{"id":24586,"date":"2010-02-24T13:26:01","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T20:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=24586"},"modified":"2010-02-24T13:26:01","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T20:26:01","slug":"matt-damon-is-robert-f-kennedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2010\/02\/24\/matt-damon-is-robert-f-kennedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Damon Is Robert F Kennedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Damon has signed on to star in a Robert F. Kennedy biopic for New Regency. 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Edgar Hoover and Lyndon Johnson.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more on this project.<\/p>\n<p>By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Deadline Hollywood)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24591\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24591\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/matt_damon_robert_kennedy.jpg\" alt=\"Actor Matt Damon\" title=\"Actor Matt Damon\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/matt_damon_robert_kennedy.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/matt_damon_robert_kennedy-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actor Matt Damon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Damon has signed on to star in a Robert F. 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