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Rate Which Boozy Star is Beating His Family?

Original at Gawker external link    Thu, Nov 19

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By Brian Moylan 1. "This Hollywood Nice Guy Actor is actually anything but. We hear rumors, but cannot confirm, that he is actually very physically and verbally abusive to his spouse and family. This happens when he drinks mostly, but lately, he's back into the hard, hard drugs and then his antics get worse. H...

Rate TV best bets: Wed., Nov. 18

Original at topix.com external link    Wed, Nov 18

THE DEPARTED a ' The winner of four Oscars, including best picture and best director, Martin Scorsese's Americanization of the Hong Kong film "Infernal Affairs" casts Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon as Bostonians on opposite sides of the law.

Rate Steven Soderbergh - Damon's Cheap Che Cameo

Original at topix.com external link    Thu, Nov 12

Caption: Steven Soderbergh New York Premiere of 'The Informant' shown at the Ziegfield theater New York City, USA .... DAMON'S CHEAP CHE CAMEO STEVEN SODERBERGH's movie CHE was so low budget, MATT DAMON used a promotional trip for THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM to bag a free flight to Europe to film his...

Past Month

 

Rate Invictus, People Speak

Original at Matt Damon News Column external link    Thu, Nov 5

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Matt will be appearing with Howard Zinn at New York University on Thursday 12 November to promote The People Speak. More details here. Photos of Matt with producer Chris Moore on the set of The Adjustment Bureau on Saturday are at WENN.

Rate Adjustment Bureau, Artworks magazine

Original at Matt Damon News Column external link    Tue, Nov 3

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Steven Soderbergh compared Matt to Jack Lemmon in this article at Newsblaze. Meanwhile, Soderbergh is looking to sell the Liberace project to a distributor at the upcoming American Film Market. Don Cheadle discussed Matt at a recent Ante Up For Africa tournament.

Rate "Matt Damon!" New Trailers for 'Invictus' and 'Green Zone'

Original at Cinematical external link    Tue, Oct 27

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By William Goss Paul Greengrass' Green Zone, on the other hand, was shuffled out of the Oscar race once Universal decided to sort out its slate after a lackluster summer at the box office, and that may have been a wise move. Yahoo's trailer (which is also embedded below) comes across as more of a straight-up...

Rate Josh Brolin and Matt Damon to Star in Coen's 'True Grit' Remake

Original at Cinematical external link    Mon, Oct 26

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By Elisabeth Rappe It's impossible to top an icon like John Wayne, but the Coen Bros' True Grit is shaping up to have a better supporting cast than the original did. (Hey, Wayne supposedly didn't like Kim Darby either.) Variety has just announced that Matt Damon and Josh Brolin are in talks to join Jeff Bridges i...

October of 2009

 

Rate GQ, Invictus

Original at Matt Damon News Column external link    Sun, Oct 18

There's a long article in the November issue of GQ (US, Olivia Wilde cover) by Tom Carson praising Matt's performance in The Informant! and claiming he's been underused in previous roles. Excerpts: Eastwood, who will begin shooting for the first time in France today on his new film, "Here...

Rate Liberace Biopic Will Be 'Really Funny,' Steven Soderbergh Says

Original at MTV Movies external link    Wed, Oct 7    4 related articles

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NEW YORK — Without a doubt, one of the more intriguing biopic scripts that has been kicking around Hollywood in recent years has to be the story of Wladziu Valentino Liberace. A master showman, diamond-flashing pianist, somewhat-closeted public figure and Batman villain, he led one of t...

Rate Review: Matt Damon, Bono, LeBron James Light Up Entourage FinaleVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Ecorazzi external link    Mon, Oct 5

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By Michael d'Estries In the episode, Damon tried to enlist the star power of Vince (played by Grenier) to travel on a mission to Ohio to help fight hunger amongst children. Work obligations prevented Vince from going on this trip, but Damon wouldn’t let him get off that easy. Showing true dedication to the charit...

