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After more than 30 years, Tom Cruise’s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is finally back on the big screen in Top Gun: Maverick. The highly anticipated sequel boasts some highly impressive aerial feats (that required the actors to have real flight training) as well as some legitimate emotional stakes. While the movie is currently being enjoyed by

Play video content TMZ.com The president of all things ‘Star Wars’ pissed off diehard fans when she said they were pivoting away from old characters and storylines — but one of the OGs himself isn’t trippin’! We got Billy Dee Williams — who famously played Lando Calrissian in the initial trilogy back in the ’70s

SPOILER ALERT – This story contains Top Gun: Maverick plot points: In the opening moments of Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise’s Capt. Pete Mitchell takes an an experimental hypersonic plane called “The Darkstar” on an unauthorized test run. Those who’ve seen the trailer — or the movie, at this point — will recall a low-flying

Whether you love her or love to hate her, there’s no denying that Kristen Stewart has made a name for herself in Hollywood. She’s come a long way from playing playing Bella Swan in Twilight as, last year, se was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Spencer. Still, she herself has seemingly remained

Matthew McConaughey and some friendly pooches have touched down in Uvalde, TX — but their presence alone won’t fix what’s become a major scandal on the slow police response. The actor is back in his hometown, where he’s meeting with families and children affected by the massacre on Tuesday … when 21 people were slaughtered

After a 36 year wait, the Tom Cruise sequel Top Gun: Maverick finally took off to a massive $19.3M in previews. That’s the highest grossing preview in Paramount Pictures’ history and the highest grossing Memorial Day preview in history. Previous big preview for Paramount was 2009’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with $16M, which were on a Tuesday

Stephen King has written an astonishing number of bone-chilling books over the course of his half-century career as a novelist, but few are quite as brilliantly effective as Cujo. First published in 1981, it’s a claustrophobic tale about a woman and her son being trapped in a broken down car by a rabid Saint Bernard,

Ray Liotta was as polite and courteous as ever when he posed with a fan in the Dominican Republic just days before he passed away — but more importantly … he looked fine. TMZ has obtained a photo of Ray on Sunday, May 22 — a mere 4 days before he suddenly died in the

The Paramount Players Parker Finn written and directed movie, Smile, is be hitting theaters on Sept. 30. That’s also the weekend when Universal has the gay romantic Billy Eichner comedy Bros.  Smile follows a doctor whose mind begins to turn on her after she witnesses a traumatic event which involves a patient. Kal Penn, Rob Morgan, Kyle Gallner, Caitlin

After over 100 hours of testimony across six weeks of Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, the jurors have finished hearing evidence as of Thursday. But in these final days in court, there were certainly more viral moments, including Amber Heard’s lawyer Elaine Bredehoft being struck with a sick burn by

Ray Liotta is dead … the actor passed away while in the Dominican Republic. Ray was shooting a movie called “Dangerous Waters” on the island, and a source close to the actor tells TMZ … he died in his sleep. We’re also told there was nothing suspicious about the death, and no foul play is

Broadway’s 2021-22 season – 10 weeks shorter than usual, plagued by Covid and the cancelations it caused, not to mention the tourists who didn’t show up – took a beating at the box office, with season-end numbers no less stark for being expected: The industry took in a total of $845,414,915 at the box office,

Although Leslie Odom Jr.’s career dated back nearly 20 years before its explosive success, when Hamilton came along, it quickly became the actor and singer’s most famous role. With years having passed since his exit as Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical, Odom has shared that he still has the role on his mind and

Play video content UPDATE 8:48 AM PT — Johnny just discussed Amber’s accusation he took a handful of MDMA pills during the former couple’s trip to Australia in 2015. Heard had previously testified he took 8-10 at once … Johnny says he’s only taken MDMA 6-7 times in his life total. UPDATE Play video content

After holding what is one of the most anticipated sequels in decades due to Covid, Paramount finally roars its engines on its Tom Cruise feature Top Gun: Maverick in what is not only expected to be the 3x Oscar nominee’s best worldwide opening of his career at $180M, but also a record for him stateside with

