My guess everyone! Doh! They're through By MAGGIE HABERMAN DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER This time, Bennifer really called the whole thing off. Once Hollywood's most overjoyed and overexposed power couple, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have split, People magazine reported last night. The bustup happened just days after the two called off their highly publicized nuptials - almost as quickly as the couple's recent movie, "Gigli," tanked at the box office. Affleck wanted the split, a source told People. While Affleck and Lopez had suggested they were merely postponing today's scheduled wedding because of intense media scrutiny, sources said the groom caught a case of cold feet. Affleck spokesman Ken Sunshine told the Daily News he knew nothing of a breakup, and Lopez spokesman Dan Klores couldn't be reached. Separate spottings J.Lo was spotted jogging and taking a dip yesterday near her home in Miami Beach, People reported. Affleck was thought to be in Los Angeles, though some reports said he was headed to Las Vegas for the Oscar De La Hoya boxing match against Shane Mosley. Affleck and Lopez, who met while filming "Gigli," were the darlings of the celebrity-watching world. Photographers captured their every move, including the heaviness of Lopez's hand after Affleck gave her a 6.1-carat pink diamond engagement ring. Despite the relationship's demise, the two will be seen getting married in the future - in the flick "Jersey Girl," due out next year. Originally published on September 14, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ok who had -2 weeks in the pool?
P.S. I saw "d'oh they're through" and instantly thought "THEY'RE CANCELLING THE SIMPSONS!?!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111"
Yeah, that's what I thought. I think my heart skipped a beat. Not to surprised about this...plus....I don't care.
To hell with them. I guess Affleck has knocked boots with old J-Lo enough and now he wants a new main squeeze(s). I don't blame him, but to me, J-Lo ain't that hot anyhow. Salma Hayek is a lot better looking and has a much better body.
Apparently it is not completely over yet....sorry Manny J-Lo, Ben 'not over yet' From correspondents in Los Angeles September 17, 2003 THE fabled love story of Hollywood's hottest couple, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, is in serious trouble, but the couple have not called it quits yet, sources close to the stars said today. The superstars had been due to be married at a lavish ceremony in California on Sunday but cancelled their nuptials at the last minute, citing excessive press interest and sparking widespread speculation that they had split up. "They're not over yet," said one source close to the pair, dubbed "Bennifer" by media because of their inseparability in public since announcing in November that they would wed. "They are having some trouble, but you don't go from getting married on Sunday to being totally off. It takes a process to get there, and while that process has started, we are not at that point yet," the source said. The comments came amid a media frenzy over the fate of the most feted celebrity union since Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton ignited the tabloid pages in the 1960s. People magazine reported that the couple - who flew off to separate US destinations at the weekend after cancelling their wedding, which was to have been attended by 400 luminaries - have ended their year-old relationship for the moment at least. But the sources said today that the magazine had jumped the gun, even as reports quoted an Affleck insider as saying that the couple had split after he initiated a breakup. Some reports have said that pals of 31-year-old heartthrob Affleck had staged an "intervention" and persuaded him to split up with the 33-year-old diva. The People report quoted Lopez insiders as saying she was "devastated" after Ben had "second thoughts" about their union. And as Lopez frolicked alone on the beach in Miami and Affleck was spotted in the casino hub of Las Vegas, other reports suggested that J-Lo had had enough of Ben's gambling and was annoyed over his visit to a strip club. The couple became friendly in December 2001, on the set of their movie Gigli - the box office mega-flop of the summer - and said they began dating after Lopez split up with her second husband, Cris Judd, in July. The singer and actress earlier was married to Ojani Noa. Pearl Harbour star Affleck has never wed. Last week the couple announced they were postponing their wedding after the world's press invaded the California town of Santa Barbara, where the ceremony was to have taken place. "When we found ourselves seriously contemplating hiring three separate 'decoy brides' at three different locations, we realised that something was awry," they said in a statement issued by Lopez's publicist. "We began to feel that the spirit of what should have been the happiest day of our lives could be compromised. We felt what should have been a joyful and sacred day could be spoiled for us, our families and our friends." Representatives for Lopez and Affleck could not be reached for comment on the conflicting reports.
