{"id":24316,"date":"2026-08-01T16:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T11:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24316"},"modified":"2026-08-01T16:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T11:18:15","slug":"how-armageddon-rocketed-ben-affleck-to-movie-star-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24316","title":{"rendered":"How Armageddon Rocketed Ben Affleck to Movie Star Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p>Even Bay clarified in a 2013 blog post (since deleted) that he had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/410990\/just-kidding-michael-bay-not-sorry-for-armageddon-after-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer\">nothing to apologize for<\/a>. &#8220;And still today <em>Armageddon<\/em> is still one of the most shown movies on cable TV,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;And yes, I&#8217;m proud of the movie. 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