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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon might be good friends, but Matt has no problem pointing out that his good friend might have been his own worst enemy when it came to his career. Damon, who is riding high on the success of his "Bourne" trilogy, talked about how he believes that his buddy went through a time in his life when he was so overexposed, he was having trouble getting moviegoers into seats.

"He picked things that in hindsight weren't a good choice.

"I also think that if you end up on the cover of gossip magazines you're f**ked.

"When people see you all the time there's no mystery about you any more and no-one's going to want to go and see your movies."

Now, on the surface, it seems like Matt might be talking some smack about his old friend, but I'm guessing from those LOADS of pictures from their double-date vacation in Hawaii recently, he's just being honest. At the same time, I bet Ben just looks at Matt and says, "Yeah, I made bad choices. But then again, I got to bang JLO during the Latin Explosion. I'm a part of history."

The Afflecks Continue Their Walk After the Jump

• Alyssa Milano rears her gorgeous head. [Hollywood Tuna]
• Lindsay Lohan has one awesome pimp. [IDLYITW]
• Forget cancer and poverty, free breast implants are the new philanthropic cause. [Mollygood]
• Victoria Beckham is "normal" and I am a magic pony that grants wishes. [Im Not Obsessed]
• Ben Affleck has to turn his head and cough. [Just Jared]
• The Becks show us their sexy face. [Hollywood Rag]
• Shortie Shorts on Sophia Bush. Hotness. Go figure. [Egotastic]
• Queen Latifah and her white weave. [Dlisted]
• Beyonce's nipple surfaces. [City Rag]
• John Travolta continues to freak me out. [Popbytes]
• Britney goes to worship at her temple...Taco Bell. [PITNB]

Here's a slew of celebs, plus Matt & Ben, playing poker for Africa. Look, there's cutie Kevin James and all his pudgy sexiness! And Shannon Elizabeth? Does that ho have a job? She's going to try to pocket those chips for herself! Check her purse before she leaves.

The friends tried their hands at the Ante Up For Africa poker event at the Rio Hotel, which raised money for the Enough Project and the International Rescue Committee, both aiding survivors of the crisis in Darfur.

Affleck, 34, no stranger to poker, faired better than his friend. He finished in the middle of the pack, but lasted longer than the other celeb players, who included Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Ray Romano, Brad Garrett, Montel Williams, Martin Sheen and Shannon Elizabeth.

Seriously, Shannon just slipped some poker chips into her tampon case. Tackle her! "American Pie" money doesn't take you very far!

(WENN)

More photos from the "Ante Up For Africa" event after the jump.

While the rest of Hollywood celebrated the 4th in Malibu, the Garner and Affleck clans continued their extended Hawaii family vacation. These people are so cute. I feel like it's some kind of 70s sitcom I'm watching. Meanwhile, there are some pictures of a purported "baby bump" on Jennifer Garner if you follow the jump.

Sheesh, if that's what a baby bump looks like, I need to make an appointment to visit the planned parenthood clinic call my boyfriend. Just kidding! I'm just making a light-hearted joke about an issue that polarizes a nation! It's some Friday fun!

(Flynet)

More photos of the Affleck's (more Jennifer Garner phantom baby bump photos as well) and the Damon's after the jump.

As you may or may not have noticed, we do have something of a Bennifer fetish...or would it be called Garfleck? Sigh. We're sorry we just subjected you to that, but for serious, the Garner-Affleck crew seem to be enjoying themselves quite a bit in Hawaii and the way we keep posting these pictures makes it appear as if the vacation were never-ending. OMG, I just had a thought...maybe if we look hard enough, eventually, we'll be able to spot a wigged Paris, attempting to convert the locals. I would love a pic of her handing out condoms and Bibles, while enjoying a nice Mai Tai.

(Flynet)

More photos of Ben and Jen (check out Ben's tattoo on his back) after the jump.

