7 posts and columns on Tom Hanks

Viral Video: Hollywood Loves Obama Again

in Media on March 19 at 1:09 am PT

Welcome to the era of the “docu-ganda”!
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Tom Hanks Brings “Electric City” to Yahoo

in Media on January 8 at 5:26 pm PT

More new blood for Yahoo, this time in the form of a Hollywood star: Tom Hanks and his Playtone productions are creating an animated series for the Web giant. Hanks will also star in “Electric City,” which Yahoo is describing as an “action-packed sci-fi adventure series,” which will run for a total of 90 minutes — across 20 three- to five-minute episodes — and will kick off this spring. Yahoo says the show will feature all sorts of cross-platform interactive bells and whistles.

Greylock Goes Hollywood, Adds to WhoSay Funding

in Social on October 3, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

A start-up that counts megastars like Tom Hanks, Steven Tyler and Ellen DeGeneres among its active users now has a high-profile Silicon Valley investor: Greylock Partners.
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Here Comes the Summer Movie Geektravaganza: Trek to Demons to Bots to Cyborgs to Potter!

in News on May 4, 2009 at 12:34 pm PT

With bootleg copies ripped on the Internet or not and with an $87 million opening weekend for “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” it looks like the nerdiest summer movie season ever is off the races. Hollywood, caught in the digital maelstrom, certainly is fine and dandy making bank by co-opting all the techie themes, gadgets and special effects, with a slate of movies over the next months that are like catnip to geeks of all kinds. Including BoomTown, for example, which plans to fork over a lot of dough to pay for all the techtastic entertainment that those old media moguls can dish out before they collapse.
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Coach Carol: Are They Crying? There's No Crying! There's No Crying at Yahoo!

in News on January 26, 2009 at 2:59 am PT

One of the first things Carol Bartz said when she made her public debut as new Yahoo CEO was that everyone should give the company “some friggin’ breathing room.” Some heard “frickin’,” while others heard “frackin’.” Whatever the exact invective Bartz used, the tough talk was presumably designed for maximum impact to impose a definitive I’m-in-charge-here leadership style that had been sorely lacking at Yahoo for a long time. But she is certainly going to need a lot more than that to convince Wall Street that she can cure what has been ailing Yahoo as it announces what will likely be a dismal fourth-quarter earnings report tomorrow.

Web Video’s One-Day Obama Stimulus: How to Watch the Inauguration Live Online

in Media on January 19, 2009 at 11:20 am PT

The Obama presidency-to-be has already provided a boost for media companies. So it will be nearly impossible to boot up your browser and not end up watching a live stream of the pomp and circumstance–we’ll even have coverage at All Things Digital! But here’s a guide, just in case your online venue of choice gets the hiccups.

Sony CEO Howard Stringer at CES: “I Wish I Could Tell You That I’m Recession-Proof”

in Media on January 8, 2009 at 10:25 am PT

The Sony boss finds himself in the midst of yet another turnaround effort. Today he gives an industry crowd an update and a promise that things will get better, some day.