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“Top Gun: Maverick” is about to have its long-awaited premiere.

The runway has been cleared for Wednesday’s world premiere of Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick, the long-awaited sequel to the iconic 1986 original that sees Tom Cruise back in the cockpit.

Jennifer Connelly's experience shooting was filled with some high-flying adventure — even if she didn't initially know it was going to be.ET's Nischelle Turner sat down with Connelly during a press event on Tuesday, on board the famed USS Midway aircraft carrier, and the celebrated actress recalled how co-star Tom Cruise took her on a totally unexpected aerial thrill ride.«Originally, I wasn't supposed to fly in the movie, because my character is not an aviator,» explained Connelly, 51, who played Penny Benjamin, a single mother, bar owner and love interest to Cruise' titular Pete «Maverick» Mitchell. «So I had no scenes, no scripted scenes, in an airplane.»However, things changed when Connelly was «in the plane with him shooting a scene» that was originally supposed to take place on the tarmac.«He said, 'So Jen, have you ever been in a P51 before?' And I said, 'No, I haven't. It just hasn't come up for me.' And he said, 'Have you ever done any aerobatic flying at all?' And I said, 'No, why? Is this going somewhere?'» Connelly recalled with a laugh. «He said, 'Well, it's just going to be very gentle, we're gonna do some gentle rolls,' and so that's how he broke it to be that we're going to be flying in that plane.»«But it was really the most extraordinary experience,» she added.

The world premiere on Wednesday of Paramount’s long-awaited Top Gun: Maverick will be livestreamed on YouTube.

Jennifer Connelly is finally on Instagram.

On Wednesday, Lady Gaga announced the impending release of “Hold My Hand”, the opening song for “Top Gun: Maverick”. The 13-time Grammy winner took to Instagram to share the news.

Lady Gaga is giving fans a taste of her  song. The singer made it official Wednesday on Instagram that she wrote a song for the film, and explained that the track, «Hold My Hand,» is a «love letter to the world.»Then on Friday, Gaga released a teaser of the track, and what appears to be a snippet of the music video.

“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.

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teased fans on Instagram and on Twitter Wednesday with lyrics from “Hold My Hand,” which she wrote for the upcoming “Top Gun: Maverick” film on Wednesday. Gaga, 36, posted a photo of herself wearing a white tank top, dog tags and an aviation suit while standing in front of the “Top Gun” logo.

Lady Gaga has announced a new single and it'll be featured in. She made the news official Wednesday on Instagram, where she explained that the track — «Hold My Hand» — «is a love letter to the world.»The star said the new track drops May 3 and ahead of the highly anticipated sequel's May 27 premiere. The 36-year-old «Poker Face» singer said she wrote the track for, though it had been years in the making.«When I wrote this song for, I didn't even realize the multiple layers it spanned across the film’s heart, my own psyche, and the nature of the world we’ve been living in,» she explained in her caption to the post announcing the collaboration.

On Wednesday, Lady Gaga announced the impending release of “Hold My Hand”, the opening song for “Top Gun: Maverick”. The 13-time Grammy winner took to Instagram to share the news.

The Mummy director Alex Kurtzman has called the 2017 film the “biggest failure of my life, both personally and professionally”.Tom Cruise starred in the Universal franchise film, which was shunned by critics and underperformed at the box office with a $410million (£345m) global taking.“I tend to subscribe to the point of view that you learn nothing from your successes, and you learn everything from your failures,” Kurtzman recently said on The Playlist’s Bingeworthy podcast.“And The Mummy was probably the biggest failure of my life, both personally and professionally.”Kurtzman went on to say “there’s about a million things I regret” about the film, but he also said “it gave me so many gifts that are inexpressibly beautiful.“I didn’t become a director until I made that movie, and it wasn’t because it was well-directed – it was because it wasn’t.

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Top Gun: Maverick,” TheWrap has learned.“Top Gun: Maverick,” directed by Cruise’s “Oblivion” collaborator Joseph Kosinski and co-written and produced by his longtime creative partner Christopher McQuarrie, has arguably the most tortured and lengthy release date shuffle of any movie during the pandemic era. Originally scheduled for release on July 12, 2019, it was bumped back (pre-COVID) to June 26, 2020.

green-haired, tattooed maniac? A balding fashion scion? A gaunt, gangrenous heroin addict? (Unless you’re a Thirty Seconds to Mars fan, in which case maybe you picture lead singer Leto berating a crowd member.) Even among the ranks of beautiful movie stars who enjoy working incognito — think Charlize Theron in “Monster,” Christian Bale in “The Machinist” and “Vice,” Colin Farrell in “The Batman” — the 50-year-old Leto is in a class by himself in the lengths he’ll go to for his extreme on-screen makeovers. In his latest film, Marvel’s “Morbius,” Leto throws himself into the part of Dr. Michael Morbius, a biochemist who inadvertently makes himself into a vampire when a life-saving experiment goes wrong.

