<p>Actor Tom Hanks once again scolded Americans who choose to go maskless in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying he has &#8220;no respect&#8221; for such people. His comments come a week after he said not wearing a mask is a &#8220;p***y&#8221; move.</p>
<p>Speaking with The Associated Press, the &#8220;Forrest Gump&#8221; actor said he wouldn&#8217;t trust the mask avoiders with a driver&#8217;s license.</p>
<p>&#8220;I don’t get it. I simply do not get it. It is literally the least you can do,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And if anybody wants to build up an argument about doing the least you can do, I wouldn’t trust them with a driver’s license. I mean when you drive a car you have to obey speed limits, you got to use your turn signals, you have to avoid hitting pedestrians.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;If you can’t do those three things, then I get it. You shouldn’t be driving a car. If you can’t wear a mask and wash your hands and social distance, I got no respect for you, man. I don’t buy your argument,&#8221; he added.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/tomhanks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tomhanks</a> says he has &quot;no respect&quot; for those who choose to not wear a mask: &quot;It is literally the least you can do.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/uwgdzEFrWy">pic.twitter.com/uwgdzEFrWy</a></p>
<p>&mdash; AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) <a href="https://twitter.com/APEntertainment/status/1280261610058272769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Speaking with &#8220;<a href="https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Tom-Hanks-delivers-a-blunt-message-coronavirus-15391483.php">Today</a>&#8221; while promoting his new World War II movie &#8220;Greyhound,&#8221; Tom Hanks likened the COVID-19 battle to WWII and called on Americans to do their part.</p>
<p>&#8220;There was a sensibility that permeated all of society, which was, do your part. We’re all in this together,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The idea of doing one’s part should be so simple: wear a mask, social distance, wash your hands. That alone means you’re contributing to the betterment of your house, your work, your town, society as a whole.&#8221;</p>
<p>“I don’t know how common sense has somehow been put in question with regards to this,&#8221; he added.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">“The idea of doing one’s part should be so simple: wear a mask, social distance, wash your hands. That alone means you are contributing to the betterment of your house, your work, your town, your society as a whole.” &#8211;<a href="https://twitter.com/tomhanks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tomhanks</a> <a href="https://t.co/N7JDFrk2KH">pic.twitter.com/N7JDFrk2KH</a></p>
<p>&mdash; TODAY (@TODAYshow) <a href="https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1280479262076801024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The actor&#8217;s talking-points this week nearly echoed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-hanks-dont-be-a-py-wear-a-mask">what he said</a> during a press conference last week regarding masks.</p>
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<p>“There’s really only three things we can do in order to get to tomorrow: Wear a mask, social distance, wash our hands,” Hanks said while promoting his upcoming movie “Greyhound.”</p>
<p>“Those things are so simple, so easy. If anybody cannot find it in themselves to practice those three very basic things – I just think shame on you,” he added, as reported by <a href="https://people.com/movies/tom-hanks-says-shame-on-you-to-those-who-dont-wear-a-mask-and-social-distance-do-your-part/">People</a>. “Don’t be a p***y, get on with it, do your part. It’s very basic. If you’re driving a car, you don’t go too fast, you use your turn signal, and you avoid hitting pedestrians. My Lord, it’s common sense.”</p>
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<p>On July 4, actor Matthew McConaughey <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-matthew-mcconaughey-wear-the-damn-mask-lets-quit-messing-about">advised his followers</a> on social media to &#8220;wear the damn mask&#8221; in order to beat the pandemic.</p>
<p>“Happy 244th birthday, America,” said McConaughey. “We is going through some growing pains on this one, aren’t we? But growing pains are a good thing, because how the hell else are we going to grow up? I think we gotta look each other in the eye. I think we gotta look ourselves in the eye.”</p>
<p>“We gotta look in the mirror and ask ourselves, ‘How can I be better? How can I expect more of myself and others? How can I be more responsible? How can I have more compassion? How can I have more courage? How can I be more fair? How do I make sure I wear the damn mask?” he continued.</p>
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<p>Actor Tom Hanks has joined the line of celebrities advocating for the wearing of face masks in public as the nation walks the line between social distancing and keeping the economy open in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>
<p>Hanks, who survived COVID-19 along with his wife Rita Wilson after they were both diagnosed with the virus while in Australia, said at a press conference that people need to do their part, which includes wearing a mask.</p>
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<p>&#8220;There’s really only three things we can do in order to get to tomorrow: Wear a mask, social distance, wash our hands,&#8221; Hanks said while promoting his upcoming movie &#8220;Greyhound.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Those things are so simple, so easy. If anybody cannot find it in themselves to practice those three very basic things – I just think shame on you,&#8221; he added, as reported by <a href="https://people.com/movies/tom-hanks-says-shame-on-you-to-those-who-dont-wear-a-mask-and-social-distance-do-your-part/">People</a>. &#8220;Don’t be a p***y, get on with it, do your part. It’s very basic. If you’re driving a car, you don’t go too fast, you use your turn signal, and you avoid hitting pedestrians. My Lord, it’s common sense.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Greyhound&#8221; is a World War II story that focuses on the 37 allied ships that crossed the North Atlantic while fending off German U-boats in the early days of the war. Hanks said the movie has parallels to the time we are in.</p>
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<p>As to how he and his wife have recovered from coronavirus, he said the experience was uncomfortable but not life-threatening.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Oh, as the canaries in the coal mine for the COVID-19 experience, we are fine,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We had about 10 days of very uncomfortable symptoms. Not life-threatening, we’re happy to say. We were isolated in order to keep an eye on ourselves because if our temperatures had spiked, if our lungs had filled, if any number of things had gone wrong with this, we would have needed expert medical care. We didn’t. I guess we were model recoverers from COVID-19, but we were also isolated so that we would not give it to anybody else that we came in contact with, and since then have been doing the same isolating, social distancing that is being asked of the world so, we are fine.&#8221;</p>
<p>In many ways, Hanks&#8217; declaration for people to wear a mask echoes the words of actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who said that only an &#8220;absolute moron&#8221; would make wearing a mask political.</p>
<p>“This is 100% the right move,” Schwarzenegger tweeted in response to California Governor Gavin Newsom mandating people wear masks in public places. “This will help us beat this terrible virus. The science is unanimous — if we all wear masks, we slow down the spread and can reopen safely. It’s not a political issue. Anyone making it a political issue is an absolute moron who can’t read.”</p>
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<p>Though she was sure to warn of temporary side effects from hydroxychloroquine, a drug President Donald Trump has suggested could be promising against the novel coronavirus, actress Rita Wilson said her fever broke after she took the therapeutic.</p>
<p>Wilson, along with her actor husband Tom Hanks, were two of the first celebrities to share with the public that they were infected with the China-originated coronavirus. As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/update-tom-hanks-rita-wilson-recover-from-coronavirus-return-to-u-s">The Daily Wire</a>, the duo recovered from the virus in late March and returned home to the United States from Australia.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Mamma Mia&#8221; actress made the remarks about the chloroquine treatment on Tuesday morning, speaking to host Gayle King on CBS &#8220;This Morning&#8221; about the infection and her recovery.</p>
<p>&#8220;I felt extremely achy, uncomfortable, didn&#8217;t want to be touched, and then the fever started,&#8221; Wilson told King. &#8220;Chills like I&#8217;ve never had before.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;On day nine, they gave me chloroquine,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And I know people have been talking about this drug, but I can only tell you that, I don&#8217;t know if the drug worked or if it was just time for the fever to break, but my fever did break.&#8221;</p>
<p>Wilson went on to underscore the temporary side effects of the drug, such as nausea.</p>
<p>&#8220;But the chloroquine had such extreme side effects,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I was completely nauseous and I had vertigo. I could not walk and my muscles felt very weak.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I think people have to be very considerate about that drug,&#8221; Wilson added. &#8220;We don&#8217;t really know if it&#8217;s helpful in this case.&#8221;</p>
<p>In late March, “Lost” actor Daniel Dae Kim <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lost-actor-who-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-says-drug-secret-weapon-to-his-recover">credited</a> his COVID-19 recovery to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-these-two-drugs-could-be-game-changer-in-fight-against-virus">hydroxychloroquine</a>, calling it the “secret weapon” to his stabilized health.</p>
<p>“I need to say this in bold letters: Obviously, I am not a doctor, nor am I lawyer … So please don’t take my word as that of a medical professional,” Kim emphasized in a video posted to social media.</p>
<p>“That said, here is a treatment protocol I followed as prescribed by the amazing doctor,” he continued. “It was what’s called a drug cocktail, which means it’s a combination of different drugs. It consisted of Tamiflu, which is an anti-viral, the antibiotic azithromycin, more commonly known as a ‘Zpack,’ a glycopyrrolate inhaler, that was used to ease breathing and the inflammation commonly associated with COVID.”</p>
<p>“And here’s what I consider to be the secret weapon: hydroxychloroquine,” Kim stated. “This is a common anti-malarial drug that has been used with great success in Korea in their fight against the coronavirus. And yes, this is the drug that the president mentioned the other day.”</p>
<p>The actor noted it is “also the drug that Dr. Anthony Fauci cautioned us against,” noting that evidence of its effectiveness against COVID-19 is “anecdotal.”</p>
<p>“Well, add my name to those personal accounts, because I am feeling better,&#8221; Kim said.</p>
<p>Earlier this month, an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doctors-rate-hydroxychloroquine-most-effective-coronavirus-treatment">international poll</a> of more than 6,000 doctors found hydroxychloroquine was deemed the most highly rated treatment for COVID-19.</p>
<p>As noted by The Daily Wire, positive results from the drugs have thus far been largely anecdotal:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>The Times repeatedly underscores that the treatment has not yet been proven to be effective by officials and highlights “concerns” among health experts about the Trump and Cuomo-promoted medications, which sometimes have dangerous side effects, like “fatal heart arrhythmia and vision loss.” Like The Washington Post’s editorial board, which has accused Trump of causing “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wapo-editors-lash-out-at-trump-for-spreading-false-hope-about-curing-virus">damage</a>” by pointing to the treatment as a potential “cure,” the Times suggests Trump, and to a lesser extent Cuomo, may be guilty of “raising false hopes in the American public” and “contribut[ing] to runs on supply and hoarding” of the drugs.</em></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/RitaWilson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RitaWilson</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/GayleKing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GayleKing</a> she took <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/chloroquine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#chloroquine</a> to treat COVID-19: I can only tell you that I don&#39;t know if the drug worked or it was just time for the fever to break. My fever did break but the chloroquine had such extreme side effects&#8230; We don&#39;t really know if it&#39;s helpful <a href="https://t.co/8xej1NyhaQ">pic.twitter.com/8xej1NyhaQ</a></p>
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<p>Actor Tom Hanks and his actress wife Rita Wilson have returned to the United States after recovering from the China-originated novel coronavirus, or COVID-19.</p>
<p>&#8220;Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are coming home,&#8221; a report from <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1131458/tom-hanks-and-rita-wilson-released-from-hospital-days-after-sharing-coronavirus-diagnosis">E! News</a> said Friday. &#8220;A source close to Hanks and Wilson, who were both <a href="https://www.eonline.com/news/1130336/tom-hanks-and-rita-wilson-test-positive-for-the-coronavirus" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">diagnosed with coronavirus</a> two weeks ago, confirmed to E! News that they&#8217;ve returned to Los Angeles after recovering from the virus in Australia.&#8221;</p>
<p>A photographer captured a snapshot of the duo smiling in their car, apparently driving through Los Angeles, the outlet noted.</p>
<p>Hanks and Wilson were some of the first visible celebrities to test positive for the virus, giving COVID-19 a Hollywood face.</p>
<p>On March 11, Hanks shared a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-tom-hanks-rita-wilson-infected-with-coronavirus">statement</a> on social media announcing the positive tests and offering the public insight into their conditions.</p>
<p>“Hello folks,&#8221; the &#8220;Forest Gump&#8221; actor started the post. &#8220;Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had cold hands, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tests for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive.”</p>
<p>“Well, now. What to do next?&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed. We Hanks’ will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires. Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no?”</p>
<p>Keeping in-line with the parents&#8217; transparency, even rapper son <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-hanks-son-posts-video-update-on-parents-after-they-test-positive-for-coronavirus-quickly-goes-viral">Chet Hanks</a> offered an update on the famed actors.</p>
<p>“What’s up everyone?” the 29-year-old said. “Yeah, it’s true. My parents got coronavirus. Crazy. They’re both down in Australia right now because my dad was shooting a movie down there.”</p>
<p>“I just got off the phone with them. They both are fine,” Chet, shirtless, continued. “They’re not even that sick. They’re not worried about it.”</p>
<p>“They’re not trippin’, but they’re going through the necessary health precautions, obviously,” he said. “But I don’t think it’s anything to be too worried about.”</p>
<p>“I appreciated everyone’s concern and the well wishes, but I think it’s all gonna be alright,” the rapper closed. “But, I appreciate it. And, just, everybody stay safe out there. Much love.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>Since Hanks and Wilson&#8217;s announcement, other celebrities have come forward to share that they, too, have been infected by the virus, including British actor Idris Elba and former &#8220;Lost&#8221; star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lost-actor-who-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-says-drug-secret-weapon-to-his-recover">Daniel Dae Kim</a>.</p>
<p>Kim is seemingly in recovery now, as well. The actor said in a video posted to social media last week that he credited his recovery to the &#8220;secret weapon&#8221; President Donald Trump-touted drug <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-these-two-drugs-could-be-game-changer-in-fight-against-virus">hydroxychloroquine</a>.</p>
<p>“I need to say this in bold letters: Obviously, I am not a doctor, nor am I lawyer … So please don’t take my word as that of a medical professional,” emphasized Kim.</p>
<p>“That said, here is a treatment protocol I followed as prescribed by the amazing doctor,” he said. “It was what’s called a drug cocktail, which means it’s a combination of different drugs. It consisted of Tamiflu, which is an anti-viral, the antibiotic azithromycin, more commonly known as a ‘Zpack,’ a glycopyrrolate inhaler, that was used to ease breathing and the inflammation commonly associated with COVID.”</p>
<p>“And here’s what I consider to be the secret weapon: hydroxychloroquine,” Kim added. “This is a common anti-malarial drug that has been used with great success in Korea in their fight against the coronavirus. And yes, this is the drug that the president mentioned the other day.”</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/reporter-asks-celebrities-how-theyre-getting-tested-for-covid-19-before-the-rest-of-us-here-are-their-responses">Reporter Asks Celebrities How They’re Getting Tested For COVID-19 Before The Rest Of Us. Here Are Their Responses.</a></strong></p>


