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| | Matt Damon compares Ben Affleck's career to Clint Eastwood's | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Ideally Kaiser should be doing this post on the Boston premiere of The Town since two of her men are in this film: The Hamm and Jeremy Renner. She graciously offered it to me, though, as my all time favorite, Matt Damon, was there with his pregnant wife, Luciana. I get dibs when Damon is involved. Damon and Luciana were dressed casually in jeans and black t-shirts and both looked adorable. We don’t know how far along Luciana is exactly with her fourth child, but Damon told People that she’s in her last trimester and joked that he’s been dodging punches from her. He also said Luciana “looks amazing” and added “she?s been pregnant basically for more than half of the last five years and she?s been nursing the other half so I?ve definitely asked about as much as I can from my wife.”
Affleck’s better half, Jennifer Garner, wasn’t at the premiere last night. She’s been working in New York City filming Arthur, and may have had other commitments. Damon spoke to the AP and had high praise for Affleck’s directing skill. He compared his friend’s career to Clint Eastwood’s in that Eastwood also starred in a few clunkers before he became a renowned director:
Even as Affleck delivered hits such as “The Sum of All Fears” and “Paycheck,” critics perpetually knocked his performances as stiff and leaden.
The lowpoint was “Gigli,” the 2003 bomb he made with Jennifer Lopez amid the maelstrom of gossip over their romance, before he settled down and had a family with Jennifer Garner.
Then came “Hollywoodland,” which earned Affleck a Golden Globe nomination. He followed with his acclaimed directing debut on “Gone Baby Gone.”
Now Affleck returns with “The Town,” a genre-bending bank-heist thriller that is loaded with action but also heavy on gritty working-class drama and sweet romance. He directs and stars, delivering what Damon called the “best performance I’ve seen in a long time.”
“This one is really, I think, the one where people are just going to remember who he is and let all of the other stuff go,” said Damon, who shared a screenplay Academy Award with Affleck for “Good Will Hunting.” “He’s just a monumentally talented guy. In a lot of ways, I always think of Clint, because Clint was doing orangutan movies, and people weren’t taking him as seriously. And look at the second half of his career. He’s an icon. And I really feel like that’s the kind of career Ben’s going to have.”
Damon has starred in two films directed by Eastwood, last year’s “Invictus” and the upcoming “Hereafter.” So he’s in a good position to compare and contrast his pal Affleck and grand old master Eastwood.
Hearing of Damon’s high praise, Affleck smiled.
“Who needs a publicist when you’ve got a friend like Matt?” Affleck said in an interview at the Toronto International Film Festival, where “The Town” played in advance of its theatrical release on Friday. “I’ve got to pay this guy.”
[From AP via Yahoo! News]
Damon could be right - The Town looks incredible and could go a long way in resurrecting Affleck’s career. As for how Affleck handled the dual roles of directing and acting, his costar Rebecca Hall said it seemed effortless and was impressive to watch. “I couldn’t get my head around the idea that someone could think about the whole story and that [his character] at the same time, because in a way, they’re sort of mutually exclusive. But he’s so incredibly smart. His sharpness and intelligence just pervade everything he does.” I’m excited for this film. It’s out in the US on September 17, and in Germany where I live on September 23. That’s excellent news as we often have to wait over a month to see new movies. I bet it’s going to earn some great reviews and it should be well remembered during awards season.
Here are photos from the premiere featuring Matt, Ben, Jeremy Renner looking cute, Jon Hamm dapper in a twill cap, Rebecca Hall in yet another fashion failure, Blake Lively playing peek-a-boob, and Chris Cooper. I love him!
Photo credit: Fame Pictures and WENN.com
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| | Matt Damon Hits Fenway, Talks Family Life | | Added 14 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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He?s always had love for his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts (well, Cambridge) and last night (September 14) Matt Damon was spotted at the premiere of ?The Town? in Bean Town.
The ?Bourne Identity? stud looked to be in good spirits as he posed for the paparazzi at Fenway Park, sporting a Boston Red Sox ball cap.
As for his home life, Matt told press he?s getting some rough treatment from wife Luciana, who is pregnant with their fourth child (one from her previous relationship, and two from their marriage).
?We?re in the third trimester and basically I?m just dodging punches right now from my wife.
That means I have to work on my defense and I never know when a left hook or a right cross is going to come. She?s completely over me and over being pregnant.?
?She?s been pregnant basically for more than half of the last five years and she?s been nursing the other half so I?ve definitely asked about as much as I can from my wife. Now I?m all hers!?
