Paramount has been on a sizzling run.
All five of its 2022 releases, a crop that includes “Scream,” “Jackass Forever,” “The Lost City” and “Sonic the Hedgehog 2,” opened in first place at the domestic box office, with “Top Gun: Maverick” outpacing them all. The sequel to the beloved Tom Cruise film has scored with critics and audiences alike. “Top Gun: Maverick” has currently grossed a massive 557.2 million globally and shows few signs of slowing down soon.
Brian Robbins, who took over as head of the film studio in September, says its recent track record reaffirms the value of releasing blockbuster movies in theaters before debuting them on streaming or home entertainment. And he argues that the box office performance is partly due to a new approach that has seen the studio become more collaborative with corporate cousins such as CBS, MTV and Nickelodeon.
Why was “Top Gun: Maverick” successful?
I...
All five of its 2022 releases, a crop that includes “Scream,” “Jackass Forever,” “The Lost City” and “Sonic the Hedgehog 2,” opened in first place at the domestic box office, with “Top Gun: Maverick” outpacing them all. The sequel to the beloved Tom Cruise film has scored with critics and audiences alike. “Top Gun: Maverick” has currently grossed a massive 557.2 million globally and shows few signs of slowing down soon.
Brian Robbins, who took over as head of the film studio in September, says its recent track record reaffirms the value of releasing blockbuster movies in theaters before debuting them on streaming or home entertainment. And he argues that the box office performance is partly due to a new approach that has seen the studio become more collaborative with corporate cousins such as CBS, MTV and Nickelodeon.
Why was “Top Gun: Maverick” successful?
I...
- 6/7/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
While 2022 had been somewhat slow for releases, the month of May truly gave us some big records. Previous Grammy winners like Harry Styles, Bad Bunny, and Kendrick Lamar all released long-awaited albums, while Grammy nominee Jack Harlow also put out his sophomore record. With all these names being big hit-makers on the Grammy’s radar, how will these releases fare come nominations day this fall?
Perhaps the biggest release of the year so far is Styles’s “Harry’s House.” The record debuted with the biggest sales figures of the year so far, moving over 500,000 units in its first week. Styles’s “As It Was” was already a pretty safe contender for Record and Song of the Year, as well as Best Pop Solo Performance, but now the album has solidified its place in the Album of the Year race. What many might wonder, though, is if Styles can go...
Perhaps the biggest release of the year so far is Styles’s “Harry’s House.” The record debuted with the biggest sales figures of the year so far, moving over 500,000 units in its first week. Styles’s “As It Was” was already a pretty safe contender for Record and Song of the Year, as well as Best Pop Solo Performance, but now the album has solidified its place in the Album of the Year race. What many might wonder, though, is if Styles can go...
- 6/2/2022
- by Jaime Rodriguez
- Gold Derby
After a making a record-breaking 160.5 million and sporting an exceptional 96 on Rotten Tomatoes, Tom Cruise’s high-flying “Top Gun: Maverick” is among the top movie successes of the year. With love pouring in for the second chapter of the story of test pilot and flight instructor Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, can this fighter stay airborne for the next seven months and lead to Academy Awards success?
Casual awards viewers and fans have made comparisons to George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” as a possible Oscars point of comparison – a pretty wild and far-fetched correlation. One of only six movies to be nominated in every artisan category, Miller’s movie rejuvenated its franchise and arguably the entire action genre. “Maverick,” likewise, is a wonderful callback to its 1986 predecessor and boasts some fantastic effects and achievements.
But the chatter surrounding a best pic nom for “Top Gun: Maverick” feels more like...
Casual awards viewers and fans have made comparisons to George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” as a possible Oscars point of comparison – a pretty wild and far-fetched correlation. One of only six movies to be nominated in every artisan category, Miller’s movie rejuvenated its franchise and arguably the entire action genre. “Maverick,” likewise, is a wonderful callback to its 1986 predecessor and boasts some fantastic effects and achievements.
But the chatter surrounding a best pic nom for “Top Gun: Maverick” feels more like...
- 6/1/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Spoiler Alert – This story contains Top Gun: Maverick plot points: In the opening moments of Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise’s Capt. Pete Mitchell takes an an experimental hypersonic plane called “The Darkstar” on an unauthorized test run. Those who’ve seen the trailer — or the movie, at this point — will recall a low-flying triangular aircraft blowing past a lonely guard post on the desert floor. In a half-second, the flyby literally blows the roof off the shack.
A flash of the scene in an early behind-the-scenes trailer set the aviation blogosphere aflutter — and not just because of the mind-blowing visual. The aircraft’s unusual shape raised eyebrows. Some posited that it could be the legendary Sr-71 Blackbird, once dubbed “the fastest plane ever.” Topping out at Mach 3, the high-altitude reconnaissance plane could literally outrun missiles shot at it by Russian MiGs.
