Matt Damon did not witness the inauguration day ceremony of the new President of the United States of America because he was not willing to pay the $50,000 for two tickets, the cost of tickets to see Obama take the oath. Matt had taken keen part in Obama’s election campaign and hoped his efforts would help him get tickets. But that was not to be.

He says, “When I called my contacts from the campaign, they just started laughing: ‘We worked on the campaign for two and a half years, and we’re not going. Forget it.’ Then, they called me back the next day and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got two tickets for you, in the bleachers, and you’ll actually be able to see Obama take the oath. Just $25,000 apiece.”

I’d say that’s a real good decision that he and his wife have made, they have 3 kids to support and $50,000 is really expensive to watch history being made. I think Matt would need to be cast in a couple expensive budget movies like ‘Ocean’s Thirteen’ and the others to have enough money to spend on such things people would never give a miss otherwise.

American actor Matt Damon blames his daughter Isabella for his recent neck injury. The Bourne Ultimatum star was spotted in Germany with acupuncture needles in his ear after a spasm in his neck. Hey, Matt, Just wait until the little “rug rat” is old enough to be a “crumb snatcher”! That’s when it REALLY gets dangerous! (It’s also one more precious time you will have with her.) But on a lighter note and not blaming the kid, she is after all just a kid and at 14 months she probably is so innocent that she even does know what her mischief has caused. I just love to have a daughter (I have a son and he is so beautiful that just watching him smile and play are feeling that cannot be put to words). Kids are naughty and like to have a free wily with their parents’ coz their parents are the persons they most often see during childhood and then whatever strikes their minds the play it out with their parents. Lucky Matt I would say.

Hollywood star Matt Damon has vowed to continue courting as little publicity as possible – because all his acting heroes keep their privates lives under wraps. The 36-year-old wishes there was an air of mystery around more celebrities. He tells “The better the actor, the less you know about his life.” Well very vise words from the actor but ‘better actor’ is he a self proclaiming actor, trying to say ‘I am the better actor. It’s refreshing to know that a Hollywood list-A actor is telling that he does want the crap gossip going for him in the media and he rather be mysterious to the world. I haven’t heard something like this in a while frankly and if he is serious about the thing then thumps up to him or else he better prepare for stint at a rehab, cos as soon the news spreads every other celebs in Hollywood is going to break into a laughter session freaking on these words of Matt and most are going ask if they are any different from him.

Hollywood pals Ben Affleck and Matt Damon teamed up with a host of celebrities for a charity poker game in Las Vegas. The Good Will Hunting pair and celebrities including Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Kevin James, Ray Romano, Brad Garrett, Montel Williams, Martin Sheen and Shannon Elizabeth tried their hands at the poker charity event Up For Africa at the Rio Hotel in Sin City on Thursday. The event raised money for Enough Project and the International Rescue Committee, which aids survivors form the Dafur crisis. But despite Damon being credited for the rise of poker in the mainstream after starring in 1998 movie Rounders, he was knocked out five minutes into a tournament. Good for these guys. Something positive coming out of the celebrity corner for a change! U can always count on Cheadle, Affleck and Matt to raise the conscience and awareness amongst the few good people in Hollywood, as well as getting their celebrities buddies involved for a good cause. Now if the US administration would like to get involved and do something useful other than bullying other countries.