Pearl Jam brought out an unlikely guest during the band’s Saturday headlining gig at Napa Valley’s BottleRock as Bradley Cooper — Jackson Maine himself — came onstage to perform “Maybe It’s Time” from his A Star Is Born. With Eddie Vedder on acoustic guitar, Cooper dusted off his Maine persona …
Read More »No One Knows What Movies Bradley Cooper Is in During 'Abbott Elementary' Cameo
Bradley Cooper did not take home an Oscar on Sunday for Maestro, but the loss was followed up with a winning cameo in the opening scene of the new episode of Abbot Elementary. Cooper appeared as himself during the episode, popping up as a student’s show-and-tell project. “Whenever I’m in …
Read More »Bradley Cooper Explains Why He Wore a Prosthetic Nose to Play Leonard Bernstein in 'Maestro'
Bradley Cooper defended and explained the decision to wear a prosthetic nose while portraying Leonard Bernstein in his new film about the composer and conductor, Maestro. The critiques about the prosthetic nose quickly followed the release of the Maestro trailer in August, with some arguing the prosthetic actually detracted from …
Read More »Brooke Shields Reveals She Suffered Grand Mal Seizure… And Bradley Cooper Came to the Rescue
Brooke Shields revealed in a new interview that she recently suffered a grand mal seizure and that Bradley Cooper played the unlikely role of hero by accompanying her to the hospital. Speaking to Glamour about her recent documentary Pretty Baby, a one-woman show and her new podcast, Shields announced at …
Read More »'Maestro': Bradley Cooper's Leonard Bernstein Biopic Unveils Official Trailer
Bradley Cooper embodies Leonard Bernstein in the new trailer for Maestro, the actor-director’s acclaimed biopic about the legendary composer and his lifelong relationship with Felicia Montealegre, played by Carey Mulligan. Following its teaser trailer this summer, the latest preview further highlights the painstaking (and somewhat controversial) level of detail that …
Read More »AnnaLynne McCord Has Conquered Her Demons
A nnaLynne McCord had no desire to play Naomi Clark, the uber-privileged “queen bee” of 90210’s West Beverly High. She’d just had a terrible experience during the shoot of Fired Up!, a teen sex comedy about two high school football players who go to cheerleading camp to get laid. Apparently, …
Read More »Bradley Cooper's 'Maestro' Is a Beautiful Tribute to Leonard Bernstein
Much ink has been spilled — or rather, tweets fired off — over Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose in his Leonard Bernstein biopic. Because Cooper is not a Jew himself, dissenters opined, accentuating his schnoz was an act of crude caricature. Of ethnic derision. The word “Jewface” trended online for an …
Read More »Venice Film Fest Offers Premiere Slots to Alleged Abusers Roman Polanski, Woody Allen
The 2023 Venice Film Festival will boast the premieres of new movies from an array of top filmmakers, including Sofia Coppola, David Fincher, and Bradley Cooper. It’s also decided to offer a platform to some more controversial directors, with both Woody Allen and Roman Polanski securing out-of-competition premieres for their …
Read More »'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' Is Yet Another Big Marvel Movie Misstep
The whole thing felt like a glorious fluke from the get-go. Never mind all those top-tier, name-recognized Marvel superheroes that were being trotted out in the name of establishing a multimedia, cross-branded empire. Let’s spend a lot of money on an obscure late ’60s comic-book title, using characters from its …
Read More »Rocket's Origin and Radiohead: Inside 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3'
The first sign that May 5’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will have a darker feel than its oft-comedic predecessors arrives immediately, with a musical choice. “It doesn’t start with ‘Mr. Blue Sky,’” says writer-director James Gunn, who’s already conjured two blockbusters out of an intergalactic-outcast saga starring characters …
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