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  • Tom Hanks Wins Tabloid Apologies for ‘Nonsense’ Divorce Reports

    Tom Hanks is Hollywood’s resident Mr. Nice Guy, but you do not want to mess with him and his family. In a rare battle (and quick win) over tabloids, Hanks and wife Rita Wilson got apologies, retractions, and print corrections from two magazines posting cheating and divorce allegations.

    According to Reuters, both the National Enquirer and Star Magazine changed their stories after Hanks and Wilson fought back.

    The Enquirer had posted a report alleging “$400 million marriage crumbling” over Hanks’s love for Meg Ryan. But not long after that, they posted this statement on their website:

    “In the October 10, 2016 issue of The National Enquirer, we did not intend to report that Tom Hanks was having any kind of an inappropriate relationship with Meg Ryan, or that he and Rita Wilson were divorcing. We apologize for and regret any implication to the contrary.”

    Star Magazine’s story had gone with a Felicity Jones angle, referencing Hanks’s co-star in the upcoming movie “Inferno.” They subsequently posted:

    “In the October 3, 2016 issue of Star magazine, we did not intend to report that Tom Hanks was having any kind of an inappropriate relationship with Felicity Jones, or that he and Rita Wilson were divorcing. We apologize for and regret any implication to the contrary.”

    The Hollywood Reporter quoted a statement from Hanks and Wilson, who have been married since 1988, saying in the past they just laughed off tabloid stories, but their 29th anniversary is coming up, and they consider their marriage to be “the foundation of our family.” So they lawyer-ed up and went on the offense:

    “No true news organization could report that our marriage is on the brink of breaking up, but American Media Inc., owner of Star and The National Enquirer, often run fabricated stories to sell their tabloids. In the past, we laughed off their cover stories of our soon-to-be acrimonious divorce because those stories were so far from true, they were laughable. But our marriage is the foundation of our family, is sacred to us, and we couldn’t allow such nonsense as we are about to celebrate our 29th wedding anniversary next April. For Star and National Enquirer to profit by dishonoring what is so precious to us with such falsehoods were, we decided, lies we would not put up with any longer.”


    A “source” told THR the couple were prepared to have their lawyer, Marty Singer, take legal action as far as necessary to get that retraction. They wanted to set an example that false reports should not be tolerated as the status quo. Apparently it worked, so maybe instead of just ignoring any future “lies” other celebs should attempt the same.

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  • Felicity Jones Stalled ‘Inferno’ With One Unusual Contract Demand

    Let no one say Felicity Jones does not put family first. Before we see her take the lead in “Rogue One,” Jones will stand side-by-side with Tom Hanks in the Dan Brown novel adaptation “Inferno.”

    Ron Howard directed “Inferno, and revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that he wanted to cast Jones as Sienna after seeing her in “The Theory of Everything.” But it was not easy to get her to sign on. “She’s shamelessly balky,” Howard told THR. “She’ll say ‘yes’ and then ‘no’ and then ‘yes’ and then ‘no.’”

    Jones had no concerns about the script, telling THR, “That Sienna must be an equal to Langdon in her intellectual capabilities was very clear to Ron and me from the very beginning.” Her concern was scheduling — specifically, scheduling the international shoot around the birth of her niece or nephew.

    “The whole contract turned on whether she could have a certain set number of days off when her brother’s wife was having a baby,” Howard said. “She was going to blow the movie if we couldn’t rearrange the schedule and let that happen.”

    You don’t hear that every day! But it’s quite sweet and moving. Jones, 32, does not seem to have any children herself at this point. Her brother is her only sibling and they sound pretty close. And if you can get your job to schedule around events like that, why not? Good for her. And good for Ron Howard and company for apparently agreeing to it. That baby should feel pretty darn special.

    “Inferno” opens October 28.

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  • 16 Things You Never Knew About ‘That Thing You Do’

    It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since the release of Tom Hanks‘ “That Thing You Do.”

