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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck got married in Las Vegas (NPR)

The couple dated in the early 2000s before rekindling their romance last year.

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'Worth waiting for': Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck get married in Las ... (The Guardian)

Lopez and Affleck, affectionately nicknamed Bennifer, married in a small ceremony on weekend, culminating a relationship that has stretched over two decades ...

She and singer Marc Anthony were married for a decade after wedding in 2004 and share 14-year-old twins together. Lopez, 52, and Affleck, 49, famously dated in the early 2000s, spawning the nickname “Bennifer”, before rekindling their romance last year. Love is a great thing, maybe the best of things – and worth waiting for.” Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. “Love is beautiful.

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck marry in Vegas (News24)

Jennifer Lopez and actor Ben Affleck have married in Las Vegas, media reported on Sunday, after the celebrity couple rekindled a romance almost 20 years ...

Love is kind. "Love is beautiful. Love is kind.

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck tie the knot in Las Vegas – reports (Daily Maverick)

Singer, actress and dancer Jennifer Lopez and actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck were married in Las Vegas, media reported on Sunday, after the celebrity ...

New York Post’s Page 6 also reported the news. They became the most talked about couple in the celebrity world in the early 2000s, with his-and-her luxury cars and a large 6.1-carat pink diamond engagement ring for Lopez. But they abruptly called off their wedding in 2003 and split up a few months later. The couple obtained a marriage licence from Clark County in the state of Nevada dated Saturday, July 16, according to document details posted online by the county clerk’s office.

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Jennifer Lopez changes her name after marrying Ben Affleck in Vegas (Independent Online)

The 52-year-old pop star rekindled her relationship with Hollywood star Ben, 49, back in 2021 after a break of almost 20 years, and the couple reportedly ...

- Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck kept their engagement 'quiet for a few days' - Jennifer Lopez is engaged again. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck got married in Las Vegas.

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J Lo and Ben Affleck tie the knot in Vegas (eNCA)

Celebrity couple Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck got married this weekend in Las Vegas, 18 years after their first romance failed, court records showed.

In this file photo taken on September 10, Affleck and Lopez arrive for the screening of the film "The Last Duel" presented out of competition during the 78th Venice Film Festival This is the fourth marriage for Lopez and the second for Affleck. It lists the parties to the nuptials as Affleck, Benjamin Geza and Lopez, Jennifer and gives the latter's "new name" as Affleck, Jennifer.

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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez Tie The Knot In Vegas (Vanity Fair)

In court paperwork obtained by TMZ, Benjamin Géza Affleck and Jennifer Lynn Lopez got a marriage license in Clark County, Nevada on Saturday, July 16. During an ...

During an appearance on Good Morning America in early June, the singer couldn't stop talking about how “fulfilling” her rekindled relationship with the actor has been and how they're both having the “best time” of their lives. That summer, Lopez filed for divorce and the pair began publicly dating shortly after. She went on to say that while she "love[s] the idea of the future and what we can create," she still really wants “to savor the moment” and is working on how to “stay real present.”

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Jennifer Lopez And Ben Affleck Wedding: Intimate Las Vegas ... (elle.com)

Lopez revealed that for the big day she wore a dress from an old movie, and footage, shared by the singer's hair stylist Chris Appleton, shows her twirling in ...

We felt what should have been a joyful and sacred day could be spoiled for us, our families and our friends.' We began to feel that the spirit of what should have been the happiest day of our lives could be compromised. The Marry Me star continued: 'They even had Bluetooth for a (short) march down the aisle.

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'We did it' - Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck tie knot (RTE.ie)

Jennifer Lopez has confirmed her marriage to Ben Affleck at the famous Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas.

The licence is valid up to one year. Please review their details and accept them to load the content. "Love is patient", Lopez added, "twenty years patient" – in obvious reference to the fact the couple were first engaged 18 years ago before the wedding was called off.

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Jennifer Lopez Shared A Bunch Of Behind-The-Scenes Details ... (BuzzFeed News)

So with the best witnesses you could ever imagine, a dress from an old movie and a jacket from Ben's closet, we read our own vows in the little chapel and ...

