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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck put on a united front once again during their latest outing -- a graduation bash for his daughter ... following weeks of swirling split speculation.

The couple weren't exactly holding hands and all over each other Thursday -- when they were photographed going to Violet's grad party, but J Lo was right by his side as he lugged a giant gift hamper to the milestone family occasion in L.A.

Vibes were good all around though -- and naturally, they were dressed to impress with Jen rocking a stunning cinched floral dress and hubby Ben sporting a slick grey suit.

Natalie Portman and Paul Mescal are not romantic despite their sighting across the pond earlier this week that sparked speculation they may be dating ... TMZ has confirmed.

Sources with direct knowledge tell us the Oscar-winning actress and the Irish star are just pals -- and have been for a long time now -- even though they were looking pretty damn friendly this week in North London.

While we're told they're not romantically involved, Natalie and Paul have clearly struck up quite the friendship ... in fact, our sources say they've known each other for a while.

Jennifer Lopez is keeping mum over rumors of her troubled marriage to Ben Affleck – and even warned a reporter not to ask about it.

The singer/actress was sitting onstage during Wednesday's panel discussion in Mexico City for her upcoming movie, "Atlas," when she was questioned about the status of her relationship with Ben.

Check out the video ... off camera, the journalist can be heard asking J Lo to address all the speculation around Ben. J Lo got the message loud and clear, and gave the newsman a little piece of her mind.

Ben Affleck toyed with the paps Wednesday, by hiding the one body part that has mesmerized the public!

Ben was out and about L.A., picking up his son Samuel from school, with a bunch of paps in tow. As the photogs train their cameras on his left hand, Ben cleverly hides the appendage in his sweater.

Of course, what the photogs were looking for was his ring finger. Ben has flipped back and forth over the last few weeks, sometimes wearing his wedding ring and sometimes not.

Ben Affleck's close friend Jason Mewes ain't buying into the swirling speculation the actor's marriage to Jennifer Lopez is crumbling ... not based on what he's seen.

We got Jason out Wednesday in L.A., and he told us after witnessing Ben and Jen's genuine affection at their wedding less than 2 years ago, he'd be downright shocked if the rumors were true.

Jason expresses some frustration over people immediately jumping to split speculation ... suggesting there's probably a more practical explanation -- most likely work-related -- behind Ben moving out of their marital home.

Jennifer Lopez went all by herself to her film premiere in L.A. Monday night – one day after she was seen smiling on a drive with her husband Ben Affleck, creating even more confusion about their relationship status.

J Lo hit the red carpet for the opening of her movie "Atlas" at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood -- and looked stunning as she posed for paparazzi photos, yet she was without Ben by her side amid rumors of their breakup.

Ben, on the other hand, was across the city being photographed walking off the set of his new movie. You can see the actor taking a sip from a drinking cup and lugging a black bag from his trailer. What you can't see is his wedding ring.

Ben Affleck just upped the ante, or lowered it, amid the marital strife between Jennifer Lopez and himself -- because he's no longer wearing his wedding ring.

Well, at least he wasn't on Friday evening when pulling up to the school where his kid had a recital ... and as Ben moved the sun visor in his car, it became clear his left hand was a little lighter than it's been for almost 2 years.

As we reported, Ben has been living separately from J Lo for a few weeks now -- he moved out of the $60 million Bev Hills mansion they bought last year, and into a rental home in Brentwood.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are living such separate lives right now, they reportedly did not celebrate Mother's Day together.

As we reported, Ben has moved out of their Beverly Hills mansion, and into a home he's renting in Brentwood -- not far from where Jen Garner lives with their 2 kids -- and, although, he and J Lo were both in L.A. last Sunday ... they marked the holiday apart, according to People.

For her part, J Lo certainly had lots of feels on Mother's Day which she shared on social media -- posting about her relationship with her 16-year-old twins Max and Emme, who she had with ex-husband Marc Anthony.

Jennifer Lopez liking romance advice online happened organically -- as the relationship coach behind the post has no connection to her, but her inbox is getting flooded regardless.