    But even after two decades, that catchy hit song from The Oneders, er, The Wonders, is still stuck in our heads. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Tom Hanks‘ directorial debut, here are some interesting facts you might not know about this fan-favorite.
    1996 (l to r) Tom Hanks, Johnathon Schaech, Liv Tyler, Ethan Embry, Tom Everett Scott and Steve Zahn star in the new movie written and directed by Tom Hanks.That thing you do1. Though composed specifically for the film, the song “That Thing You Do” became quite popular in the real world. In 1996, It reached as high as #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts that year. It was also nominated for both a Golden Globe and an Academy Award.
    2. The song was written by Fountains of Wayne’s bass player, Adam Schlesinger. He entered the contest that Hanks and the producers had, asking people to submit a Beatles-like tune called “That Thing You Do.” Out of 300 entries, Schlesinger’s was picked.
    3. The song proved so catchy, that other bands released their own covers. Both NSYNC (really?!) and New Found Glory recorded their own takes on the retro-flavored song.

    4. The band is purely fictional, obviously, but they are inspired by at least two others named “The Wonders” in the early 1960’s. Their brief, localized success might have inspired the film; one had a radio hit in Iowa, and the other was popular in Ohio.
    5. Though the film is set in Erie, PA, it wasn’t filmed there. The exterior shots were actually filmed in Orange, CA, in the section of town named Old Town. The entire block was converted to look like Erie as it existed in the ’60s.

    6. Hanks wrote the script in 30 days, while on the press junket for a little movie called “Forrest Gump.”
    7. Most fans are probably aware that Tom Hanks wrote and directed “That Thing You Do,” but did you know he also wrote some of the music? Hanks composed the opening song, “Lovin’ You Lots and Lots” (which is credited to the fictional “Norm Wooster Singers” in the credits). He also wrote the drum solo, “I Am Spartacus.”

    8. No actual music from the 1960s was used in the film. (I know, right?!) Hanks avoided including any source music from the period, sticking to a soundtrack of original compositions. This was mainly because of the cost involved in licensing popular music, but also because Hanks had recently worked on the pop music-filled “Forrest Gump.”9. Hanks cast several family members in small cameo roles. His daughter, Elizabeth, can be seen waiting in a dress shop. His son (and future movie star himself), Colin (above), is the usher escorting Liv Tyler’s character, Faye. And Hanks’ wife, Rita Wilson, played a cocktail waitress.10. Hanks also populated the film with three notable celebrity cameos: Chris Isaak plays Uncle Bob, who records the band’s son on vinyl in a church. Director Paul Feig plays the eccentric DJ that plays the Wonders’ tune. And the guy directing the beach movie above? Hanks’ director from “Philadelphia,” Jonathan Demme.
    11. Even though the music was mostly re-recorded in post-production, Hanks insisted that all of the actors in the band learn how to play their respective instruments. That required weeks of intensive practice before filming actually began.

    12. Fans curious about what became of The Oneders/Wonders after the events of the movie can turn to the soundtrack album for answers. The album’s liner notes reveal that “That Thing You Do” wound up peaking at #2 on the Billboard charts, and that Mr. White eventually became president of the Playtone label.
    13. Ethan Embry’s bass player (above) is never actually referred to by name in the film. Even in the credits, he’s simply named “T.B. Player.”

    14. Unsurprisingly, the film includes many nods to the hugely popular band The Beatles, whose rise to fame in the early ’60s inspired the film’s story. But perhaps the most interesting Beatles homage is that Hanks’ character, Mr. White, is named after Andy White, a session drummer who filled in for Ringo Starr on the hit single “Love Me Do.”
    15. In an extended addition of the film, it is revealed that Mr. White has a boyfriend, played by Howie Long.
    16. Here are some alternate names for the band: Mom’s Hot Dish (a creation of actor Steve Zahn), The Lords of Erie, Jimmy in This and Jimmy in That, The Hanks, and Faye’s Addiction.
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  • 7 Reasons Why ‘Sully’ Shattered Expectations at the Box Office

    Talk about sticking the landing.

    Going into this weekend, box office experts expected “Sully” and “When the Bough Breaks” to premiere with a combined $50 million and split it about evenly.

