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☆ C-3PO's head, 'Titanic' costumes for sale at Propstore film auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Actor Anthony Daniels, who played C-3PO in 11 Star Wars films, poses next to a screen-matched, light-up C-3PO head from the 1977 film "Star Wars: A New Hope" which is part of his personal collection, at Propstore in Chenies, Britain, September 20, 2023. The head will be auctioned with other film... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreRICKMANSWORTH, England, Oct 3 (Reuters) - From "Star Wars" droid C-3PO's head to Leonardo DiCaprio's "Titanic" costume, a trove of costumes and props are headed to auction next month in a sale of film and television memorabilia worth around $14.6 million. More than 1,800 items are being sold by entertainment memorabilia auctioneer Propstore at its annual live auction, which this year runs from Nov. 9-12. Leading the sale, which Propstore estimates will fetch more than 12 million pounds (14.6 million), is the light-up head actor Anthony Daniels wore to play C-3PO in "Star Wars: A New Hope", with an estimate of 500,000 - 1 million pounds ($600,000- $1.2 million). Daniels is also selling other "Star Wars" memorabilia.

Persons: Anthony Daniels, Leonardo DiCaprio's, Propstore, Daniels, Stephen Lane, DiCaprio, Ryder's, Ursula Andress, Johnny Depp's, Harrison Ford's, Indiana Jones, Freddy, Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump, Stanley Kubrick's, Marlon Brando, Lane, they're, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Alex Richardson Organizations: Star Wars, Wars, Reuters, Pirates, Thomson Locations: Propstore, Chenies, Britain, RICKMANSWORTH, England, Caribbean

☆ Tom Hanks warns fans that an AI version of himself in a dental ad was created without his consent
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Tom Hanks says an advert making its way around social media was created without his permission. The ad reportedly includes an AI-generated version of Hanks selling dental insurance. AdvertisementAdvertisementTom Hanks is warning fans about an AI version of himself used in an advert for a dental plan. There's a video out there promoting some dental plan with an AI version of me. The use of AI, especially when used to recreate an actor's likeness, has been a central issue in the SAG-AFTRA actors strike.

Persons: Tom Hanks, Hanks, —, Adam Buxton, Buxton, didn't Organizations: Service, SAG, Writers Guild of America, AI

☆ Robin Williams' daughter says she finds AI recreations of her father's voice 'personally disturbing'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Actress and director Zelda Williams said the use of AI recreations of her father's voice was "personally disturbing." These AI recreations are at best "a poor facsimile of greater people," she said. AdvertisementAdvertisementZelda Williams slammed AI recreations of her father's likeness, saying she finds these recreations "personally disturbing." In June, voice actor Brad Ziffer said he was avoiding gigs that would enable companies to create an AI-generated voice clone, for fear that it would threaten his future livelihood. Representatives for Zelda Williams did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider, sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: Zelda Williams, —, Williams, Zelda, Robin Williams, James Dean, Jack, Tom Hanks, Brad Ziffer Organizations: Service, Poets Society, Screen Actors Guild

CNN —Hollywood star Tom Hanks has “nothing to do with” an artificial intelligence version of himself that is promoting “some dental plan,” he said on Instagram on Sunday. Alongside his warning, Hanks shared a photo of an apparent AI likeness depicting his younger self, though it is unclear whether this came from the dental plan ad. “There’s a video out there promoting some dental plan with an AI version of me. I have nothing to do with it.”CNN could not independently verify the content of the dental plan ad that Hanks referenced and has reached out to Hanks’ representatives for comment. While Hanks acknowledged that an AI version of himself would not be able to produce the same performances as he does now, he wondered whether audiences would really mind.

Persons: Tom Hanks, ”, Hanks, “, ’, Adam Buxton, Stephane Cardinale, Corbis, — Organizations: CNN, Hollywood, SAG, Polar

☆ Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda slams AI recreations of her dad
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda Williams says recreations of her late father made with artificial intelligence are “disturbing.”She took to Instagram on Sunday to explain her thoughts on AI, which is one of the key contract issues in the SAG-AFTRA strike against Hollywood studios. “I am not an impartial voice in SAG’s fight against AI,” Williams wrote. “I’ve witnessed for YEARS how many people want to train these models to create/recreate actors who cannot consent, like Dad. “I’ve already heard AI used to get his ‘voice’ to say whatever people want and while I find it personally disturbing, the ramifications go far beyond my own feelings. SAG-AFTRA resumes talks with the Hollywood studios on Monday.

