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Forthcoming productionsOnce Upon A Time in HollywoodandRocketmanalso earned nods ahead of their Cannes Film Festival debut next week. Quentin Tarantinos film is up for the Best Teaser honor whileRocketmanwill compete for Best Music. The ceremony honors marketing executives and companies that create movie trailers, commercials and posters worldwide. Credit: Clay Enos/Warner Bros.; Carlos Somonte/Netflix; Helen Sloan/HBO Confirmed judges for this year include producer Richard Suckle (Wonder Woman), writer/director Sam Email (Mr....

Some people have chemistry and some people dont. BRADLEY COOPER:From the moment [we met]. LADY GAGA:Its one of those things. And I think also were both from the East Coast. COOPER:We both have an Italian upbringing. Our families are very similar. GAGA:Before I knew it, I was making him spaghetti and meatballs. COOPER:She didnt have to show me. GAGA:It was like, You are a musician and Im an actress. And we made an exchange....

One of the most incredible aspects ofA Star Is Born and there are many is the performance scenes. And I thought, Thats a great perspective that I really hadnt seen in movies. Youre usually in the audience. Neal Preston/Warner Bros. For Coachella, Gaga both headlined the festival and shot scenes forBorn. Says Gaga, Bradley was like, How are you going to do this? I was like, Oh, dont worry about it....

Bradley Cooper was warned. Friends discouraged theAmerican Sniperstar from choosingA Star Is Bornas his directorial debut. I just knew this could be the end of everything if it doesnt work. Clay Enos/Warner Bros. Its like, Whos this guy making the fourth [version] of this movie? But I still could not deny what I felt deep down, and thats why it was this movie. It sort of ignited something in me....

A version of this story appears in the First Look issue ofEntertainment Weekly, on newsstands Friday. But Coopers will enter the world to the beat of its own drum. Theres no better way to express that than through singing because theres nowhere to hide when youre singing. Credit: Neal Preston/Warner Bros. A Star is Bornis in theaters on May 18. Who are these characters as people, what brings them together, whats the dynamic of their relationship?...

It sounds like Bradley Cooper might have a hit and an awards contender on his hands. The latest take on the original 1937 film stars Cooper and Lady Gaga as romantic and musical partners. Shes kind of a revelation in this movie, Cooper told the CinemaCon audience of Gaga. When I approached her for it, she said, Well, were going to sing live. And I was like, Well, youll sing live because I dont sing....

(Spoilers, but cmon, youve had 85 years.) He also ominously promises Esther hes never gonna die! It went on to earn them both an Oscar. Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures Will Gagas songwriting efforts for the new film follow suit? Her husband at the time, Sid Luft, was also given a producer credit on the film. This version situates Norman and Esther as film stars, not musicians. Unlike the other versions, its not a musical, but its plot follows the same basic structure....

There are musicians who are ambitious with their live performances and then there isEric Church. And boy, does he mean it. The bleed was understandably more significant at the stadium given the more complicated logistics of escape.) Credit: John Shearer Church was assuredly preaching to the Choir at both shows, but these were no typical sermons. Instead, they implicitly and explicitly reinforced the message that music can heal, transport, even save....

Going back to his roots makes as much sense as anything else. Yet crucially, its removed from our present moment. In fact… the only robbery going on was the price of croissants on Sretenka. Credit: Penguin Andrei gets boxed in to the role of audience surrogate a trick both limiting and uniquely effective. Its portraiture, showing us a place we may think we know but dont. A Terrible Countryis a splendid guidebook disguised as a decent novel....

In its second season, it started to feel likeThe Good Placecould do anything. Years could pass in a blink. The main setting Michaels cheerfully corrupt phony Heaven faded into oblivion. Credit: Colleen Hayes/NBC And the season 2 finale set the stage for another series-defining reset. The show is timeless enough to be a parable and too funny to ever be preachy. More importantly, Eleanor spoiled the end ofKangaroo Jack, youre welcome....

Its been a long awards season. Like, really long. Like,Black Panthercame out 12 months ago, if you could believe it. Matt Kennedy/©Marvel Studios 2018; Alex Bailey/Fox The Academy announced and thenwalked backso many decisionsits a wonder theres even an awards ceremony to be had. Feb. 16, 2018:Black Pantheropens in U.S. theaters. March 27, 2018:The Academy dismissesallegation against Bailey after a sub-committee thoroughly reviewed and considered the claim. Spike Lee receives the Grand Jury Prize for directingBlacKkKlansman, whileCold Wars Pawel Pawlikowski wins Best Director....

This has been a difficult year for many of us. Round of applause Nicole Kidman received her fourth Oscar nomination, forLion, in 2017. She wore Armani Prive to the ceremony and looked beautiful, obviously. Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images; Ben Rothstein/Focus Features; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Liar, liar Nicole Kidmanbegan2017 with an awards-season run, which would make it a major year for anyone. But did she stop there? No, she most certainly did not....

May 14, 1998 ERgets its biggest audience ever 47.8 million viewers when it follows theSeinfeldfinale. November 16, 2000 Sally Field plays Tierney’s mom, and wins an Emmy. Future Emmy bait: Ray Liotta and Don Cheadle. Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage May 19, 2005 Last original cast member Noah Wyle leaves. Counting return cameos, he appeared in the most episodes: 254. Sven Arnstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank NBC...