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Beverly Hills — It was time for a victory lap for last year's Best Actor Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey as the "Interstellar" star was honored by the American Cinematheque at the Beverly Hilton's famed International Ballroom Tuesday night. A roll call of the star's leading ladies was on hand to take part in the tribute, which closed with "Interstellar" director Christopher Nolan doing the honors of presenting the hardware. Kate Hudson ("How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," "Fool's Gold"), Anne Hathaway ("Interstellar"), Jennifer Garner ("Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," "Dallas Buyers Club") and Reese Witherspoon ("Mud") all took the stage at various moments throughout the evening to tell anecdotes and present clip packages from McConaughey's early years, his romantic comedy stretch, actioners, legal dramas and, of course, the "McConaissance" of late, as it's been dubbed. When Nolan had his turn, however, he bristled a bit at that moniker. "I'm not a believer in the McConaissance,...

As I've been posting the Hollywood Reporter's Oscar season roundtable conversations it was pointed out yesterday I actually missed the first one featuring six of this year's contending actors -- Jake Gyllenhaal (Prisoners), Forest Whitaker (Lee Daniels' The Butler), Matthew McConaughey (Mud, Dallas Buyers Club), Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club), Josh Brolin (Oldboy) and Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station). So, I've decided to remedy the oversight today. What instantly caught my attention were Leto's comments talking about auditioning for Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line: Oh yeah. I've talked myself out of auditions a hundred times. I auditioned for Robert De Niro seven times, years and years ago. I remember auditioning for Terrence Malick, and the casting director upended a couch, and we were supposed to hide behind it and shoot imaginary guns! Laughter. In that audition, I literally stood up, took a few imaginary bullets and shoved the casting director.