Matthew McConaughey isn’t afraid to show off his chest or his local Texas roots, and he’ll be doing both this fall for Bernie, the East-Texas centric movie he’s currently shooting near Austin.

The movie is based on a bizarre true story about a rich widow in Huntsville, TX who befriends an assistant funeral director. He ends up killing her, stealing her money, and then pretending she's still alive for some time after. The movie's director, Richard Linklater, says, "It's my 'Fargo' in East Texas, where I grew up, so it's crazy local with fifty characters." Sounds interesting, right? ]]> cmb 2010-10-29T13:55:05-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/12/21/232239/70

Guess who just got back from a road trip! Trailer-living, naked-bongo-playing Matthew McConaughey wrote a "Travel Blog" on his MySpace page about driving to Baja California, Mexico with his old friend. After that, he hit some American landmarks. Here's his unedited report on the Grand Canyon:

I spent my 39th birthday on the southern rim of the Grand Canyon...almost got "butted" of the edge by a ram and caught some shooting stars...as for the first sight of the GC, mother nature created something that looks so fake, its real....cool

We think he should stick to stoner surf movies.

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· Grand Canyon Skywalk Update [Jaunted]
· Matthew McConaughey's Surf Epic Disappears Before We Can See It [Jaunted]
· Adventure Bus Travel: A Super-Green Road Trip [Jaunted]
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Our invites to the press screening must have gotten lost in the mail: "Surfer Dude," the long-awaited psychedelic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey as, well, a surfer dude, has vamoosed from theaters already after playing on just 69 screens and pocketing $36,000.

According to Entertainment Weekly, "Dude" couldn't get distribution except from a straight-to-DVD outlet that agreed to a brief, ad-less appearance in theaters. Residents of Austin, home of the actor's alma mater, had the best chance of seeing the flick; the rest of us will have to wait until it hits stores in December. But wait! Where are we going to see Matt shirtless until then?!

Other Stories About Matthew McConaughey's Naked Chest:
· What happened to Matthew McConaughey's "Surfer Dude"? [EW's Hollywood Insider]
· Matthew McConaughey: No Photos Unless I'm Shirtless [Jaunted]
· Movie Set Travel: Fool's Gold[Jaunted]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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Ladies and gentlemen: From now on Matthew McConaughey will wear your puny mortal shirts, but only if they bear the mark of the sacred Longhorn. The man brought girlfriend Camila Alves and son Levi to Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin to cheer on his alma mater, the University of Texas.

It's cute how thrilled Camila looks to be teaching baby Levi the "Hook 'em Horns." Maybe later on in the season Matt can commiserate with fellow UT alums Wes Anderson, Roger Clemens and Jenna Bush about how he can never get the fam to a game.

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· Good Ol' Boys Matthew McConaughey and Lance Armstrong in Miami [Jaunted]
· Matthew McConaughey: No Photos Unless I'm Shirtless [Jaunted]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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We were shocked--shocked--to see Matthew McConaughey, Our Lord Of Perpetual Bare-Chestedness, with a covered torso on a recent surfing trip in Malibu. The famously shirtless new dad covered up with a neoprene top that he paired with board shorts in a fashion move that probably puzzled the paparazzi out of harassing him.

Maybe this is just a promo shoot for his upcoming movie "Surfer Dude," but if Matt really wanted to rip up some waves he'd check out our Honky Tonk Surf Towns map. Watch the trailer for this year's most pointless movie--featuring McConaughey, naturally shirtless--after the jump.]]> egw 2008-07-23T11:30:21-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/2/18/184436/458

The perennially half-naked Matthew McConaughey just shot a cologne ad for Dolce & Gabbana's The One, where he is chased by crazy paparazzi--but he saves his million-dollar smile for the moment when he takes off his shirt. Is he parodying himself knowingly or are D&G's marketing gurus regular readers of US Weekly?

Catch McConaughey shirtless in his latest movie, the highest-opening-of-the-weekend romantic comedy "Fool's Gold," as well as (we're guessing) upcoming releases "Surfer Dude" and "Tropic Thunder." Call us when he makes a North Pole movie and somehow manages to strip down. Yawn.

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Yeah, being a celebrity is all work and no play... Just ask Matthew McConaughey, who is stepping up to star in Ben Stiller's newest movie "Tropic Thunder" currently shooting on the island of Kauai. McConaughey replaces fellow Texan and blond Owen Wilson, whose hospitalization at the end of last month forced him to pull out of the picture. Matt joins Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Steve Coogan and Nick Nolte to play actors forced to fight the war they're creating on film.

But you can catch Owen later this month, making his own journey on film in "The Darjeeling Limited", costarring Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman as siblings on an Indian train trip.

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· Hawaii Travel coverage [Jaunted]
· Hawaii Hotels [HotelChatter]

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