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"  Aw After getting himself into a bit of hot water with comments about his marriage earlier this year, Ben Affleck tells Playboy that wife Jennifer Garner is &amp;quot;by leaps and bounds the most important person to me.&amp;quot; He also thanked his wife for helping support his personal aspirations, &amp;quot;Over the past 10 years she has allowed me to have a stable home life while accomplishing my professional goals.&amp;quot; [People] Shortened ABC announced a reduced order of episodes for this season of Scandal\u2014from 22 down to 18. The network wouldn&amp;#039;t give an official reason behind the decision, but given that the show&amp;#039;s booming ratings, it is most likely due to star Kerry Washington&amp;#039;s pregnancy, which creator Shonda Rhimes doesn&amp;#039;t want to write into the show. [Deadline] Confessions Britney Spears, who has two sons, reveals that she really wants a baby girl\u2014but her reason is kind of bittersweet. &amp;quot;I would really like to have another baby, a girl. I think she would be like a mini-me. I think it&amp;#039;s going to be crazy. I&amp;#039;m not going to feel as alone in the world anymore. I&amp;#039;m going to feel like I have a second person, like, that&amp;#039;s me.&amp;quot; [Just Jared] The things we shared Facebook has released their year-end recap of the most liked, commented on, and shared content. Some of the most newsworthy items in the U.S. were the Superbowl, the government shutdown, the Boston Marathon, the Harlem Shake, Pope Francis, and the crisis in Syria. [Today] Cause you gotta have friends Or not, according to sociologist Linda Wade. She says that not only do white, heterosexual men have fewer friends than any other group, when they do form friendships, they are not as trusting or sincere. Wade chalks this up to the fact that some men perceive close male friendships as &amp;quot;girly.&amp;quot; [Slate] Listicles We&amp;#039;re all about year-end recap lists, and we especially love this one heralding women who promoted positive body image and self-acceptance in 2013. [HuffPost] Surprise Emma Stone and Bill Murray visited troops stationed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor\u2013Hickam in Hawaii to help with the annual holiday tower lighting. [HuffPost]        "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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