Bradley Cooper joins Lady Gaga onstage in Las Vegas for surprise performance of ‘Shallow’ from A Star Is Born
Lady Gaga stunned her Las Vegas audience with a surprise guest during the finale of her Lady Gaga Enigma show at the Park Theater at Park MGM last night.
As she got ready for her finale, her A Star Is Born director and co-star – Bradley Cooper – appeared onstage for the first live performance of their film duet, “Shallow.”
The song has already been honored at the Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Awards.
The movie received 8 Oscar nominations this week, including two for Gaga (Best Actress and Best Original Song) and a Best Actor nod for Cooper.
Also making the Oscar list for A Star Is Born is Sam Elliott (Best Supporting Actor), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Picture.
Cooper was snubbed in the ‘Best Director’ category, which is appalling since the entire endeavor was his vision.
I enjoyed Gaga in the film, but I thought Cooper was sensational.
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The series follows three young aliens who live in secret in a small New Mexico town. It turns out one, Michael (played by Michael Vlamis) is bisexual, and got down smooching his former bf, Alex (Tyler Blackburn) at the end of the episode.
• The new book, Team of Vipers, by former Trump aide Cliff Sims looks to be quite the read. It’s been described as, “Not a sycophantic portrayal of the president nor a blistering account written to settle scores.”
• Bloomberg: The U.K. Labour Party is calling for a vote in Parliament that could pave the way to a second referendum, raising the possibility that Brexit could be reversed.
• Variety: The CW has released the first look at transgender actress Nicole Maines, playing a superhero named “Dreamer” on the January 27 episode of DC Comic’s Supergirl.
Maines plays the first ever transgender superhero on television in an episode that explores the source of Dreamer’s powers. Maines will appear again in a later episode airing Feb. 17.
Not only does Lady Gaga have a big, hit movie with A Star Is Born as well as a newly-christened #1 album with the film’s soundtrack, she’s also shared the news that she’s engaged!
Addressing the audience at Elle’s 25th Annual Women in Hollywood Celebration in Los Angeles Monday, the “Poker Face” singer casually dropped the news by thanking “my fiancé Christian” during her speech.
“Christian” would be CAA talent agent Christian Carino, who’s clients include Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and Simon Cowell.
InStyle reports that the couple may have been engaged back in the summer of 2017 but had not made the news public.
But back in January of 2017, the couple were seen being affectionate at a Kings of Leon concert, and were also spotted on the field of the Super Bowl that February.
Gaga was previously engaged to actor Taylor Kinney (Chicago Fire) after he popped the question on Valentine’s Day 2015, but the couple went their separate ways by July 2016 after five years together.
She may sing about a “Bad Romance,” but with Carino, Gaga appears to feel pretty safe.
“Christian is a good, grounding force and understands her career,” PEOPLE quotes a source close to the couple. “She’s in a great place now.”
“When I went backstage, Christian was by the stairs making sure I was okay,” Gaga told the New York Post’s Page Six back in September of 2017 after her concert at Citi Field. “The best part about being in love with someone is having them there to catch you if you fall.”
Other than in love, though, Gaga doesn’t appear to be “falling” anywhere.
Referencing the enormous success of A Star is Born at the Elle bash Monday, Gaga told the crowd, “Never within my wildest dreams would I think my life would become what it has.”
Mother Monster has fallen in love and it’s a “good romance!”
The soundtrack to the Bradley Cooper/Lady Gaga movie hit, A Star Is Born, debuts this week at #1 on the Billboard 200.
According to reports, the soundtrack sold over 231,000 in equivalent album units.
This marks Gaga’s 5th consecutive #1 album, and the first for four-time Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper.
It’s also the highest album sales week for a music film soundtrack since 2014’s Frozen.
Performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, the soundtrack’s lead single “Shallow” is currently #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has held the #1 spot on iTunes since the day after its September 27th premiere.
Bradley Cooper earns his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Oct. 13), as “Shallow,” with Lady Gaga, arrives at No. 28.
After the actor made his first Billboard chart visit last week, the song debuts on the Hot 100 following its first full week of tracking.
It bows with 8.3 million U.S. streams and 58,000 downloads sold in the week ending Oct. 4, according to Nielsen Music, as it jumps from No. 14 to No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales chart (marking Gaga’s sixth leader on the list).
In advance of her highly-anticipated feature film debut in A Star is Born, Lady Gaga sat down with Vogue for a round of ’73 Questions.’
It’s a rapid-fire sort of affair outside her home in Los Angeles.
Vogue: “How do you prefer I call you – Lady? Lady Gaga?”
Lady Gaga: “Call me Lady.”
V: “What’s something you’re now proud to say is behind you?”
LG: “You know, all the negative stuff that happens to you in your 20s.”
V: “How do you start your day?”
LG: “I start my day with a nice workout, and then I take a shower or a long hot bath.”
V: “What’s the strangest rumor you’ve ever heard about yourself?”
LG: “That I have a penis.”
You get the picture.
The moment that perked up my ears, though, was when the 6-time Grammy Award winner was asked what she’d like to be remembered for?
“I would like to be remembered for the message behind ‘Born This Way,’” says the 32-year-old artist, referencing her acclaimed hit that’s been widely viewed as an LGBTQ anthem for acceptance. “I would like to be remembered for believing that people are equal,” she adds.
