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Gerard Butler now linked with Nicole Scherzinger

(HMG) – I have always said Scottish actor Gerard Butler seems to be a man happy to play the field.  He has been recently romantically linked to Jennifer Aniston for a while and a recent trip to Mexico with the Friends star for her 41st birthday seemed to confirm they were an item. Which could be true I suppose, but Gerard seems to have several coals in the fire.

Gerard yesterday was seen hanging out with sexy Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger (photos here) on a beach in Rio, where they are both currently celebrating the annual Carnival.  He certainly didn’t seem to want the publicity.  As soon as the 300 actor spotted photographers descending in on them as they were taking a stroll on Copacabana beach, he marched on ahead of Nicole, trying to pretend they weren’t together.

Oh and on the Gerard and Jen supposed romance, OK! Magazine, claims Aniston flew the film crew down with her to capture the  pictures of them together. Just weeks before the release of their new film The Bounty Hunter, Jen wanted to capitalize on rumors of a fling with Butler and made sure every bikini shot was showing off her best angle, the magazine reported.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon to Film NY Yankees Sex Scandal Story?

[HMG] – With a relatively strong performance both in and by his more recent films, Ben Affleck is now in line to act in and direct a retelling of one of the biggest scandals the New York Yankees has ever endured. And Matt Damon is looking to get on board too.

Back in 1973, Yankees team-mates Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich stunned the team’s vast army of fans when they calmly disclosed during Spring Training they were sharing their wives. This new movie, ‘The Trade’ will retell that story.

Both Ben and fellow Oscar winner, Matt are die-hard Red Sox fans and thus hate the Yankees, but they’ve been drawn to this project for ages. Ben now wants to direct and maybe play Fritz, while Matt would be Kekich.

And apart from the lure of the dug-out the appeal for both stars is the screenwriter – Dave Mandel. Best known for his scalpel-sharp writing on ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ Dave has been waiting to start writing for years, but getting the rights to the story was tricky so he’s only just finished a draft. Ben and Matt read it…and were hooked.

Ben’s good friend from 1993’s ‘Dazed and Confused.’ Richard Linklater was keen to direct, but Deadline says Ben now wants to drive the movie and act. His first time as Director – ‘Gone Baby Gone,’ was liked by the critics and his second, ‘The Town’ [which he co-wrote and directed] was also a modest success. So this might actually work.

And consider this – the last time Ben and Matt got involved in writing and acting together the result was 1997’s ‘Good Will Hunting.’ And that won two Oscars and sixteen other awards.

Could they do that again with this movie? Let’s hear your views? Especially you Yankees fans….