{
  "id": 807235,
  "title": "Matthew McConaughey Says Acting in ‘The Wedding Planner’ With Jennifer Lopez Saved Him From Being Searched at U.S.-Mexico Border: ‘They Let Me Go’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/matthew-mcconaughey-says-acting-in-the-wedding-planner-with-jennifer",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T21:20:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/matthew-mcconaughey-wedding-planner-mexico-border-jennifer-lopez-1236833933/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Matthew McConaughey revealed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that acting alongside Jennifer Lopez in 2001’s “The Wedding Planner” ended up getting him out of a “major mess-up” at the U.S.-Mexico border. “I pull in one late night crossing the border going way down south,” the actor recalled. “I get pulled over, and it’s one […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}