Hollywood hunk Ben Affleck has signed a $1.8 million deal to be the face of popular British deodorant Lynx. The Jersey Girl star, whose new wife Jennifer Garner is expecting their first child this year, will appear in TV advertisements directed by Danny Klienman. Affleck has previously starred in ads for Burger King as a child actor and L’Oreal Elvive hair products in 2003.

1) Cocteau Twins: Blue Bell Knoll (1988)
“When I was 18 (1988) my girlfriend gave me this CD for my birthday. She was way ahead of the curve when it came to music. I wasn’t. It’s still my favorite album of all time.”

2) Midlake: Bamnan and Silvercork (2004)
“A five-piece band from Denton, Texas, that makes incredibly amazing music. There hasn’t been a week since I’ve had the CD that I haven’t listened to it, and I got over a year ago.”

3) Nick Drake: Bryter Layter (1970)
“A genius, a real genius. It’s sad to think that with how good he was, and for so long, it would take a VW commercial, of all things, to bring him to the public eye.”

4) Miles Davis: A Kind of Blue (1959)
“Like a great, classic film. And as with great, classic films, all you want to do is watch them over & over.”

5) Explosions In The Sky: The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place (2003)
“Another Texas band. Triumphant, classical-like compositions that would make the likes of Beethoven proud.”

6) Interpol: Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)
“When this came out, being the skeptical dude that I am when it comes to ‘what’s hot.” I didn’t bite. A long time later, I bought it. Am I happy that I did? Absolutely.”

7) Beck: Sea Change (2002)
“I don’t want to label this one as just a great road-trip album, but it has that quality, especially ” ‘ The Golden Age.’ ”

8) Bob Dylan: Desire (1976)
“Speaking of great road-trip albums, this is a great piece of music to listen to while driving somewhere through the desert on a hot summer day…with the windows rolled down.”

9) Radiohead: Kid A (2000)
“As much as I like OK Computer, Kid A grew on me the way no other Radiohead album had.”

10) Grandaddy: The Sophtware Slump (2000)
“The opening track, ‘He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s the Pilot,’ absolutely blew my mind when I first heard it. It was from this track that my wife, Beth, came up with the name Pilot for our son.”

11) Sigur Ros: Agaetis Byrjun (2001)
“The singer plays the guitar with a bow & sings in a way that you’d think he was female. A beautiful & very unique sound.”

12) Bjork: Vespertine (2001)
“It’s very simply a perfect album from start to finish, and one that somehow makes me envious. I mean, how can one be that good?”