    “Sully,” after all, recalled Tom Hanks‘s other recent tale of real-life heroics, “Captain Phillips,” which opened with $25.7 million. And Screen Gems’ “Bough,” starring Morris Chestnut, looked a lot like other African-American-lead thrillers released by Screen Gems that have done well in recent Septembers, including last year’s “The Perfect Guy” (also starring Chestnut, and opening at $25.9 million). Analysts gave “Sully” a slight edge, due to name recognition for Hanks and director Clint Eastwood, but it was supposed to be a tight race.

    As it turned out, the two new movies did split about $50 million. Yet “Sully” touched down easily with an estimated $35.5 million, while “Bough” earned just an estimated $15.0 million. So predictions of a photo finish were off by, oh, just $20 million.

    Here’s how “Sully” soared so high above expectations:

    1. It Hit All the Theaters
    3,525 theaters is the ninth-widest September release ever. Kudos to Warner Bros. for being able to book that many screens, especially with three other wide releases opening (including kiddie cartoon “The Wild Life” and horror film “The Disappointments Room“).

    2. Because Hanks
    Hanks isn’t the box office draw he once was; this spring’s “A Hologram for the King” barely made a blip on the box office radar (it made just $4.2 million over its entire run), and even last year’s modest hit “Bridge of Spies” opened with just $15.4 million on its way to a total of $72.3 million. Nonetheless, in the right role, the 60-year-old is still magic.

    Everyman heroes like Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger or Captain RIchard Phillips are his wheelhouse, and fans know it. Audience polling service PostTrak reported that a full 39 percent of “Sully” viewers chose to see it because of Hanks. No wonder that, aside from the “Toy Story” and Robert Langdon franchises, “Sully” marks the biggest opening of Tom Hanks’s career.

    3. The Eastwood Factor
    Thanks to his long and celebrated career in front of the camera, Eastwood is one of the few household names behind the camera as well. As a director, he has a reputation for quality and awards-season mojo, though his movies have been hit or miss at the box office in recent years. His last movie, however, was an unqualified hit; in fact, “American Sniper” was the biggest smash of Eastwood’s career, on either side of the camera, earning $350.1 million in North America.

    “Sully” plays on similar heroic themes, but with much less potential for political controversy. It also comes out nearly two years after “Sniper,” so fans of the usually prolific director have had time to work up an appetite. And “Sully” marks his first-ever collaboration with Hanks, so anticipation was high. No surprise that, according to PostTrak, a healthy 20 percent of “Sully” viewers said Eastwood was the reason they bought tickets.

    4. Age Appeal
    Even if Eastwood and Hanks don’t have reliable pull among younger viewers, they make up for it among mature audiences. Still, older viewers do pay more attention to reviews. Fortunately, “Sully” is doing well among critics, with an 83 percent “Fresh” rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences agree, giving “Sully” an A CinemaScore. So it’s no surprise that 80 percent of those who went to see the drama were over the age of 35.

    5. IMAX
    While critics admire Eastwood’s movies, it’s usually more for their acting than their visuals. This time, though, the story of Capt. Sullenberger’s daring water landing made for eye-grabbing spectacle. In fact, it’s the first mainstream Hollywood feature to be shot entirely with IMAX cameras. As a result, the movie sold especially well at IMAX theaters, taking in $4 million on the giant screens and claiming the IMAX record for a September wide release.

    6. Female Appeal
    Hanks remains one of the few leading men who is as admired as much by women as he is by men. Maybe even more so. It helps that the film’s heroics are characterized by bravery and grace under pressure, but not machismo or gunplay. So Warner Bros. reports that the film drew an audience that was 56 percent female.

    7. The Buzz
    Eastwood likes to slip into the Oscar race with as little fanfare as possible, often sneaking his movies into release at the last possible moment of eligibility in December, without critics and Oscar pundits pre-digesting them to death. The element of surprise has worked wonderfully for him with movies like “Million Dollar Baby” and “American Sniper,” both at the ticket counter and at the awards podium.

    Nonetheless, with “Sully,” Eastwood and Warner Bros. let the film play at the early fall festivals and generate buzz the same way all the other fall Oscar hopefuls do, and then released it early in September. Maybe they did it because they had a $60 million budget to recoup and needed to make a big marketing splash, or maybe they recognized (especially from the example of “Hologram”) that you can’t keep a low profile with a Tom Hanks movie, or maybe they wanted to avoid the holiday season traffic pile-up.

