Lopez should have plenty of dough left to tweak her speakers, although the divorce settlement with Judd -- which includes a strict confidentiality agreement -- probably cost her. (A source close to the proceedings says reports of a $6 million to $15 million settlement are "just wrong.") As for the emotional fallout, Judd is "doing better and better," says friend Chuck Gibson. He recently filmed a role as Mr. Right in the video for Irish pop singer Samantha Mumba's "I'm Right Here."

Lopez and her Mr. Right Now share more than eight-figure salaries and fat gossip-column scrapbooks. Both grew up far from wealthy (Lopez the daughter of now-divorced computer specialist David, 60, and kindergarten teacher Guadelupe, 56; Affleck the son of now-divorced rehab counselor Tim and elementary school teacher Chris, both 59), dropped out of college to pursue acting and dated high school sweethearts while climbing the ladder to success. Then their love lives got complicated. After her 13-month marriage to then waiter Ojani Noa, now 27, Lopez embarked on a tumultuous three-year romance with Combs. She got engaged to Judd three months after that split.

No slouch as a Casanova, Affleck has stepped out with Pamela Anderson, Courtney Love, Shoshanna Lonstein and Famke Janssen since his split with Gwyneth Paltrow in 1999 -- even with a three-week time-out last summer for alcohol rehab. "I wasn't happy with my life," the actor told Details in April. "Drinking wasn't making anything better. It was just a distraction."

Now it seems Lopez -- with whom Affleck is set to costar as a married couple with a young daughter in the parenthood comedy Jersey Girl, which starts shooting in Philadelphia in mid-August -- is distraction enough. "Jennifer doesn't smoke or drink, and Ben is celebrating almost a year of sobriety, so it would make sense that being with her makes it easier for him," says a source. Just don't expect wedding invitations. "They're dating today, but who knows about tomorrow?" says Lopez's close friend. "She wants the freedom to live her life."

-- SAMANTHA MILLER
-- RACHEL BIERMANN, MICHAEL FLEEMAN AND JULIE JORDAN in Los Angeles, LINDA MARX, SIOBHAN MORRISSEY, DENISE SYPESTEYN and LINDA TRISCHITTA in Miami, ELIZABETH COBB, MARK DAGOSTINO, DIANE HERBST, ELIZABETH MCNEIL and NATASHA STOYNOFF in New York City and STEVE HELLING in Orlando

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