Matthew McConaughey Pulls Out of the Race for Governor of Texas: It Was ‘Humbling and Inspiring’

Comedy is coming to Motherwell Concert Hall and Theatre next month with a old Scottish favourite and two stand-up stars.

Coronation Street star Jack P Shepherd has told of the embarrassing moment he realised he had tapped a Hollywood star on their behind.

Reading fans have got their wish after blocking their own team bus in midweek as manager Veljko Paunovic has been sacked.The Championship club have been struggling near the bottom of the table this season and a run of 11 league games without a win prompted a protest on Wednesday (February 16).Supporters surrounded the coach carrying Paunovic and his squad as they attempted to leave after their 0-0 draw away at Peterborough.Despite making their feelings abundantly clear, the Royals' board stuck by the Serbian and he remained in charge for their trip to Preston on Saturday (February 19).However, despite winning that match 3-2, Reading have now cut ties with Paunovic. A club statement read: "Reading Football Club can confirm that the contract of first team manager Veljko Paunovic has been terminated by mutual consent."The Serbian was appointed as manager of the Royals in late August 2020 and without fans in the stands to support him or his side, we sustained a push for promotion for much of his maiden campaign in the Championship - only for our play-off hopes to fade in the final few weeks of 2020-21.Who should replace him? Let us know in the comments section."This season, somewhat understandably, has proven more difficult."Having to help lead the club through strict transfer embargo restrictions and contract limitations, an injury crisis like never before seen at our club, a global pandemic and the challenge of a six-point deduction imposed by the EFL."For these reasons, owner Mr Dai Yongge wanted to afford Veljko time to turn around a poor recent run of results that now sees us in a battle for second tier survival.

Netflix" especially as her family helped her to buy her first property, which cost her £51,000 when she was 21.But Georgina Carson, now 25, agrees with Allsopp’s claims by saying “most young people don’t want to make sacrifices”, the Manchester Evening News reports.She and her 27-year-old fiancé Freddy Quinn, bought their first home three years ago for £82,500 in Wigan.The couple scrimped and saved, missing night’s out and living with their parents, to put down a 5% deposit on the three-bed terrace home.After purchasing the property the pair spent six months renovating it - which cost them around £7,000.They then sold the house for £115K, making £32,500 in profit, and moved onto a second property which they plan to flip and sell.Speaking to the MEN, Georgina said: "it's all about priorities. Whilst saving for our first house my partner and I were both earning just over £20,000 a year, so not an extravagant wage."We put away savings every month and managed to save about £1,000 per month between us.“When we got the keys, we moved into the house straight away and lived in it whilst we were renovating."We didn’t even have a bed, we just had a mattress on the floor and were living very basic."We had to wait to get paid every month to buy things to renovate the house.

Saturday Night Takeaway is at the forefront of everyones minds and the dynamic duo are preparing to dominate TV screens once again.

Shamima Begum.The documentary maker, 51, wants to grill her on her time with the terrorist group and her regrets.He told the Daily Star Sunday: “ISIS is the story I missed when that was going on.“I’d like to interview a bigot who is still signed up to it. Or a regretful Jihadi like Shamima Begum.”Louis has been keen to make a show about ISIS for years.He added: “I tried to get out there in the hope I would be able to interview some of the repentant jihadis and that’s never happened.“I would have interviewed anyone in a position of authority there.”Louis also wants to quiz Hollywood icon Tom Cruise about his involvement with controversial religion Scientology.He said: “I’d love to interview Tom Cruise – only because of my history with Scientology.“I feel as though people are either scared to ask him about it or they feel like it would create an awkward mood.“I just think someone talking to him about what’s really going on in Scientology would be really valid.”This comes weeks after Shamima Begum offered to help Boris Johnson fight terrorism so kids do not repeat her mistakes.Shamima left her family in the UK with two of her friends to join Islamic State in Syria when she was just 15.Three weeks after leaving England and arriving in Syria, Shamima married an IS fighter.Years later, she says that she is reformed and remains hopeful of forgiveness and the chance to return home to London from Syria.In her latest interview with GB News, the now 22-year-old said she thinks she has what it takes to stop others being radicalised by ISIS.When asked if she would share her story, Begum told filmmaker Andrew Drury: "Of course.

