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SANDRA BULLOCK DOESN’T HOLD A GRUDGE

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Back in the 90’s when Matthew McConaughey was still sexy, he and Sandra Bullock lived near each other in Texas and had a very serious romance. Sandra was crazy about him, but Matthew was not ready to settle down. (We actually saw them together and she couldn’t keep her hands or eyes off him.) After they split Sandra was heartbroken and doubted she’d ever find love again. But she got over him. SO over him that now they are just friends and Sandra pals around with the woman Matthew eventually married, Camila. Sandra and Camilla take their kids to the amusement park in New Orleans whenever the McConaughey family is in town. Sweet.

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By Janet / February 4, 2013

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THE PAPERBOY: TENNESEE WILLIAMS ON STEROIDS

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The audience walking out of a recent screening of Lee Daniels’ “The Paperboy” didn’t know WHAT to think. Some were repelled by the white trash vulgarity of the oversexed sweaty characters and others were mesmerized. Some seemed EMBARRASSED to admit they liked it! In the movie, it’s 1969 in Florida and Matthew McConaughey plays a reporter with a lurid dark side and Zac Efron is his sex-obsessed younger brother. John Cusack plays the most revolting character of all – a deranged prisoner who might be innocent of murder. Nicole Kidman is the desperate floozy who wants to marry her prison pen pal. Mix all this up with thick southern accents (especially Macy Gray the narrator) swamp dwellers, and racial tension, and you have a poisonous stew. But the movie is funny at times, surprisingly compelling, and you cannot take your eyes away. Some might call it lowbrow, but it’s entertaining.

By Janet / October 15, 2012

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MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY ALREADY LOOKS CONVINCING AS A SICK GUY

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It looks like Matthew McConaughey is well on his way to meeting his goal of losing thirty pounds by mid-September when he starts filming. He looks really scrawny in New York hailing a cab, and years older than 42. Of course he has a good reason for this self abuse. He’s starring in The Dallas Buyer’s Club and plays an AIDS patient. The movie is set in 1986 and his character, an electrician, is sent home to die but he won’t give up on living. He gets involved in the complex world of underground pharmacies for HIV drugs not approved in the US. In trying to save his own life, he ends up saving many others.

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By Janet / August 26, 2012

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THE BUTLER: EIGHT PRESIDENTS AS SEEN THRU THE EYES OF A WHITE HOUSE SERVANT

Everything we hear about Lee Daniels’“The Butler” makes us more eager than ever to see it. It’s based on the epic story of a White House butler who served 8 presidents over three decades, throughout the civil rights era. Forrest Whitaker plays the butler and Oprah Winfrey plays his wife. Minka Kelly (above) was just cast as Jackie Kennedy with Matthew McConaughey as JFK. John Cusack plays Richard Nixon, and Alan Rickman and Jane Fonda were cast as the Reagans. Liam Neeson is up for the part of Lyndon Johnson. It starts shooting this summer. All in all, it sounds historically and politically fascinating.

By Janet / May 24, 2012

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MAGIC MIKE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A DECENT MOVIE

This movie looks like fun. And the fact that it’s directed by the perfectly respectable Steven Soderbergh gives it even more potential. It’s not exactly painful to imagine Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey and Joe Manganiello as male strippers. We always got a kick out of the original Chippendales dancers (from a safe distance) so Magic Mike might be better than it sounds.

By Janet / May 18, 2012

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MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY DOESN’T NEED A HUGE DIAMOND TO PROVE HIS LOVE

We can live without his mustache, but Matthew McConaughey’s kids Levi and Vida and girlfriend Camila Alves certainly are cute. They appear to be happily unmarried and have no wedding plans in the immediate future, but Matthew adds “It doesn’t mean I love her any less.” The family was spotted at LAX.

By Janet / June 26, 2011

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MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY ADDS ANOTHER MEMBER TO THE FAMILY

This is a sweet little family photo. “Shear Genius” host Camila Alves just adopted a cat for her son Levi Alves Mcconaughey, who is turning into quite a personality. Fortunately they got an adult cat that can fend for itself. Matthew was with them – he’s just not in this frame.

By Janet / August 16, 2010

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MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY HAS A MAKEOVER

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We wouldn’t have recognized Matthew McConaughey if his girlfriend Camila Alves wasn’t in the background cheering him on. (Has he lost weight or is it the grooming?) He’s got this new hyper -slick look because he’s promoting Dolce & Gabbana’s new aftershave “The One” in Milan. So he HAD to shave! It must be difficult to sell aftershave since guys everywhere seem to have stopped shaving.

By Janet / June 20, 2010

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MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY’S BIRTHDAY SURPRISE

Matthew McConaughey is trying to do the right thing for his girlfriend Camila Alves, on her birthday. Camila, who hosts the series, “Shear Genius,” gave birth to their daughter Vida on January 3 – their son Levi is now 1 and ½. Matthew took Camila out to dinner in Malibu at the Beau Rivage restaurant and he got dressed up for the event. Earlier he gave Camila flowers and – of all things – a new memory foam mattress from Selectabed for her birthday.

By Janet / January 31, 2010

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MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY HAS BIG PLANS FOR LEVI

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Matthew McConaughey is familiarizing his mini-me little boy Levi with Malibu Beach. Matthew can hardly wait until Levi is big enough to surf and skateboard and bike ride alongside him. He has sports in his future. We wonder if Matthew will teach Levi to play the bongo drums.

By Janet / May 14, 2009

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