Cannes: Even bad exposition can’t trip up Tom Cruise, flying high with ‘Mission Impossible — The Final Reckoning’

Cannes, France – Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt arrived in France in 1996’s “Mission: Impossible” clinging to a high speed train through the Chunnel, pursued and nearly skewered by a helicopter. It was, as the French might say, A dramatic entry. In 2018’s “Mission: Impossible — Fallout,” he leapt from an airplane to plummet four-and-a-half miles … Read more

Little Steven’s Underground Garage Cruise proves you can rock the boat

Imagine you’re on a cruise ship for a four-day excursion to the Bahamas. You’ve got your swimsuit, an adult beverage, and you’re ready to relax. As you make your way to the pool deck, you’re hit with the sound of distorted guitars and in-your-face vocals as legendary L.A. punk band X rips through “Johnny Hit … Read more

Nightly parties and mid-take burgers: Filming Top Gun with Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise

Ian Youngs & Paul Glynn Culture reporter Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock Val Kilmer (left) and Tom Cruise were sparring partners on screen and off in classic 1986 film Top Gun Val Kilmer is joking around in his trailer on the set of Top Gun, pretending to bark demands into a packet of More cigarettes as if it’s a … Read more

‘Grateful and honoured’: Tom Cruise pays tribute to Val Kilmer

Tom Cruise has paid tribute to his Top Gun co-star Val Kilmer, who died earlier this week aged 65. Appearing at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Cruise led a crowd in The Colosseum theatre in a moment of silence to “honour a dear friend of mine, Val Kilmer”. “I can’t tell you how much I admired … Read more

While Val Kilmer’s family asks to mourn privately, Tom Cruise makes his grief public

Val Kilmer’s family and friends are looking back at the actor with love and pride after his death. From Tom Cruise at CinemaCon to Kilmer’s son and daughter, Jack and Mercedes, the sentiment was the same. “We are so proud of him and honored to see his legacy celebrated,” the family said Thursday in a … Read more