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Saturday, July 9, 2022

Happy Birthday, Tom Hanks

 









   July 9th, 1956, Tom Hanks was born. Today is his birthday. So, for 58 years, how has the last 66 years been treating him? Well, he has entertained us in blockbuster hit, after hit.














    From A League of their own, from Big to even Sully.... Tom Hanks has been in many movies since the 70's and some have been considered Oscar winners while others...well he hasn't had many failure movies but, his past was a little bit different than what it is now











 Born in Connecticut to a hospital worker and a cook, Tom Hanks had no idea he would be not only related to Abraham Lincoln but also Mr. Rogers has well. His parents divorced when he was ten. He and his older brother stayed with their father. His youngest brother, Jim was with the mother. 









   He started out in acting with low budget slasher films like he knows when you're alone and mazes and monsters. They weren't very big hits, but he was mostly seen as a side character at the time.











  He would soon get his big break on a comedy show called Bosom buddies staring the late Peter Scolini. They were men dressed as women to meet girls or something. I don't remember the show. It was a hilarious hit, and Tom would go onto better things in the years to come.










  In the movie BIG, he plays an adult of a young kid who gets grown up by a wish. He works with toys and starts to realize being big isn't all that's cracked up to be. Tom Hanks did a great job. Had some comedy, drama and a bit of heart.









    In 1986, before Big, there was another he stared in called the Burbs. A story about a suburban area where Tom Hanks plays a character who is stalking the new neighbors feeling that there is something fishy about them. Big stars start in it like Corey Feldman, Bruce Dern, Henry Gibson, Carrie Fisher and many more. His suspicions become true when strange things start happening in his town.










    The 90's had Tom Hanks written all over it. A league of their own, where he is a baseball player turned coach to help females participate in baseball while the men were fighting in WWII. In Philadelphia, where Tom Hanks portrays a man with AIDS and is fired for that reason. He starts to sue the company for that.








    Forrest Gump, Greem Mile, you've got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, even voicing a cowboy toy named Woody through four Toy Story movies, and specials. Sometimes, his brother Jim would voice Woody when he was unavailable.









  He starred in some movie in the 2000's. Some I've seen, some I haven't seen many of them. The Green Mile, The Polar Express, Catch me if you can, The terminal and many more. He soon became an executive producer in other projects like My big fat Greek wedding, Connie and Carla and much more. 











   Tom Hanks was married twice. HIs first wife passed away after they divorced, giving birth to his first son Colin. He later remarried to actress Rita Wilson and had more kids. Their marriage has been strong ever since.











    When CoVid hit, Tom and his wife were the first of the celebrities to get it. Happily, they both survived and are doing well today. Not only is Tom Hanks one of the richest celebrities of all, but he is also one of the nicest a well as generous men you would ever want to meet.







   He was reticently seen on camera yelling at a fan who accidently tripped over Rita by accident. They didn't mean to, but it seems Tom was not happy about it. They are getting on in years and Rita could have really injured herself. Unlike what Will Smith did to Chris Rock, it seemed Tom was more approachable with what he said.










   Even what he did seemed harsh, he had a reason. I agree with him. Even if a fan was pushed by someone else, almost knocking Rita down, he had a reason to lash out at them. Tom Hanks is still considered a sweet man and would do anything for his family











 And today is his birthday (along with some other actors like Jimmy Smits). We celebrate him by knowing how amazing he was from is acting to his producing and much more. His children are somewhat like him, and they are too following him in his footsteps. For now, let's with a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to one amazing actor.


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