Ben Affleck spotted at secretive AI confab that included ‘Star Wars’ producer Kathleen Kennedy
Before Ben Affleck celebrated his 54th birthday on Saturday with a family outing at the Brentwood Country Mart — the “Good Will Hunting” star appeared at a high-level AI conference with power producer Kathleen Kennedy and execs from Meta, Google, Paramount, A24, Lucasfilm and more, we hear. A film source told us of the AFI and Google-hosted conference, “AI Summit Creators at the Center”: “Everyone wished Ben a happy birthday at the start of the day,” mentioning that the dashing star — who recently won “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” — appeared in a suit on a panel before dressing down for lunch.
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Before Ben Affleck celebrated his 54th birthday on Saturday with a family outing at the Brentwood Country Mart — the “Good Will Hunting” star appeared at a high-level AI conference with power producer Kathleen Kennedy and execs from Meta, Google, Paramount, A24, Lucasfilm and more, we hear. A film source told us of the AFI and Google-hosted conference, “AI Summit Creators at the Center”: “Everyone wished Ben a happy birthday at the start of the day,” mentioning that the dashing star — who recently won “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” — appeared in a suit on a panel before dressing down for lunch. “He was the best dressed in the room,” said an insider, adding the Affleck was “very smart” and “a nice guy,” and he stayed after his panel to chat with attendees until he had to roll out to celebrate his birthday with his ex, Jennifer Garner, and two of their kids at Farmshop. The AFI campus confab — with Chatham House Rules that barred guests from sharing what was said — included, “breakfast and networking, a keynote, a lunch, panels and breakout groups,” a spy said.
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- Before Ben Affleck celebrated his 54th birthday on Saturday with a family outing at the Brentwood Country Mart — the “Good Will Hunting” star appeared at a high-level AI conference with power producer Kathleen Kennedy and execs from Meta, Google, Paramount, A24, Lucasfilm and more, we hear. A film source told us of the AFI and Google-hosted conference, “AI Summit Creators at the Center”: “Everyone wished Ben a happy birthday at the start of the day,” mentioning that the dashing star — who recently won “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” — appeared in a suit on a panel before dressing down for lunch.
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