'Do you still like wearing women's clothing?' I asked Tom Hanks
March 16, 2013 - Mail Online
Tom Hanks is one of my favourite actors, and a thoroughly charming man, but as a potential interviewee he’s proved more elusive than a photo of Lord Lucan riding Shergar side-saddle with Elvis. I was due to sit down with him 18 months ago, after months of negotiation, but he pulled out...
Read moreUnreleased 'Captain Phillips' draws early Oscar buzz
March 15, 2013 - The Virginian-Pilot
Remember last SUMMER when Tom Hanks was in Virginia Beach filming scenes for his movie "Captain Phillips"? If so, you might remember that, at the time, the movie about the real-life Capt. Richard Phillips' encounter with Somali pirates was slated for a March 2013...
Read moreMy 20 Initial Impressions & Observations About ‘Lucky Guy’
March 14, 2013 - College Media Matters
Earlier this week, for roughly two hours, I sat six feet from Tom Hanks. He was mustachioed, intermittently drunk, briefly high on morphine, and at one point arguing in bed with Maura Tierney. His facial hair, theatrics, and relative proximity to little ol’ me all related to his...
Read more“Lucky Guy” Starring Tom Hanks The Fourth Top-Grossing Show
March 12, 2013 - Classicalite
The Broadway world premiere of the play "Lucky Guy" featuring two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks became the fourth top-grossing show for the week. The show is just behind the top three blockbusters "Wicked," "The Book of Mormon," and a story about "The Lion...
Read moreStrong Sales for ‘Lucky Guy’ With Tom Hanks
March 12, 2013 - The New York Times
Several new Broadway shows are off to good starts at the box office, none more so than the Tom Hanks vehicle “Lucky Guy,” which last week became the rare play to make more than $1 million for a week of performances. “Lucky Guy,” a bio-drama by the writer and director...
Read moreTom Hanks Sells Big at B’way Box Office
March 04, 2013 - Variety
Broadway looks to be getting lucky with “Lucky Guy,” the Tom Hanks starrer that raked in an impressive B.O. sum from its first two previews perfs. The play’s $367,156 tally for a pair of previews was well over the Broadhurst Theater’s gross potential – meaning...
Read moreTom Hanks redirecting his talents to Broadway
February 26, 2013 - The New York Times
N EW YORK — Tom Hanks swears. Hearing profanity, though not a blue streak, from the actor who has defined Hollywood decency for three decades — playing white knights in Splash, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13 and the Toy Story series — is certainly considered...
Read moreTom Hanks Curses in His Broadway Debut
February 20, 2013 - Complex
Tom Hanks is making his Broadway debut in a little over a week in Lucky Guy, a play by his friend, the late Nora Ephron. He plays Mike McAlary, a real-life tabloid journalist from the 80s. The thing is: how do you make the most likeable guy ever unlikable? Have him say...
Read moreFebruary 20, 2013 - The New York Times
Tom Hanks swears. Not a blue streak, no, but it’s bracing to hear profanity from the man who has defined decency for three decades in Hollywood, playing white knights in “Splash,” “Forrest Gump,” “Apollo 13” and the “Toy Story” series. If he...
Read moreTom Hanks Says U.S. Obligated to Care for Vets and Service Members
December 05, 2012 - ABC News
War and the U.S. military were staples in Tom Hanks' life long before he starred in "Saving Private Ryan" 14 years ago. The actor grew up in Alameda, Calif., where the Naval Air Station is located. Almost all of his friends had fathers serving overseas in the Air Force so...
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