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Matthew McConaughey gets mom pressure to marry

Houston Chronicle - Found Jul. 2, 2009
Matthew McConaughey is under pressure to marry pregnant girlfriend Camila Alves -- both their mothers want them to wed before they welcome their
Mcconaughey And Alves' Mothers Want Wedding Before Baby's Birth - MaleFirst Mens Magazine
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MaleFirst Mens Magazine

Posted on July 2, 2009, 7:56 am

Committed Megan Fox transforms lovers

Sydney Morning Herald - Found Jul. 1, 2009
Smith (12) Orlando Bloom (10) John Travolta (8) Matthew Broderick (7) Hugh Grant (7) Ben Affleck (7) Jude Law (6) Matthew Mcconaughey (6) Alec...
Megan wants her beau to have tattoo - Times of India
Committed Megan Fox transforms lovers - The Age
Fox makes lovers get tattoos of her face - LiveNews
Megan Fox wants her prospective boyfriends to tattoo her name or ... - NewKerala.com
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LiveNews

Posted on July 1, 2009, 11:45 am

Man Cleavage - Men's Tube Tops at Paris Fashion Week

AOL Style Blog - Found Jun. 30, 2009
Bauer-Griffin Matthew McConaughey has been spotted all over town with this mega-murse designed by fiance Camila Alves.

Posted on June 30, 2009, 11:05 am

Week in Review: Chris Brown, Jon & Kate, Adam Lambert Made News; ...

EOnline.com - Found Jun. 27, 2009
(Meanwhile, former SJP costar Matthew McConaughey just keeps procreatin'.) 8. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced it's...

Posted on June 27, 2009, 10:31 am

Movie Fans Say 'I Do' to Inspiration From Silver-Screen Weddings, ...

Reuters - Found Jun. 25, 2009
Movie Wedding Look, Reese Witherspoon in 'Sweet Home Alabama' as Most Beautiful Movie Bride and Matthew McConaughey in 'The Wedding Planner...
Movie Fans Say 'I Do' to Inspiration From Silver-Screen Weddings, ... - Houston Chronicle
Movie Fans Say 'I Do' to Inspiration From Silver-Screen Weddings, ... - Washington Business Journal
Movie Fans Say 'I Do' to Inspiration From Silver-Screen Weddings, ... - Earthtimes.org
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Posted on June 25, 2009, 9:07 am

What's in the Fabloids

Daily Beast - Found Jun. 24, 2009
... kate gosselin, kate hudson, kristen stewart, life & style, lindsay lohan, magazines, matthew mcconaughey, michael angarano, michelle obama...

Posted on June 24, 2009, 12:50 pm

Matthew McConaughey, Camila Alves Expecting 2nd Child: Big Brother ...

Post Chronicle - Found Jun. 23, 2009
Matthew McConaughey is set to become a father for the second time.
McConaughey to be a dad again - Jam! Showbiz Movies
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Posted on June 23, 2009, 8:18 am

Matthew McConaughey to Play Papa Again

EOnline.com - Found Jun. 22, 2009
Like the beach, fatherhood suits Matthew McConaughey.
Another baby on the way for McConaughey - Hollywood Reporter
McConaughey to become a dad again - BBC
Matt McConaughey, Megan Fox - Herald Sun
McConaughey and girlfriend expecting second child - Chicago Sun-Times
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Posted on June 22, 2009, 6:46 am

Preservation effort under way for old Texas jail

Seattle Post Intelligencer - Found Jun. 22, 2009
... was the site of the county's only official hanging and was used as a set for the 1998 Matthew McConaughey film 'The Newton Boys.' The county...
Preservation effort under way for old Texas jail - Boston Globe
Preservation push for old Hays County Jail - Fort Mills Times
Preservation effort under way for old Texas jail - San Jose Mercury News
Preservation effort under way for old Texas jail - Modesto Bee
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Posted on June 22, 2009, 1:00 pm

Matthew McConaughey and His Girlfriend Expecting Second Baby

People - Found Jun. 22, 2009
Father's Day was twice as sweet for Matthew McConaughey: Not only did he get to celebrate his first Father's Day with 11-month old Levi, his son with ...
McConaughey and Girlfriend Expecting Second Child - ABC News
McConaughey, girlfriend expecting baby No. 2 - MSNBC
McConaughey and girlfriend expecting second child - USA Today
McConaughey's gal pal pregnant again - UPI
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Posted on June 22, 2009, 4:07 am

Matthew McConaughey Biography

Matthew McConaughey
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey, 2008
Born Matthew David McConaughey
November 4, 1969 (1969-11-04) (age 39)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Occupation Actor ,singer
Years active 1991–present
Domestic partner(s) Camila Alves (2007-present)

