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Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson may be closer than fans think.  During a podcast interview, McConaughey revealed that his longtime friend Harrelson may actually be related to the "Dazed and Confused" star. "You know, where I start and where he ends, and where he starts and I end, has always been like a murky line… that’s part of our bromance, right?" McConaughey began to explain on Kelly Ripa’s "Let’s Talk Off Camera" podcast.

Family after all? Matthew McConaughey has been longtime pals with Woody Harrelson — but the Dallas Buyers Club star suspects their parents had a more intimate relationship.  

Matthew McConaughey teased his upcoming Apple comedy series with Woody Harrelson in an interview with Kelly Ripa on her SiriusXM podcast Let’s Talk off Camera with Kelly Ripa. McConaughey revealed the title of the series, Brother From Another Mother, which Apple has described as an odd-couple love story that revolves around the “strange and beautiful bond” between the pair.

Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are officially, and seriously, questioning whether they could be related.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson announced in March they will be reuniting onscreen after “EDtv” and “True Detective” in a new Apple TV+ comedy from creator David West Read. The 10-episode series will star the actors as fictionalized versions of themselves as they bring their families under the same roof on a Texas ranch. McConaughey recently announced on Kelly Ripa’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast that the series is titled “Brother From Another Mother.” While the series’ title evokes McConaughey and Harrelson’s real-life friendship over decades, McConaughey let it slip to Ripa that he’s actually questioning whether Harrelson is actually related to him. It all stems from the revelation that McConaughey’s mother knew Harrelson’s father, perhaps intimately.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos are not shy about making intimate confessions about the fun they have in the bedroom and they recently talked about the FaceTime sessions they have when they’re in separate cities.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.” Mark Consuelos doesn’t mind hand-me-downs from Ryan Seacrest. Consuelos tells me he’s inheriting Seacrest’s dressing room when “Live With Kelly and Ryan” becomes “Live With Kelly and Mark” on April 17. “I’m no dummy,” Consuelos says on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast. “Ryan is very fancy — he’s got fancy stuff.” At the same time it was announced in February that Seacrest was leaving “Live,” it was revealed that Consuelos will replace him as his wife Kelly Ripa’s co-host on the syndicated daytime talk show. “The first conversations started with like, ‘That is the worst idea ever,’”

SiriusXM’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast, the Texas actor revealed the title of the show to host Kelly Ripa.“It’s called ‘Brother From Another Mother,’” McConaughey said of what will be the on-screen reunion between him and fellow Texan Woody Harrelson, who last starred opposite McConaughey in the first season of the HBO crime drama “True Detective.” Both McConaughey and Harrelson were nominated for Emmys for their roles in the show. The two first worked together on the satire film “Edtv” nearly 25 years ago.As previously reported, the new series will center on a “heartfelt odd couple love story revolving around the strange and beautiful bond” between McConaughey and Harrelson’s characters.

Subtle but effective! Jennifer Garner sported a new ‘do while out and about in New York City. 

Matthew McConaughey detailed the "suspended disbelief" he and his wife Camila Alves experienced last month when their Lufthansa flight suddenly dropped 4,000 feet.  "It's zero gravity," the "Dallas Buyers Club" actor told Kelly Ripa on her SiriusXM podcast "Let’s Talk off Camera" in a preview of Wednesday’s episode, Entertainment Tonight reported. "Your red wine and the glass and the plates that your food was on are all suspended, floating, still just in the air.

With the news that he’ll be departing the popular daytime talk show after six years, the answer to the question of when Ryan Seacrest is leaving Live with Kelly and Ryan is sooner than you think.

Matthew McConaughey is opening up about a terrifying experience. In an exclusive sneak peek of the April 12 episode of SiriusXM’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast with Kelly Ripa, the 53-year-old actor gets candid about the Lufthansa flight he and wife Camila Alves were on that unexpectedly dropped 4,000 feet.

Matthew McConaughey is opening up about a terrifying experience. In an exclusive sneak peek of the April 12 episode of SiriusXM's  podcast with Kelly Ripa, the 53-year-old actor gets candid about the Lufthansa flight he and wife Camila Alves were on that unexpectedly dropped 4,000 feet.«It's suspended disbelief. I mean, it's zero gravity,» he explains.

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos don’t plan on making the same mistakes as Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes!

Kelly Ripa promises there will be no funny business when her husband, Mark Consuelos, becomes her “Live” co-host.

Before Mark Consuelos joins wife Kelly Ripa as a full-time Live cohost, they’ve learned a few lessons from Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes’ messy affair scandal.

Kelly Ripa promises there will be no funny business when her husband, Mark Consuelos, becomes her co-host.On Thursday, the daytime TV host appeared on, where she answered a fan's question about her reaction to T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach's workplace romance -- as someone who is going to be working with her partner.After agreeing with host Andy Cohen that Holmes and Robach's relationship would make «compelling,» Ripa revealed that she and her husband have a plan.«Mark and I have taken a vow of chastity while we'll be working together,» she quipped. «Because I know how ABC does not like that.

