The controversial tourist: Matt Damon attends bullfight in Mexico City

He is known for his humanitarian and charity work.
So it was perhaps a little surprising to see Matt Damon in the crowd at a Mexican bull fight yesterday.
The controversial spectacle, in which bulls are baited in a ring for entertainment, took place in La Monumental bullring stadium in Mexico City.

Cultural experience: Matt Damon watched a bullfight at Mexico's La Monumental Bullring Stadium

Damon, 41, blended into the crowd in a casual outfit of black baseball cap, hooded top and jeans.
Despite the rather controversial nature of the event, the actor looked a little uninterested in the action, and was at one point spotted yawning in the crowd.
According to Radar, Damon was at the event with a few friends,sipping a drink and occasionally applauded the action in the ring.

A face in the crowd: Matt Damon watched a bullfight at Mexico's La Monumental Bullring Stadium

Where's Damon? Matt watched the action in the ring from his stadium seat

However, the star won't be popular with animal rights group PETA for attending the bullfight.
On their website, they describe bullfighting as  'inaccurate term for events in which there is very little competition between a nimble, sword-wielding matador (Spanish for 'killer') and a confused, maimed, psychologically tormented, and physically debilitated animal.'
The star was taking a break from shooting his new movie Elysium in Mexico.

Unimpressed: Damon yawns and takes a sip of his drink as he watches the fight

Matt-a-dor: Damon watched the action unfold in the ring, although animal activists regularly condemn the practice

Low key: The actor looked casual in a black baseball cap and black hooded top

He is said by the Hollywood Reporter to be playing an ex-convict in the film which is set to be released in 2013.

The movie's plot has been kept closely under wraps but is said to be set on another planet and also stars Jodie Foster and Diego Luna.
Damon will next be seen alongside Scarlett Johansson and Elle Fanning in dramatic film We Bought A Zoo which is released in the U.S. on December 23.

Filming break: Damon had some time off from filming his new movie Elysium in the Central American city

Hollywood salutes Bourne star Matt Damon as he receives award from 'hetero-lifemate' Ben Affleck

Matt Damon was saluted by best pal Ben Affleck and a host of celebrity friends as he picked up a prestigious American Cinematheque Award.
The Oscar winning Bourne Identity hero, 39, was the butt of many a joke during the comedy evening, by movie greats such as George Clooney, Clint Eastwood and Robin Williams.
He withstood a barrage of jibes, although the glitzy annual event also featured a serious message of thanks for Damon's contribution to the film industry and his humanitarian work.

Double act: Matt Damon, left, was honoured last night by the world of film when he was handed a American Cinematheque Award by his best friend Ben Affleck

Childhood friends: Damon and Affleck grew up together, dreaming of making it big in Hollywood

Former US President Bill Clinton also gave a recorded tribute.
At the end of the night, Damon's own entertaining acceptance speech was cut short when he was jokingly shoved off stage by an actor with whom he had made a spoof movie trailer with for the show.
'I think everyone who works in this industry feels lucky to do what they do,' said Damon.
'This is quite a night for me that they are giving me this honour. It is all about supporting the work that they do.'
Damon, a father-of-two whose wife Luciana looked on proudly, joked about his much talked about 'bromance' with childhood buddy Affleck.

Standing ovation: The Good Will Hunting star goes up to collect his gong

During his speech, he said: 'To get the award from Ben, my 'hetero-lifemate', I can honestly say that next year at this time I think there's a good chance that Ben will be here - presenting this award to someone else.'
Speaking to audience member Robin Williams, who he starred alongside in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting, he added: 'You'll always to be like a teacher to me - a very hairy and emotionally unstable teacher - but a teacher none the less.'
Host Jimmy Kimmel had kicked off proceedings with a series of mock insults directed at Damon.
'This is ridiculous giving salute to someone under 40,' he said. 'Next year lets give it to Vanessa Hudgens.
'I don't have much so say about Matt Damon, just like he didn't have much to say in Oceans 11, 12 and 13.'

Comedy: Damon's Ocean trilogy co-star George Clooney did a recorded message where he pretended to be in the midst of prostate surgery

Damon's co-star Clint Eastwood, who himself has not received the coveted lifetime achievement award, watched from the audience.
'You're telling me Matt Damon is better than Clint Eastwood?' said Kimmel.
'Even in the movies with the monkey he was better than Matt Damon!'
Invictus star Eastwood also took to the stage to weigh in with his own entertaining words.
'Let me tell you something, Matt Damon is one of the finest, most versatile young actors working out there today.
'The reason I know that when he came to my office to talk about doing Invictus, he said 'Clint, I'm one of the finest, most versatile young actors out there today'.

