"Bennifer" call it quits

It's all over between Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, according to their friends.

"Bennifer" as they were called, not so affectionately by the world's media, have gone their separate ways on the weekend they were supposed to marry.

Affleck was seen with a mysterious brunette, in Las Vegas while J Lo was photographed swimming in the sea near Miami, Florida.

Apparently it was Affleck who pulled the plug on the romance after a series of bitter rows that began after their movie "Gigli" bombed at the box office. His cavorting with Canadian strippers also didn't help the faltering romance, according to imdb.com.

One friend told Britain's The Sun tabloid, "In the run-up to the wedding they had a series of disagreements. In the end Ben simply got cold feet. J Lo is secretly hoping they can patch things up. But he feels there is no hope."

Another source claimed the "rot set in" in after Gigli's release in America - the movie was slammed by critics and cinema-goers alike. He says, "It started a lot of rows between them. It soured everything."