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Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard, who is currently awaiting a verdict in his sexual assault trial, has been charged in another alleged sexual assault.

Top Gun: Maverick has brought in a huge box office haul on its opening weekend.The sequel to 1986’s Top Gun, which sees Tom Cruise return as Captain Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell, has already taken $248million (£196million) worldwide since its release on Friday (May 27).Of those takings, $151million (£119million) were in the US, with the film screening at a record-breaking 4,732 cinemas, the most for any film on its first weekend.This makes Maverick the highest-grossing opening for a non-superhero film since the COVID-19 pandemic began, as well as the first Cruise film to go over the $100million (£79million) mark on opening weekend.It sits behind last year’s Spider-Man: No Way Home ($206million/£162million), Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness ($148million/£116million) and The Batman ($106million/£83million).While Cruise returns for the blockbuster, original stars Kelly McGillis (Charlie Blackwood) and Meg Ryan (Carole Bradshaw) are both absent from the film.Explaining the decision not to include the characters, director Joseph Kosinski told Insider: “Those weren’t stories that we were throwing around.“I didn’t want every storyline to always be looking backwards.

Defence lawyers are telling a Toronto jury that Jacob Hoggard may have been cavalier and disrespectful towards women, but he is not a “sadistic serial rapist.”

Led Zepplin‘s most iconic concerts – held at New York’s Madison Square Garden in 1970 – has been unearthed and uploaded to the internet.Captured on 8mm film, the brief clip was shot during their September 19, 1970 performance at the famed venue. The footage jumps in places, but isn’t too fragmented, as it’s synced to bootleg concert audio.

David and Victoria Beckham spared no expense when it came to renovating their Cotswolds home, and the garden is no exception.GALLERY: Tour the Beckhams' incredible Cotswolds homeThe couple enlisted Chelsea Flower Show winner Marcus Barnett to create a two-tier 'fairytale' garden that makes the most of their two-acre estate while maintaining privacy and security for their family – and the finished result is stunning.WATCH: Inside the Beckhams' stunning homesImages released when the couple submitted their planning application revealed that Marcus had designed an outer garden made up of wild meadow grass and an orchard with 23 trees, along with two vegetable patches, a 60ft croquet lawn and a lake.While pictures shared on Instagram by David, Victoria and their children have revealed incredible features such as a football pitch and sauna, the finished design was a compromise on their original plans, as some elements were rejected by the local council. The Beckhams hired a Chelsea Flower Show winner to design their gardenProposals for an outdoor seating area for entertaining were rejected, and replaced with a 10ft-wide pergola, which can be removed if necessary, while their original swimming pool plan was also denied.

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eloped to the quaint border town in Dumfries and Galloway, to get hitched in speedy ceremonies and in hot pursuit from angry parents.  While teenage marriages are rare these days, thanks to its romantic reputation, Gretna Green has become a destination for couples of all ages. It is now known as the UK’s wedding capital with more than 3,000 couples marrying there every year.

Given how busy an actors schedule can get, it’s not that rare if they have multiple projects premiering over a short period of time but directors almost never have multiple projects bowing within a month of each other. Joseph Kosinski now falls under that category has he not only has the highly-anticipated Top Gun: Maverick opening worldwide on Memorial Day weekend, he also has his Netflix thriller Spiderhead premiering on the platform on June 18.

Geeked Week — a five-day virtual fan event which began last year to premiere exclusive news from the streamer — released a trailer for its upcoming content and announced a new set of hosts for this year’s festivities, taking place June 6-10.The trailer, narrated by David Harbour of “Stranger Things,” promises new footage and information about titles like “The Sandman,” based on the 1990s DC Comics of the same name and starring Tom Sturridge, Gwendoline Christie and Kirby Howell-Baptiste. The streamer also teased updates on the highly anticipated third season of “The Umbrella Academy,” action-thriller “The Gray Man,” which features Regé-Jean Page, Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans, and — of course — “Stranger Things.”“It’s time to admit that geeks are f—ing great,” Harbour says in the clip.

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has cut loose two top executives and announced a hiring freeze ahead of the company’s acquisition by Elon Musk, whose share purchases are reportedly being investigated by the SEC.

Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski has explained why two major characters from the first film didn’t return for the sequel.Kelly McGillis, who plays Pete “Maverick” Mitchell’s love interest Charlie Blackwood, and Meg Ryan as Goose’s wife Carole Bradshaw are both noticeably absent from the new movie.Miles Teller has been cast as Nick “Goose” Bradshaw’s son in the new film, but his mother does not appear.“Those weren’t stories that we were throwing around,” Kosinski said in an interview with Insider, saying that he hadn’t considered bringing the two women back.“I didn’t want every storyline to always be looking backwards,” Kosinski said. “It was important to introduce some new characters.”Twenty One Pilots’ Tyler Joseph, meanwhile, has claimed he was asked to write a song for the film before Tom Cruise rescinded the offer.“I saw some scenes.

was announced earlier today. Fuentes joined the studio in May 2020 from Showtime, where she previously served as executive vice president of worldwide communications. She started with Warner Bros.

His first purchase was an 1890 brownstone in Bedford-Stuyvesant, according to a 2017 interview with Billboard. But news of this new purchase comes a week after “Shameless” actressEmma Kenney took to Twitter to blast Elgort’s appearance at the Met Gala, two years after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl. Elgort has denied the accusations.The couple’s new home had been on the market a mere 26 days, according to StreetEasy.

premieres later this month, though two major female leads from the original story won’t be seen: Kelly McGillis and Meg Ryan.McGillis played Charlie Blackwood, a flight instructor and the object of Maverick’s affection. Ryan, meanwhile, portrayed the wife of Goose Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards), Maverick’s best friend and co-pilot who dies on the job.Joseph Kosinski, who directed the sequel, confessed to Insider that he had no intention of ever bringing the two women back for “Maverick.”“Those weren’t stories that we were throwing around,” Kosinski said.He also explained that there were already too many narratives occurring in the new film, including the return of Val Kilmer as Iceman Kazansky, and Maverick training Goose’s son, Rooster (Miles Teller).The sequel focuses on Maverick’s Navy pilot career 30 years after the first film, and introduces a slew of hopeful recruits for the veteran to train.McGillis, now 64, previously discussed not being asked to join the second flick back in 2019.

Zack Sharf When “Top Gun: Maverick” finally opens in theaters later this month, fans of the 1986 classic will get to witness the long-awaited returns of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) and Tom “Iceman” Kazansky (Val Kilmer). But fans won’t see Charlotte “Charlie” Blackwood, the Top Gun instructor played by Kelly McGillis.

EXCLUSIVE: Dylan Sellers and Chris Parker’s Limelight and David Boies and Zack Schiller’s Boies Schiller Entertainment (BSE) are teaming on the new comedy Providence with Lily James, Jospeh Gordon-Levitt and Himesh Patel set to star. Limelight and BSE will fully finance and produce, along with Shannon Houchin’s Hideout Productions with Potsy Ponciroli directing. Michael Vukadinovich penned the script.