Tom Hanks Surprises White House Reporters With Gift, Urges to 'Keep Up the Good Fight'

Reporters in the White House are enjoying their coffee this morning thanks to Tom Hanks.

The Oscar winner gifted the press corps with an espresso machine on Thursday, accompanied by an uplifting note. “To the White House Press Corps. Keep up the good fight for Truth, Justice, and the American Way. Especially for the Truth part,” it read, per a photo captured by CNN’s Jake Tapper.

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With President Trump bashing major media outlets like CNN as “fake news,” reporters probably need all the caffeine they can get. The president also recently banned news outlets The New York Times, BBC and The Guardian, among others, from a White House press conference.

Hanks has been an outspoken critic of POTUS, but has also expressed hope shortly following the election. “We do have the greatest country in the world. We may move at a slow pace, but we do have the greatest country in the world, because we are always moving toward a more perfect Union,” he told Esquire.

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This marks Hanks third gesture in 13 years of surprising the press corp. He first sent them an espresso machine in 2004, when he and his family were visiting the White House, according to CNN. One reporter Tweeted: “For those curious-this isn’t a Trump era thing. Hanks gave WH press an espresso machine in ’04, checked on it in ’10.”

More journalists also took to Twitter to thank Hanks for the latest upgrade.

Thanks @tomhanks for the new espresso machine at the WH. Third one he's given us over the years. pic.twitter.com/iAU0Cd8DM9

— Allie Malloy (@AlliemalCNN) March 2, 2017

BREAKING: White House press corps receives brand-new espresso machine from @tomhanks. Come for the coffee… stay for his note. ???? pic.twitter.com/cirbLKHEt0

— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) March 2, 2017

Thanks @tomhanks-very kind of you to send a new espresso machine to the White House press corps. We appreciated the other ones-nice upgrade! pic.twitter.com/2Ne2c2Rd96

— Karen Travers (@karentravers) March 2, 2017

The Evolution of Tom Hanks' Hair: From 'Bosom Buddies' to 'Da Vinci Code'

Tom Hanks' wavy mullet was something of an obsession for the actor as he embarked on the first installment in the "Da Vinci Code" series. In honor of the film's 10-year anniversary, take a look back at the Oscar winner's coif chronology.
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When Hanks wasn't showing off his real brown locks on the early 1980s sitcom "Bosom Buddies," he donned a woman's wig during his cross-dressing scenes with co-star Peter Scolari. (The ABC show revolved around two bachelors who dress as women in order to secure an affordable apartment.)
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Hanks' hair is his thing, dating back to his breakout film role in the hit 1984 romantic comedy "Splash." Just look at how Daryl Hannah (who played the mermaid Madison) is combing her fingers through it!
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Apparently studio execs were banking on Hanks' curly mop: This publicity photo for the raunchy 1984 comedy "Bachelor Party" has another woman running her fingers through his locks.
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Hanks' hair seemed to reach peak condition in the hit 1988 Penny Marshall comedy "Big."
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Hanks' hair was slicked back in some scenes for the 1990 dramatic comedy "The Bonfire of the Vanities."
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Hanks played a lawyer afflicted with HIV-AIDS in the 1993 drama "Philadelphia," for which he won his first Academy Award. And yes, his hair reflected such as he depicted various stages of his character's illness in the film.
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Hanks wore his hair closely cropped during most of 1994's "Forrest Gump," which won six Oscars, including the actor's second win in the Best Actor category.
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But he also wore a long-haired look, complete with impenetrable beard, during the the film's famous running sequence set in the 1970s.
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Who can forget Hanks' blonde permed look in the 2000 drama "Castaway" (in which he re-teamed with Zemeckis)?
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His hair was styled quite fancifully in the 2004 Coen Brothers comedy "The Ladykillers."
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To achieve the perfect coiffure for "The Da Vinci Code," Hanks thought really hard about it: "[I wanted it] fuller in the back and falling down across my forehead," he shared in a 2006 interview. "But the truth is my hair cannot be long and flowing -- genetically, it doesn't do that. It's a bush... We talked about a wig, but that ends up taking a huge amount of time. So I went to these guys who know about hair chemistry and found a way." Science.
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And the winner for most styles worn by Hanks in a single movie goes to: 2012's "Cloud Atlas."
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When Hanks reprised his "Da Vinci" role as Robert Langdon for a third time in "Inferno" (in theaters Oct. 28), he ditched the party in the back, opting for a smoothed-out, shorter version. Good choice.
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Celebrate the 10th anniversary of “The Da Vinci Code” with a stroll down memory mane

Tom Hanks' wavy mullet was something of an obsession for the actor as he embarked on the first installment in the "Da Vinci Code" series. In honor of the film's 10-year anniversary, take a look back at the Oscar winner's coif chronology.

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