And in nod to her well-known love of individuality, she finishes, “I would like to be remembered for being courageous and different.”
The LGBTQ ally has been a “walk the walk” kind of friend to the community for a long time, not only in embracing her gay fans but starting the Born This Way Foundation in 2012, which is committed to supporting the wellness of young people and empowering them to create a kinder and braver world.
There’s an interesting vibe to the video chat in that the camera stays back to keep her framed in full on her patio.
And after the interviewer hands her a gift of a book about David Bowie, she flips through the pages absentmindedly while answering questions.
But then, being ‘interesting’ has been a Gaga trait for some time now, hasn’t it?
She also shares that when it comes to collaborations, she’d love to do “more Tony (Bennett), more Elton (John), and Stevie Wonder.”
When it comes to fashion, the 32-year-old says she loves it because it “can be a form of expression and a form of hiding.”
And one last response that I loved:
V: “Do you prefer a crowd of 300 people or 30,000?”
LG: “Both.”
Cherish that instinct, Lady 🙂
You can watch the chat with Mother Monster below. A Star is Born hits theaters October 5.
Lady Gaga makes her feature film debut in the new film, aptly titled A Star Is Born, and critics are loving it.
In this 4th iteration of the now-famous story (previous versions in 1937 with Janet Gaynor, 1954 with Judy Garland, and 1976 with Streisand) of a fading star falling in love with an unknown on a meteoric rise, Gaga is making her film debut as “Ally,” an unknown singer/songwriter who is discovered by Bradley Cooper’s hard-drinking country rocker, “Jackson Maine,” performing in a drag bar.
Sparks become chemistry becomes love, and off we go with Cooper and Gaga as he introduces her to the world and she tries to save him from his own self-destruction.
The movie, also Cooper’s directorial debut, recently premiered at the Venice Film Festival to spectacular results.
Critics raved: Entertainment Weekly says Gaga “deserves praise for her restrained, human-scale performance as a singer whose real-girl vulnerability lands miles away from the glittery meat-dress delirium of her own stage persona.”
“There’s a lot to love in Bradley Cooper’s entertaining remake of A Star is Born,” writes The Hollywood Reporter, adding Gaga is “captivating.”
The Guardian gushes about the film using terms as glowing as “outrageously watchable.” “colossally enjoyable” and “supercharged.”
Variety can’t seem to find enough superlatives: “Rapturous and swooning, but also delicate and intimate and luminous.”
And TIME gives much credit to Cooper’s directorial instincts that know the proper moments to step out of the spotlight: “Cooper fades into the corner at just the right moments, allowing Gaga to shine.”
“A Star is Born” stars four-time Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper (“American Sniper,” “American Hustle,” “Silver Linings Playbook”) and multiple award-winning, Oscar-nominated music superstar Lady Gaga, in her first leading role in a major motion picture. Cooper helms the drama, marking his directorial debut.
In this new take on the tragic love story, he plays seasoned musician Jackson Maine, who discovers—and falls in love with—struggling artist Ally (Gaga). She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer… until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally’s career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.
The cast of “A Star is Born” also includes Andrew Dice Clay, with Dave Chappelle and Sam Elliott.
In addition to playing Ally, Gaga, who earned her Oscar nod for the song “Til It Happens to You” from “The Hunting Ground,” performs original songs in the film, which she wrote with Cooper and a handful of artists, including Lukas Nelson, Jason Isbell and Mark Ronson. All the music is original and was recorded live.
It’s notable that this is the 3rd remake of the “Star is Born” story.
The original was made in 1937, followed by the Judy Garland version in 1954 (Judy’s best film performance in my opinion) and the under-appreciated 1976 version starring a powerhouse performance by Barbra Streisand.
The movie hits theaters October 5.
You can watch the trailer below – it looks terrific.
Featuring new versions of Elton’s classic songs from Mary J. Blige, Alessia Cara, Miley Cyrus, Coldplay, Elton John & P!nk & Logic, Florence + The Machine, The Killers, Mumford & Sons, Q-Tip & Demi Lovato, Queens Of The Stone Age, Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith, Revamp is set to be released on April 6th, 2018.
John has announced a 300-date farewell tour over the next three years before retiring from touring.
Here’s a tease of Gaga performing “Your Song” from the upcoming tribute Elton John: I’m Still Standing – a GRAMMY Salute to be broadcast Tuesday, April 10 at 9/8c on CBS.
Little Monsters – get ready to book your tickets for Sin City!
Lady Gaga will become the next pop diva to have a residency in Las Vegas.
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Gaga is signing a 36 show deal to perform at The Park Theater at the Monte Carlo.
Expected to premiere in late 2018, Gaga is rumored to be paid an estimated $400,000 per show.
Since opening in late 2016, the 6,300 seat Park Theater has hosted superstar artists such as Bruno Mars, Cher, and Ricky Martin.
The rumors are true! I will have my own residency at MGM’s Park Theater. Get ready for a brand new show!! It’s been my lifelong dream to be a Las Vegas girl, I’m so overjoyed! LOVE YOU LITTLE MONSTERS WE DID IT, MEET ME IN Las Vegas!! #LasVegasGoesGagapic.twitter.com/UhPdW5wgXu— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) December 19, 2017
