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2 hrs ago | Boston.com

Television Reviews, TV News, Listings, Guides & Schedules

When songwriters take on television, they tend to cast it in negative and neurotic roles.

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Related Topix: The Voice, Entertainment, Television, Celebrities, Ben Affleck

Wed Jun 19, 2013

River Cities' Reader

Now Playing: Friday, June 21, through Thursday, June 27

A seemingly prototypical triumph-of-the-underdog sports flick, this Jackie Robinson bio also achieves a legitimate, rousing greatness, and it's the sort of expansive and lingering greatness that makes you leave the picture feeling, with few reservations, that the movie as a whole was truly great.

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Related Topix: After Earth, Celebrities, Jaden Smith, Ben Affleck, The Croods, Epic, Movies, Entertainment

DVD Verdict

Breaking Bad: The Fifth Season

Former high school teacher and cancer survivor Walter White may have "won" at the end of the fourth season, though the meth-cooking life is anything but easy-going when the fifth season begins.

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Related Topix: Breaking Bad, Entertainment, Television, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Wiseguy, Jonathan Banks

Tue Jun 18, 2013

The Post Game

Jon Hamm To Star In Upcoming Baseball Movie

You may remember hearing the amazing story of Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel a few years ago.

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Related Topix: Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi

Home Theater

Philips Fidelio X1 Headphones

Price : $299 At a Glance : Sinfully comfy Artfully balanced frequency response Lavish build quality boasts aluminum trim and real leather It wasn't that long ago that Philips wasn't the first name that would come to mind for audiophile headphones.

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Related Topix: Headphones

Suria

Ben Affleck: Three kids is enough

The Oscar-winning actor-and-director - who has daughters Violet, seven and Seraphina, four, as well as 15-month-old son Samuel with wife Jennifer Garner - has revealed he's not interested in adding to his brood and is content with having just three children.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Celebrities, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Entertainment

Sun Jun 16, 2013

DVD Times

To the Wonder

Blu-Ray Review: Terrence Malick's sixth film - starring Olga Kurylenko, Javier Bardem, Rachel McAdams, and Ben Affleck - has polarised critics worldwide but those able to tune into its unusual frequencies are rewarded with a deeply affecting experience.

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Related Topix: To the Wonder, The Tree of Life, Celebrities, Ben Affleck, Drama Movies, Days of Heaven, Biography Movies, The New World, History Movies, Adventure

The Daily Times

From Dover to the Moon

Much has been said about the race to the moon, but Tom McNulty still has a tale to tell from a very different viewpoint.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Ben Affleck, Science / Technology, NASA, Space

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Suria

Ben Affleck loves raising his children

Ben Affleck is loving every minute of fatherhood and described raising his children children with wife Jennifer Garner as the ''greatest thing'' in his life.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Ben Affleck, Family, Kids, Entertainment

The Globe and Mail

Tehran in 1979 was stranger than Hollywood's fiction

Former Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor and his wife Pat, pose for photographers at the premiere of the film Argo in Washington on Oct. 10, 2012.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News

Thu Jun 13, 2013

UPI

Ben Affleck named Spike TV's Guy of the Year

Oscar-winning "Argo" filmmaker Ben Affleck earned the top prize of Guy of the Year at Spike TV's Guys Choice Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Ben Affleck, Lincoln, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Television

Wed Jun 12, 2013

Daily Mail

Proud papa Ben Affleck carries Violet's artwork as he picks her up...

On Tuesday, Ben Affleck was back on the road again as he cruised into Brentwood in that same car to collect his daughter Violet from school.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Ben Affleck

Hollywood Reporter

Telluride Film Festival Organizers Come to Hollywood to Tease Upcoming 40th Edition

Alexander Payne, James Gray and Matthew Weiner were among the boldfaced names who came out to support the small-town fest, which kicks off the Oscar season.

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Related Topix: The Descendants, Movies, Entertainment

Tue Jun 11, 2013

The Huffington Post

PHOTOS: Jennifer Garner Was A Total Band Geek In High School

Jennifer Garner is not only one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, she's also married to Mr. Cool, Ben Affleck, which makes her awesome by association.

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Related Topix: Butter, Jennifer Garner, Los Angeles, CA, Hollywood (Los Angeles, CA), Celebrities, Ben Affleck

ContactMusic.com

Justin Timberlake Is Online Poker Whizz Kid in 'Runner, Runner' [Trailer]

Justin Timberlake plays Princeton mathematics whizz kid Richie Furst in 'Runner, Runner' - the new crime thriller by Brad Furman .

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Related Topix: Games, Poker, Criminal Defense Law, Law, The Lincoln Lawyer, Celebrities, Ben Affleck

Politico

Eddie Vedder plays for Bill Clinton

Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder entertained former President Bill Clinton and actor Ben Affleck at a small LA dinner over the weekend, the New York Post reports : The Pearl Jam frontman did an acoustic set of four songs at an intimate event thrown by uber-agent Patrick Whitesell and wife Lauren at their home.

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Related Topix: Bill Clinton, Pop/Rock, Pearl Jam, History in the News, Celebrities, Ben Affleck

Mon Jun 10, 2013

Daily Mail

Ben Affleck's classic car conks out as he attempts to make getaway from poker tournament

Father-of-three Ben, who is married to actress Jennifer Garner, was assisted by a valet, who had to get underneath the hood of the red car to give it a jump start.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Ben Affleck, Games, Poker, Pacific-Palisades, CA

PennLive.com

'Argo' screening at Carlisle Theatre will include talk-back with CIA agent Tony Mendez

Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez, center, in "Argo," a rescue thriller about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Ben Affleck, Entertainment

CFR.org

The Myth of an American Coup

This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of Operation Ajax - the notorious CIA plot that is supposed to have ousted Iranian prime minister Muhammad Mossadeq.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Ben Affleck

Iol.co.za

What a guy wants

Cast member Emilia Clarke at the premiere for the third season of the television series 'Game of Thrones' in Hollywood, California on March 18, 2013.

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Related Topix: Game of Thrones, Entertainment, Television, Emilia Clarke, Celebrities, Ben Affleck