Larry Crowne: Last News

Tom Hanks has expertly re-invented himself over the years, moving from rom-com star (Big) to war hero (Saving Private Ryan) to character actor (Elvis), and as a writer-director with That Thing You Do! and Larry Crowne. His newest chapter: novelist.

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Scene 2 Seen Podcast!! I am your host Valerie Complex, associate editor and film writer at Deadline. On today’s episode is actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

John Panzarella will be this year’s recipient of the Location Managers Guild International’s Lifetime Achievement Award. It will be presented at the ninth annual LMGI Awards, which are returning live to the Los Angeles Center Studios on August 27.

a 2016 sequel movie.Developed from a one-woman play starring Vardalos, the film was produced with the help of Rita Wilson, who herself has Greek heritage, and husband Tom Hanks, who certainly knew how to spot a hit.So what has become of its stars, 20 years later?As central character Toula, Vardalos played a shy wallflower whose large and interfering Greek family are keen to see her married and have children.However, after meeting Ian she is inspired to take charge of her own life, away from working in her family’s restaurant, and heads to college, which in turn improves her confidence and sees her make changes to her appearance.She and Ian date, fall in love, become engaged and eventually get married – but not without an awful lot of involvement from her family.After nabbing a Golden Globe nod for her performance in the film, which she also wrote, Vardalos hosted Saturday Night Live later that year.My Big Gat Greek Life, the TV spin-off from the film, lasted for just seven episodes in 2003 and saw all the main actors return bar John Corbett.Since then, she has stuck to writing as well as acting, creating cult-hit musical Connie and Carla, about two women pretending to be drag queens.

Can you believe it’s almost April!? HBO Max has released the full list of movies and TV shows that are debuting on the streaming service beginning on April 1.