's super-gorgeous and seems super-friendly and always plays kick-ass hot chicks in action-adventure films and TV shows - now it turns out that she loves roast chicken with gravy and that she's relentlessly frank and humble about being a mom. She scours parenting books to figure out the challenges of being a parent, she said recently, because "day to day, I don't know what I'm doing."

That makes me feel so much better. All those stories and images of moms like Angelina Jolie, who radiate superefficiency, make me nervous: how'm I supposed to feel confident as a mother when I can barely get my kid to daycare in the morning, let alone escort children to a private French school while wearing five-inch heels before trotting off to pose nude for a high-end fashion magazine? Knowing that Jennifer Garner struggles to figure her mom-shit out every day - and that she eats something other than pureed wheatgrass - somehow makes my own, gravy-soaked super-inefficiency seem just a little more okay.

Ben Affleck Does Not Beat Jennifer Garner

Whit Honea — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:50:00 GMT

Ben Affleck does not beat Jennifer Garner, physically, or at anything (I'm just guessing about that last part). Not that anyone would ever think that, right? Apparently one person did, Jen Garner's massage therapists did not like what she found on the star's body- a collection of black and blue bruises.

"The masseuse thought I had been beaten by my husband. The lady gave me a lecture about where to go to get help.

"I tried to tell her that the bruises came from working on a show but she wouldn't listen. She must have thought it was an elaborate variation on the 'I walked into a door' excuse."

Garner says that the she received the bruises from some hardcore fight scenes in her new movie The Kingdom.

I believe this 110% because, a) Ben seems like a pretty mellow guy, and b) Jen could totally kick his ass.

Tell the masseuse to mind her own damn business and get to the happy ending.

Photo: Celebutopia

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Have a Better Marriage Than You Do

BadKitty — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:13:00 GMT

Like everyone else in the free world, I wish Jen Garner was my BFF. On the other hand, I want to kick her teeth in whenever I hear about her loving, respectful, mature relationship with Ben Affleck. Wow. They are so perfect and even keeled and lovey dovey. That so makes me wish bad things like missing orgasm and bleeding gums on the pair.

Most couples, whether we admit it to People or not, fight mean about dumb things like toothpaste, completing forms and paying the electric bill. Hearing that Jen Garner, in addition to looking so very, very good, gets to have a loving, sweet, supporting conversational relationship with Ben Affleck about everything, from taking out the garbage to picking up after little Violet, well, that's annoying.

Clearly, this is actually another "the stars are nothing like us" post.

Source: People

Jennifer Garner Swears She Isn't Pregnant, Begs Me to Stop Bump Watch 2007

Whit Honea — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:48:00 GMT

Jennifer Garner has fueled much speculation in these pages, what with the loose shirts, occasional bumpage and the smoke and mirrors. However, she insists that she is not pregnant. She has work to do, and lots of it. A sibling for Violet is not on the current agenda.

Speaking of Violet, be prepared for photos of her at Starbucks. Garner is going to Japan for a press junket, and leaving Violet behind for the first time. Dad, Ben Affleck, is reportedly up for the task. Hey Ben, a few blueberries and creme, some Goldfish, and a good nap will go a long way. Violet may enjoy some of that stuff as well.

Photo: MSNBC

Violet Affleck Sells Ducks Insurance

Whit Honea — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:03:00 GMT

I don't know why, but every time I read the name 'Affleck' I hear it as if it's being said by that Aflac Insurance duck. AFFFF-LECK!

This picture is great. First of all, we see that Jen is a bit mean, tossing the food over those that worked the hardest to get ahead, making regrets and losing friends along the way. Then there is Violet, welcoming them all with open arms, ready to forgive them their trespasses.

That's what it's all about really, the giving, the taking, chances lost, prizes won, and of course the forgiveness of a child. It's also about getting a duck to yell your name. That would be pretty funny.

