‘Racist Hank’s used to attract people of all cultures on jazz nights’
The racism at Hank's Olde Irish is 'all too familiar', says arts and culture journalist Atiyyah Khan.
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Tom Hanks and more stars share their favorite Christmas movies
If you're looking to crank up the nostalgia and holiday magic, there's an endless list of Christmas classics like "It's a Wonderful Life," "Miracle of 34th Street" and "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation."Plus, the more recent films that…
The Terminal: Man who inspired Tom Hanks film after living in airport for 18 years dies
The man who inspired Tom Hanks film The Terminal has died at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, where he lived for 18 years.Iranian national Mehran Karimi Nasseri had a heart attack in Terminal 2F on Saturday, according to an…
The 11 Best Tom Hanks Movies for a Night In
If ever we, as a species, needed to prove the inherent worthiness of man to alien overlords, I think it’s pretty clear who we would show them: one Tom Hanks. The 66-year-old actor has been in Hollywood for decades, yet his charm hasn’t…
2-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks says he’s made 4 ‘pretty good’ movies in his 40-year…
Tom Hanks may just be the most modest man in Hollywood.Despite building a career that spans more than 80 films and six Oscar nominations, the 66-year-old actor commented in a recent interview that only a handful of his movies are "pretty…
Tom Hanks: I’ve made four pretty good films
Tom Hanks has joked that he has made "tons" of films and "four of them are pretty good".The Hollywood legend did not reveal which ones he was referring to - but he has actor credits on 94 pictures.
He won his two Oscars for…
Apple Arcade’s latest exclusive is… a Tom Hanks passion project?
Hanx101 Trivia, a trivia game that is narrated by actor Tom Hanks, will soon be one of the games exclusively available on the Apple Arcade subscription service (via Variety). Despite the name, it’s not a game dedicated to quizzing you…
Tom Hanks admits doubts over ‘Forrest Gump’ bus bench scenes
Hanks played the title character, a man with child-like innocence and a penchant for stumbling into history, in the 1994 movie directed by Bob Zemeckis, which won six Academy Awards."I will tell you, in 'Forrest Gump,' all the stuff that we…
Tom Hanks says ‘Philadelphia’ wouldn’t get made today with a straight actor in a…
The "Elvis" actor reflected on the role in an interview this week with the New York Times' David Marchese. The journalist asked Hanks about two of his most famous films -- 1993's "Philadelphia" and 1994's "Forrest Gump," in which he plays a…
Tom Hanks says he couldn’t play Philadelphia role today ‘and rightly so’
Tom Hanks says he could not play the role of a gay man today as he did in Philadelphia in 1993 - and "rightly so".The Hollywood star played lawyer Andrew Beckett in the film, a man who was fired from his job after his bosses…