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Matt Damon loved renewing his wedding vows in front of his family (IrishCentral)

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:33:24 PDT

Matt DamonThe 42-year-old actor and his wife Luciana Barroso - who married in 2005 and raise four daughters, Alexia, 14, Isabella, six, Gia, four, and two-year-old Stella, together – held a ceremony at the Sugar Beach resort in St Lucia earlier this month where they celebrated their wedding againAccording to People, Matt said: "It's nice to say your vows in front of family That's the point of taking the vows READ MORE

Matt Damon has received the 2013 Harvard Arts Medal (IrishCentral)

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:48:18 PDT

Matt Damon has received the 2013 Harvard Arts MedalAlthough the 42-year-old actor dropped out of the prestigious university to pursue his Hollywood ambitions, Matt received the accolade on Thursday for his work with the arts'Third Rock From The Sun' actor John Lithgow - who also attended Harvard - presided over the ceremony, where he spoke about Matt's time at the educational institutionPrevious winners of the Harvard Arts Medal include Tommy Lee Jones, Jack Lemmon, and Yo-Yo MaMatt Damon and his wife Luciana - who raise four daughters, Alexia, 14, Isabella, six, Gia, four, and two-year-old Stella, together - recently listed their seven-bedroom property for $20 million, $9 READ MORE

Matt Damon once thought George Clooney had pranked him - but he'd just got fat (IrishCentral)

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:03:28 PDT

Matt Damon The 'Bourne Identity' star was convinced his good friend and infamous joker George had gone into his wardrobe and swapped his suit for a smaller size - but he was dismayed to discover he had simply piled on the poundsHe admitted: "A couple of years ago I hadn't been working out and I'd got kind of fat I had to go to a function and when I tried on my suit, it was too tight"My immediate thought was that my buddy George Clooney had hired someone to get into my closet and cut down my clothes READ MORE

Matt Damon has put his Miami Beach home on the market for $20 million (IrishCentral)

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:33:17 PDT

Matt Damon has put his Miami Beach home on the market for $20 millionThe 42-year-old actor and his wife Luciana - who raise four daughters, Alexia, 14, Isabella, six, Gia, four, and two-year-old Stella, together - have listed their seven-bedroom property for $97 million more than they paid for it in 2005According to the LA Times newspaper the 'Behind the Candelabra' star's mansion boasts a swimming pool, pool house, a courtyard entrance, home cinema, wine cellar, rooftop terrace, boat dock and 10 bathroomsThere is also a two-bedroom guesthouse on the grounds of the Mediterranean-style estate called Maravilla, which looks out on Biscayne Bay READ MORE

‘Elysium’ actor Matt Damon says fatigue is the hardest part of parenthood (IrishCentral)

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:33:07 PDT

Matt Damon finds being a father exhaustingThe actor has three daughters - Isabella, six, Gia Zalava, four and Stella Zavala, two - with his wife Luciana Barroso and admitted lack of sleep is like waiting for the Navy SEALS to attackHe told Independent Radar magazine: "[Fatherhood] is something I've always wanted to do Although sleeplessness is the toughest part"Sometimes you're looking at the clock in the middle of the night and it's the time the Navy SEALS are usually sent to kill you READ MORE

‘Argo’ director Ben Affleck is ‘pretty jealous’ that Matt Damon kissed Michael Douglas (IrishCentral)

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:18:08 PDT

Ben Affleck is 'pretty jealous' that Matt Damon kissed Michael DouglasThe 'Argo' star - who is married to actress Jennifer Garner, with whom he shares daughters Violet, seven, and Seraphina, five, and 13-month-old son Samuel - joked that he was very envious that 68-year-old Michael got to lock lips with his best pal in their new movie 'Behind the Candelabra'The 40-year-old actor and director told E! News at the premiere of his new movie 'To The Wonder' on Tuesday night: "Pretty jealous, pretty jealous"It burns me up You know, I feel the envy in my heart READ MORE

Matt Damon to renew his wedding vows in St. Lucia (IrishCentral)

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:18:38 PDT

Matt DamonThe 42-year-old actor and his spouse Luciana - who raise four daughters, Alexia, 14, Isabella, six, Gia, four, and two-year-old Stella, together - have set a date for the ceremony, which will take place at the Sugar Beach resort in St LuciaAccording to the New York Post newspaper, Matt - who married Luciana in a small ceremony in 2005 - has spent $1 million hiring the resort exclusively and guests flying out for the big day include his best friend Ben Affleck and his wife Jennifer Garner, and Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney and his partner Stacy KeiblerIt was recently claimed that the couple had used an alias to hire out the resort READ MORE

Matt Damon and wife Luciana Barroso set to renew their wedding vows during Caribbean getaway (IrishCentral)

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:32:23 PDT

Matt Damon and wife Luciana BarrosoThe couple - who raise four daughters, Alexia, 14, Isabella, six, Gia, four, and two-year-old Stella, together – are planning a huge bash on the island of St Lucia next month after Matt hired out the entire Sugar Beach resort for the couple and their closest friends and familyA staff member at Sugar beach told MailOnline: “The hotel was booked under a different name to Damon“We were told that it was a Mr and Mrs Naff getting married READ MORE

Matthew McConaughey 'pi**ed off' with pal Lance Armstrong (IrishCentral)

