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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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Producer Howard Rosenman on His Love Affair with the Legendary Leonard Bernstein — Subject of Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’
Howard Rosenman made his way to a screening of Bradley Cooper’s Maestro at the Academy a few weeks back, and admits that before he took a seat, he really wanted to not like it. The veteran producer (Father of the Bride, Call Me by Your Name) tried to sell a project based on the life […]
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How Bradley Cooper Created “Acting Heaven” for ‘Maestro’ Cast While Telling Leonard Bernstein’s Story
Maestro filmmaker and star Bradley Cooper admires the courage he saw his colleagues exhibit in making the Netflix movie about Leonard Bernstein and wife Felicia Montealegre. In a behind-the-scenes video that is exclusive to The Hollywood Reporter and can be seen below, Cooper is joined by co-stars Carey Mulligan and Sarah Silverman, in addition to […]
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Palm Springs Film Festival to Open With ‘Wicked Little Letters,’ Starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley
Palm Springs International Film Festival programmers have set this year’s lineup. The desert festival, which runs Jan. 4 to 15, will open with the U.S. premiere of Thea Sharrock’s Wicked Little Letters on Jan. 5. Based on a 1920s English scandal, the film follows neighbors Edith Swan and Rose Gooding in the seaside town of […]
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Carey Mulligan to Receive International Star Award, Actress at Palm Springs International Film Fest
Maestro star Carey Mulligan will receive the International Star Award, Actress at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. The film awards, at which the actress will be honored, will take place on Jan. 4, with the festival running through Jan. 15. “In this historical and personal examination of famed composer Leonard Bernstein, Carey Mulligan measures […]
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Jacob Elordi Jokes “There’s Way More Neon Lights” in ‘Euphoria’ Party Scenes Compared to Those in ‘Saltburn’
Jacob Elordi is quickly building up a resume of iconic party scenes, starting with his work on Euphoria and now in his new movie, Saltburn. The film, written and directed by Emerald Fennell, follows Oxford student Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan), who is brought into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton (Elordi) when […]
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Leonard Bernstein’s Children Say His Wife “Knew Exactly What the Deal Was” With His Bisexuality
Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre’s children Nina Maria Felicia Bernstein, Jamie Bernstein and Alexander Bernstein are opening up about how much their mother knew about their father’s bisexuality. In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Bradley Cooper and correspondent Mo Rocca sat down with the three kids to discuss Netflix’s upcoming film Maestro, which Cooper […]
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‘Maestro’ Trailer Chronicles the Price of Being in Famed Conductor Leonard Bernstein’s Orbit
The latest trailer for Netflix’s upcoming biopic Maestro reveals the personal costs of being in the orbit of one of the greatest American composers and conductors. Directed, co-written by and starring Bradley Cooper, the biopic traces the life and work of Leonard Bernstein (Cooper) amid his great and complicated love affair with wife Felicia Montealegre […]
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Carey Mulligan on How ‘Maestro’ Isn’t a Biopic and Bradley Cooper’s Request They Bare Their Souls to Each Other
Maestro may be considered by most a biopic of Leonard Bernstein‘s life, but star Carey Mulligan disagrees. “It’s not,” she told Vogue in her November cover story. “It’s a movie about a marriage — a very complicated marriage.” The Netflix film tells the story of Leonard (Bradley Cooper) and Felicia Montealegre’s (Mulligan) love story over […]
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The Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 15 Best Films of the Fall Fests
Career highs for Emma Stone and Nicolas Cage, a delicious Frederick Wiseman doc, a poignant gay ghost story and two knockout dramas about the refugee crisis in Europe are among THR critics’ 15 faves from Venice, Telluride and Toronto.
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Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ to Close AFI Fest
AFI Fest programmers have orchestrated closing night festivities that will feature a screening of Bradley Cooper’s Maestro at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre on Oct. 29. In the Netflix film, which Cooper directed, Cooper stars opposite Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman and others in a love story that chronicles the lifelong relationship between […]
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