Known for films such as "Forrest Gump," "Castaway," "The Da Vinci Code" and "Saving Private Ryan," Tom Hanks has been named the most trusted celebrity in America.

Hanks, who has won three Academy Awards, has had a prolific 30-year career and managed to maintain a squeaky clean image throughout.

Hanks recently starred in "Cloud Atlas" and has several films in production, including "Saving Mr. Banks," "Captain Phillips," "In the Garden Of Beasts," "The Lost Symbol" and "Toy Story 4."

Second on the Reader's Digest poll is Sandra Bullock, followed by Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep and poet ...

TV personality Alex Trebek only sought treatment after suffering a mild heart attack on Saturday when his wife broke down in tears during his health scare.

The Jeopardy! quiz show host, 71, had been carrying out house chores when he felt "a squeezing, tight pain," and reveals it was his partner Jean who convinced him to seek medical help.

Doctors at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles told him he had suffered a heart attack and he was kept under observation until his release on Wednesday.

Trebek admits he is glad he took his wife's advice, telling People.com, "I had been doing ...

"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek had a mild heart attack on Saturday and is recovering in the hospital. The quiz show host was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for immediate attention, and he is now undergoing further testing.

According to a statement from Sony Pictures Entertainment, which produces the show, Trebek is in good spirits and doctors expect the 71 year old to make a complete recovery. He is set to begin filming the program's 29th season next month.

On the same day he was rushed to the hospital, the veteran's series won a Daytime Emmy Award for Best Game/Audienc...

A woman accused of trying to steal from quiz show host Alex Trebek's hotel room on Wednesday morning has been ordered to stay away from the TV star.

The veteran Jeopardy! presenter is set to undergo surgery on Friday after he snapped his Achilles tendon as he tried to catch a woman who had been caught allegedly snooping around his hotel room in San Francisco, California. Police eventually captured the suspect, 56-year-old Lucinda Moyers, who was subsequently booked on charges of felony burglary and possession of stolen property.

A judge in San Francisco increased her bail to $625,000 an...

Beloved quiz show host Alex Trebek has been left hobbling around on crutches after injuring himself while attempting to chase a burglar.

The veteran "Jeopardy!" presenter snapped his Achilles tendon on Wednesday morning as he tried to catch a woman who had allegedly been snooping around his hotel room in San Francisco, California.

He hurt his other leg as he fell, but Trebek refused to let the accident stop him from hosting the nearby National Geographic World Championship and he assured attendees at the event that he was OK.

Police eventually captured the suspect, a 56-year-old woman, w...

While it wasn't perfect, IBM's Watson computer was able to handily beat two of Jeopardy's greatest champions in a three-day competition. Watson had a total score of $77,147, topping Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter - who had $24,000 and $21,600, respectively.

Watson was dominant in song lyrics and book topics, but had trouble in geography and wording some answers properly. The web was abuzz when Watson questioned "What is leg?" to an answer about George Eyser's anatomical abnormality. Ken Jennings correctly questioned "What is he is missing a leg?" seconds later.

Last night, Watson seemed t...