Tom Hanks

More than 18 years have passed since Shanley directed Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in Joe Versus The Volcano, but now he's back after adapting his acclaimed play Doubt for the big screen.

Gmail notifiers let you know "you've got mail" By Federico Kereki on November 26, 2008 Share Comments If you are into email like Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan were in the movie You've Got Mail , you probably want to ...

 CA - Look at A League of Their Own. All of the good lines are Tom Hanks'. Those guys are really fabulous writers, but it's not enough to say, "This should be ...

By Ann Althouse(annalthouse@mac.com) Christopher Orr, writing about "Milk." First comment: "[O]ne of the things I liked about Saving Private Ryan was that our hero Tom Hanks was shot in the background and it took a bit of time for anyone to notice..." blog advertising blog advertising

 IL - Tom Hanks (whose Playtone company developed the film) adds just the right touch of matter-of-fact whimsy and wonderment in five roles: The Conductor, ...

Saving Private Ryan colleagues Tom Hanks (Cast Away) and Steven Spielberg (Close Encounters of the Third Kind) produced the series based on the text of the same title by noted historian Stephen Ambrose. "Band of Brothers" is a product ...

By deaconblue I had preordered this through Amazon, for about 50% off retail, which made it a real bargain.  This is HBO’s seminal series (produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg) covering the story of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne from D-Day to the end of the Second World War.  Based on the ex...

 CA - Anthony Hopkins in "The Silence of the Lambs" and Tom Hanks in "Forrest Gump" managed Oscar wins without the squint, which is remarkable. ...

 CA - USA, 9 and 10 pm) The comedy "Charlie Wilson's War" tells the true story of a playboy Texas congressman (Tom Hanks) and a beautiful Houston socialite ...

  USA - In "The Polar Express," director Robert Zemeckis and star Tom Hanks try for that combination of creative stardust and technological wizardry they need to ...

The onlooker added to America's Star magazine: "John spent a lot of time talking about his music philosophies - why certain decades have better music. He discussed his experiences with Aretha Franklin and made a joke about Tom Hanks."

You know Tom Hanks, 'Forrest Gump.' Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, "Being There." Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. ...

Over the course of his lengthy and high-profile career, Hanks has proved his power both in front of and behind the camera. Whether he's playing a homosexual AIDS victim in the 1993 tearjerker Philadelphia, a slow-talking Southerner in the 1994 hit Forrest Gump or a heroic captain in Savin...

Philadelphia After being unjustly fired from his law firm, AIDS-infected Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks), sues his employers for discrimination. His unlikely ally: a homophobic personal-injury lawyer (Denzel Washington). 'Philadelphia' heralded a seismic shift in how Hollywood depic...

Will Smith is America's favorite star, according to a far-reaching new TV and magazine survey. The movie star beat Tom Hanks on the Entertainment Tonight/Parade magazine poll. Will Smith is America's favorite star, according to a far-reaching new TV and magazine survey. The movie star be...

By Scott Weinberg Here's a snip from the release: "Road to Purgatory will follow the character of Michael Sullivan, Jr., the son of Tom Hanks' character in the original film, who returns from World War II with a new determination to avenge his murdered father. His quest ultimately leads him to Frank Nitti, wh...

By Matt Bradshaw Angels and Demons - Tom Hanks returns to the role of Robert Langdon in this prequel to The Da Vinci Code based on the novel by Dan Brown. This time he is on the trail of an ancient secret organization called The Illuminati in an attempt to prevent a terrorist act against The Vatican. This teaser t...

By William Goss Not days after Eric D. Snider brought us welcome proof of Tom Hanks' mullet-free appearance has the teaser trailer for next May's Da Vinci Code sequel (or is it prequel?) been posted online, and all that can really be said for Angels & Demons at this point is that Hanks is once again racin...

By Cara Who is your favorite celebrity couple? The newly wedded Ellen and Portia DeGeneres are fighting to keep their marriage legal, while others fight to keep other people out of their marriage. Tom Hanks and long time love Rita Wilson are still very much in love according to Tom. Which makes me wo...

