Matthew and Camila will just keep livin’ together … with the same last name. After six years together and two children, Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves have tied the knot, exchanging vows in his home state of Texas. The couple wed Saturday in a private ceremony, with Alves taking the groom’s last name to officially become Camila McConaughey, his rep says. Engaged on Christmas, they married before close friends and family, including their two kids, Levi, who turns 4 next month, and daughter Vida, 2. McConaughey, 42, and Alves, 29, a Brazilian model and designer who the actor has told friends “the love of my life,” kept quiet about the wedding. Even some guests didn’t know about it until the last minute, despite the reports hit the web that the two would be getting married this weekend . After the ceremony, the guests didn’t have to worry about going far, as the Magic Mike star got married and held the reception at his house. The coolest part? Guests camped out in dozens of luxury tents erected on Matthew’s property, each with its own patio and air-conditioning unit. It’s Texas in June after all. Congratulations to the happy couple, and family! [Photo: WENN.com]
This is Thursday in Cannes: Zac Efron in tighty-whities, Nicole Kidman as a luscious sex kitten, Matthew McConaughey as a journalist with a sexual secret and a very creepy John Cusack. Such was just the tip of the iceberg this morning in Lee Daniels’s outrageous The Paperboy , which will have its world premiere tonight as the festival hits its final swing. Opinions seemed to range wildly in all directions following the film’s early morning screening: Applause and cries of “Bravo!” mixed with boos, laughter and a swift rush out of the huge Lumière Theatre to get reaction from Daniels and the cast at the press conference. The conversation in the press room took cues from the film’s flamboyant flare, and then it went from there. What many girls (and some boys) may have secretly wished to see back in the High School Musical days they can now get a big dose of it here: Efron is tan, trim and spends a good chunk of his scenes in his underwear, at one point dancing in the rain in his briefs with a very platinum and seductive Nicole Kidman. Never one to mince words, Lee Daniels set the record straight when asked about Zac Efron being “eroticized” in the new film: “He’s good looking, the camera can’t help but love him… And I’m a gay man – you know!” “I don’t think I was supposed to feel comfortable,” said Efron, laughing after Daniels’s quip. “This character is learning the ways of the world and it is uncomfortable. It was a great character to play.” Based on a novel by Pete Dexter, The Paperboy is set in late ’60s Florida. Efron plays Jack, a young guy who’s aimless and living with his dad and soon-to-be step mother. His older brother (McConaughey) is a journalist who comes to town to investigate a death-row inmate (John Cusack) he believes is wrongly convicted of murder. Meanwhile, Cusack is corresponding with a platinum blonde (Nicole Kidman) with a fabulous wardrobe, fake eye-lashes and pillowy lips. She’s also the object of Jack’s raging hormones — and things get complicated. “I felt like I was let out of some cage,” Cusack said Thursday morning in Cannes about his role. “Lee [Daniels] and I talked at the Chateau Marmont about a film I made called The Grifters and then he looked at me and said, ‘I think you have more to give than you’ve been giving lately,’ and that is just music to an actor’s ears.” In 2010’s Rabbit Hole , Nicole Kidman earned an Oscar nomination as an upper middle-class mother in mourning following the untimely death of her young son. Her Paperboy character Charlotte Bless could not present more of a contrast: Simulating sex in a prison visitation room, wearing flashy outfits and playing an untamed seductress, she at one point comes to Jack’s rescue after he’s attacked by a swarm of jellyfish. While he lays barely conscious on the sand as welts appear on his six-pack, she gives him the remedy required to treat a jellyfish sting. “I had to step into the character and put myself in a place where I didn’t step out of it,” Kidman said. She explained that she met Daniels at a party while she was promoting Rabbit Hole and became curious about how she might fit one day into one of his films. “I haven’t seen the movie yet and I’m nervous about seeing it, but that’s my job – to give over myself to someone and have them bring out in me what I can give.” “I had the most lovely time in the world playing with Nicole,” Efron followed. “I’ve been in love with her since Moulin Rouge . It was the best opportunity in the world.” The Paperboy is loaded with laughs especially for audiences who appreciate a bit of camp, but the film also takes a darker, more serious turn and Thursday’s post-screening followed the movie’s lead. Daniels, who received a Best Director Oscar nomination in 2011 for Precious , said that all the characters in The Paperboy are real for him personally, from the young kid to the woman who writes letters to prisoners to the house servant (played by Macy Gray). He also said he knows the prisoner. “I live in the truth. Every character here I know,” he said. “My brother — I raised his children. He has been in jail for murder. So I know this cat and when [Cusack] did anything that’s not true, I said, ‘You have to come at me in a different way.'” Continuing, Daniels said: “I say this to all filmmakers: You never take no for an answer. Making sure my vision is executed means never taking no, never.” “Lee has a hyper-sensitive mind, and as soon as you nail it he says, ‘Now, where can we take it?'” McConaughey said. Daniels offered up that McConaughey will be in his next film, The Butler , as John F. Kennedy. Cusack will play Richard Nixon. Starring Forest Whitaker as the White House butler who served multiple U.S. presidents, the cast also includes Kidman and Oprah Winfrey. Lee said that the new film will be decidedly more PG-13 than The Paperboy . Read more of Movieline’s Cannes 2012 coverage here . [Top image of (L-R) Zac Efron, John Cusack, Lee Daniels, Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman and Macy Gray: AFP/Getty Images]