Photo: Pacific Coast News

Ben Affleck Turns 35, Still Normal

Whit Honea — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:56:00 GMT

Ben Affleck turned 35 on Wednesday. Did you see all of the stuff on the internet this morning about the booze and the drugs? No. That's because Ben Affleck celebrated his birthday like a grownup. That's not to say there's anything wrong with a little celebration, but wouldn't you rather be involved in this scene than one that involves police and hangovers? Way to be cool Ben.

Happy Birthday.

Source: Celebs and Bubs

Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck and Baby Violet: Walking With the Fishies

Whit Honea — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:02:00 GMT

The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach is a fun place to spend the day. Don't believe Violet. There are fish and fun, and if you're lucky you may see an Affleck!

Does Violet have Crocs ($25) in every color or what?

Photo: Celebrity Moms

Jennifer Garner and the Pregnancy Rumor That Won't Quit

Whit Honea — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:30:00 GMT

Jennifer Garner has been the subject of pregnancy rumors for a while now. It's just that she keeps doing stuff, like rubbing her belly and eating. Wait, I do that stuff too. That's normal, right?

She spent well over an hour visiting a doctor at St. John's yesterday, and then went for some grub at Le Pain Quotidien. Doctors and food? I'm just sayin'.

Why don't you be the judge. Is there the makings of a bump here, or is it all smoke and mirrors?

Personally, I hope she is pregnant. Her gang is fun to write about- not a trainwreck among them. It's refreshing.

Too bad they're Sox fans.

Photo: Pacific Coast News for use on FameCrawler

The Post in Which Ben Affleck and Jen Garner Look into My Soul

Whit Honea — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:07:00 GMT

Violet can't even bear to look. However, Ben Affleck, with his steely gaze and lingering bedroom eyes, and Jennifer Garner, with the same exact look women have been giving me since I hit puberty (23 was a tough year), can't look away. 'How could you?' they seem to whisper.

Easy. I love you guys. You make movies. Sometimes good ones. You do rich people stuff but look normal doing it. It's a gift you carry my friends, and a curse. That's how I do it.

Seriously though, what are you guys looking at?

Just Like Us: Yep, Jen and Violet, Again

Whit Honea — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:17:00 GMT

Once again we find our two favorite ladies, Miss Violet and her mommy, Jennifer Garner, looking as normal as any of us.

I can only guess that someone said a funny, because as much as I love my kids I don't recall this level of joy being evoked during the application of a carseat. Violet (more Crocs,$25) knows what I'm talking about.

FameCrawler : Jen Garner

Ben Affleck Says Romance with JLo was a Mistake

Jennifer Garner Working Out For Two

Ben Affleck and Jen Garner Expecting A Second Child

Gary Busey Explains His Attack On Jen Garner. Sort Of.

Gary Busey Attacks Jen Garner At Oscars (UPDATED!)

Gary Busey Attacks Jen Garner At Oscars (UPDATED!)

Jennifer Garner Hit And Run Scandal!

To Hell With The 'Sexy' Lists: Who's A *Good* Celebrity Mom?

Jennifer Garner Won't Sign Tabloid Magazines

Bender Affleck: Is Ben Drinking Again?

Jennifer Garner and Violet are Two Happy Peas in a Pretty Little Pod

I Hope Violet Affleck Doesn't Catch Soxitis from Ben and Jen

Jenny Garner, Violet and Ben: This is how They Roll

Jennifer Garner: I Don't Know What I'm Doing, Either

Ben Affleck Does Not Beat Jennifer Garner

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Have a Better Marriage Than You Do

Jennifer Garner Swears She Isn't Pregnant, Begs Me to Stop Bump Watch 2007

Violet Affleck Sells Ducks Insurance

Ben Affleck Turns 35, Still Normal

Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck and Baby Violet: Walking With the Fishies

Jennifer Garner and the Pregnancy Rumor That Won't Quit

The Post in Which Ben Affleck and Jen Garner Look into My Soul

Just Like Us: Yep, Jen and Violet, Again

To Hell With The 'Sexy' Lists: Who's A Good Celebrity Mom?