Matthew McConaughey goes undercover on the streets of Hollywood with funny Iron Mask helmet

It's one thing for a celebrity to wear a baseball cap and very large dark shades to venture out in public.

But we suspect that Matthew McConaughey might have taken things a bit too far when he wanted to go incognito yesterday.

The actor stepped out on Hollywood Boulevard dressed in khaki shorts and a brown T-shirt, typically casual attire for any California resident.

The man in the iron mask: Actor Matthew McConaughey goes incognito in a mask and scarf as he directs a music video in Hollywood

Revealed: Matthew McConaughey out of his disguise

However, he had also completely covered his face in a mask, while a light blue bandanna covered his mouth.

Although he appeared to be completely unrecognisable, he obviously didn't do a very good job of hiding it as his cover was soon blown as cameras and fans started gathering round.

But even then, he didn't take the mask off.

But he clearly wasn't that bothered, especially when he was stopped by one scantily clad woman who appeared to recognise him as she walked past.

Of course, if he really didn't want to be recognised, then pitching up on Hollywood Boulevard wasn't the brightest idea.

Tourists flock to the well-known Los Angeles street which not only plays host to the world-famous Grauman's Chinese Theatre but the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where past and present movie legends have brass stars in their name running along it.

McConaughey, 41, was on the famous strip directing a music video for his country singer friend Jamey Johnson and his single Playing The Part from his album The Guitar Song.

Jamey recently said that he and Matthew have 'had some great conversations over the past week or two. A lot of interesting ideas are pouring out' about how to tell the visual story of the song.

The singer added that he couldn't 'wait to get out there and see how this turns out'.

Can I get this shot, please? Matthew directs his cameraman for the scenes he needs for the music video

Dark Knight: Matthew takes a break from filming but keeps his mask on

Your cover's blown! A woman appears to recognise the actor as she walks past

Lady Gaga's Post-VMA Plan - Singer's new album, Born This Way, is due soon.

In some ways, Lady Gaga leaves nothing to the imagination. From her skin-flashing outfits and onstage catharsis to soul-baring lyrics and frequent weepy shout-outs to her "little monsters," the international pop diva is an open book.

But she also knows the importance of a good mystery, which is why in the wake of her record-setting eight VMA victories on Sunday night and the Internet meltdown over her steak sarong, Mother Monster has kept her followers on pins and needles about what her next move might be.

We know one thing for sure: Her in-the-works next album will be called Born This Way, which Gaga revealed during the VMAs and then, apparently, got tattooed on her thigh the next day. Other than that, Gaga has been tight-lipped about the official follow-up to her one-two punch of The Fame and The Fame Monster.

She has peeled back a few intriguing layers of her musical onion, debuting the wistful ballad "Living on the Radio" at a concert last month and a more rocking tune, "You and I," at an Elton John benefit concert in June.

At various points this year, she has described the new album as "spiritual" and a potential "iconic moment" that people might look at decades from now as a breakthrough. By August, she was referring to the disc as "utter liberation," saying her goal was to create an "anthem for my generation." She also told i-D magazine in the same interview that she plans to keep her sound fresh the next time around by working with a whole new slate of producers that she is keeping secret so that no one else will steal them from her.

Though she's had success doing songs with Beyonc� � and recording a tune with T.I. that may or may not appear on his upcoming album � Gaga said it's unlikely she'll have any featured guests on Born This Way. What she might do, though, is return to her early rock roots.

"I do have these hopes that it could be a great rock crossover record, so I'm going to put my producer's hat on and get it to a place where I feel like it could reach the masses," she said in reference to songs such as "You and I," which has a harder edge than her typical dance tunes. "It's a beautiful, beautiful lyric and melody. I wrote it at the piano I grew up playing in New York."

In June, she told Rolling Stone that the then-untitled album was already finished, teasing that she was planning to have its title tattooed on her body. "It came so quickly. Some artists take years; I don't," she said. "I write music every day." She promised that her new music would have a more "bitter" message, seemingly inspired by her anger over the serious lag in repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy barring gay and lesbian soldiers from serving openly in the armed forces. She made a strong statement about that topic at the VMAs and is at the forefront of the push to repeal the measure.

On July 15, inspiration struck again, as Gaga told her fans, "I wrote a #1 record in Cleveland," while in town playing a show at the city's Quicken Loans Arena. While a spokesperson for Gaga's label did not return requests for comment on when the new album might be released, the singer has said her aim is to get it out in early 2011.