By Lisa Timmons Featured in the gallery: Julia Roberts, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Willis, Bonnie Raitt, Sean Penn, Danny DeVito, Edwards James Olmos, Casey Affleck Joaquin Phoenix, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Robin Wright Penn, Nancy O'Dell and Danny Glover.

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By Harold Pollack The other night, I watched Castaway with my daughter. In case you've been stuck on a Pacific Island, Tom Hanks plays Chuck Noland, a FedEx... The other night, I watched Castaway with my daughter. In case you've been stuck on a Pacific Island, Tom Hanks plays Chuck Noland, a FedEx executive left b...

By michael Where do some other favorite Ecorazzi regulars sit on the list? Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger comes in at 33, Tom Hanks at 34, and Bono at 36. Stephen Colbert (45), John Stewart (44) and Oprah Winfrey (43) are all neck ‘n neck. Surprisingly, George Clooney dropped from 27 to 55 this year!

By Seth WHEN I asked Tom why he felt so many people in the business have gone after the Valkyrie" project as if it's a bad idea or something historically obscene, he sighed: "It just doesn't make sense to me either. The moment I read the screenplay I knew it was an important story, and as it's a true tale...

By STV It’s just good clean fun, the studio might say, pointing out that the movie also pokes fun at racial stereotypes. It’s a sendup of old Hollywood films that trotted out able-bodied actors in disability drag, like Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump, Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man and Sean Penn in I am Sam. St...

No longer. The past year has seen more falling stars than the skies above Roswell. Since 2007, with the notable exception of Will Smith, whose upcoming tent-pole flick Hancock is enjoying some of the best prerelease buzz of any summer film, virtually every star of note has tanked at the box o...

The last Hollywood strike, which began in November and ended in February, was over writers’ wages – in particular internet royalties. It concluded with the Writers Guild of America securing a more favourable deal with the Hollywood studios, which are represented by the Alliance of Moti...

By Kelly VS   Jack Nicholson and Ben Stiller are taking on Tom Hanks as Hollywood stars pick sides in the battle between the two leading acting unions.  Actors are threatening walkouts at the end of June if talks between the unions and major film studios fail to resolve a dispute over pay and conditio...

But whereas Kimmel has had a hard time getting people to follow him into theaters, prompting the clothing industry magnate to recently announce a 50% cutback in his film operations, Skoll presents an admirable track record both on the fiction and non-fiction side. The average worldwide...

NBC, DirecTV Ensure ‘Friday Night Lights’ Stay Lit (DeadlineHollywoodDaily) NBC struck a deal with DirecTV to air a third season of “Friday Night Lights,” Web site DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com reports. DirecTV, which picked up the former NBC soap “Passions,” will share costs of the low...

The box office figures on the list, from Box Office Mojo, are not inflation-adjusted. As such, none of Old Hollywood's iconic pairs, like Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, or Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin, make the cut. Films where three primary characters share the spotlight ("Shrek," "Harry P...

What happens when America's boy and girl next door get together? As "You've Got Mail" proves, not one steamy thing. Next to this placid pass at screen romance, "Sleepless in Seattle" seems like "Last Tango in Paris." Hanks and Ryan are cute, charming and churn out loads of "ordinary people"...

By Patrick Walsh JO: Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, yes! The most important thing that happened out of the Shakespeare script was that Tom's company was among the readers. They liked it, and I met with Tom about another project, but every time I sat down with him I would ask if he had hired writers on Band of Br...

By Rob Tom Hanks: Yeah, Colin found a Sean McGinly script called The Great Buck Howard, which Sean directed, and it’s going to premiere at Sundance. John Malkovich plays the great Buck Howard. I read it and said: “Oh, there’s a role for a cranky father in this! I’ll do it.” And Colin said: “Dad just wan...

By Rob HOLLYWOOD continues to roll out the big guns in its attempts to get people to see films inspired by the war on terror. Months after Robert Redford teamed up with Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep for Lions For Lambs, Tom Hanks delivers a tantalising true-life tale that’s backed by some of the very b...

By Jaq Greenspon Discover More: Movie Reviews Why? Why is it that because we get Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, the proverbial Hollywood Prom King and Queen, in a true story written for the screen by Tinseltown's chess club president Aaron Sorkin, do we think it must be socially important and award worthy? A...

