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Tom Hanks Was Fred Rogers’ ‘Favorite’ Actor But ‘They Never Met,’ Reveals Beautiful Day Director

Tom Hanks not only played Fred Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood — he was also the late TV icon’s favorite actor!As revealed by director Marielle Heller in a featurette from the home release of the acclaimed film, Rogers was a huge fan of the actor, who earned an Oscar nomination for Best […]

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Issa Rae Shades the 2020 Oscars Following Female Directors Snub

This sounds familiar.On Monday, Issa Rae and John Cho announced the nominees for the 2020 Oscars, which noticeably left out female directors.Making the Achievements in Directing shortlist for the 92nd Academy Awards were Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Irishman’s Martin Scorsese, 1917 director Sam Mendes, Bong Joon-ho for Parasite and […]

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These Exciting New Details About the Mister Rogers Biopic Already Have Us Weeping

As if casting the one and only Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers wasn’t enough to make us bawl into our cardigans, You Are My Friend now has a release date! The film, inspired by “the real-life friendship between Fred Rogers and award-winning journalist Tom Junod,” will hit theaters on Oct.18, 2019.Marielle Heller, director of the […]

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