Tom Hanks Admits He Couldn’t Do Oscar-Winning ‘Philadelphia’ Role Today

Kelsey Parker celebrated her daughter’s birthday over the weekend with a wonderful party fit for a young princess. The mum-of-two, 32, who recently opened up about coping with life following her husband Tom Parker’s death at the age of 33 in March, shared pictures from the special day with her followers. Aurelia’s third birthday party followed a very specific theme and came complete with a mini castle and a selection of Disney princesses belting out the youngster’s favourite tunes.The party is the first one Kelsey has hosted since the death of her husband following a brain tumour.

If you happen to care about the history of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (at least in its first fifty years), you’ll have no shortage of reasons to read Bruce Davis’ forthcoming book, The Academy and the Award.

THE Love Island lads showed they are huge fans for The Wanted as they performed a rendition of Glad You Came. In a clip from last night’s Unseen Bits, they are seen jumping around the bedroom as they belt it out  - but fans noticed that Davide looked a bit baffled.

The Love Island boys gave a sweet tribute to the late Tom Parker and his The Wanted bandmates as they enthusiastically belted out their hit song Glad You Came. In a clip from Saturday night’s Unseen bits, the lads can be seen jumping around their bedroom singing the classic at the top of the lungs - but fans couldn’t help but notice Italian Davide’s baffled look.The 27 year old opted out of the jumping dance the rest of the boys embarked upon and instead could be seen sat on the side of the bed pretending to mime the lyrics.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticDoes the phrase “that’s all right” apply to the new “Elvis” movie… as in, “that’s all correct”? No one is probably expecting that — any practiced watcher of biopics knows virtually any example of the form will take deep liberties with the facts for dramatic purposes. And maybe it’s a given that a director who puts hip-hop and hard rock on the soundtracks for period films, as Baz Luhrmann does, might favor effect over absolute verisimilitude.Still, “Elvis” is right on enough counts — literally or spiritually — that it’s worth trying to separate fact from fiction in the movie’s narrative of Elvis Presley (played by Austin Butler) and his nearly career-long manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks).

Lady Gaga, Tom Daley and the first all-male ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ couple were among the winners of this year’s ‘British LGBT Awards’. Vogue director Edward Enninful, 50, and singer Alicia Keys, 41, also took home gongs at the London event on Friday. (24.

Wilson Chapman editorDuncan Henderson, an Oscar-nominated producer and longtime member of the Director Guild of America’s national board, died Tuesday in Valencia, Calif. of pancreatic cancer, DGA representatives confirmed to Variety.

Robert Katz, a film and television producer best known for Gettysburg, Selena, and Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, died June 22 at the Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys following a long battle with lung cancer. He was 79 years old and his death was confirmed by his family.

Clayton Davis Austin Butler’s hips don’t lie. He becomes the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, possessing all of his signature quirks and emotional inflections in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis.” Standing tall as the single best performance from the first half of 2022, Butler’s moves have thrust him into the Oscar race for best actor.

Clayton Davis Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official awards predictions for the upcoming Oscars and Emmys ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis; Awards Circuit Column, a weekly analysis dissecting the trends and contenders by television editor Michael Schneider (for Emmys) and Davis (for Oscars); Awards Circuit Podcast, a weekly interview series with talent and an expert roundtable discussion; and Awards Circuit Video analyzes various categories and contenders by Variety's leading awards pundits. Variety's unmatched coverage gives its readership unbeatable exposure in print and online, as well as provide inside reports on all the contenders in this year's awards season races.

LOVE Island's Ekin-Su launches a tirade against Jay Younger as war breaks out in tonight's episode of Love Island. Viewers have seen the actress practically fall in love with the Scottish new boy - but their relationship hits the rocks in spectacular fashion as he admits he wants to get to know Welsh beauty Paige. In a preview of the action to air this evening, the Turkish soap actress is seen screaming and swearing at him as Iain Stirling warned fans to expect fireworks.

Clayton Davis Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official awards predictions for the upcoming Oscars and Emmys ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis; Awards Circuit Column, a weekly analysis dissecting the trends and contenders by television editor Michael Schneider (for Emmys) and Davis (for Oscars); Awards Circuit Podcast, a weekly interview series with talent and an expert roundtable discussion; and Awards Circuit Video analyzes various categories and contenders by Variety's leading awards pundits. Variety's unmatched coverage gives its readership unbeatable exposure in print and online, as well as provide inside reports on all the contenders in this year's awards season races.

Brad Pitt is looking back on the time he became “obsessed” with finding “buried treasure” at his property in Provence, France. 

Diane Warren is finally getting her Oscar!

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDiane Warren is finally getting her man… Oscar.Warren, who’s had 13 Academy Award nominations in the best original song category so far — but, legendarily, no wins yet — will be receiving an honorary Oscar.  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Tuesday that Warren, Euzhan Palcy and Peter Weir will receive honorary Oscars at this year’s Governors Awards ceremony on Nov. 19 in Los Angeles.The songwriter behind some of music’s biggest hits first received a nomination in 1988 for “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” from “Mannequin,” and that was only the beginning, although the flow of noms would not become steady until years later.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is set to celebrate Michael J. Fox’s outstanding humanitarian work by presenting him with an honourary Oscar.

Songwriter Diane Warren, actor Michael J. Fox, and directors Peter Weir and Euzhan Palcy will receive honorary Oscars at the 13th annual Governors Awards on Nov.

