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Tom Hanks’ son Chet Hanks faced more than a few Cast Away jokes after revealing he is stuck in Colombia without his U.S. passport.

“Free me! Free me,” Chet, 35, joked via an Instagram video on Friday, February 27.

The Running Point actor explained that he recently traveled to Puerto Rico for his “homeboy Max’s birthday party” and “had a good time.” After the birthday festivities, Chet decided to visit another friend in Medellín, Colombia.

“Sounds good, right? Well, check this out,” he quipped before revealing his nightmare travel story.

Per Chet, he has been “traveling with my Greek passport because I’m a dual citizen” and thus decided to leave his U.S. passport at home since it was about to expire.

“Sometimes they don’t let you in the country, even if it hasn’t expired, but it’s about to expire,” Chet claimed.

Chet apparently had a wild time in Medellín but the trip took a stressful turn when he showed up at the airport to fly back home.

“I go to the airport to check in [for] my flight three hours early,” he said. “This is an international flight. They tell me that if I’m using a foreign passport, I need a green card to get back into America.”

The problem with the airport staff’s request is that Chet doesn’t have a green card since he’s “an American citizen.”

“I’m literally stuck in Colombia. I’m stuck in Medellín,” he admitted to viewers. “Granted, there’s worse places to be stuck, but I literally have no f***ing idea what I’m gonna do, and the only embassy to get this s*** settled is in Bogota.”

Chet explained that he was reluctant to travel from Medellín to Bogota in order to get the travel issue resolved.

“So, free me,” he jokingly begged.

Us Weekly has reached out to Chet’s representatives for comment.

Chet did not seem too stressed about his travel situation, as he later shared numerous videos and photos of himself partying with friends.

The comments of Chet’s video were filled with fans humorously referencing his dad’s classic movie Cast Away, where Tom played a Fedex courier stranded on a South Pacific island.

“Better call someone in your family to have them FedEx your passport to you ASAP,” one Instagram user joked, while another added, “Tom Hanks doesn’t have the best of luck with FedEx.”

One commenter slipped in a sly reference to another of Tom’s movies by suggesting that the Oscar winner might be “waiting at the terminal” for Chet. (The 2004 comedy The Terminal starred Tom, 69, as an Eastern European traveler stuck at New York City’s John F. Kennedy Airport.)

Before his vacation troubles, Us Weekly exclusively chatted with the actor and musician about a potential collaboration with his mom, Rita Wilson. Chet — who has released music under the pseudonym “Chet Haze” — initially joked that he couldn’t “afford” to make a track with his mom. (While primarily known for her acting, Wilson, 69, has also released five studio albums as a singer-songwriter.)

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Chet Hanks is sharing a glimpse into his childhood being raised by parents Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. During the Tuesday, July 23, episode of MTV’s Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets, Chet, 33, thought he was participating in an innocent game of uno with his housemates. The conversation, however, quickly turned into the cast discussing […]

“I’d probably have to sign my life away,” he joked to Us at the Clive Davis Pre-Grammys Gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 31.

Pressed on what kind of music they might make together, Chet hinted, “I don’t know, maybe we’ll have to do, like, a really ratchet, like, strip club song or something, I don’t know. You never know. I think she’s got it in her.”

Chet is one of Tom’s four children. The Da Vinci Code actor shares his eldest son, Colin Hanks, and daughter, Elizabeth Ann “E.A.” Hanks, with his first wife, Samantha Lewes, and welcomed Chet and his brother Truman Hanks with Wilson.

Shia LaBeouf has once again been arrested in New Orleans in connection with an alleged Mardi Gras-related incident.

The Associated Press reported on Saturday, February 28, that LaBeouf, 39, was arrested earlier in the day on suspicion of misdemeanor simple battery. This charge is related to his previous arrest on two counts of battery for allegedly striking an unidentified victim multiple times while being escorted out of a New Orleans restaurant on February 17.

The incident allegedly occurred at the Royal Street Inn & R Bar, near New Orleans’ French Quarter, where LaBeouf allegedly had a confrontation with multiple people during Mardi Gras festivities.