Persons: Robin Williams ’, Zelda Williams, Instagram, SAG’s, ” Williams, “ I’ve, ’, ”, Tom Hanks, wasn’t Organizations: CNN, SAG, Hollywood

☆ Pinault’s Hollywood foray is untimely distraction
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Pierre Briancon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Charles Platiau Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The story of European business trying to mingle with Hollywood has often led to unhappy endings. The Pinault family, which controls $61 billion luxury group Kering (PRTP.PA), thinks it can buck the trend. Pinault may have overpaid for CAA, especially in the middle of a major strike of Hollywood writers and actors. The transaction, through holding company Artemis, adds Hollywood's premiere talent agency to Pinault’s family empire which spans fashion, wine and contemporary art. CAA was valued at $1.1 billion when TPG acquired a majority stake in 2014, four years after having originally invested in the talent agency.

Persons: Francois, Henri Pinault, Kering, Charles Platiau, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, François, Ari Emanuel’s, Artemis ’, Gucci, Alessandro Michele, Pinault, Jean, Kering’s, Valentino, Brad Pitt, Salma Hayek, Lisa Jucca, Streisand Neto Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Hollywood, Universal Studios, Creative Artists Agency, CAA, Gucci, TPG, Endeavor, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, bask

Putting a price on celebrityIn buying a majority stake in the powerhouse Hollywood talent agency Creative Artists Agency, François-Henri Pinault showed that high-ticket M.&A. is a game that more than one French luxury billionaire can play. Acquiring CAA — which represents stars including Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie and Pinault’s wife, Salma Hayek Pinault — underscores Pinault’s ambitions, and reinforces the growing importance of celebrity in the luxury sector. Like his archrival, Bernard Arnault of LVMH, Pinault used a series of acquisitions to assemble the luxury empire now known as Kering, starting with Gucci and later adding Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Alexander McQueen and more. The agency will be run separately from Kering; Bryan Lourd, the superagent who represents Scarlett Johansson and Brad Pitt, will become C.E.O.

Persons: Henri Pinault, Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Pinault’s, Salma Hayek Pinault, Bernard Arnault, Pinault, Saint, Bottega, Alexander McQueen, —, Bryan Lourd, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Pitt Organizations: Hollywood, Creative Artists Agency, CAA, Gucci, Puma Locations: Bottega Veneta, Kering

☆ 55 Years and Thousands of Martinis Later, a Last Last Call at Sardi’s
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Julie Besonen | Lanna Apisukh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Earlier this year, Mr. Petrsoric, 78, was working alone around 10 p.m. when 60 or so people filed in after Broadway shows let out. He found himself going back into machine mode, a calm beacon of cocktail efficiency. He expressed his amazement, which Mr. Petrsoric subtly acknowledged, with a hand placed gently to his heart. While he appreciated the accolade, he gives the same polite treatment to the star-struck as to stars like Mr. Broderick, as well as cast members, directors, producers, lyricists and composers from nearby productions. It goes to your brain, and then you see it’s not forever and you’ve got to come down to earth.”Trying to squeeze stories from Mr. Petrsoric while he is on duty rarely bears fruit.

Persons: Petrsoric, Matthew Broderick, Mr, Broderick, Joe, Wes Anderson’s, — Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig, Scarlett Johansson, Colin Jost, Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke, Maya Hawke, Tom Hanks, Bill Murray, Adrien Brody, Bryan Cranston, Jeff Goldblum, Jason Schwartzman — Mr, “ I’m, ”, “, Lucille Ball, It’s, you’ve, swiveling Organizations: Broadway

☆ Tom Hanks and Johnathon Schaech have a ‘That Thing You Do’ reunion
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —Tom Hanks and Johnathon Schaech are still going strong as friends nearly 30 years after they both starred in “That Thing You Do.”In the cult-classic, which Hanks wrote and directed, the Oscar-winning actor plays Mr. White, an A&R representative for Playtone Records and manager for “The Wonders.” Schaech plays the combative lead singer of the band. The movie also stars Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, Ethan Embry, and Charlize Theron. Hanks and Schaech posted their reunion to Twitter. The rest of the cast has kept in touch as well, with Schaech, Everett Scott, Zahn and Embry reuniting for a charity watch party during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, . The cast marked the occasion with an in-person reunion in Pennsylvania, where the movie’s fictional band is from.

