Tom Hanks to publish book inspired by his love of typewriters

Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks has struck a publishing deal for a book of short stories he wrote inspired by his collection of vintage typewriters. The Forrest Gump star owns more than 100 typewriters and had talked in the past about his intention to write an anthology of stories about them, which he has now agreed with William Heinemann, part of the Penguin Random House publishing company.

PHOTOS: Notable deaths in 2016

British singer and icon David Bowie circa 1983. Bowie died on January 10, 2016 after an 18-month battle with cancer at the age of 69. Three-time World Heavyweight Champion boxer Muhammad Ali, training in his gym in 1965.

A cabal of elites elects the president. But our founders preferred…

This Oct. 28, 2008, file photo from Glenburn, Maine, shows sportswear bearing the name of a college that doesn’t exist: the Electoral College This Oct. 28, 2008, file photo from Glenburn, Maine, shows sportswear bearing the name of a college that doesn’t exist: the Electoral College American presidential elections are generally orderly affairs. People vote, somebody wins and life goes on.