His attorney, Sarah Chervinsky, told the Associated Press that LaBeouf voluntarily turned himself in at the Orleans Parish jail after learning that a new arrest warrant was issued on Friday, February 27.

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Hours after being arrested following an alleged Mardi Gras party fight, Shia LaBeouf returned to the New Orleans festivities. According to photos obtained by the Daily Mail on Tuesday, February 17, LaBeouf, 39, was spotted holding a plastic cup of what seemed to be beer as he stood watching the annual celebration alongside fellow partygoers. […]

“No regular person would be required to post over $100,000 in bonds, and be jailed two separate times for one misdemeanor incident,” Chervinsky told the outlet. “Just as he does not deserve preferential treatment, Mr. LaBeouf also does not deserve to be treated more harshly by the police and courts just because he is a public figure.”

Us Weekly has reached out to representatives for LaBeouf and the New Orleans Police Department for comment.

Following his arrest on February 17, LaBeouf appeared in court that same day and now has a pretrial hearing set for Thursday, March 19. He was advised by the judge to return to drug and alcohol rehabilitation during his initial court appearance. (LaBeouf has yet to enter a plea for any of the three pending charges.)

The Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull actor — who has had multiple run-ins with the law over the years — initially responded to his arrest by tweeting “free me” hours after the alleged Mardi Gras altercation.

He has since sat down for an interview with Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan, which was released Saturday, where he responded to his arrest by saying it’s “not nice to hurt people ever.”

“It’s f***ing lame,” he insisted. “People got hurt, I got to deal with that. I’mma deal with that in full. I’ll eat it all. It’s on me. I f***ed up.”

LaBeouf said he’d relocated from Los Angeles to New Orleans because he’d “failed [in his] marriage” to Mia Goth but admitted he’d “hit a roadblock” with this latest setback. (Goth, 32, and LaBeouf were together on an off from 2012 to 2025.)

“I was drunk, and then I felt infringed upon, like, in terms of my proximity,” the former Even Stevens star explained. “I wasn’t in my right mind, so it’s on me. … It was probably just my fault, for, somewhere. I don’t know how, but I’m going to figure it out.”

He then dismissed the idea of going to rehab, saying, “My behavior? Bulls***. I gotta deal with it. Does that mean I got to go to rehab again? I’m just not into it, bro. I don’t think my answers are there, I don’t. If I genuinely did, I’d go. I don’t think I have a drinking problem. I think I have a different problem, and I’m going to address it.”

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As for why the Mardi Gras incident occurred, LaBeouf suggested that he has “a small man complex” which is “something that has to do with anger and ego more so than my drinking.”

“What kind of things set off that anger? I mean, boy, I haven’t experienced that for a while, but I’ll be honest with you, big gay people are scary to me,” he told Channel 5 News. “When I’m standing by myself and three gay dudes are next to me, touching my leg, I get scared. I’m sorry if that’s homophobic, then I’m that. It just happened one time, [and] that’s why I got arrested.”

LaBeouf ultimately admitted that he was “wrong for touching anyone ever.”

“That’s the end of my statement on this whole s***,” he insisted.

If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).

Whew! Things reportedly went left in a Texas relationship — and it all allegedly started over a phone. Authorities in Texas say Terriana Johnson is now facing serious charges after an argument with her boyfriend escalated inside their Waco home. What police claim happened next has social media talking, and it’s definitely not your average lovers’ quarrel.

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Texas Woman Booked After Heated Argument

According to jail records reviewed by Law & Crime, Terriana Johnson has been charged with aggravated assault and was booked into the McLennan County Jail on Thursday. The incident reportedly took place on Wednesday at a residence on the 1900 block of South 5th Street in Waco, where Johnson and her boyfriend of about one year were living.

Police say the boyfriend was in the shower when Johnson allegedly walked in yelling at him. After he got out, he reportedly saw her coming out of the kitchen, holding three knives. Authorities claim she approached him and said, “I’m going to cut you if you don’t give me your f— phone.”