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| | Matt Damon visits Ethiopia, walks the walk of advocacy work | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Matt Damon is advocating for clean water and plumbing throughout the world as part of the charity he co-founded, Water.org. He appeared in a video for CNN (shown above) to show how difficult it is for people in rural northern Ethiopia to collect water for themselves and their families. People, including schoolchildren, walk hours and carry heavy jugs in order to get dirty water from a hand dug well. The risk of water-borne diseases, like dysentery and cholera, from the visibly muddy water is high. Water.org strives to bring awareness to the need for clean, potable water throughout the world as well as build safe community wells and toilets. They built a well in Adenifas, Ethiopia, and you can see the building site and celebration in the first video below. (It’s a longer version of the CNN video and the well-building starts at about 3:00 minutes in.)
Damon is expecting his fourth child with wife Luciana, which will be his third biological child. (He also has a step daughter from Luciana’s first marriage.) He’s credited Luciana with holding their family together around his varied work schedule and said that they’re now preparing for their next little tornado.” The couple was spotted at John Krasinski and Emily Blunt’s wedding at George Clooney’s estate in Italy last month and were later seen on a family vacation in Hawaii. Damon is certainly keeping busy this summer.
I’m a sucker for anything Damon does and it works out particularly well when he makes great movies and advocates for such worthy causes.
Update: This post has been up for like an hour and has one comment. I just wanted to note that the only reason I know about this video is because I get Water.org’s newsletter. It’s not like the charity is issuing press releases to the celebrity news outlets, although maybe they should be. Also, I just read this really good article on Pajiba reviewing a new documentary the reveals how bottled water is a rip off that hurts communities and the environment. It’s only moderately related, but it’s worth considering when you realize the lengths that people in remote areas go though to get water.
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| | Matt Damon's trip to Ethiopia to advocate for clean water | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Matt Damon is advocating for clean water and plumbing throughout the world as part of the charity he co-founded, Water.org. He appeared in a video for CNN (shown above) to show how difficult it is for people in rural northern Ethiopia to collect water for themselves and their families. People, including schoolchildren, walk hours and carry heavy jugs in order to get dirty water from a hand dug well. The risk of water-borne diseases, like dysentery and cholera, from the visibly muddy water is high. Water.org strives to bring awareness to the need for clean, potable water throughout the world as well as build safe community wells and toilets. They built a well in Adenifas, Ethiopia, and you can see the building site and celebration in the first video below. (It’s a longer version of the CNN video and the well-building starts at about 3:00 minutes in.)
Damon is expecting his fourth child with wife Luciana, which will be his third biological child. (He also has a step daughter from Luciana’s first marriage.) He’s credited Luciana with holding their family together around his varied work schedule and said that they’re now preparing for their next little tornado.” The couple was spotted at John Krasinski and Emily Blunt’s wedding at George Clooney’s estate in Italy last month and were later seen on a family vacation in Hawaii. Damon is certainly keeping busy this summer.
I’m a sucker for anything Damon does and it works out particularly well when he makes great movies and advocates for such worthy causes.
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| | Matt Damon praises his 'great wife' | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Matt Damon once called marriage “a ridiculous thing to do,” but added that he liked being married to his wife Luciana. Five years of marriage and almost four kids later, Matt and Luciana are still going strong and he’s still singing her praises. Matt told a reporter at the Ante Up for Africa poker tournament over the weekend that Luciana helps manage the family around his work commitments and that “she really keeps it together.” Luciana is currently pregnant with their third child together, which will be her fourth.
If Matt Damon wants to find out anything about his wife’s pregnancy he just needs to ask their kids.
“They track its progress in mommy’s belly,” he said Saturday while attending the Ante Up for Africa charity poker event in Las Vegas.
His wife, Luciana, is set to deliver the couple’s fourth child this fall. They currently have three daughters: Alexia, 11, who is Luciana’s child from a previous marriage, Isabella, 4, and Gia, 22 months.
The kids “are very excited” about another addition to the family, Damon, 39, said.
But being a family man and major motion picture star isn’t easy for the former Sexiest Man Alive. Damon credits “a great wife” for helping him juggle his responsibilities.
“She really keeps it together,” he said at the poker event at the Rio All Suites Hotel, hosted by Oceans 11 pal Don Cheadle. “We just talk it out and work it all out. You say, this is the job and this is the time commitment and this is where it will be. I?m a lot easier to hire if you?re doing movies in New York.”
[From People]
Luciana is a lucky bitch, but I’m sure she earns it by patiently putting up with more crap from Damon than we can imagine. Just because Damon is a dreamboat who manages his image expertly doesn’t mean that he’s an ideal husband. (That’s just what I tell myself to get through the days. I’ve seen the Bourne movies too many times.) Whatever goes on in their marriage, these two seem very much in love and must still be keeping things hot. They were spotted making out at a club just a couple of weeks ago. Oh sigh.