Persons: Tom Hanks, Johnathon, Hanks, Oscar, White, ” Schaech, Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, Ethan Embry, Charlize Theron, Schaech, Everett Scott, Zahn, Embry Organizations: CNN, Playtone Records, Twitter Locations: Schaech, Pennsylvania

☆ ‘Tom Lake’ Finds Ann Patchett in a Chekhovian Mood
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Alexandra Jacobs | More About Alexandra Jacobs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Are you in possession of a hammock? A bay window with built-in seating? If not, Ann Patchett’s new novel, “Tom Lake,” will situate you there mentally. I wouldn’t be surprised if it put your fitness tracker on the fritz, even if you amble around listening to Meryl Streep read the audio version. With “Tom Lake,” she treats us — and perhaps herself — to a vision of a family beautifully, bucolically simple: nuclear, in its pre-bomb meaning.

Persons: Ann Patchett’s, Tom Lake, fritz, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks’s, —, Patchett, ” Locations: Nashville

☆ Britain investigates after Mali gets defence emails meant for Pentagon
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) - UK authorities said on Friday they were investigating defence ministry emails that were mistakenly sent to the wrong recipient, after reports that messages intended for U.S. military intelligence ended up with Russian ally Mali. Ministry of Defence officials were trying to contact the Pentagon, whose domain name is ".mil", but accidentally sent the mails to Mali, which has the domain name ".ml", the Times newspaper reported. Britain said the information that was mistakenly shared was not highly sensitive. "We have opened an investigation after a small number of emails were mistakenly forwarded to an incorrect email domain," a spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said, without confirming the domain's name. "All sensitive information is shared on systems designed to minimise the risk of misdirection," the spokesperson said.

Persons: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan romcom, Alistair Smout, John Stonestreet Organizations: Ministry of Defence, Pentagon, Times, MoD, BBC, Britain's MoD, Thomson Locations: Mali, Russia, France, Britain, U.S

☆ Listen: The Mysterious Woman Next Door, Tom Hanks Talks, Phoenix Heat Wave
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Hey Audio fans,We have a trove of great listens for you this week. Start off with an iconic New York adventure and then listen to Tom Hanks share his thoughts on America. Get an honest portrait of life in Ron DeSantis’s Florida, join a quest to find Tom Cruise and fall in love with the organ. Plus, we’ve got dozens of book recommendations that are ideal for your summer vacation. Enjoy the week!

Persons: Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, we’ve Locations: New York, Ron DeSantis’s Florida

[1/2] Cars are shown lined up at the valet parking area outside the Creative Artists Agency building in Los Angeles, California, September 24, 2012. REUTERS/Jonathan AlcornJuly 14 (Reuters) - Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is in advanced talks to sell a majority stake to French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault in a deal that could value the Hollywood talent agency at over $7 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. CAA did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and spokespeople for Pinault and for TPG declined to comment. In 2021, CAA announced a deal to buy major Hollywood rival ICM Partners. Bloomberg first reported the talks between Pinault and CAA.

Persons: Jonathan Alcorn, Francois, Henri Pinault, Pinault, Kering, Salma Hayek, Tom Hanks, Zendaya, Steven Spielberg, Ariana Grande, Beyonce, Gursimran Kaur, Jyoti Narayan, Rishabh, Muralikumar Anantharaman, John Stonestreet Organizations: Creative Artists Agency, REUTERS, Hollywood, Gucci, TPG, CAA, ICM Partners, Bloomberg, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles , California, Los Angeles, Pinault, Bengaluru

☆ Fact Check-Netflix did not release movie poster with Tom Hanks as Martin Luther King Jr
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A fake poster for a movie purportedly starring American actor Tom Hanks as Martin Luther King Jr. was not created or released by Netflix, a spokesperson for the company confirmed. Online users were misled by social media posts sharing the poster depicting a “Netflix Original” titled “MLK,” that features a fabricated image of Hanks with a moustache, darkened skin, and a crowd of people behind him. While the original source of the poster is unclear, it appears posted in meme and joke threads (here). Netflix did not release a poster for a movie titled “MLK” starring Tom Hanks. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

Persons: Tom Hanks, Martin Luther King Jr, Hanks, Read Organizations: Netflix, Reuters Locations: American

☆ Opinion | Tom Hanks on the Stories America Tells About Itself
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The New York Times Audio app includes podcasts, narrated articles from the newsroom and other publishers, as well as exclusive new shows, which we’re making available to readers for a limited time. Download the New York Times Audio app here. There are few actors as widely beloved as Tom Hanks. In playing roles including Chesley Sullenberger, Mister Rogers and World War II heroes, Hanks reflects back to audiences what we could be at our very best. [You can listen to this episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google or wherever you get your podcasts.]

