Director David O. Russell and his romantic comedy “Silver Linings Playbook” were the big winners at the 2013 Independent Spirit Awards, picking up awards for Best Feature, Director, Screenplay and Female Lead (Jennifer Lawrence).
In the acting categories, John Hawkes nabbed Best Male Lead, while his “Sessions” co-star Helen Hunt took home Best Supporting Female. Matthew McConaughey won Best Supporting Male for his turn in “Magic Mike.”
Read on for the complete nominations and winners list for the 28th Annual Independent Spirit Awards:
“Extra’s” Jerry Penacoli caught up with Alicia Keys and Matthew McConaughey at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
Keys was there to promote her film, “The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete,” but told Penacoli she’s excited about singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl on February 3. She winked, “Wait till you hear this one.”“Extra’s” special correspondent Tony Dovolani caught up the stars at the NY Film Critics Circle Awards on Monday, including Matthew McConaughey, who talked about his first real meal since losing weight for a film role.
“Cheeseburger, baby!” McConaughey exclaimed. “I got that cheeseburger and I doozied it up for 22 minutes. I had the waiter go back and get extra jalapenos, extra onions, extra mayo, extra black pepper, everything. It was as good as I hoped it would be.”Actor Matthew McConaughey and wife Camila Alves are said to be celebrating the New Year with a new bundle of joy.
Alves gave birth Friday at a hospital in Austin, Texas. The actor posted on Saturday, "Camila gave birth to our third child yesterday morning. Our son, Livingston Alves McConaughey was born at 7:43 a.m. on 12.28.12. He greeted the world at 9 pounds and 21 inches. Bless up and thank you for your well wishes."Secret weddings were all the rage with celebrities in 2012. Natalie Portman and beau Benjamin Millepied duped the world twice with two uber-private ceremonies, while Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively got away with a mostly paparazzi-free wedding in South Carolina.
Few others, however, pulled off their nuptials with quite the same success. Take a look at our list of not-so-secret celebrity weddings!
Actor Jared Leto is really getting into character for his latest role in “The Dallas Buyers Club.” Like co-star Matthew McConaughey, Leto is shockingly thin these days, as he prepares to play a transsexual woman named Rayon.
Shedding the pounds, which he’s doing through fasting, is the least of his worries. Leto is more concerned about the entire look, and is now shaving his eyebrows and waxing his legs.Actor Matthew McConaughey has lost a shocking 38 pounds for his new role in the “Dallas Buyers Club,” weighing in at just 143 pounds.
The slimmed-down star, who will play an AIDS patient seeking experimental HIV medication in the ‘80s, sat down with Hitfix’s Greg Ellwood to talk about how he lost the weight.Actor Matthew McConaughey went to the extreme for his latest role in “The Dallas Buyers Club,” losing a reported 30 pounds for the part! McConaughey dropped the weight to play an AIDS patient seeking experimental HIV medication in the ‘80s and has since started to put the pounds back on.
Matthew is following in the footsteps of other big stars who lost and gained for coveted roles. Check out our photos of shocking body transformations!



























