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Matt and Ben: Hollywood's Unhappy Ending?

Matt and Ben, Ben and Matt: The childhood friends who rose to Hollywood stardom together are forever linked in the public’s mind — but inevitably one of them has to get top billing on the marquee.At the moment, Matt Damon ( search ) gets that privilege. With his starring role as the super-assassin Jason Bourne in  "The Bourne Supremacy," ( search ) which opens Friday, and the upcoming "Ocean's Twelve," Damon has become one of Hollywood's most respected and successful young actors.His buddy Ben Affleck ( search ), meanwhile, has recently suffered a string of flops, including "Gigli" and "Jersey Girl"; weathered a media feeding frenzy over his failed "Bennifer" romance and has had his biggest success winning on "Celebrity Poker."So what's with this once dynamic duo? Anderson Jones, an entertainment correspondent for filmstew.com, said the two friends represent two sides of the Hollywood coin."Matt Damon has always come across as the more serious actor, and Ben would be a movie star," sai...

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