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Tom Parker is sharing a positive update following his brain cancer diagnosis. The Wanted star, who previously revealed he has an inoperable brain tumor, took to Instagram on Jan. 7 to share the latest news on his health. "Significant Reduction These are the words I received today and I can't stop saying them over and over again," he wrote alongside a photo of himself with his wife Kelsey Hardwick and their 2-month-old baby boy Bodhi Thomas Parker. "I had an Mri scan on Tuesday and my results today were a significant reduction to the tumour and I am responding well to treatment. Everyday I'm keeping on the fight to shrink this bastard! I can't thank our wonderful NHS enough....

Tom Parker is in positive spirits amid his battle with cancer. On Thursday, Dec. 31, The Wanted band member took to Instagram to give his fans an update on his health. "Hey, I may not be a 100% yet but I'm out here doing it..getting there day by day," the "Glad You Came" singer wrote. "Overwhelmed by all your love and support. So thank you all for that. Hope you all had a lovely Xmas and get to at least celebrate Nye in some capacity." As fans may recall, back in October, the 32-year-old revealed he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. During an interview with Britain's Ok! Magazine, the artist explained the moment his doctors delivered the devastating...

In 1971, Peter Guralnick published Feel Like Going Home, which told the story of the blues through a series of revelatory profiles of Muddy Waters, Skip James, Howlin’ Wolf, and more. He ended the book with a goodbye: “I consider this chapter a swan song,” wrote Guralnick, who was 27 at the time. “Not only to the book but to my whole brief critical career. Next time you see me I hope I will be my younger, less self-conscious and critical self. It would be nice to just sit back and listen...

London, Nov 10 (Ians) The Wanted singer Tom Parker finds it tough not being able to be properly involved with new son Bodhi as he is focussing on his treatment for brain tumour.

The singer and his wife Kelsey welcomed Bodhi Thomas Paris Parker last month, reports metro.co.uk.

"It's been a whirlwind the last few weeks. It's been hard because I've not been able to be involved as much. But hopefully in a couple of weeks when the treatment's ended I'll be able to be a bit more hands-on, which I'm looking forward to," said Parker.

"It's been tough, not being as involved as I would like," he added.

Kelsey added that he is "around and at home", but explained: "His job at the moment is to go and have his treatment, and some dads have to go back to work straight away anyway."

The couple also have 15-month-old daughter,...

Update: Following the news of their second child's birth, Tom Parker and wife Kelsey Hardwick introduced their son to the world on the cover of Ok!. The new parents of two also revealed the baby's name: Bodhi Thomas Parker. As the proud dad wrote on Instagram, "Welcome to the world my beautiful Bodhi." ________________________________________________________ Amid his health battle, Tom Parker has found something to celebrate.  During an Oct. 27 interview on Lorraine, The Wanted bandmate Max George confirmed that Parker and wife Kelsey Hardwick welcomed their second child. The topic came up after host Lorraine Kelly asked about Parker, who...

Tom Parker, former member of U.K. band The Wanted, has been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, the British singer announced in an Instagram post on Monday morning.

Parker opened up about his diagnosis after addressing his weeks-long absence from social media. “Hey guys, you know that we’ve both been quiet on social media for a few weeks and it’s time to tell you why. There’s no easy way to say this but I’ve sadly been diagnosed with a brain tumor and I’m already undergoing treatment.”

The singer, who spent five years in the British-Irish band before the group ...

Tom Parker, lead vocalist of the British-Irish boy band The Wanted, has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. The singer shared the news with fans on his verified Instagram account.

"Hey guys, you know that we've both been quiet on social media for a few weeks and it's time to tell you why. There's no easy way to say this but I've sadly been diagnosed with a Brain Tumour and I'm already undergoing treatment. We decided, after a lot of thought, that rather than hiding away and trying to keep it a secret, we would do one interview where we could lay out all the details and let everyone know the facts in our own way. We are all absolutely devastated but we are gonna fight this all the way. We don't want your sadness, we just want love and positivity and together we will raise awareness of this terrible...

