‘Airplane!’ and ‘Naked Gun’ writer-director Jim Abrahams dead at 80

‘Airplane!’ and ‘Naked Gun’ writer-director Jim Abrahams dead at 80

Jim Abrahams, the writer-director who helped create comedy classics such as “Airplane!,” the “Naked Gun” movies, and the TV series “Police Squad!” has died. He was 80. Abrahams passed away of natural causes on Tuesday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., his son Joseph Abrahams told the Hollywood Reporter. Together with his boyhood friends … Read more

‘Agitated’ Phil Spector once pulled a gun on Cher when she confronted him about violating her record contract: book

‘Agitated’ Phil Spector once pulled a gun on Cher when she confronted him about violating her record contract: book

Phil Spector allegedly threatened Cher with a revolver decades before being convicted of second-degree murder in 2009. The “If I Could Turn Back Time” singer, 78, made the startling revelation in her newly released self-titled book, “Cher: The Memoir.”  According to the Grammy winner, after she completed her 1974 album “Dark Lady,” Spector approached her about … Read more

Megan Fox reveals she’s pregnant in daring Instagram post, expecting child with Machine Gun Kelly

Megan Fox reveals she’s pregnant in daring Instagram post, expecting child with Machine Gun Kelly

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are expecting a little bundle of joy. Fox, 38, revealed she is pregnant with her fourth child on Monday with a slick Instagram post, posing naked covered in what appeared to be black oil as she cradles her baby bump in the first of two photos. Fox captioned the … Read more

Kristin Cavallari speaks out on ex-husband Jay Cutler’s DUI and gun arrest

Kristin Cavallari speaks out on ex-husband Jay Cutler’s DUI and gun arrest

Kristin Cavallari said she hopes her ex-husband, Jay Cutler “gets the help he needs” after the former NFL quarterback was arrested for DUI and gun possession last Thursday in Franklin, Tenn. During the latest installment of her “Let’s Be Honest” podcast, the former reality star issued a brief statement and said she won’t be speaking about … Read more

Jay Cutler arrested for DUI and gun possession in Tennessee

Jay Cutler arrested for DUI and gun possession in Tennessee

Jay Cutler was arrested for DUI and gun possession Thursday evening in Franklin, Tenn., according to TMZ. The former NFL quarterback, who was married to reality star Kristin Cavallari, was also arrested on failure to exercise due care and violation of implied consent law. Cutler, 41, was booked into the Williamson County Jail. He posted … Read more

Rapper Lil Baby arrested in Las Vegas on gun charge

Rapper Lil Baby arrested in Las Vegas on gun charge

Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Baby was arrested on the Las Vegas Strip after cops accused him of carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. The 29-year-old rapper, whose real name is Dominique Jones, was taken into custody early Monday and booked in Clark County Detention Center on suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon without a … Read more

Exclusive | Lewis Pullman hasn’t ‘gotten a call’ about ‘Top Gun 3’ — despite Glen Powell knowing start date

Exclusive | Lewis Pullman hasn’t ‘gotten a call’ about ‘Top Gun 3’ — despite Glen Powell knowing start date

Unlike Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman is in the dark about the plans for “Top Gun 3.” Pullman, 31, revealed in an exclusive interview with The Post that he hasn’t been contacted yet to reprise his role as LT Bob Floyd in the next Tom Cruise-led “Top Gun” movie. “I haven’t heard hide nor hair about that,” … Read more

Glen Powell confirms ‘Top Gun 3’ is to begin filming: ‘I have a date’

Glen Powell confirms ‘Top Gun 3’ is to begin filming: ‘I have a date’

“Top Gun” is gearing up to make its comeback.  During a live interview on the July 22 episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, Glen Powell suggested he knows when filming begins for the follow-up to “Top Gun: Maverick.” “I mean, I have a date,” Powell, 35, said, when asked about “Top Gun 3” by … Read more

Manny Jacinto slams ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ for cutting his lines: ‘Tom Cruise is writing stories for Tom Cruise’

Manny Jacinto slams ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ for cutting his lines: ‘Tom Cruise is writing stories for Tom Cruise’

He feels the need for speed.  Manny Jacinto, 36, is speaking out about “Top Gun: Maverick” cutting down his part.  “It’s flattering that there was a little bit of an outcry, but it wasn’t shocking to me,” Jacinto told GQ in an interview published Wednesday.  Jacinto, who is Filipino-Canadian and is married to “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” … Read more

Hot and Bothered: Mediterranean locals team up against unwanted tourists in serious water gun fight

Hot and Bothered: Mediterranean locals team up against unwanted tourists in serious water gun fight

