‘Maestro’ of love: Read Bradley Cooper’s high school opinion about best friends hooking up

Bradley Cooper’s film “Maestro” premiered in Venice this fall, it seemed his moment of glory had finally arrived.The “Hangover” star’s direction of the prestige drama and his performance as famed “West Side Story” composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein were greeted enthusiastically by critics. The pretentious historical movie is, of course, the sort of thing the press tends to rubber-stamp automatically.The picture is about a real person; a big chunk of it was shot in black and white; the main character leads a secret gay life in New York City and ages some 40 years over the course of the story.

took to X (formerly Twitter) to bash the Leonard Bernstein biopic on Wednesday. She first slammed the movie’s “Oscar buzz,” writing: “Watched ‘Maestro’ last night and I could barely get through it.”The conservative political commentator continued: “I’m frustrated I wasted what little free time I have open at night (with 2 young kids) watching it.”“Why are so many Oscar buzz movies like this and so disappointing? Who are these movies for?” she wondered.While the Oscar nominations have yet to be announced, “Maestro” has earned numerous nods so far at the Golden Globes and the Critics’ Choice Awards.The drama follows the rise of the famed composer (Cooper) and the relationship with his wife, Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan).The “A Star is Born” actor, 48, also wrote and directed the project, and even prepared for six years to master the “six minutes of music” to recreate Bernstein’s 1976 performance of Gustav Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony.Some X users agreed with McCain’s stance, with someone noting that the movie was “dull” and he “didn’t get through it.”“My wife and I started it but turned it off 15 mins in when it became clear this was meant as an ‘artistic movie’ for the Hollywood Elite.

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Bradley Cooper made it very clear that his daughter Lea comes first while attending a press conference for his movie Maestro.

Bradley Cooper abruptly left a press conference for his film “Maestro” after he received a phone call about his daughter, Lea, on Thursday.“So sorry. The school nurse just called me,” he said, according to the Daily Mail.“Can I just leave the room for a second to call them back and you can keep going?” he asked.

Dave Grohl has opened up about the death of his mother Virginia, who he has described as his “best friend”.Virginia Grohl passed away in July 2022, and she has since been immortalised in the ten-minute song ‘The Teacher’, which was included on Foo Fighters’ newest album ‘But Here We Are’, released in June this year.In an appearance on the Song Exploder podcast, Dave Grohl spoke in great emotional detail about the experience of being with his mother as she was dying, and his attempts at using music as a way to express his grief.“I was with her for all of the time leading up to her passing,” he said. “Every day during that period, I would write something on the guitar, because I felt that if I didn’t have that release, I would explode.”“I would spend the day at the hospital and then try to translate it musically, with no clear intention of what I was trying to achieve.

Bradley Cooper was reportedly forced to run off stage during the middle of a press conference after getting a worrying call from his six-year-old daughter's school.The actor, 48, ditched his work commitment in a mad dash after being struck with a family emergency which saw the school contact the Hollywood A-lister. Bradley called the press conference, which was to promote new Netflix film Maestro which sees him play composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, to an immediate halt as he explained the unusual circumstances.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Maestro, which is directed, co-written, produced by and stars Bradley Cooper.

Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” is available on Netflix now and out in the world. Cooper’s second directorial effort, many heavy-hitting filmmakers seem to be going to bat for the film, including director Alfonso Cuaron and Steven Spielberg, though the latter may not be entirely a surprise given he is a producer on the film.

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Two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington is clearly one of our finest actors (he’s been nominated ten times in total for various Best Acting and Best Supporting Actor turns). The actor, who has worked with many of the greats, Spike Lee, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Jonathan Demme, etc.

Bradley Cooper treated the Broadway community to a special screening of his new movie Maestro, just a couple days ahead of the film’s Netflix streaming release.

his new film, “Maestro,” about the life and career of famed composer Leonard Bernstein.In an interview with Spike Lee for Variety’s “Directors on Directors” series, Cooper said “When we shoot the movie, no one’s allowed on set,” before clarifying that producer Steven Spielberg was the exception. “Steven Spielberg came three times, but other than him, there’s nobody.

Bradley Cooper has just bought a new property. The lot is conveniently located near Gigi Hadid’s family farm, which houses horses and is visited often by the Hadids. According to new reports, the purchase suggests that the relationship betwen Cooper and Hadid is growing serious despite the fact that the two started seeing each other recently.The hottest celebrity couples that emerged in 2023Kanye West’s ex Amber Rose weighs in on his VMA drama with Taylor SwiftPage Six reports that Cooper’s new lot is located near New Hope, Pennsylvania, an area that he and Hadid visited last month for a romantic trip.

Bradley Cooper has revealed that he directed his new Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro in character as the late conductor, having been inspired by Christian Bale’s method in 2013’s American Hustle.Speaking to fellow director Spike Lee in an interivew for Variety, Cooper recalled being impressed by Bale’s commitment to staying in character.“American Hustle was the first time I saw an actor stay in the voice of a character,” he said. “It was Christian Bale. I had heard stories about Daniel Day-Lewis.

Bradley Cooper is struggling to remember the name of the film for which he unsuccessfully auditioned in the early aughts, and Spike Lee, the director who rejected him, isn’t much help. The two men are discussing “Maestro,” Cooper’s penetrating look at the marriage of musical genius Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre (played by a note-perfect Carey Mulligan) when the conversation shifts to this first meeting. “You were so kind to me,” Cooper says.

Bradley Cooper took a special date to the premiere of his film, “Maestro.” The director and actor was accompanied by his six-year-old daughter Lea, who looked adorable as she posed for photos on the red carpet.Gigi Hadid and Irina Shayk stop by Bradley Cooper’s food truckJennifer Garner and Bradley Cooper reunite and reminisce about their long friendshipCooper wore a navy suit for the premiere and held on to his daughter as she smiled for the camera. Lea was adorably dressed up for the occasion, wearing an animal print dress that was matched with cream colored shoes.

A Star Is Born co-stars Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga reunited at the Los Angeles premiere of his new film, Maestro. Bradley, 48, also brought a special guest to the premiere in the form of his adorable six year old daughter Lea, who he shares with his model ex, Irina Shayk. The sweet father-daughter duo held hands and posed for pictures with Lady Gaga and Carey Mulligan, who is Bradley's co-star in the film.

It looks like the movie business is finally back in full swing post-guild strikes. Deadline reports that Amazon/MGM won a high-priced bidding war for “Best Of Enemies,” a spy film starring Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale.

Bradley Cooper for an apparent dig he made toward Cillian Murphy.Cooper made the comments in Variety‘s series ‘Actors on Actors’, where he appeared with Emma Stone. The director and lead actor of Maestro spoke to Stone about the preparation she did for upcoming film Poor Things.Both Maestro and Poor Things took six years to make: “I feel like you couldn’t have made Poor Things if you didn’t have a tremendous amount of prep, and it’s the same thing with Maestro,” he said.It was Cooper’s next comment that fans thought was directed to Murphy: “This wasn’t like you got a call, and in six months you’re going to do it,” he said.