Los Angeles, Sep 10 (Ians) Hollywood star Tom Hanks is ready to resume work on September 23. He will be back to shoot for the untitled Elvis Presley film in Australia. Hanks was in that country filming the project earlier this year when he contracted Covid-19 in March.

Shooting for the Baz Luhrmann directorial will restart on September 23 after six months of the production shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, it has been confirmed.

"We're back to, as Elvis liked to say, ‘taking care of business!' It is a real privilege in this unprecedented global moment that Tom Hanks has been able to return to Australia to join Austin Butler and all of our extraordinary cast and crew to commence production on ‘Elvis'," Luhrmann said.

"I cannot emphasise enough how lucky we feel in the current climate that the state of Queensland, and Queenslanders in general, have been so supportive of this film.

Julian Cullen and Kimie Tsukakoshi in ‘The Bureau of Magical Things.’ (Photo credit: Mark Taylor)

Screen production in Queensland is set to restart with the second season of Jonathan M. Shiff Productions’ The Bureau of Magical Things and a rom-com feature from the Steve Jaggi Company.

The cameras will roll on Shiff’s children’s fantasy, which was shut down in March, on June 29 on the Gold Coast.

On the same day, Jaggi and director Christine Luby will begin shooting This Little Love of Mine in Cairns. Scripted by Georgia Harrison, it’s a co-production with Nicely Entertainment, an La-based distribution and production company recently launched by former Gaumont exec Vanessa Shapiro.

Jaggi is producing with Kelly Son Hing and Spencer McLaren; the cast will be announced next week.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said Shiff’s 20-part series is employing more than 200 cast and crew and injecting more than $8.5 million into the State’s economy.

Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson are stepping up to help in the fight against coronavirus. Hanks revealed in a new interview that they volunteered to donate blood for Covid-19 research after recovering from the disease.

“A lot of the question is, is what now? What do we do now? Is there something we can do? And, in fact, we just found out that we do carry the antibodies,” Hanks recently told NPR’s “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!” podcast via MSN.

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“We have not only been approached, we have said, ‘Do you want our blood? Can we give plasma?’ And, in fact, we will be giving it now to the places that hope to work on what I...

Exclusive: Director Baz Luhrmann was days from starting production on his untitled Elvis Presley film when his Col. Tom Parker, Tom Hanks, came down with the coronavirus symptoms that shut down production instantly. The filmmaker has been safely tucked away with wife and collaborator Catherine Martin and their kids. Although they live in New York, the family stayed in their native Australia, and he spoke with Deadline after they’d completed fishing and crabbing –while maintaining proper social distancing — and in between Luhrmann’s efforts to create a new “Sunscreen,” a pandemic-relevant update to his 1999 smash hit song that mixed spoken word with music.

In a moment of profound depression over the spiraling pandemic, I asked Luhrmann right after the Hanks diagnosis if he would do a new version of the song. He demurred at first, but had a change of heart upon hearing the inspirational speech given by Queen Elizabeth II,...

Exclusive: Baz Luhrmann has recorded “Sunscreen,” a new pandemic-relevant version of “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen),” his 1998 spoken-word song that featured a common sense essay written as a hypothetical commencement speech with advice on how to live a happy, healthy life. Luhrmann this time sets to music mostly to the inspiring speech given recently by Queen Elizabeth II, which gave the pandemic a historical perspective on overcoming crises going back to WWII.

Luhrmann was struck by that speech and felt it was an exception to the lack of straight-shooting words of comfort in these times. He got together with his music team over Zoom last weekend and made the remix with the Queen’s speech and Vera Lynn’s “We’ll Meet Again.” If enough people from all walks of life send Luhrmann a video of themselves singing to it — the place to send is [email protected] — the Moulin Rouge...

