Make Love Not War

Flashbulbs pop and school-girls squeal as Ben Affleck appears from behind a plume of smoke in the middle of the Tokyo Dome. Young fans scream, "Ben! I love you, Ben!" The actor winks at the camera, which projects his face on two screens, and the crowd of 30,000 goes wild. Then Affleck, flanked by director Michael Bay and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, hops onto the trunk of a yellow Ford Mustang convertible that wheels around the stadium. As the lights dim, color floods a screen that is triple the size of a tennis court. Japan is about to meet Pearl...

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