The first day I watched was the day they brought the baby home. I am enclosing a picture my cousin took of Ben Holding the movie baby. It was a real baby. The mother and father as well as a nurse were present and there were twins. When I got there they were filming the babies in a car seat in the back of the car ( a black BMW with NY tags)

I was surprised at all the work that the “background” people do. They made up the house to look older then it is by giving it dirty marks on it and put 2 fake Dormers (sp) on the top. They even kicked out a few spindles on the railing. The people that live on the block say that they are renting the house from a woman that was selling it ( someone famous used to live there along time ago but I forget who) They have a Madonna in the front that they put away every night in a shed out back. They planted bushes in front of the house and when I saw the baby scene, there were yellow flowers on them.

When I got there I found out that I had just missed Ben and decided to stay and watch because I have always wanted to see behind the “wizards curtain” at how they make movies. I was surprised at how many people it took and how much detail they put into it.

Then they were finished that scene and went into a scene where they were moving into the house. Ben and George Carlins doubles where there. People put suitcases in the car ( just for the shot they never even touched them) then they had a rental truck full of empty boxes with a crib and a couch in it. We watched the doubles move the crib out of the truck and up the stairs to the house a few times. Then all of a sudden George shows up. I don’t think he’s allowed to pose for pictures because I heard him tell someone only while he’s walking.

Then Ben was there (man they travel in a kick ass SUV) then Jen showed up a bit later to watch and then she left again (she wasn’t in the scene) they moved the crib out then the couch and that was it. Jen left quickly before they were done the shoot then Ben walks over and starts signing autographs and doing pictures He’s so sweet, he was picking up all the little kids and holding them.

Famous 4th Street Deli is known for its cookies and corned beef – but canoodle?

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez worked into the wee-small hours of Friday, shooting a scene for the Kevin Smith movie Jersey Girl at the Queen Village landmark. It was their characters’ first date (in a Manhattan diner) and included a kiss. Between takes, though, Affleck and J. Lo could be seen getting along like a more established couple – hugging and smooching.

Affleck wore a conservative gray sports jacket, periwinkle-blue shirt and dark slacks. J. Lo, her hair short and curly, wore a sexy-yet-demure cream-colored dress. She was comfortable enough to eat fries.

They’d scooted from their trailers into Famous’ back door about 10:45 p.m, away from a knot of onlookers. They left before 2:30 a.m. No time for autographs. (Earlier Thursday, after shooting at the nearby Meredith School, Lopez obliged young fans.)

Production designer Robert “Ratface” Holtzman, a vet of Smith’s Chasing Amy and M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense, spent nearly all day Thursday with his crew to deck out Famous in Santas and menorahs for the scene, which is set around the holidays. (Fun fact: The last time Famous reached the big screen – in 1993’s Tom Hanks-Denzel Washington-Jonathan Demme hit Philadelphia – it, too, was a warm-weather shoot set in winter.)

Smith worked hard in an untucked baseball jersey, long shorts and sneakers.

J.Lo, Ben light up the night at Famous 4th Street Deli

Christmas in September?

It was last night at 4th and Bainbridge as J.Lo, Ben Affleck and the crew of “Jersey Girl” took over the Famous 4th Street Deli.

On the windows were Hanukkah decals and inside were Christmas wreaths, so no need to guess when the scene takes place. Wonder why movies cost so much? More than four dozen members of the crew worked on setting the scene as they dined on roast beef, turkey, king crab legs and desserts galore in the production tent. As for the stars’ special requests, a Famous chef was asked to make french fries for Jennifer and chicken pot pies for Ben.

Finally Ben and Jen snuck into the side door of the deli from their trailers and began shooting. Affleck was dressed in an electric blue shirt with a tie and J.Lo wore a cream sleeveless slip dress.

A crowd of 150 or so fans waited outside the deli for hours to catch a glimpse, but the group had dwindled to around 50 diehards when shooting began after 11 p.m. This being Philly, at night, near South Street, toughs on motorbikes kept riding by trying to louse up the takes.

Student Activities Programming Board and Jason Mewes host a Talent Show. Jason Mewes is perhaps best known for his role of Jay in the cult favorite movies: Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Dogma, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, Drawing Files, and many more. On the hottest young stars will be coming to Marshall to talk about his career, meet the students, and host the 2002 Talent Show.

Poor Jason Lee. His character is torn between honoring a family commitment and making his girlfriend happy in the new movie “Stealing Harvard”. Yes, the man who saw his “Bluntman and Chronic” creation turned into a “90-minute long gay joke” in “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” returns along with Tom Green and Megan Mullally from “Will and Grace”.

Lee’s character needs to come up 30G’s to pay for his niece’s college education? What, she couldn’t find a nice community college to get into? Besides, she is just a niece. So what if your sister hates you? Just do like you did when you were eight and saw the heads off her Barbies if little sis gets wise. But I am here to let you know that there are a lot of comedic elements here that could make “Stealing Harvard” the sleeper of the fall movie season. Check it out!

While no toilet-orientated wisdom was on offer, Stiles also managed to learn a few things on the set of A Guy Thing, a film she’s recently finished work on. Playing a dancer who wakes up in bed with Jason Lee’s soon-to-be-married man the morning after his bachelor party, Stiles is in wholehearted agreement with Empire Online that Lee is one of the funniest men in movies. “Absolutely! I’d be at work at 5 o’clock in the morning after working all night. I’d be fading and he’d crack some joke and make me laugh. There’s actually a scene in the move where we’re talking and I burst out laughing, but me bursting out laughing is actually from him just making me laugh in one of the outtakes as opposed to me actually being in character. He’s hysterical – I stole all of his jokes and took them back to school with me and made everyone think I was really funny.”