Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Finalize Divorce After 3-YEAR Separation!

Well, it’s never pleasant when a couple gets divorced, but in this case, the news might be cause for celebration.

After three years of ups, downs, rehabs, relapses, marriage counseling, and accusations of nanny-banging, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have finalized their divorce.

Radar Online is reporting today that a judgment in Affleck and Garner’s court case was entered in Los Angeles Superior Court today.

Which means that for the first time since 2005, Ben and Jen are both legally single.

The emphasis here is on “legally.” 

Garner is dating businessman John Miller these days, and Ben may or may not still be involved with 22-year-old Playboy model Shauna Sexton.

Not only does the selection of current partners speak volumes about the difference in personalities and priorities that likely contributed to the couple’s decision to split it also serves as a reminder of how long it’s been since these two parted ways.

When Ben and Jen separated, Obama was in office and Batman was most recently portrayed on screen by Christian Bale.

Hell, Affleck had a whole long-term relationship with Lindsay Shookus — complete with marriage rumors — between his relationships with Garner and Sexton.

Affleck has been to rehab at least twice in the time since he parted ways with Garner.

We say this not to shame the guy, but to point out that it has been a really long time since he moved out of the home he once shared with Garner.

To be fair, the process didn’t take so long simply due to indecisiveness on Ben and Jen’s parts (though there was certainly some of that.)

In fact, it had a bit to do with Affleck’s multiple rehab stints and Garner’s desire to do right by her kids.

Sources close to the former couple say Jen wanted to work out an amicable custody arrangement before finalizing the divorce but couldn’t bring herself to trust Affleck alone with the kids until he got serious about getting sober.

At some point in the past few months, he was apparently able to convince her that all is well, as Affleck filed divorce papers while still in rehab

And so ends one of the great love stories of the 21st Century.

At least Ben still has Matt Damon.

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Kim Richards Finally Off Probation After 3-Year Saga of Drunken Arrest

Things are finally looking up for Kim Richards, because we’ve learned she’s off probation after the seemingly endless saga that started with her Beverly Hills Hotel bust … back in April 2015! Sources close to the situation tell us Kim recently…

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Virgin Airlines Turns Away 3-Year Old Cancer Patient

To borrow a saying frequently used on Twitter these days, Virgin Airlines has a message for United and Delta:

Hold my beer.

In the wake of the latter two companies embroiling themselves in indefensible scandals, Virgin has gone ahead and committed what might be the worst PR disaster of all.

Billie-Jean Simon tells The Daily Mail Australia that she and her three-year old daughter, Payton, were boarding a Brisbane flight bound for Newcastle last Wednesday.

The pair arrived at the gate on time, but Payton felt sick during boarding and had to be rushed to the bathroom.

The toddler sadly suffers from acute myeloid leukemia and “you just can’t tell a kid to hurry up when they’re being sick,” Billie-Jean’s mother, Tina Mancini, told the newspaper.

This seems like an obvious statement and not much of a controversy, right?

We wish that were the case.

According to Tina, Billie-Jean and her sick child returned from the bathroom just “one minute” after the cut-off time for boarding.

Billie-Jean explained the situation to the Virgin employees at the gate.

She said that Payton was on her way to receive stem-cell treatment in Newcastle, an appointment she very badly needed to attend after having already endured 16 rounds of chemotherapy at Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital.

This was all relayed to the attendants and “they closed the door in her face,” Tina told Sunshine Coast Daily.

She added that Billie-Jean could “see people still walking down” the tunnel to the airplane.

It was still parked at the gate. The airline very easily could have let Billie-Jean and her CANCER-STRICKEN young daughter on board.

Alas, they stuck to the absolute letter of their law and did not budge on their boarding policy.

“When she asked about the next flight she was told it would be another $ 600, despite having insurance,” Tina explained. “With money so tight at the moment, it just wasn’t something she could afford.”

Therefore, mother and ill child drove until 1 a.m. to reach their destination.

They have since set up a GoFundMe page to help the family with the financial burden of Payton’s disease.

Over the last few weeks, the airline industry has been caught in one public relations humane disaster after another.

You’ve likely read by now about the United Airlines passenger who was bloodied and bruised after getting dragged off an overbooked flight.

But there was also the Delta passenger who got the boot from a plane for using the bathroom while it was still grounded.

And then Delta was at it again just a few days ago when it threatened to jail a mother and father who initially refused to take their very young kids off a plane that, once again, had been overbooked.

Watch their exchange with a flight attendant below: 

Delta Airlines to Parents: Get Off This Flight… or We’ll Take Your Kids!

But closing the boarding door in the face of a three-year old with cancer?

The competition is stiff, but we need to congratulate Virgin Airlines for this act.

It’s officially the most despicable example of airline company behavior to date!

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Todd Heap Accidentally Strikes, Kills 3-Year Old Daughter with Car

Todd Heap, a former stand-out tight end who played 12 seasons in the NFL, is now living through the worst possible nightmare for any parent.

The Mesa Police Department in Arizona has confirmed that Heap accidentally struck and killed his three-year-old daughter with his truck on Friday.

According to official police records, Heap said the child was in her driveway when he went to move a truck and hit her just before 4 p.m. local time.

Authorities told an ABC affiliate that there were no signs of impairment or suspicious circumstances behind the incident.

It sounds at the moment like it was just an awful, awful accident.

The Mesa Police Department told Fox 10 Phoenix that Heap’s daughter was taken to a local hospital, where she later died.

Prior to being drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in 2001, Heap attended Mountain View High School in Mesa and then went on to play at Arizona State University.

He spent 10 seasons with the Ravens and then joined the Cardinals in 2011 and 2012 before injury forced his retirement about halfway through his second season with Arizona.

Heap’s daughter was the youngest of his five children with wife Ashley.

The ex-All Pro is yet to comment on the situation, but we cannot imagine what he is going through.

In 2014, Heap was inducted in the Baltimore Ring of Honor, the highest distinction the Ravens can give to a player.

He finished his career with 499 receptions, 5,869 yards and 24 touchdowns.

Upon learning of this sad news, various members of the NFL family reached out to Heap and asked for prayers via social media.

Here’s a look at what many of them have said:

We join everyone who has reached out to Heap to offer their thoughts and condolences.

Our hearts go out to him and his loved ones during this impossible time.

May his beloved toddler rest in peace.

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