Residents of Barcelona took out their frustrations against the increased mass tourism by visiting popular spots around the city this weekend and spraying people with water guns, demanding they go home. “Enough, let’s put limits on tourism,” was another rallying cry for the thousands of people – around 2,800, according to Catalan News – who … Read more

Country singer Jimmie Allen contemplated suicide after sexual assault lawsuit and affair, recalls ‘putting bullets’ into gun clip

Country singer Jimmie Allen contemplated suicide after sexual assault lawsuit and affair, recalls ‘putting bullets’ into gun clip

Jimmie Allen recently revealed that he contemplated suicide after his former manager sued him for sexual assault. The country singer, 38, made the revelation during a conversation with Kathie Lee Gifford, which was published via YouTube on Tuesday. In May 2023, Allen’s manager accused him of raping her and repeatedly subjecting her to sexual abuse … Read more

Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson team up for ‘Naked Gun’ remake

Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson team up for ‘Naked Gun’ remake

Get ready to dress up for a “Naked Gun” remake. Pamela Anderson has signed on to star opposite Liam Neeson in a new “Naked Gun” movie, expected to be released on July 18, 2025. Neeson, 71, has been cast as clueless police detective Frank Drebin with Anderson, 56, slated to play his love interest. Former … Read more

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ lawsuit alleging blockbuster film too similar to magazine article is tossed

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ lawsuit alleging blockbuster film too similar to magazine article is tossed

Paramount Pictures has won the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming its 2022 Tom Cruise blockbuster “Top Gun: Maverick” borrowed too much from a 1983 magazine article that inspired the original “Top Gun” film. In a decision on Friday, US District Judge Percy Anderson in Los Angeles said the sequel was not “substantially similar” to Ehud Yonay’s … Read more

Inside Machine Gun Kelly’s viral blackout tattoo sessions: ‘Most painful s–t I ever experienced’

Inside Machine Gun Kelly’s viral blackout tattoo sessions: ‘Most painful s–t I ever experienced’

Machine Gun Kelly is taking fans behind the scenes of the blood, sweat and tears that went into his viral blackout tattoo. The 33-year-old “Bad Things” rapper shared a clip to Instagram on Monday, which he started by showing off his previously colorful upper body tats before covering a majority of them with black ink. … Read more

Kid Rock says Bud Light bashing was just ‘a tantrum with a machine gun’

Kid Rock says Bud Light bashing was just ‘a tantrum with a machine gun’

Call him Kidder Rock. After his pistol-packing protest of Bud Light’s partnering with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney last year — in which he shot up cases of the beer in a viral display that sparked a boycott of the brand — Kid Rock is now saying that he was firing blanks, not bullets. “So, what’s … Read more

‘Top Gun’ actor Barry Tubb sues Paramount Pictures for using his image in ‘Maverick’ sequel

‘Top Gun’ actor Barry Tubb sues Paramount Pictures for using his image in ‘Maverick’ sequel

He’s taking the highway to the legal zone. Barry Tubb, who starred in the original “Top Gun” film as Wolfman, filed a lawsuit against Paramount+ claiming that the streaming giant used a photo of him without his permission in the 2022 sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick.” Tubb’s lawsuit refers to a scene when Hangman (Glen Powell) … Read more

Machine Gun Kelly ‘had a breakdown’ before getting viral blackout tattoo

Machine Gun Kelly ‘had a breakdown’ before getting viral blackout tattoo

Machine Gun Kelly is giving fans more insight into his decision to cover much of his fan-favorite chest and arm tattoos with a dramatic — and now viral — blackout tattoo. In his new piano rap ballad “Don’t Let Me Go” released Wednesday, MGK, whose real name is Colson Baker, says, “Wish I didn’t listen … Read more

Armorer Who Loaded Gun in Alec Baldwin Shooting Faces Trial: What to Know

Armorer Who Loaded Gun in Alec Baldwin Shooting Faces Trial: What to Know

Who is likely to testify? The prosecution has included several “Rust” crew members on its list of potential witnesses, including Joel Souza, the movie’s director, who was also shot and wounded in the incident; Mr. Halls, the first assistant director, who avoided prison time by taking a plea deal in the case; Mamie Mitchell and … Read more

Machine Gun Kelly debuts shocking new tattoo — fans accuse rapper of wanting to ‘turn black’

Machine Gun Kelly debuts shocking new tattoo — fans accuse rapper of wanting to ‘turn black’

Machine Gun Kelly fans are mourning the loss of his Cleveland-inspired chest tattoos — and others are accusing him of wanting to be black — upon the reveal of his massive blackout tattoo. The Grammy-nominated “Bloody Valentine” rapper showed off his new art piece Tuesday on Instagram, which turned his entire upper chest black — … Read more