Matthew McConaughey Gives UT Students Safe Ride Home (Photo)

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Matthew McConaughey made sure University of Texas students had a safe ride home on Monday night.

Volunteering with SURE Walk, the Academy Award-winning actor drove students home as part of the program, which offers students companionship on the way home from campus.

Four students took a photo with McConaughey during their ride.

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Always use @SUREWalk when walking home from campus at night… you never know who will be driving! New hours: 7PM-2AM #AlrightAlrightAlright pic.twitter.com/czGRNpj2Ys

— UT Student Gov't (@UT_SG) November 29, 2016

SURE Walk was launched by Students United for Rape Elimination and debuted last spring. It operates daily from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m.

McConaughey graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993. This isn’t the first time he’s volunteered his time — on Thanksgiving Day, he took part in Meals on Wheels.

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McConaughey recently starred in “Free State of Jones” and voiced a character in “Kubo and the Two Strings.” He will voice another character in Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming animated film “Sing.” His other upcoming projects include “The Dark Tower” and “Gold.”

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The upcoming 3D animated film "Sing" tells the story of a koala named Buster Moon who holds a singing contest to save his theater. Here are the film's animated superstars, and the struggling Hollywood nobodies who provide their voices.
Matthew McConaughey voices Buster, whose songs include a rendition of Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe."
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Reese Witherspoon voices an overtaxed mother of 25 children, Rosita, who will sing renditions of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" and Katy Perry's "Firework."
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Tori Kelly plays Meena the timid teen elephant, who will sing Stevie Wonder's "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" and Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah."
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Scarlett Johansson stars as Ash, a betrayed teenager who tries to mend her broken heart through rock-and-roll. Johansson will also sing "Call Me Maybe."
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Seth MacFarlane stars as Mike, a con man. Like all the stars of "Sing," MacFarlane's tunes include Irving Berlin's "Let's Face the Music and Dance" and "Pennies From Heaven."
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Taron Egerton voices Johnny, a reluctant part of his father's bank-robbing crew. Fans will be able to hear the actor sing songs like Sam Smith's "Stay With Me" as well as John Legend's "All Of Me."
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Nick Kroll plays the spandex-clad pig Gunter, who is too enthusiastic about his talent. He'll deliver Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" and "Shake It Off."
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Scarlett Johansson and Seth MacFarlane also posed with their characters

The upcoming 3D animated film "Sing" tells the story of a koala named Buster Moon who holds a singing contest to save his theater. Here are the film's animated superstars, and the struggling Hollywood nobodies who provide their voices.

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