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It would be easy to become jaded after entering a fourth decade of making blockbusters. But surely even experienced movie heartthrob Tom Cruise was excited to be filming his latest science fiction movie Oblivion on the surface of a volcano in Iceland yesterday. The Far and Away favourite certainly looked the part as he sauntered around in a silver spacesuit, which he accessorised with a prop laser rife. Spaceman: Tom Cruise was dressed in full science fiction soldier garb on the set of Oblivion in Iceland yesterday The 49-year-old appeared to be having a ball as he walked around the…

Tom Cruise’s lawyer has spoken out in defence of the actor over reports that he considers his career to be as brutal as a soldier serving in Afghanistan. Bert Fields, Tom’s attorney, refers to details that have been published from a court deposition about the Hollywood star’s work schedule, that he claims are a ‘distortion’ and have been taken out of context. ‘The assertions that Tom Cruise likened making a movie to being at war in Afghanistan is a gross distortion of the record,” Fields said in a statement to People magazine. ‘What Tom said, laughingly, was that sometimes, “That’s…

When the Beckhams moved to LA, David and Tom were inseparable. Now they are occasionally seen shaking hands politely. Curious That whas then . . . Tom and David embrace during their honeymoon period. Photograph: Andrew D Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images And so to a new occasional series, Dispatches From the Showbiz Bermuda Triangle, wherein we contemplate the mysterious disappearance of various showbiz entities. This week, our subject is the Beckhams’ close friendship with Mr Tom Cruise, which has not been heard of since 2011. Whatever happened there, pop pickers? Time was they were all inseparable. The Beckhams were among the select…

What makes any car a true automotive icon? Well, there are many factors – and chief among them should be the ability to use it as a blank canvas to make it your own. They say about the C8 Chevy Corvette that ‘America’s sports car’ is one of the best such ‘paintings.’ But some other people might easily argue that a bundle of other legendary nameplates also fits the description perfectly. Both in the real world as well as across the imaginative realm of virtual automotive artists. Speaking of the latter, here is Czech Republic-based virtual artist Rostislav Prokop, better known…

Many automakers involved with the crazy United States car market have big plans for their 2023 debuts, but we are pretty sure that – if nothing goes wrong – there will be just one rising star across the entire auto show. If Ford doesn’t screw things up yet again (like it did with the introduction of the reinvented, sixth-generation Bronco, for a singular yet convincing example), then its 2024 Mustang (S650) might turn out to be the most important ICE vehicle of the year. And we bet no one will dare contest that. With the Chevy Camaro still up for a…

It’s that time of the year, ladies and gents! The Big Three in Detroit have all published the 2022 sales figures for the U.S. market, sales figures from which we can draw a few conclusions in regard to industry trends. For instance, the pony and muscle car segments are on a downward spiral. Kicking off with the best-selling nameplate of the bunch, the Challenger moved 55,060 units in the previous 12 months in the United States of America, up 1 percent from the 54,314 examples delivered in 2021. To whom it may concern, the four-door Charger also posted an uptick…

Though unrelated to the ongoing CES 2023, Dodge’s ‘Last Call’ automotive festival will soon take place on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and premiere the final special edition 2023 Charger or Challenger. Expectations are as high as the moon regarding the potential for high-performance collector madness, even if we still do not know which model series will be treated to the ultimate ICE-powered ‘Last Call’ special edition. If I were a gambler, which I am not, my money would be on both going down in gas-powered history before the Banshee EV-powered Dodge Charger SRT Daytona Concept’s production version takes…

A former Scientologist yesterday claimed she was quizzed about her sex life during an ‘audition’ to be Tom Cruise’s wife. Anette Iren Johansen, 36, told how she was asked ‘very private questions’ during an interview in Copenhagen in 2005, just weeks before he started dating Katie Holmes. A senior Scientologist demanded to know if she had any ‘sexual perversions’ and whether she had previously had any lesbian affairs or ‘gay sex’, she alleged. ‘Search for a bride’: Former Scientologist Anette Iren Johansen (left) has claimed she was among a number of women ‘auditioned’ to be the future wife of actor…

