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One of the world’s preeminent portrait photographers, Mark Seliger has photographed everyone from the Red Hot Chili Peppers — nude — to the Dalai Lama to Oscar winners, often for glossy titles such as Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair. Working with RADArt4Aid, an organization that distributed donations to various charities, Seliger, 61, auctioned off 26 …
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Apple has set a July 10 release date for “Greyhound,” the World War II drama that stars Tom Hanks, who wrote the script from C.S. Foreste’s novel “The Good Shepherd.” The film will make its global premiere exclusively on streaming service Apple TV+ in more than 100 countries. “Greyhound” was slated to be released theatrically by …
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Tom Hanks donated blood plasma for a second time to lend a hand in the battle against the coronavirus — months after he recovered from his own bout with the illness, the actor said on Instagram. The Oscar winner, 63, posted a shot Wednesday of two bags of plasma, along with two other images documenting …
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The coronavirus pandemic has scuttled another major movie release — and proved a boon for AppleTV+. “Greyhound,” a World War II drama written by and starring Tom Hanks, will now premiere in 100 countries on the six-month-old streaming service and skip a traditional wide release, Deadline reports. Apple has not announced a new release date. …
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Tom Hanks delivered a heartfelt message to graduating seniors at Ohio’s Wright State University, calling them the “chosen ones.” “I’m here to say congratulations. Congratulations to you chosen ones,” the 63-year-old actor, who recently recovered from coronavirus, said in a video message over the weekend. “I am calling you ‘chosen ones’ because you have been …
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Tom Hanks made good on his promise. On Wednesday, the Oscar winner shared photos of his plasma donation, after saying publicly that he planned to give blood and plasma to help find a vaccine for COVID-19. “Here’s last week’s bag of plasma. Such a bag!” he wrote on social media. “After the paperwork, it’s as …
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We’ve all used our weeks-long coronavirus quarantines for a variety of pursuits: family bonding, meditation, counting down the days until we’re no longer in this God-forsaken quarantine. But as our list of confinement activities starts to dwindle, perhaps we can get inspired by the movies. Nobody does productive loneliness quite like film characters, whether it’s …
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Now that he’s recovered from coronavirus, Tom Hanks says his blood will be used to help develop a vaccine. The Oscar-winning actor, 63, revealed last week that he and his wife, singer Rita Wilson, have volunteered to give their blood and plasma to COVID-19 research. “We have not only been approached, we have said, ‘Do …
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Two weeks after airing its first-ever totally remote telecast, “Saturday Night Live” is returning to Studio 8H (figuratively speaking) this weekend with its second “At Home” edition. The inaugural “SNL at Home” averaged 6.7 million total viewers and a 1.46 rating, placing second for the season behind Eddie Murphy’s Dec. 21 hosting turn (which drew …
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Tom Hanks proved once again he has a heart of gold after gifting a Corona-brand typewriter to an Australian boy who was bullied for having a name associated with the coronavirus pandemic. “I feel like I’m famous,” exclaimed Queensland’s Corona De Vries, 8, in a Reuters video upon receiving the present from his hero. The …
One of the world’s preeminent portrait photographers, Mark Seliger has photographed everyone from the Red Hot Chili Peppers — nude — to the Dalai Lama to Oscar winners, often for glossy titles such as Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair. Working with RADArt4Aid, an organization that distributed donations to various charities, Seliger, 61, auctioned off 26 …
