Ben Affleck is praising ex Jennifer Lopez‘s performance in the upcoming film Unstoppable.
The Oscar winner, who produced the movie alongside longtime pal and collaborator Matt Damon, called the “Let’s Get Loud” singer’s work in the project “spectacular” in an interview with Entertainment Tonightpublished Nov. 3.
Unstoppable tells the story of wrestler Anthony Robles, who won the NCAA national championship despite being born with only one leg. Robles is played in the film by Moonlight actor Jharrel Jerome, with Lopez playing Robles’ mother, Judy.
Affleck credited the positive reception of the film, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September and opens in theaters on Dec. 6, to it being “rooted in the passion of really talented artists.”
The Good Will Hunting writer and actor also lauded director William Goldenberg and the entire cast — which includes Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña and Don Cheadle — for “the passion that they had to bring this story to life.”
“It kind of speaks to a certain kind of thing I guess we’re drawn to, which is we really believe in the power of storytelling when the people involved in it are deeply emotionally connected to the story,” he said.
Affleck’s comments come just over two months after Lopez filed for divorce after two years of marriage.
In a spoof of the viral skit they appeared in to announce that Hugh Jackman would return as Wolverine, the Tony winner took to social media with Ryan Reynolds to announce that he will be playing Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
In a role reversal from the original, it’s Jackman who appears on a couch, addressing the camera.
“A little over two years ago, Ryan sat in this very seat and announced to the world that I would be coming back for Deadpool & Wolverine,” Hugh began. “It was the time of my life. I’ve been wondering what comes next.”
At this point, as Jackman did in the original video, Reynolds emerges behind him, eating an apple, and nonchalantly walks up a flight of stairs.
“Hey Ryan, you wanna come to one of my live performances at Radio City Music Hall?”
Reynolds replies, “What, you’re gonna be like singing and dancing and joking live? Am I gonna be in it?”
Jackman shakes his head to the camera, but says, “Absolutely!”
Off camera, Reynolds says, “I’ll break out the eyeliner.”
Hugh whispers, “No. This is my time.”
The bit then announces the title of the shows — From New York with Love, Hugh Jackman — before the pair are found on the couch again, enthusiastically talking about what will happen. But as in the D&W announcement, you can’t hear what they’re spoiling.
“I’m not in it?” Ryan then says, dejectedly. “Onstage, no, but in my heart, yeah,” Hugh says, allowing he “needs” him in the audience and he’ll have to buy his own ticket … for the tech rehearsals.
The 12-show engagement begins on Jan. 24. Full details and early registration for tickets can be found at FromNewYorkWithLoveHJ.com.
Jennifer Lawrence is expecting her second child with husband Cooke Maroney. Her representative confirmed the exciting news to Vogue.
ABC News has reached out to Lawrence’s representative for comment.
The couple are already parents to their 2-year-old son, whom they welcomed in February 2022.
During a conversation with Cameron Diaz for Interview magazine last June, the No Hard Feelings star gushed over her art gallery owner husband, calling him “the greatest father in the entire world.”
“So when I’m working, I don’t have any more guilt than the usual, every-day, all-day parent guilt,” she said at the time.
In 2022, Lawrence opened up about her life as a mom to Vogue, sharing that it had been “so scary to talk about motherhood” because it’s so different for everyone.
She recalled having girlfriends who were honest about their journeys with her, and how it prepared her to be forgiving.
“I remember walking with one of my best friends at, like, nine months, and being like, ‘Everyone keeps saying that I will love my baby more than my cat. But that’s not true. Maybe I’ll love him as much as my cat?'” she said at the time.
Lawrence has since fallen in love with motherhood, saying that the morning after she gave birth, it felt like her life had started over.
“Now I hear a baby crying in a restaurant and I’m like, ‘Awwww, preciousssss,'” she told Vogue. “My heart has stretched to a capacity that I didn’t know about.”
Lawrence and Maroney got engaged in 2019.
They tied the knot in October later that year at Belcourt of Newport, a museum and historical site in Newport, Rhode Island, before family and a guest list that included famous friends like Diaz, Adele and Emma Stone.