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<p>Conservative routinely drub Hollywood, Inc. and for some very good reasons.</p>
<p>Can you <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/leonardo-dicaprio-climate-battle-lavish-lifestyle/">say Climate Change hypocrisy</a>?</p>
<p>Still, that doesn’t mean the industry lacks a compassionate side, something we see in the very worst of times.</p>
<p>Think of previous hurricanes and other natural disasters. Stars have written some very big checks to ease the suffering caused by Mother Nature. After 9/11, stars rallied on stages, screens, and via a high-profile telethon to support grieving families and First Responders alike.</p>
<p>So, how will celebrities respond to COVID-19, currently cancelling much of what we’ve come to appreciate about our 21st century lives? So far, it’s a mixed report card. The mood certainly isn’t as positive, or bipartisan, as Hollywood’s 9/11 reactions.</p>
<p>The scourge of Orange Man Bad remains partially to blame, to the industry’s shame.</p>
<p>Let’s start with the best Hollywood reactions, including the most prominent name afflicted with the virus.</p>
<p>Two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks and his bride, Rita Wilson, shared their positive diagnosis last week. Since then, they’ve used social media to brief us on their continuing good health and even better humor.</p>
<p>“There’s no crying in baseball,” Hanks shared, citing one of his many famous film lines. Hanks and Wilson are doing no small measure with their good cheer. They’re letting people know the virus isn’t a death sentence, and hope is very much part of our future.</p>
<p>Actor Idris Elba struck a similar note when he shared his positive diagnosis.</p>
<p>The “Luther” star also squashed an <a href="https://variety.com/2020/film/news/idris-elba-conspiracy-theories-black-people-coronavirus-1203537477/">insipid rumor</a> in the process: “Stop sending out these stupid WhatsApp messages about black people not getting it. That’s ridiculous. You’re making us all look stupid. Just know you have to be as vigilant as every other race. This disease does not discriminate.”</p>
<p><a href="https://www.techhive.com/article/3533259/chris-martin-john-legend-perform-online-concerts-amid-coronavirus.html">John Legend and Chris Martin</a> brought their music into our quarantined homes through the wonders of streaming media. No long lines, no cheap seats. Good for them. Other artists quickly followed their lead.</p>
<p>“Music can heal, music can bring us together,” Legend said during his online concert.</p>
<p>Matthew McConaughey leaned, hard, on his “all right, all right, all right” persona to <a href="https://people.com/movies/matthew-mcconaughey-offers-inspirational-message-during-coronavirus-pandemic-just-keep-living/?fbclid=IwAR0C26anzK8m_6BEEdyOXKHSWAM5LY9i2vcRNlvI4MHu0FWBjhydUfRx2bM">share positive vibes via Twitter.</a></p>
<p>“In these crazy times that we’re in with the coronavirus, let’s take care of ourselves and each other,” McConaughey starts off. “Let’s not go to the lowest common denominator and get paranoid. Let’s do our due diligence and take the precautions we need to to take care of ourselves and those of us around us, right now more than ever.”</p>
<p>Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively took a more direct approach. They cut a $1 million check for two food banks to help those who are suffering from the rampant closures happening across the nation, not to mention supermarkets greeting customers with bare shelves.</p>
<p>Leave it to legendary funny man Mel Brooks to make us smile and share solid advice in under five minutes.</p>
<p>Brooks teamed with his son, “World War Z” author Max Brooks, for a funny video urging everyone to embrace social distancing. The accompanying hashtag, #DontBeASpreader, hammered home the point with love and humor.</p>
<p>More kind thoughts and charity will likely follow, yet not everyone in La La Land is focused on healing during these difficult times.</p>
<p>Let’s start with director Rob Reiner, a man with the highest level of Trump Derangement Syndrome possible. Reiner raged that Trump <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/rob-reiner-donald-trump-removed-from-office-coronavirus">must step down</a>, now, because he said so.</p>
<p>“We will get through this. But unfortunately not with the help of this President,” <a href="https://twitter.com/robreiner/status/1239556505013063680">Reiner wrote</a>. “First he must be removed from the public square to let competent experts take over, then he must be removed from office to allow US to heal.”</p>
<p>Debra Messing, who famously vowed not to work with Trump supporters in Hollywood, used the virus as another way <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/debra-messing-maga-die-trump-coronavirus">to blast the president</a>.</p>
<p>“LIAR-IN-CHIEF,” <a href="https://twitter.com/DebraMessing/status/1239960967678656512">Messing began her tweet</a>. “#Maga have been unmoved by the 16500 lies 45 has made since elected. Now that innumerable people (including MAGA) will die, because of his lies and inaction, I wonder if MAGA will recognize that 45 must be voted out?”</p>
<p>Several stars, like George Takei, used the virus’ proper verbiage (the Wuhan Flu, the Chinese Virus) as a cudgel to strike Trump. Never mind that many media outlets used the same verbiage for days and days without a peep of protest.</p>
<p>Perhaps the ugliest celebrity missive came from Rosanna Arquette. The veteran actress initially shared a conspiracy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/actress-rosanna-arquette-issues-vicious-tweet-jewish-conspiracy-behind-coronavirus">theory attacking Israel,</a> not China, as the possible source of the virus.</p>
<p>Arquette, who is Jewish, <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/news/nation/312350/rosanna-arquette-apologizes-for-israel-coronavirus-tweet/">later apologized for the tweet.</a></p>
<p>We likely won’t get a mea culpa from Bette Midler. The Divine Miss M’s recent Tweet directly blamed the president for the virus’s devastation on U.S. soil.</p>
<p>Facts? She doesn’t need any facts. She’s got Twitter and, amazingly, more than 1.9 million followers.</p>
<p>“I AM TRYING NOT TO ADD TO THE NOISE AND CRAZINESS, BUT DONALD TRUMP IS A F***ING MADMAN,” Midler <a href="https://twitter.com/bettemidler/status/1240051665920765953?s=21">tweeted</a>. “HE THINKS WE DON’T REMEMBER ALL THE JIVE HE SPEWED FOR TWO IMPORTANT MONTHS. One more thing. None of this would be happening if he were not President.”</p>
<p>So, while some stars are giving their time, creativity and cash to heal a battered country, others are doing all they can to stoke the divide for partisan political purposes.</p>


