Tom Hanks Tweets About Final Tonight Show Appearance
Tom Hanks sent this tweet from his Twitter acount, @tomhanks, about appearing on the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on Friday night. Friday is expected to be Conan's last night hosting the Tonight Show. TMZsays that Will Ferrell is expected to appear on the final show up as well.
The Toy Story 3 official trailer is out and it's really good. Ten years after the last movie, Andy is now heading off to college and so donates his toys to a daycare center, which is just awful for Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the rest of the gang. Determined to stay together, the toys decide to break out of daycare. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles and Michael Keaton are all back voicing their roles. We can't wait to see it. Take a look:
Stephen Colbert and Tom Hanks Put Together Care Packages For The Troops
Stephen Colbert got an assist from Tom Hanks to help him put together USO care packages for the troops. Tom Hanks helped Stephen Colbert avoid the mistake of sending puppies and ice cream together because the puppies would eat the ice cream. Instead they carved an ice scuplture of a puppy eating ice cream. Other gifts included tang and trail mix, which they just poured into the boxes. Take a look:
Nia Varadolos looked amazing at the premiere of her new movie, My Life in Ruins, a romantic comedy about an average woman who gets her groove back on a trip to Greece. The film is produced by
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. Nia walked the red carpet and talked about always having a handsome leading man in her movies. Take a look:
A teaser trailer for Toy Story 3 has been released. It looks like all our favorite characters are back including Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Rex, Mr. Potato Head and the toy soldiers. Lee Unkrich is directing and Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine) is writing the screenplay. Take a look:
Da Vinci Code Sequel, The Lost Symbol, Arrives September 15th
At last! Doubleday has finally announced that the sequel to The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown will be published on September 15, 2009. The new book is entitled The Lost Symbol. The Da Vinci Code was the bestselling hardcover adult novel of all time, with 81 million copies in print worldwide.
The Lost Symbol will have a first printing of 5 million copies, and it will once again feature symbologist Robert Langdon, who was played by Tom Hanks in the film version of The Da Vinci Code. The announcement was made today by Sonny Mehta, Chairman and Editor in Chief of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
"This is a great day for readers and booksellers," said Mehta."The Lost Symbol is a brilliant and compelling thriller. Dan Brown's prodigious talent for storytelling, infused with history, codes and intrigue, is on full display in this new book. This is one of the most anticipated publications in recent history, and it was well worth the wait."
Dan's editor, Jason Kaufman who is the Vice President and Executive Editor at Doubleday said, "Nothing ever is as it first appears in a Dan Brown novel. This book's narrative takes place in a twelve-hour period, and from the first page, Dan's readers will feel the thrill of discovery as they follow Robert Langdon through a masterful and unexpected new landscape. The Lost Symbol is full of surprises."
Dan had this to say about the book, which fans have been waiting on for years:
"This novel has been a strange and wonderful journey. "Weaving five years of research into the story's twelve-hour timeframe was an exhilarating challenge. Robert Langdon's life clearly moves a lot faster than mine."
We can't wait to read it. Amazon.com is offering the book at nearly 50% off the cover price for preorders.
The Dance-On Piano at FAO Schwarz was made famous by the 1988 movie Big starring Tom Hanks. The pianos are located at FAO Schwarz flagship stores in New York and Las Vegas where they attract thousands of visitors each year. You can also buy the piano from FAO Schwarz. It costs $250,000. The details are available here.
The CBS Saturday Early Show anchors Chris Wragge and Erica Hill recently visited FAO Schwarz where professional pianists demonstrated the large floor piano. Erica Hill even tried out the piano. Take a look:
Some new stills from Angels and Demons are out and we were filled with joy to see that Tom Hanks has cut his hair. The long hair he wore in The Da Vinci Code was just ghastly. A shorter haircut will help his character symbologist Robert Langdon solve the mystery must faster. Well, at any rate he certainly looks a lot better.
Angels and Demons is based on the bestselling book by Dan Brown which was published before The Da Vinci Code. Much of the book is set in Rome at the Vatican. The Vatican is so grumpy about the film that it got director Ron Howards permits to film revoked at many locations in Rome.
Producer Brian Grazer
swears
that this film will be better than The Da Vinci Code and that Tom Hanks' hairstyle is far superior to the one he wore in the last film:
"It's totally different" from Hanks' slicked-back coif of the original, insists producer Brian Grazer. "It's better. Everything is more contemporary. "
The adaptation of Dan Brown's novel continues the sleuthing adventures of Robert Langdon (Hanks), a Harvard expert in religious symbols who discovers a conspiracy to destroy the Vatican.
Da Vinci collected $758 million worldwide, but even Grazer says the movie moved a little slowly. Angels, by contrast, sprints from crypts, catacombs and cathedrals.
In adapting the hugely successful Da Vinci novel, "I think we may have been too reverential toward it," Grazer says. "We got all the facts of the book right, but the movie was a little long and stagey."
In Angels, opening May 15, "Langdon doesn't stop and give a speech," Grazer says. "When he speaks, he's in motion."
Set in and around the Vatican, Brown's Angels includes the murders of cardinals, who are mutilated with mysterious symbols. Church officials banned the crew from shooting in key locales, sometimes revoking permits that had been approved, Grazer says.
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That doesn't mean Angels won't generate any controversy. The film centers on an act of terrorism at the Vatican and examines the tension between science and faith.
"We're living in a world that's much more unstable," Grazer says. "Therefore, our energy is focused on belief. This looks at what would happen when you have an act of terrorism designed to undermine that belief."
Despite the contemporary topics, Grazer says the movie has no political undertones. "Both parties, through different means, don't want terrorism to exist in the world," he says.
We're looking forward to seeing the film. There's no official word when Dan Brown will publish the next book in the series, The Solomon Key, but rumors say it will coincide with the release date of the Angels and Demons film, May 15, 2009.
At last! Doubleday has finally announced that the sequel to The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown will be published on September 15, 2009. The new book is entitled The Lost Symbol. The Da Vinci Code was the bestselling hardcover adult novel of all time, with 81 million copies in print worldwide.
