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Variety shares Matthew McConaughey's personal story of self-exile in Peru, where he lived without electricity for 22 days to escape the pressures of fame. The article also covers a review of the film 'Species' at Cannes Film Festival.

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‘Species’ Review: There Will Definitely Be Blood In Marion Le Corroller’s Visceral But Imaginatively Fleshed Out Body Horror – Cannes Film Festival

Blood is only the beginning in Marion Le Corroller’s Species, which follows firmly in the trail pioneered by Julia DuCorneau but brings its own thoughts to the woman-in-a-man’s-world body-horror genre. Built around a fantastic scream-queen performance from Mara Taquin, who literally comes out of her

2026-05-15 12:41 UTC

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Matthew McConaughey Exiled Himself From Hollywood and Lived in Peru as Mateo for 22 Days Without Electricity When Fame Became Too Much

Matthew McConaughey revealed on the “No Magic Pill” podcast (via People) that he once exiled himself from Hollywood and lived without electricity for 22 days in Peru when the pressures of early fame became too much for him to handle. He exclusively went by Matteo during this period as to

2026-05-15 12:41 UTC