Tom Hanks
American actor and film producer (born 1956)
Photo: Eva Rinaldi from Abbotsford, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- Aug 12
Travis Kelce calls wedding to Taylor Swift at Madison Square Garden 'the best night of my life' in first public comments
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce told reporters at training camp on August 12 that his July wedding to Taylor Swift at Madison Square Garden was 'the best night of my life,' offering the first public details from the groom about the secretive ceremony attended by roughly 1,000 guests.
- Jul 15
Pilot Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger, hero of the 2009 'Miracle on the Hudson', announces early-stage Alzheimer's diagnosis at 75
Chesley B. 'Sully' Sullenberger III, the former US Airways pilot who saved 155 lives by landing a crippled jet on New York's Hudson River in 2009, disclosed the diagnosis in a statement on his website and in an interview with People magazine.
- Jul 9
Taylor Swift wedding trash sells for $25 a piece, sells out in hours as Swifties snap up cigarette butts and an ovulation test
A New York artist collected discarded items from outside Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's private Madison Square Garden wedding and sold them online as 'sculptures' for $25 each. All 50 pieces were gone within a day.
- Jun 21
Toy Story 5 debuts to $160 million, setting a franchise record and the year's biggest domestic opening
Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 5 earned an estimated $160 million in North American theaters and $312 million globally, the highest domestic opening of 2026 and a new mark for the beloved animated series.
- Jun 19
Obama Presidential Center opens in Chicago with four former presidents and a pointed message on democracy
Barack and Michelle Obama inaugurated the $850 million presidential center on Chicago’s South Side, joined by Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and a host of celebrities, as the former president delivered a speech on the rule of law that many saw as a rebuke of Donald Trump, who was not invited.
- Jun 16
Toy Story 5: Jessie leads the toys’ fight against tablet addiction in Pixar’s timely sequel
Pixar’s fifth Toy Story film sees Bonnie’s toys fight for relevance after a smart tablet named Lilypad consumes her attention, with cowgirl Jessie spearheading the effort to reclaim childhood imagination.
- Jun 16
Toy Story 5 reviews: Jessie leads Pixar sequel against screen time, but critics split on franchise's necessity
Pixar's fifth Toy Story film centres on cowgirl Jessie as a tablet device threatens to make toys obsolete, drawing mixed reviews that range from praise for its emotional depth to criticism of a formulaic plot.
- Jun 10
Tom Holland and Zendaya to visit El Hormiguero next week in a season-closing coup for Pablo Motos
Pablo Motos announced on air that the Spider-Man stars will appear together on the Spanish talk show next week, marking their first joint interview on Spanish television.
- Jun 5
Taylor Swift returns to country roots with 'I Knew It, I Knew You' for Toy Story 5
The pop star released a banjo-laced original song for the cowgirl character Jessie, calling the project a 'musical departure and coming home at the same time.'
- Jun 1
Taylor Swift's New 'Toy Story 5' Song Marks Return to Country Roots: 'I Knew It, I Knew You' Drops June 5
Taylor Swift has announced a new original song for the upcoming Pixar film Toy Story 5, titled 'I Knew It, I Knew You,' set for release on June 5. Co-written with Jack Antonoff, the track marks a return to Swift's country roots, inspired by the cowgirl character Jessie.