Ben Affleck

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• Quotations of the day

  are eight great films that have every right, as much a right to be up here as we do." -- Ben Affleck , after his Iran rescue thriller "Argo" won best picture at the Academy Awards .___"I was not chosen to be president to restore capitalism to Cuba. I was elected   Read more »

• Oscar telecast provides some surprises

  while Daniel Day-Lewis became the first person to win three Oscars for best actor for his starring role in "Lincoln." But it was Ben Affleck 's "Argo" that took the night's top prize, for best picture -- announced from the White House by first lady Michelle   Read more »

• 'Argo,' 'Lincoln' favored as Oscars near with wild-card host Seth MacFarlane

  Awards . But if the Oscars could be just a little less predictable, the show might really be one for the record books. Ben Affleck 's "Argo" looks like it will uniquely claim best picture without a directing nomination, while "Lincoln" filmmaker Steven Spielberg   Read more »

• Canada ambassador says he feels slighted by "Argo"

  hostage crisis of 1979, said Friday if "Argo" wins the Oscar for best picture there would be something wrong with director Ben Affleck if he didn't mention Canada.Ken Taylor said he continues to feel slighted by a movie that he says makes Canada look like   Read more »

• 'Argo' has Oscar momentum

  like it -- they really, really like it.There are several reasons why "Argo," Ben Affleck 's thriller about a CIA agent who enlists Hollywood 's help to rescue Americans from revolutionary Iran , has emerged as this year's front-runner for best picture. It   Read more »

Around the web

• Leonardo DiCaprio

  and as the production was inching towards the start line, The Great Gatsby shifted back to Sydney. The new schedule forced Ben Affleck to relinquish a pivotal role. Then came reports that Luhrmann was considering shooting in (wait for it) 3D. The Great Gatsby 3:30 AM from GQ Australia Read more »

• Movie Legends Revealed: Did Bay Really Apologize For "Armageddon?"

  However, the critics were not so kind, and it remains one of the more derided films of the 1990s. Even one of the stars, Ben Affleck, famously mocked Armageddon on the audio commentary for the DVD release. (One example: “Wouldn’t it be easier for NASA to train 5/22/13 from Comic Book Resources Read more »

• To The Wonder

  attraktive Rancherin Jane (Rachel McAdams, "Passion"), wiedertrifft. Der hier hünenhaft und fast griesgrämig auftretende Ben Affleck, für "Argo" mit dem Produzentenoscar prämiert, dient vermutlich als Alter Ego des Regisseurs. Denn offenkundig arbeitet Terrence 5/22/13 from Movie-Magazin.de Read more »

• Leonardo DiCaprio Wants Dennis Lehane To Pen Travis McGee

  a proven brand in Hollywood as more A-listers gravitate to the author and screenwriters prose and his past works. Ben Affleck broke on the scene with an adaptation of Lehans best-selling Gone Baby Gone. The two plan to collaborate again on a feature-length   from Cinema Blend Read more »

• School Of Cool #105: How to show the planet some Good Will (Hunting) like Ben Affleck

  but why is he a Global Cool guy? He drives a Hybrid and even took his daughters to an eco-friendly fashion camp, and now Ben Affleck has caught our eye on the green radar yet again. He smashed it at the Oscar’s with Argo, but there’s no rest for this busy   from Global Cool Read more »