Shiny in gold: Charlize Theron joked about the film they made together that bombed at the box office, The Legend of Bagger Vance

'I took his word for it! He said 'I don't understand why Morgan Freeman is doing Mandela when I should be playing Mandela.'
Prompting a roar of laughter from the audience, he added: I told him I thought he was too short.'
Damon's Ocean trilogy co-star George Clooney's recorded message sparked a fit of giggles from the audience.
Wearing a hospital gown, the movie hunk claimed to be in the midst of elective prostate surgery and jokingly winced his way through his message.
'Tonight completes you Matt,' he said, through a series of mock painful facial expressions.

Salute: Damon described Robin Williams, who he starred alongside in Good Will Hunting, as like a teacher to him

'You've had some kids, a beautiful wife, an Oscar. But you were always missing something.
'Tonight, all of that ends. Tonight you have an American Cinematheque award (laughs). There's nothing left, nowhere else to go
'I have one of those awards Matt and look at me, I'm happy, I'm complete, the world is my oyster.'
Jerking his groin away from a supposed medic, he yelped: 'Don't touch those!' before congratulating his buddy.
A glamorous Charlize Theron strutted on stage in a gold mini dress, and joked about the box office bomb The Legend of Bagger Vance that she and Damon starred in.

High praise: Clint Eastwood described Damon as one of 'the finest, most versatile young actors working out there today'

'Matt and I are both Academy Award winners,' she told the crowd of A-listers.
'Of course, I got mine in a real category and Matt got him for just typing up Affleck's thoughts.'
Theron drew a round of laughs, referring to the Oscar Damon won with Affleck for writing hit Good Will Hunting.
'Joking aside, I'm actually here to present the serious part of tonight's show, Matt has deeply invested himself in non-profit work making it a personal priority.
'It's really easy to praise Matt as a philanthropist. His involvement in charities has contributed to raising millions of dollars.
'Matt's humanitarian achievements are nothing short of inspirational and I think it's because he truly believes the world can be a better place and it's our responsibility to make it so.'
During Bill Clinton's touching tribute, he said: 'I hope Matt's selfless work will inspire all of us to do more and give more with that same compassion, dedication and perseverance that Matt demonstrates every day.

Evening of laughs: Jennifer Garner is amused by something as she sits next to husband Affleck

'Thanks not only for a raft of great movies, thanks for all the good you do. We salute you.'
Stunning brunette Jennifer Garner made fun of her husband Ben Affleck's close friendship with Damon while up on stage.
'Ben is half of one of the greatest love stories every told,' she said.
'Not with me. The actual prototype for the great Hollywood romance - Matt-and-Ben-Ben-and-Matt.
'I've known Matt-and-Ben-Ben-and-Matt as an entity for a while now, we've all been married to each other for five years and I can tell you that what you hear about their friendship, it's true.
'They grew up together, they did high school drama together, they won an Oscar together.'

'Bro-mance': Damon described Affleck as his 'hetero-lifemate'

A sharply-dressed Affleck then took the microphone, affectionately introducing his pal before handing him the award.
'I kind of started out the same time with the guy, so this is a special night for me too,' he said.
'Seriously though, in Good Will Hunting I was gonna play the main guy, Matt's part.
'But it felt like it was so on the nose to have me play a genius.
'Who could have imagined Matt would be here tonight? No one.
'Not his parents. Always seemed like they liked me a little more. I don't know, maybe it's just me.
'In all seriousness, Matt is a great guy, my best friend
'It's an honour to present the American Cinematheque Award to my friend Matt Damon.'

Matt Damon will certainly be outnumbered as he reveals wife is expecting her FOURTH girl

He was already outnumbered in the family four to one, and now Matt Damon will add another little girl to his all-female brood.
The actor, 40, has confirmed that wife Luciana Barroso is expecting a baby girl - her fourth.
The Oscar winner, who filmed an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman in New York yesterday, is already father to Isabella, four, and Gia, two, and stepfather to Alexia, 11, Luciana's daughter from a previous relationship.

Man of the house: Matt Damon, pictured at the Late Show with David Letterman yesterday, has revealed his wife Luciana is expecting her fourth baby girl

'I'm thrilled,' he said at the premiere of new film Hereafter. 'I can't wait to meet her.'
'Raising girls is amazing. It's a whole new world. There's a lot of princess outfits, not for me though.
'There are huge differences amongst the girls, kids are amazing like that, same parents, same environment but they're all different.
'And with each one it becomes exponentially more complicated.'