Argument Escalates, Knives Allegedly Pulled

Furthermore, according to the arrest affidavit, the boyfriend grabbed bed sheets in an attempt to shield himself, but Johnson allegedly cut him on the arm. He then ran to a neighbor’s home for help, and officers were called to the scene. When police arrived, Johnson reportedly claimed her boyfriend had taken her phone and pushed her to the ground — though officers noted she had no visible injuries.

Suspect Denies Knowledge, Posts Bond

The boyfriend later told officers that Johnson stabbed him, and police say they observed a cut on his left arm. When asked about the injury, Johnson allegedly said she did not know what happened. She also reportedly told officers she had scissors in her hand during the altercation “to cut the sheets.” Johnson was arrested and later released on a $10,000 bond, according to jail records.

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Sometimes the old phrase, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” isn’t right for every situation. After the success of Hijack’s first season on Apple TV, the streamer naturally tried to replicate that same white-knuckle, high-stakes adventure for a Season 2. Unfortunately, Hjack sacrifices dramatic storytelling for action.

The Idris Elba-led drama had a unique Season 1, depicting a hijacking high in the sky, essentially giving an hour-by-hour adrenaline rush as help from the ground and Sam Nelson in the sky try to save the lives of everyone on board and in London. It worked as a novel idea at first, but then transporting the action below ground on a vehicle that has the ability to stop and start, and using Sam as part of the plot, simply didn’t work. Hijack simply didn’t need a Season 2.

Apple TV’s Thriller ‘Hijack’ Relied Too Much on Its Title for Season 2

The anticipation of a follow-up season was understandable, as the question of how one man could find himself in yet another hijacking was intriguing. Then, the big twist came at the top of the season, revealing that Sam Nelson was hijacking the U-Bahn train in Germany. As Season 2 trudged along, it became clear that it was much more complicated than that. It was just a facade. The reason? It was part of an act of revenge.

Because the premise of Hijack is about a hijacking, rather than making the series a brilliant one-off, Hijack returned with the hopes that a second hijacking experience would be equally gripping. With this plot for Season 2, the series didn’t need to come back. If it was desperate to bring Elba back, the series could have explored the same aftermath of revenge on John Bailey-Brown (Ian Burfield) for the death of his son, sans hijacking. Hijack was a bit too beholden to its title.

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The intriguing element of Season 2 is watching a man on a mission of revenge. In a sense, it mirrors the hijackers’ actions in Season 1, who sought to fulfill their retribution. The difference is in perspective. Sam is seen as a hero, while the Season 1 hijackers were painted as villains, despite similar objectives. Had Hijack removed the underground hijacking, allowing Sam to embark on his journey like an action hero, we would understand it as still part of the Hijack universe. The show should be about Sam, not literal hijacking.

Idris Elba’s Apple TV Thriller ‘Hijack’ Worked in the Sky, but Not Underground

Lest we forget, Hijack offers action through scenes featuring those aiding Sam in stopping the events. Both seasons integrated multiple off-site scenes, from control rooms to homes, but the subplots this season, including Marsha Smith-Nelson’s (Christine Adams) woods ordeal, messed with the pacing as well. Plus, the German allies working on tracking the U-Bahn lack the heroism we saw from the likes of Alice Sinclair (Eve Myles), the humble air traffic controller. The energy and stakes are sadly not at the peak of Season 1.

The first season was extremely gripping because not only was the hijacking in the sky, but it was a literal non-stop adventure released almost in real time. Yes, Season 2 is a multi-hour expedition, but with the underground train able to stop and start. With many individuals able to affect its movement, the action no longer feels as high-stakes as it once did. There are bombs attached to carriages and some shady individuals who are on board to cause a stir, but it’s not nearly as captivating as a flying vehicle with a bevy of hijackers on board.

Even though the plane in Season 1 was massive, it was much more contained than the multi-carriage U-Bahn, where movement from train car to train car isn’t as unifying for passengers. The slower pace of Season 2 made the action dwindle, and by the end, it becomes crystal clear that Idris Elba’s thrilling Apple TV series should’ve stayed in the air.

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2023 – 2024

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Mo Ali, Jim Field Smith

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Adam Gyngell, Catherine Moulton, Fred Fernandez Armesto, Anna-Maria Ssemuyaba, George Kay, Kam Odedra

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