They’re already best buddies in real life — now we have the proof they’re related.

According to genealogy experts anyway, who insist the couple are 10th cousins — linked by a 17th century English bricklayer called William Knowlton.

Damon wins the battle of the VIP family tree — he can apparently count “six or seven” ex presidents among his ancestors, while Affleck boasts just one…

Barack Obama no less!

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling was refused a presidential honour by George W. Bush because he thought she encouraged witchcraft…

Instead Bush gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to ex-British PM Tony Blair — who was presumably screened by the White House and showed up witch-free.

Just when you thought Courtney Love had reached the pinnacle of weirdness — she plunges to new depths in spectacular fashion.

Kurt Cobain’s widow has set her sights on Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.

The unlikely pair met at  a movie screening in New York last weekend and engaged in a bizarre mating ritual over the aperitifs.

According to Love, Chavez winked at her and then invited her to visit him in the capital Caracas.

She explains, ”It was the third wink that sold me. He’s a sexy dawg. He invited me to visit his country and I’d like to go. I’ll rock Caracas.”

Crackers!

WENN was in the crowd last night at Madonna’s Tel Aviv, Israel concert.

It was the Israeliphile’s first performance in the country in 16 years — and she made it a family affair by taking her 12-year-old daughter Lourdes to introduce to the crowd.

It was the least the Material girl could do, after ruffling feathers in Israel earlier in the week –  by whizzing around Jerusalem with a police escort on Sunday, and wining and dining opposition leader Tzipi Livni on Monday.

We were sad to hear Senator Ted Kennedy lost his battle with cancer yesterday.

During his long career in politics, JFK’s last surviving brother was a big campaigner for immigration and healthcare reform.

And he played a major role in helping Barack Obama get elected last November.

Kennedy died at his home in Massachusetts on Tuesday, aged 77.