    In any case, the strategy worked at the box office. If the movie’s Oscar buzz doesn’t peak too early, it could work at awards time as well.
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  • Box Office: ‘Sully’ Lands at the Top Spot With $35 Million

    By Dave McNary

    LOS ANGELES, Sept 11 (Variety.com) – Tom Hanks‘ “Sully” has taken off with a stellar $35.5 million at 3,525 North American locations, marking a solid start to the fall box office season.

    Directed by Clint Eastwood, “Sully” handily outperformed recent expectations, which had been in the $25 million range. The action-adventure, which recreates 2009’s “Miracle on the Hudson” emergency landing, generated an A CinemaScore in a strong signal that “Sully” should continue to draw well in coming weeks.

    Sony-Screen Gems drama “When the Bough Breaks” opened respectably in second with $15 million at 2,246 sites. Lionsgate’s launch of European animated comedy “The Wild Life” generated only modest interest in fifth place with $3.4 million at 2,493 locations while Relativity’s horror film “The Disappointments Room” was nearly invisible with $1.4 million at 1,554 screens for a dismal $901 per-screen average. “Sully” stars Hanks as Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the career pilot who successfully landed a damaged U.S. Airways jet in the Hudson River after it hit a flock of geese following takeoff from LaGuardia Airport. Eastwood directed from a script by Todd Komarnicki, based on the autobiography “Highest Duty” by Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow.

    “Sully” generated the top gross for a post-Labor Day weekend and the fifth-best September opening ever after “Hotel Transylvania 2,” “Hotel Transylvania,” “Insidious: Chapter 2” and “Sweet Home Alabama.” The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on Sept. 2 and has received largely laudatory reviews with a current 84% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

    Audiences were 80% over 35 and 56% female. Warner distribution exec Jeffrey Goldstein said strong support among older moviegoers means “Sully” will hold well in the coming weeks.

    “Older audiences tend to support movies like this more over the long haul,” he added.

    Goldstein noted that “Sully” easily outperformed the opening of Hanks’ 2012 hostage drama “Captain Phillips,” which opened with $25.7 million on its way to a domestic total of $107 million. Hanks’ most recent film, “Bridge of Spies,” debuted in mid-October with a $15.4 million opening weekend at 2,811 sites and also had a strong hold as it wound up with a $72 million domestic total.

    Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst with comScore, noted that PostTrak audience survey stats showed that 82% of the audience for “Sully” was over 25 years of age with 39% listing Hanks as the reason for attending the movie and another 20% giving Eastwood being the director.

    “Both statistics are uncommonly strong,” Dergarabedian said. “It’s a perfect kick off movie for the Fall movie season of 2016. ‘Sully’ brings one of the world’s most beloved stars and one of its great directors together in a true life drama that delivers the kind of gravitas and depth that defines the so-called ‘Oscar season’ that usually takes some time to ramp up, but this year gets right to work.”

    “Sully” generated $4 million from 375 Imax locations for a $10,666 average in what’s touted as the first Hollywood film ever shot entirely on Imax cameras. Eastwood had announced in April that he was shooting the film using the digital Imax Alexa 65 cameras.

    Aaron Eckhart stars as First Officer Jeffrey Skiles and Laura Linney plays Sullenberger’s spouse Lorraine.

    “Sully” has a production budget of about $60 million, so it will need to show holdover strength in the following weekends to make it into profitable territory. Village Roadshow Pictures is a co-producer and co-financer with Warner Bros.

    “Sully” took in $9.5 million at 3,600 screens in 39 international markets, led by $2.3 million in Australia. It generated the top opening for an Eastwood film in Russia with $925,000 on 882 screens.

    “When the Bough Breaks,” which has modest $10 million production budget, stars Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall as a couple who desperately wants a baby. They hire a surrogate, played by Jaz Sinclair, who develops a psychotic fixation on the husband as the pregnancy progresses.

