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The actor, 36, continues his ardent activism with an essay for the current issue of Time about his personal experiences and the ongoing war and displacement in eastern Congo.
Affleck has been traveling to the African country since 2007 to learn firsthand about the devastation and has also made a documentary about the war-torn country's urgent crisis.
In the essay, "A Glimmer of Hope in Africa," Affleck, citing the decades of instability and violence caused by rebel fighters, extremists, and outlaw militia, writes: "In the past 10 years alone, millions have died here, and more die each day as a result of the conflict.
"Most die not from war wounds but from starvation or disease … one in five children in Congo will die before reaching the age of 5."
What he hopes to prevent, Affleck writes, is a feeling of hopelessness or being overwhelmed by the country's problems.
"The nation most in need of investment gets the least by the cruel logic that it is the most broken," he writes. "It is a self-fulfilling prophecy that ultimately fosters indifference in the guise of wisdom."
Source: People
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Ben Affleck - who has two daughters with wife Jennifer Garner - is said to be keen to add a bouncing baby boy to his brood.
"Ben's happy to keep going until he gets his boy," a source tells America's OK! magazine. "He has visions of dressing a little guy in Red Sox gear, tossing a baseball around and cheering in the stands together.
"Jennifer has told friends she's done having children. She jokes with Ben, 'If you want more babies, you'll have to find a way to produce them yourself!'"
However, Ben remains optimistic his wife will eventually change her mind.
"Jen is a big softie when it comes to giving Ben what he wants," the source adds, "[If he can't have a son] he'll have those little girls dressed head-to-toe in Red Sox gear!"
Source: Showbiz Spy
Jennifer Garner and husband Ben Affleck are celebrating the birth of their second child, a baby girl.
People magazine reports that a spokesperson for the couple did not reveal the child's name and no other details were provided.
Garner and Affleck, both 36, have a three-year-old daughter, Violet.
Source: RTE Entertainment
Affleck has visited the Congo four times since 2007 and also has made a documentary about its problems and years of sporadic violence, which many fear could draw in neighboring countries.
"The primary reason I am here is to urge people to give money to the NGOs (non-governmental organizations) and charities doing hard work in eastern Congo on meager funds," Affleck told the Associated Press on Thursday in Goma.
"And if people out there have an existing relationship with a charity, to urge that charity to get involved in eastern Congo. To let people know, 'Don't just read the horror stories in the newspapers and turn off.' It's not something that we as human beings can, in good conscience, ignore."
Source: Det News
Affleck will rewrite an existing script by Peter Craig with revisions by Chuck Hogan, who wrote the novel "Prince of Thieves," on which the film is based. Adrian Lyne was once attached to direct.
The story involves a high-tension love triangle between a female bank manager, a longtime thief who stole more than her heart and an equally smitten FBI agent trying to bust the crook and his gang before they can pull another big job.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
The couple welcomed their daughter Violet in last December, and are expecting a second addition to their ever growing family with Garner set to give birth next year, according to reports from the National Enquirer.
A source tells the famous tabloid, "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."
Source: The Best Gossip
In an interview with Access Hollywood's Billy Bush for "The Billy Bush Show," Affleck said life with Garner and the couple's two-year-old daughter Violet was going well.
"Things are pretty great," Affleck said, when asked if he had any vacation plans on the horizon. "We’re very happy. Things couldn’t be better. We’re kind of taking it easy and just kind of enjoying a little downtime at home."
Source: Access Hollywood
The 'Pearl Harbor' actor says becoming a father to two-year-old Violet, his daughter with wife Jennifer Garner, was the catalyst he needed to overcome his habit.
Once he had made up his mind to quit, Ben decided to take a leaf out of pal Matt Damon's book by visiting a hypnotist.
He told Oprah Winfrey: "I finally decided to quit smoking when I found out I was going to have a child. That was the thing that sort of put it over the top for me. I decided to go to a hypnotist. You sit in a chair and the hypnotist sips water and just talks to you for an hour, and explains how nicotine is poison.
"All of a sudden, I thought, 'This is asinine that I've been doing this to myself for all these years.' My last cigarette was on November 10th, 2005, and I feel a huge difference in my health now that I don't smoke. I feel like I'm in better shape than I was five years ago."
Source: People
Ben Affleck spends some quality time with daughter Violet on the beach.
I think Ben Affleck looks like a good daddy, and I think Jennifer Garner and him are way cute.
Thank God, he didn't marry J.Lo!!!
Source: Icydk
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