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<p>On Monday, award-winning actor Tom Hanks and his actress wife Rita Wilson confirmed that they have been discharged from an Australian hospital the couple had been receiving treatment at after testing positive for novel coronavirus, or COVID-19.</p>
<p>For the time being, Hanks and Wilson said they will remain under self-quarantine at a rented Australian home, the duo confirmed to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/coronavirus-tom-hanks-rita-wilson-leave-hospital-1284928">The Hollywood Reporter</a>.</p>
<p>Five days before their release from the hospital, Hank and Wilson alerted the public via social media about contacting the virus.</p>
<p>“Hello folks,&#8221; Hanks wrote in a statement. &#8220;Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had cold hands, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive.&#8221;</p>
<p>“Well, now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed,” the actor continued the post. “We Hanks will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires. Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no?”</p>
<p>“We’ll keep the world posted and updated,” the 63-year-old concluded. “Take care of yourselves! Hanx!”</p>
<p>On Thursday, the Hanks again took to social media to thank everyone &#8220;Down Under&#8221; for taking &#8220;good care&#8221; of he and his wife.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are taking it one-day-at-a-time,&#8221; he wrote in a statement. &#8220;There are things we can all do to get through this by following the advice of experts and taking care of ourselves and each other, no?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Remember, despite all the current events, there is no crying in baseball,&#8221; he added, a notable line from the Hanks-starring film &#8220;A League of Their Own.&#8221;</p>
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<p>As noted by The Hollywood Reporter, Hanks is in Australia for the filming of an Elvis Presley biopic for Warner Bros.</p>
<p>The couple are not the only celebrities to test positive for the virus. On Monday, English actor Idris Elba took to social media to confirm he has been infected, too.</p>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">“This morning I tested positive for Covid 19,” Elba said in a Twitter video, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-actor-idris-elba-reveals-he-has-coronavirus-no-panic">The Daily Wire</a> reported. “I feel ok, I have no symptoms so far but have been isolated since I found out about my possible exposure to the virus.” </span></p>
<p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">“Stay home people and be pragmatic,&#8221; he urged viewers. &#8220;I will keep you updated on how I’m doing. </span>No panic.”</p>
<p>“Yeah, and it sucks,” Elba later added. “Listen, I’m doing okay. Sabrina (<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Elba&#8217;s wife)</span> hasn’t been tested, and she’s doing okay.”</p>
<p>“I didn’t have any symptoms,” the 47-year-old explained. “I got tested because I realized that I was exposed to someone who had also tested positive. I found out last Friday that they were tested positive. I quarantined myself and got a test immediately and got the results back today.”</p>
<p>The actor emphasized that now should be a time for &#8220;solidarity.&#8221;</p>
<p>“Look, we live in a divided world right now, we can feel it — it’s been bullsh**,” he said. “But now’s the time for solidarity, now’s the time to be thinking about each other.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-actor-idris-elba-reveals-he-has-coronavirus-no-panic">WATCH: Idris Elba Reveals He Has Coronavirus In Viral Video, Offers Advice On Cutting Through The ‘Bullsh**’’</a></strong></p>


Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson Give Update On Coronavirus Infection

<p>Actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, posted an interesting message on Thursday night while self-quarantining in response to being infected with the coronavirus, which originated in China.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hello folks,&#8221; Hanks began. &#8220;Rita Wilson and I want to thank everyone here Down Under who are taking such good care of us. We have Covid-19 and are in isolation so we do not spread it to anyone else.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;There are those for whom it could lead to a very serious illness,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;We are taking it one-day-at-a-time. There are things we can all do to get through this by following the advice of experts and taking care of ourselves and each other, no?&#8221;</p>
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<p>Hanks then appeared to make a reference to a quote that he said while staring in the 1992 movie &#8220;A League of Their Own.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Remember, despite all the current events, there is no crying in baseball,&#8221; Hanks said.</p>
<p>Here is the movie clip that the quote is from:</p>
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<p>Hanks revealed on Wednesday night that he and his wife had been infected with the coronavirus while in Australia.</p>
<p>In a statement, Hanks said, “Hello folks. Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had cold hands, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tests for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive.”</p>
<p>“Well, now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed,” Hanks continued. “We Hanks’ will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires. Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no?”</p>
<p>“We’ll keep the world posted and updated,” Hanks concluded. “Take care of yourselves! Hanx!”</p>
<p>Deadline, which first reported on the diagnosis, also <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/03/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-test-positive-coronavirus-elvis-presley-movie-1202880431/">reported</a> on a statement from Warner Bros.:</p>
<blockquote><p>We have been made aware that a company member from our Elvis feature film, which is currently in pre-production in The Gold Coast, Australia, has tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus).</p>
<p>We are working closely with the appropriate Australian health agencies to identify and contact anyone who may have come in direct contact with the individual.  The health and safety of our company members is always our top priority, and we are taking precautions to protect everyone who works on our productions around the world.</p>
<p>The individual who tested positive for COVID-19 is currently receiving treatment.</p></blockquote>
<p>The latest news from Hanks comes as numerous major events around the world and in the U.S. have been canceled in recent days to prevent further spread from the coronavirus.</p>
<p>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau&#8217;s wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, was quarantined on Thursday after results revealed that she has been infected with the virus.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Prime Minister is in good health with no symptoms. As a precautionary measure and following the advice of doctors, he will be in isolation for a planned period of 14 days,&#8221; the Prime Minister&#8217;s office <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/americas/sophie-gregoire-trudeau-coronavirus/index.html">said</a> in a statement. &#8220;Also on the advice of doctors, he will not be tested at this stage since he has no symptoms. For the same reason, doctors say there is no risk to those who have been in contact with him recently.&#8221;</p>


‘NO CRYING IN BASEBALL’: Tom Hanks Posts Message From Coronavirus Quarantine

<p>Actor Tom Hanks and his actress wife Rita Wilson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-tom-hanks-rita-wilson-infected-with-coronavirus">announced</a> Wednesday night that they have tested positive for the coronavirus.</p>
<p>“Hello folks. Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had cold hands, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tests for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive,&#8221; Hanks informed the public via a statement posted to social media.</p>
<p>“Well, now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed,” the award-winning actor continued. “We Hanks’ will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires. Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no?”</p>
<p>“We’ll keep the world posted and updated,” Hanks concluded. “Take care of yourselves! Hanx!”</p>
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<p>Shortly after the news, Hanks and Wilson&#8217;s son Chet Hanks, a <a href="https://soundcloud.com/somethingoutwest/harley">rapper</a>, posted a video to give more information on his parents&#8217; health.</p>
<p>“What’s up everyone?&#8221; the 29-year-old started the video. &#8220;Yeah, it’s true. My parents got coronavirus. Crazy. They’re both down in Australia right now because my dad was shooting a movie down there.”</p>
<p>“I just got off the phone with them. They both are fine,” a shirtless Chet continued. “They’re not even that sick. They’re not worried about it.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;They’re not trippin’, but they’re going through the necessary health precautions, obviously,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But I don’t think it’s anything to be too worried about.”</p>
<p>&#8220;I appreciated everyone’s concern and the well wishes, but I think it’s all gonna be alright,” Chet closed. “But, I appreciate it. And, just, everybody stay safe out there. Much love.”<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p>Chet&#8217;s video was posted to other social media platforms and quickly went viral. &#8220;Chet&#8221; trended on Twitter for hours on Thursday morning.</p>
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<p>Chet&#8217;s brother Colin Hanks, whose parents are Tom Hanks and Samantha Lewes, also spoke out about his parents&#8217; health.</p>
<p>“We are so grateful for the outpouring of support from everyone,” the 42-year-old wrote via social media. “My parents are receiving excellent care in Australia and are doing well (and in good spirits) given the circumstances.”</p>
<p>“Despite the fact that I’m in LA and haven’t seen them in over three weeks, we have been in constant contact and am confident that they will make a full recovery,&#8221; Colin added.</p>
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<p>The same night that news broke about Hanks and Wilson&#8217;s positive coronavirus test and the NBA <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-nba-suspends-season-after-player-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/">announced</a> a suspension of the season, President Donald Trump spoke to the nation about the virus in a televised address.</p>
<p>As noted by The Daily Wire, Trump &#8220;detailed the actions his administration is taking in response to the coronavirus pandemic, among them a series of &#8216;unprecedented&#8217; financial measures, including offering financial relief to individuals impacted by coronavirus, extending loans to areas and cities particularly impacted, and pushing Congress to provide Americans with &#8216;immediate payroll tax relief.'&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unprecedented-trump-details-emergency-financial-actions-payroll-tax-cuts-financial-aid-loans">‘Unprecedented’: Trump Details Emergency Financial Actions: Payroll Tax Cuts, Financial Aid, Loans</a></strong></p>