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 05:31:03 PST

Lance Armstrong and Matthew McConaugheyActor Matthew McConaughey is reportedly "pi**ed off" with his longtime pal and disgraced cycler Lance Armstrong in the wake of the athlete's admission of doping while competingDespite being angry with Armstrong, McConaughey is also reportedly feels sorry for him and relieved that he never confided in himMcConaughey told MTV News at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah: "My first reaction was I was p***ed off I was mad READ MORE

‘Good Will Hunting’ star Matt Damon to guest star on 'House of Lies' (IrishCentral)

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:10:04 PST

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

'The 'Promised Land' actor will play himself on the Showtime TV comedy, where he will reunite with his 'Ocean's Eleven' co-star Don Cheadle, as he hires a management firm to help his start a charity so he can compete with George Clooney, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Shane MacGowan was so drunk while filming the video for 'Fairytale of New York' that Matt Dillon had to hold him up (IrishCentral)

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 05:30:25 PST

Shane MacGowanThe Irish hellraiser enlisted the Hollywood actor to star as a policeman in the video accompanying his festive song but Matt, 48, revealed Shane was so intoxicated as they filmed it in a New York police station, he had to hold him upMatt said: "There was a pile of drinking going on That's The Pogues - drinking"Even if I'd wanted to catch up, I couldn't because they were so out there READ MORE

Dream team George Clooney and Matt Damon reunite for 'The Monuments Men' (IrishCentral)

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:47:03 PST

By: MICHELLE K. SMITH

Matt Damon may join up with George Clooney in Clooney’s new film “The Monuments Men” to retrieve artwork stolen by Nazis, according to Deadline. Clooney is directing and starring in the film.

Ben Affleck had to take a break from working with Matt Damon (IrishCentral)

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 05:31:00 PST

Ben AffleckThe pair got their break in Hollywood writing and starring in 'Good Will Hunting' and subsequently worked on a number of films together, but he felt they needed some time apart so they could both develop their respective careersBen, 40, said: "We wanted to have our own identities; this whole Matt and Ben thing was so strong it kind of upstaged whatever the movie was"I think it's been long enough now, so we're about to do this movie together called Whitey, about this famous gangster [Whitey Bulger] in America Matt's going to play him and I'm going to direct READ MORE

Ben Affleck finds working with his old friend and “Good Will Hunting” partner Matt Damon easy (IrishCentral)

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:45:47 PDT

Ben Affleck & Matt DamonThe 40-year-old actor and director - who is tipped to win an Oscar next year for his latest movie 'Argo' - said that working with his 42-year-old best friend takes the pressure off because they know each other so well and always tell each other the truthHe told E! News at the Artios Awards in Beverly Hills last night (291012): "The nice thing about working with Matt, somebody that you've known a long time, is you don't have to worry about how you're going to get along or what the process is going to be like READ MORE

Matt Damon says his happiest moments were in bed making his children (IrishCentral)

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:15:26 PST

Matt DamonThe 'Contagion' actor has three daughters, Isabella, five, Gia, three and Stella, 14 months with his wife Luciana Barroso and is also stepfather to her daughter Alexia, 12, from a previous relationship and the Hollywood hunk says his family are the most important part of his lifeAsked by Vanity Fair for their Proust questionnaire, when and where he was happiest, Matt answered: "In our bed, making our children, and in the hospital watching them being born"Matt also revealed his personal motto is "Don't be a d-bag"---------------Read more: More celebrity gossip from IrishCentralIrishCentral's top ten Irish mob movies - SEE VIDEOS Demi Moore and Adam Brody set to join porn-star biopic ‘Lovelace’ ---------------Matt has previously revealed he loves being surrounded by females even though his daughters find it easy to manipulate him READ MORE

Matt Damon slams Barack Obama for not having enough 'balls' (IrishCentral)

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:00:25 PST

Matt Damon & Barack Obama ((Courtesy of NY DailyNews/Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images; Bloomberg)The 'We Bought The 'We Bought The 'We Bought A Zoo' actor was a huge supporter of Obama in the run-up to him winning the US presidency election in November 2008 but says he's been disappointed in how he has run the countryHe told America's ELLE magazine: "I've talked to a lot of people who worked for Obama at the grassroots level One of them said to me, 'Never again I will never be fooled again by a politician READ MORE

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon team up for biopic on ‘Whitey’ Bulger – VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:20:07 PDT

By: BUZZ BRADY

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are teaming up to make a biopic based on the life of the notorious Boston criminal Whitey Bulger.

Matt Damon wanted Ben Affleck to "fire" himself from his new film, 'Argo' (IrishCentral)

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:00:16 PDT

Matt and BenThe 'Contagion' actor wants to work with his 'Good Will Hunting' writing partner again and is jealous of the role Ben has cast himself in for his next directorial endeavorHe said: "Ben's making a great movie now called 'Argo' It's really, really good"I can't get him to put me in it because he took the best role READ MORE

Irish bookies Paddy Power gives Matt Damon good odds in U.S. Presidential race (IrishCentral)

Tue, 16 Aug 2011 05:26:49 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

The odds that Matt Damon could become the next president of the U.S. are 100-to-1, according to Ireland’s largest bookmaker Paddy Power.

Michael Moore urges Matt Damon to run against Obama (IrishCentral)

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:09:43 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Irish American commentator Michael Moore has urged actor Matt Damon to run against Obama in the Democratic primary in 2012 .