We all thought it, but it's actually true -- Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are related. How do you like them apples?
The New England Historic Genealogical Society concluded the Oscar-winning man-friends are actually 10th cousins ... once removed, the Boston Herald reports. They share a common 10th great-grandfather, William Knowlton of Ipswich, a bricklayer who died in 1655.
It also turns out Ben is an 11th cousin to Barack Obama and Matt is related to "six or seven" presidents.
If Matt Damon died in the treacherous mountains of Palos Verdes, it's certainly news to him.
Damon was on Letterman last night, where when asked about a ridiculous fake articlethat announced his death -- which INCORRECTLY cited TMZ as a source -- Matt replied, "I haven't heard, but I feel pretty good."
It only took 968 questionable criminal background checks -- but at least law enforcement officials in Massachusetts know TomBrady is clean.
An internal investigation revealed that several Massachusetts officials have been snooping around in the personal files of several Boston area celebs -- including Brady, Matt Damon, James Taylor and Boston Celtic Paul Pierce, according to the Boston Globe.
Authorities are investigating to see who ran the searches and to find out if they were all warranted -- but 968 searches on a guy as flawless as Tom Brady seems a bit excessive to us...
Are you crazy enough to be like Matt Damon? If so, you're probably already wearing biking shorts 18 sizes too small. But if you're a normal person, all you can really do is stare in horror as the actor's body parts struggle to escape from their spandex prison.
Damon squeezed into the tiny pants today during the Cape Argus cycle tour in Cape Town, South Africa.
It's been eleven years since Ben Affleck rode Matt Damon's coattails in "Good Will Hunting" -- and this weekend the two lovebirds (and their better halves) dined at Nobu together. How 'bout them apples!
Just like Johnny Depp and Appleton, Wisc. before him, Matt Damon has had a serious impact on the economy of a Midwestern town. TMZ spies found out that Matt's been in Decatur, Ill. -- aka the Soybean Capital of the World -- to shoot "The Informant" with Steven Soderbergh, and we hear that he's been every bit the good shepherd in town. After one dinner at Decatur's Beach House, Damon and his posse left $180 for each and every person -- servers, cooks, bar staff -- who worked that night.
And everyone we talked to say Matt has been incredibly gracious with his time and signs for absolutely everyone.
Pregnant Nutmegger and former It-girl-gone-nowhere Gretchen Mol, who dumped cardshark Matt Damon in "Rounders," was spotted walking the streets of the West Village with shabby lookin' hubby, writer/director Tod Williams, who looks like he's one cardboard box shy of a duplex! Tod's previous marriage was to "X-Men" actress Famke Janssen -- who also starred in ... yep, "Rounders!" What goes around, comes arounder!
Gretchen, wearing a floral patterned maternity frock made from the curtains in Jan's bedroom on "The Brady Bunch," is due before Christmas. Meanwhile, she's starring in that cowboy train movie with cheery Russell Crowe.
Director Doug Liman has a major hit on his hands, but his exclusive EW "Bourne Identity" diary reveals that the blockbuster auteur almost didn't get to make the movie -- and that megastar Matt Damon's career depended on "Bourne's" success.
Liman says that he first had to convince "Bourne Identity" author Robert Ludlum to let him make the film. Then, he had to secure a studio and a leading man.
Liman eventually scored Matt Damon, but then two of Damon's movies bombed before "Bourne" started shooting.
"Matt tells me his career is now fully riding on this movie -- three strikes and he is out," wrote Liman. "Worse, the director of one of those movies has literally been hospitalized, a casualty of his creative battles with his studio." No pressure!
Liman later went on to produce the "Bourne Supremacy" and the "Bourne Ultimatum."
In the latest issue of GQ, Matt Damon talks about how, when they were younger, he and Ben Affleck wanted to buy the exact same car. But each tried to talk the other out of it, "Because we knew it would just be so gay to get the same car." Maybe not the best choice of words, either.
TMZ had qualms with the usage of "gay" -- since it's not exactly politically correct to use the word "gay" to mean "bad" or "negative." But then, after thinking about it -- for two best friends who wrote and starred in the same movie, won an Oscar together and have generally been linked together for their entire careers -- buying the exact same car really is sooooo gay!
It only took 968 questionable criminal background checks -- but at least law enforcement officials in Massachusetts know Tom Brady is clean. 
Director Doug Liman has a major hit on his hands, but his exclusive 
In the latest issue of GQ, Matt Damon talks about how, when they were younger, he and Ben Affleck wanted to buy the exact same car. But each tried to talk the other out of it, "Because we knew it would just be so gay to get the same car." Maybe not the best choice of words, either. 
