"Bradley Cooper? We love him for some reason." - BoJack Horseman
Lady Gaga in A Star Is Born Last Wednesday (the 10th, to be exact) I saw Bradley Cooper's A Star Is Born . The film stars Bradley Cooper as Jackson Maine, an alcoholic drug addict who also just so happens to be one of the biggest names in music, and Lady Gaga as Ally, a feisty, hardworking, and incredibly talented waitress who somehow hasn't become famous yet (she says record companies hate her nose). To review the movie first: it's fantastic. Both leads provide entrancing performances despite the obstacles to overcome to be in this film, that Cooper is not a singer and Lady Gaga is not an actress. Every song, even ones meant to be unappealing ("Why Did You Do That?") are at the very least earworms, and at the very most instant classics ("Shallow," "Music to My Eyes," and "Look What I Found"). It’s at its core a tragic love story, one where in order for one to fly, the other must fall, and it completely delivers in th...