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Rita Wilson And Sonja Tremont-Morgan   Tom Hanks With Sonja Tremont-Morgan The American Friends of Blérancourt (AFB) honored actress, producer, singer and songwriter Rita Wilson with the 2018 and first Anne Morgan Women of Courage Award and Jean Astrop with the Château de Blérancourt award during the AFB Annual Gala held in New York City.   Margaret MacKenzie With Leonard Clark Benny Tabatabai & Susan Gutfreund “At the time when we celebrate the centennial of the end of World War I, we wanted to honor and recognize women of exceptional talent and commitment to empowerment of women throughout the world,” explained the President of the American Friends of Blérancourt Countess Dorothea de la Houssaye. “By honoring Rita Wilson, we celebrated not only her entrepreneurship skills as a producer, her artistic talent as an actress, a singer and a song-writer, but also her leadership and commitment to women empowerment,” Dorothea de la Houssaye adde...

Tom Hanks John Oliver Tom Hanks attended the Tribeca Talks Storytellers: Tom Hanks with John Oliver at the 15th Annual Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC on in New York City. Photos By: Diego Corredor/Media Punch

Tom Hanks Lainie Kazan Michael Constantine Elizabeth Gillies Nia Vardalos The My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2' New York premiere at AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 theater in New York City, brought out the stars. Photos By: Diego Corredor/MediaPunch

**** THE GLORIOUS CORNER Story By: G. H. HARDING **** Tom Hanks WERE YOU NOMINATED? --- The Academy Awards appear to be the three-horse race many expected it would be, with Gravity, American Hustle and 12 Years a Slave all receiving the lion's share of the nominations. The nominations for the 86th Academy Awards, announced Thursday morning in Beverly Hills, Calif., were led by the 3-D space odyssey Gravity and the con-artist caper American Hustle, both with 10 nominations. The historical epic 12 Years a Slave trailed closely with nine nominations. All were among the nine films nominated for best picture. The other nominees are Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Her, Nebraska, The Wolf of Wall Street and Philomena – a big surprise! Another big surprise was the omission of Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine; a film I felt was tremendous and among his best ever. The most notable omission by the academy was Tom Hanks, whose lead performanc...

**** WALTER MCBRIDE ON BROADWAY **** Yvonne Strahovski Tom Sturridge Tom Hanks Nathan Lane Christine Lahti Ben Vereen Alan Alda The 69th Annual Theatre World Awards Presentation at the Music Box Theatre in New York City, brought out the stars of the great white way to celebrate. Photos By: Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

**** THE GLORIOUS CORNER By: G.H. Harding **** Cyndi Lauper EASTER BONNETS - The 27th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition returns tomorrow, featuring the companies of Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring productions offering skits, songs and dances, as well as elaborately designed and themed bonnets created especially for the competition. The stars will align for this year's event as Tom Hanks, Cyndi Lauper, Harvey Fierstein, Andrea Martin and Nathan Lane join more than 200 of Broadway and Off-Broadway's most talented performers. The 2013 edition of the Easter Bonnet Competition will again be presented at the Minskoff Theatre, currently the home of Disney's The Lion King. Two-time Academy Award winner Hanks, Grammy Award winner Lauper and four-time Tony Award winner Fierstein will present the top fundraising and best presentation awards at the Tuesday performance. Three-time Tony nominee Marin Mazzie will star in ...

**** THE STARS COME OUT FOR 'LARRY CROWNE' **** Julia Roberts Cedric The Entertainer With Wilmer Valderrama Selita Ebanks Rita Wilson Taraji P. Henson Gugu Mbatha-Raw Tom Hanks Shaun Robinson Jenna Elfman Jenna Elfman along with Tom Hanks, Taraji P. Henson, Selita Ebanks, Julia Roberts, Rita Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Cedric The Entertainer, Wilmer Valderrama, Shaun Robinson and many others attended The Los Angeles Premiere of "Larry Crowne" held at the world famous Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Photos By: RD / Orchon / Retna Digital

Hollywood star Tom Hanks humiliated himself in front of thousands of Japanese baseball fans when he threw a ceremonial first pitch that did not make it to the home plate. The actor was in Tokyo on Friday promoting his new film, "Angels and Demons," and was asked to throw the first pitch at a game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Chunichi Dragons at famed Tokyo Dome. Tom took some practice throws in the bullpen before heading onto the field with a batter from the Yomiuri Giants, as director Ron Howard stood behind the home plate watching. The ball bounced a few feet in front of the home plate and skidded past Howard. Hanks says, "Tons of practice and I bounced it in the dirt, I'm humiliated. I went from the rush of being in the sacred spot to the humiliation of being mortal." Photo By: Sara De Boer/Retna

**** THE STARS SHINE AT LINCOLN CENTER **** Adrien Brody Jeremy Irons Abby McGrew And Eli Manning Christy Turlington Steven Spielberg Glenn Close Nigel Barker Ron Meyer With Jeff Zucker And Lorne Michaels Sally Field Christopher Walken Alexander And Robert Zemeckis Ken Burns And Ron Howard Colin Hanks Rita Wilson And Tom Hanks Charlize Theron Julia Roberts Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson along with Julia Roberts, Ken Burns, Ron Howard and many other celebrities were at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 36th Gala at Alice Tully Hall in New York City last night. This is one event no star wants to miss. Photos By: RD / Dziekan / Retna Digital