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By Dorothy Matt Damon says Gandhi inspired him to get involved in humanitarian work. The ‘Bourne Ultimatum’ actor – who works closely with Water.org and the ONE campaign – revealed his mother Nancy taught him to help others from a young age, just like peaceful civil rights leader Gandhi.

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By Dorothy MATT DAMON is delighted NELSON MANDELA paid a visit to the set of his forthcoming movie – because seeing the former South African president meet his young daughters is a memory he will treasure forever. The actor stars in Invictus, based on a book of Mandela’s life during the 1995 Rugby Worl...

By Dorothy MATT DAMON is determined to step behind the camera one day – because he’s learned from the best directors in Hollywood. The actor has starred in dozens of box office smash movies during his 12-year long career and has been guided by top directors including Martin Scorsese and Steven Soderb...

By Dorothy MATT DAMON has turned down a string of movie roles because he refuses to act in films with excessive violence. The Hollywood actor has starred in a number of high action movies including Saving Private Ryan and the Bourne trilogy. But Damon has rejected a number of scripts which include grat...

By Dorothy Matt Damon and Josh Brolin are reportedly close to signing up for the Coen brothers’ remake of the Western classic True Grit. Brolin is himself no stranger to Joel and Ethan Coen, having starred in their Oscar-winning thriller No Country for Old Men in 2007.

By Dorothy The Oscar-winning film maker – who has previously worked on Hollywood blockbusters like ‘Erin Brockovich’ and ‘Oceans Eleven – says the dark comedy was a simple film to make because they lead actor Matt Damon was perfect for the role.

By Dorothy “Matt couldn’t be a greater, nicer guy. I’m really lucky that I’m on good terms with him. With Johnny, it’s like we’re good, but we lead very different lives.” WINONA RYDER on ex loves MATT DAMON and JOHNNY DEPP. “Matt couldn’t be a greater, nicer guy. I’m really lucky that I’m on good terms with hi...

By Dorothy Matt Damon had to pull out of a charity fundraiser because of a “family emergency of a serious nature”. Charlize Theron is expected to attend the gala. Meanwhile, Hollywood director Steven Soderbergh has praised Matt for his fantastic work ethic on new movie ‘The Informant!’.

By Dorothy Matt Damon loved being able to eat whatever he wanted for his latest movie role as he needed to gain 30lbs. Matt Damon loved being able to eat whatever he wanted for his latest movie. The Hollywood actor had to gain 30lbs for his role as whistleblower Marc Whitacre in ‘The Informant’ and says it...

By Dorothy 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 the most in...

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By Dorothy BOSTON (AP) — It seems Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are more than childhood pals and Hollywood collaborators. Affleck and Damon were friends growing up in the Boston area and teamed up as writers and co-stars for the 1997 film “Good Will Hunting.

By Dorothy October 09, 2009: MATT DAMON has poured his heart out about his travels to the poorest parts of the world in a new essay for U.S. magazine Parade. The actor turned journalist to pen a travelogue for the free publication, which will hit the streets in many national publications this weekend (10...

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By Dorothy Just look at that face. Does it even remotely resemble the Matt Damon we so often hear about? The fun-loving prankster who pals around with the likes of Brad Pitt and George Clooney? We think not. The sixth season finale of Entourage may consist of an Ari-Lloyd showdown, Turtle-Jamie-Lynn d...

By Dorothy Television is going to the movies with Matt Damon — how sweet is that? According to the The Hollywood Reporter, Lost actor Daniel Dae Kim and Mad Men’s John Slattery will join Damon in the George Nolfi-helmed sci-fi romance The Adjustment Bureau.

By Dorothy Dr Tarr, who has delivered more than 5000 babies including Bindi and Robert Irwin, set a new record after answering 14 straight questions without any aides during the episode. But he wrongly chose actor Matt Damon when asked which American actor’s original surname was “Horowitz” as the...

By Dorothy ELLEN Barkin seemed to have a flashback when she met Matt Damon as she was heading home the other day on West 12th Street, where Damon was filming a scene for “The Adjustment Bureau,” based on a Philip K. Dick story. Barkin played a cougar who tried to seduce Damon in “Ocean’s Thirteen.” After a [......

