It's long been rumored that two-time Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks is truly as awesome in real life as he seems.

"Africa is so beautiful! Everyone MUST visit at least one time in their life!" says Chester "Chet" Hanks "Haze," the rapping 22 year-old scion of an immensely wealthy A-list Hollywood movie star, in his inimitable declarative style. Here he is, pictured above, posing in a typical African dwelling amid local flora and…

We're asking because we really loved Cloud Atlas and don't remember John Travolta being in the book. [Cloud Atlas]

Okay, here is the ABSOLUTELY TRUE setup to the jokes which you are about to hear: Chester M. "Chet Haze" Hanks is the Northwestern University-educated son of multimillionaire Oscar-winning Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks. The very definition of a self-made man, in other words. And he's a rapper. Haha. But wait, scratch…

Here we are six weeks into 2012, and we've barely even stopped to contemplate all of the knowledge, wisdom, and understanding that pours forth from Northwestern University rap star and Tom Hanks scion Chet Haze. We will now remedy that. Below, a thorough review of all of Chet's wisdom shared on Twitter thus far this…

Today in buried ledes: The Awl's Hanksy interview by EA Hanks forces everyone to google "EA Hanks," and the editor of Cat Fancy signs her emails "Purrs, Susan Logan." One of these stories interests me more than the other. I will never reveal which one.

[Updated.] Yesterday, we brought you an email sent out at 4 a.m. by a frantic Chet Haze — multi-hyphenate hip-hop impresario/Northwestern junior theater major/Rita Wilson's son — to his entire philosophy class, after realizing he was missing a month's worth of class notes for a term paper due THAT DAY. You've…

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan passed right near each other last month—millions of miles above earth. Not because they were launched into space by some kind of, I don't know, space... cannon? But because they are asteroids!

Well, it's the biggest holiday weekend of the summer and hopefully you're headed off to some lake or beach or house in the woods to celebrate the old-fashioned way. If not, go to a movie. There are robots! And Julia Roberts!

Last week, Tom Hanks appeared on Univision's Despierta America morning show and soon found himself in the middle of a weather report-turned-dance party with sexy co-host Chiquinquira Delgado. It was cute! And when Hanks reminisced about the incident with David Letterman on tonight's Late Show, we couldn't help but…

In an inexplicable appearance that proves he'll do just about anything to promote his upcoming film, Larry Crowne, Tom Hanks spent some time with the hosts of Univision's Despierta America morning show on Tuesday. And if the above video of Hanks dancing the "weather mambo" with sexy co-host Chiquinquira Delgado is…

While talking about Old People in Love, the new movie he stars in with Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks told Access Hollywood host/animated pool of spray-tan liquid Billy Bush that he used "man Spanx" for a scene that featured his butt in his underwear. This is not a polite subject of conversation!

You might know that Tom Hanks has a gangsta-rapping son at Northwestern University who goes by the name Chet Haze. How did someone so white bread as Tom Hanks produce a kid like Chet Haze? He offered a possible explanation on the Ellen DeGeneres Show today.

20,000 Oprah Winfrey zealots filled Chicago's United Center on Tuesday night for the taping of a two-part farewell spectacular that will air on May 23rd and 24th. It was billed as a "night of surprises," but, like Oprah, I hate surprises. So here's a list of everyone who showed up, as exhaustively docutweeted by The…

Tonight, 30 Rock celebrated its 100th episode with a storyline about—what else?—TGS's mishap-ridden centennial. Following his fake trip to Africa, a despondent Tracy Jordan thought that he could get his mojo back by being offensive on some talk shows, like Rachael Ray, Live! and Today. He was wrong. And it was…

On tonight's Elton John-hosted SNL, Tom Hanks made a cameo—a Laser Cats (The Musical!) Digital Short cameo! Faced with the kidnapping of his Castaway companion, Wilson, Hanks was forced to pitch the horribly low-budget film to Lorne Michaels.

Here's a trailer for Larry Crowne, the romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks, who also directed and co-wrote. While these two-biggest-American-movie-stars have been on screen together, in Charlie Wilson's War, this is their first time smooching and falling in love. America is healed?

The art house's favorite princess is establishing herself on premium cable, just like a regular actress. Also today: some women you may like have landed pilot roles, Mark Wahlberg might take a second round in the boxing ring, and an American Idol theory.

Not if he gets his way in his next movie he won't. Also today: pilot casting including roles for an old WB favorite and a new CW regular, Tom Hanks and Tim Allen hop aboard the lucrative theme park ride adaptation movie racket, and Christina Aguilera gets her sentence.

Tom Hanks is a national treasure. Here's fake Toddlers and Tiaras footage of Tom Hanks and his daughter Sophie perusing her dream as a Pageant Girl in the "Miss Ultimate Sexy Baby Contest." Who knew Jimmy Kimmel Live would prove to be so entertaining today?