Others guessed it could be something even more...
A flash of the scene in an early behind-the-scenes trailer set the aviation blogosphere aflutter — and not just because of the mind-blowing visual. The aircraft’s unusual shape raised eyebrows. Some posited that it could be the legendary Sr-71 Blackbird, once dubbed “the fastest plane ever.” Topping out at Mach 3, the high-altitude reconnaissance plane could literally outrun missiles shot at it by Russian MiGs.
Others guessed it could be something even more...
- 5/28/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Interscope Records announces the release of Music From The Motion Picture Top Gun: Maverick out today, May 27th. Available at all digital retailers, as well as CD, the soundtrack is available now. A Target exclusive CD of the soundtrack includes an exclusive cover and poster. https://www.target.com/p/various-artists-top-gun-maverick-soundtrack-target-exclusive-cd/-/A-86415827#lnk=sametab-
Arriving as one of the most anticipated blockbusters of the year from Paramount Pictures, Top Gun: Maverick arrives in theaters nationwide today.
Available here: https://topgunmaverick.lnk.to/Soundtrack
Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJzLTReoSNQTCCJ3f9o4IFyEWB8HyIiJa
Earlier this month Lady Gaga revealed “Hold My Hand” as the first single to be released from the soundtrack. Produced by Gaga and BloodPop© with additional production by Benjamin Rice, the soaring anthem received widespread critical acclaim right after its release with Billboard declaring “Lady Gaga soars with “Hold My Hand,” and Vanity...
Arriving as one of the most anticipated blockbusters of the year from Paramount Pictures, Top Gun: Maverick arrives in theaters nationwide today.
Available here: https://topgunmaverick.lnk.to/Soundtrack
Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJzLTReoSNQTCCJ3f9o4IFyEWB8HyIiJa
Earlier this month Lady Gaga revealed “Hold My Hand” as the first single to be released from the soundtrack. Produced by Gaga and BloodPop© with additional production by Benjamin Rice, the soaring anthem received widespread critical acclaim right after its release with Billboard declaring “Lady Gaga soars with “Hold My Hand,” and Vanity...
- 5/27/2022
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The main title credits to “Top Gun: Maverick” are both surprising and confusing: “Music by Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga and Hans Zimmer. Score produced by Lorne Balfe.”
That may sound like a musical mess, but aside from Gaga, all the players have connections to the original “Top Gun” or each other through previous collaborations. Berlin-based Faltermeyer scored the original 1986 “Top Gun,” winning a Grammy for the instrumental “Top Gun Anthem,” while Zimmer scored four earlier Tom Cruise films including “Rain Man,” “Days of Thunder” and “Mission: Impossible II.”
The London-based Balfe has frequently collaborated with Zimmer on various scores (from “The Dark Knight” to “Dunkirk”), scored “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” for Cruise, and and is currently working with Cruise on “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning.” The Oscar- and multiple Grammy-winning Gaga penned the new movie’s “Hold My Hand,” already touted as an original song front-runner.
So how did their musical duties...
That may sound like a musical mess, but aside from Gaga, all the players have connections to the original “Top Gun” or each other through previous collaborations. Berlin-based Faltermeyer scored the original 1986 “Top Gun,” winning a Grammy for the instrumental “Top Gun Anthem,” while Zimmer scored four earlier Tom Cruise films including “Rain Man,” “Days of Thunder” and “Mission: Impossible II.”
The London-based Balfe has frequently collaborated with Zimmer on various scores (from “The Dark Knight” to “Dunkirk”), scored “Mission: Impossible – Fallout” for Cruise, and and is currently working with Cruise on “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning.” The Oscar- and multiple Grammy-winning Gaga penned the new movie’s “Hold My Hand,” already touted as an original song front-runner.
So how did their musical duties...
- 5/26/2022
- by Jon Burlingame and Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Apparently there was some behind-the-scenes drama over who got what gig on the “Top Gun: Maverick” soundtrack, at least according to Twenty-One Pilots lead frontman Tyler Joseph.
Joseph told Los Angeles-based rock radio station Kroq (via Indiewire) that the band had begun discussing the possibility of writing a new song for the movie, but then things abruptly went sideways when Cruise decided to change things up.
(If you need a minute to open Spotify and make sure you’ve ever actually heard a Twenty-One Pilots song, please take that time now.)
“I was working with the music placement person for the new ‘Top Gun’ on writing a new song for them, and then I believe Tom Cruise came in and just fired everyone,” Joseph told Kroq. “You’ve seen that new ‘Top Gun’ thing that he’s got? The trailer has been out for, like, three years, so there’s been a few overhauls,...
Joseph told Los Angeles-based rock radio station Kroq (via Indiewire) that the band had begun discussing the possibility of writing a new song for the movie, but then things abruptly went sideways when Cruise decided to change things up.
