Tom Hanks

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Born: 7/9/1956 · Concord, CA

Biography: American leading actor Tom Hanks has become one of the most popular stars in contemporary American cinema. Born July 9, 1956, in Concord, CA, Hanks spent much of his childhood moving about with his father, an itinerant cook, and continually attempting to cope with constantly …

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ActorAll Actor Credits

Major Matt Mason [Movie]

2011

Toy Story 3: in Disney Digital 3-D [Movie] as Woody

2010

Toy Story 3 [Movie] as Woody

2010

Angels & Demons [Movie] as Robert Langdon

2009

The Great Buck Howard [Movie]

2008

Ken Burns' The War [TV Documentary Series] [TV Series]

2007

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Band of Brothers: Crossroads [TV Series]

2001

From the Earth to the Moon, Part 1: Can We Do This? [TV Series]

1998

That Thing You Do [Movie]

1996

Fallen Angels, Vol. 2 [Movie]

1993

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What?s behind the summer?s cooling trend

07/09/09 It may be an honest admission that Hollywood finally has run out of ideas, but this week's announcement that DreamWorks is developing a movie based on the View-Master couldn't come at a more fitting moment: Brand names people have heard of ? even those associated with a simple toy ? now mean more to a film's success than $20 million stars. | News Sentinel - Knoxville TN
Summer movie season cooling off

07/09/09 'Star Trek' and 'The Hangover' fueled ticket sales early on but audiences have dwindled halfway through the season. | Zap2it
31.1 million see Jackson TV tribute

07/08/09 About 31.1 million people in the U.S. watched the Michael Jackson memorial on TV, with millions more catching video streams on their computers. | The Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne IN
Ratings as appeared in Beacon Journal film crit...

07/08/09 (R � pervasive strong, crude sexual content, graphic nudity and language) The title character is a flamboyant, deliberately provocative gay man who ambushes innocent bystanders in his desperate bid for celebrity. | Akron Beacon Journal - Akron OH
Gary Ross, Screenwriter Behind BIG, DAVE & SEABISCUIT, Is Scripting SPIDER-MAN 4!!

07/08/09 Screenwriter Gary Ross is rewriting Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man 4," following drafts penned by James Vanderbilt ("Zodiac") and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire. | Ain't It Cool News
Tom Hanks To Represent Actors On Academy Board

07/08/09 Tom Hanks , who played a significant role in ending the standoff between the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) this year, will once again represent actors on the board of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the group that hands out the annual Oscar awards. | The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
World?s Trendiest Airstream Hotels

07/08/09 "Airstreams are vintage, iconic, unique," says Jody Aufrichtig, who spent months and millions to buy, import, and renovate a small fleet of vintage Airstreams. | Travel and Leisure
Dan Brown?s New Book To Pester You On The Internet All Summer

07/07/09 When Dan Brown writes a new book, he doesn't need to advertise it - the book can advertise itself. | Hecklerspray
No dry spell at 'Harry Potter' premiere

07/07/09 Thousands of Harry Potter fans braved rain and hail yesterday to cheer the cast of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" at its London premiere. | The Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu HI
Tom Hanks returns to Academy board

07/07/09 Annual branch elections of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences returned nine incumbents to the board and voted in four new governors. | Variety
Tom Hanks Voted Back Onto Academy Awards Board

07/07/09 (AP) Tom Hanks is rejoining the board that oversees the Academy Awards. | TheShowBuzz
Baywatch Boobs On the Big Screen!

07/07/09 News from the internet as it relates to TV, a rising comedy star ponders his many options, a new HBO show could be a disaster or could be great, and a Baywatch movie makes us cranky. | Defamer
HBO Developing Hermaphrodite Series MIDDLESEX, Based On The Pulitzer/Oprah Club Novel By That VIRGIN SUICIDES Guy!!

07/06/09 "Middlesex," the novel by Jeffrey Eugenides ("The Virgin Suicides") that won both a Pulitzer Prize and a slot in Oprah's Book Club, has been optioned by HBO, which hopes to turn it into an hourlong series. | Ain't It Cool News
Meghan McCain Crashes New Museum Party (In Jumpsuit!)

07/06/09 Other guests thought she was "nice" and "pretty" and "friendly." | The Daily Transom - The New York Observer
Blowing Candles Out For Action Heroes And Oscar Winners In This Week?s Birthday Bash

07/06/09 Just as everyone has an opinion, a favorite meal and a nose ? albeit a fake one at times ? so too does everyone have a birthday. | MTV Movies Blog
Ice Age Sets Record At The Top Of The Global Box Office

07/05/09 Dawn Of The Dinosaurs has made history at the top of the international box office charts after scoring the biggest ever global opening for an animated film. | The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
The last time the Bucs beat .500

07/04/09 A weekly look at the 1992 season, before it all went downhill for the Pirates. | Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA
Worst Celebrity Death Hoaxes

07/03/09 Rest assured pop fans, Britney Spears is NOT dead; she's just the latest celebrity named in a death hoax. | FOX News
Celebrity Birthdays For The Week Of July 5-11

07/01/09 Actress Katherine Helmond ("Who's The Boss," "Soap") is 80. | TheShowBuzz
Jeff Goldblum Confirms His Own Death

07/01/09 Minutes after Twitter was buzzing with the shocking news of Michael Jackson's death, it was announced that Jeff Goldblum had also passed away, having fallen to his death while filming in New Zealand (heh, same thing happened to Tom Hanks a few years back). | Cinematical.com
The joke that everyone missed from SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy revival

06/09/09 ON AOL TELEVISION Last month's triumphant return of the "Celebrity Jeopardy!" sketch to Saturday Night Live was a hilarious bit of celebrity snark genius. | TV Squad
TV News Daily: Conan O'Brien Books Gwyneth Paltrow, Tom Hanks

05/26/09 ON AOL TELEVISION The stars are lining up to help Conan O'Brien kick-off 'The Tonight Show.' | Inside TV
Here's the guest list for Conan's first week

05/23/09 ON AOL TELEVISION Unless you've been in a coma for the past year and just woke up, you probably know that Conan O'Brien is the new host of The Tonight Show . | TV Squad
Saturday Night Live: Will Ferell/Green Day (season finale)

05/17/09 ON AOL TELEVISION Maybe they should just bring back Saturday Night Live alumni for season finales from now on, because this episode was spectacular. | TV Squad
Best '80s TV Shows

04/12/09 ON AOL TELEVISION It may have been the Me Decade, but in TV land, the sisters were doin' it for themselves and finally getting respect as cops, war nurses and working moms; iconic shows like 'Hill Street Blues,' 'St. | Inside TV

Year
Result
Award
Movie

2007
Won
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Charlie Wilson's War

2000
Nominated
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Cast Away

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