Forrest Gump: Last News

The Sands International Film Festival has set third edition lineup and will feature Joe Russo, Avengers composer Alan Silvestri and casting director Debra Zane.

Forrest Gump and Apollo 13, has announced that his son Mac has died aged 33.He posted on the website of the Gary Sinise Foundation that Mac died on January 5 from a rare form of cancer.“Like any family experiencing such a loss, we are heartbroken and have been managing as best we can,” Sinise wrote. “As parents, it is so difficult losing a child.

Actor Gary Sinise has announced the heartbreaking news that his son, McCanna Anthony “Mac” Sinise, has passed away at the age of 33.The Forrest Gump star shared the tragic news that Mac had died, five years after being diagnosed with Chordoma, a rare form of cancer. Gary revealed that Mac was diagnosed with the disease just months after his wife Moira was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. And while his wife went into remission and has remained cancer-free following treatment, Mac’s cancer spread over time and “disabled him more and more” Posting a statement on the Gary Sinise Foundation website, Gary wrote: "As parents, it is so difficult losing a child.

Instagram to share a picture of Mac with the caption, “In Honor & Memory of McCanna ‘Mac’ Sinise 1990-2024.” Sinise, 68, had Mac with his wife, Moira Harris – the couple has been married since 1981, and also have daughters Sophie and Ella. Sinise, who has won an Emmy, a Golden Globe and a Tony, is also known for “Forrest Gump,” “Apollo 13” and “The Green Mile.” In a message shared on the Gary Sinise Foundation website, Sinise opened up about his son. “Like any family experiencing such a loss, we are heartbroken and have been managing as best we can,” he wrote.

McCanna “Mac” Anthony Sinise, the musician son of actor Gary Sinise, has died of the rare spinal cancer Chordoma, the Forrest Gump star announced today.

Saturday Night Live host Shane Gillis sported a mullet and a southern accent to play Ricky Monroe, an alum of Greenbow High School who graduated alongside Forrest Gump.

Chet Hanks got in some quality time with his dad Tom Hanks, and now he’s sharing a photo from their hang.

Meryl Streep was not everyone’s first choice when it came to casting for “The Devil Wears Prada.”The actress has received a record-breaking 21 Academy Award nominations and played impeccably dressed boss-from-hell Miranda Priestly expertly in the 2006 fashion comedy, but according to the film’s producer Wendy Finerman, Streep wasn’t a shoe-in for the role. “And Meryl, people thought we were crazy.

Tom Hanks has revealed what he believes to be the most “stupid” moment of his career.While appearing on The Graham Norton Show, the Oscar-winning actor reflected on his 30-year career before focusing specifically on his experience filming Ron Howard’s space drama Apollo 13.Released in 1995, Apollo 13 tells the true story of Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert, astronauts who find themselves in life-threatening danger when their journey to the moon goes wrong.It was while filming the movie’s most quoted line – when Hank’s Lovell says: “Houston, we have a problem” – that the actor found himself in an embarrassing situation.Hanks told Norton: “Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton and I were recreating the serious moment right after ‘Houston we have a problem,’ and we’re going up and down on grips making us look weightless.”The Forrest Gump actor said he wouldn’t usually have been embarrassed by this, but that day, the cast and crew happened to receive a visit from Lovell himself.Hanks continued: “We looked ridiculous and when I looked down there was Jim looking up at us,” adding: “I have never felt more stupid in my life.”Apollo 13 was nominated for nine Oscars, winning two in the Editing and Sound categories.Hanks appeared on The Graham Norton Show to promote an exhibition called The Moonwalkers, which he narrates and co-wrote with director Christopher Riley.The installation tells the stories of the Apollo space missions, with the technology in the rooms designed to make audiences feel as if they’re sat alongside the astronauts.Earlier this year, Hanks admitted that he “hates” some of the movies he’s starred in, although he didn’t specify which ones.Speaking with The New Yorker, the actor explained: “Ok, let’s admit this: We all

