***** Top Gun: Maverick *****
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UPDATED: Saturday, April 5, 2025 22:46
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a class guy and nice words
even if he does believe in that 'Xenu' crap
Tom Cruise paid tribute to his “Top Gun” co-star Val Kilmer, who died on Tuesday at the age of 65.
Cruise attended CinemaCon, the annual convention of movie theater owners that’s currently unfolding in Las Vegas, to hype up the release of “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” which opens in cinemas over the summer. But before he started to recount the insane stunts he’s known for undertaking as the globe-trotting Ethan Hunt, Cruise asked the crowd of exhibitors to join him in a moment of silence for Kilmer.
“I’d like to honor a dear friend of mine, Val Kilmer,” Cruise said from the stage at Caesars Palace. “I can’t tell you how much I admire his work, how grateful and honored I was when he joined ‘Top Gun’ and came back later for ‘Top Gun: Maverick.’ I think it would be really nice if we could have a moment together because he loved movies and he gave a lot to all of us. Just kind of think about all the wonderful times that we had with him.”
Cruise concluded the touching moment by saying, “I wish you well on the next journey.”
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/tom-cruise-honors-val-kilmer-cinema
con-1236354766/
a freak who is into loony cult stuff, but he’s actually a really decent guy.
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I would assume that even if Tom Cruise wasn't a nice guy that he's had an entire life of training how to speak publicly. Both from his cult and from the pre-internet days of Hollywood when they were very protective of the images of their stars and they did whatever they could to keep them out of news stories if they did something stupid.
Now everyone knows that they're just high-paid assholes with their own stupid opinions. There is no mystique or intrigue about any of it in 2025.
Time to reduce all of their movie paydays to below $1 Million per movie.
I think if Hollywood gets DOGEd and there was government oversight on their bloat and "Hollywood Accounting" we could open that up to back end residuals for actors and writers if the movie does well. No more $50 Million dollar paydays for every flop The Rock puts out. Those days have to end.
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"I don't find this stuff amusing anymore." ~Paul Simon
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