Tag: A Star Is Born
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The Morning Watch: ‘Rick and Morty’ Pickle Rick Bloopers, ‘A Star Is Born’ Anatomy of a Scene & More
The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, A Star Is Born director and co-star Bradley…
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A Star is Reborn: Roy Orbison Reemerges With a Surprise Tribute in Bradley Cooper’s Hit Musical
One of the emotional climaxes of the new “A Star is Born” remake arrives when Bradley Cooper, playing alcoholic country-rocker Jackson Maine, drunkenly humiliates his wife, a mortified Lady Gaga, at the Grammy Awards. But just before he makes a mockery of himself at the podium, Maine stumbles through a tribute segment to the late…
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A Soundtrack is Withheld: How Interscope Gambled and Won, Delaying a ‘Star is Born’ Album
With horror films, there’s always been a maxim: Hide the monster for as long as possible. Now movie musicals have a similar wisdom of their own: Hide the music.At least, that was the thinking in the buildup to the release of the soundtrack of “A Star is Born,” which came out day-and-date with the Bradley…
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Streaming: where to find early versions of a Star Is Born
Hankies at the ready, it’s time to brace yourself for the previous incarnations of Hollywood’s epic tearjerker“I just want to take another look at you,” goes the most famous line from the collected versions of A Star Is Born. With Bradley Cooper’s fourth official iteration of the tragic showbiz romance to end (and begin) all…
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‘The Hate U Give’ Launches Strong; ‘Free Solo’ Continues its Box Office Climb
This weekend, new Oscar-contender “A Star Is Born” offered stiff competition for the older urban moviegoers who are drawn to specialized films. The strong limited-city opening of “The Hate U Give” (20th Century Fox) — designed to build word of mouth — and the expansion of the rock climbing documentary “Free Solo” (Greenwich) stood out…
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‘Venom’ and ‘A Star is Born’ Both Exceed Opening Weekend Expectations
The October box office has kicked off with a bang as newcomers Venom and A Star Is Born both exceeded expectations with their opening weekend box office. Despite missing the presence of Spider-Man, the Sony Pictures comic book title Venom still raked in $80 million for the weekend. Meanwhile, A Star Is Born earned a…
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‘Venom’ Delivers October Opening Weekend Record While ‘Star is Born’ Shines
It was a record weekend at the box office for Sony’s release of Venom, which delivered a massive $80 million, topping the previous October opening weekend record by more than $20 million. Additionally, Warner Bros.’s A Star is Born more than carried its own weight with a stellar debut of its own, topping $40 million…
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A Star Is Born review – a double act to leave you star-struck
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper are dazzling in this striking portrayal of the music industry’s highs and lowsEach generation has its own version of A Star Is Born, a timeless tale (prefigured by George Cukor’s What Price Hollywood?) of intersecting career trajectories. In the 1930s, William Wellman directed Janet Gaynor as the young actress on…
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Box Office: ‘Venom’ to Devour October Box Office Record With $80 Million, ‘A Star Is Born’ to Top $40 Million
Sony’s “Venom” is set to smash the previous opening weekend record for October with an estimated $80 million from 4,250 theaters.The film, which stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock, who becomes the eponymous anti-hero Venom, is likely to beat out the last record-holder, “Gravity,” which debuted in 2013 to $55.7 million. Sony is projecting a…
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Box Office: ‘Venom’ Awes With $10M in Thursday Previews; ‘A Star Is Born’ Nabs $3.2M
Sony’s comic book movie Venom slithered to a potent $10 million in Thursday-night previews at the North American box office, while Warner Bros.’ critical darling A Star Is Born likewise impressed in collecting $3.2 million, a strong start for an adult-skewing movie.Venom’s start marks an October record in terms of previews. And, combined with special…