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Jennifer Garner says she panicked about financial stability after her divorce from Ben Affleck, realizing she needed to become a serious earner while raising three kids in Los Angeles and staying put for longer shoots. She later co-founded Once Upon a Farm and has learned to embrace imperfect balance between motherhood and work as she navigates life post-divorce.
Jennifer Garner says she panicked about money and her career after her 2018 divorce from Ben Affleck, realizing she had stepped back from work and faced how long she’d be able to keep earning. She moved to become an earner, launched collaboration with Once Upon a Farm, and began choosing roles more selectively to balance parenting her three kids with work. Her ongoing co-parenting with Affleck has also enabled her to take projects closer to home, including Peacock’s The Five-Star Weekend, while maintaining financial security for her family.
On the Club Random podcast, Bill Maher said he’s invited Ben Affleck to return to Real Time every year since their tense 2014 on-air clash over Islam, but Affleck hasn’t appeared. Maher suggests there could be a middle ground, while recalling Affleck calling Maher’s Islam remarks “gross and racist.”
Ben Affleck directs and co-writes Netflix’s Animals, a thriller about a Los Angeles mayoral candidate and his wife who risk everything to rescue their kidnapped son, as teased in the first trailer that also features Gillian Anderson and Steven Yeun; the film debuts in select theaters and on Netflix on Oct. 9.
Ben Affleck and Jeopardy! champion Jamie Ding won the $1 million top prize on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? after correctly answering the Wright brothers question with a 50:50 lifeline, and then choosing the final turkey-name query—Spaghetti & Meatball—with host Jimmy Kimmel’s input; the prize goes to Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative, a charity he co-founded in 2010 to aid communities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are the fifth winners of the revived show since 2020.
Ben Affleck and Jamie Ding won $1 million on ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, with the prize going to Affleck's charity, the Eastern Congo Initiative; after a lighthearted final question about pardoned Thanksgiving turkeys, host Jimmy Kimmel presented the oversized check, continuing a trend of celebrities using game-show winnings for charity.
Ben Affleck and Jeopardy! alum Jamie Ding won $1 million on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, with the prize going to Affleck’s Congo-focused nonprofit, the Eastern Congo Initiative.
Ben Affleck and Jeopardy! champ Jamie Ding won $1 million on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, with the prize going to Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative. Host Jimmy Kimmel teased Affleck throughout the episode, which wrapped up with a celebratory hug after a prodding final question about presidential turkey pardons. This marks another celebrity win for a good cause, following Matt Damon’s similar win a year earlier.
Ben Affleck and Jeopardy! champion Jamie Ding won $1 million for charity on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, a year after Matt Damon also snagged the top prize. In a tense final, they faced a turkey-pardoning question and, after calling on host Jimmy Kimmel as a lifeline and with Ding’s partner Stephen Morrison declining to answer, went with Kimmel’s guess—Spaghetti & Meatball—to win. The prize will go to Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative to support Congo-based community programs.
Ben Affleck won the $1 million top prize on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, aided by Jeopardy! champ Jamie Ding and a lifeline to host Jimmy Kimmel; the prize will go to Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative, coming about a year after Matt Damon’s win. In the final turkey-question moment, Kimmel’s guess of 'Spaghetti & Meatball' helped them decide, and the correct answer was later revealed as the same.
Ben Affleck’s mother, Chris Anne Affleck, died on June 2, 2026, while visiting his home; the death certificate lists cardiopulmonary arrest with pancreatic cancer as a contributing factor. Diagnosed in December 2025, she had attended her grandson’s May 31 high school graduation before passing away peacefully two days later, as reported in a Boston Globe obituary.
A death certificate reveals Ben Affleck’s mother, Chris Anne Affleck, died at his Los Angeles home on June 2 from cardiopulmonary arrest, with pancreatic cancer listed as a contributing condition; she was visiting her son’s residence, no autopsy was performed, and remains were headed to Earth Funeral in Las Vegas.
Chris Anne Affleck, mother of Ben and Casey Affleck, died peacefully in her sleep on June 2, 2026 at age 83 after a December 2025 pancreatic cancer diagnosis; a Harvard graduate, Freedom Summer activist and longtime public-school teacher, she attended her grandson's high school graduation on May 31 and died two days later, leaving five grandchildren as survivors.
Christopher Anne Affleck, a long-time Massachusetts public school teacher and civil rights organizer who taught literacy during Freedom Summer 1964 and remained active in social justice, died in June after a terminal illness at age 83. She witnessed her grandson’s high school graduation shortly before her passing and is remembered for her revolutionary spirit, commitment to equality in the classroom, and lifelong advocacy alongside her famous sons.
Chris Anne Affleck, mother of Ben and Casey Affleck, died at 83 after a months-long pancreatic cancer battle, per a Boston Globe obituary; she taught public school for 35 years, earned Harvard credentials, and died peacefully two days after seeing her grandson Atticus graduate high school.