Lady Gaga shows love for Tom Cruise with a kiss on the cheek at Las Vegas show

After years of delays due to the pandemic, “Top Gun: Maverick” is finally about to hit theatres; but some have wondered why the studio never released it directly to streaming in the meantime.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorLady Gaga has released the video to “Hold My Hand,” her song from the upcoming “Top Gun: Maverick.”The video, shot in both black-and-white and color, is helmed by the film’s director Joseph Kosinski. It features Gaga, footage from the new film, as well as clips from 1986’s “Top Gun,” hitting all the right nostalgic notes.In the video, Gaga sings at a military base as Kosinski intercuts Cruise’s Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is reminiscing.

Later this month, audiences will finally get to watch the highly anticipated sequel to Tom Cruise‘s beloved 1980s fighter pilot action pic “Top Gun.” There is already some early buzz on “Top Gun: Maverick” after a screening at CinemaCon 2022 in Las Vegas that seems to indicate that the extended wait, due to multiple release date hiccups, will be worth it. The film is directed by Joseph Kosinski (“Tron Legacy,” “Oblivion“) with longtime Cruise collaborator Christopher McQuarrie (“Jack Reacher,” “Mission: Impossible – Fallout“) joining the project to help both produce and work on the script.

Lady Gaga received a very special guest during her concert in Sin City. On Sunday night, Tom Cruise stopped by the Park MGM in Las Vegas, where the singer was performing at the resort’s Dolby Live amphitheater. On Monday, the 36-year-old took to social media and shared two photos of herself and the "Top Gun: Maverick" star planting a kiss on each other’s cheeks backstage.

Lady Gaga has released “Hold My Hand,” the power ballad she co-penned and performs for Paramount/Skydance’s upcoming Top Gun: Maverick which has its world premiere on Wednesday in San Diego. Attendees at CinemaCon in Las Vegas got their first taste of the song when the Tom Cruise sequel screened for exhibition last Thursday, and it’s another in Gaga’s and the Top Gun canon that could go all the way to the Oscars.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorLady Gaga has released “Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick.” The song features in the film opening May 27, and already looks like it could catapult the star into the Oscar conversation.Listen to the song here.“Hold My Hand,” is a soaring rock tune with violins and guitar licks that harken back to the power ballads of the ’80s. The song, which plays over the end credits, has already stirred buzz as a possible best original song contender for Gaga following the film’s CinemaCon screening in Las Vegas.

Lady Gaga sure knows how to turn the temperature up!MORE: Elton John and David Furnish 'so proud' of sons as they make a surprise appearance with Lady GagaThe star sent fans wild as she shared jaw-dropping bikini photos while lounging by the pool, and fans can't get enough of her.She is having some well-deserved down time, since she is just wrapping up her incredible Las Vegas residency.WATCH: Lady Gaga supports Elton John's sonMORE: Inside Lady Gaga's $22.5m mind-blowing Malibu mega-mansionAs she relaxed by a fabulous pool in the famous city, the Bad Romance singer showed off her incredible figure in a baby blue bikini with gold chain accents.She expertly posed by the stairs of the pool, giving fans a front and back look of her impressive physique as she stood in front of a glamorous glass structure in between buildings with an old-world style. The setting looked calm as can be with no one else around, and she undoubtedly got the best use of it. The stunning postFans did not hesitate to flood her comment section with adoring compliments, writing: "I AM OBSESSED WITH YOU," and: "Stunning as always," as well as: "Uh ohhhhhh troubleeeee," among red hearts and fire emojis galore.MORE: Lady Gaga wows in plunging bridal white gownMORE: Lady Gaga reveals stunning marble bathroom in new selfie - fans reactWhat's more, fans were in for an even more unexpected post, as the songstress surprised her followers with a picture kissing none other than Tom Cruise.

This is one pair of celebrity besties we never saw coming! Lady Gaga and Tom Cruise posed together in a series of loving — and unexpected — photos.

Lady Gaga had an A-list guest at her Sunday show. The 36-year-old singer took to Instagram on Monday to share pics from the night before, featuring her backstage with Tom Cruise.In the shots, Gaga and the 59-year-old actor exchange kisses on the cheek.

Lady Gaga had a special audience member at her Las Vegas show Sunday night. The “Rain on Me” singer was supported by her friend, “Rain Man” star Tom Cruise.

After spending the entire week trapped in the bowels of a smoke-filled, maskless, jam-packed Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for CinemaCon, and after sitting through the various studio presentations in search of possible clues to what might be in play for the 95th annual Academy Awards, I can say two of the names we are very likely to hear about might be two of the most unexpected: Tom Cruise and Harvey Weinstein. I am not hallucinating. I will get to both in a second, but first I have to say Oscar pundits don’t really travel to this annual exhibitors convention with any realistic expectations of seeing major awards contenders.

Top Gun: Maverick has received overwhelmingly positive reactions following its first screening.The sequel, set to be screened at Cannes Film Festival next month, debuted at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday (April 28) ahead of its release on May 27.Tom Cruise, who reprises his role as Captain Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell from the 1986 original, wasn’t in attendance but sent a pre-recorded video message to the screening. In the clip, Cruise said: “Please enjoy, and, hey, let’s try to have a great summer!”Early reactions have described the film as the “perfect blockbuster” and “better than the original in almost every way”.“Top Gun: Maverick is a profound cinematic experience and easily the best film of the year,” one viewer wrote.

Tom Cruise’s upcoming "Mission: Impossible" has crossed another hurdle after numerous delays.The film now has a title: "Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning – Part 1." On Thursday, Cruise revealed the news in a prerecorded message during Paramount’s CinemaCon press session in Las Vegas. Cruise appeared remotely from the South African set of the next "M:I" installment after "Dead Reckoning" — "Mission: Impossible 8," which does not yet have a title.

“Top Gun: Maverick” just screened at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, and the film appears to have taken the audience’s breath away.Initial reactions are positively glowing, praising director Joseph Kosinski’s approach to the film’s aerial flight sequences and action while also acknowledging that the sequel is surprisingly emotional.Starring Tom Cruise, who reprises his role as Maverick from the 1986 film, the sequel will fly into theaters May 27, 2022. Val Kilmer will also reprise the role of “Iceman.”“#TopGunMaverick is a profound cinematic experience and easily the best film of the year,” TheWrap’s Drew Taylor wrote.

CinemaCon 2022 is underway in Las Vegas and Paramount‘s presentation included a big promotional push for Tom Cruise‘s massive “Mission: Impossible 7.” The studio unveiled a new, never-before-seen trailer for the film which has had an infamously difficult international production during the pandemic. This arduous shoot apparently suffered multiple COVID-19 outbreaks and writer/director Christopher McQuarrie was reportedly so ill, he had to be hospitalized.