Ben Affleck will not make a speech at the upcoming Democratic National Convention – because he doesn’t want to steal Barack Obama’s thunder.

The Pearl Harbor star is set to join a host of celebrities and rallying around the party’s presidential candidate at the event in Denver, Colorado next week.

But according to the New York Daily News, Affleck has ruled out a high-profile appearance because he doesn’t want to hog the limelight.

A source tells the newspaper: “He won’t be delivering speeches. Instead, he’ll be anteing up for a disabled veterans’ poker tournament, as well as participating in America’s Second Harvest events – packing lunches for local food banks. And he’ll be sitting in on a panel discussion on combating global poverty.”

Other A-listers reportedly planning to attend the event include filmmakers Quentin Tarantino and Spike Lee, movie stars Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Susan Sarandon, and Forest Whitaker, and rapper Kanye West.

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Ben Affleck has signed on to flex his comedy muscles in new Mike Judge movie Extract.

The Gone Baby Gone director will play an ambulance-chasing lawyer in the upcoming film, which tells of a flower extract factory owner (Jason Bateman) with horrendous luck, according to Variety.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall actresses Mila Kunis and Kristen Wiig are already signed up for the comedy, which begins shooting on Monday in Los Angeles.

The Miramax production sees Affleck continuing his relationship with the studio, which began with his writing and starring in Good Will Hunting in 1997 and has continued up to his directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, last year.

Though his work behind the camera on the Dennis Lehane adaptation was critically acclaimed, Affleck has not appeared in a significant onscreen role since 2006’s biopic Hollywoodland.

However, as well as signing up for Extract, he has also completed work on romantic comedy He’s Just Not That Into You and political drama State of Play, a film version of the BBC series.

It was also revealed today that Affleck’s wife, actress Jennifer Garner, is expecting their second daughter.

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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon pledged their support for presidential wannabe Barack Obama at a fundraising event in Miami, Florida on Saturday.

The pair was accompanied by their pregnant wives Jennifer Garner and Luciana Barroso at the gala, to raise money for the Democrat’s push for the White House.

The foursome paid $1,000 each for tickets to the black tie event and Affleck, Garner and Damon all gave speeches.

A source tells People.com, “Jennifer Garner gave the first speech supporting Obama, and she was very witty, clever and funny. She was followed by her husband Ben, then Matt Damon. The men gave serious political speeches on how the country needs change.”

Damon later explained his support for Obama, “Mostly because I don’t like the path this country’s on and if McCain is elected we’ll be continuing down that same path.”

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Their family is about to grow, and now Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck may be in the market for roomier digs.

“I guess they are looking for a bigger place now,” pal Kevin Smith told People at a the Maxim magazine party on Saturday in San Diego where he attended Comic-Con.

The director-actor, who is a longtime friend of Affleck and starred with Garner in 2006’s Catch and Release, also revealed how he learned the news that the couple – who are parents to daughter Violet, 2 – are expecting again.

“I saw him last week. Ben came over to watch my movie (Zack and Miri Make a Porno) at the house, and he told me, ‘We’re having another baby,’” recalls Smith.

He added that parenthood comes naturally to both stars. “[Jen] is such a Martha Stewart type. She is a perfect mom,” he says. “And [Ben] is a great dad, which I found not that surprising, but it’s a side of him that I never thought about before he became a dad. He’s a great father. He loves that kid of his.”

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Ben Affleck’s mother has become the latest person to let slip about her daughter-in-law Jennifer Garner’s baby news, reportedly confirming Hollywood’s worst-kept secret at a family wedding.

When her actor son and his wife failed to make it to the Cape Cod nuptials on July 12th, Chris Affleck told nosy guests that Garner “wasn’t up for the trip”.

And when guests pressed her for more information, grandma Chris left them with no doubt there is soon to be another family addition.

An eyewitness tells Life & Style magazine, “She put her hands on her tummy, patted it gently and gave a huge smile. Then she leaned in and said ‘Baby number two!’”

Days later, the couple’s close friend, actor Victor Garber, also let the baby news slip, but he has since insisted his comments were taken out of context and he has no idea if Garner, his former Alias co-star, is pregnant.

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Expectant parents Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are hunting for a new home, in which to raise their expanding family.

Just days after Garner’s former Alias co-star Victor Garber reportedly let slip the couple is expecting a second child, the actors have been snapped house hunting in Los Angeles.

Affleck and Garner, who was struggling to hide a distinctive baby bump, spent an hour on Monday at a construction site in Brentwood viewing a luxury house currently under construction.er

Although the couple has yet to confirm the pregnancy, Garner is expected to give birth later this year to a little brother or sister for two-year-old daughter Violet.

Garber insists comments he made about the possible pregnancy were taken out of context, and he has no idea if Garner is with child.

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