While receiving care at Hospice Atlanta, the young boy expressed his love for all things Batman. As a result, the staff put out a request for a superhero impersonator to help lift Mukuta’s spirits.

Spoiler alert: Ben did that and so much more!

According to NBC affiliate 11 Alive, the Hollywood actor took a break from filming Triple Frontier in Hawaii to FaceTime with Mukuta. “Such a memorable day for Mukuta who’s a super #Batman fan!” the center wrote on Twitter. “He received a phone call from @BenAffleck today. Thanks to the widespread community support and helping us deliver on our mission: To Improve the Lives of Those We Serve.”

Ben also offered to help fly Mukuta’s mother from Zimbabwe to Atlanta to be with her son during this difficult time.”#HospiceAtlanta & Mukuta’s family are so thankful to @BenAffleck, who following his FaceTime conversation w/Mukuta yesterday, has graciously offered 2 fly his mother from Zimbabwe to reunite with her son,” the center revealed. “A true superhero in action!”

Zachary Levi was one of the many fans who were left more than impressed with Ben’s kind gestures.

“Not all heroes wear capes. Though, coincidentally, some do,” the actor wrote. “Bravo, @BenAffleck. And continued prayers for Mukuta.”Fans of the Oscar winner are well aware that Ben has been a longtime supporter of the refugees from the Congo. In 2010, he helped found the Eastern Congo Initiative, which is an advocacy and grant-making initiative wholly focused on working with and for the people of eastern Congo.

We’re wishing Mukuta and his family all the best.

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Adam West was a working TV actor for more than a decade before being cast in the role that would define his career. As the title character on Batman, West brought a campy and colorful 1960s style to the Dark Knight, a mark that stuck with the actor up until his death on Friday, June 9, at the age of 88.

Rather than run from his past as the Caped Crusader, West embraced the character and his spot in pop culture. He routinely popped up on TV in guest spots as “himself” and often appeared in Batman documentaries and retrospectives (he also reprised the role in an animated movie released in 2016).

Past and present members of the Batman community paid respect to West following his passing. Among them, West’s sidekick throughout his adventures, Burt Ward.

“I am devastated at the loss of one of my very dearest friends. Adam and I had a special friendship for more than 50 years,” Ward, who played Robin on the series, told The Hollywood Reporter.

“We shared some of the most fun times of our lives together; our families have deep love and respect for each other. This is a terribly unexpected loss of my lifelong friend, I will forever miss him. There are several fine actors who have portrayed Batman in films, in my eyes there was only one real Batman and that is and always will be Adam West; He was truly the Bright Knight,” he added.

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The current silver screen Batmans sent their thoughts via Twitter.

“Adam Wes exemplified heroism,” wrote Justice League star Ben Affleck while The LEGO Batman Movie’s Will Arnett tweeted: “You will always be Batman.”

Adam West exemplified heroism. Kind, funny and an all around great guy. Thank you for showing us all how it’s done. @therealadamwest

— Ben Affleck (@BenAffleck) June 10, 2017

RIP Adam West. You will always be Batman

— Will Arnett (@arnettwill) June 10, 2017

Val Kilmer, who donned the cape and cowl in 1995’s Batman Forever, and Kevin Conroy, the voice actor who has portrayed Batman longer than anyone through various animated incarnations, also remembered West on Twitter.

Ah dear Adam West. He was always so kind when we met. A real gent. Once when I was a kid we found ourselves in front the batmobile. I got in

— Val Kilmer (@valkilmer) June 10, 2017

Adam West has passed. The Batman of my childhood. He brought us so much entertainment and was a truly class act. We’ll miss u Adam pic.twitter.com/5ddeOrUCSp

— Kevin Conroy (@RealKevinConroy) June 10, 2017

It wasn’t just the heroes paying homage, but villains as well. Former Riddler Jim Carrey (Batman Forever) and future Riddler Cory Michael Smith (Gotham) reminisced about West as did Robin Lord Taylor (The Penguin on Gotham) and Mark Hamill (voice of The Joker in Batman: The Animated Series).

When I was a kid POW BLAM Adam West was Batman! With his pal Robin and his tongue planted firmly in his cheek he brought me so much joy. ;^}

— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) June 11, 2017

RIP Adam West.
Thank you for the dance parties. pic.twitter.com/Cbgy1Qm4yH

— cory michael smith (@mister_CMS) June 10, 2017

Gotham City has lost a legend. Adam West was every bit as gracious and loving in person as you’d expect. @therealadamwest

— Robin Lord Taylor (@robinlordtaylor) June 10, 2017

#AdamWest was such a wonderful actor & so kind, I’m so lucky to have worked w/ him & tell him how much he meant to me & millions of fans. pic.twitter.com/Bu0OOaRgX9

— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) June 10, 2017

Arguably West’s most worthy adversary, Julie Newmar (aka Catwoman), expressed her admiration toward her co-star in a statement.

