Aguilera, Hanks, De Niro and more light up Cannes amfAR gala

Zack Sharf Tom Hanks won his first Oscar for best actor thanks to Jonathan Demme’s 1993 legal drama “Philadelphia,” in which he plays a gay man with HIV who is discriminated against at work. Cut forward almost 30 years later, and Hanks says he or any fellow straight actor would no longer be able to play the openly gay character at the heart of “Philadelphia.” Not that at Hanks sees a problem with that change in mentality in Hollywood.“Let’s address ‘could a straight man do what I did in “Philadelphia” now?’ No, and rightly so,” Hanks recently told The New York Times Magazine.

Calling her out! Zendaya addresses the pregnancy rumors about her having Tom Holland’s baby. The Dune star took to Instagram to clear the air that none of the posts were real.

Accepting change. Tom Hanks reflected on his lengthy career in a new interview, and he admitted that he probably wouldn’t take one of his Oscar-winning roles today.

Tom Hanks is happy to see progress being made for gay representation in Hollywood.

Read more Sharon Osbourne issues update on Ozzy's health after surgery “None of them have what the Gold Coast have, and what is that? Two words. None of those other cities have Dan Murphy [an alcohol shop in Australia].

Tom Hanks is looking back on his movie, Philadelphia, which won him his first Oscar.

Tom Hanks has recalled the time he took off his trousers in front of the Mona Lisa while filming The Da Vinci Code.In a recent interview with The New York Times, the actor said that the memorable moment made up for the general disappointment of his Robert Langdon movies, which were adapted from Dan Brown’s novels.“It was my 40th-something birthday. We were shooting in the Louvre at night.

Film fans might have already forgotten, but almost 25 years ago, Martin Scorsese was looking at Tom Hanks to star as Dean Martin in a biopic about the iconic performer. The film was said to be written by Paul Schrader and would pull back the curtain on Martin’s time in the Rat Pack and, of course, in his comedic duo with Jerry Lewis.

staring at the masterpiece.“It was my 40th-something birthday. We were shooting in the Louvre at night.

Tom Hanks admits that "The Da Vinci Code" trilogy was fairly illogical, he isn't sorry about making the widely-successful films. "God, that was a commercial enterprise. Yeah, those Robert Langdon sequels are hooey. 'The Da Vinci Code' was hooey," he told The New York Times when asked if he was "cynical" about some of his films.

Christina Aguilera was joined on stage by Mya to perform ‘Lady Marmalade’ during her headline set at LA Pride on Saturday (June 11).The track, which was originally released in 1974 by Eleventh Hour, was re-recorded by Mya, Lil Kim, Christina Aguilera and Pink for the soundtrack to 2001’s Moulin Rouge!. It subsequently went to Number One in both the US and UK.During LA Pride, Aguilera and her dancers performed a medley of Moulin Rouge! hits, before Mya joined her for ‘Lady Marmalade’. “Thank you so much for doing this,” Aguilera said.

singer’s wedding to Sam Asghari on Thursday at her home in Thousand Oaks, Calif. And Spears even sang “Vogue” with Madonna, Selena Gomez, Drew Barrymore and more.But this diva-on-diva lovefest goes way back in the day. Here, we look back on Britney and Madonna’s five best BFF moments:Of course, Madonna and Spears famously locked lips during the opening performance of the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards while singing a medley of “Like a Virgin” and “Hollywood.” And while Christina Aguilera also got a smooch from Madge, there was definitely more, ahem, action happening between Spears and Madonna — as her perplexed ex Justin Timberlake looked on, no less.“In rehearsals, it wasn’t something like, ‘This is what we’re going to do,’ ” Spears told Rolling Stone.

Netflix has revealed the full voice cast for Entergalactic, the adult-animated music series based on the upcoming album of the same name by rapper, singer and actor Kid Cudi. The series hails from Kenya Barris and Scott Mescudi, better known by his stage name Kid Cudi. Joining Kid Cudi in the voice cast are Jessica Williams (Love Life), Timothée Chalamet (Dune), Ty Dolla $ign, Laura Harrier (Hollywood), Vanessa Hudgens (Tick, Tick…Boom!), Christopher Abbott (Kraven the Hunter), 070 Shake, Teyana Taylor (Coming 2 America), Jaden Smith (After Earth), Keith David (From Scratch), Arturo Castro (Yes Day) and Macaulay Culkin (American Horror Story). The cast was announced Wednesday in a teaser trailer on Day 3 of Netflix’s Geeked Week. You can watch the clip above.

DIGITALApple has added a new Shazam guide to music venues and clubs in London to its Maps app. Presumably there are more of these planned for other cities.————————————————–APPOINTMENTSVenue operator ASM Global has appointed Sam Ryder (not the Eurovision singer) as General Manager of the York Barbican.

Tom Hanks has revealed The Queen's favourite cocktail.