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A 19-Year-Old Resurfaced Video Proves Jennifer Lopez Had ... (BuzzFeed News)

The happy couple tied the knot during a low-key ceremony in Las Vegas on Saturday, a complete contrast to the extravagance and publicity of their scrapped ...

“We're so protective because it is such a beautiful time for all of us.” We felt what should have been a joyful and sacred day could be spoiled for us, our families and our friends.” “In the end it was the best possible wedding we could have imagined,” she said. “We began to feel that the spirit of what should have been the happiest day of our lives could be compromised. And since rekindling their romance in July last year, both Jennifer and Ben have spoken candidly about their efforts to distance themselves from the same “brutal” criticism that destroyed their relationship the first time around. “One we dreamed of long ago and one made real (in the eyes of the state, Las Vegas, a pink convertible and one another) at very, very long last.”

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Inside Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's 'Low-Key' Vegas Wedding ... (PEOPLE.com)

A source tells PEOPLE that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were very 'low-key' and 'wanted privacy' at the Clark County Marriage Bureau Saturday night.

One we dreamed of long ago and one made real (in the eyes of the state, Las Vegas, a pink convertible and one another) at very, very long last." "So with the best witnesses you could ever imagine, a dress from an old movie and a jacket from Ben's closet, we read our own vows in the little chapel and gave one another the rings we'll wear for the rest of our lives," Lopez wrote in her newsletter, adding, "They even had Bluetooth for a (short) march down the aisle. The insider adds that the three other couples at the bureau didn't bother Affleck, 49, and Lopez, 52.

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Get Married in Las Vegas (Variety)

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are officially married. According to a Nevada marriage license, the two were wed over the weekend.

In their professional lives, Affleck won an Oscar for producing best picture winner “Argo” and Lopez grew her fortune touring, acting in movies and recording music. Lopez confirmed her and Affleck’s nuptials through a new edition of her newsletter “On the JLo” later Sunday afternoon. By the time the Kevin Smith-directed “Jersey Girl” hit theaters in 2004, the couple had already announced that they’d broken up. She wrote, “Saturday night while at my favorite place on earth (in a bubble bath), my beautiful love got on one knee and proposed.” Love is a great thing, maybe the best of things — and worth waiting for.” She signed the letter as “Mrs. Jennifer Lynn Affleck.” The first was 2003’s “Gigli,” which didn’t exactly light the box office on fire.

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Jennifer Lopez Marries Ben Affleck in Flawless, Half-Up Curls ... (Allure Magazine)

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck tied the knot in a surprise Las Vegas drive-through on July 17. As we would expect from the ever-glamorous J. Lo, ...

The rest of her hair was styled in long, voluminous, bouncy curls that she wore both brushed forward and flowing down her back once she added a veil for the ceremony. Lopez and Appleton crafted a dreamy half-updo for the wedding celebration, which required pulling her shiny brunette hair back from her face and pinning it at the crown for a retro-inspired look that reminds us of both the '60s and the futuristic-mod looks of the late '90s and early '00s — a brilliant choice for a Las Vegas elopement. I'm so excited," Lopez says in the video, twirling and checking out her reflection as Appleton films.

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Photos: Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck together through the years (The Washington Post)

Bennifer is now Benniforever. The romance between superstars Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck — nearly two decades in the making, replete with a breakup, ...

Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images Love is kind. Love is beautiful.

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Jennifer Lopez rushed to marry Ben Affleck before he got 'cold feet ... (Page Six)

After Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's surprise July 2022 wedding in Las Vegas, insiders reveal why they did it now — and which of their kids skipped the ...

Love is a great thing, maybe the best of things — and worth waiting for.” She signed off as Mrs. Jennifer Lynn Affleck. As those who know her well previously told Page Six, Affleck is the love of her life. Another industry source told The Post on Monday: “Ben’s comments were ridiculous and you could see that fans of Jen were so upset too. It was very, very minimally planned in advance and was largely spur of the moment. She has maintained her silence as her ex has enjoyed publicized romances with “Saturday Night Live” producer Lindsay Shookus and Cuban actress Ana de Armas, who recently revealed that she quit LA over the attention surrounding their relationship. She wanted to lock this down and remove any chance for cold feet ASAP!”