(If you need a minute to open Spotify and make sure you’ve ever actually heard a Twenty-One Pilots song, please take that time now.)
“I was working with the music placement person for the new ‘Top Gun’ on writing a new song for them, and then I believe Tom Cruise came in and just fired everyone,” Joseph told Kroq. “You’ve seen that new ‘Top Gun’ thing that he’s got? The trailer has been out for, like, three years, so there’s been a few overhauls,...
- 5/11/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
The sky just isn’t big enough for these dueling aviators. Twenty-One Pilots frontman Tyler Joseph alleged that “Top Gun: Maverick” producer and star Tom Cruise “fired” the band from the sequel film’s soundtrack.
Joseph explained on Los Angeles-based radio station Kroq that he thought his Grammy-winning two-person band was flying high after being brought on by Paramount Pictures to contribute to the “Top Gun 2” soundtrack. However, Joseph said Cruise wasn’t a fan of the Pilots’ sound.
“I was working with the music placement person for the new ‘Top Gun’ on writing a new song for them, and then I believe Tom Cruise came in and just fired everyone,” Joseph said. “You’ve seen that new ‘Top Gun’ thing that he’s got? The trailer has been out for, like, three years, so there’s been a few overhauls, and I was a part of that, so,...
Joseph explained on Los Angeles-based radio station Kroq that he thought his Grammy-winning two-person band was flying high after being brought on by Paramount Pictures to contribute to the “Top Gun 2” soundtrack. However, Joseph said Cruise wasn’t a fan of the Pilots’ sound.
“I was working with the music placement person for the new ‘Top Gun’ on writing a new song for them, and then I believe Tom Cruise came in and just fired everyone,” Joseph said. “You’ve seen that new ‘Top Gun’ thing that he’s got? The trailer has been out for, like, three years, so there’s been a few overhauls, and I was a part of that, so,...
- 5/11/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
“Top Gun: Maverick” is already being hailed as the ultimate summer blockbuster of 2022, but the all-American sequel has a few glaring omissions: any of the female leads from the 1986 original.
“Those weren’t stories that we were throwing around,” director Joseph Kosinski told Insider. “I didn’t want every storyline to always be looking backwards. It was important to introduce some new characters.”
“Top Gun: Maverick” follows Tom Cruise’s iconic naval aviator Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, who is now training a detachment of Topgun graduates, including late best friend Goose’s son Lt. Bradley Bradshaw, (Miles Teller) aka Rooster, for a dangerous mission. The sequel is set 30 years after the original and premieres at Cannes before soaring into theaters May 27.
And while new character Rooster is the emotional crux of “Maverick,” the storyline does inherently involve Goose’s wife, played by Meg Ryan, the mother (hen?) of Rooster. Yet Ryan,...
“Those weren’t stories that we were throwing around,” director Joseph Kosinski told Insider. “I didn’t want every storyline to always be looking backwards. It was important to introduce some new characters.”
“Top Gun: Maverick” follows Tom Cruise’s iconic naval aviator Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, who is now training a detachment of Topgun graduates, including late best friend Goose’s son Lt. Bradley Bradshaw, (Miles Teller) aka Rooster, for a dangerous mission. The sequel is set 30 years after the original and premieres at Cannes before soaring into theaters May 27.
And while new character Rooster is the emotional crux of “Maverick,” the storyline does inherently involve Goose’s wife, played by Meg Ryan, the mother (hen?) of Rooster. Yet Ryan,...
- 5/11/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
This is it, folks. It's no exaggeration to say that this has been 36 years in the making. Ever since the moment when Tom Cruise first strapped on those aviators and climbed behind the cockpit of an F-18 in the original Tony Scott classic "Top Gun," few would argue that it has all been leading to this. I'm referring, of course, to Lady Gaga officially unveiling her new single "Hold My Hand" that will feature prominently in the soundtrack of the long-awaited sequel, "Top Gun: Maverick." We're truly back in the Danger Zone!
In all seriousness, the early reactions...
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- 5/9/2022
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Take a look at the new music video “Hold My Hand” by Lady Gaga, supporting "Top Gun: Maverick" directed by Joseph Kosinski as a sequel to "Top Gun" (1986), starring Tom Cruise reprising his role as 'Pete Mitchell' ('Maverick') , with Val Kilmer as 'Iceman', Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell and Lewis Pullman, opening May 27, 2022:
“…after more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, ‘Pete Maverick Mitchell’ is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. Training a detachment of graduates for a special assignment, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past and his deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who choose to fly it…”
Cruise reprises his role as 'Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell', a flight instructor and Kilmer reprises his...
“…after more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, ‘Pete Maverick Mitchell’ is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. Training a detachment of graduates for a special assignment, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past and his deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who choose to fly it…”
Cruise reprises his role as 'Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell', a flight instructor and Kilmer reprises his...
