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[Bamboozled]

Halle Berry and Eric Benet are reportedly working to fix their
marriage. Eric's been released from that rehab center (The Meadows) in Arizona where he was being treated for sexual addiction. Word is that he recently visited Halle on the set of her upcoming James Bond movie, "Die Another Day."

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are no longer keeping their romance on the D.L. Word is that J-Lo and Ben had no qualms about kissing in front of a restaurant full of people when they went out for sushi at the New York hot spot Nobu recently. They chilled out a little when somebody told them that some photographers were hanging around outside. In fact, when it came time to go, J-Lo left through the front door and Affleck slipped out through the a service entrance. By the way, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds joined Lopez and Affleck for part of their lunch together. FYI: One of the things that makes J-Lo a good catch for Ben Affleck is that she's a very, very light drinker. You may remember that Affleck spent time in a Malibu, California rehab clinic last summer to get his alcohol use in check.

The Rev. Al Sharpton filed a $1 billion lawsuit against HBO yesterday because the network showed that old hidden camera video of him talking about drug deals with an undercover FBI agent. That tape was shown on "Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel" as part of a story on Michael Franzese, an ex-Mafia man and sports bookie. Sharpton's suit accuses HBO of "defamation, libel and slander." It demands $500 million in compensatory and $500 million in punitive damages. While standing in front of Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday, Sharpton declared, "I will not give in to a smear campaign. HBO had a responsibility to show any and all information that was available. By not doing so, what they did was to sanitize a mobster and criminalize a civil rights activist." A spokesperson for HBO said, "The tape we aired is an integral part of the story we presented. We asked Mr. Sharpton for his response and we showed his position. Viewers can judge for themselves. As to Rev. Sharpton's claim that there is a second videotape that exonerates him, we indicated to him that we would welcome the chance to see it."