Affleck Mixes Politics, Film in State of Play

Not my acting

(NEWSER) - Joaquin Phoenix thinks he’ll be remembered for his music, rather than his Oscar-nominated acting, he tells the Mirror. Phoenix is a lot wordier than he was in his monosyllabic appearance on Letterman, telling the paper he’s serious about becoming a rapper. “I feel like everything in my life is leading up to this,” he said. More»

His 12-year marriage has easily kept its spark, actor says

(NEWSER) - Hugh Jackman, the 40-year-old actor starring in Australia with Nicole Kidman, has been declared 2008’s Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine—and by his wife of 12 years, who, when told of the honor, said, “‘I could've told them that years ago!" But she followed quickly, Jackman tells the magazine, with "Obviously, Brad wasn't available this year." More»

These on-screen pairs lack chemistry or are just plain weird

(NEWSER) - The silver screen has seen countless memorable romances; unfortunately, it has also produced a host of bizarre on-screen hook-ups. Yahoo! Movies runs down the 10 worst:

1. Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte in I Love Trouble
2. The original Bennifer in Gigli
3. Anne Heche and Harrison Ford in Six Days, Seven Nights
4. Kevin Spacey (Bobby Darin) and Kate Bosworth (Sandra Dee) in Beyond the Sea

Gone Baby Gone plot closely resembles story of missing Madeleine McCann

(NEWSER) - Ben Affleck's directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, won't open in the UK because of eerie similarities between the film and the disappearance of British 4-year-old Madeleine McCann, Variety reports. Affleck said it has been withheld out of concern for the McCann connection. A film release, he noted, "is just a commercial matter, whereas this is a matter of life and death." More»