Matthew David McConaughey (pronounced /məˈkɒnəheɪ/1; born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. After a series of minor roles in the early 1990s (including his breakout role in Dazed and Confused, director Richard Linklater's second feature film), he appeared in films such as A Time to Kill, Contact, U-571, Sahara, and We Are Marshall. He also played the leading man in several romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner, The Newton Boys, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Failure to Launch, Fool's Gold and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. McConaughey was infamously arrested in 1999 for a disturbance of the peace in which he was found naked and playing the bongos.2

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Early life

McConaughey, the youngest of three boys, was born in Uvalde, Texas, the son of Mary Kathleen "Kay" (nee McCabe), and James Donald McConaughey, a gas station owner who ran an oil pipe supply business and once played football for the Green Bay Packers.3 McConaughey has Irish ancestry4 and had what he describes as a strict Baptist upbringing.5 McConaughey's mother and late father divorced and re-married each other several times.6

McConaughey moved to Longview, Texas—located east of Dallas. He lived for a year in Gorokan, New South Wales, Australia as a Rotary exchange student.7

Career

McConaughey began his acting career in 1991, appearing in television commercials while attending College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin, where he joined Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity, before being cast in Richard Linklater's film Dazed and Confused.citation needed After appearing in some smaller roles in Angels in the Outfield, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, Boys on the Side, and the television series Unsolved Mysteries, McConaughey's big break came as the lawyer "Jake Brigance" in the 1996 film A Time to Kill, based on the John Grisham novel of the same name.citation needed

McConaughey was cast in leading roles in many more movies: Contact, Amistad, The Newton Boys, Edtv, and U-571.citation needed By the early 2000s, he was frequently cast in romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, both of which were successful at the box office. During this period, he appeared as a firefighter in the low-budget film Tiptoes, opposite Rene Russo, in Two For The Money as a protege to Al Pacino's gambling mogul, and in Frailty, cast against type as a serial killer, opposite Bill Paxton.citation needed

McConaughey starred in the feature film Sahara, along with Steve Zahn and Penélope Cruz. Prior to the release of the movie, he promoted it by repeating some trips he took in the late 1990s, including sailing down the Amazon River and trekking to Mali.citation needed That same year, McConaughey was named People magazine's “Sexiest Man Alive” for 2005.8

In 2006, he co-starred with Sarah Jessica Parker in the romantic comedy Failure to Launch, which was reasonably successful at the box office. McConaughey also provided voice work for an ad campaign of the Peace Corps in late 2006. Matthew's production company, j.k. livin, is currently in development on projects with Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount Pictures and Imagine Entertainment and can most recently be seen in the football drama We Are Marshall. He is supposedly in line to star as Thomas Magnum in the 2009 movie Magnum, P.I.9 McConaughey appeared in Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder, replacing Owen Wilson for the role.citation needed

On January 21, 2008, McConaughey became the new spokesman for the national radio campaign, "Beef: It's What's For Dinner".1011

Personal life

McConaughey approaching the finish line in a triathlon, September 2008

McConaughey's personal motto is "Just Keep Livin". His foundation is called j.k. livin foundation (all lower-case), which "is dedicated to helping teenage kids lead active lives and make healthy choices to become great men and women." (from the website)citation needed

On October 26, 1999, McConaughey was arrested in Austin, Texas, for resisting arrest following a disturbance in the early hours of the morning and for possession of marijuana.12 He had been found to be playing the bongo drums too loudly whilst naked in his own home. McConaughey denied the drug charges (which were subsequently dropped),13 but was charged with disturbing the peace. He pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $50. McConaughey has made light of this offense and has discussed the incident in length, including playing the bongos at MTV's TRL whilst promoting Sahara.

McConaughey rescued various pets, including cats, dogs and hamsters that were stranded after the flooding of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina.14 In 2006, in Sherman Oaks, California, he rescued a cat from two youths who had doused the animal in hairspray and were attempting to set it on fire.15

McConaughey's personal life is the subject of media attention. He has dated actresses Sandra Bullock, Ashley Judd, Penelope Cruz and Salli Richardson.citation needed

McConaughey and his Brazilian girlfriend Camila Alves have a son named Levi Alves McConaughey—born on July 7, 2008 in Los Angeles.16 On June 21, 2009, Matthew announced that he and girlfriend Camila would be expecting their second child together.17

Matthew McConaughey lived at The Castilian Residential Hall while attending The University of Texas at Austin. He became a member of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity while at the University of Texas.18 McConaughey is an avid fan of the Texas Longhorns and the Washington Redskins.19

In May 2008, actor Matthew McConaughey revealed that he never uses deodorant or antiperspirant. The next day, he received a year's supply of deodorant body spray from the Axe Company, along with a note on why he might want to start.