As the current production shutdown and movie theater closure roles on, Warner Bros. has shuffled around its 2020/2021 release calendar, with several major upcoming projects being delayed. Amongst the movies that will now arrive later than expected is The Many Saints of Newark, the upcoming prequel to The Sopranos. Also affected are the untitled Elvis biopic, Will Smith's King Richard, the sci-fi thriller Reminiscence and the untitled Fred Hampton biopic.

The Many Saints of Newark, which is directed by Alan Taylor, was originally supposed to arrive on September 25 this year. Instead, it will now arrive on March 12, 2021. On its new date, it will be competing directly with Disney's animated Raya and the Last Dragon. The Sopranos creator David Chase co-wrote the screenplay for the movie with Lawrence Konner. It is set during the 60s and will focus on a young Tony, played by Michael Gandolfini, son of the late James Gandolfini,...

Wilson and her husband Tom Hanks’ Covid-19 diagnosis underlined how pervasive the disease could be. She talks about the grim side-effects of the drugs she took to combat it – and her rap-aided recovery

Precisely when political leaders of certain countries grasped how much of a threat coronavirus really would be is a debatable issue. But for many members of the public, a precise date can be put on when the truth properly struck home: 13 March. That was when Tom Hanks announced on Instagram that he and his wife, the actor and singer Rita Wilson, a couple who are universally agreed to be Two of the Nicest Celebrities in the World, had tested positive for the virus in Australia, where Hanks had been shooting Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic. On The Daily Show, Trevor Noah said: “It’s almost like coronavirus chose Tom Hanks just to send a message to the rest of us.

Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, have returned from the coronavirus desert island.

The two have been spotted in Los Angeles after flying on a private jet from Australia, where they were quarantined with the first publicized celebrity cases of coronavirus. Their March 11 announcement shocked the world and may have been a tipping point toward waking everyone up.

Hanks shared an update with fans Saturday on Twitter, saying they are sheltering in place.

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— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) March 28, 2020

Hanks was in Australia working with director Baz Luhrmann on an untitled Elvis movie, in which Hanks was to play Elvis manager Col. Tom Parker. Wilson was scheduled for a few concert appearances.

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are back home in the U.S. after they revealed they had contracted coronavirus and were quarantined in Australia.

Hanks gave an update on Twitter Saturday morning, thanking everyone who had helped them in Australia and assuring people that they are still isolating themselves in the U.S.

“Hey, folks…We’re home now and, like the rest of America, we carry on sheltering in place and social distancing. Many, many thanks to everyone in Australia who looked after us. Their care and guidance made possible our return to the USA. And many thanks to all of you who reached out with well wishes. Rita and I so appreciate it,” Hanks wrote.

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— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) March 28, 2020

On Monday, Hanks gave an update saying that he and Wilson were feeling better and recovering from their symptoms after they were diagnosed two weeks earlier.

When the news was released that Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson came down with coronavirus while shooting a film in Australia, it drove home that anyone, even one of our national treasures, wasn’t immuned to this horrible and rapidly spreading disease. One might presume that the celebrity couple had the option not to reveal that they had been hospitalized in isolation and were being treated abroad. But instead, they shared their diagnosis with the world.

They are now self-isolating at home and, of course, Hollywood’s Everyman is openly talking about his experience dealing with enforced solitude.

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Hey folks. Good News: One week after testing Positive, in self-isolation, the symptoms are much the same. No fever but the blahs. Folding the laundry and doing the dishes leads to a nap on the couch. Bad news: My wife @ritawilson has won 6 straight hands...

The internet all gasped as one when it was announced several days ago that Hollywood favorite Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson had tested positive for the coronavirus strain Covid-19. Not only were fans, of course, worried for the A-list couple but suddenly the seriousness posed by the outbreak hit home for many. Since their diagnosis, Hanks has been keeping fans up to date with their progress, with his newest message shrouded in an air of the kind of charming positivity we would all expect from the beloved star.

"Hey, folks. Two weeks after our first symptoms and we feel better. Sheltering in place works like this: You don't give it to anyone - You don't get it from anyone. Common sense, no? Going to take awhile, but if we take care of each other, help where we can, and give up some comforts...this, too, shall pass. We can figure this out.