By Dorothy Clooney or Matt Damon? Answer! Matt Damon! Apparently The Informant! was powerful enough to allow Matt Damon to boot George Clooney out of a role and send him to the directors chair. Well, that’s not the whole story, we’ll get to that below, but it appears that Damon will be starring in Hamda...

By Dorothy The forecast for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was that it would earn $25-30 million over the weekend, and the 3D animated film wound up at the high end of that forecast, with an estimated $30.1 million, the studio said Sunday. Not much hope had been held out for the three other new releases...

By Dorothy The movie poster screams “Matt Damon is ‘The Informant!’ ” But the poster is only half-true. Pensacola resident Mark Whitacre is the real informant. Golden-boy movie star Damon just plays him on the big screen in the dark comedy released last week by filmmaker Steven Soderbergh. “My wife,”...

By Dorothy Damon will be re-teaming with Eastwood, fresh from their work together in the upcoming Invictus. Damon co-stars with Morgan Freeman in a story about Nelson Mandella’s strategic use of a South African rugby team to bring his country together. The film opens this Oscar season on December 11...

By Dorothy Matt Damon as Jason Bourne in “The Bourne Ultimatum.” Matt Damon was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Good Will Hunting, and he and Ben Affleck shared a win for that film’s screenplay. But that was 12 years ago. What has Mr. Damon done for us since then? Herewith, his top and bottom fi...

By Dorothy When I had the chance to chat with Matt Damon about his hilarious performance in The Informant! (out this Friday), I couldn’t resist asking him two burning questions: 1) Is he really going to play Liberace’s boyfriend opposite Michael Douglas in an upcoming biopic? And 2) how does he inte...

By Dorothy Matt Damon might be alive and kicking, but who knows after George Clooney is finished with him. To continue our ever-expanding coverage of hijinks between the two, Clooney is prepping for retaliation against The Informant! star who is semi-responsible for a gay fan’s widely publicized...

By Dorothy Matt Damon fears he and pal Brad Pitt are responsible for prompting an male fan to strip off and proposition George Clooney at a recent press conference after suggesting their Ocean’s Eleven co-star was secretly gay. The Bourne Identity actor admits he fuelled gossip Clooney was secretl...

By Dorothy “I call it the ‘testosterone deficit.’ But I’m happy with that,” Damon told PEOPLE at Friday’s premiere of The Informant! at the Toronto International Film Festival of his home life. “I love my girls and it’s lot of pink, a lot of princesses and a lot of fun.” Source: People

By Dorothy Matt Damon is under a “huge amount of pressure” to make another ‘Bourne Identity’ sequel. The actor – who has already starred as amnesiac CIA assassin Jason Bourne in three movies – claims film studio Universal Pictures constantly begs him to reprise his role in the blockbusting series.

By Dorothy Studios that are trying to fill 2010 release slates are weighing spec packages that would give them either an Adam McKay-directed action comedy starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, or a drama that will reunite Matt Damon with his “Bourne Ultimatum” scribe George Nolfi. Damon is at th...

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...

By Dorothy Source: Yahoo! Business SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(MARKET WIRE)–Dec 31, 2008 — Matt Damon believed in Rolex in the beginning, and such loyalty has remained even beyond the marketing deals of his successful film series. No matter what kind of watch the producers give Jason Bourne, Matt Damon wea...

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...

By Dorothy COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Matt Damon is urging Ohioans to register and vote this week for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. On the call, Damon says to press one to find out about nearby voting hours and locations. He also urges people to volunteer for Obama.

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) Damon said he enjoyed being in a place where few people have seen his movies. Outside the human chain, one young man jumped up and down, waving a DVD of “The Bourne Ultimatum” that he had retrieved from his house after finally recognizing Damon, who laughed and nodded.

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) NOTE* Everyone is entitled into their own opinion about Sarah Palin and guess what… Matt has his own point of view about her as well. Yes, some people disagree and some others agree, that is is why I am posting up this news story because its solely that. HOWEVER, this is a MATT DAMON FANSITE so if...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) An article from Cleveland’s Plains Dealer discussing how a lack of tax breaks for the movie version of Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko’s fact-based thriller ‘Torso’ contains a surprising nugget of information: Matt Damon is set to play Elliot Ness in the movie.