Hrithik Roshan’s birthday is right around the corner. The actor will be turning 49 years old on the 10th of January, and we are eagerly waiting for that day. Because being a car enthusiast himself, the “Greek God” has gifted himself some expensive cars in the past. So, will he be repeating that again in 2023? We can’t predict the future for sure, instead, what we can do at the moment is list down his exquisite garage collection. Expensive cars owned by superstar Hrithik Roshan: 1966 Mustang, Ferrari 360 Modena, Rolls-Royce Ghost & more There can be no doubt about…

Celebrity Machines owner Travis Bell was able to get his hands on a pretty awesome custom Toyota SR5 pickup truck, turned into a Ferrari Testarossa. The automotive world is a fascinating place. Especially when it comes to the world of custom cars. There is an abundance of weird and wonderful custom machines out there that many of us may never know exist. Not all of these custom cars are worth looking at. However, as he told the VINwiki YouTube channel in Car Stories, Travis Bell found one worth buying. This wasn’t some totally insane custom muscle car or supercar. It…

Tom Cruise is declaring he’s a damn good dad to Suri … opening up for the first time about his divorce from Katie Holmes and how it affected his relationship with his daughter. Cruise just filed docs in his $50 million lawsuit against the publisher of “Life & Style” and “In Touch” magazines for cover stories that claimed he “abandoned” Suri after divorcing Katie in June 2012. In the docs, Cruise says … “I have in no way cut Suri out of my life — whether physically, emotionally, financially or otherwise.” He goes on to cite specific times he saw his daughter in person in the months…

Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise, Joseph Kosinski and Jerry Bruckheimer on the set of Top Gun: Maverick. Photograph: Scott Garfield/Paramount Pictures The belated sequel to Top Gun is easily the highest-grossing film of 2022 – as well as Tom Cruise’s most successful movie ever. Its director explains how hard it was to make the film and why its star never, ever gives up In 1990, Tom Cruise told Playboy he wouldn’t make Top Gun 2, for fear it might glorify or gamify war. What changed?It’s a film about competition and friendship and sacrifice. It was never a film about war. We wanted to give…

2022 was a good year for Tom Cruise, professionally. One of his best years in a long time. Top Gun: Maverick was the biggest movie of the year, and by now we all know the story behind it – that Tom insisted on holding the picture through the pandemic because he was convinced that people would show up to see it. And they did, in huge numbers around the world. Maverick was such a big deal in the industry that Tom will be presented with the David O Selznick Achievement Award at the Producers Guild Awards in February, always a strong predictor…

The seventh and final Dodge “Last Call” special edition will debut March 20 at a special event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Dodge announced Tuesday. Dodge is rolling out the Last Call special editions as a sendoff for the current Challenger and Charger. The automaker revealed six of them throughout 2022, and originally planned to reveal the seventh model at the 2022 SEMA show in November of last year. However, Dodge announced in late September 2022 that the final Last Call model was delayed, and wouldn’t make it to SEMA. The automaker originally attributed the delay to “product and supply challenges,”…

Alfa Romeo celebrated the new year by teasing a mystery model. Rumors point to it being the supercar hinted at by Alfa Romeo boss Jean-Philippe Imparato last summer. The supercar, possibly called the 6C, is meant to be a swan song for the internal-combustion engine as Alfa Romeo switches to a full-electric lineup later in the decade. China’s Zeekr 001 may have dethroned the Lucid Air as the new EV range king. The performance hatch has been updated for 2023, and among the updates is an available 140-kwh battery from CATL, which is claimed to deliver more than 600 miles…

Let’s just make one thing very clear. We don’t think there’s such thing as a bad generation of BMW M3. Each is fabulous – you could argue any one of them is the best, and every iteration has its own dedicated group of fans. But there is one that we think has come the closest to perfection, in terms of what an M3 should be. What should an M3 be? Well, we don’t think it’s all about crazy speed or racey feel. Sure, there needs to be a sturdy helping of both, but above all, an M3 has to be beautifully…

Tom’s first taste of stardom came from his 1986 film Top Gun, and its sequel Top Gun: Maverick, which was released after two decades. When Tom Cruise Was Allegedly Rejected By Princess Diana ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia ) Tom Cruise is a name that needs no introduction to the world of cinema, and he is one of the highest-paid actors across the globe. He has a massive fan following, to say the least, and even at the age of sixty, he is still rocking it like always. The Top Gun actor makes his female fans go weak on their…

