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The We’re Texas virtual benefit concert organized by Matthew McConaughey and his wife Camila Alves McConaughey to raise money for victims of last month’s devastating winter storm in Texas has raised $7.7 million, with donations still coming in after its premiere Sunday on YouTube and Spectrum News 1. Proceeds will go…

25 years after playing the role that helped launch his career in A Time to Kill, Matthew McConaughey might be getting ready to make his return to the courtroom. Sources tell Deadline that HBO has acquired rights to the John Grisham novel, A Time For Mercy, the sequel to Grisham’s classic novel on which the 1996 film…

In what would be something of a career twist, Matthew McConaughey says he is seriously considering a move into politics with a campaign to become the next governor of his home state of Texas. The actor made the comments on the Crime Stoppers of Houston's The Balanced Voice podcast, telling host Rania Mankarious that…

CBS has reported a virtual sell-out of ad inventory for Sunday's game at a rate of $5.5 million for 30 seconds. After 12 months of pandemic, some of entertainment's biggest players are sitting on the sidelines this year. There are still a lot of great ads, however. Matthew McConaughey goes 3D for Doritos. John and…

FX has opted not to move forward with Redeemer, a drama series that was to have reunited True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto and one of the series’ original stars, Matthew McConaughey, Deadline has confirmed. The project had landed a script-to-series commitment at the network in January. The decision to drop the…

Matthew McConaughey has elaborated on comments he made last week about the "illiberal left" and has explained why he thinks our society's tendency to avoid true confrontation is "unconstitutional". Appearing live today (December 15) from his home in Texas on ITV show Good Morning Britain, the actor discussed topics…

YouTube will launch the New Year alongside a number of Hollywood names including Matthew McConaughey, RuPaul and Storm Reid with its global celebration video Hello 2021. Set to premiere in the Americas, United Kingdom, Korea, Japan and India, Hello 2021 is also set to feature appearances from Dua Lipa, Demi Lovato, J…

Matthew McConaughey and Russell Brand have condemned the perceived hypocrisy of Hollywood political views in a raucous podcast. Speaking on Brand’s Luminary podcast, Under The Skin, earlier this week, the actors attacked those in the entertainment community who are urging Trump supporters to passively give up on hope…

The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences and inspirations of some of today's great screen artists. Every installment asks the same five questions…

A note from the twilight zone: Awards season is now underway, except this year there are essentially no screenings or cocktail parties and no celebrities answering questions. Movie stars used to complain about the demands of awards season; today some are missing the attention, and so are their movies. Given this…

Matthew McConaughey and the cast of Dazed and Confused will reunite on October 11 for a live script reading of the 1993 film to benefit Dallas-based March for Science's #VoteForScience campaign in support of Texas voting initiatives. The reading also benefits the Voto Latino Foundation, a voter outreach and education…

5TH UPDATE, 7:30 PM: The celebrity table read raised $51,884 from 1,322 people during its online session, per totals posted to Facebook, one of the online partners. 4TH UPDATE, 7:55 AM: The A-list table read for Dane Cook Presents Feelin' A-Live, a virtual table read of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, will now stream…