    Sony’s third weekend of horror-thriller “Don’t Breathe” finished third with $8.2 million at 3,384 locations to bring its 17-day total to $66.8 million. Warner’s sixth weekend of “Suicide Squad” followed with $5.7 million at 3,103 sites for a domestic total of $307.4 million.

  • Watch Tom Hanks and Ellen DeGeneres Have a Conversation as Woody and Dory

    tom hanks, ellen degeneres, woody, dory, toy story, finding dory, pixar, pixar-offIn addition to being famous actors known and beloved the world over, Ellen DeGeneres and Tom Hanks have something else major in common: They both play Pixar characters, with DeGeneres providing the voice for Dory in “Finding Nemo” and “Finding Dory,” and Hanks playing Woody in the “Toy Story” films. The pair chatted about the coincidence during Hanks’s recent appearance on Ellen’s talk show, and even had what they dubbed a “Pixar-off” where they had a conversation entirely in character.

    Encouraging audience members to close their eyes so they could imagine Woody and Dory sitting there rather than Hanks and DeGeneres, the two actors proceeded to spout off frenzied lines in-character about looking for Woody’s hat and swimming in the ocean. It’s a fun little sequence that both performers clearly enjoyed, and the crowd ate it up.DeGeneres and Hanks also discussed the challenges of a voiceover performance, with DeGeneres noting, “It’s harder work than people think it is because it’s all emoting, just your voice is doing all the acting.” Hanks admitted that his “diaphragm is exhausted” after four-hour recording sessions as Woody, since the character is “always clenched.”

    The clip is a cool peek into the Pixar acting process, and kind of makes us wish that Dory and Woody could team up for real on the big screen. Maybe a “Toy Story”-“Finding Dory” crossover can be Pixar’s next big project?

    Photo credit: YouTube/The Ellen Show

  • Tom Hanks Is Not Treated Like a Hero in Clint Eastwood’s ‘Sully’ Trailer

    “I’ve got 40 years in the air, but in the end I’m going to be judged on 208 seconds.”

    We get so used to seeing Captain “Sully” Sullenberger called a “hero” for his January 15, 2009 “Miracle on the Hudson” water landing, but ‘s movie “Sully” is far from a big pat on the back. It reveals the other side the public didn’t see, with Sully investigated and questioned for his actions that day. “When was your last drink, Captain Sullenberger? Have you had any troubles at home?” Instead of a gushing biopic, it plays more like a taut thriller.

    The heart-pounding first trailer just dropped — teasing one helluva plane landing sequence — starring as Sully, with as his co-pilot, Jeff Skiles; and as Sully’s wife, Lorraine. It’s Lorraine who says, tearfully, “There were 155 people on that plane, and you were one of them.” He’s not a superhero, he’s a person who was scared and almost lost his life, doing more than enough in the short time that he had to make a call. But as Sully worries, “What if I did get this wrong? What if I endangered the lives of all those passengers?”

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    Here’s the synopsis from Warner Bros.:

    From Oscar-winning director Clint Eastwood (“American Sniper,” “Million Dollar Baby”) comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ drama “Sully,” starring Oscar winner Tom Hanks (“Bridge of Spies,” “Forrest Gump”) as Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger.

    On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed the “Miracle on the Hudson” when Captain “Sully” Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and his career.

    “Sully” is scheduled for release September 9.

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  • Top Movies for Adults Who Are Kids at Heart

    BigBeing an adult is hard: There are bills to pay, jobs to go to, and families to care for. Everyone has days when they wish they could go back to high school — or elementary school — and live in a world where the only responsibility is turning in homework on time. Most adults feel like overgrown teenagers at some point in their lives. If this sounds like you, these five movies should have a permanent spot in your DVD rotation.

    ‘Big’ (1988)

    The seminal classic for any adult who feels like a kid, “Big” tells the story of Josh Baskin, a 13-year-old who makes a simple wish on a creepy machine at a carnival. He wants to be “big.” The next morning, he wakes up in the body of Tom Hanks and has to learn to navigate the waters of being an adult until he can reverse his wish. Tom Hanks got his first Oscar nomination for “Big,” and it’s easy to see why. He plays Josh with a boyish charm and the perfect sense of innocence. Who hasn’t wanted to simply say “I don’t get it!” in a boring work meeting? And Josh’s gorgeous loft apartment complete with bunk beds, vending machines, and a trampoline — that’s living the dream.

