Luis Betancourt puts a door in the restaurant called The American Sector while workers hurry to finish the Victory Theater in New Orleans Tuesday, NOv. 3, 2009 in time to show "Beyond All Boundaries,'' a war film produced by Tom Hanks opening on Friday. The theater is part of a $300 million expansion of the National WWII Museum. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Luis Betancourt puts a door in the restaurant called The American Sector while workers hurry to finish the Victory Theater in New Orleans Tuesday, NOv. 3, 2009 in time to show "Beyond All Boundaries,'' a war film produced by Tom Hanks opening on Friday. The theater is part of a $300 million expansion of the National WWII Museum.

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  1. NEW ORLEANS - NOVEMBER 05: > the grand opening of The National World War II Museum expansion on November 5, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  2. Actor Tom Hanks arrives for the 2009 Governors Awards at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California on November 14, 2009. The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is presenting the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-executive John Calley, and Honorary Awards to actress Lauren Bacall, producer-director Roger Corman, and cinematographer Gordon Willis at the inaugural Governors Awards event.
  3. Actor Tom Hanks (R) joins seven former Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award recipients Dino de Laurentiis, Warren Beatty, Norman Jewison, Saul Zaentz, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Walter Mirisch (L-R) onstage at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences 2009 Governors Awards prior to the presentation of the award to producer John Calley in Hollywood, California November 14, 2009.
  4. Actor Tom Hanks arrives for the 2009 Governors Awards at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California on November 14, 2009. The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is presenting the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-executive John Calley, and Honorary Awards to actress Lauren Bacall, producer-director Roger Corman, and cinematographer Gordon Willis at the inaugural Governors Awards event.
  5. Actor Tom Hanks arrives for the 2009 Governors Awards at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California on November 14, 2009. The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is presenting the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-executive John Calley, and Honorary Awards to actress Lauren Bacall, producer-director Roger Corman, and cinematographer Gordon Willis at the inaugural Governors Awards event.
  6. Actor Tom Hanks arrives for the 2009 Governors Awards at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California on November 14, 2009. The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is presenting the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-executive John Calley, and Honorary Awards to actress Lauren Bacall, producer-director Roger Corman, and cinematographer Gordon Willis at the inaugural Governors Awards event.
  7. Actor Tom Hanks uses his fingers as a "view finder" as he watches his wife Rita Wilson pose at the premiere of her new film "Old Dogs" in Hollywood, California November 9, 2009. Rita Wilson's publicist Heidi Schaeffer is shown.
  8. Actress Rita Wilson poses with husband actor Tom Hanks (R) at the premiere of her new film "Old Dogs" in Hollywood, California, November 9, 2009.
  9. Actress Rita Wilson poses with her husband actor Tom Hanks at the premiere of her new film "Old Dogs" in Hollywood, California November 9, 2009.
  10. Actress Rita Wilson poses with her husband actor Tom Hanks at the premiere of her new film "Old Dogs" in Hollywood, California November 9, 2009.
  11. Actress Rita Wilson, star of the new film "Old Dogs" starring John Travolta and Robin Williams, arrives with her husband Tom Hanks (L) at the film's premiere in Hollywood, California, November 9, 2009.
  12. Actor Robin Williams, star of the new film "Old Dogs" reacts as actor Tom Hanks (R) leans in to check Williams's heart at the film's premiere in Hollywood, California November 9, 2009. Williams has had heart surgery in March 2009 and has since recovered.
  13. Actor Robin Williams, star of the new film "Old Dogs", reacts as actor Tom Hanks (R) leans in to check Williams's heart as they arrive at the film's premiere in Hollywood, California November 9, 2009. Williams had heart surgery in March 2009 and has recovered.
  14. HOLLYWOOD - NOVEMBER 09: Actor Tom Hanks arrives at the premiere of Walt Disney Pictures' 'Old Dogs' held at the El Capitan Theatre on November 9, 2009 in Hollywood, California.
  15. Executive producer of "Beyond All Boundaries," actor Tom Hanks, speaks during opening ceremonies for the Solomon Victory Theater at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans in this publicity photo taken November 6, 2009 and released to Reuters November 9, 2009. Hanks helped inaugurate the theater, which features the sights, sounds and even artificial "snow" meant to recall the wintery landscape of the Ardennes Forest in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge.
  16. World War II veterans are applauded as they walk the red carpet during opening ceremonies for the Solomon Victory Theater at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans in this publicity photo taken November 6, 2009, and released to Reuters on November 9, 2009. Actor Tom Hanks helped inaugurate the theater, which features the sights, sounds and even artificial "snow" meant to recall the wintery landscape of the Ardennes Forest in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge.

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