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Tom Hanks’ Son Posts Video Update On Parents After They Test Positive For Coronavirus, Quickly Goes Viral

<p>Actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress Rita Wilson, revealed late on Wednesday that they have both been infected with the coronavirus.</p>
<p>In a statement, Hanks said, “Hello folks. Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had cold hands, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tests for the Coronavirus, and were found to be positive.”</p>
<p>“Well, now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed,” Hanks continued. “We Hanks’ will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires. Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no?”</p>
<p>“We’ll keep the world posted and updated,” Hanks concluded. “Take care of yourselves! Hanx!”</p>
<p>Deadline, which first reported on the diagnosis, also <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/03/tom-hanks-rita-wilson-test-positive-coronavirus-elvis-presley-movie-1202880431/">reported</a> on a statement from Warner Bros., which was producing the film that Hanks was working on.</p>
<p>Warner Bros. said in a statement:</p>
<blockquote><p>We have been made aware that a company member from our Elvis feature film, which is currently in pre-production in The Gold Coast, Australia, has tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus). <u></u><u></u></p>
<p>We are working closely with the appropriate Australian health agencies to identify and contact anyone who may have come in direct contact with the individual.  The health and safety of our company members is always our top priority, and we are taking precautions to protect everyone who works on our productions around the world.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>The individual who tested positive for COVID-19 is currently receiving treatment.</p></blockquote>
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92nd Annual Academy Awards &#8211; Arrivals

Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson Infected With Coronavirus

<p>Michelle Obama is taking a starring role in a new &#8220;non-partisan&#8221; campaign to encourage Americans to register to vote and make sure they cast a ballot in November.</p>
<p><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/397832-michelle-obama-joins-stars-in-launch-of-voter-registration-push">The Hill reports that Obama</a> is joining forces with a cast of celebrities &#8212; all of whom happen to be Democratic donors and activists &#8212; &#8220;in a public service announcement to promote a get-out-the-vote push.&#8221;</p>
<p>The video stars Tom Hanks, Lin Manuel Miranda (of &#8220;Hamilton&#8221; fame), Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, and Janele Monae alongside the former First Lady. Obama &#8220;places calls&#8221; to her celebrity friends to remind them that the presidential election isn&#8217;t the only election that matters.</p>
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<p>&#8220;If we really want our voices to be heard, we need to vote in every election. Not just for president, but for every office: school board, statehouse, Senate &#8212; all of them,&#8221; Obama tells Miranda.</p>
<p>&#8220;When we vote, we prove that we are a democracy. We&#8217;re a government of the people and by the people,&#8221; Hanks adds.</p>
<p>Michelle Obama rounds out the PSA by announcing the creation of a &#8220;When We All Vote&#8221; non-profit. &#8220;It&#8217;s time. Our nation requires it. Our democracy and the country we love requires our attention, voice, and participation.&#8221;</p>
<p>All the celebrities who appear in the video, including Obama, will serve as co-chairs on the &#8220;When We All Vote&#8221; campaign.</p>


Michelle Obama Launches Voter Registration Push With Tom Hanks, Lin Manuel Miranda

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<p>When Tom Hanks said that his movie &#8220;The Post&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/24961/tom-hanks-do-not-screen-post-white-house-paul-bois">should not be screened at the White House</a> and that he would boycott such an event, he probably didn&#8217;t anticipate that the White House would actually request a screening.</p>
<p>Well, the joke&#8217;s on Tom Hanks.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/trump-white-house-asks-screen-steven-spielbergs-post-1071684">The Hollywood Reporter</a>, &#8220;President Donald Trump&#8217;s team has requested, and been granted, access to the 20th Century Fox political drama for both 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. and Camp David, where the president is scheduled to host a summit on Saturday and Sunday with top GOP lawmakers.&#8221;</p>
<p>All throughout promoting &#8220;The Post,&#8221; stars Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, as well as director Steven Spielberg, have touted the film&#8217;s &#8220;timeliness&#8221; in reference to the Trump administration; now, the very &#8220;power&#8221; they fancied themselves speaking truth to has requested a screening.</p>
<p>Running up to its release, Spielberg even boasted rushing to make the movie as a response to the Trump administration&#8217;s war on the media to remind Americans of their First Amendment rights. All three stars seem vaguely unaware of the fact they enthusiastically supported a regime that led a full-frontal assault on religious liberty for eight  years.</p>
<p>And now that we&#8217;ve mentioned the religious liberty thing, Hanks&#8217; suggestion that the White House should be denied a screening of &#8220;The Post&#8221; implies a belief that businesses can deny services to other people based on ideological convictions. The talent behind &#8220;The Post&#8221; seems to have a real problem with hypocrisy. Good thing they have Meryl Streep in their camp to save-face . . . <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/25000/poll-public-turns-meryl-streep-after-claims-she-paul-bois">Then again, maybe not</a>.</p>
<p>Amy Pascal, who produced the film with Spielberg, said support for the movie in Washington D.C. has been largely bi-partisan. A recent screening in the nation&#8217;s capital hosted several top Republicans, including Kellyanne Conway, special counselor to President Trump.</p>
<p>&#8220;They completely loved the movie, because the movie is about America and the movie is about the truth. This movie is for everyone. Kellyanne loved it, too, and danced all night with [Post co-writer] Josh Singer,&#8221; Pascal told THR earlier this week.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think it has been an unspoken truth in Hollywood that people are scared to make movies about politics. The Post is proof that this isn&#8217;t true,&#8221; said Pascal. &#8220;And the idea of a woman finding her voice is as relevant as politics in the movie.&#8221;</p>


The Joke’s On Tom Hanks: White House Asks To Screen Spielberg’s ‘The Post’