    ’13 Going on 30′ (2004)

    It’s often called the girls’ version of “Big,” but “13 Going on 30” is so much more than that. The premises are quite similar. Thirteen-year-old Jenna Rink, after being ditched by the popular “six chicks” at her birthday party, wishes she was “30, flirty, and thriving.” The next morning, Jenna wakes up to discover that she’s 30 and has everything she’s ever wanted. But at what cost? Underneath the giddiness of discovering her adult life, a true sense of melancholy pervades the film as Jenna realizes just what she gave up to be popular. Jennifer Garner is luminous, in a career-defining performance, and Mark Ruffalo is adorably rumpled as Matt Flamhaff, the sweetest guy Jenna’s ever known.

    ’17 Again’ (2009)

    Take the concept of “Big” and flip it, and you get “17 Again.” Mike O’Donnell (Matthew Perry) is 37 and his life is a mess. He’s getting divorced from his high school sweetheart; his kids hate him; his career stinks. After visiting his old high school to reminisce about where his life went wrong, he encounters a mysterious janitor who transforms him into his 17-year-old self, giving him the chance to reset his life. Moral of the story? Janitors are always shady. The younger version of Mike was Zac Efron‘s first leading role after the “High School Musical” franchise, and he proves his ability to carry a film, delivering a charmingly befuddled performance.

    ‘Freaky Friday’ (2003)

    Take a moment to remember when Lindsay Lohan was known as a talented young actress and not a tabloid regular. “Freaky Friday” is a remake of the 1976 classic of the same name (which starred a young Jodie Foster). What elevates this version are the performances given by Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis. Curtis was nominated for a Golden Globe for the way she expertly channeled a teenager, down to the way she changed her posture and altered her voice. Her meltdown once she realizes she’s in an adult body (“I’m old! I’m like the Crypt Keeper!”) is one any grown-up can relate to.

    ‘Billy Madison’ (1995)

    If you ever wanted to revisit elementary school, “Saturday Night Live,” Adam Sandler is pitch-perfect as spoiled Billy Madison, who is forced to repeat kindergarten through 12th grade so he can take over his father’s hotel business. “Billy Madison” is also a dose of nostalgia for fans of early-’90s “SNL” — it features Norm MacDonald and the late Chris Farley, in addition to Sandler. It’s goofy fun and endlessly quotable. If you haven’t screamed, “I am the smartest man alive!” after solving a problem, you haven’t been living your life correctly.

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  • Tom Hanks Has a Hell of a Dilemma in First ‘Inferno’ Trailer

    returns as Robert Langdon in “Inferno,” the latest Dan Brown novel to be adapted for the big screen. The action-packed first trailer, co-starring , was just released, and it immediately presents an impossible Sophie’s Choice:

    “There’s a switch. If you throw it, half the people on Earth will die. But if you don’t, in 100 years, the human race will be extinct.”

    Hmmm. Maybe aim for a third option there? The story thrusts Langdon — “humanity’s final hope” — into the world of Dante’s hell.

    Here’s the official synopsis:

    “Academy Award winner Ron Howard returns to direct the latest bestseller in Dan Brown’s (Da Vinci Code) billion-dollar Robert Langdon series, Inferno, which finds the famous symbologist (again played by Tom Hanks) on a trail of clues tied to the great Dante himself. When Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones), a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories. Together, they race across Europe and against the clock to foil a deadly global plot.”

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    When they were filming “Inferno,” shared a bunch of cool photos from the set, and you can check them out over here.

    “Inferno” will be released in October.

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  • Our 11 Favorite Disney Voice Actors of All Time

    %Slideshow-366642% Our favorite animated movies wouldn’t be our favorites without great voices bringing the characters we love to life.

    Tom Hanks (aka Sheriff Woody), James Earl Jones (Mufasa), and Robin Williams (the Genie — duh!) delivered some of the most cherished performances of all time, and some actors provided so many terrific Disney voices, we can barely keep track!

    Here are our 10 favorite Disney voice actors of all time.