- 5/7/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Lady Gaga unveiled the music video for her new single “Hold My Hand” from the upcoming major motion picture Top Gun: Maverick. The video was directed by Top Gun: Maverick’s director Joe Kosinski, and features Lady Gaga along with epic scenery from the new film, as well as emotional scenes from the original 1986 Top […]...
- 5/7/2022
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
The loss of Goose (Anthony Edwards) still haunts the “Top Gun” films, despite Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) flying high once more.
Oscar winner Lady Gaga announced original song “Hold My Hand” for “Top Gun: Maverick,” the sequel to the hit 1986 film, in theaters May 27. The “House of Gucci” star released the emotional music video for the ballad on May 6, ahead of the “Top Gun: Maverick” premiere at Cannes in a few weeks.
Director Joseph Kosinski filmed Gaga belting the moving single while at an airfield in the desert. Flashbacks to the original film, helmed by Tony Scott, revisit Goose’s heartbreaking death as Cruise’s Maverick holds him. The follow-up film is set 30 years after the original, with Maverick now training a detachment of Topgun graduates, including Goose’s son Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller) aka Rooster, for a dangerous, specialized mission.
The lyrics for “Hold My Hand” include:...
Oscar winner Lady Gaga announced original song “Hold My Hand” for “Top Gun: Maverick,” the sequel to the hit 1986 film, in theaters May 27. The “House of Gucci” star released the emotional music video for the ballad on May 6, ahead of the “Top Gun: Maverick” premiere at Cannes in a few weeks.
Director Joseph Kosinski filmed Gaga belting the moving single while at an airfield in the desert. Flashbacks to the original film, helmed by Tony Scott, revisit Goose’s heartbreaking death as Cruise’s Maverick holds him. The follow-up film is set 30 years after the original, with Maverick now training a detachment of Topgun graduates, including Goose’s son Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller) aka Rooster, for a dangerous, specialized mission.
The lyrics for “Hold My Hand” include:...
- 5/7/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Lady Gaga has unveiled the music video for her new single “Hold My Hand” from the upcoming motion picture Top Gun: Maverick. The video was directed by Top Gun: Maverick’s director Joe Kosinski, and features Lady Gaga along with epic scenery from the new film, as well as emotional scenes from the original 1986 Top Gun. The video for “Hold My Hand” made its global broadcast premiere on MTV, MTV Live, and Mtvu, as well as on the Paramount Times Square billboards earlier today.
The “Hold My Hand” single made its epic debut earlier this week via Interscope Records, with Billboard declaring “Lady Gaga soars with “Hold My Hand,” and Vanity Fair raving the song “catapults her [Gaga] into next year’s Oscar race.” The single was written for the motion picture and is featured throughout the film. “Hold My Hand” was produced by Lady Gaga and BloodPop©, with additional production by Benjamin Rice.
The “Hold My Hand” single made its epic debut earlier this week via Interscope Records, with Billboard declaring “Lady Gaga soars with “Hold My Hand,” and Vanity Fair raving the song “catapults her [Gaga] into next year’s Oscar race.” The single was written for the motion picture and is featured throughout the film. “Hold My Hand” was produced by Lady Gaga and BloodPop©, with additional production by Benjamin Rice.
- 5/6/2022
- by Editor
- CinemaNerdz
Lady 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. At one point, the video hits emotional notes as Maverick is shown with Anthony Edwards’ Nick “Goose” Bradshaw, holding him as the character dies.
For a portion of the video, Gaga wears a simple white tank, aviator sunglasses and a bomber jacket. Her team including makeup artist Sarah Tanno, hairstylist Frederic Aspiras and creative director Nicola Formichetti are responsible for her look. Formichetti confirmed the jacket belongs to Cruise and worn by the actor in the 1986 original.
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. At one point, the video hits emotional notes as Maverick is shown with Anthony Edwards’ Nick “Goose” Bradshaw, holding him as the character dies.
For a portion of the video, Gaga wears a simple white tank, aviator sunglasses and a bomber jacket. Her team including makeup artist Sarah Tanno, hairstylist Frederic Aspiras and creative director Nicola Formichetti are responsible for her look. Formichetti confirmed the jacket belongs to Cruise and worn by the actor in the 1986 original.
- 5/6/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Lady Gaga unveiled the music video for “Hold My Hand,” her “Top Gun: Maverick” song on Friday.
“Hold my hand. Everything will be Ok,” Gaga sings after an opening segment of a plane (with LG initialed on the side) flying through the sky, cutting to the singer who wears aviator shades in a black-and-white shot.
Tom Cruise works on a plane as Gaga sings “I see that you’re hurting. Why’d you take so long?” followed by the 1986 sequence of Goose’s death with the lyrics “To tell me you need me, I see that you’re bleeding. You don’t need to show me again.”