One thing we do know is that Gaga will be on the road for the rest of the year on her massive Monster Ball Tour. She was slated to be back in action Tuesday (September 14) in Philadelphia. The U.S. dates are scheduled to wrap up October 2 in Los Angeles, at which point the tireless diva will head overseas for six weeks of European dates.

It's back to work February 19 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, when the second leg of the North American tour launches, with dates currently expected to wind down with an April 18 show in Atlanta. She will also make an appearance at an upcoming Yoko Ono concert in Los Angeles on October 2, on a bill that will also feature Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell, Wu-Tang Clan's RZA and punk icon Iggy Pop.

For now, Gaga is leaving us in the dark about Born This Way, though fans can expect that she'll preview some more new tunes as the Monster Ball continues to roll its way across the globe.

Lady Gaga announces new album title at MTV VMAs

While picking up the top prize at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, Lady Gaga offered fans a token of her own. She released the name of her new album, Born This Way, and belted out a few bars from the yet-to-be-released title song, all while wearing a dress made of meat.

Gaga (picture) spilled the news about her new album while accepting the Video of the Year Award for �Bad Romance� Sunday night in Los Angeles. Prior to the awards, the superstar promised fans that if she took home the evening�s top honour, she would share the title of her new album, the follow-up to her 2008 debut album �The Fame�.

In addition to winning seven other awards at the VMAs, she revealed a few details about the upcoming Born This Way, to be released in 2011, calling it the �absolute greatest work� she�s ever done. �I�m so excited about it,� said Gaga. �The message, the melodies, the direction, the meaning, what it will mean to my fans and what it will mean to me in my own life � it�s utter liberation. I�m on the quest to create the anthem for my generation for the next decade, so that�s what I�ve done.�

The US pop star hasn�t yet revealed the album�s producers and collaborators. �I will never tell, because as soon as I tell, everyone starts working with them,� she said. �So all I can say is that nobody knows who they are. They�re all new.�

Lady Gaga told US magazine Rolling Stone earlier this summer that she would release the title of the album at midnight on New Year�s Eve. �I�ve been working on it for months now, and I feel very strongly that it�s finished right now,� she said in the interview.

She also revealed that fans could expect a different type of music on the new album, saying that her subject matter had shifted from fame to politics. �The message of the new music is now more bitter than it was before.�

In November 2009 she released The Fame Monster � a re-release of The Fame featuring eight new songs including �Telephone,� �Bad Romance,� and �Alejandro�. The two releases have together sold well over ten million copies worldwide

Toby Hemingway: Taylor Swift gets new guy to go with new album

Pop country darling Taylor Swift has reportedly fallen for the star of her latest music video. Swift met actor Toby Hemingway on the set of "A Rose to the Fallen," and there's already a photo of the couple smooching making the rounds -- even though it was taken during the video shoot.



We're very protective of Taylor, so who is this Toby character anyways?

Well, according to the ever-reliable Wikipedia, the 27-year-old Brit has lived stateside since he was 13 and currently calls Los Angeles home. He's been making the rounds on U.S. TV for the last few years, appearing on episodes of "Bones," "CSI: Miami" and "Summerland," but he's probably remembered best from his role in 2006's man-witch thriller "The Covenant."

Too distracted by pre-"Friday Night Lights" Taylor Kitsch's abs to recall? You're not alone. But Hemingway was there too.

He seems to have caught the other Taylor's eye, though, and that's not the only big news on the Swift front this week. In a video on her official website, she announced the October 25 release of "Speak Now," her third studio album.

In the video she explained the "conceptual" nature of the recording, saying that each track would be a confession to a different person that's come into her life.

Taylor Swift's new album 'Speak Now' gets a release date

This is just a hunch, but based on past performance, we're thinking that Taylor Swift's next album is going to do pretty well.

The country-pop phenomenon announced on July 20 that her third full-length record will be titled "Speak Now" and should hit stores on October 25, 2010. After two hit albums, Taylor could have the best songwriters in the world scrambling to work with her, but she's taking this one into her own hands.





Yes, all 14 songs on the album are written by Swift and only Swift. Her first single, "Mine," will drop on August 16th at 12:01 a.m. "Mine," according to Taylor in a live video webchat, is a song that is about her "tendency to run from love." Of course, rumor has it that love found her on the "Mine" video shoot.

Swift's love life hasn't exactly been low-profile: she's gone on paparazzi-snapped dates with the likes of "Twilight's" Taylor Lautner and "Glee's" Cory Monteith. Her last record, "Fearless," featured a few songs targeted at ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas... so we're expecting at least one thinly-veiled reference to the wolfpack this time around.