Channing Tatum is baring it all in this summer’s male strip club drama Magic Mike. Regarding his preparation for the role, Tatum’s transformation into male stripper was probably a lot like riding a bike since, in case you didn’t know, Tatum used to be an exotic dancer. His tenure in the Step Up series earns him further dancing cred, and marriage to actress, dancer, and former model Jenna Dewan has to help polish his routine, right? Wrong!

“I didn’t show him any routines, but I would definitely watch his and give my critiques and suggestions,” said Dewan, who met her husband while shooting Step Up in 2006.

She continued:

“He’s amazing. He’s a great stripper! I should ask for more [private dances].”

Magic Mike, directed by Steven Soderbergh (Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Ocean’s films) is a drama film about a male strip club called Xquisite. It stars Tatum, 21-year-old Alex Pettyfer, 42-year-old Matthew McConaughey, 35-year-old Joe Manganiello and 34-year-old Matthew Bomer. In it, veteran male stripper Magic Mike (Tatum) teaches the new kid (Pettyfer) the ropes of the trade at the club, owned by former male stripper Dallas (McConaughey).

Regarding his cast, Soderbergh said:

“It’s really fun. They are worse than women. They made sure that when they showed up, they looked amazing. They were all competitive. It was hilarious. But they looked great.”

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On Christmas Day, Matthew McConaughey announced that he planned to wed girlfriend of five years and mother of his two children, 29-year-old Brazilian model and TV presenter Camila Alves.

Alves and McConaughey, 44, are parents to 3-year-old Levi and 1-year-old Vida. After the Christmas proposal, McConaughey told his fans via the internet that he “just asked Camila to marry [him.] Merry Christmas.”

While the couple languished in dating land for a few years, it appears that just a week and a half after the proposal, wedding planning could be well underway. An unnamed source told Life & Style that the pair planned to wed in Brazil, perhaps lavishly:

“Camila wants to get married in Brazil with her family all around. She misses the food and the people there, so she’s planning a big, beautiful Brazilian wedding.”

The friend also indicated that Alves has been eager for McConaughey to pop the question, saying:

“She’s been asking Mateo to put a ring on it forever. She’s so happy. It’s like a dream!”

The progression of events seems to mirror McConaughey’s roles- in which he is almost always cast as a romantic-comedy heartbreaker and commitmentphobe- but in March, the actor spoke of permanence and making a home in the men’s magazine Esquire. He waxed:

“Before this, I had a super home in the Hollywood Hills that I did by myself — landscaping, detailing pretty much everything. But that house was mine. And yeah, we coulda gone in there right away. Camila would have said, ‘Fine, don’t change a thing.’”

He continues:

“But I thought, I found the woman I wanna do it with, the woman I wanna make a family with, hopefully live our life out together. She needs to have 50 percent of that. I mean, it’s a lot easier for me to be at 100 percent. I’d always been 100 percent. It’s braver for me at 50 percent.”

No word on when the nuptials could occur.

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Matthew McConaughey and his girlfriend, Camila Alves, had a very special Christmas last night. The actor popped the question to the Brazilian model last night while the two, who have been dating for five years and have two children together, celebrated Christmas.

McConaughey posted the news on his Whosays account. The actor posted a picture of him and Camilia kissing in front of a Christmas tree with the message “just asked Camila to marry me. Merry Christmas.”

McConaughey fans have been expecting to hear wedding bells for a while. Last March, the actor told Esquire Magazine that he knew Camila was “the one.” He said:

“I found the woman I wanna do it with, the woman I wanna make a family with, hopefully live our life out together.”

McConaughey, 42, and Alves, 28, have been dating since 2006. They have two children together; Levi, 3, and Vida, 1. When Levi was born, the actor tole People Magazine:

“I always wanted to be a father. It just took the right woman and the right time to make it happen. [Alves] is the love of my life. Everything is right.”

Are you a fan of Matthew McConaughey?

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So how’d they react? Watch the video and see for yourself.

(Via @ShawnMSmith)

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Matthew McConaughey was papped this weekend out jogging with no undies, proving that whatever Justin Timberlake can do, he can do better.

What is the deal with the male hollywood stars going commando. If we saw one of the female stars going braless and swinging in the breeze this way, the world would be morally indignant, praising the need for restraint and underwear in the appropriate size with the appropriate support.

Is it because its McConaughey and we all know he is a bit of a nut job or do we definitely have such different standards?

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Placenta tree! Placenta tree! Matthew McConaughey is planning on honoring both his son and tribal customs by planting son Levi’s placenta in an orchard to “bear some wonderful fruit.” (That nobody will want to eat.)

“When I was in Australia, they had a placenta tree that was on the river … and all the placentas of all that tribe, all that clan, whatever aboriginal tribe that was, all the placentas went under that one tree and it was this huge behemoth of just health and strength.”

Cool? Definitely. Odd? A little. Sometimes I think that Matthew likes laying TMI on us. . .

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I didn’t know that I could get shocked from the usual “Exclusive [Insert Celebrity Here] Baby Pics” until Matthew McConaughey started in on the crazy for his OK! interview along with Camila Alves.

Besides showing off for pose-y, Photoshop-y pics, Matthew let us in on what the birthing process was like (“bloody, pukey, sweaty” and “wild”) and then got down to the details on discovering that the two had had a boy:

“I said, ‘Come here, little man.’ I saw the pecker and screamed that we’d been right all along about him being a boy. Then I brought him over to her [Camila],’ Matthew said.”

“Pecker”?! Seriously?

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Matthew McConaughey is a dad now, which I can only imagine thrills him to no end. He’s going to be embarking on a journey that will probably involve lots of football throwing, lookin’ sweaty, and generally being sporty. Matthew’s definitely a “guy’s guy,” and having a boy around the house sounds perfect.

Camila’s and Matthew’s baby, named Levi, was born at 6:22 p.m. yesterday (Monday) in Los Angeles, weighing in at 7 pounds, 4 ounces. A source close to the two told PEOPLE the unsurprising news that “They’re so happy!”

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It’s no secret that Matthew’s likes a good party, and that he spent time in June away from so-pregnant-she’ll-burst-any-second girlfriend Camila Alves. But was his revealing letter to the Daily News really that necessary? We get it. You’re a hard-core l-i-v-i-n’ party animal, and eminent fatherhood by d*mned, he’s got to enjoy life to the fullest:

“‘Drunk?’ he told us via e-mail. ‘Absolutely. Nicaragua is a beautiful place, epic waves, the best surfing I have ever been on. And yes, I’m STILL looking for my left flip-flop. So if anyone finds it floating around down there (it has 6:22 stitched into the side), please send it my way. There is a reward.’

Talk about rubbing it in Camila’s face. . . considering that Matthew may have also been trying to hit on anything in a skirt. I think that his missing flip-flop will be the least of his worries!

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