September of 2009

 

Rate Matt Damon Announces 2nd Annual ONEXONE Fundraiser In San Francisco

Original at Look To The Stars external link    Wed, Sep 30

ONEXONE – the charitable organization committed to fighting health issues and preserving the lives of children locally and globally – along with Academy Award-winner Matt Damon, will host their 2nd Annual ONEXONE Fundraiser at Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco, CA on Thursday, Octob...

Rate Matt Damon Goes Nuts On Adrian GrenierVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Just Jared external link    Tue, Sep 29

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Recently, a viral video surfaced of Matt verbally attacking Entourage’s Adrian Grenier as they film a public service announcement for OneXOne. In the video, Adrian fumbles his lines and Matt curses and berates the actor. Matt Damon Freaks Out On Adrian Grenier — VIDEO

Rate Podcast: Videos, Soderbergh

Original at Matt Damon News Column external link    Sat, Sep 26

A long discussion by journalist David Poland with Steven Soderbergh is available in MP3 format at this link. In this Spanish interview Matt talks about the Liberace movie, working with friends and moving away from Miami. Can anyone confirm that Matt says he didn't have many friends in Miam...

Rate Real or Fake: The Matt Damon 'Entourage' Freak Out

Original at Cinematical external link    Fri, Sep 25

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By Erik Davis I personally think they're filming something for an upcoming Entourage episode and decided to have a little fun at the same time by throwing together this little viral video. Either way it's pretty hilarious, and I wish it went on a drop longer so we could really watch cameo king Matt Damon f...

Rate Reviewin' For You: 'The Informant!'

Original at gointothemovies (WordPress) external link    Sat, Sep 19

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By Bill Graham “The Informant!” stars Matt Damon in one of his zaniest roles to date with a twisted-yet-humorous tale of a VP turned informant that can’t keep his story straight. Quirky and full of satire, this fast-paced film spoofs whistle-blowers while adding commentary on what someone might have t...

Rate Fime Review: The Informant!

Original at speakingsubjectively (WordPress) external link    Sat, Sep 19

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By kariyanine When you are friends with the likes of George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon you have very little to worry about in terms of being able to get your films bankrolled, after all those four are some of the biggest names in the film industry and they all carry some major weight be...

Rate Review: The Informant!

Original at Cinematical external link    Sat, Sep 19

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By Cinematical staff If you're about to dig into a mid-'90s "period piece" about a plain nebbish at a food additive company who decides to blow the whistle on his corporation's illegal price-fixing practices, well, you better get a few interesting people to bring this sort of story to the screen. With a leading...

Rate Opinion: Hereafter, Informant

Original at Matt Damon News Column external link    Sat, Sep 19

Twelve years ago he was the baby-faced actor from Cambridge who captured moviegoers as the troubled boy genius Will Hunting and then brought his mother as his date to the Oscars. George wrote the last Bourne movie, he wrote Ocean's Twelve, and it's his directing debut," says Damon. "When Ph...

Rate Matt Damon and Clint Eastwood Visit 'Hereafter'

Original at Cinematical external link    Fri, Sep 18

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By Elisabeth Rappe Once Clint Eastwood casts you in a movie, you're his friend for life and you'll probably enjoy a steady supply of work until the terrible day he decides to retire. (If I was a young actor at Warner Bros, I would just happen to walk by his office with bagels and coffee, just in case he was hungry an...

Rate Opinion: 'The Informant!': Liars, Inc., By Kurt LoderVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at MTV Movies external link    Fri, Sep 18

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Steven Soderbergh's droll new comedy, "The Informant!," tells a corporate-whistleblower story that's so whacked-out, there seems no way it could be true. But it is. Just as his ADM employers are getting concerned about the corn-syrup virus, Mark comes to them with a new problem: He's bee...

