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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Matthew McConaughey Sends Strong 1-Word Message on Memorial Day
Beloved actor Matthew McConaughey uprooted his life with wife Camila Alves in 2008 when he moved away from Hollywood and relocated back to his home state of Texas. He's told the story several times, but McConaughey wasn't happy with his career at the time as Hollywood had him pegged as a rom-com only persona. "The romantic comedies remained my only consistent box office hits, which made them my only consistent incoming offers," McConaughey wrote in his memoir, according to IndieWire. "For me personally, I enjoyed being able to give people a nitty-minute breezy romantic getaway from the stress of their lives where they didn't have to think about anything, just watch the boy chase the girl, fall down, then get up and finally get her. I had taken the baton from Hugh Grant, and I ran with it." He previously told former NFL star quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning that he turned down over $14.5 million for a rom-com - a move that eventually kickstarted his post-romantic comedy career with hits like Mud, Dallas Buyer's Club and True Detective. "I declined the offer," McConaughey added. "If I couldn't do what I wanted, I wasn't going to do what I didn't, no matter the price." As McConaughey moved into a new direction he rose to super-stardom and became a voice fans looked to - even away from the big screen. On Monday, May 26, he used that voice to share just one word on Memorial Day: "remember." Along with a photo of a run-down house graced with the American flag, McConaughey's message was clear. "Memorial Day is an American holiday on the last Monday of May. It honors fallen service members of the U.S. military," the Wounded Warrior Project said. "Americans began to recognize Memorial Day in 1868, and the country established it as a federal holiday in 1971. Originally known as 'Decoration Day,' the holiday started with communities coming together to decorate the graves of those who died during service."Matthew McConaughey Sends Strong 1-Word Message on Memorial Day first appeared on Men's Journal on May 26, 2025
Euronews
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Euronews
'Walking Tall' and three-time James Bond star dies aged 89
Celebrated American actor Joe Don Baker has died at the age of 89. A cause of death has not been disclosed. Best known for his role as the justice-seeking sheriff Buford Pusser in the 1973 vigilante film Walking Tall, Joe Don Baker leaves behind him a lasting legacy of screen roles. The late actor's obituary reads: 'Joe Don was a beacon of kindness and generosity. His intellectual curiosity made him a voracious reader, inspiring a great love of nature and animals, particularly cats. Throughout his life, Joe Don touched many lives with his warmth and compassion, leaving an indelible mark on everyone fortunate enough to know him.' Born on 12 February 1936 in Groesbeck, Texas, Baker played football for North Texas State College and, upon graduating in 1959, served a two-year stint in the Army before moving to New York City to study acting at the Actor's Studio. He would remain a lifelong member of the famed organization. During his long career, until his retirement in 2012, he performed in 57 movies, starring in Walking Tall, Mitchell and his last film role in Jeff Nichols' acclaimed coming-of-age drama, also starring Matthew McConaughey, Mud – for which he won the Robert Altman Award. He also appeared in Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear, Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! and performed in numerous television productions, including a starring role in the popular series Eischied, Mission: Impossible, Gunsmoke, and in the acclaimed British television production of Edge of Darkness, which earned him a Best Actor nomination from the British Academy of Television. Many film fans will remember Joe Don Baker for appearing in not one but three James Bond films of the 1980s and 90s. He played the villainous Brad Whitaker in The Living Daylights (1987) opposite Timothy Dalton as James Bond – earning the distinction of being the first American Bond villain. He then switched sides by playing 007's CIA ally Jack Wade in both GoldenEye (1995) and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), opposite Pierce Brosnan as Bond. Joe Don Baker was married to Maria Dolores Rivero-Torres from 1969 until their 1980 divorce. They did not have children and he is survived by relatives in Groesbeck.
