Jen & Ben On The Block

By Rebecca Winters

Depressing bridal planners and tabloid photographers but relieving the rest of the free world, the celebrated celebrity courtship known as Bennifer has at long last come to an end. The ardent red-carpet romance sparked on the 2002 set of their dud Gigli seemed to lose its luster after JENNIFER LOPEZ and BEN AFFLECK called off their September 2003 nuptials amid frenzied media coverage. When Lopez was spied partying with P. Diddy at a Miami nightclub in January, rumors swirled that the exes would reunite. By last week, Lopez's spokesman was confirming that Jen and Ben were done. Bennifer watchers speculated that Affleck's casino carousing was the cause. Oddsmakers can now put their money on Demi and Ashton's split--or wedding--instead.