Tag: Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks’ awards history at the Oscars

Let’s look back at Tom Hanks’ history at the Oscars.

Tom Hanks is one of the most beloved people in the world, a true legend of the silver screen that has appeared in so many classic films.

From playing Forrest Gump and Mr. Rogers to voicing Woody in Toy Story, Hanks has spent decades entertaining audiences with his singular performances.

Hanks has won two Academy Awards in his career, but for what movies and when? How many times has he been nominated?

He received his first nomination in Best Actor for Big (1989) before winning in back-to-back years in 1994 and 1995 for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump, respectively. That stretch made him one of the biggest movie stars on the planet.

He landed his fourth nomination in 1999 for Saving Private Ryan and his fifth in 2001 for Cast Away.

Despite a sterling list of performances after that, Hanks waited nearly two decades until his next nomination came in 2020 for playing Fred Rogers in the biopic, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.

Hanks could earn his seventh nomination in 2025, as he’ll reunite with director Robert Zemeckis in the new film Here later in 2024.

15 of the best Oscar speeches, including Tom Hanks and Halle Berry

The Academy Awards always have great speeches. Here are 15 of our favorites.

The Academy Awards have always been a great place for great speeches.

Over the years, we’ve seen incredible outpourings of gratitude mixed in with unforgettable exclamations of jubilee. Heck, we’ve even seen someone do push-ups.

We’ve tallied 15 of our favorite speeches from over the years, ranging from ones by actors like Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Gwyneth Paltrow, Denzel Washington and Robin Williams.

While this list is by no means exhaustive, it’s a reflection of what makes for a great Oscars speech and some admiration for some of our favorite Academy Award moments.

Sit back, relax and get those Academy Awards memories going.

Tom Hanks explains how LSU can beat Alabama in speech to WWII vets

Is Forest Gump rooting for the Tigers?

In one of the best college football games of last season, LSU beat Alabama in overtime in Baton Rouge, 32-31. Brian Kelly went all in for the win after the Tigers scored a touchdown in the first OT, electing to go for two points. It paid off as Jayden Daniels found Mason Taylor for the walk-off conversion.

LSU has now won two of its last four against Alabama after an eight-game winning streak in the series by the Tide. The latest chapter in the rivalry is Saturday night in Tuscaloosa.

And Tom Hanks – the actor who once played the role of a gifted Alabama kick returner in an Oscar-winning performance – thinks LSU might be able to win again.

On Friday in New Orleans, Hanks was speaking at the opening ceremony for the National World War II Museum’s third expansion. About 40 surviving WWII veterans attended the event, according to AL.com. Hanks’ speech hinged on the theme of where “hope and faith” can lead people.

And then, perhaps knowing he was standing atop Louisiana soil, he said:

“Hope and faith and collective effort may even lead to LSU beating Alabama tomorrow. And if that can happen, ladies and gentlemen, we can accomplish anything to which we set our minds.”

Will hope and faith lead the No. 14 Tigers to again spoiling any hope of reaching the College Football Playoff for the No. 8 Tide? We’ll see. Some are hoping that’ll be just enough to cover a 3-point spread.

The trailer for Wes Anderson’s new film Asteroid City is ridiculous and so is the cast

This is a who’s who of Oscar nominees.

There’s a popular cliché that all Wes Anderson movies look the same, which is a misunderstanding of the reality that no other movies look like Wes Anderson movies. The girls who get it, get it, and for those that appreciate the visual majesty, weird humor and heartfelt sentimentality of Wes Anderson, the arrival of his latest film is always a cause for celebration.

The trailer for Anderson’s Asteroid City has now arrived and the first thing that will hit you, outside of the absolutely STACKED cast list (we’ll get to that in a moment) is the stark yet beautiful color palette inspired by the 1950’s southwest.

The film, which centers around a group of characters confined together at the site of an ancient asteroid, has some movie fans buzzing already about Oscar potential for next year. The movie stars what can only be described as a galaxy of Hollywood stars:

Scarlet Johansson
Tom Hanks
Tilda Swinton
Bryan Cranston
Edward Norton
Steve Carell
Adrien Brody
Willem Dafoe
Hong Chau
Matt Dillon
Margot Robbie
Jeff Goldblum

Is that the entire cast? No, it’s not. That is just a list of the members of the Asteroid City cast who have been nominated for Oscars.

Take a look at the trailer and see if you can spot any other familiar faces.

HBO developing six-part series on heavyweight legend Jack Johnson

HBO is developing a limited six-part series on Jack Johnson, with Mahershala Ali playing the lead role.

HBO is developing a limited six-part series on Jack Johnson based on Ken Burns’ PBC documentary “Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson” and companion book by Geoffrey C. Ward, according to multiple reports.

The legendary heavyweight champion will be played by two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali.

The project is being jointly produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s Playtone and Ali’s production company Know Wonder. It will be written by Dominique Morisseau.

Ali played Johnson in a stage production of “The Great White Hope” in 2000. He has said in several interviews that playing Johnson on screen is “his dream role.”

Ali won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in “Moonlight” (2016) and “Green Book” (2018).

Johnson is regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight champions of all time and, as an African-American during the height of Jim Crow, a polarizing figure in his time.