The camera pans to photos of Goose that decorate Maverick’s work station. The video alternates between shots of Gaga herself singing beneath the fighter pilot training plane, rocking out on her piano in an open road setting and shots from the original “Top Gun” film.
“Hold my hand. Everything will be Ok,” Gaga sings after an opening segment of a plane (with LG initialed on the side) flying through the sky, cutting to the singer who wears aviator shades in a black-and-white shot.
Tom Cruise works on a plane as Gaga sings “I see that you’re hurting. Why’d you take so long?” followed by the 1986 sequence of Goose’s death with the lyrics “To tell me you need me, I see that you’re bleeding. You don’t need to show me again.”
The camera pans to photos of Goose that decorate Maverick’s work station. The video alternates between shots of Gaga herself singing beneath the fighter pilot training plane, rocking out on her piano in an open road setting and shots from the original “Top Gun” film.
- 5/6/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Lady Gaga has debuted her new single “Hold My Hand”, the opening song for “Top Gun: Maverick”, with the official music video dropping on Friday. “So cry tonight/But don’t you let go of my hand,” she sings in the song’s soaring chorus. “You can cry every last tear/I won’t leave ’til I understand/Promise me, just...
- 5/6/2022
- by Shakiel Mahjouri
- ET Canada
Image Source: Getty / Rich Fury
New Lady Gaga music has arrived, but no, it's not a new album. On May 3, the multihyphenate released a new song, "Hold My Hand," which she wrote and recorded for the upcoming film "Top Gun: Maverick." Gaga shared the song's music video, which stars herself and "Top Gun" star Tom Cruise, on May 6.
Gaga first announced the track on social media on April 27, tweeting, "When I wrote this song for Top Gun: Maverick, 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. I've been working on it for years, perfecting it, trying to make it ours. I wanted to make music into a song where we share our deep need to both be understood and try to understand each other - a longing to be close when we...
New Lady Gaga music has arrived, but no, it's not a new album. On May 3, the multihyphenate released a new song, "Hold My Hand," which she wrote and recorded for the upcoming film "Top Gun: Maverick." Gaga shared the song's music video, which stars herself and "Top Gun" star Tom Cruise, on May 6.
Gaga first announced the track on social media on April 27, tweeting, "When I wrote this song for Top Gun: Maverick, 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. I've been working on it for years, perfecting it, trying to make it ours. I wanted to make music into a song where we share our deep need to both be understood and try to understand each other - a longing to be close when we...
- 5/6/2022
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
Fly planes. Make us cry. Look stunning while doing it. Lady Gaga can just do it all. On Friday, the Chromatica singer released the music video for “Hold My Hand,” the lead single from the Top Gun: Maverick film soundtrack.
The Joseph Kosinski-directed video shows clips of Gaga — looking gorgeous as ever in her aviator jacket and sunglasses — as she sings the emotional track from under a jet and plays piano on a plane runway. The video is spliced with scenes of Tom Cruise in the new film as well.
The Joseph Kosinski-directed video shows clips of Gaga — looking gorgeous as ever in her aviator jacket and sunglasses — as she sings the emotional track from under a jet and plays piano on a plane runway. The video is spliced with scenes of Tom Cruise in the new film as well.
- 5/6/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Updated with video: Lady Gaga has released the video for “Hold My Hand,” the power ballad she co-penned and performs for Paramount/Skydance’s upcoming Top Gun: Maverick, which had its world premiere on Wednesday in San Diego. Watch it above.
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.
The original Top Gun won a Best Original Song Academy Award for Tom Whitlock and Giorgio Moroder’s “Take My Breath Away” which was performed by Berlin for the 1986 film. Gaga won an Oscar in the same category for A Star Is Born’s “Shallow” in 2019.
Written and produced by Gaga and BloodPop, with additional production from Benjamin Rice, “Hold My Hand” plays over the...
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.
The original Top Gun won a Best Original Song Academy Award for Tom Whitlock and Giorgio Moroder’s “Take My Breath Away” which was performed by Berlin for the 1986 film. Gaga won an Oscar in the same category for A Star Is Born’s “Shallow” in 2019.
Written and produced by Gaga and BloodPop, with additional production from Benjamin Rice, “Hold My Hand” plays over the...
- 5/6/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Lady Gaga really takes Tom Cruise's breath away. Cruise, 59, is back in action as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel to his classic 1986 film. The Hollywood legend chatted exclusively with E! News' Francesca Amiker at the film's premiere on May 4 about Lady Gaga's original song for the movie, "Hold My Hand," and a recent trip he took to see her Vegas residency. "I just was entertained, and she just blew us all away. I have so much respect for her," Cruise told E! News's Daily Pop about seeing Gaga in concert, adding that her song for Top Gun: Maverick "opened up doors for this film." "['Hold...
