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Bradley Cooper weighs in on Maestro prosthetic nose controversy

The co-writer and director of the biopic, in which he stars as composer Leonard Bernstein, explains he ‘didn’t look right’ without the prosthetic

The Guardian - US

On my radar: Nitin Sawhney’s cultural highlights

The musician on Bradley Cooper’s new Leonard Bernstein biopic, how his mum cultivated his love of dance, and the restaurant that changed his mind about aubergines

The Guardian - UK

Why Bradley Cooper spent six years learning how to conduct six minutes of music for Maestro

Actor-director shared some insight into the intense level of detail that went into portraying Leonard Bernstein

The Independent UK

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Wigs, kisses and the pope’s jumpsuit: can Maestro reveal the real Bernstein?

Bradley Cooper has audiences in raptures as electrifying conductor Leonard Bernstein in a new authorised biopic. Musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra remember playing for the great man – and rate the man who now plays him

The Guardian - UK

From Deadpool 3 to Wonka: how does the end of the actors’ strike affect Hollywood?

With a tentative deal ending the strike, major films prepare to rush back to production while others are freed for promotion

The Guardian - US

What does an orchestra conductor really do?

In recent years there have been many films about orchestra conductors. At the beginning of this year we had Tar, based on the conductor Marin Alsop. Also premiering soon are Divertimento, a film about the creation of an orchestra of the same name by conductor Zahia Ziouani, and Maestro, a…

The Conversation

Philharmonia/Bancroft review – fearless and fiery Copland is a dark heart of US programme

Part of the London-based orchestra’s season of American music, the programme featured Copland, Caroline Shaw and Samuel Barber’s violin concerto, brilliantly played by Renaud Capuçon

The Guardian - UK

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Leonard Bernstein’s children on moment they first saw Bradley Cooper playing their father: ‘It was so spot on’

‘A Star is Born’ actor has faced backlash for his casting as the composer

The Independent UK

Dame Helen Mirren admits she can understand Bradley Cooper’s Maestro ‘Jewface’ backlash

The British star, 78, also discussed her role as former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in new biopic Golda

Evening Standard

Helen Mirren says she ‘can see’ why people have problem with non-Jewish actors playing Jewish roles

Actor has faced criticism for casting as former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in new film

The Independent UK

At the New York Film Festival, a sluggish fall movie season seeks a higher gear

Momentum has lately been hard to come by at the movies

The Independent UK

Shakespeare served straight and in a musical updating

My Cousin Vlad is also returning with a new comedy show.

The Canberra Times

The Guide #104: Seven Oscar-worthy films coming to the big screen soon

In this week’s newsletter: It’s post-blockbuster prestige cinema season – and from Poor Things to Napoleon, these are the best films still to come that will be in the Oscars mix

The Guardian - UK

Venice film festival 2023 week two roundup – Priscilla, Bernstein, refugees and hitmen

Emma Stone goes wild in a zany Victorian fantasy, Woody Allen gets one of the biggest laughs of the week, Carey Mulligan turns in a career-best performance – and the Golden Lion should go to Agnieszka Holland’s searing Green Border

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The Independent UK

Maestro: Oscar-winning makeup artist who made prosthetic nose for Bradley Cooper film apologises

‘I feel sorry if I hurt some people’s feelings,’ Kazu Hiro said

Evening Standard

Maestro movie review: Bradley Cooper has brought Leonard Bernstein to vivid life

The actor-director (and co-writer/producer) has pulled off something special, while Carey Mulligan puts in a career-best performance

The Independent UK

Maestro review: Bradley Cooper’s Bernstein film is nicely affectionate – fake nose and all

Cooper is effortlessly charming in a film that’s been making headlines for all the wrong reasons, and his co-star Carey Mulligan is magnificent

The Guardian - UK

Maestro review – Bradley Cooper’s head-flingingly heartfelt Leonard Bernstein biopic

Cooper’s impersonation of the great composer is eerily exact, and gets to the heart of the sacrifices great artists feel they need to make

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The Guardian - UK

Makeup artist who created prosthetic nose for Bradley Cooper film apologises

Kazu Hiro says he was surprised by ‘Jewface’ criticism over actor’s portrayal of composer Leonard Bernstein in biopic Maestro

The Independent UK

Steven Spielberg told Bradley Cooper he ‘must’ direct Maestro after watching 20 minutes of A Star Is Born

Leonard Bernstein biopic was originally set to be directed by Martin Scorsese, then Steven Spielberg before finally falling to Bradley Cooper

Evening Standard

Venice Film Festival 2023: forget the strikes, this festival thrives on the frisson of controversy

As the festival turns 80, it may be short on American A-listers, but there’s still a buzz

The Week

Quiz of The Week: 19 - 25 August

This week will be remembered for world-changing events ranging from India’s Moon landing to the reported death of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. But the image that may stick in many people’s heads is Donald Trump’s mugshot.

Salon

Helen Mirren's Jewish casting debate

Is she guilty of "Jewface," as Bradley Cooper was accused of for wearing a fake nose to play Leonard Bernstein?

The Guardian - UK

‘The rockets didn’t stop us’: Odesa violinist gears up for symbolic concert

Kyrylo Markiv, whose instrument was nearly destroyed in Russian attack, to perform in Berlin to mark Independence Day

The Week

Bradley Cooper, Leonard Bernstein and performing in ‘Jewface’

The nose of Leonard Bernstein, the legendary American conductor played by Bradley Cooper in an upcoming Netflix biopic, has become the focus of a furore over the issue of representation in Hollywood.

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