Florence Pugh has had a quick rise to fame following her 2019 breakout role in Midsommar, which has led her to become a Marvel star and reportedly one of Dune Part Two’s latest additions. Unfortunately, being in front of the spotlight has led to Pugh facing the internet’s wrath regarding her dating life, again. The

Play video content TMZ.com It’s the final stretch for the Johnny Depp–Amber Heard trial — and it seems people are well aware of that … flocking to get in line for a front-row seat, and doing so by the hundreds. Check out this insane footage we shot Tuesday morning outside of the courthouse in Fairfax,

The first “official trailer” for Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder — not to be confused with the teaser that dropped a little over a month ago — debuted tonight during the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on ESPN. While the teaser gave us our first glimpse of Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster wielding the hammer, tonight’s official

The legal battle between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in these weeks has been a wild affair, whether we’re talking solely about the events that have been viewable on TV or also taking into account the online commentary. We’ve also seen how quickly things can change with this defamation trial. For instance, it was reported

The house Tyler Perry built was almost blown to smithereens — at least that’s what could’ve happened if this guy got his way … so say cops. The media mogul was at the center of a scary bomb threat from a man named Coles Arrasheed … according to Atlanta PD which arrested him for making

Refresh for latest…: Disney/Marvel’s Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness crossed $800M globally this weekend, now with $803.2M after three frames. Of that $342.1M is from domestic and $461.1M from the international box office. The offshore drop was 53% with $40M from 49 markets. Last weekend we posed the question as to how high

I like to imagine that there is another Bruce Willis in a parallel universe somewhere who is not an action movie star, but instead is a New York cop who single-handedly thwarts German thieves at the totally-real-in-this-world Nakatomi Plaza. Within the multiverse theory, the plot to Die Hard may very well have played out somewhere

Skylar Astin‘s looks over the years are positively “Pitch Perfect!” Here’s the 19-year-old version of the American actor and singer rocking some tight curls at a “Totally Tisch” star-studded gala in New York City back in 2007 (left) — just five years before his big break in the film “Pitch Perfect.” And, 15 years later,

It’s a bizarre world, this (almost, more-or-less, maybe) post-Covid movie landscape. Pieces are falling into place: Production starts have been up for a year, box-office revenue continues to climb, though it’s still a long reach to pre-Covid highs. But so much is so different, and I don’t mean just the obvious shift toward streaming. Look

Every teenager has rebellious moments that push against their parent’s authority, and The Adam Project’s Ryan Reynolds was no different. For a teenage Reynolds, it was getting an ear pierced. The only problem was that his strict police officer father was against it. While one might think they know how the situation ended up, things

Johnny Depp is getting support from what some might think is an unlikely group, but maybe not — an org protecting abused women and children. The group, NGO, is Italian-based, and fronted by former Miss Italy Valeria Altobelli. She expressed “compassion” for Johnny in the wake of his trial with ex-wife Amber Heard. Altobelli said,

The arthouse never died. If you want to keep it alive, just make more jaw-dropping, outrageous fare which can excite the 18-34 crowd. That’s the trick, and that’s what A24 did with the Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert directed martial arts family fantasy feature, Everything Everywhere All at Once, which by Sunday will become A24’s highest

It’s been almost two full months since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock onstage at the 94th Academy Awards, and the incident is still being periodically brought up in public conversation. Earlier this week, Seth Meyers mentioned the slap while speaking at NBCUniversal’s Upfront presentation, and now Tom Rothman, the chairman of Sony’s Motion Picture Group,

Good news for Calum von Moger … the star bodybuilder is resting at home and walking without any assistance — just days after he was in the ICU after reportedly jumping out of a window — according to a news outlet in Australia. The Geelong Advertiser is reporting Calum was back at his Mount Duneed

Box office is big news this week, not so much for its totals as for its totemic significance. Throngs will greet Top Gun: Maverick, but will kids join the grownups to see a nearly 60 year-old actor starring in a sequel to a 36 year-old hit? At the other end of the audience spectrum, will