• Matt Damon closes entire Brooklyn Heights block to move into new penthouse

    Matt Damon closes entire Brooklyn Heights block to move into new penthouse

    As if things weren’t tough enough on the streets of New York — Matt Damon has brought havoc to Brooklyn Heights by moving into his luxury penthouse. The Oscar winner brought in quite the production — closing down an entire street on Tuesday — including an enormous crane, which reached over 14 stories, to lift …
  • Matt Damon isn’t happy Jimmy Kimmel is taking a break from talk show

    Matt Damon isn’t happy Jimmy Kimmel is taking a break from talk show

    Jimmy Kimmel may be committed to his family, but he’s bailing on his long-running gag with Matt Damon. In a clip from Thursday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” in which the late-night host details his upcoming summer hiatus, a robed and face-masked Damon slips out of a bedroom inside Kimmel’s home to chide him for …
  • Ben Affleck, Matt Damon visit Breonna Taylor memorial with their families

    Ben Affleck, Matt Damon visit Breonna Taylor memorial with their families

    Ben Affleck and Matt Damon put their good will on full display Friday while visiting a memorial honoring slain Kentucky EMT Breonna Taylor on what would have been her 27th birthday.  The former co-stars-turned-doting-dads each brought two of their kids, while Damon’s wife Luciana Barroso and a relative also joined the outing.  The group, all …
  • Matt Damon talks quarantining in Ireland: ‘It’s like a fairy tale here’

    Matt Damon talks quarantining in Ireland: ‘It’s like a fairy tale here’

    Matt Damon is smitten with the seaside suburb of Dalkey, Ireland, where he, his wife, Luciana Barroso, and three youngest daughters have been in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic. “It feels like a fairy tale here,” the “Contagion” star told local radio station Spin 1038. “This is one of the most beautiful places we’ve ever …
  • Matt Damon: Coronavirus was predictable because of ‘Contagion’

    Matt Damon: Coronavirus was predictable because of ‘Contagion’

    The coronavirus pandemic doesn’t surprise Matt Damon. The 49-year-old actor told an Ireland radio show that the development of COVID-19 could’ve been predicted given his 2011 film “Contagion” — which centers on a fictional deadly virus that spreads around the world. “Anybody who says you couldn’t have predicted this, just look at ‘Contagion.’ Ten years …
  • Matt Damon reveals his stepdaughter, Alexia, contracted coronavirus

    Matt Damon reveals his stepdaughter, Alexia, contracted coronavirus

    Matt Damon revealed his stepdaughter, Alexia, tested positive coronavirus while he was quarantining in Ireland. “Our oldest daughter’s in college. Obviously, that’s been shut down, but she’s in New York City. She had COVID really early on along with her roommates and got through it fine,” Damon, 49, said on SPIN 1038’s “Fully Charged.” Damon …
  • How movie characters put up with self-isolation

    How movie characters put up with self-isolation

    We’ve all used our weeks-long coronavirus quarantines for a variety of pursuits: family bonding, meditation, counting down the days until we’re no longer in this God-forsaken quarantine. But as our list of confinement activities starts to dwindle, perhaps we can get inspired by the movies. Nobody does productive loneliness quite like film characters, whether it’s …
  • The real ‘Molly’s Game’: Inside Tobey Maguire’s high-stakes underground poker ring

    The real ‘Molly’s Game’: Inside Tobey Maguire’s high-stakes underground poker ring

    Tobey Maguire wanted to take down Hollywood. Back in 2005, the “Spider-Man” star collaborated with a card cheat-turned-TV producer named Houston Curtis to create a regular poker game for themselves and their rich pals where as much as a few million bucks could be in play on any night. The alleged goal, according to Curtis’s …
  • ‘Contagion’ cast PSAs urge vigilance against coronavirus: ‘Your life depends on it’

    ‘Contagion’ cast PSAs urge vigilance against coronavirus: ‘Your life depends on it’

    In an apparent effort to glean what one might expect from a deadly viral pandemic, streams of the 2011 film “Contagion” spiked earlier this month, placing the eerily prophetic flick near the top of many streaming services’ most-watched lists. Perhaps now realizing the power they wielded, stars of the film, including Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, …