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Topic: Top Gun

Val Kilmer poses for publicity photos taken in 1994 at his residence in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Michael Tighe/Donaldson Collection/Getty Images)

Val Kilmer was never afraid to be seen

Coleman Spilde
Kenny Loggins (Nick Spanos)

Kenny Loggins, movie soundtrack legend

Nicole Michael
Tom Cruise plays Capt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in "Top Gun: Maverick" (Paramount Pictures / Skydance / Jerry Bruckheimer Films)

"Top Gun" isn't anti-woke, but pro-balls

Melanie McFarland
Tom Cruise on the set of "Top Gun," directed by Tony Scott (Paramount Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

The lost meaning of "Top Gun"

Jesse Pennington
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Dan Helmer, a candidate for Virginia's 10th Congressional District, appears in an ad critical of GOP Rep. Barbara Comstock, the incumbent. (Screenshot)

The worst campaign ad, 2018 edition

Matthew Sheffield
Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis in "Top Gun" (Paramount Pictures)

Cruise Confirms "Top Gun 2"

Matthew Rozsa
(NBC)

Salon Staff
Heather Matarazzo in "Welcome to the Dollhouse"

Finally, a worthwhile sequel

Scott Timberg
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Tom Cruise in "Top Gun" (Paramount Pictures)

"Top Gun" vs. "The Odyssey"

Whitney Collins - The Weeklings
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