Gallery: 'It’s kind of a nice voyeuristic way to see your man, but I am weird in that way!' What the stars REALLY THINK think of their partners' sex scenes. . . (BANG Showbiz)The father-of-one, who shares five-year-old daughter Lea de Seine with his model ex Irina Shayk, 36, also recalled being mocked a separate time for being undeserving of one of his Oscar nominations.

SmartLess podcast, he was talking to a thrice-Oscar-nominated actress (whose name he also withheld) and the director. The helmer told the actor, “What world are we living in where you have seven nominations and she’s only got three?'”Cooper, who now has nine total Academy Award nominations for co-producing “Joker,” and “Nightmare Alley,” was stunned.

Oscar nominations.The actor, who was speaking on the SmartLess podcast, recalled the incident during the awards season for his film A Star Is Born.Cooper was nominated for three Oscars for the music film, adding to the four nominations that he’d already earned across his career.At a party during the season, Cooper reportedly met a famous director who poked fun at his nominations while he was joined by a friend who is a famous actress.“What world are we living in where you have seven nominations and she’s only got three?” Cooper says the director told him and his friend at the party.“I’m like, ‘Bro, why are you such an asshole?’” Cooper said to the SmartLess podcast hosts. “I would never fucking forget that.

Bradley Cooper has no time for haters.

Bradley Cooper is speaking out about about two awkward moments that he faced in Hollywood after receiving Oscar nominations.

Zack Sharf Bradley Cooper revealed on a recent episode of the “SmartLess” podcast (via IndieWire) that a famous director once mocked him for having 7 career Oscar nominations. The incident occurred at a party during Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” awards season. The music drama boosted Cooper’s Oscar nomination haul from four (three acting noms and a best picture nom as a producer on “American Sniper”) to seven (actor, original screenplay and best picture for “A Star Is Born”).At an awards season party, Cooper met with a famous director who made a joke out of Cooper’s 7 Oscar nominations.

Billy Eichner discovered he was the topic of some peculiar gossip after a clickbait article praising his relationship with “Noelle” co-star Anna Kendrick went viral.

Italian authorities have detained Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Paul Haggis for investigation of allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in southern Italy, according to the Associated Press, quoting Italian news media via local prosecutors.

While for many Father's Day means pub lunches and long walks, for those who have lost their dad it holds special meaning.Three months on from the death of The Wanted singer Tom Parker, his wife Kelsey is turning the day into a celebration of Tom's love for their young children – Aurelia, two, and 20-month-old Bodhi.The family will admire the card Aurelia made her daddy at nursery, and talk about Tom – as they do every day. In a sit down chat, Kelsey tells OK!: "Aurelia's nursery school has asked me about making cards and they said, 'We know she will be able to cope with making a card' and she talks about her dad to them, so I'm more than happy for her to make a card for her dad.' "In years to come I think it will get harder for the children.This year where they're young and they don't really understand it, in years to come we will make it a celebration.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeI’ve long banged the drum that television is better than film, yet even now, the TV industry still carries a bit of an inferiority complex.It’s why those of us who cover TV cringe at filmmakers who finally enter the episodic world — only to proclaim their series is actually a “10-episode movie.”It comes from decades of the small screen being seen as the stepping stone to true stardom and success in the movies. But of course, “prestige TV” has always been around, and it only intensified in the past two decades.The industry has itself to blame for playing second fiddle.For a long time, the Television Academy included a loophole in which Oscar doc contenders could turn around and try again for sloppy seconds at the Emmys — even though the Motion Picture Academy didn’t allow Emmy titles to do the same.

Forty-plus years into his acting career, Tom Hanks is still going strong. He’s onscreen next as Colonel Tom Parker in Baz Luhrmann‘s “Elvis” as Presley’s manager, and after that, he’s in Marc Forster‘s “A Man Called Otto” and Wes Anderson‘s latest, “Asteroid City.” READ MORE: Tom Hanks Teases Shelved Dean Martin Biopic Directed By Martin Scorsese But in a recent interview with The New York Times Magazine, Hanks didn’t talk about his upcoming roles.

In March, the Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences awarded Samuel L. Jackson an honorary Oscar at the Honorary Governors Awards.

Elvis star and his wife can be seen leaving a restaurant in New York, before being approached by fans on the way.After Wilson was caused to trip up by fans asking for selfies, she was filmed firmly telling one person to “stop it”.Hanks then shouted, “That is my wife, back the fuck off,” before scorning the group for “knocking over my wife.”Take a look at the footage here:if Tom Hanks yelled and looked at me like that I think I would feel shame forever https://t.co/trExAgfRSh— i bless the rains down in castamere (@Chinchillazllla) June 16, 2022Meanwhile, Tom Hanks recently said he thinks he couldn’t play a gay lawyer in Philadelphia today.“Could a straight man do what I did in Philadelphia now? No, and rightly so,” Hanks told The New York Times Magazine.“The whole point of Philadelphia was don’t be afraid. One of the reasons people weren’t afraid of that movie is that I was playing a gay man.” Hanks added: “We’re beyond that now.”“I don’t think people would accept the inauthenticity of a straight guy playing a gay guy,” he went on.“It’s not a crime, it’s not boohoo, that someone would say we are going to demand more of a movie in the modern realm of authenticity.