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Everything We Know About Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck's Wedding (Billboard)

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck married July 16 in Las Vegas. Here's everything we know about the intimate ceremony.

“Sadie! #iykyk,” she captioned the post, a reference to lyrics from Funny Girl: “I’m Sadie, Sadie, married lady.” “Best night of our lives.” “Exactly what we wanted,” were her exact words to her fans. “It was the best possible wedding we could have imagined. “And this is my wedding changing area,” the Oscar winner says while holding up his phone to the mirror. “Love is a great thing, maybe the best of things-and worth waiting for.” “And now I’m wearing it on my wedding day.” “Last night we flew to Vegas, stood in line for a license with four other couples, all making the same journey to the wedding capital of the world. “They even had Bluetooth for a (short) march down the aisle.” The singer didn’t spend the last 30 years being a fashion trendsetter to just wear one dress on her wedding day. Both moved on to marry other people and have kids, destined to be each other’s “the one that got away” — until last year. “Exactly what we wanted,” Lopez wrote of the ceremony.

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck tied the knot in Las Vegas (NPR)

JLO wrote on her website, "We did it. Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient." They got engaged in 2002 but ...

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Resurfaced JLo And Ben Affleck Interview Will Give You Deja Vu As ... (Cinema Blend)

In a blast from the past, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's first interview together resurfaces after the couple finally get married.

While Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck didn’t have a big affair when they finally did get married just this past weekend, they were thankfully able to keep the ceremony more or less on the down-low. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were the “it” couple back in the early 2000s, and it seemed like every press outlet had coverage of their comings and goings. It sounds like back in 2003, Jennifer Lopez was planning to take Ben Affleck’s last name, and it’s very possible it would have earned her another nickname of “J.A.” if the wedding had actually happened. I don’t think there could have been a nicer person about being hounded day and night by paparazzi, an experience that stuck with JLo enough to put it in a film. In the same interview, Lopez explained that the wedding the couple was planning wouldn’t try to hide from the press. In Lopez and Affleck’s very first, exclusive interview together with Pat O’Brien (via NBC News), the pop star-turned-actress was asked what her name would be upon marrying Affleck. Here is how that conversation went:

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The Best Boston Takes on the Ben Affleck/Jennifer Lopez Wedding (Boston magazine)

Ben Affleck (of Boston) and Jennifer Lopez have had a wedding in Las Vegas, but really this milestone is all about Boston.

— Gabrielle (@gfstarr1)July 17, 2022 So far they have yet to be spotted here, but we’re looking forward to perhaps a quick honeymoon in Back Bay, or maybe just seeing the happy couple with a his and hers Fenway Frank, sometime very soon. You all know the drill.

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Bennifer gets a happy ending, now that tabloids have lost their bite (The Washington Post)

After they blamed the demise of their first engagement on vicious media, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's second attempt ended on a much happier note: ...

In April, she shared the news of her “quiet,” “nothing fancy” engagement there. Nowadays, social media allows celebrities to craft their own narratives; in the InStyle interview, Lopez credited her ability to “show you who I am a little bit” on apps such as Instagram with helping her avoid breathless tabloid coverage. Lopez and her team chose to work with the more established magazines, including People. In 2002, Lopez gave ABC News’s Diane Sawyer the exclusive on her engagement. The original run of stories began after the actors met on the set of the film “Gigli” in 2001, just months after Lopez married choreographer Cris Judd. Within a year, Lopez had divorced Judd and moved onto a “hot new love” with Affleck, as Us Weekly put it in August 2002. His own career went off the rails after a string of flops, including “Gigli.” Affleck and Lopez got their happy ending in the absence of frenzied tabloid culture.

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Jennifer Lopez Returns to Work After Her Las Vegas Wedding to ... (PEOPLE.com)

Jennifer Lopez tied the knot with Ben Affleck in a surprise Las Vegas ceremony on Saturday.

