Who knew when the year began that a sequel to a 36-year-old movie starring its 60-year-old actor who headlined the original would be the box office champ so far this year? But “Top Gun: Maverick” starring Tom Cruise, which was released Aug. 23 on digital formats while still flying high in theaters is not only the No. 1 film of the year with a staggering haul of 683.4 million domestically and 720 million overseas. And the acclaimed film didn’t even play in China or Russia. “Top Gun: Maverick” is also the biggest film of Cruise’s career which began in 1981 with Franco Zeffirelli’s “Endless Love.”
And with the digital release, let’s relive 1986, the year we first felt the need for speed and flew into the danger zone. The year the original “Top Gun” took our breath away.
Top 10 Box Office Hits
Top Gun (natch)
Crocodile Dundee
Platoon
The Karate Kid Part...
And with the digital release, let’s relive 1986, the year we first felt the need for speed and flew into the danger zone. The year the original “Top Gun” took our breath away.
Top 10 Box Office Hits
Top Gun (natch)
Crocodile Dundee
Platoon
The Karate Kid Part...
- 8/24/2022
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
The fourth season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” is set in 1986. Talk about déjà vu.
The top movie of the year was “Top Gun” starring Tom Cruise and this year, the sequel “Top Gun: Maverick” is the top flick earning nearly 582 million in North America. “Cobra Kai,”the TV sequel to “Karate Kid,” is one of the most popular series on Netflix and several “Star Trek” series have blasted off on “Paramount+.
A handful the top ten TV series including “Cheers,” “Murder, She Wrote” and “The Golden Girls” are living on in repeats. One of the top series, “60 Minutes,” is still chugging away on CBS after 54 seasons making it the longest running primetime series on the small screen. And Michael J. Fox, who won the Emmy that year for “Family Ties,” will receive an honorary Oscar this fall.
So, in honor of “Stranger Things” let’s take the time...
The top movie of the year was “Top Gun” starring Tom Cruise and this year, the sequel “Top Gun: Maverick” is the top flick earning nearly 582 million in North America. “Cobra Kai,”the TV sequel to “Karate Kid,” is one of the most popular series on Netflix and several “Star Trek” series have blasted off on “Paramount+.
A handful the top ten TV series including “Cheers,” “Murder, She Wrote” and “The Golden Girls” are living on in repeats. One of the top series, “60 Minutes,” is still chugging away on CBS after 54 seasons making it the longest running primetime series on the small screen. And Michael J. Fox, who won the Emmy that year for “Family Ties,” will receive an honorary Oscar this fall.
So, in honor of “Stranger Things” let’s take the time...
- 7/11/2022
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!!
Nintendo R&D3
Nintendo
Nes
After attending a boxing match in the early 80’s featuring future heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, Nintendo of America’s founder and former president Minoru Arakawa, had the brilliant idea of porting the arcade hit Punch Out, to the Nes. There were several changes made, mostly because the Nes wasn’t strong enough to faithfully emulate the arcade graphics, but the most glaring difference was the addition of Tyson himself, added on as the title character. Tyson was rumoured to have been paid $50,000 for a three-year period for his likeness – a bargain considering they signed Iron Mike before he made history beating Trevor Berbick for the Wbc heavyweight championship, and becoming the youngest ever world champion in boxing.
After winning the Wba championship, Mike became one of the most feared men to ever step into a boxing ring. His peekaboo boxing style,...
Nintendo R&D3
Nintendo
Nes
After attending a boxing match in the early 80’s featuring future heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, Nintendo of America’s founder and former president Minoru Arakawa, had the brilliant idea of porting the arcade hit Punch Out, to the Nes. There were several changes made, mostly because the Nes wasn’t strong enough to faithfully emulate the arcade graphics, but the most glaring difference was the addition of Tyson himself, added on as the title character. Tyson was rumoured to have been paid $50,000 for a three-year period for his likeness – a bargain considering they signed Iron Mike before he made history beating Trevor Berbick for the Wbc heavyweight championship, and becoming the youngest ever world champion in boxing.
After winning the Wba championship, Mike became one of the most feared men to ever step into a boxing ring. His peekaboo boxing style,...
- 3/28/2015
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
New York — Mike Tyson wants his next knockout to be on Broadway.
The former boxer announced Monday that he will team up with director Spike Lee to bring his one-man show, "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth," to the Longacre Theatre for six nights only, July 31 to Aug. 5.
The show, a raw confessional on the highs and lows of the life of the retired heavyweight and tabloid target, will mark both Tyson's and Lee's debut on Broadway. It made its debut in April for a weeklong run at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
"I'm very vulnerable and I'm just telling you who I am and where I'm from and how this happened," Tyson said at a news conference at the Longacre, wearing white pants, a white shirt and a gray jacket.
Tyson, like Lee a Brooklyn native, became the youngest-ever heavyweight champion in 1986, when he won his title as a 20-year-old.
The former boxer announced Monday that he will team up with director Spike Lee to bring his one-man show, "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth," to the Longacre Theatre for six nights only, July 31 to Aug. 5.
The show, a raw confessional on the highs and lows of the life of the retired heavyweight and tabloid target, will mark both Tyson's and Lee's debut on Broadway. It made its debut in April for a weeklong run at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
"I'm very vulnerable and I'm just telling you who I am and where I'm from and how this happened," Tyson said at a news conference at the Longacre, wearing white pants, a white shirt and a gray jacket.
Tyson, like Lee a Brooklyn native, became the youngest-ever heavyweight champion in 1986, when he won his title as a 20-year-old.
- 6/18/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
No matter what you think of Mike Tyson (and considering his checkered past, there are many reasons not to like him), you absolutely cannot dispute the fact that on his best night, he was the greatest heavyweight fighter ever to step into a ring. His combination of speed, power, conditioning and tenacity was unmatched by any other boxer in his prime, and it was unfortunate that Tyson seemed to peak at exactly the wrong time, as there were rarely other elite heavyweights for him to battle between the ropes. Still, he had one of those huge nights on this day in 1986, when the 20-year-old Tyson knocked out Trevor Berbick to become the youngest heavyweight champion in the history of boxing.
The heavily-hyped fight between Tyson and Berbick ended up being not much of a fight at all, as Iron Mike knocked Berbick out cold in the second round. Tyson wasn't...
The heavily-hyped fight between Tyson and Berbick ended up being not much of a fight at all, as Iron Mike knocked Berbick out cold in the second round. Tyson wasn't...
- 11/22/2010
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
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