Ben admits JLo killed his career

Ben Affleck has come a long way in the nearly 10 years since he and Matt Damon won an Academy Award. He's had more flops than blockbusters, a high-profile romance with Jennifer Lopez, and a daughter, Violet, with his wife Jennifer Garner. Now Affleck is staking his career on his new film Gone Baby Gone, a career he now admits was sidelined by bad script choices and his relationship with Lopez. In November's Details, the 35-year-old actor discusses his directorial debut, leaving Los Angeles, and how his life has evolved since Good Will Hunting. Some highlights:

On dating JLo: "It was probably bad for my career. What happens is this sort-of bleed-over from the tabloids across your movie work. You go to a movie, you go only once. But the tabloids and Internet are everywhere. You can really subsume the public image of somebody. I ended up in an unfortunate crosshair position where I was in a relationship and [the media] mostly lied and inflated a bunch of salacious stuff for the sake of selling magazines. And I paid a certain price for that. Then, in concert with some movies that didn't work..."

On Gone Baby Gone: "I feel like [the film] is the linchpin for my life. My career. I have a lot riding on it. I want [the film] to work. Badly. I mean, a shitty movie comes out on 2,800 screens? I've been there and it's embarrassing."

On his directorial debut: "Listen, I've gone out and directed a movie and made it really f**king good. If the movie's good, people will like it and go see it. All the rest of it is bullshit."

On what's at stake: "It's pretty simple. If people don't go see it, I'm f**ked."

On living in LA: "I'd be surprised if I'm still living here in a couple of years. Professionally it would be difficult. But that's not as important as that other thing."

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Out and about

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in NYC with Shiloh


Nicole Richie leaving a restaurant in LA


Jessica Biel at LAX


Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher at a NY Giants game


Jenna Elfman and son Story in NYC


Zach Braff and Shiri Appleby in West Hollywood


Cameron Diaz heading to an SNL afterparty

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Britney loses custody

Britney Spears has temporarily lost custody of her two sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James Federline. After a closed-door hearing today, a judge ruled that Spears hand over custody of the boys "until further notice of the court." LA Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon gave no reasons in his written decision, issued after lawyers met with him in a private session requested by Kevin Federline's lawyer. The ruling says that Federline gets custody starting Wednesday, and came after the filing of misdemeanor charges against Spears - hit-and-run and driving without a valid California license - and claims by her ex-bodyguard that she used drugs and is a danger to her children. Another hearing is set for Wednesday. The singer, who had 50/50 custody with Federline, was seen around town with her children over the weekend, and on Sunday they had an early dinner at Taverna Tony in Malibu as a crush of paparazzi camped outside.

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Urban uninjured after bike accident

Keith Urban was en route to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in Sydney today when he got into a motorcycle accident while being followed by a photographer, he said in a statement. "Today's incident was the result of one person's desire to do his job and my desire to maintain my privacy," Urban said through his U.S. publicist. "Some have already attempted to inflate the facts, but the reality is this: while out riding to an AA meeting, a time when my privacy is especially important to me, I felt myself being pursued. I sped up, and, in an effort to elude an oncoming car which was making an illegal U-turn, saw no choice but to drop my bike. In actual fact, my pursuer came to my assistance, without taking photos, and helped me from the road. I returned home, got my car and continued on my way." Eyewitnesses to the mishap tell The Australian newspaper that the accident happened near Nicole Kidman's Darling Point home while a photographer was pursuing Urban on another bike.

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