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Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1993 My Boyfriend's Back Teenage Moviegoer $3,335,984
1993 Dazed and Confused David Wooderson $7,993,039
1994 Angels in the Outfield Ben Williams $50,236,831
1995 Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation Vilmer $600,000 (estimated)
Boys on the Side Officer Abe Lincoln $23,450,000
1996 A Time to Kill Jake Tyler Brigance $108,706,165
Lone Star Buddy Deeds $13,269,963
Glory Daze Rental Truck Guy
Larger Than Life Tip Tucker $8,289,972
Scorpion Spring El Rojo
1997 Amistad Baldwin $44,175,394
Contact Palmer Joss $100,853,835
1998 The Newton Boys Willis Newton $10,297,897
1999 EDtv Ed 'Eddie' Pekurny $22,362,500
2000 U-571 Lt. Andrew Tyler, Executive Officer $77,086,030
2001 The Wedding Planner Steve "Eddie" Edison $60,400,856
2002 Reign of Fire Denton Van Zan $43,061,982
Thirteen Conversations Troy $3,287,435
Frailty Adam Meiks $13,103,828
2003 Tiptoes Steven Bedalia
2004 Paparazzi Himself $15,712,072
2005 Two for the Money Brandon Lang $22,862,049
Sahara Dirk Pitt $68,642,452
2006 We Are Marshall Jack Lengyel $43,532,294
Failure to Launch Tripp $88,658,172
2008 Fool's Gold Ben 'Finn' Finnegan $70,224,196
Tropic Thunder Rick Peck $110,515,313
Surfer, Dude Steve Addington $69,497
2009 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Connor Mead $52,429,611

References

  1. ^ Say How? A Pronunciation Guide to Names of Public Figures, Library of Congress
  2. ^ http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25346513-5006011,00.html
  3. ^ Matthew McConaughey Biography (1969-)
  4. ^ "Metro.co.uk". 60 Second interview: Matthew McConaughey. http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?in_article_id=11644&in_page_id=11. Retrieved on 2006-05-07. 
  5. ^ "Find Articles". Matthew's interview - Matthew McConaughey - Interview. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_n8_v26/ai_18777626. Retrieved on 2006-04-15. 
  6. ^ "ABC7news.com". Barbara Walters' Oscar Special. http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=entertainment&id=3949579. Retrieved on 2006-04-15. 
  7. ^ "ONE news". McConaughey credits Australian town. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/425826/696966. Retrieved on 2006-12-22. 
  8. ^ People magazine: "2005 Sexiest Man of the Year" Retrieved May 19, 2008.
  9. ^ BitsofNews.com: "McConaughey is Magnum P.I." Retrieved March 25, 2007.
  10. ^ National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (2008-01-07). “Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner” Advertising Campaign Invites Consumers to Discover the Power of Protein. Press release. http://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/askexpert/pressrelease.asp. Retrieved on 2008-07-02. 
  11. ^ Shinn, Peter (2008-01-08). "Iowa beef producers talk ethanol, checkoff, ID and more". Learfield Communications, Inc.. http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=5B485CD1-D82F-1E37-97BEE903CA6A298D. Retrieved on 2008-07-02. 
  12. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/486051.stm
  13. ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/matthew-mcconaughey-headbutting-stars-and-naked-bongos-639678.html
  14. ^ Toronto Fashion Monitor: "Matthew McConaughey Saves the Pets." Retrieved March 25, 2007.
  15. ^ San Francisco Chronicle: "McConaughey in Cat Rescue." Retrieved March 25, 2007.
  16. ^ "Matthew McConaughey, girlfriend welcome baby boy". International Herald Tribune. July 9, 2008. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/09/arts/People-McConaughey-Baby.php. Retrieved on 2008-12-20. 
  17. ^ "Matthew McConaughey, Girlfriend Expecting Baby No. 2". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Matthew-McConaughey-Girlfriend-1007136.aspx. Retrieved on June 22, 2009. 
  18. ^ http://www.studenthousingplanet.com/2009/03/the-castilian-dorm-serving-the-university-of-texas-receives-upgrades-prcom.html
  19. ^ "Q&A: Matthew McConaughey". September 29, 2005. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/richard_deitsch/09/29/qa.mcconaughey/index.html. Retrieved on May 5, 2009. 
  20. ^ http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/05/06/mf.deodorant.fun.facts/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

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