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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeKate Hudson has explained why she found a Matthew McConaughey kissing scene “not that fun to shoot”.The actor appeared opposite the Oscar winner in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) and Fool’s Gold (2008), and previously described a romantic scene they shared in the latter as “gross”.“Every time I kissed McConaughey, I mean, it’s like there’s just something happening and there’s like…

Matthew McConaughey has affirmed he won’t let the trauma of being molested or blackmailed into sex as a teenager “beat” him, in a new interview. The actor, who first opened up about the experiences in his 2020 memoir Greenlights, reflected on the “ugly” experiences on Amanda de Cadenet’s podcast The Conversation: About The Men. In Greenlights, the Oscar-winner revealed he was molested by a man at the age of 18 “while knocked unconscious in the back of a van”. He also said he was blackmailed into having sex for the first…

Matthew McConaughey’s latest project, the football film Dallas Sting, has been scrapped just six weeks ahead of its planned production start date.The film, which was due to be directed by The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Kari Skogland, was going to tell the true story of a 1984 Dallas girls football team who travelled to China and defeated some of the best teams in the world.McConaughey was set to portray coach Bill Kinder, while Booksmart’s Kaitlyn Dever had been cast to play his daughter.Kinder was a Texan with no…

Although Matthew McConaughey was heard reprising Buster Moon late last year in Sing 2, we haven’t seen the actor in a live-action movie since 2019’s The Gentlemen, where he teamed with director Guy Ritchie. Well, that wait is about to get longer, as it’s been reported that McConaughey’s upcoming movie about a soccer team that went to China has been scrapped due to “disturbing allegations.”Skydance Media has pulled the plug on Dallas Sting, a sports feature project based on true events being directed by The Falcon and the…

Matthew McConaughey has released a new video message on social media and fans have taken his “inspiring” words about entitlement to heart.On Twitter and Instagram today (1 August), alongside the caption, “Earn it #soulcash,” the Dallas Buyers Club star, 52, posted a video of himself seated outdoors with a book on his lap while holding a white mug. “You know I think we gotta really watch how quickly we like to say we deserve something,” McConaughey began. “I don’t know that we deserve anything. I’ve found that if we think…

Matthew McConaughey fans have welcomed his July 4 message, which the actor shared on social media. On Twitter and Instagram today (4 July), alongside the caption, “Build a better nest,” the film star, 52, posted a video recording of himself sitting in a chair while drinking a glass of his Wild Turkey Longbranch bourbon.“Did you know our national bird – the bald eagle – its primary purpose in life is to build a better nest,” McConaughey says in the clip released on US holiday, Independence Day. “I don’t know why but I like…

Matthew took to his Instagram handle and shared an eight-slide post Matthew McConaughey. Pic/AFP Matthew McConaughey shared an eight-slide post on her social media account, responding to President Joe Biden regarding the nation's new gun control legislation. Matthew took to his Instagram handle and shared an eight-slide post. Captioning the post, "America... the land of AND," on Saturday, the 52-year-old actor called the bill…

Actor and Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey made a pitch for gun reform at the White House press briefing, sharing stories of victims and their families in hopes of swaying lawmakers skeptical of gun-control legislation. ‘We are in a window of opportunity right now that we have not been in before. A window where it seems like real change can happen,’ he said Actor…

In an emotional speech at the White House on Tuesday, actor Matthew McConaughey called for new gun regulations in the wake of last month's mass shooting in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas, and urged federal lawmakers to honor their moral obligations instead of party affiliations.Through misty eyes, McConaughey recalled his recent travel to Uvalde, where he and his wife met with victims' families, local law enforcement and morticians who were tasked with preparing some of the bodies of the school-aged children who were shot…

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 what he calls “gun responsibility.” “There is a difference between control and responsibility,” the actor wrote in an op-ed in the Austin American-Statesman on Monday. “The first is a…