Tom Hanks has updated his anxious fans, posting to social media that he and wife Rita Wilson “feel better” two weeks after their earliest coronavirus symptoms.

“Hey, folks. Two weeks after our first symptoms and we feel better,” the “Greyhound” star tweeted. “Sheltering in place works like this: You don’t give it to anyone – You don’t get it from anyone. Common sense, no?”

“Going to take awhile, but if we take care of each other, help where we can, and give up some comforts…this, too, shall pass,” Hanks, who signs all of his social media posts with “Hanx,” continued. “We can figure this out.”

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Hanks and Wilson were discharged from a hospital last Monday. The couple remain quarantined in a rented home in Australia.

The couple, who have been married since 1988 and are both 63 years old,...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison ordered on Sunday evening local time that all cinemas, pubs, restaurants, casinos, places of worship and health clubs will shutter as of midday Monday.

Schools though will remain open as Australia practices safety guidelines during the coronavirus global climate.

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Several cinemas around the world, throughout Europe and the Middle East, as well as India and the U.S./Canada have closed. Disney which has had the No. 1 movie in the world over the last two weeks, Pixar’s Onward, announced they wouldn’t be reporting global numbers for some time as the worldwide cinema infrastructure closed down. Other studios...

Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic will continue to be put on hold amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“I’m sure it will come as no surprise that this is not the moment to be resuming production on the film,” the Australian director, 57, wrote in a statement posted to Twitter on Friday.

The news was shared four days after star Tom Hanks, who plays Elvis’ manager Colonel Tom Parker in the film, and wife Rita Wilson were released from a Queensland hospital after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, officially termed Covid-19.

As Luhrmann’s statement continued, the director reiterated his...

Australian director Baz Luhrmann says that now is not the moment to be resuming production on his untitled “Elvis” project. The film was halted since last week, when actor Tom Hanks was diagnosed with the corovavirus.

In a tweet on Friday afternoon Luhrmann said: “I’m sure it will come as no surprise that this is not the moment to be resuming production on the film. Please know that this is in now way a reflection our commitment to making the movie here in Queensland. In fact we are not even taking our sets down, simply locking up the creative space over the next few days.”

“I have spoken to the premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, and we all agree that right now, this is the time for people all over the world, from all walks of life, to be at home indoors, with their loved ones (washing our hands five time...

Ben Allan and Clara Chong.

While production shutdowns are causing mass unemployment among all sectors of the screen sector, some practitioners see an upside.

Main Course Films’ writer/director Clara Chong and producer/Dop Ben Allan are in post on Wabi-Sabi, a deeply personal feature doc on ageing and death centred on Clara’s mother, who suffered from multiple system atrophy (Msa), a rare neuro-degenerative disorder.

“Because Clara and I do the majority of our projects together, doing post production at home has meant we can do things like put the kids to bed and then go back to colour grading,” Allan tells If.

“Now in the time of the coronavirus, it means we can be social distancing while staying on schedule with post on the film and our other projects.”

Producer Steve Jaggi, who has Rosie Lourde’s debut feature Romance on the Menu in post, sees an upside for Australian content creators,...

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are “doing very well” a week after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, a rep for Hanks tells People.

The married couple remain under quarantine at their home in Australia after being released from a Queensland hospital on Monday.

“Tom and Rita are doing very well and continue to recover,” Hanks’ rep Leslee Dart says. “Their recovery is very much on course for healthy adults with this virus. They are feeling better each day.”

Hanks and Wilson, both 63, were among the first high profile celebrities to reveal that they had contracted the coronavirus, formally known as Covid-19. As of Thursday,...

As information about the coronavirus pandemic rapidly changes, People is committed to providing the most recent data in our coverage. Some of the information in this story may have changed after publication. For the latest on Covid-19, readers are encouraged to use online resources from Cdc, Who, and local public health departments and visit our coronavirus hub.