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<p>Actor Tom Hanks has warned against screening his upcoming Oscar-bait film &#8220;The Post&#8221; at the White House in protest of President Trump.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Post,&#8221; directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, will tackle a variety of leftist causes, from feminism to the Vietnam war to the absurd notion that mainstream journalists are objective crusaders of truth.</p>
<p>Hoping to supplant &#8220;All The Presidents Men&#8221; as the standard for heroic journalists movies, &#8220;The Post&#8221; tells the story of The Washington Post&#8217;s Kay Graham (Meryl Streep), America&#8217;s first female publisher, and Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks), and their hard-fought quest to publish the Pentagon Papers that detailed the United States&#8217; covert activities during the Vietnam conflict going all the way back to the Eisenhower administration.</p>
<p>Sitting down with <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-hanks-wouldnt-screen-post-at-white-house-decries-attacks-first-amendment-1066846">The Hollywood Reporter</a>, the veteran actor said that Spielberg&#8217;s film carries a &#8220;timely&#8221; message meant for the Trump administration, saying there are eerie parallels between him and President Nixon, who threatened The Washington Post with charges of treason for publishing the papers.</p>
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<p>There used to be this concept, [as the later Senator] Daniel Moynihan used to say: &#8216;You&#8217;re entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts;&#8221; Facts are irrefutable. Well, it turns out people are saying: &#8216;No, facts are not irrefutable. We can decide whatever facts that we want, that we would like.&#8217; Right now, without a doubt, there are people in power trying to &#8212; if not quash or stop the right to publication, [then at least] denigrate it to the point [where] they are saying there is no truth to it whatsoever. And there are stories out there that are the truth, [in] organs of the Fourth Estate like the <em>New York Times </em>and the <em>Washington Post.</em></p>
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<p>To protest Trump, Hanks says that his movie should not be screened at the White House and that he would avoid such a screening if it did.</p>
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<p>That&#8217;s an interesting question. I don&#8217;t think I would. Because I think that at some point &#8212; look, I didn&#8217;t think things were going to be this way last November. I would not have been able to imagine that we would be living in a country where neo-Nazis are doing torchlight parades in Charlottesville [Va.] and jokes about Pocahontas are being made in front of the Navajo code talkers. And individually we have to decide when we take to the ramparts. You don&#8217;t take to the ramparts necessarily right away, but you do have to start weighing things. You may think: &#8220;You know what? I think now is the time.&#8217; This is the moment where, in some ways, our personal choices are going to have to reflect our opinions. We have to start voting, actually, before the election. So, I would probably vote not to go.</p>
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<p>It is doubtful that Spielberg&#8217;s movie will commemorate the two million Vietnamese people that fled their country as a result of the Communist takeover when the United States withdrew from the region in 1975, not to mention the three million people murdered by Communist dictator Pol Pot in neighboring Cambodia.</p>
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Tom Hanks: Do Not Screen ‘The Post’ At White House

Media Bias

Steven Spielberg

<p>It was bound to happen. One of America&#8217;s most beloved actors &#8212; a modern day Jimmy Stewart &#8212; has decided to go all political, alienating half the people who love him.</p>
<p>Yes, America is pretty much evenly divided, has been for years, decades even. So actors and singers and athletes and performers of every kind necessarily risk displeasing half their fans when they take a political stance. And yet they do it every day.</p>
<p>Except for Tom Hanks. The two-time Academy Award winner has, for much of his career, steered clear of politics. Even when Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, Hanks said: &#8220;We&#8217;ll all be OK,&#8221; and &#8220;I hope the president-elect does such a great job that I vote for his reelection in four years.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We are going to be all right because we constantly get to tell the world who we are. We constantly get to define ourselves as Americans. We do have the greatest country in the world. We move at a slow pace. We have the greatest country in the world because we are always moving towards a more perfect union,&#8221; he said shortly after the election.</p>
<p>But that was all before he was hawking his new movie about The Washington Post, called, smartly, &#8220;The Post,&#8221; which opens December 22. The movie depicts journalists from The Post and The New York Times working to expose a cover-up that spanned four U.S. presidents by publishing the Pentagon Papers, which dealt with U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Hanks stars as editor Ben Bradlee and Meryl Streep plays publisher Katherine Graham.</p>
<p>Now, suddenly, Hanks is an expert on American history and an outspoken opponent of All Things Trump &#8212; even comparing him to Richard Nixon.</p>
<p>In an interview on Thursday, journalist Howard Kurtz asked the actor, &#8220;Do you see parallels between the Nixon panels in this film and the current climate? You&#8217;ve talked about President Trump&#8217;s insidious campaign against the media and monkeying around with the Constitution?&#8221;</p>
<p>Hanks said, &#8220;I believe that the Nixon administration at the time did a full frontal assault on the First Amendment by trying to keep, literally trying to stop the press from publishing. I don&#8217;t know. You can&#8217;t do that and still have the United States of America. I think the current administration and their like-minded allies are waging a guerrilla war on the First Amendment.</p>
<p>&#8220;Not quite as overt, but by deluding the job they do in order to establish what the truth is you when you, sort of, raise the legitimacy of those people who are not interested in the truth whatsoever and are putting forth a specific sort of agenda,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Huh. Hanks doesn&#8217;t mention the &#8220;specific sort of agenda&#8221; being pushed by the liberal media. Oh well.</p>
<p>The actor has been on a tear of late, teaching an impromptu course on American politics and the Constitution. In a CNN interview December 5 on CNN &#8212; interviewed by David Axelrod, a former adviser to Barack Obama &#8212; Hanks decried Trump&#8217;s use of the term &#8220;fake news.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;As an American, it concerns me, because it&#8217;s monkeying around with our Constitution. It&#8217;s relatively obvious, I think, as what is trying to go forward. When you tear down these institutions to a level and say you can&#8217;t believe anything that is in any of them, that raises the stock of those agenda-filled other institutions and whatnot so that if you can&#8217;t believe them, well that means you get to believe some of the other stuff that is in these and so what is happening is that dilution, the dilution of the great &#8230; they&#8217;re throwing dirt and oil into a bucket of water. So it all becomes undrinkable after a while. &#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;I think what the current administration is doing &#8212; I don&#8217;t know that they&#8217;re saying, &#8216;We have to shut them down so they don&#8217;t publish anymore.&#8217; What is happening is something that is more subtle and more insidious,&#8221; he said. &#8220;&#8220;Other governments in the past who have said, &#8216;Look, we can&#8217;t shut them down because that will cause outrage, but we can denigrate them. We can call them names. We can tell people that those are not the facts.&#8217; That&#8217;s what he is saying,&#8221; Hanks said of Trump.</p>
<p>Hollywood and the liberal elite have been pressing the notion for more than a year that Trump is exactly like Nixon, and that the supposed collusion with Russia during the election is exactly like Watergate. It isn&#8217;t, but Hanks is now selling a movie, so why not cash in on the liberal angst and just say so?</p>
<p>Steven Spielberg, director of &#8220;The Post,&#8221; is also pushing the idea.</p>
<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of excitement when you talk about stolen papers and government secrets and an administration attacking the press to stop the truth from being told,&#8221; Spielberg told The Hollywood Reporter at Washington&#8217;s Newseum. &#8220;That all happened in 1971, but it&#8217;s kind of kind of evocative of things that are also part of the current landscape. And so we thought that was a story that couldn&#8217;t wait to be told.&#8221;</p>
<p>What&#8217;s truly frightening is how Hollywood &#8212; and now, Hanks himself &#8212; is rewriting history to fit its narrow, and completely false, vision of American politics.</p>
<p>And Hanks doesn&#8217;t know it yet, but he might&#8217;ve just lost half his fans.</p></p>


Why Won’t Tom Hanks Just Shut Up?

