It’s not hard to imagine a topsy-turvy, role-swapping alternate reality where Val Kilmer plays Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in 1986’s Top Gun and Tom Cruise is cast as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky. Kilmer’s Maverick would be cocky but also raw, exposed. Good at what he does but a desperate wreck at everything …
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Paramount has prevailed in the lower courts in a copyright infringement case over Top Gun: Maverick. In a decision handed down last Friday, April 5, a district judge dismissed the case, brought by the family of Ehud Yonay, a journalist whose 1983 story for California magazine, “Top Guns,” inspired the …
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Folks, it’s been another great year for movies, from Minions: The Rise of Gru to Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Theater chains continue their recovery from the Covid-19 shutdowns of 2020, with ticket sales projected to reach $7.4 billion for the year — still well below pre-pandemic totals, but a sign …
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This long, arduous year has almost come to an end, which means it’s time for former President Barack Obama to flex on everybody by sharing just how much cool shit he’s read and watched during retirement. The 61-year-old Obama (or the team of Gen Z/millennial aides that actually craft these …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Tom Cruise made his return flight as Capt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell this year in Top Gun: Maverick, the follow-up to the 1986 classic that solidified the actor as …
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Paramount Pictures has failed to get the copyright lawsuit over Top Gun: Maverick dismissed. On Wednesday, Nov. 9, a judge rejected the studio’s motion to dismiss the suit, saying it “contains sufficient well-pleaded facts” to support its claims of copyright infringement, breach of contract, and declaratory relief. Paramount will now …
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Paramount Pictures has released the full footage of Miles Teller singing “Great Balls of Fire” in the new blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick. In the film, only a portion of the barroom singalong is shown, with footage of Teller’s Rooster and his fellow fledgling aviators partying intercut with Tom Cruise’s Maverick …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Top Gun: Maverick has taken off with record-breaking box office numbers, but theater attendance isn’t the only thing the film has inspired: Dudes everywhere are looking to militarize …
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Jon Hamm has had plenty of memorable moments in his career, particularly during the seven seasons he played charismatic ad executive Don Draper on Mad Men. But his first day of filming Top Gun: Maverick — where he plays Beau “Cyclone” Simpson, the current head of the Top Gun flight …
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Fly planes. Make us cry. Look stunning while doing it. Lady Gaga can just do it all. On Friday, theChromaticasinger released the music video for “Hold My Hand,” the lead single from the Top Gun: Maverick film soundtrack. The Joseph Kosinski-directed video shows clips of Gaga — looking gorgeous as …
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