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It's just no Frasier: ABC cancels Hank — Ausiello Files In a quick turn of events, Steven Tyler announces that he is not quitting Aerosmith — E! Online Did you watch The City last night? Test your knowledge with this tech quiz — GeekSugar Celebrate Veterans Day with these classic war movies! — MTV Movies Blog The Tony Awards better get ready: Denzel Washington is coming to Broadway in a Read more
Next Thursday, NBC's two-hour Thursday night powerhouse will be complete again with the season four premiere of 30 Rock — get a sneak peek here. Meanwhile, ABC has just picked up its new comedies Modern Family, The Middle, and Cougar Town. With the addition of Hank, ABC now has a comedy block of its own, but which one do you prefer? Photos copryight 2009, ABC, Inc. and courtesy of NBC Read more
Get ready, because Wednesday nights on ABC this Fall are going to look a lot like the clips below. At the network's Upfront presentation today, ABC announced four new comedies as part of its 11 new shows: The highly anticipated Cougar Town starring Courteney Cox, Hank with Kelsey Grammer, The Middle with Patricia Heaton, and the mockumentary-style Modern Family. The four shows will air Read more
It's been a long time since we've seen Tom Hanks in romantic comedy mode, but the versatile actor goes back to his funny-man roots for Larry Crowne. Hanks directed the film and stars as the titular Larry, a middle-aged guy who goes back to college when he gets fired from his blue collar job. There, he meets Mercedes (Julia Roberts), his beautiful if uninspired teacher who helps him find his way Read more
Tom Hanks really wants you to see Larry Crowne. How do we know this, you ask? He was willing to happily dance his way through a weather segment during an appearance on the Univision show Despierta América. We're not talking about a quick two-step either. Watch as Hanks relentlessly shimmies and shakes his way through the report for a solid two minutes. Love him. Read more
Tom Hanks is taking on one of the most critically acclaimed novels of the past 10 years: the actor has signed on to star in Cloud Atlas. The film is an adaptation of the David Mitchell book, which follows six nested stories ranging from the distant past to the postapocalyptic future. Each tale is abruptly cut off, and the following one starts with a reference to the one prior. For example, the Read more
Tom Hanks is the latest celeb to sign on for an episode of 30 Rock — TV Line Bradley Cooper's five favorite films — Rotten Tomatoes January Jones strips down in new pics from X-Men: First Class — Moviefone More rumored casting for the Three Stooges movie — /Film Watch Kourtney Kardashian film a love scene for One Life to Live — TV Squad Here's your first look at Pixar's new movie, Read more
Sandra Bullock clutched her iPad yesterday as she left her trailer on the Brooklyn set of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. She and her costar, Tom Hanks, have been filming in the outer borough for the last few days, and her now-walking son, Louis, even went out recently to check in on how things were going. Tom spent time in front of the cameras with a young costar, seeming to have some Read more
Tom Hanks is getting cast away again — but this time, by pirates. The Hollywood star has signed on to play Captain Richard Phillips, the real-life cargo ship leader and hero who offered himself up as a hostage to Somali pirates to protect his crew in 2009. After three days, he was saved by Navy SEALs and went on to write a book about the frightening ordeal titled A Captain's Story: Somali Read more
Everyone loves a good Godfather quote. People even quote the movie in other movies, like in You've Got Mail when Tom Hanks told Meg Ryan to "go to the mattresses." And that other time in You've Got Mail when Tom Hanks was all, "What day of the week is it? 'Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday." Solid gold. Check out the bits we find ourselves quoting below and let us know what your favorite lines Read more