'It's a girl!' The actor joked about princess outfits with host David Letterman, and also praised best friend Ben Affleck's recent success with The Town

'It was my big brother and me as kids so I understand boys,' he told Entertainment Tonight this week.
'But with girls it's totally different. They're a different species altogether so I'm learning.'
The actor joked with host David Letterman during his appearance on his show last night, where he impersonated Matthew McConaughey and praised best friend Ben Affleck's new film The Town.

'Thrilled': The 40-year-old Invictus star is already father to Isabella, four, Gia, two, pictured in April, and stepfather to Alexia, 11

'I'm thrilled for the guy. I'm not at all surprised,' said Damon. 'Now I'm kinda relegated to emailing him, asking him for jobs.'
On Sunday, Luciana, 39, accompanied her husband to the New York Festival premiere of the film, helmed by his Invictus director Clint Eastwood.
And while dressing during pregnancy can be difficult for some, Miss Barroso looked effortlessly glamorous in a leopard print dress.

A daring choice on any occasion, the animal print dress clung to her curves as she displayed her neat bump.
Hereafter tells three parallel stories of three different people all affected by death in some way.
Matt plays a man who can communicate with the dead in the film which opens in the U.S. on October 15.

The couple announced the exciting news that they were expecting another baby together back in April.

Ready for her close-up: The couple are now bracing themselves for their 'next little tornado'

The busy actor credits his 'great wife' for helping him juggle his responsibilities.
And he has said: 'We're bracing ourselves for our next little tornado.'
He told People: 'She really keeps it together. We just talk it out and work it all out.

'You say, this is the job and this is the time commitment and this is where it will be. I’m a lot easier to hire if you’re doing movies in New York.'

Star power: Damon with co-stars  Bryce Dallas Howard, Cecile de France and director/producer Clint Eastwood at the closing night premiere of Hereafter

Matt Damon would 'Kiss George W Bush on the mouth for three seconds for his AIDS relief work'...but with no tongues!

Matt Damon wants to kiss George W Bush on the mouth - for three seconds, but no tongue.

That is the surprising reward the former president would receive from the Hollywood star for his work to help AIDS relief in Africa.

Naturally more left-leaning than the 43rd President of the United States, nonetheless, Damon, 41, sees Bush's AIDS relief model as a clear guide for how the Obama administration should work in developing nations.

Voicing his support for the AIDS relief work done by former President George W. Bush, Matt Damon said he would kiss him on the mouth for three seconds

'I would kiss George W. Bush on the mouth for what he did on PEPFAR,' said Damon in an interview with the Atlantic.

'Three seconds. No tongue.'

Referring to the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a plan Bush sanctioned to buy anti-retroviral drugs for AIDS patients in Africa, Damon admitted he wanted to see more from President Obama.

While it is unknown what the former Republican Commander-In-Chief's reaction would be to Matt Damon's statement, he has earned the respect of the Hollywood star

'You would have expected that Obama, with his reputation as a pragmatist, would look at PEPFAR, looked at how effective it is and though that he should make similar investments in other issues, definitely water and sanitation,' said the 'Bourne Identity' star.

As the co-founder of Water.org, Damon wants to highlight the plight of 884 million people who lack access to clean water and the 3.575 million who die from water-borne diseases

An AIDS victim in Africa (left) might have benefited from President George W. Bush's President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, while a cholera victim (right) has not received the same level of support from President Obama according to Matt Damon

However, the actor did acknowledge the changed economic circumstances facing President Obama as opposed to Republican President Bush.

'It's a different world now than it was when Bush was President,' said Damon.

Alluding to the state of the economy, Damon felt that President Obama would face a backlash if he was to fund programs outside of the U.S during the economic recovery.

Matt Damon feels that it is difficult for American's to understand water sanitation problems because the concept is alien to them and said that Bono has experienced similar problems with his 'One' campaign

Once one of President Obama's biggest cheerleaders, Damon has become one of his most vocal critics.

During the course of his recent interview in the Atlantic, Damon declared that 'he took issue with a few of the directions Obama has gone in'.

'When you run on something as vague as hope and change, I think a lot of people put their own s**t on you,' said the 'Contagion' star.

And last year in an article with Elle Magazine, Damon was even more scathing.

In addition to attacking President Obama's lack of relief for water and sanitation issues in the developing world he called his famous 'Hope' and 'Change' slogans vague

Matt Damon would 'Kiss George W Bush on the mouth for three seconds for his AIDS relief work'...but with no tongues!

Matt Damon wants to kiss George W Bush on the mouth - for three seconds, but no tongue.

