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• Anatomy of a Comedy Cliché

  02-07-2025 13:15 via nytimes.com
  How did comedians “getting real” become such a common trope in TV and movies?
  
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• ‘Toy Story 5’ Review: The Machines Have Come for the Children

  18-06-2026 11:01 via nytimes.com
  In this latest installment of the popular franchise, Woody and Buzz Lightyear are back and must contend with Bonnie’s mesmerizing new toy.
  
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• Cruise Ship Runs Aground Off Island Where ‘Cast Away’ Was Filmed

  06-04-2026 16:05 via nytimes.com
  Tom Hanks’s character spent four years stranded in the 2000 film. The 30 cruise passengers were rescued much more quickly.
  
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• How Readers Voted on Miscast Roles in the Movies

  17-03-2026 10:02 via nytimes.com
  Given a list of 14 mismatches, they quickly picked Ben Platt in “Dear Evan Hansen.” But they took issue (loudly) with one of our choices.
  
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• 14 of the Worst Movie Casting Choices

  10-03-2026 01:23 via nytimes.com
  A new Oscar celebrates the process of matching actor and role. But whether a star is hired for artistic or box office reasons, mismatches can be memorable. Here our favorites from recent decades. What do you think?
  
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• Tom Hanks on the Electrifying (and Terrifying) Experience of Writing a Play

  14-12-2025 11:01 via nytimes.com
  The actor also stars in the Off Broadway production of “This World of Tomorrow,” a yearslong project at the Shed through Dec. 21.
  
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• Meryl Streep and More Stars Toast Tom Hanks in ‘This World of Tomorrow’

  19-11-2025 20:48 via nytimes.com
  A crowd that included Meryl Streep, Martin Short and Steve Martin packed the Shed for the actor’s new show, “This World of Tomorrow.”
  
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• ‘This World of Tomorrow’ Review: Tom Hanks Is Back in Town

  19-11-2025 04:30 via nytimes.com
  The movie star plays a man from the future at the 1939 New York World’s Fair in an adaptation of some of his stories. Kelli O’Hara shines as his love interest.
  
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• 3 Charged After Stuffed Animal Theft and Vandalism at Playland Park

  13-11-2025 02:12 via nytimes.com
  They arrived at Rye Playland in the darkness, in a boat they had taken without the owner’s permission, then hopped a fence into the park, where the spree began, officials said.
  
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• Keanu Reeves in ‘Waiting for Godot’ and More Broadway Shows to See This Fall

  15-09-2025 19:01 via nytimes.com
  Season highlights this fall include Michelle Williams in a Eugene O’Neill drama, a new Kristin Chenoweth musical and a revival of “Ragtime.”
  
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• Message to Democrats in Congress: It’s Time to Act

  10-09-2025 06:03 via nytimes.com
  Readers respond to a column by Ezra Klein about what the Democrats should do. Also: Florida and vaccines; no award for Tom Hanks at West Point.
  
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• West Point Alumni Group Cancels Award Honoring Tom Hanks

  08-09-2025 20:06 via nytimes.com
  The group was to bestow the Sylvanus Thayer Award on the actor, but it said it was canceling the event to focus on preparing academy cadets for the future.
  
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• 7 Father’s Day Movies to Watch in Theaters

  13-06-2025 17:00 via nytimes.com
  Whether you’re in the mood for dragons or a new Wes Anderson, theaters this weekend are filled with fatherly flicks.
  
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• Tom Hanks Will Perform His Play ‘This World of Tomorrow’ Off Broadway

  21-05-2025 16:00 via nytimes.com
  “This World of Tomorrow,” based on the actor’s 2017 short story collection, is scheduled to begin performances in October at the Shed.
  
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• On ‘S.N.L.,’ Tom Hanks Inducts Martin Short Into the Five-Timers Club

  22-12-2024 14:24 via nytimes.com
  Short, the host, was accompanied by Paul Rudd, Tina Fey, John Mulaney and others, while the Weekend Update hosts riffed on Luigi Mangione and the drone sightings.
  
