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John Travolta's Career Regrets

Reuters | Posted 12.31.2008 | Entertainment


Reuters has a Q&A with John Travolta to promote his animated film "Bolt." At the end, they ask him about his biggest career regrets. Tom Hanks liste...

Green Week

Michael DeJong | Posted 12.19.2008 | Green


Michael DeJong

Their "Green Your Routine" feature offers easy, practical and economical ways to become green just by changing routines to alter the individual impact we each have on the environment.

Paul Simon's Lyrics & The Case Of The Vanishing Compact Disc

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.19.2008 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

The problem of compact discs disappearing from the marketplace is worse than it was only a year ago. Store buyers just ain't a-buyin' from the labels, and it's looking grim all over.

Tom Hanks "Angels And Demons" First Look (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.05.2008 | Entertainment


The movie isn't out until May 2009, but the "Angels and Demons," the prequel to Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" starring Tom Hanks and directed by Ron...

Paul Newman Charity Turns Into Star-Studded Tribute

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 11.28.2008 | Entertainment


SAN FRANCISCO — A Hollywood who's-who turned out for an annual fundraiser for Paul Newman's children's camp that doubled as a tribute to the lat...

Inside Emmy After Parties: The Winners, The Losers, The Eating

AP | SOLVEJ SCHOU | Posted 10.23.2008 | Entertainment


LOS ANGELES — Accepting hugs left and right and clutching his best miniseries trophy for HBO's "John Adams," Tom Hanks made one thing clear at t...

Democratic Convention, Day 3: Wow!

Diane Tucker | Posted 09.27.2008 | Home


Diane Tucker

Message delivered? That the Obama Camp is a quick study. (Compare Wednesday night's production to Monday night's.) It's a good message if you're marketing an inexperienced candidate.

Welcome to Camp Mogul

Paul Krassner | Posted 07.31.2008 | Business


Paul Krassner

I went to spy on a summer camp for billionaires: The 26th annual gathering of the nation's most powerful executives and their trophy wives in Sun Valley, Idaho, hosted by Herb Allen.

Desperately Seeking Angie

Garrett Socol | Posted 07.26.2008 | Home


Garrett Socol

According to a study conducted by Forbes Magazine and E-Poll Market Research, support from Madonna, Tom Cruise, Donald Trump or Susan Sarandon would hurt rather than help a presidential bid.

Da Vinci Code movie banned from filming in church

AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 06.24.2008 | Entertainment


ROME — Rome's diocese said Monday it has barred the producers of "Angels & Demons" from filming in two churches for the prequel to the "The Da V...

Tom Hanks Barred: The Vatican Bans "Angels & Demons" From Rome Churches

The Times | Posted 06.24.2008 | Entertainment


The Vatican has banned the makers of Angels & Demons, the latest Dan Brown thriller to be filmed, from shooting scenes not only in the Vatican but in ...

'John Adams' Premiere: Talking To Paul Giamatti, Tom Hanks And David McCullough

Huffington Post | Dipayan Gupta | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


The long-awaited HBO adaptation of David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize winning John Adams got the green light a year ago, and the seven-part mini serie...

Dirty Dancing Co-Star Jennifer Grey, Tom Hanks & Others Voice Support For Swayze

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Jennifer Grey, who played "Baby" to Patrick Swayze's "Johnny in the 1987 movie Dirty Dancing, calls the actor's bout with pancreatic cancer "so sad":...

Hollywood A-List Demands Further Contract Action

Los Angeles Times | Richard Verrier | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Two of Hollywood's biggest stars -- George Clooney and Tom Hanks -- dropped in at the home of Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg this week t...

Hollywood Stars Urge Early SAG Talks To Avoid Strike

Reuters via Yahoo | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Hollywood stars George Clooney, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep are urging the Screen Actors Guild to start talks for a new labor contract ...

Sundance Friday: Hanks, Malkovich and Politics On Show

Michelle Kung | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Michelle Kung

An ex-pat, Malkovich admitted to having basically tuned out of the American political scene "since 1972." More opinionated was Utah governor Jon Huntsman, Jr, who showed off his Mandarin skills.

George Clooney Offers To Set Up "Mediation Panel" For Strike

Deadline Hollywood Daily | Nikki Finke | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Hollywood's Triple-A list actors have started becoming integrally involved in trying to solve the Writers Guild strike against the Hollywood CEOs. I'v...

Tom Hanks Urges For End To Strike, "Honest Bargaining"

Reuters | Michael Davidson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Hanks said corporate bosses should remember that many people, from carpenters to caterers, were suffering as a result of the strike by about 10,500 Wr...

Johnny Depp Tops Veterans To Be #1 At 2007 Box Office

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Johnny Depp pillaged the most money for theaters in 2007, in a survey of movie exhibitors. Depp -- star of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"...

Charlie Wilson's War: "A Blast" And "A Hoot"

New York Times | A.O.Scott | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Most of the recent films we've seen about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us what a drag those conflicts are, which may be why so few of us ha...

Watch The Trailer For "Charlie Wilson's War"

Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Watch the trailer for Mike Nichols' new film, "Charlie Wilson's War," starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman. ...

Golden Globe Nominations: Who Is In, Who Was Ignored?

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


The British historical romance "Atonement" led the competition Thursday for the Golden Globes with seven nominations, among them best drama and acting...

An Interview With "Charlie Wilson's War" Director Mike Nichols:

Newsweek | Cathleen McGuigan | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Any hack can film a sex scene, but director Mike Nichols is a connoisseur of pre- and postcoital moments. He was the guy, don't forget, behind that in...

"Charlie Wilson's War" Gets Early Rave

Variety | Todd McCarthy | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


"Charlie Wilson's War" is that rare Hollywood commodity these days: a smart, sophisticated entertainment for grownups. Based on the late George Crile'...

Simon Doonan, Ace Reporter

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


We always enjoy the musings of the New York Observer's Simon Doonan, but today's outing on how the offspring of celebrities are taking all the glam me...