Tom Hanks is updating fans on his symptoms a week after revealing that he and wife Rita Wilson tested positive for the coronavirus.

The A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood star, 63, opened up about his health in a post shared on his Twitter and Instagram on Tuesday,...

Hollywood star Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have been released from the hospital in Australia after receiving treatment for Covid-19 infection.

The couple have been released from a Queensland hospital and were now in self-quarantine at their home there, a representative for Hanks told cnn.com on Monday.

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The couple had been hospitalised in isolation after being diagnosed with novel coronavirus last week.

Hanks and Wilson have been in Australia for pre-production work on a film about singer Elvis Presley. Hanks is set to play Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, in the film directed by Baz Luhrmann. Production on the project is currently suspended.

The couple took to Instagram separately to share the news last Thursday.

"We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went.

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have left the hospital after being diagnosed with the coronavirus and are now self-quarantined at their rented home in Australia, Deadline can confirm. We had been hearing that Hanks and Wilson were on the mend, and Hanks’ sons Colin and Chet let the world know that was the case on social media.

Deadline broke the story last Wednesday about the two-time Oscar winner and his wife being diagnosed with the coronavirus.

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Hanks is in the Gold Coast of Australia to shoot Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley movie for Warner Bros in which the actor plays the legendary singer’s manager Colonel Tom Parker.

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Tom Hanks is the only person from Baz Luhrmann Elvis Presley biopic believed to have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), according to a representative from the film in Australia.

“We are aware of only the one case of the coronavirus amongst...

Australian director Baz Luhrmann has taken himself and his family into voluntary quarantine after coming into contact with Tom Hanks on the set of his new, untitled Elvis film.

Luhrmann, his wife and two teenage children are isolating and Luhrmann on Thursday shut down work on his Elvis film, now in pre-production in Australia. Hanks, who plays Elvis manager Col. Tom Parker in the film, announced that he and wife Rita Wilson had tested positive for coronavirus and were in a two-week quarantine. .

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The Luhrmann is at a Warner Bros.-provided home for 14 days, but Luhrmann is said to still be working at the home.

Following the President's National Emergency address on Friday, nearly every major studio in Hollywood has announced production closures on upcoming movies both big and small. One studio that appeared to be bucking the trend was Warner Bros. It was reported earlier in the day that The Batman, currently shooting in the UK, and The Matrix 4, which just moved from San Francisco to a sound stage in Berlin, would both carry on production as planned. And Fantastic Beasts 3 was gearing up to shoot this Monday. Now, Warner Bros. has confirmed that The Batman will officially go on a two-week production hiatus.

The first movie to officially shut down was the upcoming Elvis biopic starring Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker. It was discovered that both Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson had tested positive for Coronavirus. Elvis went on hiatus in Australia, and quite a few more movies followed in its wake.

Hollywood actor Tom Hanks has shared his first coronavirus update along with a photograph that features him in quarantine with his wife, Rita Wilson.

With the photograph, which Hanks posted on Twitter as well as Instagram, he also wrote a long caption note thanking everyone Down Under who were taking care of the Hollywood couple in Covid 19 isolation.

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"Hello folks. @ritawilson and I want to thank everyone here Down Under who are taking such good care of us. We have Covid-19 and are in isolation so we do not spread it to anyone else.There are those for whom it could lead to a very serious illness. We are taking it one-day-at-a-time. There are things we can all do to get through this by following the advice of experts and taking care of ourselves and each other, no? Remember, despite all the current events,...

Tom Hanks revealed on Wednesday evening that he and his wife Rita Wilson had tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus. The couple are currently in Australia where the Hollywood star is preparing to play Elvis’ manager Tom Parker in Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Elvis Presley biopic.

Hanks and Wilson began to feel tired and experienced chills and fevers this week, prompting them to get tested. Now, they’re being isolated and closely monitored and while they seem to be doing alright, the internet has been freaking out over the whole ordeal. After all, Tom Hanks is one of the most beloved actors out there and many are now fearing for his well-being.

