In Touch Weekly May 23, 2022

Feel the need for speed?! After a long delay, Top Gun: Maverick finally hits theaters on May 27. And In Touch has all the behind-the-scenes gossip from the highly anticipated sequel to the 1986 blockbuster. Star Tom Cruise, 59, “is obviously a well-known perfectionist, but this film was his baby, and the follow-up had to be better than the first,” says a source. “He repeatedly insisted that everyone on the set was required to bring their A-game — and the result was truly movie magic.”…

She’s a cougar, not a cradle robber! Kim Cattrall has confirmed that a proposed plot for the third Sex and the City movie involved Miranda’s 14-year-old son sending Samantha unwanted explicit photos. “It’s heartbreaking,” says Kim, 65, adding that she had pitched a storyline in which the PR guru was forced to sell her company. “That’s conflict, instead of an underage boy…. Everything in me went, ‘I’m done.’ ” And while the movie never happened, Brady did turn out to be a horny teen in HBO’s And Just Like That… Remember when his mom stepped on a used condom?!…

After reportedly selling his nearby contemporary mansion to Kaley Cuoco for a $1.5 million profit, Taylor Lautner, 30, is moving to a rustic compound in a gated community in Agoura Hills, Calif. The hacienda-style mansion boasts a dramatic foyer, mosaic tile, wrought-iron details and wood-beamed ceilings. The “resort-style” grounds feature a pool, entertaining pavilion and a charming greenhouse...where he and fiancée Tay Dome can reenact a Twilight scene!…

PARADISE CITY Indio, Calif., April 30 Performing with Guns N’ Roses frontman AXL ROSE at Stagecoach Festival is a “lifelong dream come true,” says CARRIE UNDERWOOD. DON’T MAKE HER BEG! May 5 ”Taco bout a great Cinco de Mayo,” says RYAN SEACREST, celebrating with Georgia. BIKINI BEAUTY May 1 Out of the shallows! LADY GAGA gets ready to take a dip. KNICKERS IN A TWIST LA, April 13 JESSICA BIEL and ELLEN DEGENERES play Stuff Your Granny Panties on Ellen’s soon-to-be-defunct talk show. THAT’S HOT LA, April 28 Selfie style! PARIS HILTON poses in front of a giant painting of herself at the GODDESS Art Show. MAD DASH NYC, April 25 After six years, AMY SCHUMER is back filming her Emmy-winning comedy series, Inside Amy Schumer, on the streets of…

The royal guards aren’t what they used to be. In a shocking breach of security, a stalker dressed as a priest was allowed to spend the night at the Windsor Castle barracks in late April, without showing any identification or credentials, after claiming to be a friend of the battalion’s chaplain. “This man, who is apparently known to local police for having mental health issues, just showed up at the gate and the soldiers invited him for dinner,” says a source, adding that the guards also gave him a bed for the night. “They didn’t figure out he was an impostor until the next morning!” His bed was less than 300 yards from Windsor Castle, where the queen now lives. After spending Easter at Sandringham, she returned to Windsor Castle…

It seemed only fitting that Fred Savage became a director and an executive producer on ABC’s The Wonder Years. But in a shocking twist, the former child star — who helped make the show an instant hit in 1988 when he was 12 — has been fired due to the findings of an investigation about his conduct on set. “Recently, we were made aware of allegations of inappropriate conduct by Fred Savage, and as is policy, an investigation was launched. Upon its completion, the decision was made to terminate his employment,” says Disney-owned 20th Television. At press time, the actor, who’s faced misconduct allegations in the past, had not commented on the latest scandal. “This is a huge blow to his career,” says a source. “And extremely disappointing to his…