Thompson on Hollywood: Hanks Joins Women in the World Summit to Tribute Ephron

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Hanks Joins Women in the World Summit to Tribute Ephron Mar 15th 2013, 00:34 The two-day annual Women in the World summit, to be held in New York on April 4 and 5, will feature such female icons as Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey, Ambassador Susan E. Rice and Diane von Furstenberg, among others. Tom Hanks, currently starring on Broadway in Nora Ephron's final play "Lucky Guy" will offer a celebratory tribute to Ephron, famed screenwriter (and fairweather director) of films such as "Sleepless in Seattle" and "You've Got Mail," and a woman-in-the-world if there ever was one, who died in June 2012 after a difficult trudge through leukemia. He plays '80s New York Post journalist Mike McAlaray, who nabbed a Pulitzer Prize for his indicting spotlights on police corruption in the city. The play, which opened March 1 to warm reviews and strong audience turnout, was written about movingly by Ephron's son Jacob Bernstein in the NYT: "On Sunday, one of the nurses arrived to give her medication and innocently asked if she was planning on writing about what was... Media files: SA-WOMEN25--606x404.jpg (image/jpeg)

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