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Ben Affleck is racking up major points in his karma column.
On the heels of his moving commencement speech at the high school graduation of
longtime pal Joe Kindregan on Friday in Virginia, the lantern-jawed actor
returned to his hometown to stump for a worthy cause. The Boston Herald reports
Affleck spent time on Sunday at the Greater Boston Food Bank as part of a
campaign for America's Second Harvest, the nation's largest hunger-relief
charity (June 5 is the sixth annual Hunger Awareness Day). Before hitting the
warehouse to help sort and load food for delivery with other volunteers, Ben
fielded questions from reporters -- and had them laughing as he was tossed a
question about whether he had coughed up some cash to the organization. "I, ah,
I am about to, ah, go in the back and write a check, yes," he said. When not
doing good deeds, the image-overhauling Oscar winner was cheering on the Red
Sox, hitting Fenway Park on Saturday with wife Jennifer Garner, who was a decidedly good sport when the
team's fuzzy mascot approached her for a hug. The couple's adorably smiley tot
Violet was a no-show.
Keith Urban has learned the hard way that not everyone is a
fan of country music. Australia's Townsville Bulletin claims that when the
crooner recently popped by the Queensland set of wife Nicole Kidman's big-budget epic "Australia," he was denied
entry by a pop-culture-clueless security guard. Urban supposedly stood his
ground (and likely died just a little inside), prompting the guard to call her
boss and say, "There's some bloke here named Keith Urban wants to get on the
set." Faster than you can say, "I have all your albums," Keith was ushered
inside to see his missus. Kidman, by the by, is expected to pose this week for
famed photographer Patrick Demarchelier, who is shooting her for an upcoming
issue of Vanity Fair, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Jennifer Aniston made a fortune from "Friends," but that doesn't mean she's above being a
corporate shill to further fill her overflowing coffers. Us Weekly confirms the
well-hydrated star will be the new face of smartwater, acting not just as a
spokeswoman but as a bottle designer. Aniston, who has been absent from the big
screen since "The Break-Up," will be photographed for the print campaign
-- her first stumping gig to be featured in the United States -- by
photographer-to-the-stars Mario Testino, with her signature smartwater label
expected to hit stores in July. "Jennifer became an immediate fan," the company
said in a statement. "She believes so much in smartwater that she recently
became an investor in the company and is even getting actively involved in the
business." It remains unclear whether Aniston's investment netted her a tidy
profit now that Coca-Cola has bought out smartwater's parent company, Glaceau
(also unclear: whether she plans to donate any of her pitching proceeds to
charity, although we wouldn't be surprised if she does). Rapper 50 Cent, who inked a deal with Glaceau in 2004 to produce a
personalized version of vitaminwater, reportedly pocketed tens of millions from
the buy-out.
If we didn't know better (oh, wait, we do), we'd think Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were oh-so-subtly laying the
groundwork for an announcement in the not too distant future that another
TomKitten is on the way. In a sit-down with "Entertainment Tonight," the
"amazing"-spouting mom of Suri says, "Yes, definitely" when asked if they want more kids. If Suri
does get a sibling, expect her to slip easily into the role of big sister.
According to People, the 1-year-old tot is already looking to take care of her
poopie-pants brethren. During a visit to a children's boutique in Shreveport,
La., where Holmes is filming "Mad Money," "Katie let Suri walk around," the owner
helpfully relates the mag (also walking around: two big bodyguards). "One
customer had a 2-week-old baby and Suri wanted to pick her up. She would wave at
the other children and want to play with them." Holmes later sent the shop's
owners a thank-you note penned on embossed stationery bearing Suri's moniker.
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