Reviewing and answering the internet’s top-searched questions about this strong 3-row 2023 Hyundai Palisade Ultimate CalligraphyArticle content Below, I’m going to share my key impressions after 1,700 kilometres in the 2023 Hyundai Palisade, covering central- to northern Ontario via smooth scenic highways, as well as a few hundred kilometres of shake-rattle-and-roll testing on the bashed-up backroads surrounding my locale. If you’re gearing up to pull the trigger on a fully loaded 2023 Hyundai Palisade Ultimate Calligraphy like this one, read on: we’re about to go deep into the Palisade’s drive and learn a whole bunch of cool stuff about it.…

Follow Richard and the Gas Monkeys as they find a 1966 Pontiac GTO and 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 to start their new build year. The start of a new year is a great time to put a new project or two into motion. YouTubers Gas Monkey Garage & Richard Rawlings do just that by hunting for potential build projects in the Lone Star State. Out of the dozens of tempting classic cars there, only two will go back to the garage. In the video, we learn which two muscle cars make the grade for Richard and his crew. A Winning Muscle Car Hiding…

With £40k to spend on a seven-seat SUV that can pull your caravan, you aren’t limited to Land Rover… The contenders Hyundai Santa Fe 2.2 CRDi 4WD Premium SE auto List price – £43,295 Target Price – £41,204 The range-topping Santa Fe comes loaded with kit and has proved rather practical to boot. Land Rover Discovery Sport TD4 180 Landmark Edition List price – £39,990 Target Price – £37,644 Celebrating Land Rover’s 70th, the Landmark Edition gets more kit than the HSE yet is cheaper. Ssangyong Rexton 2.2 e-XDI ELX auto List price – £35,495 Target Price – £35,163 Massive, relatively cheap and with a 3500kg towing capacity, the…

A prototype for the redesigned 2024 Mini Hardtop was spotted this week. The fourth-generation Hardtop will be offered with the choice of electric or internal-combustion power, but all further Hardtops will be electric only. 2024 Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC 63 S E Performance Coupe spy shots – Photo credit: S. Baldauf/SB-Medien Another vehicle we spied was the redesigned 2024 Mercedes-Benz AMG GLC 63 Coupe. For the next GLC 63 Coupe (and regular GLC 63), AMG will replace the current generation’s V-8 with a plug-in hybrid powertrain relying on a turbo-4 engine for its internal-combustion component. Teaser for Gemballa supercar Germany’s Gemballa teased us with another…

The latest new luxury SUV from Mercedes-Benz will have to play a blinder if it’s to surpass the Land Rover Discovery and bring an end to the Audi Q7’s four-year dominance… The contenders Audi Q7 45 TDI quattro S line List price – £57,565 Target Price – £51,869 Our long-time favourite luxury SUV returns to defend its seat at the head of the table. Land Rover Discovery SD4 SE List price – £54,660 Target Price – £51,889 We’ve tested the V6 diesel; does this cheaper four-cylinder engine make more sense? Mercedes-Benz GLE 300d 4Matic AMG Line 7 seats List price – £57,705 Target Price – £53,776 The brand new…

Ford’s had enough of adventure-seeking families in the market for a crossover SUV heading to Jeep and Subaru showrooms. At least, that’s the impression the 2022 Ford Explorer Timberline gives. With more ground clearance, a smattering of off-road-oriented hardware, an upgraded suspension, and all-terrain tires, Ford’s created the most off-road capable Explorer in recent memory. But while it should be enough to sway some from a Subaru Outback, it falls short of stealing Jeep’s lunch. Capability on a diet Like the Subaru Outback, the Explorer Timberline goes light on the off-road capability compared to the Jeep Grand Cherokee. Let’s just call it…

When Vaughn Gittin Jr. and Chelsea DeNofa get together, you know some tires are about to be shredded. The drifting duo recently released a video of a drift battle in their modified Ford Mustangs on North Carolina back roads. The location, near Wilkesboro, North Carolina, had plenty of twists and turns, reminding Gittin Jr. of Japan’s Touge Mountains, site of many epic drift battles. However, the roads were barely wide enough for the Mustangs to get sideways, turning the video into an excellent demonstration of precision car control. Vaughn Gittin Jr. and Chelsea DeNofa drift battle Drifting only takes up…