Rate Opinion: Hereafter confirmed, various

Original at Matt Damon News Column external link    Fri, Sep 18

Reviews for The Informant! are strong - including four stars from Roger Ebert, four stars at the National Post and a great review at the New York Times. The movie is released today in the US and Canada. Baz Bamigboye at the Daily Mail mentioned a possible new project with Matt and George Cloone...

Rate The Informant!

Original at Newsvine external link    Thu, Sep 17

By Gesnarf! This sounds like a winner to me. Another un-moronic comedy I'd actually pay to see. Matt Damon seems to really go for broke in there and show once again how talented he is. AND our friend Roger Ebert gave it four stars. I mean, what more do you need?

Rate Movie Review: The Informant

Original at moviesoothsayer (WordPress) external link    Thu, Sep 17

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By soothsayer767 The Informant marks the return of director Steven Soderbergh to mainstream films after his Che double-header and playing around with a pornstar Sasha Grey in The Girlfriend Experience. Soderbergh loves to experiment with films from anything to The Good German to Bubble to Out of Sigh...

Year 2009

 

Rate Sondag article, Mandela Project

Original at Matt Damon News Column external link    Wed, May 6

lt;li><font color="990000">My thanks to Eduard for translating part of the <a href="http://jv.news24.com/Sondag/Nuus/0,,2192-2193_2510268,00.html" target="new">Sontag</a> article mentioned in the previous post.</font><br><br /&...

Rate Opinion: Matt Damon thinks the Oscars should be on a 10-year time delay

Original at Cele external link    Thu, Mar 12

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By Kaiser Matt Damon insists the Oscars are no indication of whether films are good or not - even though he’s a past winner. The Bourne Supremacy star picked up a Best Screenplay Oscar in 1998 for Good Will Hunting, a film which also earned him a Best Actor nomination - but he’s skeptical about the way th...

Rate Running the Sahara, Mandela project

Original at Matt Damon News Column external link    Sun, Feb 22

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Directed by Dirty Harry star Eastwood, the film will feature Morgan Freeman as Mandela and Bourne Identity actor Matt Damon playing Francois Pienaar – the man presented with the trophy in a moment widely seen as the birth of modern South Africa.

Rate Opinion: The opinionated Mr. Damon

Original at Matt Damon Fan external link    Mon, Jan 26

By Dorothy Damon met Beardon when he was working as a technical advisor on the grim Cold War spy film The Good Shepherd, in which Damon played a fictionalized version of legendary CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton. Damon has acted in several spy movies, including three as discarded CIA s...

Rate Opinion: Matt Damon And Tina Fey Go Anime

Original at Matt Damon Fan external link    Fri, Nov 28

By Dorothy We’ve never made it much of a secret that most of the staff around here doesn’t like anime movies. I personally don’t have anything specifically against them. I just haven’t found any that really appeal to me. Of course, anime fans are quick to try to remedy this, and I’ve always been told that I...

Rate Opinion: Bourne, Informant

Original at Matt Damon News Column external link    Fri, Nov 28

Jason Bourne is at #32 of Empire magazine's list of the Greatest Movie Characters. More quotes from Joel McHale about The Informant are at TV Guide and the Seattle Times: Gus Van Sant discussed replacing Matt in Milk at Canwest News Service:

Rate Podcast: MBH058-MicheBelz Hollywood

Original at mevio.com external link    Mon, Nov 10

As Beck opens the new Club Nokia, Miche bitches about the high cost of tickets to the Indie Christmas party. Miche is sad that Jesse and Deanna have broken up. The movie Che is pretty long. Radio Nowhere with "Cortez and Pisarro," available on the Podsafe Music Network (http://music.mevio.com...

Rate Matt Damon Honored By "Joe The Plumber" Shout-Out, Campaigning For Obama

Original at Huffington Post external link    Fri, Oct 24

By The Huffington Post News Editors The actor said he's headed to Florida this weekend to work with the Obama campaign on getting out the vote in a key battleground state. After that, Damon is off to Morocco to finish shooting a movie, but he said he would stay engaged with the Obama campaign.