Mod Sun and Avril Lavigne are all smiles on the way to see his new documentary!

The new series America’s Got Talent: Extreme will be premiering on Monday night (February 21) and we have the scoop on the show’s judges and host.

Corey Gamble has been the latest famous face to appear on Kanye West's social media, as the rapper called him "godless." Corey is in a relationship with Kris Jenner, the mother of his estranged wife Kim Kardashian. In a longwinded Instagram post, Kanye claimed he had to remove Corey from his daughter Chicago's birthday party last month.

Eddie Redmayne is enjoying a day out in London.

Tiffany Haddish is back in the public spotlight after her recent DUI arrest.

Ricky Gervais is ready to shock when he goes back on tour.He has written new material on taboo subjects, including near-the-knuckle jokes about dwarfs, the disabled, Muslims and gay people.Other gags tackle controversial topics such as rape, the migrant crisis and climate change.And he will poke fun at big names including Game Of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage and the late Stephen Hawking.The comic wants to take risks because it is one of the few things that gives him a thrill now he’s in his 60s.He said: “It gives me an adrenaline rush. I think, ‘Can I say that?’.

Donald Glover and two of his writers say experienced racial harassment on the first day the crew was in London last year to film season 3.During a news conference at the Television Critics Association, co-writers Stefani Robinson and Stephen Glover — Donald's brother and also executive producer of the hit FX series — addressed the incident that shocked them so much they didn't immediately realize what had transpired.«It was the first night there,» Stephen said via. «This group of people walks up.

Actress Dana Delany is sharing how friend Bob Saget's death taught her to be extra cautious when dealing with a recent injury. The star, who was a good friend of Saget's for over 30 years, took to Twitter Friday showing off a black eye she got after falling down a staircase.

Nobody smells quite like Matthew McConaughey.

After Deadline revealed last weekend that the 80-year old Don Phillips died of natural causes on Thanksgiving Day, two actors whose careers he played a key role launching have written a tribute for us. Phillips was renowned for his eye, in casting and/or producing such films as Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon (he encouraged holding out for relatively unknown John Cazale to be available), Animal House and Melvin and Howard, Phillips was integral in McConaughey getting the breakthrough role of Wooderson in the Richard Linklater-directed Dazed and Confused, and Penn getting the role of Spicoli in Fast Times At Ridgemont High.

Matthew McConaughey has decided against throwing his hat into the political ring “at the moment.” The Oscar winner, 52, announced on Sunday that he will not be running for governor of Texas. “Over the past two years, I’ve been working on the answer to the question of how I can be most useful in this life going forward.

politics, the 52-year-old Oscar-winning actor suggested he can instead make a difference and ‘be most useful in this life’ in other ways.In March Matthew said he was ‘absolutely’ considering throwing his hat into the ring, and explained during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon: ‘It’s something I’m giving consideration – absolutely.‘What an honourable thing to even be able to consider.

True Detective star, a born-and-raised Texan, had been contacting influential people in Texas’ political circles as part of his “true consideration” for a gubernatorial run.The governor election will take place on November 8, 2022, and recent head-to-head polls saw McConaughey eight points ahead of Republican incumbent governor Greg Abbott and 20 points ahead of Democratic rival Beto O’Rourke.However, McConaughey has decided against running for now, as he revealed in a video message posted to Instagram.“As a simple kid born in the little town of Uvalde, Texas, it never occurred to me that I would one day be considered for political leadership,” McConaughey said in the video, which you can watch below.A post shared by Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey has given an answer to those who've been asking whether or not he'll be running for governor in the state of Texas. It seems now is not the right time for the actor.The Oscar-winner took to Instagram on Sunday to share an inspirational video with his fans, and explained that he's been giving the possibility a lot of thought recently.«Over the past two years, I've been working on the answer to the question of how I can be most useful in this life, going forward.

Matthew McConaughey will not be running for the position of Texas governor in 2022.