Ben Affleck Received a Million {Dollars}

On Wednesday night time, a dialed-in Ben Affleck wrapped up a victorious run on Who Desires to Be a Millionaire, the place he and Jeopardy! champion Jamie Ding gained — you guessed it — $1 million. Have you ever ever seen Affleck make a extra excited face?

The fifteenth and remaining query needed to do with the names of turkeys pardoned by a U.S. president as a part of an annual Thanksgiving custom. With somewhat nudge from host Jimmy Kimmel, Affleck and Ding agreed on a guess, and, after an excruciating pause, the board went inexperienced, and the boys leapt into one another’s arms and whooped.

Kimmel then introduced Affleck and Ding with an enormous verify, and confetti fell down round them. On the prime of the episode, Affleck defined that the large prize would go to his basis, the Jap Congo Initiative, which helps community-based organizations in a area that’s  been “severely impacted by a really traumatic battle.”

Affleck’s victory comes a yr after his brother in life and moviemaking, Matt Damon, gained the identical prize. Damon, who appeared on Who Desires to Be a Millionaire final yr with Ken Jennings, is without doubt one of the few movie star contestants to win. Kimmel additionally teased Affleck all through Wednesday’s episode, joking in between consecutive guesses that he was “a lot smarter than Matt.”

I’m glad to see the topped king of Dunkin’ smiling once more, particularly for a superb trigger. Now, if we might simply get J.Lo on the road …

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