How cute is Ben!!

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A pacifier? Really!? C’mon….

Violet, who turns four on December 1st was carried out of her preschool by dad Ben Affleck this afternoon. It’s usually mom Jennifer Garner who picks up Violet, so maybe she’s the one that’s not feeling well?

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Ben Affleck wrote, directs, and stars in The Town, an adaptation of the romance/heist novel “Prince of Thieves” written by Chuck Hogan.

Affleck made his directorial debut in last year’s Gone Baby Gone. I thought he did an amazing job, but it was probably one of the most haunting an disturbing movies I’ve ever seen. The scene in the end – with the house (you’ll know if you’ve seen it) haunts me to this day. It was too disturbing for words.  Did you see it? What did you think?

Hopefully The Town isn’t as dark as Gone Baby Gone. I’m not sure I could handle it!

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Ben Affleck and Jon Hamm filmed scenes for their new film, “The Town” today in Boston, Ben’s old stomping grounds. Ben not only stars in the film, but he also wrote it, and is directing it!

Jon Hamm, of course, plays sexy Don Draper on AMC’s Mad Men. If you’re living under a rock, and don’t know who Don Draper is, and for some reason you’re not watching Mad Men, then you’re dead to me!

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Heading to lunch together, Blake Lively and Ben Affleck pal around on set right after shooting a sex scene together on their upcoming film, “The Town,” in Boston, Massachusetts on September 01, 2009.

Seems like an odd couple to me.  What do you think?

The crime thriller is based on Chuck Hogan’s “Prince of Thieves” and – in addition to playing the lead – Affleck is also directing.

Lively, aka “Gossip Girl’s” Serena van der Woodsen, plays Affleck’s ex-galpal and Renner plays her brother and Affleck’s best friend. Jon Hamm has the role of a hard-charging FBI agent who is hot on the trail of bank-robber Ben.

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Gwyneth Paltrow is that kind of person who likes to stay friendly with her exes.

Especially her ex Ben Affleck.

Friends say the star is big on sending personal notes and gifts for births and other major celebrations, and Ben and his wife Jennifer Garner have been on the lucky receiving end of such gifts.

“Ben and Jen got one of Gwyneth’s famous notes this year just after Seraphina was born,” says the insider. “It was very nice, but it was a little too personal. Gwyneth made sure to mention how she was happy that Ben was finally creating the family he had always wanted, a family, which the two of them discussed in depth when they were dating. It just rubs Jen the wrong way.”

But that’s just the beginning of Paltrow’s too-close-for-comfort behavior.

Gwyneth has enrolled her children, Apple and Moses, in the same Beverly Hills school that Violet Affleck attends, according to our source.

“Luckily, Gwyneth and Chris are barely in California three months out of the year, so Jen should not have to run into her too often at school,” says the insider. “The other moms already have a problem with the paparazzi following the Garner-Afflecks, and Gwyneth Paltrow will only make the situation worse.”

So far Garner, and Paltrow’s husband, Coldplay singer Chris Martin, are playing it cool with the Ben/Gwyneth thing. Martin is so laid back, says our source, he actually promotes Gwyneth to stay in touch with Ben. And Jen is taking his cue.

“Jen will always allow Ben to have contact and friendship with Gwyneth,” the pal says. “But she doesn’t always like it.”

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