Hanks believes that if "Philadelphia" (1993) came out today, he couldn't play the lead role of a gay man. "I don't think people would accept the inauthenticity," Hanks told The New York Times Magazine ...

With raised awareness of proper representation in Hollywood, Tom Hanks admittedly reaped the benefits owing his first Oscar win to his performance as a gay man battling HIV in 1993's Philadelphia.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Lee Thomas, an All-Star player who eventually became the architect of the 1993 NL champion Philadelphia Phillies, has died. He was 86. Thomas died Wednesday at his home in St.