TOM HANKS is hoping to hear his name when the Oscar nominations are announced later this month (Jan08) - because he is desperate for another Academy Award.

The 51-year-old - who won two Best Actor in a Leading Role gongs for 1993 movie Philadelphia and Forrest Gump in 1994 - is keeping his fingers crossed for a nomination for his role in Charlie Wilson's War when the shortlist is revealed on 22 January (08).

He says, "If I'm 90 and haven't scored another one, I will truly view the latter part of my career as some kind of failure." Hanks has also been nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Cast Away (2000), Saving Private Ryan (1998) and Big (1988).