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) But don’t expect to see the presidential candidates’ wives. Instead, their words—and those of others—flow through the mouth of actor Matt Damon. Damon continues in different voices, focusing on the number of children who can now attend school, people with AIDS who are getting medicatio...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) He later gained acclaim for his acting talents in dramas such as “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and proved his box-office drawing power in smash hit action flicks, “The Bourne Identity,” “The Bourne Supremacy” and “The Bourne Ultimatum.”

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) Matt Damon thinks Americans should be more internationally-focused. Damon also reflected on his rise to global stardom. “I remembered as a kid sitting with Ben Affleck, dreaming of someday going to New York and becoming actors,” he recalls. “Dreaming is a great thing.”

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) Damon, 37, is working overtime to drop the 30 pounds he packed on to play a whistle-blower in Steven Soderbergh’s 2009 drama The Informant. He has to shed the weight by early September to be svelte for re-shoots of the Paul Greengrass drama Green Zone, in which he plays a soldier looking for w...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) But, now for the weird news: the TV Academy nod is linked to what she did on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, an over-the-top music video in which she and the Sexiest Man Alive flaunted their (fictitious and funny) affair to Kimmel, all set to music in a ditty titled, “I’m F—— Matt Damon”.

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) TORONTO—For the third year running, actor Matt Damon will be putting on his hosting hat for the One X One children’s charity benefit gala. In June, the One X One Foundation held its inaugural benefit gala in Calgary. The evening was hosted by Damon collaborator and childhood friend, actor B...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) After the knock-out success of The Bourne Ultimatum, a new film from Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon carries no shortage of expectation. We’ve been given the exclusive first official shot from Green Zone, a film that sees the pair heading in a new, more ambitious, direction. Click the image...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon are directing their collective goodwill toward Myanmar, asking the country’s political powers that be to allow foreign-aid workers into the cyclone-ravaged region and urging neighboring nations to send any help they can.

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) If you’re out at Makaha this week and you see Matt Damon, don’t blink. He won’t be there long. The popular actor will be in Hawai’i to film a short segment for the upcoming Warner Bros. movie “The Informant.” Damon has appeared in “Ocean’s Eleven,” “The Bourne Identity,” and those hit movies’ se...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) Source: People Bourne it's apparently not. Matt Damon's latest, The Informant, which he began shooting in Illinois last month, has been long aborning – at least six years. First announced in 2002, the film is based on New York Times reporter Kurt Eichenwald's book of the same name about rea...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) Famous parents donated their used baby items to Johnson’s Celebrity Hand Me Down Auction, which will benefit such charities as March of Dimes, Save the Children, Zero to Three and Baby Buggy. The online auction begins April 29 and ends May 9.

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) Caring campaigner Matt Damon has led a host of international celebrities backing protests against the war in Darfur. Earlier in the week, Matt’s fellow Darfur campaigner George Clooney met with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to discuss the Sudanese region.

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) LOS ANGELES, March 13 (UPI)—U.S. celebrities Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Oliver Stone and John Legend have signed on to promote the “Obama in 30 Seconds” TV ad contest. The ads, which can be submitted at http://www.obamain30seconds.org/ starting March 27, will be judged by a celebrity panel th...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) Hollywood actor Matt Damon has revealed that he likes to discuss family tips with Brad Pitt because he considers the latter to be a great father. Matt Damon, whose wife Luciana is pregnant with their second child, has revealed that Pitt’s hands are full of advices on fatherhood.

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) The current PEOPLE Sexiest Man Alive, 37, and his wife, 32, stepped out Sunday night at the Empire Film Awards in London – with Luciana glowing (and sporting a baby bump). The actor is currently shooting the CIA thriller Green Zone in Morocco.

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) Los Angeles—(eCanadaNow)—Hollywood Matt Damon will reprise his role as Jason Bourne for yet another installment of the popular Bourne series, Universal Pictures announced yesterday. There are two other Bourne novels after that, so don’t be too surprised if Damon returns twice more a...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) SO FUNNY! Jimmy Kimmel responds to Sarah Silverman’s “I’m F*ckin’ Matt Damon” with his “I’m Fuckin’ Ben Affleck” Music Video featuring stars from Harrison Ford, Robin Williams, Macy Gray, Dominic Monaghan, Josh Groban (HILARIOUS!), even Mr. Brad Pitt…and more.

