So I saw this story last week that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were breaking up. After a brief moment of panic and skimming the article, it turns out that it was by a reporter that was discredited and the entire story was ripped to shreds. Breathing a small sigh of relief while at the same time being enraged anyone could make such things up, I moved on. Then I see it again today, pretty much the same story but now word is spreading and I can’t help but wonder if the rumors are true. This is what ran in Daily Blabber,

“The usually very reliable Ted Casablanca broke my heart a little last week, when he speculated that Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck were heading for a split. And, because Bennifer are hardly ever photographed together, it’s difficult for us to monitor the state of their union. But Jen’s rep quickly squashed the breakup talk, telling UsMagazine.com that they story was completely fabricated.

“There is not one ounce of truth to it,” the rep said.

Concurring with the denials, Ben told Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush that all is well at home.

“We’re very happy,” the Ben of Ben & Jen said. “Things couldn’t be better. We’re kind of taking it easy and just kind of enjoying a little downtime at home.”

I truly hope that what Ben says is the truth. They truly are a power couple and while I like Ben, I’m not a huge fan. But I love, love, love Jennifer Garner! It does have me a tad worried but this may just be a case of someone wanting to do a story on them and not having anything to write because they are such a truly normal, awesome couple!

So just because Minnie Driver has been so secretive and elusive since announcing her pregnancy several months ago, I thought I’d show some pics of a very-pregnant Minnie. And she’s just so fabulous bump or no bump that it’s nice to catch a glimpse! Although she still refuses to give up who the father is, she does want him to play the important role of Dad. From My Park Magazine,

“Minnie Driver says the father of her unborn baby will play a big part in their child’s upbringing.

The ‘Good Will Hunting’ actress - who has so far refused to reveal the identity of the child’s dad - insists the mystery man will be involved in all the important parental decisions.

She said: “I’m just unorthodox. I’m taking full responsibility for being a mother but he will still play some part. I’m not married and I’m not getting married to this person. So I don’t know what’s going to happen. I sort of just take it moment by moment. Everyone’s grown up, everyone is cool. You just want to create as happy and loving an environment as you can.”

Minnie - who is due to give birth in August - recently joked she was having a baby with the Easter Bunny.

She quipped: “The Easter Bunny’s the father. I’ve never had sex!”

I can’t wait until she has that baby but I don’t count on seeing pictures any time within the first year at least. As much as I would love to see more pictures, it’s nice to see a star that’s not making a point of visiting all the high-traffic paparazzi places just to get her photo taken.

Yep, Reese and Jake are shackin up! Reese, who has won an Oscar for her role in Walk the Line started dating the Brokeback Mountain star last spring and although the two tried very hard for a long to keep their romance quiet, they can no longer keep their love under wraps as Jake has already moved in to Reese’s humble abode. From the Daily Blabber,

“According to the new issue of Us Weekly, cutie lovebirds Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal are have shacked up! The mag says that Jakey boy has moved his stuff into Reese’s place in L.A. and is already playing step-daddy to her and ex, Ryan Phillippe’s kids, Ava and Deacon.

“Marriage is definitely what they are working toward,” a source close to the actress said of the Rendition co-stars, who have been dating for over a year.

“They literally don’t want to spend any time away from each other,” another one of Reese’s pal said.”

These two have seemed to have a perfect relationship so far and appear to be completely ga-ga over each other. I’m so happy that Reese’s ship may have finally come in after being screwed over by her cheating ex-husband, Ryan Phillipe. The two were friends for quite some time before filming Rendition together, where they fell in love.

On Saturday, reps for Uma Thurman confirmed that she was engaged to her boyfriend of one year, Arpad Busson. Uma is mostly known for her role as Mia Wallace in Pulp Fiction and she has also starred in Kill Bill and My Super Ex-Girlfriend. Arki, as he’s known to friends, is a financial expert. From People,

“I can confirm she is engaged,” Stephen Huvane said on Friday. New York’s Daily News was first to report the engagement.

On Saturday, the couple themselves made the announcement, on page 75 of London’s The Times.

Under the heading “Mr A. Busson and Miss U. Thurman,” it reads, “The engagement is announced between Arpad, son of Mr Pascal Busson, of Paris, and Mrs Florence Harcourt-Smith, of South of France, and Uma, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert A. F. Thurman of New York.”

In return for saying yes, the actress received some serious sparkle: an 8-plus carat center stone surrounded by 20 smaller stones. “It’s the most beautiful piece I’ve ever seen,” says a close source of the diamond ring. “Arki did a wonderful job.”

Well and with all that money you would hope so. I guess the next order of business is a prenup. Not only do these two both have scads of money but they have also both proven that they may not be experts in the relationship department. Uma is hoping that the third time’s the charm as she has been married to Gary Oldman, which ended in 1992 and she then married Ethan Hawke. Four years and two children later, that marriage also ended in heartache. Oldman has never been married but did have two children with his longtime girlfriend Elle Macpherson.

You really have to hand it to Denise Richards. Instead of trying to have a somewhat civil divorce from ex-hubby Charlie Sheen, she slanders him in public, throws horrible accusations at him, lies, and is just plain mean. Then, thinking that maybe it’s having some ill repercussions on their two daughters, Sam who’s four and Lola who’s three, she sends them to therapy. Yep! Therapy! From Celebedge,

“It’s very sad that they need to be there, but they do for now,” Denise tells In Touch. “On the other hand, it’s good they have an outlet to deal with their feelings and someone who is just their advocate.” Denise’s outlet for her feelings, apparently, is In Touch magazine.”

Hey, here’s a thought. Why don’t you talk to your kids? Even better, why don’t you stop dragging out your horrible divorce for all the world to see and trying to think of the worst possible things to say about each other? Honestly, how much benefit are young kids going to get out of talking to a shrink? I know that with all their money they probably hired a pediatrics shrink but the case still stands. Denise Richards is proving to the world once again that she doesn’t have a clue about anything - especially parenting!