Also in Friday morning’s news round up, The Weinstein Company picks up a pair of films (including a documentary by Bernard-Henri Lévy), Boy Toy gets a leading lady, North America is set to Sleep Tight , and more… Cannes: Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska Set for Carol The project is a new adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel Carol , aka The Price of Salt , directed by John Crowley. Carol follows the burgeoning relationship between two very different women in 1950s New York: One, a girl in her 20s working in a department store who dreams of a more fulfilling life, and the other, a wife trapped in a loveless, moneyed marriage desperate to break free but fearful of losing her daughter in the process. The film is being sold in Cannes by Hanway. Blade Runner Screenwriter In Talks for Ridley Scott Sequel Hampton Fancher is in talks to reunite with his Blade Runner director Ridley Scott to develop the idea for the original screenplay for the Alcon Entertainment, Scott Free, and Bud Yorkin-produced follow up to the 1982 science fiction classic. The project is intended to be a sequel to the original, taking place some years after the first film concluded. Cannes: Weinsteins Pick Up Rights to Qadaffi Doc The Oath of Tobruk The Weinstein Company has locked up U.S. rights to the documentary directed by French philosopher, journalist and filmmaker Bernard-Henri Lévy, who captured the unfolding of the war and the spontaneous popular revolt that became a revolution toppling the longtime Libyan dictator Muammar Qadaffi. The film charts the efforts of the Libyan people in their country and in major cities including Paris, London and New York; it will screen May 25 in Cannes as part of the festival’s Official Selection. Lisa Ray Joins Boy Toy Cooking with Stella actress Lisa Ray will star writer/director Craig Goodwill’s Boy Toy , which is based on the filmmaker’s award-winning short film Patch Town . It tells the story of an abandoned toy whose dream is to be reunited with his long-lost adoptive mother. The film begins shooting in November. MPI Grabs Sleep in North America Rights to the psychological thriller Sleep Tight have been picked up by MPI Media Group. The film revolves around Cesar, an apartment building doorman who keeps very close tabs on his residents’ private lives and whose only happiness comes from others’ misery. Jaume Balaguero’s movie will be released theatrically in the fall of 2012 through MPI’s genre arm, Dark Sky Films. The theatrical release will be followed VOD and DVD availability. Around the ‘net… Weinsteins Acquire French Culinary Pic Haute Cuisine TWC has acquired Christian Vincent’s French comedy Haute Cuisine from Wild Bunch. The film is based on the true story of Danièle Delpeuch, the private cook to the late French president François Mitterand. Deadline reports .
In EW’s upcoming cover interview, Magic Mike stars Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey fondly remember the moment on set when excited extras tasked with stuffing McConaughey’s man-thong with dollar bills accidentally (or not) ripped the banana hammock right off. What’s that, EW? You want me to watch a behind-the-scenes video of McConaughey striking poses while Tatum splashes around breakdancing in a pool of water? Well, fine . (To peek at Tatum stepping up to the McConaughey in said video, head here .) It took me a good while to come to terms with just how much I actually really want to see Magic Mike even though it’s about male strippers and almost nothing in real life appeals to my womanly senses less than men prancing around in g-strings. I blame it on the power of the Channing. McConaughey, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer, and that one guy from True Blood don’t hurt, either. So I guess I understand how these lady extras on the Magic Mike set were swept up in the moment when McConaughey and his magical abs gyrated in their faces or whatever. “Make it rain on McConaughey!” they probably thought to themselves as they scrambled, George Washingtons in hand, toward his oh-so-delicate thong. And then, snap — OOPS! Let McConaughey retell the moment in his own words: “I stayed in sequence,” he says proudly. “I went for the tuck. [Mimes covering his manhood] I went for the roll. [Mimes doing a forward roll] And I finished the dance.” Like a pro. Good advice to keep in mind, fellas. Especially you, Joey Lawrence of Blossom fame, who coincidentally, in other news, might need to start stockpiling such tips. Because, according to TMZ : Joey Lawrence is joining the Chippendales. Whoa, indeed! [ EW , TMZ ]