But there’s another thing that’s got people freaking out, too, and that’s the fact that The Simpsons seemingly predicted Hanks getting the virus years ago. Back in The Simpsons Movie in 2007, there was a scene...

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson may have temporarily lost their freedom of movement, but are apparently in good spirits as they endure isolation caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Hanks sent out a tweet today thanking fans for their support in the wake of the duo’s stunning announcement that they had contracted the virus and were quarantined in Australia.

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“Remember, despite all the current events, there is no crying in baseball,” Hanks said at the end of a tweet, which was accompanied by a picture of himself and Wilson. The quip is a line from his film A League of Their Own.

“Hello folks. Rita Wilson and I want to...

Updated with Chet Hanks Instagram video: Colin Hanks and Chet Hanks have taken to social media to give an update on their parents Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson after they revealed that they’d been diagnosed with Covid-19.

“We are so grateful for the outpouring of support from everyone,” former Life In Pieces star Colin Hanks tweeted. “My parents are receiving excellent care in Australia and are doing well (and in good spirits) given the circumstances.”

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He added, “Despite the fact that I’m in La and haven’t seen them in over 3 weeks we have been in constant contact and am confident that they will make a full recovery.”

Chet Hanks posted a video on Instagram, saying he had just...

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson's son Colin Hanks has taken to social media to assure fans that his parents are doing fine.

The coronavirus drama continues across the globe as it was announced recently that America's dad Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson tested positive for Covid-19, which is currently causing chaos worldwide. Well, Colin Hanks has now taken to social media to thank fans for their outpouring of support and sympathy and to give an update on his parents Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson after it was revealed that the Hollywood pair have contracted the infamous Covid-19.

"We are so grateful for the outpouring of support from everyone. My parents are receiving excellent care in Australia and are doing well (and in good spirits) given the circumstances. Despite the fact that I'm in La and haven't seen them in over 3 weeks we have been in constant contact and...

When Tom Hanks announced on Wednesday that he and Rita Wilson had tested positive for the coronavirus, they were in Australia doing production on Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic. The Warner Bros. film, in which Hanks was to play Presley’s manager Colonel Tom Parker, shut down immediately.

As the coronavirus spreads, and states issue mandates to try to contain the pandemic, individual film and television productions — which can be the size of villages — are shutting down across the globe. These shutdowns will have untold financial and cultural impact, and may reshape popular culture and its economic model for years to come.

Variety is keeping an updated list of what movies and television shows have been shut down or delayed.

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“The Morning Show” – Media Res, the studio behind the buzzy Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon series, has announced season 2 production will go on a two-week hiatus with immediate effect.

Tom Hanks confirmed Wednesday evening that he and wife Rita Wilson had tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus. Today, Hanks’ son and star of Life in Pieces, Colin Hanks, took to social media to give a general update on his parents’ diagnosis.

In his post, he helped ease fans’ concerns by stating:

We are so grateful for the outpouring of support from everyone. My parents are receiving excellent care in Australia and are doing well (and in good spirits) given the circumstances. Despite the fact that I’m in La and haven’t seen them in over 3 weeks we have been in constant contact and am confident that they will make a full recovery.

Hanks and Wilson are currently in Australia where the former was preparing for his role as Elvis’ manager Tom Parker in Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Elvis Presley biopic, but they both began to feel tired and...

Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus.

The actor, 63, confirmed the positive results on his Instagram Wednesday.

“Hello, folks. Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive,” Hanks wrote.

“Well, now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed. We Hanks’ will be tested,...

Rufus Sewell is set to play Vernon Presley, the father of Elvis Presley, in Baz Luhrmann's as-yet untitled biopic about the king of rock 'n' roll, starring opposite Maggie Gyllenhaal, who is set to play mother Gladys Presley.

The upcoming Warner Bros. project is described as focusing on Elvis' rise and stardom, with a major spotlight on his relationship with Col. Tom Parker.  

