The Film Society of Lincoln Center will honor Tom Hanks in its annual gala tribute, citing the actor's talent of making "a good man compelling." The two-time Academy Award winner will be feted April 27 at Alice Tully Hall, which is being renovated but scheduled to reopen Feb. 22. It will be the society's 36th annual gala. ''With his talent, his presence, his versatility, his sense of humor, he has set a very high standard for his fellow actors,'' said Kent Jones, the society's associate director of programming. The 52-year-old Hanks won best-actor Oscars for 1993's ''Philadelphia'' and 1994's ''Forrest Gump.''
Fox talks about her crush on female stripper
Megan Fox has nothing to hide. The candid 22-year-old ''Transformers'' star, who's currently engaged to actor Brian Austin Green, opened up to GQ about her love life, telling the magazine she was once in love with a female stripper. Fox, who appears on the October cover in a black bikini, said she was in the relationship when she was 18 and first living in Los Angeles alone. ''Well, that year my boyfriend broke up with me, and I decided - oh man, sorry, mommy! - that I was in love with this girl that worked at the Body Shop. . . a stripper named Nikita,'' Fox said.
Loveless records Stevie Nicks song for fundraiser
Patty Loveless has found inspiration from a queen of classic rock: Stevie Nicks. The 51-year-old country singer recorded Nicks' Fleetwood Mac song ''Silver Springs'' for a new CD to raise money for the Imus Ranch, a working New Mexico cattle ranch founded by radio personality Don Imus and his wife, Deirdre, to help ill children. ''The Imus Ranch Record'' also includes contributions from Delbert McClinton, Lucinda Williams, Levon Helm, Raul Malo, Little Richard, Randy Travis, Big & Rich, Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam and Vince Gill.
Celebrity birthdays
Actor David Huddleston is 78.
Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) is 75.
Actor Paul Benedict is 70.
Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter is 69.
Singer LaMonte McLemore (The Fifth Dimension) is 69.
Singer Fee Waybill is 58.
Actress Cassandra Peterson ("Elvira, Mistress of the Dark") is 57.
Comedian Rita Rudner is 55.
Muppeteer Kevin Clash is 48.
Movie director Baz Luhrmann is 46.
Singer BeBe Winans is 46.
Actor Kyle Chandler is 43.
Rapper Doug E. Fresh is 42.
Actor Malik Yoba is 41.
Rock musician Keith Flint (Prodigy) is 39.
Actor Matthew Settle is 39.
Rapper Vinnie (Naughty By Nature) is 38.
Rock singer Anastacia is 35.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Marcus Sanders (Hi-Five) is 35.
Actress-singer Nona Gaye is 34.
Singer-actor Constantine Maroulis is 33.
Pop singer Maile Misajon (Eden's Crush) is 32.
Country singer-songwriter Stephen Cochran is 29.
Rock musician Chuck Comeau (Simple Plan) is 29.
Country singer Desi Wasdin (3 of Hearts) is 25.
Rock musician Jon Walker (Panic at the Disco) is 23.
