LOS ANGELES -- Pop superstar Lady Gaga looks set to crown her debut as a major movie actress on Sunday at a Golden Globes ceremony where romance "A Star is Born" could reap rewards.
Fresh off an acclaimed series of new concerts in Las Vegas, the "Born This Way" singer is the front-runner for her first big award as a lead actress when the Golden Globes kick off the annual countdown to the Oscars in February, award watchers say.
Gaga, 32, also looks certain also to take home the Golden Globe for best original song, for her hit single "Shallow," while "A Star is Born" is a strong contender for the top prize of best drama film.
The third remake of "A Star is Born" goes into Sunday's ceremony with five nominations, including two for Bradley Cooper as actor and director.
But there is stiff competition from box-office hits "Black Panther," and "Bohemian Rhapsody," which stars Rami Malek in an acclaimed performance as late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. Despite being musicals both "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Star is Born" are competing in the more prestigious drama race.
Political comedy "Vice" got the most Golden Globe nominations - six - but the film's scathing portrait of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has proved divisive among both audiences and film critics.
"'Vice' director Adam McKay really take chances with that movie. Sometimes he goes too far, and some people love it and some people are having a hard time with that," said Tim Gray, awards editor at Hollywood publication Variety.
However Christian Bale's performance as Cheney is favored to beat Lin-Manuel Miranda ("Mary Poppins Returns") and Viggo Mortensen ("Green Book") as best comedy actor on Sunday.
A strong line-up of comedies and musicals, including "Crazy Rich Asians" and bawdy historical movie "The Favourite" starring British front runner Olivia Colman, are likely to set the tone for a light-hearted ceremony in Beverly Hills. Comedian Andy Samberg and "Killing Eve" actress Sandra Oh, who is also nominated, will host for the first time.
Unlike some previous years, a hefty dose of popular films were nominated for Golden Globes rather than art house fare.
"It's a lot more like what awards shows used to be," Samberg said ahead of the ceremony.
The Globes also give out awards for television, where movie stars like Julia Roberts ("Homecoming"), Michael Douglas ("The Kominsky Method"), and Hugh Grant ("A Very English Scandal") are nominated alongside favorites like Candice Bergen for "Murphy Brown" and Debra Messing for "Will & Grace."
The television races are harder to predict. Four of the five best comedy series nominees are first time contenders, and all five drama series in the race have never been Golden Globe nominated before.
The Golden Globes, chosen by the small Hollywood Foreign Press Association, will be televised live on NBC on Sunday, starting at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT.
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LOS ANGELES - Musical drama remake "A Star is Born" led a wide range of contenders for the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Wednesday, landing 4 nominations, including best movie ensemble.
The film will compete for SAG's top movie prize in a diverse group that includes superhero movie "Black Panther," romantic comedy "Crazy Rich Asians," rock biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody," and director Spike Lee's historical drama "BlacKkKlansman."
"A Star is Born," released by AT&T Inc's Warner Bros, features Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in a classic story about a young woman trying to make it in the music business. Both actors were nominated for individual awards for their performances.
The SAG awards are closely watched as an indicator of likely Oscar success because actors form the largest voting group in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
In the last 23 years, only one film has won the best picture Oscar without being nominated for SAG's top ensemble prize, last year's "The Shape of Water."
SAG award winners will be announced on Jan. 27 at a ceremony in Los Angeles.
"Black Panther" and "Crazy Rich Asians" were both heralded as milestones for diversity in Hollywood, which has faced criticism for under-representation of actors and filmmakers of color.
"Black Panther" was the first big-budget superhero movie to star a predominantly black cast, while "Crazy Rich Asians" was the first film with an all-Asian cast from a major Hollywood studio in 25 years.
"Vice," which garnered the most Golden Globe nominations, earned SAG acting nods for Christian Bale and Amy Adams for their roles as former Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne.
Other actors nominated for leading roles included Rami Malek for playing Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury in "Bohemian Rhapsody," Viggo Mortensen for road-trip comedic drama "Green Book," and John David Washington for "BlacKkKlansman."
In the running for lead actress were Emily Blunt in the musical sequel "Mary Poppins Returns," Glenn Close for drama "The Wife," Olivia Colman for British historical comedy "The Favourite," and Melissa McCarthy in "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
Blunt scored a second acting nod for her supporting role in horror film "A Quiet Place." Adams and Emma Stone also earned 2 acting nominations each.
In TV, Amazon.com Inc comedy "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and Netflix Inc drama "Ozark" topped the list of SAG nominees with 4 nods each.
"Black Panther" and "Mary Poppins Returns" were released by Walt Disney Co. "Bohemian Rhapsody," "The Favourite," and "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" were distributed by Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.
In addition to "A Star is Born," Warner Bros released "Crazy Rich Asians," while "The Wife" was distributed by Sony Corp .
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LOS ANGELES — Political comedy “Vice” led movie nominations for the Golden Globes on Thursday with six nods, followed by musical “A Star is Born,” historical comedy “The Favourite” and road trip movie “Green Book.”
Limited series “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” won the most nominations in the television category with four nods.
The Golden Globes, chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, will be handed out at a ceremony in Beverly Hills on Jan 6.
“Vice,” a satirical look at the career of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, won nominations in all major categories, including for lead actor Christian Bale and director Adam McKay.
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper were both nominated in the lead actor race for their remake of “A Star is Born,” which also won a directing nod for Cooper and one for “Shallow” as best original song.