“Stellar, exemplar, a king to the end,” she said. “He was bright, witty and fun to work with. I will miss him in the physical world and savor him always in the world of imagination and creativity. He meant so much to people. A friend said: ‘The father that we wanted.’ That is a great gift, no matter how you live it.”

Thanks to reruns, children born long after the series went of the air in 1968, grew up with West as Batman, but for today’s audiences, he’s arguably remembered just as fondly for his characterization of himself on Family Guy. That show’s creator, Seth MacFarlane, tweeted a letter about his friend.

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— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) June 10, 2017

Gone, but certainly not forgotten, West’s legacy as Batman will live on for generations to come.

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On Sunday, April 23, Affleck was honored with the AutFest Awareness Award at the 1st Annual AutFest International Film Festival for his performance as an autistic CPA/hitman in the 2016 crime drama.

Affleck, who currently plays Batman on the big screen called his character in The Accountant and “autistic superhero” while adding, “I just wanted to honor the folks that helped me do the research for this movie and to let the folks who are dealing with this that, even if you have autism, you can do just about anything.”

“I wanted people to come away with the feeling that autistic people can do all sorts of exciting and special things,” he added.

The film fest was put on by The Autism Society to celebrate filmmaking contributions to autism awareness.

“AutFest’s mission is to celebrate films that promote autism awareness ‘from spectrum to screen’ and support autistic filmmakers and artists that have chosen film as their profession.

“We were touched by the overwhelming support of the filmmaking and autism communities and look forward to making this an annual event,” said AutFest founder and Autism Society’s VP of Development Matt Asner in a press release.

Asner’s father, Emmy-winning actor and autism advocate Ed Asner, also attended the festival and, in addition to presenting Affleck with his award, recognized Pixar filmmakers Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera with the AutFest Vanguard Award for their work on the 2015 animated feature film, Inside Out.

“Your identification with this particular film and this particular handicap, I’ll call it, is truly a marvel and a great contribution to society and the future of our children. We can’t thank you enough,” said Asner who worked with Docter and Rivera on 2009 Best Picture nominee Up.

“When the movie came out, we did hear from parents who have kids with autism that there was something about it that was visceral and tactile that explained things. We dramatized emotions and personified them,” said Rivera.

“One mother who had a son who was six or seven with autism wrote to us and said it was the first movie they saw that they felt they saw together as a family. And that really meant a lot to us,” he added.

Among the other movies receiving accolades was Po for Best Film. Good Celebrity attended the blue carpet premiere of the drama last year, interviewing the stars of the film as well as Mr. Asner, who was in attendance.

Here is a complete list of winners from the 1st Annual AutFest International Film Festival

Best Film
Po, directed by John Asher (U.S.A.)

Best Documentary
Swim Team, directed by Lara Stolman (U.S.A.)

Best Short
The Buddy System, directed by William Harris and Megan Smith-Harris (U.S.A.)

Best Performance
Julian Feder, Po (U.S.A.)

Audience Award
The Accountant, directed by Gavin O’Connor (U.S.A.)

Best Autistic Filmmaker
Zac Davis, Even in Death (U.S.A.)

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Leonardo DiCaprio isn’t shy about his love for the environment and passion for ending climate change (he even worked it into his Oscar acceptance speech this year), and now the actor is once again putting on his activist shoes.

On August 23, DiCaprio retweeted a link to a Huffington Post story about Native American protests of a North Dakota pipeline along with the caption, “Inspired by the Standing Rock Sioux’s efforts to halt the Dakota Access Pipeline.”

Inspired by the Standing Rock Sioux’s efforts to halt the Dakota Access Pipeline. https://t.co/eP3GrnNZvl

— Leonardo DiCaprio (@LeoDiCaprio) August 23, 2016

The construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) – also referred to as the Bakken pipeline – is a controversial issue as the $3.8 billion project will funnel more than 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the North Dakota Bakken region through South Dakota and Iowa into Illinois.

Members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe argue the pipeline will pollute drinking water, threaten the health of their land, and disturb sacred sites.

Tensions between the two sides have been escalating for months, in fact, DiCaprio previously posted support for the Sioux Tribe in May, tweeting, “Standing w/ the Great Sioux Nation to protect their water & lands. Take a stand” along with the hashtags: #RezpectOurWater #KeepItInTheGround.

“Rezpect Our Water” refers to a Change.org petition, initiated by the Standing Rock Youth, and aimed at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop construction of the DAPL. As of this writing, the petition is just shy of its goal of 300,000 signatures.

DiCaprio isn’t the only actor lending his support to the campaign. Ben Affleck and his “Justice League” co-stars Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher and Ezra Miller endorsed the cause on social media and in the video below:

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