Austin Butler will play Elvis, while Tom Hanks is set to play Parker, the manager who controlled every aspect of the icon's life.

Warners is describing the drama as having a story ...

Maggie Gyllenhaal is set to play Gladys Presley, the mother of Elvis Presley, opposite Austin Butler and Tom Hanks in Baz Luhrmann biopic about the king of rock 'n' roll, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

The upcoming Warner Bros. project is described as focusing on Elvis Presley's rise and stardom, with a major spotlight on his relationship with Col. Tom Parker.

Tom Hanks is set to play Parker, the manager who controlled every aspect of Presley's life. Butler is set to play Elvis and Australian actress Olivia DeJonge, who also starred in M. Night Shyamalan's 2015 ...

[Editor’s Note: This review contains spoilers for “Sanditon,” including the ending.]

It was winter when Jane Austen realized she was dying. In January 1817, she started her final novel, a comedic tale set in a fledgling seaside resort whose owners have ambitions to attract moneyed clientele from London and beyond. In March, she stopped writing, carefully noting the date: March 18, 1817.

In July — four months to the day after she wrote those last words — she died. Scholars still don’t know the cause, with speculation ranging from Addison’s disease to Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Austen was 41.

It’s easy to psychoanalyze that unfinished novel, “Sanditon.” Austen was ill, she wanted to escape to the shore — so she did in her writing. Her heroine, Charlotte Heywood, dreams of a more cosmopolitan place than her genteel-but-shabby country home packed with siblings, and an act of quick-thinking bravery earns her an invite to the seaside Sanditon to stay with the Parker family.

One of the most actors in Hollywood, Tom Hanks may be working the publicity at the Toronto Film Festival for ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood’ but the ‘Toy Story 4’ actor has signed up to star in the Mattel adaptation of ‘Major Matt Mason’.

Akiva Goldsman, who previously worked with Hanks on ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and ‘Angels & Demons,’ will adapt the script from a short story about the character from Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon.

Mason is an astronaut who lives and works on the moon and deals with both a space crew and various alien allies and villains.

When introduced in 1966, the figures were initially based on design information found in Life Magazine, Air Force Magazine, Jane’s, and other aviation- and space-interest periodicals. Later, the line attempted to transition into the realm of science fiction.

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For their entire relationship (and beyond), Elvis and Priscilla Presley were the subject of intense gossip and speculation about their relationship. Their age gap has been one of the biggest focal points for scandal and gossip. Although they did have a fairly significant difference between their ages, that's really not the most controversial element to their relationship.

The age gap between Elvis and Priscilla is just a few months over 10 years. Elvis was born in January 1935, while Priscilla was born in 1945. That difference in ages, while not exactly small, is not the huge gap that some might imagine. By rock-star older husband/younger wife standards, it's not big at all! But, as with all things in Elvis's life, there's more to the story than that, and the reality isn't exactly a romantic fairy tale.

It's not the age gap itself that caused such a scandal when the couple first met,...

Music legend Elvis Presley is getting the biopic treatment, with an upcoming movie starring Austin Butler and directed by Baz Luhrmann. The still-untitled movie will costar Tom Hanks as Tom Parker, Elvis's longtime manager. Many casual fans might not know of Parker, but he was one of the most influential people in Elvis's life and career.

Born in the Netherlands, Tom moved to the Us as a young man in the 1920s, joining the Army and using the fake name "Tom Parker" to hide the fact that he was an immigrant named Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk who had arrived in the country illegally by jumping off a ship. He served honorably once, then, after reenlisting, was charged with desertion and imprisoned. After his release, he worked odd jobs at carnivals and first entered the music industry as a promoter in 1938.

In the 1940s, Tom's roster grew, as he promoted country stars in Tennessee,...