Rate Podcast: Please Don't Read Me a Story, Matt Damon

Original at baddict (WordPress) external link    Tue, Sep 23

By J.S. Peyton Lately, with the audiobook business booming, actual Hollywood stars are frequently stepping behind the mic. Kevin Spacey has read Bob Woodward. Oprah reads White Oleander. Matt Damon reads A People's History of the United States. While a big-name Hollywood actor may help sell a title, usi...

Rate King of Candelabra

Original at Film Stew external link    Thu, Sep 18

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Soderbergh’s recently announced cinematic candelabra is full of other equally bright bulbs: word is that Matt Damon is in talks to co-star as Liberace’s litigious lover Scott Thorson; Oscar nominated scribe Richard LaGravanese is writing the script; and Soderbergh’s Ocean’s pal Je...

Rate Opinion: Photos, various

Original at Matt Damon News Column external link    Mon, Aug 4

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More photos from the Obama fundraiser are at Faded Youth blog, X17, the Miami Herald's Scene in the Tropics blog (which has photos from inside the event) and Pure People. Reports from the event are at the Miami Herald and People. An article on Decatur restaurant The Beach House, and its role i...

Rate Fanfiction: The Bourne Paradox

Original at The Bourne Trilogy \ May 2007 external link    Sat, Jul 12

By Sarah Name: The Bourne Paradox Rating: R Summary:Following the events of Ultimatum, Jason Bourne is given the chance to gain back a life he doesn't remember, but at a price. Pairing: None Disclaimer: Not mine (but I wish Matt Damon was) ...

Rate Opinion: MTV Movie Award, Informant updates

Original at Matt Damon News Column external link    Sun, Apr 20

After winning an Oscar with best friend Ben Affleck in 1997 (Good Will Hunting), Matt Damon had a kick start to his career that most actors would only have dreamed of. Since then, not a year has gone by without box office success for Hollywood’s hottest actor. Damon has proven himself success...

Rate Jimmy’s RevengeVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at CelebWarship external link    Mon, Feb 25

By Alyk Earlier this year, Sarah Silverman and Matt Damon put together a tape for Sarah’s boyfriend, Jimmy Kimmel, called “I’m Fucking Matt Damon.” Last night, Jimmy had his revenge with Matt’s BFF Ben Affleck. Featuring appearances by: Brad Pitt, Harrison Ford, Cameron Diaz, Joan Jett, Macy Gr...

Rate Podcast: Kimmel response Sunday, Guerrilla

Original at Matt Damon News Column external link    Wed, Feb 20

The return of Matt Damon as Jason Bourne in The Bourne Ultimatum also proved a potent mix, chasing its way to the No. 2 slot in the Forbesies list with $442.7 million in global box office (No. 9 overall in the worldwide rankings) and a No. 6 finish in the MetaCritic comparisons based on its overall...

Year 2007

 

Rate New DVD Picks of the Week: 'Ocean's Thirteen,' 'Shrek the Third' and 'Princess Bride'

Original at Cinematical external link    Tue, Nov 13

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By Kevin Polowy Filed under: DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home Entertainment, George Clooney, Hold the 'Fone Continue reading New DVD Picks of the Week: 'Ocean's Thirteen,' 'Shrek the Third' and 'Princess Bride'Permalink | Email this | Comments

Rate Podcast: The Bourne Ultimatum - or Not Ultimate Bored

Original at mevio.com external link    Tue, Aug 7

33.  Can you say 'non-stop action'?  True summertime popcorn thriller, the action never stops, except once, if I remember correctly.  Matt pulls this role off like a walk in the park.  He makes it look easy, fighting 6 guys at a time, driving a motorbike up a wall, able to leap tall buildings in...

