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Ben Affleck is taking his name off the list of possible candidates for U.S. Sen. John Kerry's seat, which would be open if the Democratic senator from Massachusetts is confirmed as secretary of state.

Kevin James comedy "Here Comes the Boom" is soft; "Atlas Shrugged: Part 2" hasn't yet galvanized conservative moviegoers. Summit Entertainment's microbudgeted horror pic Sinister stole the show at the Friday box office, grossing $7.5 million and beating holdover Taken 2 and Ben Affleck's new political thriller Argo.

At this year’s Toronto Film Festival — branded acronymously as TIFF — it’s possible to devour a big chunk of the upcoming movie season in the course of eight crazy days and nights. I’m talking about the prestige stuff, the awards bait, the grown-up menu. Jammed and overlapping, the schedule allows a caffeinated venue-hopper to gulp down The Master, Argo, Cloud Atlas, The Place Beyond the Pines, Silver Linings Playbook, Hyde Park on the Hudson, To the Wonder, Great Expectations… and I’m sure I’m missing a jumble of other titles.

Oliver Stone sequel takes in $7 million for No. 1 spot; Ben Affleck crime drama drops to No. 2 with $5 million.

Film opens with $23.8 million to take the No. 1 spot. The intense Warner Bros. drama about bank robbers in an insular section of Boston earned rave reviews.

Actor/director Ben Affleck's Warner Bros crime thriller is overperforming at the North American box office tonight. Based on Friday's $8.5M grosses, it will easily finish No. 1 this opening weekend when it was only predicted to come in 2nd. The "R"-rated movie's estimated $25+M looks like it will nearly equal the $28.6M of the same studio's October 6, 2006, Boston crime thriller The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese.

I don't know why this is news, but I guess everyone loves to report on these two doing another project. When did Matt Damon and Ben Affleck become as awesome as peanut butter and jelly? They did their little Good Will Hunting thing, but I doubt if lighting is going to strike twice if they team up again. I know they were in that shitty Kevin Smith film (wait, Kevin Smith makes shitty films?) but is there really an audience clamoring for these two guys to be together once again? I know I couldn't (happy, grammar police?) care less.

In this way Mr. Kwapis's latest film, "He's Just Not That Into You," though it boasts a marquee-busting roster of A-list Hollywood names including Jennifer Aniston and Ben Affleck, fits into his gentle niche.

Celebrities acting like “normal” people might rank low on the “Change We Need” scale, but it’s certainly a welcome one that’s playing out all over Washington this week.

One week ago, Jennifer Garner gave birth to her second daughter with Ben Affleck.