Persons: Tom Hanks, Hanks, “ Forrest Gump, Chesley Sullenberger, Mister Rogers, “, Ezra Klein Organizations: New York Times, Philadelphia, America, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google

☆ The Best Films of 2023, So Far
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As the summer may bring a little extra time to catch up on movies, our critics have selected a handful of options worth your time. All are available in theaters or on demand. ‘Asteroid City’In theatersThe story: Wes Anderson’s latest follows the staging of a play about the goings-on in a small desert town in the 1950s. But that play is actually shown as if it were a movie, one featuring Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Tom Hanks and many more. Manohla Dargis’s take: “Written by Anderson, the film is about desire and death, small mysteries and cosmic unknowns and the stories that we make of all the stuff called life.

Persons: Wes Anderson’s, Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Tom Hanks, Anderson, —, ”

☆ Opinion: Trump, the hoarder in chief
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. Photos included in the 38-count indictment of former President Donald Trump and his aide Walt Nauta show bankers boxes stacked in a bathroom and other parts of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. Trump has always hung onto news clippings, documents and other mementos,” The New York Times reported. “Trump is chaotic and unpredictable in a way that could lead other Republicans to believe that there is a chance he won’t make it to the convention. As Zelizer noted, “Trump has denied wrongdoing, claiming he is being unfairly targeted.”But “given this unusual context, Republicans have legitimate reasons to think that there could be an upset.

Persons: Harry Fellowes, Fellowes, Harry Fellowes couldn’t, Donald Trump, Walt Nauta, Trump, Kim Jong, Mr, Jack Smith’s, Peter Bergen, ” Bergen, Nick Anderson, David Zurawik, “, ” Zurawik, ” Clay Jones, ” Trump, Jill Filipovic, ” Dana Summers, John Avlon, MAGA hasn’t, Gautham Rao, Donald Trump’s, Dean Obeidallah, Hillary Clinton, Phil Hands, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, Julian Zelizer, “ Trump, ”, Facebook Trump, Zelizer, Republican Alice Stewart, Joe Biden, Mike, Pence, Agency Stewart, I’m, that’s, Chris Christie, Christie, Cupp, ’, Frida Ghitis, Mucutuy, –, Cristin, Tien Ranoque, ” Ghitis, David Andelman, Ruth Ben Ghiat, Brett Bruen, Sébastien Roblin, Michael Bociurkiw, Father’s, Edward S, Feldman, Harrison Ford, David G, Allan, Tom Hanks, ” Allan, I’ve, Ford, Indiana Jones, Steve Majors, Young, Joyce M, Davis, Pete Buttigieg, ” Davis, Buttigieg, Don’t, Tom Stiglich, Syndicate David Culver, Opal Lee, Dion Sims, Black, Juneteenth Scott Hodge, Roxanne Jones, LeBron James, NBA Joshua Douglas, Samuel Huneke, Jere Hester, they’re, Sir Paul McCartney, John Lennon’s, Yoko Ono, Lennon’s, McCartney Organizations: CNN, White, The New York Times, West Wing, Tribune, Agency, US, Trump, Miami Mayor, Republican, Twitter, Facebook, intel, New, New Jersey Gov, Paramount Pictures, “, Syndicate, NBA, Central Press, Hulton, Beatles, BBC Locations: Trump’s, Mar, Miami, New Jersey, China, Philadelphia, Atlanta , Georgia, Harrisburg , Pennsylvania, Jamaica

☆ ‘Asteroid City’ Review: Our Town and Country
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Manohla Dargis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“Asteroid City,” the latest from Wes Anderson, is filled with the assiduous visuals, mythic faces and charming curiosities that you expect from this singular filmmaker. It’s partly set in 1955 in a fictional Southwest town, a lonely four corners with a diner, gas station and motor inn. Palm trees and cactuses stipple the town, and reddish buttes rise in the distance. It opens in black-and-white on an unnamed television host (Bryan Cranston, severe and mustachioed) in a studio. It looks like a film, a meticulous, detailed, visually balanced wide-screen Wes Anderson one.

