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Booker may not be fond of podcasts, but he has found his voice in other, more unique ways. The release of the Book 1 “Forrest Gump” sneakers came with ads, placing Booker in scenes from the iconic 1994 movie that starred Tom Hanks. In one, Booker sits on a park bench in Savannah, Ga. In another, he runs on scenic U.S. Route 163 near the Arizona-Utah border. While the character is a CGI creation, Booker insists he did the voice work, which is amusing and almost difficult to believe. Booker said he rewatched the Forrest Gump scenes a “million times” to try to get everything right. Then in his best southern drawl, he recorded a voice memo, one that required a few takes. “Mama always said there’s an awful lot you could tell about a person by their shoes. Where they goin’. Where they been.
While Butler is the most prominent hooper in the coffee market, he faces competition from brands pushed by former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, actor Tom Hanks and influencer Emma Chamberlain. Coffee is an increasingly lucrative business: Grand View Research, a market research firm, estimated the global specialty coffee market at $101 billion in 2024 with expected annual growth of 10 percent through 2030. Butler said he has already spent “millions” on Big Face, which has a staff of six employees, plus 15 retail workers in Miami. “Creating a business and sustaining it, everybody knows you don’t make money the first couple of years,” he said. “It’s a passion. It’s not about the money. That will come later on in life; I’m sure of it. It’s competitive in coffee, but the best thing is there’s space for everybody.”
LeBron James on paparazzi: What the f--- happened to personal space?
LeBron James: I just saw the Tom Hanks clip of his wife almost being trampled over by the paparazzi. What the f--- ever happened to personal space?? Now if Tom would have stole on one of them, he would be the one in the wrong and probably sued! How are they protected more than he and his wife?
The votes are in, and Tom Hanks, Dwayne Johnson, Oprah Winfrey and LeBron James have the most trusted opinions on political and social issues, according to a new survey of American voters. NBA star James was also cited for doing the most to raise awareness and motivation around voting in the general population and among Gen Z voters, and for having the most trusted opinions among Black voters.
Maury Hanks' lengthy ordeal with COVID-19 stretches back a month but he's back in his Knoxville-area home, though he's still in recovery mode. He has lost 20 pounds and is trying to regain his strength. He is still experiencing issues with his balance. He is taking afternoon naps. He looks and feels like Tom Hanks' character in "Castaway."
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"Some of my items: a knife, in case I'm out there with Sasquatch and we go toe-to-toe," he said. He also bought a Frisbee in case his hike somehow turned into the plot of the Tom Hanks film "Cast Away." "You know you're out there and you get bored. Cast Away. Think about Cast Away. If he didn’t have that volleyball he was done," Butler said.
An LLC with connections to a trio of NBA brothers, the Plumlee family, has purchased a $5 million condo in a discrete Tribeca building. According to public records, Ego Triping LLC, a company with the same address as the Plumlee family home in Indiana, purchased the Walker Street apartment in an off-market sale from an undisclosed seller. Paperwork from the seller was signed by Howard Altman, a Hollywood business manager whose firm has been linked to Brad Pitt, Tom Hanks and Dawyne “The Rock” Johnson.
Cedi Osman: However, I like to watch a lot of movies. I go to a movie theater two or three times a week. I have enjoyed the recent “Avengers” films, “Batman vs Superman”, and also “Sully” with Tom Hanks which is based on a true story. Those are the kind of movies I love. And of course, when I am at home I also spend time playing NBA 2K, like many of my teammates do. And I usually pick the Cleveland Cavaliers…
On leaving the 2011 NBA Finals loss behind in the Bahamas: "After the season, I took about two weeks where I didn’t leave my room. I told the story, I looked like Tom Hanks in Cast Away when I finally left the house . . . I looked terrible and D-Wade called me and we went to the Bahamas. I took that vacation and I left that [Finals] loss in the Bahamas."
As a team-building exercise during their week-long stay at Duke University during training camp, the Nets spent an evening taking in an advance screening of “Captain Phillips,” the new film starring Tom Hanks. “The movie was good,” said Fred Galloway, the Nets’ assistant director of team security. If anyone should know, it would be Galloway. Before joining the Nets before last season, Galloway spent six years working as an investigator on an FBI counter terrorism team, after working in the New York Police Department’s Intelligence Division.
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