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...second son of a now divorced college-professor mom and tax-expert dad, Damon grew up in Cambridge, Mass., watching movies, studying the acting styles of idols like Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall and plotting his acting career. His mother, a child-development expert, encouraged her sons to engage in the creative use of blocks and the fun of make-believe. It worked: Damon's brother Kyle, 30, became a sculptor, and young Matt started acting at age 12. By the time he was 17, he'd already got his first movie role, with one line...
...breakthrough came as a Gulf War veteran turned heroin addict in the 1996 drama Courage Under Fire. In a move reminiscent of De Niro's weight gain for Raging Bull, Damon dropped 40 lbs. for a two-day scene opposite Denzel Washington. It created an anorexia-like medical condition (from which he only recently recovered), but the intensity of his performance convinced the industry that Damon was a serious actor...
...when taking over University buildings and going on hunger strikes was de rigeur for anyone who claimed to work for social change, Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) weathered some hefty criticism. Criticism usually came from two warring tribes: the people who thought PBHA didn't do enough, and the people who thought it did too much. The underlying issue was the appropriateness of political activism in PBHA or, Does social service demand political activity or exclude...
...PLAYERS] Pam Grier, Sam Jackson, De Niro; dir. Quentin Tarantino...
...PLAYERS] De Niro, Hoffman, Harrelson, Heche; director Barry Levinson...