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) PepsiCo will launch a partnership on Tuesday with the Earth Institute at Columbia University and Matt Damon, the Hollywood actor, to bring clean water to communities in Africa, China, India and Brazil. “If Indra Nooyi says this is important it means squat, but if Matt Damon [endorses it]...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) I bet that a lot of you guys have already seen the video, but if you did not know. Sarah Silverman, Jimmy Kimmel’s girlfriend made a music video called “I am f+ckin’ Matt Damon” which aired on Jimmy’s anniversary show. Matt Damon is actually in it and it SO FUNNY! I was having technical difficul...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) Ocean’s Thirteen cast members George Clooney and Matt Damon have come out in support of US Democrat presidential contender Barack Obama. The two made the call as part of an interview in this week’s Time magazine. Fellow interviewee Brad Pitt revealed he is still sitting on the fence politi...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) February 21, 2007 - On March 27, 2007, Universal Studios Home Entertainment will release The Good Shepherd on DVD. Directed by Robert De Niro, the movie stars Matt Damon as a CIA agent who becomes consumed by his pursuit of Cold War secrets. While the bonus materials are not yet announced, th...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) MATT DAMON found it easy to persuade STEVEN SODERBERGH to release him from his THE INFORMANT contract to make The Good Shepherd- he told him ROBERT DE NIRO was the director. The GOOD WILL HUNTING star was all signed up to take the lead in Soderbergh’s film when De Niro offered him the part he’d...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) George Clooney has mocked his friends Matt Damon and Brad Pitt after beating them both to the title of Sexiest Man Alive. The ‘Ocean’s Thirteen’ actor—who was bestowed the title by People magazine—joked that his co-stars were jealous of losing out to him in an interview with David Letterm...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) “This is a first step in a long-term effort to start making the fight against global AIDS and extreme poverty part of the election conversation and Americans can be part of that by joining ONE.ORG,” said Matt Damon who appears in and narrates the spot. {nl} nl}{nl} {nl}

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) Matt, Leo and Jack star in Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed,” which according to Pajiba is a well-crafted and compelling crime drama with an amazing cast.{nl} All I need to know is that Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio are in it. Mark Wahlberg is just an added bonus.{nl}

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) NEW YORK � Crime pays for the cast of The Departed. In Martin Scorsese’s bullet-laden mobster epic, opening Oct. 6, Matt Damon’s dirty cop goes up against Leonardo DiCaprio’s good cop, who has gone undercover in Jack Nicholson’s crime cartel to help bring him down.

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) Hollywood stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon, who star in The Departed—a remake of the Hong Kong blockbuster Infernal Affairs—will visit the Chinese territory to promote the film, a news report has said. The Departed is based on popular Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs, the story of a...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) With the Jason Bourne franchise having earned over $500 million worldwide already, producer Frank Marshall tells MTV that he doesn’t expect The Bourne Ultimatum to be the last film. The third film, again starring Matt Damon, is scheduled to start shooting on August 1st and is based on Rob...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) NEW YORK—In The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy, Matt Damon played a rogue U.S. spy who is hunted with extreme prejudice by his bosses in Washington. And the contrast is a good thing, the Oscar-winner says. (Damon and childhood friend Ben Affleck shared an Academy Award for writing G...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) Legendary director, Martin Scorsese and lead actor and film star Matt Damon joined Warner Brothers’ ensemble of extras, cast and production crew on August 4 and 5 at SUNY Maritime College’s campus. They filmed five scenes for the movie, The Departed which stars Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio...

By admin@mattdamonfan.org (Matt Damon Fan [Dot] Org) Hollywood star Matt Damon’s girlfriend Luciana Barroso was rushed to a New York City hospital on Sunday (28 August 05), after she was struck down with food poisoning. The pretty Floridian is currently staying with her boyfriend of 16 months (begs April 04) in New York as he films The Good Sh...