“Vice” will compete in the best musical or comedy race with “Crazy Rich Asians,” “Green Book,” “The Favourite” and “Mary Poppins Returns.”
The best film drama contest race is made up of two racial injustice movies - “If Beale Street Could Talk,” and director Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” - along with superhero movie “Black Panther,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “A Star is Born.”
Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron’s much admired “Roma” was nominated in the foreign language category.
Following is a list of key film nominations:
BEST DRAMA
“A Star is Born”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
BEST COMEDY OR MUSICAL
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“Crazy Rich Asians”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“Vice”
BEST ACTOR, DRAMA
Bradley Cooper - “A Star is Born”
Rami Malek - “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Willem Dafoe - “At Eternity’s Gate”
John David Washington - “BlacKkKlansman”
Lucas Hedges - “Boy Erased”
BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA
Lady Gaga - “A Star is Born”
Glenn Close - “The Wife”
Melissa McCarthy - “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Nicole Kidman - “Destroyer”
Rosamund Pike - “A Private War”
BEST ACTOR, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Christian Bale - “Vice”
Lin-Manuel Miranda - “Mary Poppins Returns”
Viggo Mortensen - “Green Book”
Robert Redford - “The Old Man and the Gun”
John C. Reilly - “Stan and Ollie”
BEST ACTRESS, COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Emily Blunt - “Mary Poppins Returns”
Olivia Colman - “The Favourite”
Constance Wu - “Crazy Rich Asians”
Elsie Fisher - “Eighth Grade”
Charlize Theron - “Tully”
BEST DIRECTOR
Bradley Cooper - “A Star is Born”
Alfonso Cuaron - “Roma”
Peter Farrelly - “Green Book”
Spike Lee - “BlaKkKlansman”
Adam McKay - “Vice”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali - “Green Book”
Timothee Chalamet - “Beautiful Boy”
Adam Driver - “BlacKkKlansman”
Richard E. Grant - “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Sam Rockwell - “Vice”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams - “Vice”
Claire Foy - “First Man”
Regina King - “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Emma Stone - “The Favourite”
Rachel Weisz - “The Favourite”
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Incredibles 2”
“Isle of Dogs”
“Ralph Breaks the Internet”
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
“Mirai”
BEST FOREIGN FILM
“Capernaum” - Lebanon
“Girl” - Belgium
“Never Look Away” - Germany
“Roma” - Mexico
“Shoplifters” - Japan
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
All the Stars - “Black Panther”
Girl in the Movies - “Dumplin”
Requiem for a Private War - “A Private War”
Shallow - “A Star if Born”
Revelation - “Boy Erased”
Reporting by Jill Serjeant and Lisa Richwine; Editing by Nick Zieminski
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TORONTO - Lady Gaga, making her debut as a movie actress in "A Star is Born", said on Sunday she was humbled by the role, calling herself "just a girl from New York who couldn't get an audition."
Gaga, the "Born This Way" singer best known for her flamboyant stunts on stage, plays an aspiring singer in the third remake of the romance between an aging star and a newcomer.
"I've always wanted to be an actress and this is more than I ever imagined," she told reporters on the red carpet at the Toronto Film Festival on Sunday. "I am just so honored and grateful and humbled."
Gaga insisted that all the songs in "A Star is Born" were performed live, including those by her co-star Bradley Cooper, a novice musician.
"Singing live, there really was no question," Cooper, who also directed the film, told a news conference earlier on Sunday.
"When we first met, Stefani was very adamant about it," said Cooper, referring to Lady Gaga by her real name, Stefani Germanotta.
"A Star is Born" tells the story of country music singer Jackson Maine (Cooper), who meets, nurtures and falls in love with aspiring musician Ally (Lady Gaga). As Jackson deals with addiction and tinnitus and his own star wanes, Ally's career takes off.
As well as marking Cooper's directorial debut, the film is also the first to showcase his voice, songwriting and musical abilities. The "Silver Linings Playbook" actor has said he took singing and music lessons for six months.
"Preparation was the hardest thing," he said. "Starting to sing and realizing that I really couldn't; starting to learn guitar and piano and realizing I couldn't."
Gaga made her television acting debut in "American Horror Story: Hotel" winning a Golden Globe in 2016. But taking the lead role in "A Star is Born" was a big leap.
"At the beginning of making this film, we shook hands literally, and he said to me, 'You're an actress'," Gaga said. "And I said to him, 'You're a musician'."
The movie's concert scenes were shot on the stages of some of the world's biggest music festivals, including Coachella in California and Glastonbury in England.
"A Star is Born" is the third remake of the original 1937 film. It was remade in 1954 with Judy Garland, and in 1976 with Barbra Streisand.
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MANILA – The trailer for the romantic drama “A Star is Born” featuring the team up of Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga has finally been released.
One of the highlights of the two-minute clip is their duet of “The Shallow.”
The movie tells the love story of a seasoned musician, Jackson Maine (Cooper), who discovers and falls in love with struggling artist Ally (Gaga).
Just when Ally was about to give up on her dream of making a name for herself as a singer, Jackson coaxes her into the spotlight. But as Ally’s career takes off, Jackson has to fight his own internal demons.
“A Star is Born” marks the directorial debut of Cooper. It is also Gaga’s first lead role in a major motion picture.
The movie is slated to be released in Philippine cinemas on October 10.
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