That is the surprising reward the former president would receive from the Hollywood star for his work to help AIDS relief in Africa.

Naturally more left-leaning than the 43rd President of the United States, nonetheless, Damon, 41, sees Bush's AIDS relief model as a clear guide for how the Obama administration should work in developing nations.

Voicing his support for the AIDS relief work done by former President George W. Bush, Matt Damon said he would kiss him on the mouth for three seconds

'I would kiss George W. Bush on the mouth for what he did on PEPFAR,' said Damon in an interview with the Atlantic.

'Three seconds. No tongue.'

Referring to the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a plan Bush sanctioned to buy anti-retroviral drugs for AIDS patients in Africa, Damon admitted he wanted to see more from President Obama.

While it is unknown what the former Republican Commander-In-Chief's reaction would be to Matt Damon's statement, he has earned the respect of the Hollywood star

'You would have expected that Obama, with his reputation as a pragmatist, would look at PEPFAR, looked at how effective it is and though that he should make similar investments in other issues, definitely water and sanitation,' said the 'Bourne Identity' star.

As the co-founder of Water.org, Damon wants to highlight the plight of 884 million people who lack access to clean water and the 3.575 million who die from water-borne diseases

An AIDS victim in Africa (left) might have benefited from President George W. Bush's President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, while a cholera victim (right) has not received the same level of support from President Obama according to Matt Damon

However, the actor did acknowledge the changed economic circumstances facing President Obama as opposed to Republican President Bush.

'It's a different world now than it was when Bush was President,' said Damon.

Alluding to the state of the economy, Damon felt that President Obama would face a backlash if he was to fund programs outside of the U.S during the economic recovery.

Matt Damon feels that it is difficult for American's to understand water sanitation problems because the concept is alien to them and said that Bono has experienced similar problems with his 'One' campaign

Once one of President Obama's biggest cheerleaders, Damon has become one of his most vocal critics.

During the course of his recent interview in the Atlantic, Damon declared that 'he took issue with a few of the directions Obama has gone in'.

'When you run on something as vague as hope and change, I think a lot of people put their own s**t on you,' said the 'Contagion' star.

And last year in an article with Elle Magazine, Damon was even more scathing.

In addition to attacking President Obama's lack of relief for water and sanitation issues in the developing world he called his famous 'Hope' and 'Change' slogans vague

'I've talked to a lot of people who worked for Obama at the grassroots level,' said Damon.

'One of them said to me, 'Never again. I will never be fooled again by a politician.

'You know, a one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done would have been, in the long run of the country, much better.'

And previous to those comments, Damon said that President Obama 'misinterpreted his mandate'.

Globo de Ouro 2010 – Ator Coadjuvante

Os indicados para a premiação de melhor ator coadjuvante este ano são um belo destaque. Filmes com grandes atuações de Matt Damon, ao lado de um genial Morgan Freeman de Nelson Mandela; Chistopher Watz, o favorito para a premiação, com sua grande interpretação de um nazista em Bastardos Inglórios; mas ainda temos Christopher Plummer fazendo Tolstoi. A briga é boa.

Matt Damon em Invicto

O novo filme de Clint Eastwood traz a história de Nelson Mandela e seu envolvimento com o time de rugby da África do Sul para acabar com o apartheid. Damon faz o papel de Francois Pineaar, capitão da seleção sul africana de rugby. O presidente recém-empossado é interpretado por Morgan Freeman, e ambas as atuações estão sendo muito elogiadas pela crítica.

Woody Harrelson em O mensageiro

O filme, sobre a Guerra do Vietnã, traz a história de dois soldados que são mensageiros das mortes para as famílias. Eles percorrem o país avisando os parentes dos acontecimentos. Harrelson aparece como o superior, que chega até a se envolver com uma viúva.

Christopher Plummer em A Última Estação

O veterano Christopher Plummer é indicado a ator coadjuvante por sua participação como Tolstoi no filme que conta os últimos anos de vida do escritor. O filme é uma adaptação da obra de Jay Parini sobre os últimos dias da vida de Tolstói. No elenco, também aparecem Helen Mirren, Paul Giamatti, Anne-Marie Duff e James McAvoy. A direção é de Michael Hoffman.

Stanley Tucci em Visto do Céu

Baseado no livro “Uma Vida Interrompida – Memórias de um Anjo Assassinado”, escrito por Alice Sebold, o longa-metragem acompanhará Susie Salmon, uma menina de 14 anos que, após sofrer estupro e assassinato, acompanha do céu a sua família, assim como as tentativas frustradas implementadas pela polícia de encontrar o assassino. Harvey, vivido por Tucci, é o vizinho da garota assassinada e, aparentemente, possui alguma conexão com o delito.

