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Yahoo Entertainment
Matthew McConaughey says he fully embraced being Hollywood’s rom-com ‘go-to guy’: ‘You damn right I am’
Matthew McConaughey is opening up about his run as Hollywood’s rom-com guy in the ’00s — and how he fully embraced it. Until he didn’t. Discussing that era on Apple Music’s Beyond the Influence Radio With Tim McGraw, the Oscar winner recalled, “I’m successful at rom-coms. The go-to guy at rom-coms. I’m living in a pad in Malibu, surfing on the beach shirtless. I’m shirtless rom-com McConaughey and I’m like, ‘You damn right I am. Those rom-coms are paying for these houses that I’m renting on the beach, baby. Guilty. Come on.'”
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Associated Press
Officials: Man in boy road rage killing admitted firing gun
A Southern California man charged with killing a 6-year-old boy in a road rage incident last month told police he pulled out a gun and fired at a car on the freeway after he got angry with a driver who made a rude gesture, prosecutors said. Orange County prosecutors wrote in a court document filed Wednesday that murder suspect Marcus Eriz, 24, told police on June 6 that he grabbed the loaded gun, rolled down the window and shot at the car driven by a woman who gestured toward him on a freeway while he was on his way to work on May 21. The shot killed 6-year-old Aiden Leos while he sat in a booster seat in the back of his mother’s car on his way to kindergarten, prosecutors have said.
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The Daily Beast
Pilot Sensationally Confesses to Wife’s Murder Moments After Her Funeral, Cops Say
Instagram/Babis AnagnostopoulosFor over a month, Babis Anagnostopoulos has insisted a group of thieves tortured and murdered his wife in front of their 11-month-old daughter.The 32-year-old Greek pilot said the grisly May 11 slaying of 20-year-old Caroline Crouch occurred after three intruders broke into their home near Athens and tied him up. Before they left with £10,000 in cash, the thieves held a gun to his daughter’s head before strangling Crouch, Anagnostopoulos claimed, according to local
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Associated Press
Defend NY: Jets bond while supporting Islanders in playoffs
The New York Islanders had their jumbo-sized man advantage in the stands again at the Old Barn. Several Jets players were at Nassau Coliseum on Thursday night to root on the Islanders during their 2-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 3 of their NHL semifinal playoff series. Rookie quarterback Zach Wilson has been among those who have attended a handful of Islanders playoff games this postseason — to bond off the football field and to show support for the hockey team.
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Axios
Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday
“Great nations don’t ignore their most painful moments,” President Biden said before signing legislation Thursday that establishes Juneteenth as a federal holiday, just two days before the occasion.Why it matters: The holiday, which will be known as Juneteenth National Independence Day, is now the 11th annual federal holiday and the first one established since the creation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subs
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The Daily Beast
The Spectacular Failure of the MyPillow Guy’s Mask Operation
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Photos via GettyMyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s charity and business combo venture to make and sell COVID-19 masks has cost him millions of dollars, according to the increasingly far-right conservative figure.Today his company is sitting on millions of unsold face coverings, which he now despises and wants to burn.“I can’t give them away,” Lindell told The Daily Beast in a phone interview this week. “I tried to. No one wants the things anymore.”Lindell, who clai