Here are some new photos of Damon at Ante Up For Africa. He lost weight! I never get tired of looking at this guy. Matt and Luciana are shown on 3/27/10. Credit: WENN.com
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| | Matt Damon gets mad for charity | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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1Goal PSA Gone Wrong w/ Jessica Alba, Matt Damon, Shakira, John Legend & Queen Rania from 1Goal
All you need to do to make a funny celebrity video is to include Matt Damon acting mad. The guy does mad the best that I’ve ever seen, (I was going to write “better than any other living actor,” but I know that many of you will disagree with me) and his buddy Jimmy Kimmel knows this and capitalizes on it whenever Matt is game, which is surprisingly often. We’ve seen Matt freak out and swear at Kimmel for supposedly bumping him from his show, fight Jimmy’s sidekick Guillermo, and star in other cute segments like “Handsome Men’s Club,” “F’cking Matt Damon” and “F’cking Ben Affleck” (There’s also a non-Kimmel but staged video of Damon freaking out and swearing at Adrien Grenier for allegedly messing up a scene.) Even when Damon is acting campy in a bit he’s superb and doesn’t overplay it. I just love him so much.
Anyway Damon stars in a new Funny or Die video for 1Goal, an education charity founded by Queen Rania of Jordan in conjunction with the World Cup. He plays agitated and out of control to Jessica Alba’s woefully inadequate straight man. The video cuts away to a cute segment with John Legend complaining that no one brought him a piano and both Shakira and Queen Rania discussing 1Goal.
Damon has gained some weight and is sporting longer hair. His wife is pregnant with their third child together, which would explain Damon’s sympathetic daddy weight gain. Either that or it’s for a role. Damon is slated to play Liberace’s longterm lover in a new biopic starring Michael Douglas. Judging from pictures of the guy he’s playing, Scott Thorson, that could be why he gained weight and let his hair grow out. Damon is also reportedly in talks to play the lead in a new Cameron Crow movie based on the true story of a man who sunk his life savings into a zoo. He has no less than six films in development and several coming up that are in post production. Bourne might be over, but we’ll be getting our Damon fix for years to come.
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| | Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso: Berlin Lovers | | Added 14 years ago | Source: Celebrity Gossip |
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Out for a dinner date night, Matt Damon and Luciana Barroso were spotted heading to dinner in Berlin, Germany on Tuesday (March 2).
The “Invictus” actor and his lovely wife held hands and looked happy together as they made their way inside to Bocca di Bacco restaurant.
With a clean-shaven face, Damon recently admitted how much he hated having to sport a mustache for his role in the upcoming film, “True Grit.”
Per imdb’s website, “True Grit” is about a tough U.S. Marshal who helps a stubborn young woman track down her father’s murderer, and will be out in theatres on Christmas Day this year.
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Stepping out for a promotional appearance, Matt Damon was spotted at the premiere of his new flick “Green Zone” in New York City last night (February 25).
The “Bourne Identity” actor looked dapper as he arrived at Loews Lincoln Square, sporting a dark suit with a blue shirt, polka-dotted tie, and a mustache that he’s growing for an upcoming role.
According to a report, Mr. Damon has signed on to play Senator Robert Kennedy in a new film about the slain politician.
Matt will follow in the footsteps of actors Martin Sheen (The Missiles of October) and Casey Affleck (The Kennedys of Massachusetts), who have both portrayed Kennedy.
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| | Matt Damon: Dirt-lip | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Oh, God. I love Matt Damon, but this is not a good look for him. Why in God?s name did he think he could grow a mustache? Apparently, he?s doing it for a movie, but if I was directing him, I would take one look at that thing and say ?You know what? Let?s go clean-shaven for this bitch?? Matt can?t help that he has a baby-face. He can?t help that he looks like a dirt-lip. But he can shave the f-cker.
I guess he had one for The Informant! too. Which is bad enough - you already know how bad you look with a mustache, why can?t you say no to a director who wants you to grow one out again? Anyway, Matt was there with his beautiful wife Lucy, who does not seem to like The Dirt-Lip either. Her dress is really pretty, though.
I?m actually excited about seeing The Green Zone. It looks really good. Very ?Jason Bourne in Iraq? but still, like a good political thriller. The film also stars Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson and Jason Isaacs, amongst others. All except Kinnear were at the premiere too (photos below). Here?s the trailer for The Green Zone:
Premiere photos from NY premiere of ?The Green Zone? on February 26, 2010. Credit: WENN.
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| | Jason Bourne is Lookin' Good | | Added 14 years ago | Source: Yeeeah |
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I literally have no idea what the movie Hereafter is about, but apparently it stars Clint Eastwood and Matt Damon. Based on these pictures from the set, I can only assume it’s the heartwarming story of a dessicated corpse, his special needs friend, and their adventures digging for gold.
Matt Damon on the set of Hereafter with Clint Eastwood.
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