It Happened This Week

On May 16 , 1986 , Top Gun was released .

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It ’ s been 11 years since the New Kids on the Block released an album … but the wait is over . Joey McIntyre , Jonathan Knight , Jordan Knight , Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood are debuting their new record , Still Kids , on May 17 . It features pop anthems , dance tracks and love songs , including “ Dance With You ,” “ Better Days ” and “ A Love Like This .” Plus , there ’ s collaborations with DJ Jazzy Jeff on “ Get Down ” and Taylor Dayne on “ Old School Love .” Find out more about the music and tour at NKOTB . com .

Have a laugh when Jimmy Fallon looks back at the past 10 years as host of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon . He took over from Jay Leno in 2014 and became only the sixth host since the show ’ s debut in 1954 . In this two-hour special , he ’ ll share some of his favorite sketches , guests and musical performances , including “ Tight Pants ” with Will Ferrell and the story about how he almost dated Nicole Kidman . He ’ ll also share musical bits like “ Classroom Instruments ” with Adele and Metallica . See it on May 14 .

Jimmy Fallon hosts

NKOTB hit the road on the Magic Summer tour on June 14

Tiffany Boone and André Holland star

Jump into this wild true story that chronicles the escape of Black Panther leader Huey P . Newton to Cuba in 1974 . This six-episode series explores how Newton was able to evade FBI authorities after his arrest for murder , with the help of Hollywood producer Bert Schneider , in an impossibly elaborate plan — involving a fake movie production — that goes wrong in every single way it can . Premieres May 17 .

1 Patrick Swayze turned down the lead role in the film .

2 Top Gun producers paid $ 1.8 million to the U . S . military to use their planes , aircraft carriers , pilots and Naval Air Station in the movie .

3 The movie was inspired by a real school , the U . S . Navy Fighter Weapons School .

4 Allegedly , everyone except for Anthony Edwards threw up while in the fighter jets .

5 In the wake of the film , there was an increase in naval recruiting because so many people became interested in what they saw .

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