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Jennifer Aniston & Justin Theroux's Double Date with Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson
Originally posted 04/05/2012 03:00PM
Talk about a power-foursome!
While Jennifer Aniston has been keeping a low-profile and spending time getting her new Los Angeles home move-in ready, the actress and her beau of nearly one year, Justin Theroux, hit the town Wednesday night for dinner with Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson.
The group dined at trendy westside eatery Katsuya Brentwood, staying for over two hours. "They all appeared to be really enjoying each other's company and sat at a private booth," says a source. "It was a fun sake and sushi double-date between two super power couples."
As for Aniston, 43, and Theroux, 40, who have been the subject of recent wedding chatter, "Jen and Justin are both doing great," says a source. "They have both been working on upcoming movie projects."
– Jennifer Garcia
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Ashton Kutcher Bound for Outer Space
Originally posted 03/20/2012 09:15AM
Here's one way of getting away from it all: sub-orbit the solar system. And Ashton Kutcher is all ready to don his astronaut suit.
"Great news today from our Astronaut Relations team at Virgin Galactic: our 500th future astronaut customer has just signed up! Even better news is that number 500 is Ashton Kutcher," Virgin Galactic's founder, Richard Branson, trumpeted on his blog Monday.
Added the entrepreneur, "I gave Ashton a quick call to congratulate and welcome him. He is as thrilled as we are at the prospect of being among the first to cross the final frontier (and back!) with us and to experience the magic of space for himself."
Jimmy Kimmel Packs Oscar Winners into Hilarious Movie: The Movie Trailer
Originally posted 02/27/2012 06:15AM
Oscar night celebrated some of the best movies of the past year. But are you ready for the greatest film ever made?
Jimmy Kimmel put together this amusing teaser for Movie: The Movie – his tongue-in-cheek attempt at making the most star-studded, spectacular film America has ever seen. Or at least, the trailer for it.
The stars are almost too numerous to count – Best Actress winner Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron, Matt Damon, Cameron Diaz, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Colin Farrell and the list goes on and on, while the plot is too hilariously clichéd to be believed.
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Tom Hanks's Dog Dies
Originally posted 01/20/2012 07:00AM
It was a day of loss in the Hanks household Thursday, when the Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close star took to Twitter to announce his dog Monty had passed away.
"Deep brown eyes, noble demeanor, finest dog ever," Hanks wrote on his WhoSay page, sharing a photo of Monty on a rocky slope.
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Review
Originally posted 12/19/2011 08:30AM
I should tell you that I was living in New York City on 9/11, and am not what one would call "over it." So I approach 9/11-related films with trepidation.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is about grief. Oskar Schell (Thomas Horn), a frank, curious boy, mourns his father (Tom Hanks), who died that day.
The movie is also about the New York that I came to know after 9/11, and that's what makes it extraordinary. When Oskar discovers an envelope with a key among his dad’s things, he puts aside his phobias to find the lock it opens, meeting a string of wondrous people.
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Sandra Bullock Goes Glam Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Premiere
Originally posted 12/16/2011 11:45AM
She's extremely lovely and incredibly glamorous!
Sandra Bullock walked the red carpet at the premiere of her new film, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, in New York on Thursday and showed off her sleek and sexy hair in a satin jumpsuit with a stingray belt by Alexander McQueen.
The film, which also stars Tom Hanks and Jeopardy! Kids Week champion Thomas Horn, 13, is based on Jonathan Safran Foer's 2005 novel about a 9/11 widow and her son's search for meaning after his father's death.
Despite early Oscar buzz, Bullock, 47, recently told PEOPLE she's focused on being a mom to her adorable son, Louis.
– Aaron Parsley
Sandra Bullock's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Trailer Debuts
Originally posted 09/29/2011 09:00AM
Heartbreaking.
In a word, that sums up the new trailer for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, the upcoming movie about a father's death on 9/11, starring Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks.
Based on the 2005 novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, the movie also stars Thomas Horn, 13, a former Jeopardy Kids' Week champion, as Bullock and Hanks's son. After his father's death, the boy discovers a key that belonged to him that takes him on a journey around New York City.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close opens on Christmas Day and is also getting Oscar buzz.
– Tim Nudd
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Galaxy of Stars Honor Oprah Winfrey in Talk Show's Final Episodes
Originally posted 05/17/2011 10:55PM
Madonna, Beyoncé, Halle Berry, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes ... the list goes on of A-list stars who descended upon Chicago Tuesday to wish Oprah Winfrey farewell at a taping of the talk-show queen's third- and second-to-last episodes ever of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
"Having fun?" Winfrey asked about 13,000 audience members packed into Chicago's United Center – which was stocked with 13,000 boxes of tissue – for the taping of two shows that will air May 23 and May 24. "So am I! So darn cool!" (Winfrey's final episode will tape next week and air on May 25.)
Tom Hanks, who acted as master of ceremonies Tuesday night, told Winfrey, "You are surrounded by nothing but love" before introducing a video of viewers talking about how their lives have been positively impacted by the talk show that's lasted 25 years.
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Sandra Bullock Gears Up for Her Next Movie
Originally posted 01/21/2011 02:00PM
Sandra Bullock is making herself at home in the Big Apple.
The actress, 46 – who has long maintained a residence in New York City but primarily splits her time between Austin and New Orleans – is settling in to begin shooting on her next film, the drama Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
The film, costarring Tom Hanks, is Bullock's first since winning the Oscar for The Blind Side last year – and her first since becoming a mom to now 1-year-old son Louis.
After returning to Manhattan following her appearance at the Golden Globes last week – where she playfully dismissed rumors of a romance with actor Ryan Reynolds, saying, "he is not my lovah" – Bullock has been keeping things low-key around town with Louis.
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Sandra Bullock Being Wooed for Movie – with Tom Hanks
Originally posted 08/23/2010 07:00AM
In what would be her first movie project since winning the Best Actress Oscar for The Blind Side, Sandra Bullock could be starring opposite Tom Hanks in the drama Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – if two studios have their way, reports Variety.
Offers have gone out to the actors from Warner Bros. and Paramount, which would jointly release the movie, to be produced by Scott Rudin, says the trade paper.
Lined up to direct is Stephen Daldry, whose The Reader won a Best Actress Oscar for Kate Winslet. The script, by Oscar winner Eric Roth (Forrest Gump), is based on the 2005 Jonathan Safran Foer novel about a 9-year-old, Oskar Schell, who's lost his father in the 9/11 attacks.
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