Why Tom Hanks loves crashing weddings: ‘It’s my ego unchecked’

Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" took the No. 1 spot at the box office after a close tie with "Top Gun: Maverick," with "Elvis" reporting $31.1 million in weekend sales.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticDoes the phrase “that’s all right” apply to the new “Elvis” movie… as in, “that’s all correct”? No one is probably expecting that — any practiced watcher of biopics knows virtually any example of the form will take deep liberties with the facts for dramatic purposes. And maybe it’s a given that a director who puts hip-hop and hard rock on the soundtracks for period films, as Baz Luhrmann does, might favor effect over absolute verisimilitude.Still, “Elvis” is right on enough counts — literally or spiritually — that it’s worth trying to separate fact from fiction in the movie’s narrative of Elvis Presley (played by Austin Butler) and his nearly career-long manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks).

Tom Hanks is a certified wedding crasher. The "Forrest Gump" star, 65, shared during Tuesday’s episode of "Late Night With Seth Meyers" that his ego goes "unchecked" when he crashes people’s wedding photos. "It’s my ego, unchecked," Hanks said.

Tom Hanks has opened up about crashing other people’s weddings and joked about how his appearances at ceremonies is what makes them more memorable. The 65-year-old actor discussed how he has crashed multiple weddings during an appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Tuesday.

No one loves crashing a wedding more than Tom Hanks!

Tom Hanks is “a man of many hats,” one being “a man who will show up at a wedding, invited or not.”

Priscilla Presley says that her ex-husband, Elvis Presley, would approve of the latest film highlighting his life. In a Good Morning America appearance on Friday, Presley, 77, was joined Olivia DeJonge – who plays her in the upcoming movie – to share insight of what its like to see her life on the big screen.

David Bowie, explaining how they almost worked on a project together in Berlin.The director, who worked with the late musician on the soundtrack for 2001’s Moulin Rouge!, told NME about how Bowie’s classic track ‘Changes’ impacted his life.“From the moment I first heard this song, I was a huge Bowie fan,” Luhrmann said. “I eventually worked with him [on the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack] and then towards the end of his life, he became a very good friend.“He used to come round and we’d walk the dogs.

Priscilla Presley is giving “Elvis” her seal of approval.

One of hip hop’s kings is paying homage to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.

the New York Times that both “Philadelphia” and his 1994 dramedy “Forrest Gump” were “timely movies, at the time, that you might not be able to make now.”“Let’s address, ‘Could a straight man do what I did in Philadelphia now?’ ” Hanks asked. “No, and rightly so.

Getting protective. Tom Hanks stood up for his wife, Rita Wilson, when an excited crowd of fans caused her to nearly fall during a recent outing.

outraged over rumors about the actor’s health amid circulation of a video that shows him shaking onstage at the Australian premiere of his new film “Elvis.”In the just-released footage, recorded June 4, Hanks’ hands can be seen trembling as he appeared to struggle to keep a steady hold on a microphone — as the crowd laughs and cheers for his witty words. The 65-year-old film legend — who went public with his Type 2 diabetes diagnosis in 2013 — moved the mike back and forth between his shaking hands. At several points he attempted to hold the device with both hands as he spoke to his rapt audience.