When 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 … Read more
Meghan McCain isn’t impressed by Bradley Cooper’s recent feature, “Maestro.” The former “View” cohost, 39, 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 … Read more
Call it the Silver Linings Hookup. Long before “Silver Linings Playbook” — the 2012 box-office hit that earned him his first Oscar nomination — a young Bradley Cooper was writing the script on besties becoming boos. The Cooper Opinion — in a 1993 column titled “When best friends cross the line” — was published in … Read more
Work can wait. 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 … Read more
Bradley Cooper is on a roll! The “Maestro” star, 48, shocked fans when he pulled up to Sixth Avenue and West Third Street in Greenwich Village and started doling out Philly cheesesteak sandwiches on Wednesday. Cooper was spotted in an Angelo’s Pizzeria food truck, whipping up some cheesy goodness for a plethora of customers. The … Read more
Bradley Cooper isn’t ruling out returning to comedy. In Friday’s episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour, Cooper, 48, was asked if he was putting his comedic past behind him to take more dramatic roles, as he’s getting Oscar buzz for his latest movie, “Maestro.” “Are you done with fun?” host David Remnick asked. “In … Read more
Hi I’m Bradley Cooper. I co-wrote and directed ‘Maestro.’ It was very important to me, at the onset of this scene, that she be in a position of power. So, her on the windowsill, the light haloing her behind, waiting for whoever was gonna come in to be scolded. And then he’s sort of like … Read more
Bradley Cooper defended his movie “Maestro” against criticism that the prosthetic nose he wears to play Leonard Bernstein is insulting to Jewish people. “I thought, ‘Maybe we don’t need to do it,’” Cooper, 48, said on “CBS Mornings” of his look in the biopic, which he also directed. “But it’s all about balance, and, you … Read more
The budding romance between Tom Brady and Irina Shayk apparently is no more. The relationship between the seven-time Super Bowl champion and the supermodel “fizzled out,” Page Six confirmed. The report goes on to mention the couple is calling it quits and said that “the signs have been on the wall recently that things were … Read more
Mayim Bialik looked back on a “Saturday Night Live” sketch that made fun of her physical appearance in a recent interview. The “Jeopardy!” host, 47, starred in the hit ’90s sitcom “Blossom,” and a 1994 “SNL” parody that mocked the show at the time involved a prosthetic nose. The skit saw actress Melanie Hutsell playing … Read more
What a shame that the major controversy surrounding the movie “Maestro,” the Leonard Bernstein biopic that had its North American premiere Monday night at the New York Film Festival, was over its director-and-star Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose. Instead, the uproar should have been about his wildly self-indulgent schmacting as he plays the brilliant composer of … Read more
Oscar winner Helen Mirren’s role as former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the historical epic “Golda” garnered backlash for her portrayal of a Jewish woman. The British icon, 78, recently gave her take on the controversy to the BBC and defended the use of facial prosthetics to create the character of Meir. There has … Read more
He composed a sincere apology. Oscar-winning makeup artist Kazu Hiro apologized Saturday after the prosthetic nose he created for the upcoming Leonard Bernstein biopic, “Maestro,” caused a crescendo of online backlash — with several users calling the nose a prime example of “Jewface,” reports Deadline. “I wasn’t expecting it to happen,” Hiro, 54, told press at … Read more
Bradley Cooper revealed he once felt his struggle with drug and alcohol use would cost him his life. “The Hangover” star, 48, had an open and honest conversation about the lowest points in his life in a recent episode of the hit National Geographic series “Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge.” “You definitely had … Read more
Belt it out, set it free and put your lighters in the air my babies, let’s talk power ballads. Whether lamenting love gone wrong or celebrating life in all its failures and majesties, roses and thorns, purple rain and vivid pain, power ballads are the FM heart beat of the human experience. The 80’s era … Read more
Touchdown, slumber party. There’s a new romance on the rise between Capricorn super fox Irina Shayk, 37, and pig skin king and full blown Leo, ladies and gentlemen, Tom Brady, 45. The recently retired, freshly divorced seven-time Super Bowl champion was seen picking up the supermodel from the Hotel Bel-Air (problematically owned by the Sultan … Read more
Irina Shayk seems to have won the Tom Brady sweepstakes, but she was not without competition for the former NFL quarterback’s heart. Shayk, 37, and Brady, 45, reportedly first met in Sardinia at the wedding of billionaire art heir Joe Nahmad and model Madison Headrick. A source told Page Six that Brady was getting a … Read more
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” is aiming for the stars at the box office. The third installment of the Marvel superhero franchise earned $48.2 million in its debut Friday, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. It is predicted to take home $250 million worldwide on its opening weekend, Forbes reported. The flick, which The Post … Read more
It’s the 32nd Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, which means we’ve reached the point where they’re telling us the weepy origin story of a talking raccoon. Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) is the order of the day in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” the final entry in the trilogy, in which the furry wiseguy is … Read more
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon take their intellectual pursuits seriously. The brainy best friends, famed for co-writing the Oscar-winning screenplay “Good Will Hunting,” are both ultra-competitive when it comes to Wordle. And while Affleck, 50, declared that he and Damon, 52, play the popular word game, the “Justice League” star is feeling injustice because he’s … Read more