Here's some pics of Ben Affleck surfing in Hawaii. It's good to know that I'm not the only male Bostonian who risks exposure of his manboobs if he wears a spandex t-shirt. And Ben's a matinee idol. I feel better now. I also confess to feeling a pang of guilt. These poor guys are just on vacation with their wives, and every move is documented. And vacation is a time to try things you don't normally do and suck at them. Like surfing. Or horseback riding. Or flower arrangement. I'm going snorkeling for the first time on Rosie's cruise and I full expect to make an ass out of myself and get eaten by a shark or step on a poison blowfish. Now add some dude immortalizing it in film. That's depressing.

(Flynet)

More photos of Ben Affleck riding the waves after the jump.

(Pacific Coast News)

Best friends Matt Damon and Ben Affleck spent the weekend hanging in the tropical paradise. Affleck's wife Jennifer Garner, and baby Violet we're along for the vacation as well. Matt Damon's wife Luciana Barroso and their 1-year-old daughter Isabella are not pictured, but we're present.

(Flynet)

Just to bug the hell out of Linda B. I'm leaving were as we're. The stupid comment was really sweet. Thanks a bunch.

It's like he's sprouted wings. Just a few days ago he spoke at the high school graduation of his friend Joe Kindregan who has has ataxia-telangiectasia, a rare, degenerative disease. On Sunday, Ben stopped by the Greater Boston Food Bank.

I got to see a lot of Roxbury, Dorchester, and also Lowell - a lot of neighborhoods I wasn't that familiar with," said Ben, who was on hand for America's Second Harvest's national "Goin' Home for Hunger" campaign.

Ben, who spent Saturday night at Fenway Park with bride Jennifer Garner cheering on his beloved Red Sox [team stats] to a 11-6 victory against the Yankees, said he was "struck" during his location scout "by how much of the city was struggling in the face of needing something to eat and really not being able to afford, on their salaries, the basic fundemental necessities."

He said, "Eighty percent of people have a place to live and just can't afford to buy food."

So, ah, Ben, did you pony up a few bucks to the Food Bank???

"I, ah, I am about to, ah, go in the back and write a check, yes," Affleck answered, illiciting the crowd's laughter after looking sheepishly at Food Bank biggie Catherine D'Amato.

After his charitable speech, Ben hit the Food Bank's warehouse to sort produce for delivery.

"You can't teach this," he joked to volunteers between parceling out potato sacks and heads of green cauliflower into the food sorting boxes. "You either have the skill or you don't."

What's up next for Ben? Possibly a stop at a children's hospital?

(Mavrix)

You know, Ben Affleck is growing on me. I had always thought he was kind an ass, and kind of a dolt. It's amazing what marriage to Jennifer Garner and things like the following story has done for Ben Affleck's image.

Affleck spoke at the high school commencement ceremony of his friend Joe Kindregan, 19, a Falls Church High graduate whom Affleck met about 10 years ago when Kindregan visited the set of Forces of Nature. The teen-ager has ataxia-telangiectasia, a rare, degenerative diseases. The Make-a-Wish Foundation flew him to the movie's premiere.

Ben Affleck told high school graduates Friday he was an unlikely person to give them advice - then gave it anyway.

"I haven't been in space, I'm not a politician, I'm not a super hero - I'm not even a gangster," he said at the commencement for Falls Church High School, near Washington, D.C. "I've only pretended to be all of those - in some cases just barely."

The actor - the subject of much media coverage - told the seniors: "What others say about you means nothing. What you say about you means everything. Your job is to make other people see you as you are."

Paying tribute to Kindregan, Affleck said, "I'm here because what I learned about the distance between how you see someone and who they are, I didn't learn in Hollywood, I learned from a classmate of yours, my friend, Joe Kindregan."

Aw shucks Ben, you've got me welling up a little here.

(WENN)

Many more photos of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner (including some of Jennifer Garner clearly being moved by the ceremony) are after the jump.

It's a good life, being Violet Affleck. If she's not busy on numerous playdates and excursions with Mom, then she gets to be out and about with Dad, looking cute for the paparazzi. I know we're very clearly obsessed with this celebrity family, but they just seem like a slice of normal in all of the Hollyweird we peruse on a daily basis. Plus, Ben's looking svelte, if not a bit on the fuzzy side. Cheers, Afflecks! Enjoy the rest of your day!

(Flynet)

More photos of Ben Affleck with Violet are after the jump.