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• Tom Hanks and John Mulaney Party for ‘All In: Comedy About Love’: Photos

  17-12-2024 18:14 via nytimes.com
  
  Actors and comedians offered relationship advice at a performance of the new Broadway play, “All In: Comedy About Love,” by Simon Rich.
  
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• Tom Hanks and Jon Stewart Give Advice at Early Show of ‘All In: Comedy About Love By Simon Rich’

  17-12-2024 05:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Actors and comedians offered advice at a performance of the new Broadway play, “All In: Comedy About Love,” by Simon Rich.
  
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• The Sunday Read: ‘What if A.I. Is Actually Good for Hollywood?’

  15-12-2024 12:00 via nytimes.com
  
  It’s already powering remarkable visual innovations, like in the new movie “Here.” But boosters think that’s just the beginning.
  
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• Tom Hanks and Robin Wright on ‘Forrest Gump,’ ‘Here’ and De-aging

  01-11-2024 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The “Forrest Gump” stars were game to reunite with Robert Zemeckis for the technical experiment of “Here.” De-aging? A static camera? They weren’t fazed.
  
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• ‘Here’ Review: Life Is Like a Box of Regrets

  31-10-2024 10:02 via nytimes.com
  
  Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite onscreen for a drama that showcases generations of existence.
  
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• Remo Saraceni, 89, Dies; Inventor of the Walking Piano Seen in ‘Big’

  14-06-2024 11:04 via nytimes.com
  
  His keyboard, which became famous after Tom Hanks melodiously hopped on it, displayed Mr. Saraceni’s vision of technology powered by “people energy.”
  
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• George R.R. Martin, Tom Hanks and More Recall Stephen King’s ‘Carrie’

  27-03-2024 14:02 via nytimes.com
  
  As “Carrie” turns 50, George R.R. Martin, Sissy Spacek, Tom Hanks, the Archbishop of Canterbury and others recall the powerful impact the writer’s work has had on their lives.
  
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• Writers, Filmmakers and Actors Talk About the Powerful Impact of Stephen King

  27-03-2024 10:00 via nytimes.com
  
  As “Carrie” turns 50, George R.R. Martin, Sissy Spacek, Tom Hanks, the Archbishop of Canterbury and others recall the powerful impact the writer’s work has had on their lives.
  
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• With ‘Masters of the Air,’ a 10-Year Dream Lifts Off

  01-02-2024 19:40 via nytimes.com
  The Apple TV+ series from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks is an heir to their World War II epic “Band of Brothers,” set this time among a group of bomber pilots.
  
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• ‘You’ve Got Mail’ Was the Last Great New York Rom-Com

  16-12-2023 09:00 via nytimes.com
  On the occasion of its 25th anniversary, a look back at what the movie tells us about love, books, money, urbanism and the internet.
  
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• Barbara Kingsolver Takes Stock

  16-11-2023 11:00 via nytimes.com
  One Pulitzer Prize, two book tours, 54 weeks on the best-seller list and many admiring messages later, the author reflects on “Demon Copperhead.”
  
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• Who Else Should Run for President?

  14-10-2023 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Here is a second round of readers’ choices beyond the announced candidates.
  
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• Tom Hanks Warns of Dental Ad Using A.I. Version of Him

  02-10-2023 23:35 via nytimes.com
  
  Mr. Hanks and the CBS anchor Gayle King both said their likenesses were used in unauthorized advertisements, as worries have grown over the unregulated use of artificial intelligence.
  
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• CAA Deal Sees François-Henri Pinault Shopping for Star Power

  08-09-2023 14:06 via nytimes.com
  
  The French billionaire François-Henri Pinault’s deal for the talent agency CAA is driven by the belief that fashion increasingly needs celebrities.
  
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• Marilyn Lovell, Astronaut’s Wife in the Spotlight, Is Dead at 93

  04-09-2023 23:59 via nytimes.com
  
  She embodied the glamour and the hardship of being married to an American hero. Her husband, Jim Lovell, was the captain of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in 1970.
  
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