Lara Spencer was in a jubilant mood for the latest installment of Good Morning America, even getting to celebrate a big return on the air.MORE: Lara Spencer returns home to the best welcome following LA adventureThe TV personality delivered the GMA cover story for the day, which turned out to be the return of Tom Cruise's Top Gun franchise with the long-awaited sequel.VIDEO: Lara Spencer and daughter perform jaw-dropping stunt in matching swimwearAs Michael Strahan introduced Lara, she said: "I do love this movie," then explaining: "It has been delayed multiple times due to the pandemic. FINALLY, we have a release date for you."She and her co-stars unveiled the first look at the new trailer, revealing that the film, titled Top Gun: Maverick, will be out in theaters on May 27, 2022.MORE: Lara Spencer dazzles as she shares backstage pictures with the biggest stars at the Oscars"Come on, we're excited," she said after sharing a look at the trailer and adding more news, which her co-hosts Robin Roberts and Michael also reacted to excitedly.

Top Gun: Maverick has just been released – check it out below.Tom Cruise returns in the long-awaited sequel, reprising his role as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell alongside a cast of newcomers.Joseph Kosinski directed the film, which also stars Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Lewis Pullman, Glen Powell, Danny Ramirez, Greg Tarzan Davis, Bashir Salahuddin and more.Check out the new trailer here:An official synopsis for Top Gun: Maverick reads: “After more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.“When he finds himself training a detachment of TOPGUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt.

Tom Cruise is back in the pilot seat.

Tom Cruise's return to his iconic role as Captain Pete «Maverick» Mitchell — and this time, he's a teacher. But he's not calling himself that. «Good morning, aviators,» Maverick tells his group of TOPGUN graduates, who are training for a specialized mission.

Nothing but love! After working together on the long-awaited Top Gun sequel, Jon Hamm gushed about his “amazing” costar Tom Cruise.

Angelique Jackson Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick” has been cleared for takeoff with a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival.As Variety predicted earlier this month, the “Top Gun” sequel will screen during the French fest, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year.Described by Variety’s Elsa Keslassy as the “planetary blockbuster Thierry Fremaux has been dreaming of since 2020,” the Cannes director first aimed to get the movie secured for an out-of-competition slot before COVID-19 delays upended the film release calendar.Cruise’s long-awaited return to the cockpit had been further delayed by the pandemic, which pushed the movie’s planned release date several times. The film is now set to hit theaters on May 27, while the Cannes Film Festival runs from May 17 to May 28.

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are stepping out for Paris Fashion Week!

Tom Cruise must have found the fountain of youth because the man hasn’t aged a bit! While filming the latest Mission Impossible in South Africa on Friday (March 4), the 59-year-old actor looked almost exactly like he did in the first installment of the action series back in 1996! The hunky action star was all smiles as he applauded a group of locals who were singing the theme song to one of Tom’s other blockbusters: 1986’s Top Gun.

Tom Cruise proved once again that there is no stunt he can’t tackle himself! While filming the next installment of Mission Impossible, 59-year-old actor attempted death-defying feats in South Africa on Wednesday (Feb. 16). The hunky action star showed off his bulging biceps and toned physique in a tight tee and jeans before he hopped in a helicopter to flaunt his aviation experience and bravery for Mission Impossible 8, as seen in photos here, via Daily Mail.

“Snowpiercer” was a breakout sci-fi comic book film from future Oscar-winner Bong Joon Ho (“Parasite”) and eventually got turned into a prequel series at TNT, it’s now about to debut its third season, and a brand new trailer (see below) has dropped teasing a bit of hope for the show’s characters. They’ve been riding around a desolate frozen planet trying to survive in this brutal post-apocalypse setting on a highly advanced train meant to keep the remaining human population alive.

Working with Tom Cruise was an exciting experience for Jennifer Connelly.

Netflix‘s Snowpiercer has been confirmed to hit the streaming service in January 2022.The show, like Bong Joon Ho’s feature film, is adapted from the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige, and has already been renewed for a fourth season.Netflix, who holds the international rights to the show, will release a new episode weekly.

Phoebe Dynevor shines in a silver two piece ensemble while arriving at the Louis Vuitton Cocktail Womenswear Spring/Summer 2022 show during Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday (October 5) in Paris, France.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

Paul Bettany and actress wife Jennifer Connelly share a kiss through their face masks as they arrive at the airport in Los Angeles on Monday afternoon (September 20).

Labyrinth, a milestone film in David Bowie‘s acting career, will return to the big screen in celebration of its 35th anniversary.The film, which was directed by Jim Henson and co-stars Jennifer Connelly in her breakout role, will embark on a limited theatrical run in the US on September 12, 13 and 15.

Jennifer Connelly and Timothy Dalton — took part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Paul Bettany has shared some rare photos with his kids!

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVEven while her character is battling alcoholism, jet-setting around the world for her job and trying to solve a murder, some of the most complex moments Kaley Cuoco has to perform on HBO Max’ “The Flight Attendant” only take place in that character’s mind.Her Cassie Bowden retreats into a mind palace, a device that the story uses so that she can comb through her — admittedly fuzzy — memories and have imaginary conversations with her dead one-night

EXCLUSIVE: Greg Tarzan Davis has signed with ICM Partners for representation in all areas. One of the most promising young actors today, Davis will next be seen starring opposite Tom Cruise in both Top Gun: Maverick from Joseph Kosinski along with Miles Teller, Jon Hamm, Ed Harris, Glen Powell, and Jennifer Connelly as well as Mission Impossible 7 from Christopher McQuarrie alongside Vanessa Kirby, Pom Klementieff, Angela Bassett, and Rebecca Ferguson.