Christoph Waltz em Bastardos Inglórios

Waltz é o favorito para esta premiação. A crítica e o público não deixam de comentar um segundo sequer sua interpretação de Hans Landa. O ator roubou a cena de Brad Pitt e até ganhou o prêmio de Melhor Ator no Festival de Cannes do ano passado. Os boatos dizem que a excelente performance também lhe rendeu o papel de Besouro Verde. Tarantino penou para achar o ator certo para o papel, e quando encontrou, teve muita sorte.

Globo de Ouro 2010 – Melhor Ator em Musical/Comédia

Boa briga aqui também. Destaques para Matt Damon deixando de lado sua pose de galã e engordando 13 quilos para viver o vice-presidente de uma empresa agrícola que é investigada pelo FBI, Robert Downney Jr. na pele de Sherlock Holmes, Daniel Day-Lewis no musical Nine, que revive a história de Fellini; e Jospeph Gordon-Lewitt, no fofo 500 dias com ela.

Matt Damon em O Informante

Matt Damon vive Archer Daniels, um funcionário de uma empresa agrícola que decide ajudar o FBI como informante. Ele denuncia as irregularidades da empresa na qual é vice-presidente. Para o papel, o ator precisou engordar 13 quilos. O diretor é Steven Soderbergh, que também dirigiu a triologia Onze Homens e Um Segredo.

Daniel Day-Lewis em Nine

Nine é baseado no clássico autobiográfico de Fellini de 1963 “Fellini 8″, que acompanha a luta do diretor para desbloquear sua criatividade, depois de fazer o que ele considerou serem oito filmes e meio. Day-Lewis não quis aceitar o papel de início, por não saber cantar. Mas o diretor o forçou a assinar o contrato, e a equipe ensaiou oito semanas até ficar apta para o início das gravações.

Robert Downey Jr. em Sherlock Holmes

O ator vive no novo filme de Guy Ritchie o famoso detetive criado em 1887 por sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Ritchie dá ao ator um Sherlock Holmes repaginado: sem cachimbo, chapéu de caçador e a frase “elementar, meu caro Watson” – que era sempre usada para seu habitual parceiro, o médico John Watson, vivido por Jude Law. Uma montagem polêmica, que vem criando debates entre cinéfilos e fãs de Conan Doyle. Mas que mesmo assim rendeu uma indicação a Downey Jr.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt em 500 Dias com ela

Gordon-Levitt vive Tom Hansen, redator de cartões comemorativos que se apaixona pela ajudante de seu chefe, Summer, interpretada por Zoey Deschanel. Acompanhamos alguns dos 500 dias do casal, com direito aos ápices e às quedas do amor não correspondido dele, com uma trilha sonora impecável recheada de Smiths.

Michael Stuhlbarg em Um Homem Sério

A história conta a trajetória de Larry Gopnik (interpretado por Michael Stuhlbarg) um professor de física em uma universidade do Centro-Oeste que corre o riscco de perder o emprego, é traído por sua esposa e está o deixando para viver com um de seus colegas, também sustenta um irmão vagabundo e os seus filhos não são exemplos de boa educação. O filme é escrito e dirigido pelos irmãos Cohen.

Oscar 2010 – Melhor Ator Coadjuvante

Será que alguém tem chance nessa categoria esse ano? Apesar de grandes nomes como Woody Harrelson, Matt Damon e Stanley Tucci, todos os olhos estão nele: Christoph Waltz e seu Hans Landa de Bastardos Inglórios. Será que teremos uma surpresa?

Matt Damon, Invictus
Damon ficou forte para viver o real jogador de rugby sul africano François, que ajudou Mandela a integrar o país.

Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Sempre talentoso, Harrelson encarna Tony Stone, militar que não conhece a guerra a não ser pelos relatos de seus companheiros.

Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Surpreendente, Plummer é indicado pela primeira vez ao Oscar pelo papel do escritor León Tolstoi no épico de Michael Hoffman

Stanley Tucci, Um Olhar do Paraíso
Tucci, um dos maiores codjuvantes do cinema atual (basta ver suas participações nos filmes de Meryl Streep) se destaca no filme de Peter Jackson, Um Olhar do Paraíso com seu duvidoso George Harvey.

Christoph Waltz, Bastardos Inglórios
That´s a Bingo! Não tem uma pessoa que tenha assistido Bastardos Inglórios e amado e odiado ao mesmo tempo o Coronel Hans Landa. A maior barbada da noite, sem dúvida alguma.