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Colin’s father Tom Hanks joined the micro-blog network Twitter. Go to twitter.com/tomhanks and follow Mr. Hanks in order to find out “What he’s doing.”

…. and if his son decides to sign up, Tom surely tells his followers.

Tom is on MySpace, too: www.myspace.com/tomhanks

I cannot believe we missed it but this past Sunday, June 21st was Alex Whitman’s 25th birthday! Many of Colin’s fans–myself included–fell in love with Colin during the period of time he portrayed Alexander Charles Whitman on “Roswell”. So happy belated birthday to him!

On Roswell’s season 2 the character Alex Whitman, portrayed by Colin Hanks, died. The storyline with the cover-up Sweden story began in episode #212 “We Are Family”, when Alex showed his friends some pictures of his ‘pretended’ Sweden student exchange.

In a scene Alex introduced a young Swedish girl named Jennifer Coleman to his friends.

The fan site Crashdown.com, which is still open and brings news about the recent projects of cast and crew had the chance to talk to Nicole Brunner, who played Jennifer/Leanna on the show. In the Q&A with 10 questions they asked her about Colin Hanks, too:

03. In #212 We Are Family, Alex first talked about your character when a picture in the slide show appears. Did you really met Colin Hanks for a photo-shoot or is this picture photoshopped like the story line in “Roswell” later reveals?

I did have the pleasure of meeting Colin Hanks for the photo-shoot on the studio lot. He is exactly how you would think, very sweet and down to earth. I actually graduated from the same high school performing arts academy as his dad (Tom Hanks).

Be sure to read the interview in full on Crashdown.com:
Crashdown’s 10 Questions for Nicole Brunner

The E-bay auction “Colin Hanks’ DKNY tie” for the good cause ends in 17 hours and 31 mins. Make sure to place your bid: DKNY tie

100 percent of the proceeds are going to Career Gear to support their mission of assisting disadvantaged men find and retain employment!

Thanks to Shelley we can show you bigger versions of the tie Colin donated to the nonprofit organization Career Gear:

Thanks a lot Shelley!

As already reported in March, the cast of “33 Variations” as well as other Broadway actors did a photoshoot for Vanity Fair on February 26, 2009 with photographer Mark Seliger.

A picture plus a short article is available on vanityfair.com.

In addition, you can watch a behind the scenes video of the photoshooting on the website of the magazine. Please follow this link to the video.

Colin and his “33 Variations” co-star Samantha Mathis talk in front of the camera, too.

Related News:
“33 Variations” cast did a photoshoot for VANITY FAIR, March 4, 2009