Heather Locklear gave Tom Cruise a chance at the start of their careers, but his good manners didn’t align with her “rock and roll” persona. Over the weekend, Locklear was on the panel at 90s Con Florida and discussed a time when she and Cruise auditioned for the same film. “We both did an audition for the film together— the …
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Tom Cruise performed unforgettable Olympics stunt without pay, insisted on no stunt double
Weeks after Tom Cruise’s unforgettable, jaw-dropping stunt performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, behind-the-scenes secrets have been revealed. During a CNBC x Boardroom: Game Plan panel to discuss the 2028 Olympics, Casey Wasserman, who serves as LA28 president and chairperson, gave fans insight as to how they were able to make the Cruise stunt happen. He also explained why the …
Read More »Nicole Kidman says Jodie Foster replaced her on a major film when she was 'having a breakdown'
Nicole Kidman is grateful to Jodie Foster for replacing her in 2002’s “Panic Room” when she was “having a breakdown.” “There’s this misconception that somehow female actresses are at each other, or they don’t like each other or whatever,” Foster, 61, told The Hollywood Reporter during a roundtable discussion with Kidman, Naomi Watts, Brie Larson, Jennifer Aniston,Anna Sawai and Sofía …
Read More »Tom Cruise terrified 'Top Gun' co-star Glen Powell by pretending to nearly crash helicopter in epic prank
As one of Hollywood’s rising stars, Glen Powell takes his industry relationships seriously. So seriously that he often finds himself on the receiving end of a good prank. When recalling a trip back to London with “Top Gun: Maverick” co-star Tom Cruise, Powell said the seasoned actor decided to fly the duo back in his helicopter after filming reshoots in …
Read More »Jeremy Renner left 'Mission Impossible' franchise to focus on being a dad
Jeremy Renner revealed that he chose his family over his career when he left the “Mission Impossible” franchise. His character, IMF agent William Brandt, was introduced in the spy franchise’s fourth film, 2011’s “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.” He reprised his role in the fifth installment, 2015’s “Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.” He did not return for the subsequent movies, and now …
Read More »‘Top Gun: Maverick’ star Glen Powell nearly went broke waiting for film’s debut, ‘depleting a bank account’
Glen Powell‘s life changed once he portrayed Lt. Jake “Hangman” Seresin in “Top Gun: Maverick,” but before the film flew high in theaters, the actor was going broke. “I’d never made any significant amount of money on a movie, including “Top Gun,” and I was depleting a bank account to a point where my accountant was like, ‘This pandemic cannot …
Read More »On this day in history, May 16, 1986, Tom Cruise Cold War blockbuster 'Top Gun' jets across silver screen
“Top Gun,” a triumphant all-American pre-“woke” Hollywood movie classic, was released on this day in history, May 16, 1986. Patriotic and sexy, if somewhat predictable, the action-romance placed cocky young U.S. Navy pilots in a “Danger Zone” of love and Cold War combat. It roared across the American landscape like an F-14 strafing pop culture with one memorable explosion after …
Read More »'Top Gun' star Tom Cruise ready to fly again as co-star Jennifer Connelly says 'I'll be there'
It’s been 38 years since the Hollywood movie classic “Top Gun” premiered, and Tom Cruise is still in fighting shape. Ahead of the film’s anniversary on May 16, the 61-year-old actor took to Instagram to share a series of photos that feature behind-the-scenes snapshots of him and various cast members on the set of the original film and the 2022 …
Read More »Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman's kids make rare appearance in first photo with dad since 2009: Their lives now
Tom Cruise enjoyed a rare public night out with his two older children. A photo that recently resurfaced online shows the actor attending the Tampa Bay Lightning versus Florida Panthers NHL game with Isabella, 31, and Connor, 29 — his children he shares with ex-wife Nicole Kidman — in December. The outing marks the first time the trio have been …
Read More »Nicole Kidman's kids with Tom Cruise skip her big night, as she seems to reference marriage to 'Top Gun' star
Nicole Kidman’s AFI Life Achievement Award celebration was missing a few family members. While her daughters with Keith Urban, Sunday Rose and Faith Margaret, were present for the event, her two adopted children with Tom Cruise, Connor and Isabella, were absent. Kidman has a reportedly strained relationship with the children, in part because of their participation in Scientology, alongside Cruise. …
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