j.lo and her nose and lips appear in a new Kevin Smith film “Jersey Girl” along side the other half of Benifer, Ben Affleck. It seems the rumormill is churning away (aided by a report from US Weekly) speculating that the film’s producers are going to play down the stars when it comes to advertising the film. Instead of focusing on Jennifer and Ben the producers are reportedly going to promote the film as a Kevin Smith feature.  

It’s not surprising after the embarrassing summer flog “Gigli” which starred the much talked about couple.   

Smith denies the rumors on his website. He writes in part: "Speaking  as a guy who's about as close to this movie and the marketing plans as it gets, I can tell you that there's no truth to that story. Market the movie on me? So f**king ridiculous.

"Trust me: I've seen the marketing concepts on this movie from as early on as when we were still shooting up to just yesterday. Every poster is centred around Affleck. Some show Affleck and Jen, some show Affleck and the kid (which would make the most sense), some show Affleck and Liv Tyler. None show me.

"And as with every flick I've made, this is not billed as 'A Film By Kevin Smith' - the hallmark of any marketing campaign built on the director. 'The Fourth Film by Quentin Tarantino'? That's a director-driven marketing campaign. A standard 'Written and Directed by Kevin Smith'? That's hardly what I'd call selling a flick on the director's back.”

Now there was some silly news for you. 

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