- 5/5/2022
- E! Online
Tom Cruise appeared on The Late Late Show to discuss his new movie, Top Gun: Maverick, and spent a significant amount of his interview singing Lady Gaga’s praises. The actor said the singer’s contribution to the soundtrack, “Hold My Hand,” became the “heartbeat of our film.”
“She’s incredible,” Cruise told host James Corden. “She’s not just on the soundtrack. She actually helped to compose the score and it was incredible.”
Cruise recounted how Gaga brought her song to him and Hans Zimmer, who also composed the music for the film,...
“She’s incredible,” Cruise told host James Corden. “She’s not just on the soundtrack. She actually helped to compose the score and it was incredible.”
Cruise recounted how Gaga brought her song to him and Hans Zimmer, who also composed the music for the film,...
- 5/5/2022
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
This is your captain with an important message: Lady Gaga has dropped a new track. The "Bad Romance" singer officially released her latest track, a power ballad called "Hold My Hand," on May 3. It'll feature in the upcoming film, Top Gun: Maverick, the highly anticipated sequel to the 1986 Tom Cruise flick Top Gun. Lady Gaga reflected on the song's depth in an Instagram post shared April 27. "When I wrote this song for Top Gun: Maverick, 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 shared. And though it didn't take as long as the...
- 5/3/2022
- E! Online
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 and seems to indicate that the extended wait, due to multiple release date hiccups, might be worth it and could deliver the goods.
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- 5/3/2022
- by Christopher Marc
- The Playlist
It’s Lady Gaga’s turn to take our breath away.
The Oscar winner for Best Original Song for “A Star Is Born” and the recent winner of the august New York Film Critics Circle’s best actress award for “House of Gucci”, whose recent triumphs include dueting with Tony Bennett at Radio City Music Hall for his final concert and appearing at the 2022 Oscars with Liza Minnelli, has found a new collaborative partner: The United States Air Force.
As with the 1986 Tony Scott version, Joseph Kosinski’s “Top Gun: Maverick” is aiming to take over the box office and the airwaves. Back in the day, the “Top Gun Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” hit number one on the album charts, powered by Kenny Loggins’s “Danger Zone” and that year’s Oscar-winner for Best Original Song, Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away.” Both tunes were co-written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock.
The Oscar winner for Best Original Song for “A Star Is Born” and the recent winner of the august New York Film Critics Circle’s best actress award for “House of Gucci”, whose recent triumphs include dueting with Tony Bennett at Radio City Music Hall for his final concert and appearing at the 2022 Oscars with Liza Minnelli, has found a new collaborative partner: The United States Air Force.
As with the 1986 Tony Scott version, Joseph Kosinski’s “Top Gun: Maverick” is aiming to take over the box office and the airwaves. Back in the day, the “Top Gun Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” hit number one on the album charts, powered by Kenny Loggins’s “Danger Zone” and that year’s Oscar-winner for Best Original Song, Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away.” Both tunes were co-written by Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock.
- 5/3/2022
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
The soundtrack was essential to the original film’s popularity, and the singer’s powerful new ballad, Hold My Hand, could ensure that the long-awaited sequel flies high too
Top Gun: Maverick has been beset by so many delays that, by this point, any fool can anticipate the whole movie beat for beat. There’ll be tons and tons of cutting edge aerial photography, complete with shots of actors getting their faces squished into mush by G-force. There’ll be plenty of knowingly nostalgic nods to the original, too, with old characters making long overdue returns. But now for something few saw coming: the film will also include a Lady Gaga power ballad.
Lady Gaga just shared a new song called Hold My Hand. It is definitely from Top Gun: Maverick because, in the official video, not only are the words “Lady Gaga” written in the official Top Gun font,...
Top Gun: Maverick has been beset by so many delays that, by this point, any fool can anticipate the whole movie beat for beat. There’ll be tons and tons of cutting edge aerial photography, complete with shots of actors getting their faces squished into mush by G-force. There’ll be plenty of knowingly nostalgic nods to the original, too, with old characters making long overdue returns. But now for something few saw coming: the film will also include a Lady Gaga power ballad.
Lady Gaga just shared a new song called Hold My Hand. It is definitely from Top Gun: Maverick because, in the official video, not only are the words “Lady Gaga” written in the official Top Gun font,...
- 5/3/2022
- by Stuart Heritage
- The Guardian - Film News
Lady Gaga has released her new single, “Hold My Hand,” which will appear in upcoming Tom Cruise movie Top Gun: Maverick. The hopeful, anthemic track sees Gaga singing about being there for someone without question: “But if you decide to, I’ll ride in this life with you/I won’t let go ’til the end.”
The stadium-ready single was produced by Lady Gaga and longtime collaborator BloodPop, with additional production by Benjamin Rice. The version of “Hold My Hand” that appears in the film features additional production and scoring...