Persons: Wes Anderson, Anderson, Bryan Cranston, that’s, Edward Norton, Thornton Wilder’s, John Deere, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda, Tom Hanks, Adrien Brody Organizations: Tilda Swinton Locations: Southwest, Asteroid

☆ Tom Hanks' rant about the frustrations of movie night in the streaming era is hilarious — and right on the money
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Tom Hanks sounded off in an interview on the plethora of entertainment options available today. He suggested that going to a movie in theaters is a worthwhile compromise. Actor Tom Hanks vented a bit about exactly that in a podcast interview with The New Yorker, offering up some highly relatable observations. Great, you pick up the remote and it takes you forever to agree on what you're going to watch on Apple or Netflix or Hulu or Amazon Prime. Hanks, who currently stars in Netflix's "A Man Called Otto," has a history of being outspoken about the industry's move toward streaming.

☆ Tom Hanks says AI could see him featuring in movies long after his death
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Actor Tom Hanks believes that he could keep appearing in new movies after he dies thanks to the power of artificial intelligence (AI). While Hanks acknowledged that an AI version of himself would not be able to produce the same performances as he does now, he wondered whether audiences would really mind. “Without a doubt people will be able to tell, but the question is, will they care?” he said. Now, that has only grown a billionfold since then and we see it everywhere.”Tom Hanks in 2004's "The Polar Express." Castle Rock/Shangri-La/Kobal/ShutterstockHanks also said that the developments in AI are encouraging movie agents to write contracts to protect actors’ likenesses as intellectual property.

☆ Humans are so boring that AI will not only take over mankind's jobs — it'll want to say 'goodbye' to us altogether, says an AI CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The CEO of an AI firm says AI may find humans so boring, it will want to say "goodbye" to us. Mostaque's Stability AI runs Stable Diffusion, an artificial intelligence-operated tool that allows users to generate images from short text prompts. Mostaque's Stability AI is worth $1 billion, and with more cash expected to flow in, it is speculated that the company's true valuation is around $4 billion. Getty Images alleged in a statement on January 17 that Stability AI "unlawfully copied and processed millions of images protected by copyright." Stability AI did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment sent outside regular working hours.

☆ Tom Hanks responds to reviews of his debut novel
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Tom Hanks has something to say about some of the critical reviews of his debut novel, “The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece.”According to the official synopsis, the book is based on “a wildly ambitious story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film, and the humble comic book that inspired it all.”Some of the initial reviews of the book have been mixed. The Sunday Times called his writing “clunky,” while The New York Times said the book “sags under a deluge of detail.”But Hanks is taking the criticism in stride. In an interview with the BBC, he explained why he took on the project. “Sometimes you just have to have some other reason to spark your imagination,” he said, adding that his novel will “live and die based on its own ability to entertain and enlighten an audience.”Hanks said his job as an actor has taught him to handle criticism well. “[I’ve become] stronger when it comes down to really being torn apart,” he said.

☆ Nice Guy Meets Iron Man in the First Novel by Tom Hanks
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Alexandra Jacobs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

THE MAKING OF ANOTHER MAJOR MOTION PICTURE MASTERPIECE, by Tom Hanks. Sidelined by the pandemic, some actors fired up ceramics or sang fragments of “Imagine.” Tom Hanks, one of the most prominent to contract an early case of Covid, bounced back by making a run at the Great American Novel. Alas, it is more Forrest Gump trotting from coast to coast than Sully landing on the Hudson. Titled “The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece,” the book arrives at a crossroads for Hollywood. The novel also acknowledges a fading time when leading actors, even avatars of Everyman decency like the author, were royalty: their work shown not in living rooms but red-velvet-swagged “palaces.”

☆ Tom Hanks used a popular productivity hack to write his first novel—here's how it works
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

With an Oscar-winning career spanning more than 80 films over four decades, Tom Hanks knows a thing or two about making movies. But when it came time for the 66-year-old to sit down and write his first novel, Hanks needed help. Despite employing the productivity boosting technique while writing his book, Hanks described his desire to write as nothing more than the pursuit of another creative outlet. "I just do writing," Hanks said. Hanks' novel will be released on May 9.

☆ Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson celebrate 35th wedding anniversary
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have celebrated 35 years of marriage with a heartfelt post on social media. Love is everything,” Wilson wrote in a post on Twitter and Instagram. Hollywood actor Hanks and actor, singer and film producer Wilson have two children, Chet and Truman Hanks. In 2015, Hanks revealed that he had felt an instant spark with Wilson when he was asked to explain the longevity of their relationship. Wilson, who is part Greek, and Hanks, a Greek Orthodox convert, have often been spotted spending their vacations in Greece, where they also own property on the island of Antiparos.

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