<p>Interviewed by former Barack Obama advisor David Axelrod on CNN, actor Tom Hanks offered his sage wisdom regarding President Trump&#8217;s labeling of left-wing media institutions as &#8220;fake news.&#8221;</p>
<p>Axelrod commented, &#8220;&#8230; the president has targeted news organizations that have printed things that he finds inconvenient, unflattering &#8212; &#8220;</p>
<p>Hanks interrupted, &#8220;I believe he called CNN &#8216;fake news.&#8217;&#8221;</p>
<p>Axelrod concurred: &#8220;He did indeed. And The Washington Post.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hanks, echoing: &#8220;And The Washington Post.&#8221;</p>
<p>Axelrod: &#8220;And other news organizations as well. How much does that concern you?&#8221;</p>
<p>Hanks, noted Constitutional expert:</p>
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<p>Well, as an American, it concerns me, because it&#8217;s monkeying around with our Constitution. It&#8217;s relatively obvious, I think, as what is trying to go forward. When you tear down these institutions to a level and say you can&#8217;t believe anything that is in any of them, that raises the stock of those agenda-filled other institutions and what not so that if you can&#8217;t believe them, well that means you get to believe some of the other stuff that is in these and so what is happening is that dilution, the dilution of the great &#8230; they&#8217;re throwing dirt and oil into a bucket of water. So it all becomes undrinkable after a while.</p>
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<p>Of course, in positing that the claims of &#8220;fake news&#8221; were utilized so that that other media would gain credibility at major media&#8217;s expense, Hanks was ignoring examples like these:</p>
<p>ABC News&#8217; Brian Ross <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/24235/crackdown-abc-suspends-brian-ross-fake-news-report-ryan-saavedra">alleging incorrectly</a> that Donald Trump &#8220;as a candidate&#8221; directed Michael Flynn to reach out to the Russians; Joe Scarborough <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/24314/fake-news-joe-scarborough-tweets-misleading-quote-ryan-saavedra">tweeting a misleading quote</a> from Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT); the <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/24053/fake-news-no-senate-tax-reform-bill-doesnt-raise-ben-shapiro">media trumpeting</a> that poor Americans will be hurt by higher taxes from the GOP tax reform plan; MSNBC&#8217;s Joy Reid <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/23517/fake-news-msnbcs-joy-reid-spreads-debunked-talking-ryan-saavedra">falsely claiming</a> that 17 U.S. intelligence agencies claimed that Russia interfered in the 2016 elections, and TIME <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/23274/fake-news-time-magazine-claims-trump-made-it-tyler-dahnke">claiming</a> Trump made it easier for the mentally ill to buy guns.</p>
<p>But then, if you&#8217;re on the Left, everything from left-wing media sites seems on the up-and-up.</p>
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Tom Hanks: Trump’s Claims Of ‘Fake News’ Meant To Bolster Less Reputable News Sites

Fake News

<p>The love affair between leftist Hollywood and the mainstream media will soon produce another child.</p>
<p>This time the product of the love affair will be a movie tentatively titled <em>The Post</em>, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, that lauds <em>The Washington Post</em>&#8217;s efforts to publish the Pentagon Papers.</p>
<p>The Pentagon Papers were a <a href="http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2007/February%202007/0207pentagon.aspx">compendium of documents</a> delineating how the U.S. government had handled the situation in Vietnam from the time of the Truman Administration through the Johnson Administration. The papers were leaked by Daniel Ellsberg, who had worked on the project. The Nixon Administration was not mentioned in the papers, as they were compiled under the direction of LBJ&#8217;s Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in 1967. There was speculation that McNamara had turned against the war and wanted the project to aid his friend Robert F. Kennedy, who was thinking of challenging LBJ for the presidential nomination.</p>
<p>President Nixon initially thought the release of the papers should be unchallenged but was convinced by his national security advisor Henry Kissinger to act on &#8220;this wholesale theft and unauthorized disclosure.&#8221; Kissinger later acknowledged in his memoirs, &#8220;The massive hemorrhage of state secrets was bound to raise doubts about our reliability in the minds of other governments, friend or foe, and indeed about the stability of our political system.&#8221;</p>
<p><em>The New York Times</em> had published three installments of the papers when Attorney General John Mitchell and Nixon obtained a federal court injunction forcing the <em>Times</em> to cease publication. That prompted the case <em>New York Times Co. v. United States.</em></p>
<p>The <em>Post</em> then began publishing its own series of articles, prompting Assistant U.S. Attorney General William Rehnquist (later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) to ask the <em>Post</em> to cease publication. When the <em>Post</em> refused, Rehnquist sought an injunction in U.S. district court, which was denied. The government appealed the decision. The Supreme Court then agreed to hear that case jointly with the <em>New York Times</em> case, ultimately ruling for the newspapers.</p>
<p>A <em>Post </em>editorial said at the time, &#8220;The story that unfolds is not new in its essence&#8212;the calculated misleading of the public, the purposeful manipulation of public opinion, the stunning discrepancies between public pronouncements and private plans&#8212;we had bits and pieces of all that before. But not in such incredibly damning form, not with such irrefutable documentation.&#8221;</p>
<p>Spielberg&#8217;s movie will be the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/meryl-streep-tom-hanks-steven-spielberg-pentagon-papers_us_58bdc7b7e4b09ab537d5b91c?ylubnvqzo549m5cdi&amp;ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009">first time</a> Streep and Hanks have starred in a film together. Streep will play <em>Post </em>publisher Kay Graham, and Hanks will play editor Ben Bradlee.</p>
<p>Streep has been attacking President Trump for his criticism of the press for months; she <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/meryl-streep-donald-trump-golden-globes-speech_us_5872fcf4e4b043ad97e41347?42sd1i122quuwhfr">said</a> at the Golden Globes in January, &#8220;We need the principled press to hold power to account, to call them on the carpet for every outrage. That&#8217;s why our founders enshrined the press and its freedoms in our constitution. So I only ask the famously well-heeled Hollywood Foreign Press and all of us in our community to join me in supporting the committee to protect journalists. Because we&#8217;re going to need them going forward. And they&#8217;ll need us to safeguard the truth.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hanks has donated an espresso machine to the White House press corps three times; once during George W. Bush&#8217;s administration, replacing it in 2010, then a third time at the end of February with an <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/american-hero-tom-hanks-gives-white-house-press-corps-a-coffee-machine_us_58b8629ce4b0a8ded67b3a88">attached note</a> reading, &#8220;Keep up the good fight for Truth, Justice, and the American Way. Especially the Truth part.&#8221;</p></p>


