This is not a joke. Matthew McConaughey has been tabbed the Minister of Culture at the University of Texas for the new basketball facility. The facility won't be open, or even built, for several years, but that hasn't stopped McConaughey from getting started...
By this point in a big film’s marketing cycle, we typically would have seen a couple trailers, a ton of posters, lengthy magazine pieces, the works. In contrast, there has been so little concrete info out there on The Dark Tower, which opens in theaters in almost exactly three months, that some people (like, y’know, me) began to doubt whether the movie would open on time, or even if it existed at all.
There are rumors swirling that Charlie Strong, coach of UT's football team, is about to be fired. An Austin TV reporter found Texas' no. 1 fan and asked his opinion.
Matthew McConaughey has an Oscar; his name and “Academy Award Winner” is the first thing you see in this teaser for Gold. But I think he wants more. Everytime he says “gold” in this clip for Gold, about a guy who wants gold and tries to find gold and get rich by getting gold, I hear gold statue. It’s the largest gold find of the decade! There‘s no way to possibly describe the feeling! It’s amazing how a little gold can change everything!