Over the weekend, the JLo Beauty founder and her now husband Ben Affleck tied the knot in a surprise Las Vegas ceremony. Love is a great thing, maybe the best of things — and worth waiting for." She wore her hair in a bun and accessorized with a pair of sunglasses.

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A history of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's relationship (The Week Magazine)

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez first met on the set of the bizarre romantic-comedy film Gigli, which starred Affleck as a mobster who falls in love with Lopez's ...

Nearly 20 years after calling off the first wedding, Affleck and Lopez were married in July 2022. "I was taken totally off guard and just looked in his eyes smiling and crying at the same time trying hard to get my head around the fact that after 20 years this was happening all over again," she said. But the wedding, which was postponed multiple times, never happened, and they announced their break-up in April 2021. "Both of us felt like we don't want this to be the model that our kids see of marriage," he told Howard Stern in 2021. In 2017, Lopez started dating former New York Yankees All-Star Alex Rodriguez, and they were engaged by March 2019. But in May, sources told E! News the two had vacationed together. A few months later, Affleck and Lopez revealed they had broken up entirely. "Due to the excessive media attention surrounding our wedding, we have decided to postpone the date," they said. At the time, Lopez was married to backup dancer Cris Judd, but she filed for divorce in 2002. But reflecting on Gigli in a 2022 Entertainment Weekly conversation, Affleck, who went into directing partially because of this failure, noted there was one upside: "I did get to meet Jennifer." That summer, the tabloids' frenzied coverage of Affleck and Lopez's relationship began, with various paparazzi photos showing them kissing. Two decades after first getting engaged, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez have finally said "I do."

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Here's How Alex Rodriguez Feels About Jennifer Lopez's Surprise ... (Cosmopolitan.com)

Jennifer Lopez's ex-fiance Alex Rodriguez has no issues with her surprise wedding to Ben Affleck and is reportedly happy for her.

A-Rod is 100 percent at the back of her mind, and his dating life doesn't faze her. At the time, a source told Us Weekly that they have “great chemistry,” and they've been seen in public together several times. He respects her and truly wishes her nothing but the best.”

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'I just love a full-circle romance': Celebrities congratulate Jennifer ... (The Independent)

'Love is patient and right on time. Congrats my darling,' TV personality Hoda Kotb wrote.

“Love is patient and right on time. She deserves the whole world, and I just love a full-circle romance. They were engaged in 2003 before breaking it off in 2004, blaming “excessive media attention” for the split. And it turns out love is patient. Love is kind. Love is beautiful.

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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Are Having a Huge Second ... (Cosmopolitan.com)

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck will have a second wedding in Georgia for friends and family that's almost identical to the one they planned 20 years ago.

Meanwhile, TMZ reports that the second wedding will take place at Ben's home in Riceboro, Georgia, in just a few weeks. Jennifer says that every day with Ben is a honeymoon. And if this level of laid back sounds surprisingly off brand, please be advised that they have another, fully giant, wedding planned.

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Jennifer Lopez And Ben Affleck Are Apparently Having A Second ... (BuzzFeed News)

Jennifer Lopez And Ben Affleck Are Apparently Having A Second Wedding Ceremony For Their Friends And Family At The Exact Same Venue Where They Were Originally ...

With their wedding expected to be a huge A-list event boasting more than 400 guests, anticipation for the big day was extremely high. “Jen and Ben want to celebrate their love with a bigger ceremony for friends and family,” the same close source revealed, with another telling People that they “don't have a honeymoon planned yet.” “Last night we flew to Vegas, stood in line for a license with four other couples, all making the same journey to the wedding capital of the world,” the singer began, recalling their whirlwind trip to the city’s infamous chapel.

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Ben Affleck gives first look at wedding band after marrying Jennifer ... (Page Six)

Ben Affleck gave cameras a glimpse of his wedding band after marrying Jennifer Lopez in a surprise Las Vegas ceremony.

