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Tom Hanks’ Wife Rita Wilson Reveals The Reason Behind Rejecting ‘When Harry Met Sally’, Says “It Was To Tom But He Turned…

Tom Hanks’ wife Rita Wilson reveals why he rejected ‘When Harry Met Sally’ (Picture Credit: Instagram & IMDB) Acclaimed star Tom Hanks and actress Meg Ryan teamed for two rom-com classics: 1993’s ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ and 1998’s ‘You’ve Got Mail’. So why wasn’t he also a part of 1988’s ‘When Harry Met Sally’? Tom Hanks’ wife Rita Wilson, revealed the secret reason on iHeart Podcast’s Table for Two With Bruce Bozzi, reports Deadline. “People probably don’t know this, but Tom Hanks was offered When Harry Met…

Twitch to improve revenue splits, but only when certain conditions are met

And it’s capped as well Sometimes it’s difficult to know what’s going on at Twitch at any given time. On one hand, the streaming platform has made attempts to remove hate groups. On the other, it’s also been embroiled in a series of controversies. This is especially true when it comes to the streamers themselves. However, there is some good news on the horizon, as it turns out that the Amazon-owned company is increasing its revenue split, returning to the old 70/30 divide. The new program is being referred to as “Partner…

Elon Musk met with Italy PM Giorgia Meloni to talk AI, birth rates

Tesla CEO Elon Musk.Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty ImagesElon Musk met with Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday and discussed the risks of artificial intelligence and birth rates, among other topics, the Italian leader tweeted Thursday.The Tesla CEO landed in Rome on Thursday on a flight from Austin, Texas, according to the Instagram account that tracks the billionaire's private jet.It marks the start of what is expected to be a short European tour. Musk will travel to France on Friday to speak at the Viva Tech…

Why did Tom Hanks turn down lead role in ‘When Harry Met Sally’? | Hollywood

If fate had it, the 1989 classic "When Harry Met Sally" would have starred Tom Hanks instead of Billy Crystal. In a recent interaction on "Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi" podcast, Hanks' wife, Rita Wilson revealed that the Hollywood superstar was offered the movie but he turned it down. Actor Tom Hanks attends the Photo Call for ''A Man Called Otto'' at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California.(Reuters) Wilson also shared the reason due to which Hanks didn't do the movie. Had Hanks done…

This Unexpected ‘Star Wars’ Archaeological Discovery Was Met With the Only Correct Reaction

Image via Lucasfilm It’s coming up to a full half-century since Star Wars exploded into theaters and became an enduring global phenomenon. Those original fans are now deep into middle age and one of them has just made a surprising discovery in their backyard. Twitter user @bhdonkey revealed that he’s now taken over his family home and was doing some irrigation work in the backyard when he found a lost Sith secret. It was something dark, something evil, that perhaps should have remained buried for all time. Yup,…

CNET’s new guidelines for AI journalism met with union pushback

Nearly seven months after it began publishing machine-generated stories without disclosing their true authorship (or lack thereof) to readers, CNET has finally, publicly changed its policy on the use of AI in its journalistic endeavors. In short, stories written by its in-house artificial intelligence — which it calls Responsible AI Machine Partner (RAMP) — are no more, but the specter of AI in its newsroom is far from exorcised.  The site indicates, however, that there are still two broad categories of pursuits where…

Meta unveils Quest 3 mixed reality headset ahead of Apple’s VR debut

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday revealed the company's next-generation mixed reality headset, the Quest 3, as it braces for Apple to potentially reshape a nascent market that Meta has dominated so far.Priced starting at $499, the device will be 40% thinner than the company's previous headset and feature color mixed reality, which combines augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) elements, Zuckerberg said in an Instagram post. Meta also said it would lower the prices of its existing Quest 2 headsets, while…

How TikTok broke social media

TikTok’s fate hangs in the balance. But what is already clear is that the app has changed social media for good—and in a way that will make life harder for incumbent social apps. In less than six years TikTok has weaned the world off old-fashioned social-networking and got it hooked on algorithmically selected short videos. Users love it. The trouble for the platforms is that the new model makes less money than the old one, and may always do so. View…

Lauren Jauregui Revealed Immediately Falling For Sasha Mallory, “When We Met, It Was Instant Chemistry”

LAUREN’S INSTANT LOVE(Photo Credit: Bang Showbiz) Lauren Jauregui had “instant chemistry” with Sasha Mallory. The 26-year-old singer revealed she immediately fell for the ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ star when they worked together for the live performance film that accompanied her debut EP ‘Prelude’. Lauren told PEOPLE: “When we met, it was instant chemistry. It was like, ‘What the f*** is this?'” Lauren Jauregui and Sasha went Instagram official in February after almost a year of dating, Lauren wanted to share their…

Baywatch Star David Hasselhoff Talks About The Moment When He Met Dancing Legend Sammy Davis Jr & Was Left Starstruck, Shares The Best…

David Hasselhoff reveals the moment he was most ‘starstruck’ ( Photo Credit – Bang Showbiz ) David Hasselhoff was “most starstruck” when he met Sammy Davis Jr. The 70-year-old actor crossed paths with dancing legend Sammy – who died in 1990 at the age of 64 following a battle with cancer – when he was a young star of soap opera ‘The Young and the Restless’ in the 1970s and revealed how the showbiz veteran gave him a warning about a career in entertainment. David Hasselhoff told UsWeekly: “The moment I was the most…