The stadium-ready single was produced by Lady Gaga and longtime collaborator BloodPop, with additional production by Benjamin Rice. The version of “Hold My Hand” that appears in the film features additional production and scoring...
- 5/3/2022
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Ahead of the release of the Tom Cruise-starrer action drama ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, Lady Gaga has released a new song titled ‘Hold My Hand’ from the film, which is set to bow in theatres on May 27, reports ‘Variety’. As per ‘Variety’, ‘Hold My Hand’, produced by Gaga and BloodPop, with additional production by Benjamin […]...
- 5/3/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
A few days after “Top Gun: Maverick” premiered at CinemaCon, now you can listen to the song Lady Gaga wrote for the film.
The song, “Hold My Hand,” was posted on Spotify Monday night. Listen to it now:
The singer posted about the song on Instagram last Wednesday, describing her process of making it.
“When I wrote this song for ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ 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 wrote in the caption. “I’ve been working on it for years, perfecting it, trying to make it ours.”
“I wanted to make music into a song where we share our deep need to both be understood and try to understand each other—a longing to be close when we feel so far away and an ability to celebrate life’s heroes,...
The song, “Hold My Hand,” was posted on Spotify Monday night. Listen to it now:
The singer posted about the song on Instagram last Wednesday, describing her process of making it.
“When I wrote this song for ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ 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 wrote in the caption. “I’ve been working on it for years, perfecting it, trying to make it ours.”
“I wanted to make music into a song where we share our deep need to both be understood and try to understand each other—a longing to be close when we feel so far away and an ability to celebrate life’s heroes,...
- 5/3/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Lady 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. The song is produced by Gaga and BloodPop, with additional production by Benjamin Rice.
Leading up to the release, Gaga teased lyrics, “Hold my hand everything will be ok, I heard from the heavens that clouds have been grey.” She called the song a “love letter to the world.” In a longer Instagram post, Gaga shared, “I didn’t even...
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. The song is produced by Gaga and BloodPop, with additional production by Benjamin Rice.
Leading up to the release, Gaga teased lyrics, “Hold my hand everything will be ok, I heard from the heavens that clouds have been grey.” She called the song a “love letter to the world.” In a longer Instagram post, Gaga shared, “I didn’t even...
- 5/3/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
“Top Gun: Maverick” blasted off at CinemaCon, where Paramount Pictures held the tentpole’s first public screening and generated rave first reactions. Journalists in attendance are hailing the long-awaited “Top Gun” sequel as “the perfect blockbuster” and “terrific in every conceivable way.” The film will screen at the Cannes Film Festival in May before Paramount releases it in theaters over Memorial Day weekend.
Paramount Pictures president Brian Robbins introduced the CinemaCon screening of the film and said star Tom Cruise has earned his reputation as the most daring actor in Hollywood. Cruise was not in attendance but did send along a pre-recorded video in which he told the audience, “Please enjoy, and, hey, let’s try to have a great summer!” Several moments in the film had the audience cheering, and Paramount executives were thrilled with the way theater owners were responding to the movie.
Tom Cruise reprises his role...
Paramount Pictures president Brian Robbins introduced the CinemaCon screening of the film and said star Tom Cruise has earned his reputation as the most daring actor in Hollywood. Cruise was not in attendance but did send along a pre-recorded video in which he told the audience, “Please enjoy, and, hey, let’s try to have a great summer!” Several moments in the film had the audience cheering, and Paramount executives were thrilled with the way theater owners were responding to the movie.
Tom Cruise reprises his role...
- 4/28/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
After being delayed multiple times, the big-budget sequel “Top Gun: Maverick” is finally opening in the United States on May 27, 2022, following an April 28 world premiere at CinemaCon. But we don’t just have the movie to look forward to. Lady Gaga has also announced that she’s written a new song for the film called “Hold My Hand.” The song drops on May 3, but will it be as iconic as the love theme from the original “Top Gun” movie? And will it win Gaga her second Oscar?
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“When I wrote this song,” Gaga tweeted on April 27 (see below), “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’s been working on it for years,...
SEELady Gaga songs, ranked: Her top 25 greatest hits including ‘Rain on Me,’ ‘Shallow,’ ‘Born This Way’ and more
“When I wrote this song,” Gaga tweeted on April 27 (see below), “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’s been working on it for years,...
- 4/27/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
New music from Lady Gaga is on the way — and Little Monsters have Top Gun: Maverick to thank. On Wednesday, Gaga announced that she will release the soundtrack’s lead single, “Hold My Hand,” on May 3.
“When I wrote this song for Top Gun: Maverick, 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,” Gaga tweeted about the track Wednesday. “I’ve been working on it for years, perfecting it,...
“When I wrote this song for Top Gun: Maverick, 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,” Gaga tweeted about the track Wednesday. “I’ve been working on it for years, perfecting it,...
