Matthew McConaughey is now a professor at the University of Texas

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That's Prof. McConaughey to you.

Actor Matthew McConaughey will spend the fall in Austin, teaching at the University of Texas' Department of Radio-Television-Film. The Oscar winner has been a visiting instructor there since 2015, and the university said in a statement on Wednesday he's done "outstanding work as a teacher and mentor."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.