Matthew McConaughey
Men in Blazers, Hollywood’s Favorite Soccer Podcast, Aims for a Global Empire
Roger Bennett, the indefatigable co-founder of the soccer podcasting franchise Men in Blazers, has never played a second of competitive soccer. Since 2011, when he launched a lo-fi weekly(-ish) gab session with fellow bald British-expat soccer obsessive Michael Davies, a successful television executive and producer, Bennett has focused on the human stories behind the game […]
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‘Agent Elvis’ Review: Matthew McConaughey Voices Elvis Presley in Supremely Silly Netflix Animated Comedy
Elvis moonlights as a globe-trotting secret agent in a new series featuring Priscilla Presley among its creators.
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Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson Re-Team for Apple TV+ Comedy
Maybe time really is a flat circle. Nine years after they starred in the first season of HBO’s True Detective, Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson will re-team for a very different kind of show. The pair will star in and executive produce a comedy series at Apple TV+. The untitled show comes from Schitt’s Creek […]
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‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff With Matthew McConaughey in Talks Amid Report of Kevin Costner’s Uncertain Future
There’s drama back at the ranch. Matthew McConaughey is in talks with Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan for a spinoff series, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The negotiations are described as ongoing with no deal yet struck, but the idea is for the Interstellar actor to lead a new series set within the Yellowstone universe. The […]
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Matthew McConaughey to Voice Elvis in Netflix Animated Series
Sorry, Austin Butler. Matthew McConaughey has signed on to voice Elvis Presley in Netflix’s adult animated action comedy series Agent Elvis. Ordered to series in August 2019 the series follows Presley as he trades in his jumpsuit for a jet pack when he is covertly inducted into a secret government spy program to battle the […]
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Bob Iger Speaks Out About Gun Violence Responsibility On Sandy Hook Anniversary
Former President Barack Obama, Disney CEO Bob Iger and Matthew McConaughey joined together in New York Tuesday to condemn and lift up solutions to the continuing issue of gun violence on the 10th anniversary of the school shooting in Sandy Hook. Speaking at the Sandy Hook Promise Benefit, a night honoring an organization started by […]
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Matthew McConaughey Recounts How He and His Family Quickly Mobilized to Help His Hometown After Uvalde School Shooting
Matthew McConaughey is reflecting on his family’s immediate response to the Robb Elementary School mass shooting in the actor’s hometown of Uvalde, Texas, and how they supported the families of the 19 students and two teachers who died. In a new interview with People magazine tied to their People of the Year issue, the actor […]
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‘Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ Director Kari Skogland to Helm ‘Wind River’ Sequel
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier director Kari Skogland is attached to helm Wind River: The Next Chapter, a sequel to the 2017 crime drama set on a Native American reservation in Wyoming that starred Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen. Martin Sensmeier will star and reprise his role as Chip Hanson. Patrick Massett and John […]
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Matthew McConaughey Calls for Politicians to “Meet in the Middle” After Experience Advocating for Gun Legislation
After advocating for gun legislation following the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas that took 21 lives, Matthew McConaughey is calling for politicians to take a “bipartisan approach” to issues that are political sticking points. The actor and Uvalde native details a trip to his hometown immediately following the Robb Elementary mass shooting in May and […]
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A Scrapped Matthew McConaughey Movie, and When a Studio Investigates Its Own Project
It began with an anonymous note and ended with the scuttling of a $35 million feature. Skydance was about two months away from starting production on Dallas Sting, an inspirational true-life tale that was to star Matthew McConaughey, when the film was scrapped Sept. 14. It was to focus on a high school-age girls soccer […]
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Matthew McConaughey Calls on Congress to “Reach a Higher Ground” and Pass Gun Reforms
Academy Award–winning actor Matthew McConaughey took center stage at the White House briefing Tuesday to call on Congress to “reach a higher ground” and pass gun control legislation in honor of the children and teachers killed in last month’s shooting rampage at an elementary school in his home town of Uvalde, Texas. In a highly personal […]
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Matthew McConaughey Calls for Gun Responsibility Instead of Gun Control in Op-Ed
Matthew McConaughey is weighing in at length on the debate over gun control in the wake of the elementary school mass shooting in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas. The Oscar winner argues that focusing on gun control has produced nothing more than a decades-long political stalemate and that it’s time to shift the conversation to […]
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