- 4/27/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Lady Gaga is flying high — and pulling out the big guns once more with a new original song for “Top Gun: Maverick.”
The “Shallow” Oscar winner announced on April 27 that her new single “Hold My Hand” will be featured in the “Top Gun” sequel, premiering at Cannes before debuting in theaters on May 27.
“When I wrote this song for ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ 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,” Gaga tweeted. “I’ve been working on it for years, perfecting it, trying to make it ours. I wanted to make music into a song where we share our deep need to both be understood and try to understand each other — a longing to be close when we feel so far away and an ability to celebrate life’s heroes.
The “Shallow” Oscar winner announced on April 27 that her new single “Hold My Hand” will be featured in the “Top Gun” sequel, premiering at Cannes before debuting in theaters on May 27.
“When I wrote this song for ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ 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,” Gaga tweeted. “I’ve been working on it for years, perfecting it, trying to make it ours. I wanted to make music into a song where we share our deep need to both be understood and try to understand each other — a longing to be close when we feel so far away and an ability to celebrate life’s heroes.
- 4/27/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Lady Gaga has announced the new song from “Top Gun: Maverick” “Hold My Hand.” The song written by Gaga, features in the film opening May 27 and will be released on May 3.
In the highly-anticipated film, Tom Cruise returns as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, a courageous test pilot who dodges the advancement in rank that would ground him. 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. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.”
Gaga’s soaring ballad comes after Cruise was first spotted at her Las Vegas show, Enigma in December 2019. “Hold My Hand” was written for the motion picture and is featured throughout the film. The single was produced by Gaga and BloodPop, with additional production by Benjamin Rice.
In the highly-anticipated film, Tom Cruise returns as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, a courageous test pilot who dodges the advancement in rank that would ground him. 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. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.”
Gaga’s soaring ballad comes after Cruise was first spotted at her Las Vegas show, Enigma in December 2019. “Hold My Hand” was written for the motion picture and is featured throughout the film. The single was produced by Gaga and BloodPop, with additional production by Benjamin Rice.
- 4/27/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
If you read TVLine’s fearless predictions of the The Voice’s Season 21 Final Five this weekend, you already know who I think will be competing in next week’s finals. (If you didn’t, you can catch up here.) Question Monday night was, which of the Top 8 acts actually sang like they belonged in the finals? Aand… ? Who did? Read on. You know how this works!
Jim and Sasha Allen (Team Ariana), “Mrs. Robinson” — Grade: C | In rehearsal, the father/son duo sounded like they were going to deliver a perfectly lovely cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s classic, which...
Jim and Sasha Allen (Team Ariana), “Mrs. Robinson” — Grade: C | In rehearsal, the father/son duo sounded like they were going to deliver a perfectly lovely cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s classic, which...
- 12/7/2021
- by Charlie Mason
- TVLine.com
Blake Shelton entered the semi-finals of “The Voice” Season 21 with a leading three artists still on his team. Comparatively, Team Kelly Clarkson (Girl Named Tom and Hailey Mia) and Team John Legend (Joshua Vacanti and Jershika Maple) both had two singers apiece, while Team Ariana Grande (Jim & Sasha Allen) trailed with just one duo. So what songs did the Top 8 perform on Monday night?
SEEAll 15 ‘The Voice’ coaches ranked worst to best
Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Voice” recap of Season 21, Episode 23 to find out what happened Monday, December 6 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite artists on NBC’s long-running reality TV show, which coach you’re rooting for and who you think will ultimately join “The Voice” winners list for this Fall 2021 installment. Carson Daly hosts the Emmy-winning program.
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SEEAll 15 ‘The Voice’ coaches ranked worst to best
Below, read our minute-by-minute “The Voice” recap of Season 21, Episode 23 to find out what happened Monday, December 6 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Then be sure to sound off in the comments section about your favorite artists on NBC’s long-running reality TV show, which coach you’re rooting for and who you think will ultimately join “The Voice” winners list for this Fall 2021 installment. Carson Daly hosts the Emmy-winning program.
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- 12/7/2021
- by John Benutty and Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Darius Rucker’s new tour doesn’t start until February 17, 2022, in Philadelphia but we’re pretty confident that we already know what the country singer is going to be wearing that night. Call us shocked if the 55-year-old musician isn’t actually donning a Sherpa-lined Eagles vest when he hits the stage.
The fashion decision makes sense seeing as how the garment is one of the new pieces in the three-time Grammy winner’s just-debuted NFL x Darius Rucker Collection by Fanatics, available now on Fanatics.com.
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The fashion decision makes sense seeing as how the garment is one of the new pieces in the three-time Grammy winner’s just-debuted NFL x Darius Rucker Collection by Fanatics, available now on Fanatics.com.
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- 11/15/2021
- by DeMarco Williams
- Rollingstone.com
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