The pair said their “I dos” in front of their respective children from previous marriages. Love is kind. Love is beautiful.

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Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck cried during 'emotional' vows: eyewitness (Page Six)

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck "cried" during their "emotional" vows while tying the knot in Las Vegas over the weekend, according to an eyewitness.

“[I] just looked in his eyes smiling and crying at the same time trying hard to get my head around the fact that after 20 years this was happening all over again,” Lopez recalled. “It was so exciting,” she gushed of the Sunday ceremony. The proposal took place while she was in the bathtub. Love is kind. Love is beautiful. It’s reportedly set to be held at Affleck’s 87-acre property in Riceboro, Ga.

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Here's the Exact Moment Jennifer Garner Found Out About Ex Ben ... (ELLE.com)

Jennifer Garner spent her ex-husband Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's wedding day in Lake Tahoe, California. But rest assured, Page Six made clear in a ...

In April, a source detailed to E! how Garner felt about Affleck and Lopez getting engaged. “Ben did tell Jen about the wedding, but I’m told that it was only Friday at the earliest. A “well-placed Hollywood’ source told the outlet that Garner got a heads up that the event was happening one day before it occurred.

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Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck aka Bennifer's wedding rushed due to ... (PINKVILLA)

According to a source report, Jennifer Lopez wanted to get married to Ben Affleck ASAP to "remove any chance for cold feet."

Meanwhile, Page Six also revealed that Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are still on cloud nine post their Las Vegas wedding, as the newlyweds celebrated with pizza and Diet Coke while heading back to LA on a private jet, in the early hours of Sunday morning, i.e. July 17. She wanted to lock this down and remove any chance for cold feet ASAP!" Interestingly, the insider also claimed that Ben Affleck told ex-wife Jennifer Garner (who spent a relaxing weekend in Lake Tahoe, California around the same time as Bennifer's nuptials) about the big day "only Friday at the earliest," which is a day before Bennifer's wedding on July 16. As Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's wedding is getting a whole lot of love from Bennifer fans, given the intimate, romantic ceremony, a well-placed Hollywood source informed the New York Post, via Page Six, the alleged reason for the rushed nuptials: "[Lopez] has been ready to get married since the night that Ben proposed.

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Here's if Ben Warned Jen Garner About His Wedding to J-Lo ... (StyleCaster)

A source close to Jennifer Garner reveals if she was warned ahead of time of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's surprise wedding.

She is happy if he is sober and he is doing well, both of which he is and both of which are of utmost importance to JLo,” the insider said. “Ben did tell Jen about the wedding, but I’m told that it was only Friday at the earliest,” the source said. Jennifer Garner, J-Lo and Ben have been on-board for co-parenting their kids together. Sources close to The Adam Project actress report that Ben did tell her about the wedding ahead of time. The source disclosed to Page Six on July 18, 2022, that Ben told his ex-wife about the Las Vegas wedding three days before the public learned about it. After their surprise wedding announcement, many fans wonder how did Jennifer Garner find out about Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez’s marriage?

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Everytime Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez taught a masterclass in ... (British GQ)

Image may contain Clothing Shoe Footwear Apparel Human Person Walking Ben Affleck Pants Dating Coat and · We love this look for two reasons.

And even if the actor has always served as a quiet style foil to his glamorous and impeccably-dressed partner, the look they have crafted as a couple is always complimentary and considered. When Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck announced that they were back together again in May last year, it was the early Noughties nostalgia we all desperately needed. Locked up, in a period of political divisiveness, economic uncertainty and public health calamities, it gave us something to smile back on.

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Jennifer Lopez Paid Tribute to Ben Affleck with Her Wedding Dress (HarpersBAZAAR.com)

It was the same piece she wore on the poster for 'Jersey Girl.'

Love is a great thing, maybe the best of things-and worth waiting for." The two met on the set of Gigli in 2001, and in 2002, the actor proposed. The strapless, lacy Alexander McQueen gown in a textured floral jacquard featured a jewel neckline, corseted bodice, and gathered full skirt, and was one of two looks she debuted on her wedding day.

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