“Harold & Kumar” star appeared on Tuesday’s episode of Kelly Ripa’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast, where he explained he didn’t speak much about his sexuality until the release of his 2021 memoir “You Can’t Be Serious” — partially because of an early, awkward misunderstanding with his manager. “You know, I shared my story with my brother and my parents first.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. While presenting Kelly Ripa at Variety‘s Power of Women Event on Tuesday, where she was one of five honorees, Andy Cohen showered the daytime talk show host with glowing praise about the remarkable talent and grit it took for her to become the longest-running daytime host in history. But perhaps most importantly, he commended Ripa’s loyalty and friendship, thanking her for being a great “Meemaw” to his son Ben — and recommending to him her go-to salve for baby constipation: George’s Aloe Vera.

Lea Michele rocks a chic brown dress while arriving for Variety’s 2023 Power of Women held at The Grill on Tuesday (April 4) in New York City.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Pearls of wisdom and displays of affection were shared widely on Tuesday afternoon when honorees Judy Blume, Natasha Lyonne, Rosie Perez, Kelly Ripa and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez took the stage at Variety‘s Power of Women New York luncheon, presented by Lifetime, at midtown restaurant The Grill. While all five women touched on the key lessons they’ve learned in life and the importance of those who teach them during the luncheon, hosted by “Saturday Night Live’s” Ego Nwodim, it was iconic YA author Blume who made much of her speech a tribute to public educators and librarians who are trying to protect students’ rights amid increased government scrutiny and censorship in public education.

Kelly Ripa is learning from the younger generation. On Tuesday, the  host spoke with ET at 's 2023 Power of Women event in New York City, and shared what she most admires about her and Mark Consuelos' 21-year-old daughter, Lola Consuelos. «I am the most impressed with her ability to really speak about what she needs when she needs it,» Ripa tells ET. «She unapologetically does that.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent “Support is what all women in every industry could always use more of — and will seldom ask for,” Kelly Ripa said, as she took the stage at Variety‘s Power of Women: New York event on Tuesday afternoon. “Offer support to someone who needs it. Encourage others to do the same. Sometimes just being asked is enough.” Ripa’s advice was part of her stirring speech at Variety‘s annual luncheon where she was one of five Power of Women honorees, along with Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Rosie Perez, Natasha Lyonne and Judy Blume. “Don’t ever be afraid to advocate for yourself. Don’t ever be afraid to advocate for others,” Ripa continued. “Knowing that a person or group of people have your back can be the most powerful thing in the world.”

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Natasha Lyonne is enjoying something of a career renaissance, and she’s attributing the undeniable success to her female friendships. As she took the stage at Variety‘s annual Power of Women event — on her birthday, no less — she toasted to her “community of women,” among them Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph, who have cheered on each other’s rise in Hollywood. “It’s pretty eccentric to see how much we grow up together in this business and how meaningful it is to stick together along that ride,” she said on Tuesday afternoon at midtown Manhattan’s The Grill. Lyonne joked that she and her “dear pal” Rudolph started the production company Animal Pictures to “ensure we’d have time to hang out with each other,” and that she co-created “Russian Doll” as an excuse to “get existential with my friend and co-creator Amy Poehler.”

Tatiana Siegel When it comes to activism, Rosie Perez isn’t one to merely lob a tweet. She was arrested for disorderly conduct in 2000 while protesting the U.S. Navy’s deadly air bomb training off the coast of Puerto Rico. And the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actress, whose mother died of AIDS, served on President Obama’s Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, beginning in 2010. On Tuesday, she put the spotlight on first responders at Variety‘s Power of Women luncheon, presented by Lifetime, in New York City. The “White Men Can’t Jump” actor highlighted the Heart 9/11 charity organization, which was founded in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terror attack that crippled Perez’s hometown, New York City.

Priyanka Chopra is opening up about the truth behind the acting industry.

Kate Hudson is opening up about rising to fame in the early 2000s and how the media affected her life in a negative way.

Making a change. Kelly Ripa, Ryan Seacrest and Mark Consuelos have have been candid about the future of ABC’s Live as the show prepares for some big shifts.

Kate Hudson is coming to the defense of her momma Goldie Hawn!

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent Kelly Ripa first appeared on morning TV when she was a soap star on “All My Children.” At that time, she was being booked as a guest on “Live With Regis & Kathie Lee” by a young executive producer, Michael Gelman, who eventually helped cast her in a lead role, replacing Kathie Lee Gifford in 2001 to co-host with Regis Philbin. More than 22 years later, Ripa and Gelman are still working together every day on “Live!” which has continued on as one of the greatest successes in television history, currently reigning as the top daytime talk show in syndication. “She had that ‘wow factor’ as a guest,” Gelman tells Variety, reminiscing on when he first met a 20-something Ripa in the ’90s.