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• Your Monday Evening Briefing

  14-06-2022 00:24 via NYT > Hanks, Tom
  
  Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
  
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• ‘S.N.L.’ Plays Trick-or-Treat When Trump Interrupts David S. Pumpkins

  01-11-2026 15:00 via NYT > Hanks, Tom
  Tom Hanks returned, all too briefly, to play his baffling Halloween character on a “Saturday Night Live” episode hosted by the “Obsession” star Inde Navarrette.
  
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• Tom Hanks Will Return to Broadway in ‘This World of Tomorrow,’ a Time-Travel Romance

  22-10-2026 19:00 via NYT > Hanks, Tom
  “This World of Tomorrow,” co-starring Kelli O’Hara, will come to Broadway next fall.
  
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• ‘Toy Story 5’ Review: The Machines Have Come for the Children

  18-06-2026 11:01 via NYT > Hanks, Tom
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  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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• Anatomy of a Comedy Cliché

  02-07-2025 13:15 via NYT > Hanks, Tom
  How did comedians “getting real” become such a common trope in TV and movies?
  
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• 7 Father’s Day Movies to Watch in Theaters

  13-06-2025 17:00 via NYT > Hanks, Tom
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  “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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  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 NYT > Hanks, Tom
  
  Here is a second round of readers’ choices beyond the announced candidates.
  
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