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Author and screenwriter Gillian Flynn, whose book Gone Girl has spent nearly two years on the bestseller list while the film version has gotten excellent reviews, admits she may never experience this kind of moment again in her career, she tells Rita Braver in an interview for CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD to be broadcast today, Oct. 5, 2014 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.

Kids see talking animals on TV and in the movies a lot and they love them. But Jimmy always wondered how they would react if they saw a talking animal in real life.

Internationally-recognized spoken word artist Mayda del Valle headlines the first event in Mesa Arts Center's Spoken World series, a fusion of dynamic spoken word artists with mixed media and live instrumentation. Joining del Valle on Oct. 17 at 7:30 pm.

Ben Affleck, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, and Matt Damon are reportedly on Sony's wish list.

So often, movies adapted from books are unable to navigate the pitfalls of translating introspective thoughts and first person narration on the page into tangible action on the screen. However, in GONE GIRL, author Gillian Flynn has effectively boiled down the very essence of her novel into a taut, enthralling script. Since no one knows this story better than Flynn, she was able to hand-pick the perfect elements from the Best Selling book to create a screenplay even more suspenseful and exhilarating than the source material, believe it or not.

For more than 20 years, Bill Maher has set the boundaries of where funny, political talk can go on American television. First on 'Politically Incorrect' (Comedy Central, ABC, 1993-2002), and for the last 12 years, on HBO's 'Real Time,' Maher's combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him 33 Emmy nominations. In 2008, this same combination was on display in Maher's uproarious and unprecedented swipe at organized religion, Religulous, directed by Larry Charles (Borat). The documentary has gone on to become the eighth highest grossing documentary ever.

On last night's TONIGHT SHOW, Jimmy and Jennifer Garner teamed up against Questlove and John Mulaney in a game of Catchphrase.

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Ben Affleck is poised to follow up GONE GIRL with another thriller.

First Floor Theater (FFT) announces the casting of FFT Marketing Director Nora Bingham, with Kate Healy in their season opener MATT & BEN, playing November 16 - December 13 at Collaboraction's Pentagon Theatre in The Flat Iron Arts Building. Tickets forMATT & BEN will be available at http://firstfloortheater.com/.

Ben Affleck stopped by last night's THE DAILY SHOW on Comedy Central to promote his new film 'Gone Girl,' but ended up accusing host Jon Stewart of being a copycat.

Multi-Academy Award-winning producer, writer, director and actor Ben Affleck discussed another of his current occupations, father to three kids, while singing a snippet of the FROZEN breakout smash hit 'Let It Go' on THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON this week.

In honor of National Coffee Day, JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE thought it would be fun to organize a friendly competition between some of the coffee industry's best spellers.

Actress Rosamund Pike stopped by last night's LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS to talk about her new film 'Gone Girl' co-starring Ben Affleck. Check out the appearance below!

On last night's TONIGHT SHOW, Jimmy chats with Ben Affleck about his new movie, Gone Girl, and getting to know costar Tyler Perry during filming

Gone Girl is an upcoming American mystery-thriller film based on the 2012 novel of same name written by Gillian Flynn, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. It is directed by David Fincher, and stars Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, and Carrie Coon. The film is scheduled for release on October 3, 2014.

Oscar-winning actor Ben Affleck stopped by this morning's TODAY to talk about his upcoming film adaptation of the best-selling novel GONE GIRL as well as the pressure involved in taking on the role of superhero Batman in 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.'

Consummate bachelor and Oscar winner George Clooney tied the knot with Amal Alamuddin, an Oxford-educated lawyer, with a degree from New York University of Law on September 29, 2014

David Fincher's highly-anticipated film adaptation of Gillian Flynn's best seller GONE GIRL doesn't hit theaters until next Friday, but the reviews have already started coming in ahead of its premiere tonight at New York Film Festival!

GONE GIRL, directed by David Fincher, and based upon the global bestseller by Gillian Flynn, unearths the secrets at the heart of a modern marriage. On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his beautiful wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has GONE missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? Check out four TV spots for the movie below!