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Julia Roberts Drops the F-Bomb on Tom Hanks
Originally posted 04/28/2009 10:00AM
The night was billed as a salute to Tom Hanks, but it was Julia Roberts who stole the show.
"It's late, and I'm paying my babysitter overtime, and I have to pee," a harried Roberts announced at Monday's 36th annual Film Society of Lincoln Center Gala Tribute, where the Philadelphia and Forrest Gump double Oscar winner was presented the new Chaplin Award. Keeping her tribute as brief as possible, Roberts told Hanks, "So, everybody f---ing likes you."
Assessing his 2004 movie The Terminal, in which he played an Eastern European trapped in Immigration at J.F.K., Roberts said, "That movie about you and the airport and the accent was a pass for me. Airport? Were you just an immigrant lost? I didn't know. I love you, but I didn’t know … and I'm wearing the same f---ing dress tonight as your publicist."
Permalink | Filed Under: Bruce Springsteen, Charlize Theron, Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks
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Author to Revive Da Vinci Code Hero in New Book
Originally posted 04/20/2009 03:10PM
As long promised, The Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown is putting his hero, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, back to work. Random House will release 5 million copies of Langdon's latest adventure, to be titled The Lost Symbol, on Sept. 15, reports the book-industry trade publication Publishers Weekly.
The plot covers half a day in the life of Langdon. "Weaving five years of research into the story's 12-hour timeframe was an exhilarating challenge," the notoriously reclusive Brown, 44, is quoted as saying in a statement. "Robert Langdon's life clearly moves a lot faster than mine."
Permalink | Filed Under: The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, Dan Brown, Tom Hanks
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Tom Hanks Apologizes for Calling Mormon Support of Prop 8 'Un-American'
Originally posted 01/23/2009 02:10PM
Tom Hanks is rethinking his comments about Mormons who supported Proposition 8.
Last week, the star, who is an executive producer for HBO's controversial series Big Love about a group of polygamist Mormons, spoke out about the religious group's involvement in passing the California law, which bans same-sex marriage.
"The truth is a lot of Mormons gave a lot of money to the church to make Prop-8 happen," Hanks told Foxnews.com at the show's premiere in Los Angeles last Wednesday. "There are a lot of people who feel that is un-American, and I am one of them."
A spokesperson for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Kim Farah, took offense at Hanks's comments, telling FOX News, "Expressing an opinion in a free and democratic society is as American as it gets."
Now, in a exclusive statement to PEOPLE through his representative Leslee Dart, Hanks is softening his stance.
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Tom Hanks Pays Tribute to Paul Newman
Originally posted 09/30/2008 05:15PM
Tom Hanks released a statement Tuesday remembering his Road to Perdition costar Paul Newman, who died at age 83:
"Paul Newman told me his hotel in Chicago was a room at the YMCA, which was not hard to imagine. He considered himself just another member of the acting company, who would call his wife during breaks and confess to feeling self-conscious on the first day of shooting. But he was Paul Newman, and could not mask the fact he was simply – yet elegantly – an extraordinary artist and man. How lucky we all have been."
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Vatican Bans Tom Hanks from Filming in Churches
Originally posted 06/17/2008 09:15AM
The Vatican has a clear message to Tom Hanks and his costars in the new Da Vinci Code movie: "Keep out."
The diocese of Rome has banned Angels and Demons from filming inside its churches because the movie "does not conform to our views," says spokesman Monsignor Marco Fibbi.
Angels and Demons is a prequel to 2006's Da Vinci Code – also starring Hanks and also based on a Dan Brown best-seller – which controversially claimed that Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalene and had children.
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Tom Hanks Lends a Hand to an Italian Wedding
Originally posted 06/12/2008 06:00PM
Tom Hanks to the rescue! The double Oscar winner, 51, in Rome to film the Da Vinci Code sequel Angels & Demons, realized that the production had closed down a significant portion of the town serving as the movie location – including streets surrounding the church where a wedding was to take place. Hanks's solution? Stepping in and personally escorting the bride to the church – though certainly stopping short of walking her down the aisle.
– Brian Orloff
Tom Hanks Urges Studio to Save the Oscars
Originally posted 01/11/2008 12:30PM
Scaling back awards shows and replacing the Golden Globes with a press conference in light of the Hollywood writers strike isn't sitting well with Tom Hanks.
He's hoping the Feb. 24 Oscars take place – as tradition dictates.
"The show must go on," the actor, a double Oscar winner himself, told Reuters in London at Thursday's premiere of his Charlie Wilson's War. "That is one of the tenets of everything,"
Permalink | Filed Under: Oscars 2008, Tom Hanks
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Tom, Julia & Their Spouses: After the Premiere
Originally posted 12/11/2007 05:00PM
Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts's new movie Charlie Wilson's War was shown in at least 14 theaters at the Universal City Walk Cineplex Monday night. And after the screenings let out, Hanks was spotted, still holding wife Rita Wilson's hand, politely introducing his mother to a group of friends with the security detail forming a loose ring around the group.
Roberts, in a snug, knee-length, black Dolce & Gabbana cocktail gown, was spotted with hubby Danny Moder as they made their way through the crowded lobby. Moder had his hands on Julia's hips as they walked, forming what one onlooker dubbed "a lovey-dovey Conga line for two."
Permalink | Filed Under: Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks: Blogger, MySpace Friend & Electric Car Owner
Originally posted 10/23/2007 08:55AM
Tom Hanks is blogging while driving. The actor, 51, has posted a new video on his MySpace page driving in what he says is a modified Scion xB wagon that he's turned into an electric car. "This is my second electric car. I got another one made by Toyota – it's got over 30,000 miles on it. Not a single one requiring a single drop of gas."
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Tom Hanks Autograph Seeker Arrested
Originally posted 09/30/2005 08:00AM
A man has been arrested for allegedly disturbing the peace on the U.K. movie set of The Da Vinci Code, starring Tom Hanks.
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