{"id":3624,"date":"2012-09-13T16:58:24","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T21:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=3624"},"modified":"2012-09-13T20:19:58","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T01:19:58","slug":"wtf-news-mcconaughey-to-party-in-oxford-texas-weekend-tlv-satire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wtf-news-mcconaughey-to-party-in-oxford-texas-weekend-tlv-satire\/","title":{"rendered":"WTF News: McConaughey to Party in Oxford Texas Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: 22px;\">McConaughey to Party in Oxford Texas Weekend<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3626\" title=\"matthew-mcconaughey_510\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/matthew-mcconaughey_510.jpg?resize=350%2C161\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/matthew-mcconaughey_510.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/matthew-mcconaughey_510.jpg?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3631\" title=\"TLV-Satire-WEB_SMALL\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/TLV-Satire-WEB_SMALL.jpg?resize=70%2C44\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"44\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-874\" title=\"WTF News Stacked Column Header\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ShermanSmithers1.jpg?resize=139%2C240\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"240\" \/>Hollywood film star and noted <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>University of Texas<\/strong><\/span> fan <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Matthew McConaughey<\/strong><\/span> has rented the National Center for Natural Products Research for a Texas-Ole Miss after party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3629\" title=\"matthew_mcconaughey\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/matthew_mcconaughey.jpg?resize=125%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"200\" \/>Town officials say the actor was rumored to be in talks with City Grocery owner John Currence, but ultimately decided not to use the balcony, citing the restaurant\u2019s lack of \u201cproper ingredients for this bodacious occasion.\u201d Though Ole Miss Chancellor Danny Jones is confused as to why McConaughey would want to host a party in an on-campus venue, he says he is proud to showcase the university\u2019s state-of-the-art research complex.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3630\" title=\"bernie-matthew-mcconaughey-wallpaper-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/bernie-matthew-mcconaughey-wallpaper-2.jpg?resize=200%2C125\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"125\" \/>\u201cThis is high times for a university that continually succeeds in illuminating the vast resources and world-class facilities we have to offer,\u201d Jones said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3627\" title=\"watch-matthew-mcconaughey-reprise-his-dazed-and-confused\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/watch-matthew-mcconaughey-reprise-his-dazed-and-confused.jpg?resize=125%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"200\" \/>The 2,400 square-foot structure will host approximately 500 of McConaughey\u2019s closest friends and buds on Saturday night following the football matchup. No musical group has been announced as the night\u2019s official entertainment, though numerous local bands have volunteered to play for free or party favors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Fans <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3633\" title=\"dazed_livin_black_shirt\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dazed_livin_black_shirt.jpg?resize=200%2C125\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"125\" \/>of the <em>Dazed and Confused<\/em> star are already flooding his Twitter feed, begging to be included on the guest list. Event organizers report that almost any female is eligible to be invited as long they are in high school or have stayed the same age. Not all Oxford residents are pleased with the upcoming festivities. Some potential attendees have stressed that the party might be \u201ctoo sick.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">\u201cNonsense,\u201d says Jones. \u201cThis is a medical research facility. If anyone becomes ill, there will be plenty of medicinal products to go around.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3625\" title=\"dazed-confused-525x331\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/dazed-confused-525x331.jpg?resize=300%2C189\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; McConaughey to Party in Oxford Texas Weekend &nbsp; Hollywood film star and noted University of Texas fan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wtf-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}