Maverick Macron: How French President’s ‘Top Gun’ sunglasses stole the show at Davos

There are moments in global politics when a throwaway detail says more than a thousand policy papers. This week at Davos, it was not tariffs, wars or balance sheets that captured the internet’s imagination. It was a pair of dark, reflective aviator sunglasses perched on the face of Emmanuel Macron.In the thin Alpine air, amid […]

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SNL recap: Glenn Powell’s maverick act, Epstein files, 6-7 meme and the day after Taken

During the run-up to the 2024 US Election, comedian Stephen Colbert had joked that since Kamala Harris was shopping for a male white running mate, she might as well pick Glenn Powell, arguing that the tagline could have been: Yes, we Glen. It certainly couldn’t have been worse than Tim Walz. For a while Glen […]

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US strikes Iran: How Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick eerily predicted Donald Trump’s Operation Midnight Hammer | World News

When Top Gun: Maverick stormed theatres in 2022, it wasn’t just a sequel—it was a resurrection. It defied every law of modern franchise gravity. No multiverse. No Marvel. No brooding they-them anti-hero. Just the return of a square-jawed cis-American icon doing exactly what he did 36 years ago—only faster, louder, and with a bigger sonic […]

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