Also in Wednesday afternoon’s Biz Break: A Taken star takes on another thriller in L.A., Logan Marshall Green gets set to play Tennessee Williams, and Matthew McConaughey and Cuba Gooding, Jr. take a look at White House historical drama. Elizabeth Olsen Begins Production on Erotic Thriller Thérèse Oscar Isaac, Tom Felton and Jessica Lange join Olsen who plays Thérèse Raquin, a sexually repressed young woman trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin and domineered by her aunt. She meets her husband’s alluring friend (Isaac) and embarks on a dangerous affair. The film is set in 1860s Paris. Shooting is taking place in Belgrade and Budapest. Director John Suits Begins Thriller The Scribbler Katie Cassidy ( Taken ) stars in the feature, adapted from the U.K. graphic novel. Produced by New Artists Alliance and Caliber Media, the film also stars Garret Dillahunt, Michelle Trachtenberg, Eliza Dushku, Gina Gershon and Michael Imperioli about a a young woman confronting her destructive mental illness using “The Siamese Burn,” an experimental machine designed to eliminate multiple personalities. But the closer she comes to being “cured,” what if the last unwanted identity turns out to be her? Production begins this week in L.A. Logan Marshall Green Set to Play Tennessee Williams He will portray the playwright in Lonely Hunter by director/writer/producer Deborah Kampmeier, a feature based on the life of Southern gothic writer Carson McCullers, which Jena Malone is already attached to play. Williams was McCuller’s longtime confidant. Shooting will begin this year with Troy Johanson and Blair Breard as producers. Green stars in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus . Holly Herrick Named to Austin Film Society Post Herrick will serve as Associate Artistic Director of the organization founded by filmmaker Richard Linklater. Her background includes work at the Hamptons, Sarasota and Newport film festivals. She succeeds filmmaker Bryan Poyser, who is currently in production with his new indie feature The Bounceback . Around the ‘net… Roman Polanski To Direct D The political thriller is based on the Dreyfus affair, one of the most sensational political scandals in history. The project reunites the team behind Polanski’s previous film The Ghost Writer , Deadline reports . Universal to Open Harry Potter Theme Park in Japan The first Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction overseas will open at Universal Studios Japan in 2014 at its Osaka facility,” Variety reports . Matthew McConaughey, Cuba Gooding Jr. Circle The Butler Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack and Jane Fonda are already set for director Lee Daniels’s White House historical drama headlined by Forest Whitaker. The film will be at the upcoming Cannes Film Market where IM Global will sell international rights. Daniels’s The Paperboy will have its world premiere in competition in Cannes. THR reports . Revenge Actor Gabriel Mann Boards Chavez Mexican filmmaker/actor Diego Luna will direct the indie biopic — not to be confused with Luna’s 2007 boxing documentary Chávez &mdash this summer, featuring Michael Pe
There was no shortage of stars coming through SXSW 2012 , debuting films and projects as diverse as Joss Whedon ‘s Cabin in the Woods to Lena Dunham ‘s HBO series GIRLS . Take a look and see who else dropped in on Austin, Texas for the annual film festival, including: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, and their 21 Jump Street crew, Willem Dafoe, Al Gore, Johnny Knoxville, Melissa Leo, Matthew McConaughey, Jack Black, Aubrey Plaza, Gabrielle Union, Bobcat Goldthwait, new director (!) Matthew Lillard, two Broken Lizards, model-turned-actress Dree Hemingway, and more. Click to launch the SXSW ’12 gallery!
It appears Steven Soderbergh has taken a break from casting calendar-worthy leading men in his stripper drama Magic Mike and is focusing on some pin-up women. Deadline reports that Olivia Munn is in talks to join the film, as a possible love interest for Channing Tatum. Va-va-vooom , said everyone. In addition to Tatum, and possibly Munn, Mike stars Matthew McConaughey, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer and Joe Manganiello. Wipe up that drool; your Wednesday Buzz Break has arrived.
Tough times for Katherine Heigl. Not only was she put on full-blast by Mila Kunis in the trailer for summer rom-com Friends With Benefits , but her own summer film has been yanked from the schedule altogether. The Heigl-led adaptation of Janet Evanovich’s One of the Money had been set for release on June 3 (opposite X-Men: First Class ), but Lionsgate pulled it off the calendar with the hopes of finding a date that felt “right.” The studio is apparently still looking; Money is currently scheduled for TBD. [ EW ]
Given that it opens with a tsunami so realistic that it got an Oscar nomination for its special effects, Hereafter (out this week from Warner Home Video) got yanked from theaters in Japan even as it hits video store shelves in the United States. But that sort of ouchy coincidence happens all the time in every corner of pop culture. For instance:
Warmly observed and solicitous of its audience to the point of caress, Win Win is as comfortable an experience at the movies as you might have this year. Writer and director Tom McCarthy ( The Station Agent , The Visitor ) specializes in light humanism (or humanism lite), storytelling that features recognizable people facing their recognizable lives with just a little more grace and good nature than is recognizable. The flourish there at the end lends McCarthy’s understated, involving approach a bit of self-affirming flattery: These people look and sound just like me, therefore, I am as endearing and ultimately decent as these people.