Lenna Marsak -- who threw up the IG post that J Lo liked Thursday, touching on unhealthy relationships -- tells TMZ ... she definitely doesn't know J Lo personally, noting that they don't even follow each other, but has a sense of how her upload made its way to Jen's feed.

Lenna says the post in question had already been doing well -- in terms of performance and shares -- so it's possible Jenn just stumbled across it on her explore page on IG and liked it.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are still on speaking terms as they go through whatever they're going through -- they briefly reunited for the sake of their kids, but they're still not under the same roof.

The couple was photographed together for the first time in well over a month Thursday evening, coming together for a school play starring Ben's kid, Fin.

We're told Ben and Jen arrived separately, but both showed up with flowers for Fin ... and they didn't keep their distance. They were chatting it up with each other ahead of the play.

Ben Affleck has been staying at a home that he seems to be occupying without his wife, Jennifer Lopez -- and he was spotted leaving there this morning ... this amid split rumors.

The actor was photographed Thursday morning in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles -- where we're told he left a house that he's been seen coming from and going to ... and where we're told he's been spending the night as well.

This morning, paps got him leaving that same area ... and he appeared to be riding solo. We're also told that Ben was NOT spotted at his house with J Lo the night prior -- so it seems he spent the night here at this Brentwood address.

Diddy's son Christian AKA King Combs is now knee-deep in the 2024 Rap Wars -- dropping a diss track tackling rumors about the federal raids, and taking aim at his father's biggest rival ... 50 Cent!!!

Akademiks got ahold of the unreleased track Sunday, and played it on his livestream feed where it featured KC addressing all the disrespect on his family's name, and you gotta imagine it met his father's approval.

King established himself as a legitimate rapper and opens the track with aggressive bars, "I dare one of you n****s to scream out ‘No Diddy’ ... f**k that n****a up!!!" -- and then answers the constant question about Diddy's whereabouts, "Asking where my pops at?/He on a G6 getting a lineup."

Quavo's recent concert's getting attention online ... 'cause the crowd looks pretty small compared to the venue -- and, tons of people are convinced it's Chris Brown's doing.

Video from Quavo's concert in Bridgeport, Connecticut is floating around social media ... seemingly showing a damn-near empty venue looking more like a gig for a small-time artist than a former member of Migos.

The crowd in the pit's pressed up close to the stage ... with people in back of the clot no more than 10 or 15 rows removed from the artist.

Noah Cyrus has broken her silence on the love triangle rumors swirling around her family ... telling a troll exactly what he should do with his mouth after he cracked a joke.

The singer-songwriter fired back at a hater on Instagram who brought up a rumor her mom, Tish, "stole" her new husband, Dominic Purcell, from Noah.

Noah -- using some of her trademark deadpan wit -- replied in the comments by asking the user to please "choke on the fattest c***" ... bit a of nuclear response, we gotta say.

Parece que Beyoncé no irá a Indio este fin de semana, porque una TikToker parece haber encontrado a la verdadera DJ Backwoods Barbie, ¡y no es Bey!

La usuaria @beysus.christ -obviamente una superfan de Beyoncé- se puso su sombrero de detective de Internet y comenzó a buscar pistas sobre "¿Quién es DJ Backwoods Barbie?", y publicó sus hallazgos en línea, dando la noticia de que no cree que Bey se presente en el Stagecoach.

En el clip, la chica dice que encontró a un usuario en Instagram que comentó lo emocionado que estaba de ver a DJ Backwoods Barbie en todas las publicaciones de IG de Barbie y en una publicación en la cuenta oficial de Stagecoach.

Sorry, Beyhive ... it appears Beyoncé's not headin' to Indio this weekend -- 'cause a TikToker's seemingly found the real DJ Backwoods Barbie, and it ain't Bey!

User @beysus.christ -- obviously a Beyoncé superfan -- put on her internet detective hat and started chasing down leads in the "Who is DJ Backwoods Barbie???" mystery, and she posted her findings online, breaking the news gently she doesn't think Bey's coming to Stagecoach.

In the clip, beysus says she found a user on Instagram who commented about how excited they were to see DJ Backwoods Barbie on all of Barbie's IG posts and a post from the official Stagecoach account.