It's hard to imagine anyone else in the role today, but a major Hollywood star was originally offered the lead in the 1994 blockbuster, Forrest Gump. Tom Hanks was ultimately cast in the title role of ...

Though opinions can vary dramatically on such matters, many a cinephile still views 1995 Best Picture winner "Forrest Gump" stands as one of the best American films ever produced. Opinions aside, it ...

Jim said he found it special getting to be his brother's body double in the 1994 acclaimed film Mike Guastella/WireImage; Phillip Caruso/Paramount Pictures Tom Hanks' brother can't help but laugh at ...

Legendary Hollywood film producer Steve Starkey was on a tight deadline. It was the fall of 1993, and he had about a month to finish filming Forrest Gump’s cross-country run for the upcoming Tom Hanks ...

Thirty-one years after winning Best Actor for Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks and the film’s cast are still revealing behind-the-scenes secrets — from a studio standoff over money to a prosthetic lip that ...

Tom Hanks won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 67th Academy Awards in 1995, but the stories behind Forrest Gump remain as compelling as the film itself. Before Hanks became synonymous with the ...

Table tennis and film have a surprisingly entangled history. Both depended on the invention of celluloid – which not only became the substrate of film, but is also used to make ping pong balls.

Vice President JD Vance faced sharp backlash on social media after comparing Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) to the fictional character, “Forrest Gump.” Duckworth, an Army veteran who lost both of her ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) fired back at Vice President Vance on Wednesday after he criticized her line of questioning at a Senate hearing, comparing her to the fictional character Forrest Gump, ...

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Did you know Forrest Gump was supposed to go to space with an ape? Yep, the beloved character was an astronaut in the novel, released in 1986, but not in the popular 1994 film version. Gump, one of ...

SAVANNAH ― The baristas of Gallery Espresso cafe field all sorts of questions from out-of-town customers. The gluten-free options among the Savannah historic district coffee shop’s baked goods. What ...