He has won six Oscars and his films have grossed nearly $10 billion [£7.9 billion] around the world and was voted America’s Most Trusted Person.
But Tom Hanks has discovered that some Brits have no respect for celebrities.
I heard the star’s wife, actress Rita Wilson, got upset at ABBA Voyage at London’s O2 for filming the pop show on her mobile phone.
Chat show host Alan Carr, sitting next to the couple, reveals: “Tom Hanks said, ‘Oh my god, this is amazing. I love it,” Carr says on his podcast Life’s A Beach.
“His wife filmed it on her phone and was turned away.” He adds, “I’m sure she didn’t want to upload it or anything, but she wanted it for herself.”
Tom Hanks (right) and his wife Rita Wilson (left) were spotted attending ABBA Voyage at London’s O2
Jack worries a lot about getting married
Comedian Jack Whitehall is feeling the pressure to get married – and it’s not coming from his girlfriend of four years, model Roxy Horner, 31.
“My mom is relentless,” he says of his mom Hilary’s hopes that he’ll make it down the aisle soon.
Comedian Jack Whitehall (left) says he’s feeling the pressure to marry his 31-year-old girlfriend Roxy Horner (right).
The 34-year-old comedian’s sister Molly, 33, married Toby Wilkinson in 2020, with Princess Eugenie among the wedding guests.
And his brother Barnaby, 31, is set to exchange vows with Tatiana ‘Tats’ Reatchlous in August.
“I’m still very awkward when asked about it,” Whitehall says of the marriage. “I am unable to give an acceptable answer.
“My brother and sister got in there first. My brother is getting married in August and then the pressure will be on me again.
“But I still haven’t found a good answer to that.”
“What a terrible noise”: Batt drubs Bryn in duet
Sir Bryn Terfel’s duet with Andrea Bocelli at the Coronation Concert set off a discord for one of the royal family’s favorite composers.
Mike Batt, who wrote the 1970s classic Bright Eyes and the lyrics to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom Of The Opera, would have preferred Bocelli to sing You’ll Never Walk Alone alone.
“Bryn Terfel, what a horrible noise,” says Batt. ‘No feeling. Bocelli alone would have been so much better. Bryn thinks if he sings louder than Bocelli, he wins.”
Batt, who wrote the song “Royal Gold” for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s 50th wedding anniversary, tells me: “A lot of top opera stars can’t come to terms with an emotional contemporary song. Bocelli is one of the few who can.
“Many opera singers rely on volume. Sir Bryn is a nice guy, but when it started I was like, ‘Oh my God’.
“You can’t just start loud and stay loud. You have to go somewhere.«
Sentamu’s place is set in stone
A grotesque (pictured) by former Archbishop of York John Sentamu was spotted in the stone courtyard of York Minster last week
John Sentamu may have retired as Archbishop of York three years ago, but his presence at York Minster will continue.
This grotesque by Sentamu was spotted lying in the cathedral’s stone courtyard last week.
And a spokesman told me the sculpture was commissioned by the Chapter of York to mark the Archbishop’s resignation.
“There is a centuries-old tradition that cathedral clergy and other important personalities are honored in this way,” says the spokesman.
Australian comic book icon Barry Humphries once memorably stormed the royal box at the Royal Variety Performance as his alter ego Dame Edna Everage to the delight of King Charles and Queen Camilla.
And I understand that the comedian’s widow, Lizziespender, accepted a personal invitation from the king to his coronation after Humphries’ death last month at the age of 89.
His Majesty is said to have spoken to Humphries on the phone a few hours before his death.
Olivier Award-winning actress Tracie Bennett has revealed her worst experiences in the theater.
“I fell off the stage on Merrily We Roll Along,” she admits.
“I wanted to lean back on a table, but it wasn’t there – and I ended up on a woman’s lap.
Luckily I played Mary who is drunk so my body was relaxed.”