Tom Hanks Receives Honorary Doctorate From Harvard & Gives Commencement Speech At Graduation

It’s hard to imagine anyone but Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally, but apparently, Tom Hanks was also in the running for the role.

The New Yorker, Hanks was asked why he gets offended when he hears people say they “hate” a specific film.“OK, let’s admit this: We all have seen movies that we hate,” he told the publication. “I have been in some movies that I hate.

Sophia Scorziello editor Peter Meyer, beloved entertainment industry manager, died on May 14 at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. after a five-year battle with sarcoma, his sister Patty K. Meyer shared. He wast 68. Meyer was an agent and manager to numerous Hollywood industry professionals. Since 1990, he represented clients under his agency, Meyer Management. “He was known and beloved by hundreds of industry pros,” Patty said. Most recently, he represented rights holders and producers on Denzel Washington’s “The Equalizer.” Meyer attended Yale University where he wrote his senior thesis, “MGM and the Studio System in the Age of Mass Production.” The thesis was later published as an award-winning book and was also printed in Variety.

Not every film he did was great, Tom Hanks admits.

Tom Hanks is getting very real while reflecting on his career.

Even a Hollywood icon like Tom Hanks admits to occasionally hating his own films.

Over five decades and eighty films, Tom Hanks has steadily become one of Hollywood’s most estimable acting talents. But not even Hanks abides by every movie he’s done; in fact, he says only four of them are “pretty good,” and he hates a few of them, too.

Tom Hanks has revealed that, throughout his filmography, there are a few films he has starred in that he hates.Speaking with The New Yorker, the Oscar-winning actor explained: “Ok, let’s admit this: We all have seen movies that we hate. I have been in some movies that I hate. You have seen some of my movies and you hate them.“Here are the five points of the Rubicon that are crossed by anybody who makes movies,” he continued.

Shania Twain's Hollywood Bowl show over the weekend, with Kristen Bell snapping a selfie to commemorate the occasion. Wearing a bright orange hat and grinning from ear to ear, Bell appears with her husband — a teary-eyed Dax Shepard — while Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson pop into frame behind them. In her caption, Bell jokingly calls the latter «really nice randos!» «Saw @shaniatwain at the @hollywoodbowl last night and sat next to some really nice randos! Dad was crying by the first song and the randos kept photobombing us but other than that it was a perfect night!!!!» the star quipped. Twain herself replied in the comments, commending Shepard for his emotions. «Crying at the first song? Impressive @daxshepard,» the singer wrote.

Giddy up! Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard had an impromptu double date with Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson at a recent Shania Twain concert.

Brand new character posters for Asteroid City were just released!

She's still the one! Shania Twain drew a celebrity-packed crowd to her "Queen of Me" show at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday night. It appeared to be date night for the stars as two beloved Hollywood couples showed up to enjoy the concert. Actress Kristen Bell took to Instagram to share her evening with husband of 7 years, Dax Shepard, joking they were seated next to some "really nice" random people, who happened to be Tom Hanks and his wife of 35 years, Rita Wilson.

Call him Dr. Hanks.

Tom Hanks offered nothing but wisdom and the truth while delivering a keynote address to Harvard University’s graduating class of 2023 on Thursday.

Tom Hanks is providing some words of wisdom to the class of 2023. On Thursday, the 66-year-old actor delivered the commencement address at Harvard University, and channeled his signature wit and expert storytelling while doing so.Hanks began by playfully offering a bit of a dig at the graduating class, telling them, «It's not fair, but please don't be embittered by this fact: that without having done a lick of work, without having spent any time in class, without once walking into that library in order to have anything to do with the graduating class, Harvard, its faculty, or its distinguished alumna, I make a damn good living playing someone who did.

Tom Hanks‘ wife Rita Wilson has spoken out about a photograph that appears to show her husband embroiled in an “angry” exchange on the red carpet.The viral image appeared to show the Hollywood star pointing his finger at a carpet worker and making a stern face during their conversation.In the photo, Wilson also has her finger raised and appears to be involved in the discussion.The couple, who last month marked their 35th wedding anniversary, were in attendance at the film festival to see Wes Anderson‘s new film, which stars Hanks, Asteroid City.Now, Wilson has denied that any argument took place and said that she and Hanks were simply struggling to hear directions on the red carpet.Posting on her Instagram Story, with a screenshot of a Daily Mail article suggesting that the pair had “remonstrated” with the man, she said: “This is called, ‘I can’t hear you. People are screaming.

Asteroid City, Wilson and Hanks were photographed in the midst of what appeared to be a heated conversation with an unknown man in a tuxedo. With his pointer finger raised (though, notably, not directed toward the man) and his brow furrowed, Hanks appeared quite angry in the pic. Wilson, for her part, also had her pointer finger raised, while the anonymous man appeared to be gesticulating rather ambiguously. The tabloids, being the tabloids, were quick to sensationalize the photographs, with Page Six writing the headline, “.” wrote, “Raving Private Ryan! Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson remonstrate with a red carpet staffer as they attend the 76th Cannes Film Festival premiere of Asteroid City.” One of the aforementioned photos of Hanks and Wilson on the red carpet.But Wilson has spoken in the form of an Instagram Story.

Rita Wilson is setting the record straight about a photograph that landed her husband Tom Hanks in the hot seat.  The moment, captured on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet Tuesday, shows Tom Hanks appearing to speak angrily with a staffer. However, Wilson said the moment between Hanks and the staffer was not what it seemed. "This is called I can’t hear you.

Tom Hanks is going viral for having what appeared to be a tense moment on the 2023 Cannes Film Festival Asteroid City red carpet.

Rita Wilson is setting the record straight. The 66-year-old actress and singer attended the screening of her husband, Tom Hanks', upcoming Wes Anderson film,, at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday in Cannes, France.The A-list pair were all glitz and glamor on the red carpet, but it wasn't all smiles.