Ben Affleck went to a hypnotist to help him quit smoking. The 'Pearl Harbor' actor says becoming a father to two-year-old Violet, his daughter with wife Jennifer Garner, was the catalyst he needed to overcome his habit.

Once he had made up his mind to quit, Ben decided to take a leaf out of pal Matt Damon's book by visiting a hypnotist. He told chat show host Oprah Winfrey: "I finally decided to quit smoking when I found out I was going to have a child. That was the thing that sort of put it over the top for me. I decided to go to a hypnotist. You sit in a chair and the hypnotist sips water and just talks to you for an hour, and explains how nicotine is poison.

Casey Affleck has become a father for the second time. The 32-year-old actor - who is the younger brother of Hollywood heartthrob Ben Affleck - and wife Summer Phoenix recently celebrated the arrival of their son.

Both mother and baby are said to be doing well.

Jennifer Garner may be a Golden Globe winner, wife of Ben Affleck and mother to daughter Violet, but she hasn't forgotten where she came from.

The actress has been named West Virginian of the Year by her home state.

It should be no surprise that Howard Stern says something daring every now and then.

The shock jock has now claimed that Hollywood couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have "put a plague" on the block where he is lives.

Matt Damon is one actor who can say he was 'Bourne' sexy.

The talented father-of-one has finally joined BFF's Brad Pitt and George Clooney in the 'Sexiest Man Alive' club. Matt, who has had a stellar year on screen thanks to the Jason Bourne franchise, has been named People magazine's sexiest for 2007.