By dailysalad Tom Hanks gives a very good performance as Charlie Wilson. Wilson is not a very demanding part, but Hanks gives it his all nonetheless, becoming the character. He stops being Tom Hanks about 10 minutes in. Except when he cries. Julia Roberts looks fantastic and does a nice job delivering her li...

By john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) Tom Hanks is one of those very few actors that forces you to assume whatever movie he will be appearing in will automatically be quality stuff. His role selection over the years has been insanely good and as a result, his reputation, awards shelf and ultimately his legacy as one of the all tim...

By Ken Evans I have to mention director Mike Nichols for his excellent work in Charlie Wilson's War. If you weren't a fan of Closer, as I was not, then it has been a long time since we have seen a great film from Nichols. Not since Regarding Henry (1991) have I seen a film from him that I truly appreciated. It's h...

By Ken Levine Patrick Dempsey was handsome and likable and hopes his feature career takes off like Tom Hanks’ did with SPLASH. Meanwhile, ENCHANTED will transform Amy Adams into Hollywood Royalty. And even if she doesn't win an Oscar she's a shoo-in to cop a Golden Globe. But that's like saying she's not m...

The AgeTom Sizemore Receieves 16 Month Prison Sentence  - Bakersfield charges and might recieve up to six years in prison. The actor has appeared in numerous films including "Saving Private Ryan" with Tom Hanks. Tom Sizemore Sentenced To 16 Months In Prison One Bakersfield Online

· 6-16 Tom Hanks, polo shirt collar up, and his ? Two boys gist leaving Swingers in Santa Monica. Looks terrific. That's what Paul McCartney money will do for a guy. · Jason Bateman hit the Hollywood Farmers Market on Sunday (6/17) with his wife and very cute baby girl.

By John Reed It wasn’t really a smash at the box office when it was originally released. Which is startling, especially considering it featured and was directed by Tom Hanks, who was steaming hot in 1996 after his two Oscars wins – for Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994) – not to mention his perf...

Tom Hanks TV series to debunk Kennedy conspiracy theories  MA - Jun 8, 2007 He won back-to-back best actor Oscars for his roles in 1993's "Philadelphia" and 1994's "Forrest Gump," and has also become one of Hollywood's most powerful ...

By Matt Paprocki Apollo 13 is a fascinating drama, mixing in loads of content into a solid two hour timeframe. Ron Howard directs this Tom Hanks piece, based on the real event of a nearly doomed space shuttle flight to the moon. The dramatic twists are captivating cinema.

By Daryl D Cruise has entered the Britney Spears, Ben Affleck, Michael Jackson, J-Lo, and Madonna Celebrity Backlash Zone where people love to take entertainers, turn them into icons with an almost Godlike status, and then drop them like a ball of fire. It’s a fun sport for the general public, but ca...

By Laura Grow Lost had a strong start in 2004. An international group of seemingly ordinary travelers crashes into a deserted island and has to survive. The focus has changed more than once in the past three seasons, but the core premise is the same – making a home in the wilderness, and either staying sane...

By Laura Grow Robert Zemeckis' Cast Away (2000) did just that. Tom Hanks as Chuck had wonderful chemistry with the ball – more so, in fact, than he did with Helen Hunt as Kelly. There were no wasted scenes, and no wasted energy. The most powerful moments were the most understated, as when Chuck and Wilson dis...

By Kim Masters Told you: We are not ones to gloat, but we did report on March 7 that Shia LaBeouf will be in the new Indiana Jones film. Some of you gave us static because the new It Boy made a number of statements that he knew nothing about being in the movie right up until the deal was announced. These Hollywood t...

VARIETY -<br>Hanks, Lopez, Cook to take stage<br><br>Tom Hanks, Jennifer Lopez and Dane Cook have been added as presenters at the 64th annual Golden Globe Awards. The Globes will be held Monday at the BevHilton and broadcast live on NBC beginning at 8 p.m...

C'mon, fire the grinning actor idiot because he's lost his box office appeal, or because his first dollar gross is so exorbitant that no studio has a prayer any more of making money on his motion pictures, or because of any other business reason. And fire him in the usual Hollywood way: with a...