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Bradley Cooper on Writing, Producing, Directing and Starring in ‘Maestro’: “It All Feels Like One Thing To Me”
Before scoring three Oscar nominations this year for Netflix’s Maestro — including best picture, actor and original screenplay (the latter shared with Josh Singer) — Bradley Cooper had already garnered an impressive nine Academy Award nominations as an actor (Silver Linings Playbook in 2013, American Hustle in 2014, American Sniper in 2015 and A Star Is […]
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Santa Barbara Film Fest: Brad Pitt Says Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ Is a “Masterwork”: “Not Since Redford Have I Seen Anyone Do It So Well”
“Shit, I’ve been around, dude,” cracked Bradley Cooper on Thursday night after he watched a montage of his 25 years of screen work with a capacity crowd inside Santa Barbara’s historic 2000-seat Arlington Theatre en route to collecting the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Outstanding Performer of the Year Award. The 49-year-old — who is currently […]
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Bradley Cooper on ‘Maestro,’ Music “Seeping” Into Next Film and Attending Glastonbury With Michael Fassbender to See Metallica
Oscar and BAFTA nominee Bradley Cooper shared insight into his work on Maestro and other movies, his next film and his career in London on Wednesday evening during a British Film Institute (BFI) event. Answering questions from filmmaker Stephen Daldry (The Crown, The Hours), he also lauded the talents of such co-stars as Carey Mulligan, […]
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‘Maestro’ DP Matthew Libatique on Telling Leonard Bernstein’s Story Onscreen With and Without Color
To tell the love story of Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia Montealegre, Maestro director Bradley Cooper reteamed with his Oscar-nominated A Star Is Born cinematographer, Matthew Libatique, and used various film looks, starting with black-and-white before moving to color and a widescreen aspect ratio. Cooper, who also stars as the renowned composer and conductor […]
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‘Maestro’ Editor Michelle Tesoro on Conducting the “Truthful” Story of Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre
Maestro was editor Michelle Tesoro’s first collaboration with director Bradley Cooper, who also stars as iconic composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein in the now-streaming Netflix drama. While they worked closely on the edit — “Bradley loves to be in the cutting room,” she notes — Tesoro says their work always centered on character and performance […]
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DP Rodrigo Prieto’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ Robbie Ryan’s ‘Poor Things’ Among Cinematographers’ ASC Nominees
Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto’s lensing of Martin Scorsese’s drama Killers of the Flower Moon and Robbie Ryan’s photography of Yorgos Lanthimos’ fantasy Poor Things are among the nominees in the feature competition of the 2024 American Society of Cinematographers Awards, which will be held March 3 at the Beverly Hilton. They are nominated alongside Edward Lachman, […]
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‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Ferrari’ Among Cinema Audio Society Award Nominees
The sound mixing teams behind Barbie, Ferrari, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro and Oppenheimer are the nominees in the live-action feature competition of the 60th Cinema Audio Society Awards, which will be presented March 2 at the Beverly Hilton. All five movies are shortlisted for the Oscar in sound, which combines sound editing and […]
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Meryl Streep Says ‘Barbie’ “Saved the Movies Last Summer and All of Our Jobs”
At the Palm Springs Film Awards on Thursday night, Meryl Streep made a rare public appearance and heaped some big praise on Barbie in the process. Streep, who was on hand at the event to present Carey Mulligan with the International Star Award, took the stage following the presentation of an earlier award to Billie […]
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‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer’ Among Costume Designers Guild Award Nominees
The Costume Designers Guild (IATSE Local 892) has revealed the nominees for its 26th CDG Awards, which will be handed out Feb. 21 at Neuehouse Hollywood. Nominations for features and TV include categories for contemporary, period and sci fi/fantasy costumes. Feature nominees across those categories include Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Little Mermaid, […]
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‘Guardians 3,’ ‘Maestro’ Lead Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards Feature Competition
The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706) has revealed the nominees for its annual MUAHS Awards, with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 leading the feature competition with four nominations and Maestro close behind with three noms. Disney/Marvel’s Guardians 3 earned noms in the categories for contemporary makeup, period and/or character makeup, […]
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The Making of ‘Maestro’: Bradley Cooper Studied Conducting for Six Years to Portray Leonard Bernstein
It’s one thing to screen your feature directorial debut for Steven Spielberg. It’s another thing to screen your feature directorial debut for Steven Spielberg as part of a job interview. But that’s where Bradley Cooper found himself in 2018, when he was attached to star as famed composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein. It was in the spring of […]
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The Bernstein Children on ‘Maestro’
The interview takes place over three continents. There’s one virtual Zoom window overlooking four living rooms: Two in New York, one in New Zealand and one at THR Roma’s office in Italy. Maestro, Bradley Cooper’s take on the life, personal and professional, of legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia Montealegre, played by Carey […]
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