Rate Ben Affleck offers Matt Damon parenting tips

Original at Celebrity Baby Blog external link    Wed, Aug 1

By Raye, CBB Contributor Asked if he and wife Luciana are planning to add to their brood, which also includes Luciana's daughter Alexia, 9, from her previous marriage, the Bourne Ultimatum star jokes,. We're not planning on following Brad and Angie's ...

Rate Damon family goes out to lunch on Monday

Original at Celebrity Baby Blog external link    Wed, Aug 1

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By Sarah, CBB News Editor Actor Matt Damon, 36, goes for lunch in NYC with his wife Luciana, mom Nancy (who's visiting from Boston) and daughters Alexia, 9, and Isabella, 13 months. Photos by Splash News, splashnews.com, splashnewsonline.com. She rides in a Bugaboo Cameleon in...

Rate Podcast: Comic-Con: Robert Downey Talks To Us About Wearing Armor, 'Iron Man' Sequels, and The Advice He Got From Matt Damon

Original at Cinematical external link    Wed, Aug 1

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By Kevin Kelly Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark in Iron Man is probably some of the most bizarre, and most genius, piece of Hollywood casting in a comic-book movie ever. I still remember when people were scratching their heads over the whole Michael Keaton as Batman news ... but he didn't have the same reputatio...

Rate Matt Damon Takes in Some Paddle Surfing With Jen and Luciana

Original at A Socialite's Life external link    Thu, Jun 21

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By lburch Well, they gang is really taking advantage of all that Hawaii has to offer during the group's vacation. Jennifer Garner joined actor and wife Luciana as they learn how to paddle surf in Hawaii. Jen took Luciana's daughter Alexa along for a ride down the river.

Rate Jennifer Garner and Alexia Barroso paddle surf

Original at Celebrity Baby Blog external link    Thu, Jun 21

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By Sarah, CBB News Editor Alexia Barroso, 9, hitches a ride with Jennifer Garner, 35, as she learns to paddle surf in Hawaii. Also having a lesson were Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso Damon. Photo by Flynet.... Alexia Barroso, 9, hitches a ride with Jennifer Garner,  35, as she learns to paddle surf in Hawaii. Also having a l...

Rate Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Do Hawaii

Original at A Socialite's Life external link    Mon, Jun 18

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By lburch Best friends Matt Damon and Ben Affleck spent the weekend hanging in the tropical paradise. Affleck's wife Jennifer Garner, and baby Violet we're along for the vacation as well. Matt Damon's wife Luciana Barroso and their 1-year-old daughter Isabella are not pictured, but we're present.

Rate Review: Oceans 13

Original at Hollywood Snitch external link    Wed, Jun 13

By Rilio Mastrantonio George Clooney (Danny Ocean) may not be Frank Sinatra and Brad Pitt (Rusty Ryan) may not be Dean Martin, but they certainly have some serious on-screen moxie playing likable criminals. Frank had the “rat pack” whose exploits are legendary and forever engrained in Hollywood lore. Current...

Rate Isabella Damon in NYC on Sunday

Original at Celebrity Baby Blog external link    Sun, Jun 10

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By Sarah, CBB News Editor Isabella Damon, who celebrates her first birthday tomorrow, was spotted out for a walk with mom Luciana and dad Matt Damon in Soho earlier today. More images at Just Jared. Photos by INF; Splash News, splashnews.com, splashnewsonline.com Isabella wears Abigail...

Rate Film Review: Glossy 'Ocean's Thirteen' Plays Same Old Hand With So-So Results

Original at Starpulse.com external link    Tue, Jun 5

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The third roll of the dice for George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and their merry band of casino crooks is an almost certain winner for its makers, a break-even deal at best for audiences. Read more! The third roll of the dice for George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and their merry band of...

Rate Podcast: Cannes premiere for Oceans 13

Original at BBC News external link    Wed, May 23

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George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon have been in Cannes for the world premiere of Oceans 13.

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