EXCLUSIVE: Bradley Cooper had a very good morning. Not only did he join Christopher Nolan as the only person with three individual Oscar nominations today for his film Maestro, he also joined a very elite […]
If this morning’s Academy Awards announcement proved anything, it is never bet against Diane Warren in your Oscar pool. Or John Williams. Warren’s 15th nomination in the Best Song category (with no wins, but still […]
Each week our staff of film and TV experts surveys the entertainment landscape to select the ten best new/newish shows available for you to stream at home. We put a lot of thought into our […]
Unlike the wave of milquetoast biopics released over the years on Elvis, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash and others, Maestro is a welcome passion project by an actor/director willing to experiment with form and structure. Showing […]
Bradley Cooper (Maestro) Cooper spent a reported six years learning to conduct so he would feel comfortable portraying Leonard Bernstein for this year’s Oscar hopeful Maestro. The actor is no stranger to mastering musical performance, […]
When creating a biographical drama of a historic figure, there’s a delicate balance between striving for historical accuracy and focusing on crafting a compelling, human story. This awards season has seen its fair share of biopics, […]
Each week our staff of film and TV experts surveys the entertainment landscape to select the ten best new/newish shows available for you to stream at home. We put a lot of thought into our […]
At last night’s Golden Globes, Jared Leto earned some laughs for poking fun at his reputation for Method acting, joking that he had been getting into the mindset of an award-presenter for weeks. The bit […]
A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. The awards season has begun! That is always a statement I find amusing at this time of year as it is used by various publications […]
Each week our staff of film and TV experts surveys the entertainment landscape to select the ten best new/newish shows available for you to stream at home. We put a lot of thought into our […]
It seemed for a moment that the industry was willing to turn its back on the Golden Globes and the long-cursed Hollywood Foreign Press Association that decides upon them. The group had been a joke […]
With increasing, almost predictable regularity, Oscar voters have shown a preference for famous people going to great lengths to play other often-famous people in fiction or history. Scan the list of lead actor or actress […]
Each week our staff of film and TV experts surveys the entertainment landscape to select the ten best new/newish shows available for you to stream at home. We put a lot of thought into our […]
LEGENDARY conductor Leonard Bernstein had three children with his wife, Felicia Montealegre. Here’s everything to know about each of them. 5 Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre had three kidsCredit: Getty Who are Leonard Bernstein’s kids? […]
Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Maestro, which is directed, co-written, produced by and stars Bradley Cooper. Cooper wrote the Maestro script with Spotlight Oscar winner Josh Singer. The former plays legendary […]
“Maestro” is the second collaboration between cinematographer Matthew Libatique and director Bradley Cooper. Libatique was Oscar nominated for their “A Star Is Born.” (Netflix) During the awards-season campaign for “A Star Is Born,” the 2018 […]
The sound of music was back with us this week in the form of two polar opposite productions that may intrigue audiences but challenge marketers. Maestro started streaming on Netflix after auditioning in a (very) […]
EXCLUSIVE: Laura Karpman was drip-fed jazz notes when she was a baby. Her mother’s turn-table featured a playlist that included Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Wes Montgomery and Thelonious Monk, the virtuoso pianist, whose music informs and […]
Have you ever been running late for something — work, school, a date, a 10K run — and found yourself completely at the mercy of forces outside your control? Since many of you reading this […]
When Martin Scorsese decided to include old-fashioned movie-house newsreels in his new film, “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple TV+), he and cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto knew they’d be shot in black and white. Of course, […]