More news coming in today from the set of Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest, a film that was shooting in an ultra-secretive set for close to two months last winter.
Read moreSean Penn Defends Bradley Cooper's “A Star is Born": “It's One of My Favorite Films of All-Time"
Sean Penn has decided to write an op-ed [via Deadline] defending his friend Bradley Cooper amidst his Best Director snub at the Oscars. Penn acknowledges that “A Star is Born” is most likely toast as far as winning Best Picture but that the film itself will stand the test of time and age like fine wine, at least when compare to some of the other nominees that “pander to the politics of the day,” according to the actor.
Read moreDenis Villeneuve says ‘A Star Is Born’ is “the birth of a great director”
Director Denis Villeneuve fell in love with Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born.” At least that's what he exclaimed as part of Variety’s Directors on Directors series, in which Villeneuve even penned an ode to the film:
Read moreBradley Cooper wanted Jack White to play the lead in ‘A Star Is Born'
Bradley Cooper revealed in an interview with Variety that he didn't plan on playing the lead role in "A Star is Born" and that he was eyeing an actual musician: “I saw this other person that I wanted to do this, who is an actual musician,” he said before adding: “But [the studio] wouldn’t make the movie with him.”
Read moreOscar: Best Actor is Three-Way-Race Between Cooper, Bale and Mortensen
Sasha Stone's Best Actor analysis over at Awards Daily— “On Heroes, Failed Heroes, Anti-Heroes,“ summarizes where we are at right now in terms of the pretenders and contenders:
“This year, at least right now, it looks like we’re putting a failed hero (A Star Is Born‘s Bradley Cooper) up against a straight-up hero (Green Book‘s Viggo Mortensen) and an anti-hero (Vice‘s Dick Cheney).