Ethan Shanfeld Bowen Yang channels George Santos channeling Elton John in this week’s “Saturday Night Live” cold open, performing a parody of “Candle in the Wind.” “It seems to me like I’ve lived my life like a scandal in the wind / Never knowing who to cling to when the law closed in,” Yang sings as the disgraced congressman. In the next verse, he belts out, “It seems to me like I’ve lived my life like an evil Forrest Gump / I’m the guy who lied even too much for Donald Trump.” At one point, Yang pulls a “fake baby” out of the piano, mirroring a viral video in which Santos carries an undisclosed baby around the halls of Congress.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor Matt Knudsen says his recent Hollywood memoir isn’t so much a “tell-all” as it is a “tell-some.” Far from revealing a seamy underside of the business, the actor and stand-up has taken the revolutionary stance of relaying stories about friendly celebrities and positive adventures in his new book, “Have I Seen You In Anything?: True Hollywood Stories from a Guy that Seems Familiar.” Most recently onscreen as a regular patient of Jason Segel’s therapist on the AppleTV+ comedy “Shrinking,” Knudsen has spent the last two decades as a working actor, sharing scenes with everyone from Michael Douglas to Alan Arkin. In his book, now available for purchase on Amazon, Knudsen details these encounters and more — including getting his union card thanks to Ben Stiller and winning $90,000 on a game show with help from Chuck Woolery.

The American Society of Cinematographers has announced the honorees for its 38th Annual Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Gala on March 3, 2024. They are: Don Burgess, ASC; Steven Fierberg, ASC and Amy Vincent, ASC.

Netflix is developing a limited series inspired by John F. Kennedy’s life.Variety reported last Friday (October 13) that the series will be based on the book JFK: Coming Of Age In The American Century, 1917-1956 by Fredrik Logevall. Published in 2020, it is the first part of a two-volume biography of the former president, and details his birth up until his role as the junior U.S.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Jonathan Dolgen, the former head of Viacom Entertainment and a former top 20th Century Fox executive, died Oct. 9 of natural causes in Los Angeles. He was 78.

Gary Sinise will receive an honorary AARP Award for his work through his foundation that supports military members and first responders. The organization announced Tuesday that Sinise will receive the honorary AARP Purpose Prize awards during a ceremony on Oct. 25.The Emmy and Tony award winner will be recognized for his work through his Gary Sinise Foundation.

Tom Hanks is heading back to space.

Forrest Gump hit our screens and instantly became a Hollywood classic.It went down in history as one of Tom Hanks’ best performances, and won six Oscars, including Best Picture (beating out Shawshank Redemption and Pulp Fiction), Best Director, and Best Actor.On a budget of $55 million, it grossed nearly $680 million at the box office, becoming a bona fide hit.Many lines from the film have been firmly cemented in popular culture forever (“life is like a box of chocolates” anyone?).“Run Forrest, Run” is another famous one – who could forget little Jenny Curran yelling this to Forrest as he broke free of his leg braces to escape a pack of bullies?With her big blue eyes and wavy blonde hair, little Hanna Hall, who was just 10 at the time of filming, won hearts around the world in her powerful role as childhood Jenny.Now 29 years later, fan are losing their minds at seeing her all grown up.Speaking to House Of Horrors about how she landed the gig, Hall explained that it was very unexpected.“It was very random. Nina Axelrod, my manager, was tired of LA and moved out to Colorado to teach classes,” the now nearly 40-year-old said.“She had a relationship with an agency that she would get represented by and she had an open casting call in the newspaper when I was seven years old.“My mother didn’t want to take me.

Darius Jackson is seemingly setting the record straight.

Jaden Thompson Arthur “Artie” R. Schmidt, who won Oscars for editing Robert Zemeckis films “Forrest Gump” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” died Saturday at his home in Santa Barbara. He was 86.

Arthur Schmidt, the film editor whose decades-long collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis on classics such as Forrest Gump, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cast Away, Contact and all three Back to the Future films won him two Oscars, has died, Deadline has confirmed. He was 86.

Will Tizard Contributor From auditioning for “every John Hughes movie that I never got in” to having Oliver Stone yell at her in a helicopter over her pronunciation of “’Nam,” Robin Wright confesses she’s seen Hollywood from all sides over the years. Speaking to admiring crowds at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, where Wright is being honored with the festival president’s award, the actor-director-producer recalled a career that began at age 14 — which, in many ways, is really beginning to take off now. Of “The Princess Bride,” the beloved 1987 Rob Reiner sardonic fairytale, she said, “It was not a hit.” Of course, the film made up for low box office scores with VHS sales and is now considered a classic.