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Not everything worked on the season finale of Saturday Night Live hosted by Ben Affleck, however the final Weekend Update sketch to include Stefon was easily one of the night’s better skits. Bill Hader is exiting the show and so the Weekend Update bit was both a good-bye to the character and the actor.   [...]

Spike TV just announced Ben Affleck, Jimmy Kimmel, Emilia Clarke, Vince Vaughn, Kevin Hart, and Felix Baumgartner will receive awards at the 2013 Guys Choice Awards to be held on June 8, 2013. Affleck, coming off an awesome year in which he proved himself one of the best directors around with Argo, has been chosen [...]

Saturday Night Live will be finishing up season 38 … just let that sink in for a moment … with hosting appearances by Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, and Ben Affleck. Galifianakis, star of The Hangover Part 3, was previously announced as the host for the May 4, 2013 episode. The gig will mark his third [...]

How can you tell To The Wonder is a Terrence Malick film? Because one of the first scenes in the trailer is a shot looking up through the leaves in a tree toward the sky. Although the shot itself isn’t funny, I always find the fact that shot is featured in trailers for Malick’s films [...]

Best Actress Oscar nominees Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence as well as Best Picture nominee Ben Affleck have just been added to the list of 2013 Oscar presenters. The 85th Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron confirmed their involvement as presenters on the show.   Affleck didn’t receive a Best Director nomination but [...]

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is the British equivalent of the Academy Awards and its big winner could also be the big Oscar winner. Ben Affleck and Argo found a lot of love across the pond, taking home awards in the Best Film, Editing, and Best Director categories. 2013 BAFTA Nominees [...]

In support of Argo‘s upcoming release on Blu-ray and DVD on February 19, 2013, Warner Bros Pictures has unveiled this in-depth behind-the-scenes video that provides a glimpse at not only the making of the film, but also details on the true story that inspired the movie. Argo: Declassified features interviews with Ben Affleck, the producers, [...]

The 65th Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards took place on February 2, 2013 and once again it was Ben Affleck’s Argo that snagged the feature film award. Affleck’s definitely not earning an Oscar for helming Argo, but with the amount of awards he’s piling up, his trophy shelf is going to look full even [...]

Ben Affleck was snubbed by the Academy but his fellow actors showed their appreciation for his work on Argo by presenting it with the 2013 Screen Actors Guild award for best ensemble. “Wow, thank you all so much. I can’t believe I’m standing in the place where Daniel Day-Lewis just was. I feel like maybe [...]

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler served as hosts for the 2013 Golden Globes held on January 13th in Hollywood and honoring films and television shows from 2012. Among the night’s big winners were Argo (pulling off a surprise win in the best movie category over Lincoln) and Les Miserables, with Homeland and Girls snagging major [...]