Streep And Hanks To Star In ANOTHER Movie About How Great The Media Are

Meryl Streep

New York Times

Vietnam

Washington Post

<p>Thursday, the White House YouTube channel uploaded a video in which citizens and celebrities talk about their favorite moments from Barack Obama&#8217;s presidency. The video is filled to the brim with saccharine nostalgia, but three moments stood out.</p>
<p><b>Tom Hanks on Cuban Relations</b></p>
<p>Actor Tom Hanks said: &#8220;When he just changed all the rules on the table in regards to Cuba with the most succinct motivation imaginable, which is, &#8216;What we&#8217;ve been doing hasn&#8217;t worked,&#8217; which made all the sense in the world.&#8221;</p>
<p>What Hanks forgets to mention is that Obama&#8217;s normalizing of relations did nothing for Cuban dissidents. According to an August, 2016, piece in <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-betrayed-cubas-dissidents-1471211018"><i>The Wall Street Journal</i></a>:</p>
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<p>&#8220;Independent groups that monitor civil liberties on the island say conditions have deteriorated in the 20 months since the Obama decision to normalize relations and ease Cuba trade and travel restrictions for Americans. Many dissident groups opposed any U.S. thaw without human-rights conditions attached and say they feel abandoned by the U.S., which they had long relied on for moral support.&#8221;</p>
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<p>In March 2016, <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/03/20/cuba-dissidents-protesters-arrested-president-obama-visit/82048950/"><i>USA Today</i></a> reported:</p>
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<p>&#8220;Just hours before President Obama landed Sunday in Cuba for his historic visit to the communist island, Cuban authorities arrested more than 50 dissidents who were marching to demand improved human rights.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Tom Hanks thinks Obama did a good job. The dissidents being imprisoned and tortured might disagree, but you can&#8217;t please everyone.</p>
<p><b>Leonardo DiCaprio on Climate Change</b></p>
<p>Actor Leonardo DiCaprio said: &#8220;When I was at the UN, and I heard our president say that climate change is the most important issue facing not only this generation, but all future generations, it was inspiring.&#8221;</p>
<p>Anthropogenic climate change is one of the Left&#8217;s magic bullets. <i>The earth is dying; we care enough to save it; vote for us</i>. What many progressives fail to mention is that a growing number of scientists disagree with the idea that man is causing climate change, and that man can do anything to stop it.</p>
<p>Joseph Bast and Roy Spencer write in<i> </i><a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303480304579578462813553136">The</a><a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303480304579578462813553136"> Wall Street Journal</a>:</p>
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<p>&#8220;Of the various petitions on global warming circulated for signatures by scientists, the one by the Petition Project, a group of physicists and physical chemists based in La Jolla, Calif., has by far the most signatures&#8212;more than 31,000 (more than 9,000 with a Ph.D.). It was most recently published in 2009, and most signers were added or reaffirmed since 2007. The petition states that &#8220;there is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of . . . carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere and disruption of the Earth&#8217;s climate.'&#8221;</p>
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<p>The WSJ piece also routs the 97% consensus myth.</p>
<p>Much of what proponents of the theory of Anthropogenic climate change believe is being challenged by evidence. The Heartland Institute&#8217;s H. Sterling Burnett, PhD, <a href="http://blog.heartland.org/2017/01/climate-change-101-the-evidence-humans-arent-destroying-the-climate/">writes</a>:</p>
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<p>&#8220;Anthropogenic warming theorists&#8217; climate models assume temperatures should climb alongside rising carbon-dioxide levels, yet temperatures fell from the 1940s through the 1970s, even while emissions were rising dramatically. For the past two decades, carbon-dioxide levels have continued to increase, but global satellites have recorded no significant temperature increase for 18 years.&#8221;</p>
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<p>He adds that despite Arctic ice melting, <i>Antarctic</i> ice is thriving:</p>
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<p>&#8220;Contradicting climate models once again, Antarctica is gaining tens of thousands of tons of ice each year, even as some ice-shelves collapse. In addition, in the past few years, despite a warmer world, sea-ice extent in Antarctica has repeatedly grown at a rapid pace, smashing previous records several times.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Many progressives want Americans to believe that the science is settled, and that man is causing the earth to warm. The science is far from settled.</p>
<p><b>Samuel L. Jackson on Obamacare</b></p>
<p>Actor Samuel L. Jackson said: &#8220;The moment that, you know, we got the Affordable Care act passed, because I have relatives that, you know, can&#8217;t afford health insurance. So, it was really a great thing to know that if something happened to them, they&#8217;d get cared for.&#8221;</p>
<p>What Jackson fails to mention is the fact that the Affordable Care Act has been an unmitigated disaster. Premiums and deductibles have skyrocketed; millions of Americans have been rolled onto the already bloated Medicaid system; marketplaces have collapsed in many states, leaving only one or two insurers to provide coverage; and millions are still uninsured. Additionally, as <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/12223/republicans-open-door-criticism-if-they-repeal-frank-camp"><i>The Daily Wire</i></a> previously reported: &#8220;&#8230;the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the number of uninsured will increase to 26-28 million over the next ten years as more employers opt to stop offering insurance plans.&#8221;</p>
<p>What a legacy!</p>
<p>What this video shows is not what Obama has <i>accomplished</i>, but what people <i>believe</i> he&#8217;s accomplished. There&#8217;s a vital difference between good policy and policy that looks good. President Obama has pleased a great many people with good-looking policy. Unfortunately, the results of those policies have been almost uniformly terrible.</p>
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Climate Change

Cuba

Leonardo DiCaprio

Obamacare

<p>Democrats should run &#8220;beloved&#8221; figures such as Tom Hanks and Oprah Winfrey in the future as presidential candidates, said neo-Marxist filmmaker Michael Moore in a Sunday-aired interview with left-wing CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper.</p>
<p>Implicitly describing Hillary Clinton as unlikable, Moore called for a celebrity Democrat response to Trump in the next presidential election: </p>
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<p>&#8220;Frankly, Democrats would be better off if they ran Oprah or Tom Hanks, or, why don&#8217;t we run beloved people? We have so many of them. The Republicans do this. They run Reagan and The Terminator, and other people. Why don&#8217;t we run somebody that the American people love, that they are really draw to? And they are smart, and have good politics, and all that. Why don&#8217;t Democrats do that?&#8221;</p>
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<p>The Democrat Party, according to Moore, was insufficiently left-wing. He called for a more &#8220;progressive&#8221; party platform:</p>
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<p>&#8220;My sincere hope is that DNC, that there is a clean sweep in this party. They all have to go, and they have to make room for the progressive Democrats who are gonna come in here, they&#8217;re gonna be needed to fight the things that Trump is going to do to the people of this country and the world. And we need young people, and women, and others who are going to really be the voice of this party. Not the same old same old.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Moore implied that Trump&#8217;s supporters were not motivated by the president-elect&#8217;s policy proposals, dismissing their support as superficially grounded in a nebulous desire for &#8220;change.&#8221;</p>
<p>He claimed that &#8220;Trump people&#8221; he spoke with in New York City told him they would have voted for a socialist like Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT).</p>
<div>&#8220;They were just mad at the system,&#8221; said Moore of Trump supporters he claimed to have spoken to, implying that the president-elect&#8217;s base of support was not grounded in substantive agreement on policies.</div>
<p>Watch the video below.</p>
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Moore: Democrats Should Run Oprah Winfrey/Tom Hanks

Hillary Clinton

Jake Tapper

Michael Moore

Oprah Winfrey

State of the Union

<p>A genuine problem has sprung up: a mother named Laura DiMichele-Ross shared a photo in a Facebook group called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ReasonsMySonCry/photos/a.161597380672040.1073741828.160356534129458/172075349624243/?type=3&amp;theater">Reasons My Son Is Crying</a> back in 2013.Here&#8217;s the problem: people are going crasy trying to figure out if the picture is of Tom Hanks or Bill Murray. </p>
<p>This is Tom Hanks:</p>
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<p>And this is Bill Murray:</p>
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So who the hell is this? Which one is it?</p>
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<p>Not to keep you in suspense, but if we told you right away, that wouldn&#8217;t be much fun would it? Therefore, in the interest of piquing your interest, here are a few clues about the actor you see in this picture:</p>
<p>1. He is 66 years old.</p>
<p>2. He was born in Evanston, Illinois.</p>
<p>3. He is 6&#8217;2&#8243;.</p>
<p>4. He has been married twice.</p>
<p>5. He has six children.</p>
<p>6. He has never won an Academy Award.</p>
<p>By now, it should be clear. The actor in the picture is . . . . . . . . Bill Murray.</p>
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