Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez catch Independence Day fireworks with Tom Brady in the Hamptons

Tom Brady felt right back at home with his Boston buddy Ben Affleck, and Ben's new wife, Jennifer Lopez, at a Fourth of July celebration in the Hamptons.

Affleck, 50, sported a blazer and slacks for the star-studded soiree, where JLo showed off her sun-kissed skin in a strappy white gown with a pleated hem.

The former New England Patriots quarterback matched his fellow Bostonian by wearing a crisp crew-neck T-shirt to the all-white-affair hosted by billionaire sports merchandising magnate Michael Rubin.

The trio joined an all-star roster for the beach bash, including Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, Hailey Bieber, Kim Kardashian and Travis Scott.

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Ben's oldest daughter, Violet, joined in on the fun, and wore a white face mask to match her flowing white dress.

Lopez and Affleck have five children together in their blended family. They'll soon celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary. 

She has 15-year-old twins Max and Emme with ex, Marc Anthony, while Affleck and ex-wife, Jennifer Garner, have three kids: Violet, 17, Seraphina, 14, and Samuel, 11. 

Affleck had "one of the most memorable days of my life" catching passes from Brady back in the day. 

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"I wish I had more in common with Tom Brady," Affleck said on the Bill Simmons Podcast in 2021. "I played catch with the man once and realized how very little we had in common. He was throwing the ball to me and I was praying to God, not just because I wanted to impress the guy — which I very much did — but because I thought I would really get hurt because it shows up right in front of your face.

"After about 10 minutes, he was like ‘Are you ready?’ I said ‘Ya’ and he said ‘Now we’ll really start throwing the ball.’ I was like, ‘Oh my God, are you going to dump another 30 mph on this? Because I’m very much at my peak and really trying.'"

"So, I have some things I have in common with Tom, I like to think," Affleck added. "People both know who we are sometimes and we were in New England and that’s sort of about it."

Legendary musician Beyoncé, days away from two Canadian stops on her Renaissance World Tour, relaxed by the beach wearing a white lace ensemble with sparkling rhinestone studded sunglasses. 

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Her husband, media mogul Jay-Z, wrapped his arm around his wife while sipping on a glass of champagne.

Leonardo DiCaprio looked suave in a linen button-down to match his white jeans.

Travis Scott, who has previously collaborated with Brady and Rubin, enjoyed the night out with DJ Khaled, Kevin Hart and Usher.

Kim Kardashian stepped out in a sheer crop top with a matching bandage skirt with a silver belly chain wrapped around her waist.

Her best friend, La La Anthony, sported a see-through white dress and carried a matching clutch through the lavish party as they mingled with Lori Harvey and supermodel Justine Skye.

Hailey Bieber rocked a white gown with a halter neckline and a thigh-high slit, while Kendall Jenner opted for a strapless mini dress with a pair of towering stilettos. 

Independence Day is ‘controversial’ and ‘not okay’ to celebrate, according to those profiled by New York Times

While fireworks and parades are just some of the festivities taking place throughout Independence Day, the New York Times chose to spotlight Americans struggling to find reasons to celebrate.

Ahead of the July 4th holiday on Sunday, the Times published a piece titled, "No Sparklers for These Folks," which featured one woman’s political qualms with patriotism and another’s decision to skip fireworks over their "toxic" chemicals and similar sound to gunshots.

One of the interviewees, Malaya Tapp, posted a TikTok elaborating on her stance, doubling down on her argument that it’s "not okay" to celebrate the "controversial holiday."

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"Use it to celebrate something else," Tapp said in the video. "I will probably go to a barbecue because those tend to be hosted by Black family or friends, and I see that as a time to come together and celebrate the fact that we are also still here despite America trying to get rid of us when they were trying to gain their independence."

"The message from the left, one, they need to lighten up," Fox News contributor Tammy Bruce said on an "Outnumbered" panel, Tuesday, "but it really does rely on perpetual victimhood that then informs how they view every single thing that's happening in their lives."

Bruce ripped the outlet for elevating the "confused woman" and publishing what she labeled as a "push story."

"It is not a controversial holiday. It just isn't. Even if The New York Times says so, that is untrue," Bruce said. "You've got an America, hundreds of millions of people. We love this holiday. We understand it. They chose Gen Zers, people from New York who are complaining about the heat of it. Some of this is post-pandemic, but this is about the media."

Fox News contributor Joe Concha, who also joined Tuesday’s panel, added to the argument that the article is a perfect example of "bias in journalism."

"Whoever the writer was for The New York Times here basically said: 'All right, I have a narrative that I want to go with, but I need people we're going to portray as regular people, that we're going to portray as this is indicative of how America is thinking in general on certain topics, like July 4th,'" Concha explained.

He also pointed out the hypocrisy behind Ms. Tapp’s comments about choosing to attend festivities based on certain demographics.

"Checks off every box, and literally the definition of racism when you say: 'I'm only going to hang out with people of a certain color instead of the content of their character,'" Concha said. "Or maybe they're just really cool to hang out with and they're halfway decent at beer pong."

Heritage Foundation Tech Policy Center Director Kara Frederick echoed Bruce’s argument that the anti-American sentiments stem mostly from younger generations.

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"There's a prevailing nihilism among the younger generation that I think we have to contend with. I'm a millennial, so it's a part of my charge, I think, to educate them and let them know that, yes, there could be some manmade changes on the environment," Frederick said.

"But again," she concluded, "We have the innovation, the ingenuity, the technology to contend with that as well. So I think it's a Gen Z issue. They are swimming in a toxic information environment propagated by these social media platforms."

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