Dumbass Matt Damon opens mouth, world face palms Matt Damon and Ben Affleck used to have a show called Project Greenlight, in which they and a panel of filmmakers chose a script and a director and set them loose with a small budget to make a movie. It aired three seasons on Bravo from 2001-2005, and the only By Sarah • Sep 15, 2015 08:04 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: The Martian The last time I outright enjoyed a Ridley Scott movie, no reservations, no qualifications or conditions, was American Gangster in 2007. Since then he’s given us Grimdark Robin Hood, the space-magic bullsh*t of Prometheus, and the super messy but ambitious The Counselor, plus some other stuff no one By Sarah • Sep 14, 2015 09:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Matt’s in town The Martian premieres tonight at TIFF. Sarah saw it today but she’s got four films on her schedule so her review for it will be posted on Monday. Her review for Jake Gyllenhaal’s Demolition is coming up soon. Ahead of the gala, Matt Damon and the cast of By Lainey • Sep 11, 2015 03:04 pm
BFFs Matt Damon is alone in The Martian A new trailer for The Martian has just been released. Normally I’m not big on space movies, like Gravity. Because all that open …space-ness? Scares the sh-t out of me. But then again, I can’t “science the sh-t” out of anything so being helpless and useless is basically By Lainey • Aug 19, 2015 10:10 am
TV Updates Matt Damon: Ben Affleck’s constant We’ll start here – which is what was supposed to be the only news story about Ben Affleck last night and today, and for a change, a good news story. The premiere of Project Greenlight season 4, The Leisure Class for HBO, a project that Ben and his bff, Matt By Lainey • Aug 11, 2015 09:52 am
Media Manipulation Now this is how you tease a movie with Matt Damon & Jessica Chastain Yesterday I expressed annoyance with Zoolander 2 for wasting everyone’s time (and Paramount’s money) with a teaser trailer that was nothing. If you can’t illuminate some aspect of the film itself, don’t bother—wait until you actually have something to say about your movie before opening By Sarah • Aug 05, 2015 11:30 am
Matt Damon Matt Damon’s ponytail…and Andy Lau! My head is exploding right now. Not because Matt Damon has a ponytail (although that’s some impressively thick hair, non?). But because Matt Damon and Andy Lau are shooting a movie together. Matt Damon and Andy Lau are at a press conference together. Matt Damon and Andy Lau are By Lainey • Jul 02, 2015 11:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Martian: Also NOPE I called Everest a big bag of NOPE after watching the first trailer, and after sitting through Fox’s three minute-plus first trailer for The Martian, I am adding this movie to the NOPE bag, too. Directed by Ridley Scott, The Martian is based on Andy Weir’s novel (adapted By Sarah • Jun 08, 2015 12:49 pm
BFFs Matt Damon’s Super Bowl weekend You know anyone who doesn’t like Matt Damon? Everybody likes Matt Damon, right? Almost everybody has their detractors. But you never really hear anyone go off about how they can’t stand Matt Damon. Matt Damon and Adele. Here’s Matt Damon with wife Luciana at the ACE Awards By Lainey • Feb 02, 2015 01:01 pm
Amazingness Boston celebrities talk about Tom Brady’s balls Deflategate, in which the New England Patriots are accused of deflating footballs because OH MY GOD WHO CARES. It’s the stupidest sports controversy in recent memory and I’m pretty sure it’s only a thing because there is no other interesting narrative around this Super Bowl. But it By Sarah • Jan 30, 2015 01:03 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Shedding body fat Hi Hayley, Recently I had the opportunity to use a "bod pod," which assessed my body fat %/age. A quick summary: I'm 30, 5'10" and weigh 156 (that goes as high as 160 on any given day depending on what I've By Hayley • Jan 29, 2015 03:55 pm
Lifestyle Smutty Fitness: Binge exercising Dear Hayley, I'm 27 and for a long time, I was a yo-yo dieter. I struggled with binge eating, and would also go through long stretches where I'd become obsessed with eating healthy and exercising and would lose 25 pounds. And then gain it all back By Hayley • Nov 14, 2014 10:43 am
BFFs Matt & Ben cross swords Not making that up. He said it. Matt Damon said it. I didn’t say it. On Monday I posted photos of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck on the red carpet at the Project Greenlight event and I wrote in that article that I know you’re out there – the By Lainey • Nov 13, 2014 01:23 pm
Ben Affleck Matt & Ben together again You know who you are. There are a lot of you who love this, who nostalgia for this – Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, and how you like them apples. Matt and Ben were together again on Friday night at the Project Greenlight event for HBO. It’s not often they’ By Lainey • Nov 10, 2014 12:36 pm
BFFs Intro for September 26, 2014 Dear Gossips, George Clooney is getting married this weekend. Canals in Venice will be shut down. By Monday the city will start floating on Casamigos Tequila. Here’s Matt Damon arriving with his wife Luciana. If Damon’s there, I can’t imagine John Krasinski and Emily Blunt not being By Lainey • Sep 26, 2014 10:01 am
Matt Damon Looking good, Matt Damon Matt Damon was one of the celebrity speakers at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York today. Damon has been actively involved in raising awareness and support for those who do not have access to clean water and sanitation in developing countries. The statistic he’s shared many times, quite By Lainey • Sep 23, 2014 04:49 pm
