Photo SpecialBen There, Done That

BUDDY SYSTEM

A bearded Affleck and best friend Matt Damon meet and greet at a July event in Hollywood announcing the winners of the third Project Greenlight contest. (The series will air on Bravo in 2005.) In January, Affleck – who plans to write a new screenplay with Damon – told potential contestants that commercial is the way to go: "If you had sex with a pie, we want your movie."