Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
To have one film competing at the Cannes Film Festival is a privilege.
To have two, Matthew McConaughey says, is wonderful good fortune — and the reward for a spell of hard labor in the trenches of independent cinema.In Lee Daniels' steamy Southern noir "The Paperboy," McConaughey plays a journalist who returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a murder.In Jeff Nichols' "Mud," which screened Saturday as the festival's final competition entry, he is a story-spinning fugitive holed up on an island in the Mississippi who is befriended by two local boys.McConaughey laughs when asked if having two movies competing for the Palme d'Or gives him divided loyalties."That would be a high-class problem," he said. "I'm really, really endeared to both of them for different reasons — and they're very, very different from each other."I'm very honored. I've got two films that I'm proud of, two experiences that I really loved, and I've got two characters that I really care about."The two films take...Are you ready for summer? Hollywood sure is and they have a slate of scorching hot blockbusters bursting to prove it. Batman and Spider-man are suiting up for box of...
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