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It’s been a productive and exciting time for Rita Wilson — the esteemed actress, producer and singer-songwriter who has returned this awards season with her third Oscar-qualifying original song.  The tune, “Til You’re Home,” was written for Sony’s upcoming drama A Man Called Otto, based on Fredrik…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran actress, producer and singer-songwriter Rita Wilson has today announced the launch of Artistic Films — a film production company that will look to tell inspirational stories of hope that resonate with audiences across wide demographics.   The L.A.-based company’s first film leading…

EXCLUSIVE: Finding Neverland, World War Z and The Kite Runner director Marc Forster has been set to direct Oscar winner Tom Hanks in the anticipated U.S. adaptation of Swedish comedy hit A Man Called Ove, we can reveal. Two-time Oscar nominee David Magee (Life of Pi, Mary Poppins Returns) is scripting the project and…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Monday announced its newly elected 2021–2022 Board of Governors. Among the first-timers is Rita Wilson for the actors branch, while Oscar- and Emmy-winning director Susanne Bier returns for a new term in the directors branch, as does two-time Oscar show producer…

Actress/singer Rita Wilson has joined the outcry against producer Scott Rudin, claiming he tried to find a way to legally fire her from a Broadway show when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Wilson spoke out in an interview with The New York Times  about her experience working with Rudin on the 2015 Broadway…

Country music singer Rita Wilson has marked the anniversary of her and husband Tom Hanks contracting Covid-19 with a heartfelt Instagram post. The two were among the first high-profile Hollywood stars to publicly come out with their positive diagnosis. “One year ago today I was playing the Sydney Opera House @sydneyope…

If you think the Oscar voting process is weird—with all those short lists, screening deadlines, members-only streaming arrangements, branch nominations, and hors d'oeuvres counts (or whatever passes for the latest feeding restrictions)—you'll be wholly befuddled by the latest Board of Governors election at the Academy…

The list of candidates for the 2020 Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors election is now out, with the winner in each branch being chosen directly from these entries rather than whittling it down to four finalists in each, as has been done previously. The list of candidates is made up of…

Rita Wilson talked about her experience with the coronavirus on CBS This Morning on Tuesday, in one of her first interviews since she and husband recovered after weeks in quarantine. Speaking to Gayle King, Wilson said that she first felt symptoms where she was “very tired. I felt extremely achy, uncomfortable, didn’t…

Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, have returned from the coronavirus desert island. The two have been spotted in Los Angeles after flying on a private jet from Australia, where they were quarantined with the first publicized celebrity cases of coronavirus. Their March 11 announcement shocked the world and may have…

Even movie stars go a little stir crazy these days. In an Instagram posted by Rita Wilson, the sheltering in place actress does the kind of rap video even the feverish might usually wish to keep private. Truth be told, though, she’s not bad, inasmuch as she nails the words to the Naughty By Nature’s 1992 hit “Hip Hop…

Baz Luhrmann has confirmed that his Elvis Presley movie, which is set to star Tom Hanks and Austin Butler, will not begin production next week in Australia due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The film had been in the advanced stages of pre-production, though was disrupted when Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson tested…