We have an interesting trailer for you to check out for the upcoming PBS Masterpiece series Sandition, based on the last, unfinished novel of Jane Austen. It is said that Austen was chronically ill and wanted to write about something happy, so she started this novel set in a seaside town. The series stars Rose Williams, Theo James (the Divergent series), Crystal Clarke (Star Wars: The Force Awakens & The Last Jedi), Kris Marshall and Anne Reid. Here’s the official synopsis:

Sanditon tells the story of Tom Parker (Marshall), who is obsessed with turning the sleepy seaside village of Sanditon into a fashionable health resort. He enlists the backing of local bigwig Lady Denham (Reid). Through a mishap, Tom makes the acquaintance of the Heywoods and invites their eldest daughter, Charlotte (Williams), for an extended stay at Sanditon. Meanwhile, Lady Denham, a widow, is playing matchmaker for her destitute nephew,...

PBS and ITV have unveiled the first trailer for period drama Sanditon. The series is an adaptation of Jane Austen’s unfinished final novel Sanditon that stars Reign star Rose Williams and Downton Abbey and Divergent’s Theo James.

Williams and James star alongside Last Tango In Halifax’s Anne Reid and Love Actually’s Kris Marshall in the eight-part series. Produced by Death in Paradise producer Red Planet Pictures, it was written by War and Peace and Mr Selfridge writer Andrew Davies.

Written only months before Austen’s death in 1817, Sanditon tells the story of the impulsive, spirited and unconventional Charlotte Heywood, played by Williams, and her spiky relationship with the charming Sidney Parker, played by James. When a chance accident transports her from her rural hometown of Willingden to a would-be coastal resort, it exposes Charlotte to the intrigues and dalliances of a seaside town on the make.

Austin Butler is Baz Luhrmann’s man.

The famed Moulin Rouge! director has cast the 27-year-old actor to play Elvis Presley in his upcoming movie, which will follow the late icon’s rise to stardom and his close relationship with his manager. Tom Hanks will play the manager, Col. Tom Parker, who had control over all aspects of Presley’s life.

Butler is an actor on the rise who will soon be seen opposite Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He’s currently starring in The Dead Don’t Die, opposite Bill Murray and Selena Gomez,...

Exclusive: Director Baz Luhrmann has found his Elvis. He has set Austin Butler to play the starmaking role of Elvis Presley in the untitled drama that covers the seminal legend’s growth from dirt poor singer to global icon, seen through the prism of his complex relationship over two decades with manager Colonel Tom Parker. Latter role will be played by Tom Hanks and Warner Bros will distribute worldwide.

The film will shoot early next year in Queensland, Australia, with Warner Bros Pictures distributing worldwide. The film will trace Presley’s elevation to a level of stardom and celebrity matched only by The Beatles, set against an evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America.

This was a hotly contested role. Butler filmed a test for Luhrmann as did Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller and Harry Styles. It was no easy choice and Luhrmann took his time. In Butler, he...

After an intense search that ensnared boldface names such as Harry Styles and Ansel Elgort, Baz Luhrmann has found the king of rock 'n' roll in Austin Butler.

The upcoming Warner Bros. project is described as focusing on Elvis Presley's rise and zenith, with a major aspect being his relationship with Col. Tom Parker. Tom Hanks is set to play Parker, the manager who controlled every aspect of Presley's life. 

Warners is describing the drama as having a story that will "delve into their complex dynamic spanning over 20 years, from Presley's rise to ...

Director Baz Luhrmann is currently developing an untitled Elvis Presley biopic with Tom Hanks taking on the role of Elvis’ iconic manager Colonel Tom Parker. The filmmaker is now in the process of trying to cast the perfect actor in the role of Elvis.

According to Deadline, there are four actors that are in contention for the lead role, and those actors include Ansel Elgort (Baby Driver), Miles Teller (Top Gun: Maverick), Austin Butler (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) and Harry Styles (Dunkirk).

Apparently all of the actors have the singing chops to take on the role, none of them really bare much resemblance to the King of Rock and Roll. Out of all of the actors mentioned above, Teller might have the closest look to Elvis.

The story for the film covers the “relationship between the veteran manager and the young singer, who came from dirt-poor origins to...