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Vallée won DGA awards for directing the first season of “Big Little Lies” in 2017 and “Sharp Objects” in 2018, both for HBO.

Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey will join the University of Texas as a professor who this fall will teach in the university’s Department of Radio-Television-Film. McConaughey has been a visiting instructor at the flagship campus in Austin since 2015 and the university said in a statement Wednesday that the appointment recognizes his “outstanding work as a teacher and mentor.”

Actor Matthew McConaughey has finally received his high school diploma, more than 30 years after graduating. McConaughey was given his original diploma Friday night when he returned to his Texas alma mater to address the class of 2019. A Longview High School spokeswoman told the Longview News-Journal that graduates normally receive diploma holders during commencement ceremonies and that the actual...

Many in the transgender community were outraged that Bomer, the star of USA Networks “White Collar” who is openly gay, was chosen for the role over a transgender actor.

Jared Leto, fresh off a stint as the Joker in “Suicide Squad” has signed on in an as yet unspecified role in the upcoming Blade Runner sequel.

Adele is set to feature as musical guest on an upcoming episode of “Saturday Night Live” alongside host Matthew McConaughey.