Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and with special guest Stacy Grouden, This Just In is a subset of The 250 podcast, looking at notable new arrivals on the list of the 250 best movies of all-time, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users.
This time, Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born.
At time of recording, it was ranked the 182nd best movie of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Notes:
- Recorded 13th October 2018.
- A Star is Born at The Internet Movie Database.
- The IMDB 250 as it appeared at time of recording.
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- Todd S. Purdum discusses the history of A Star is Born at The Atlantic.
- Alison Herman at The Ringer on the debt that A Star is Born owes to the Barbra Streisand version.
- Darren Burke at The Star on Don’t You Want Me as an adaptation of A Star is Born.
- Hunter Harris at Vulture on the scenes that all four A Star is Born films have in common.
- An excerpt from Frank Pierson’s account in New West about working with Barbra Streisand on A Star is Born.
- Kyle Buchanan at The New York Times on whether A Star is Born is campy.
- Chris Moukarbel talks to MTV about why Lady Gaga is “the first pop star of the social media age.”
- Margeaux Sippel at Variety on the social media campaign waged against Venom by Lady Gaga fans.
- The staff at The Ringer discuss A Star is Born.
- Jason Isbell talks to BuzzFeed about writing Maybe It’s Time for A Star is Born.
- Yohana Desta at Vanity Fair tries to figure out where Ally lives in A Star is Born.
- Chris Garner at The Hollywood Reporter on PETA’s awarding of Bradley Cooper for working with his own dog.
- Rob Harvilla at The Ringer on the unified theory of Bradley Cooper.
- Sam Elliott talks to USA Today about how Bradley Cooper cast him in A Star is Born.
- Taffy Brodesser-Akner profiles Bradley Cooper for The New York Times.
- Zach Baron profiles Bradley Cooper at GQ.
- Amy Kaufman at The Los Angeles Times visits the set of A Star is Born to explore how Bradley Cooper realised his vision.
- Lex Goodman at PureWow on how Bradley Cooper got his suntan in A Star is Born.
- Julie Miller at Vanity Fair on the mutual appreciation between Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in making A Star is Born.
- The BBC reports that A Star is Born is not screening at Vue cinemas.
- Darren discusses questions of authenticity and identity in A Star is Born.
- Rob Harvilla at The Ringer on the approach that A Star is Born takes to pop music.
- Spencer Kornhaber at The Atlantic on how A Star is Born explores the idea of selling out.
- Hadley Freeman at The Guardian on female success and male decline in A Star is Born.
- Kristen Page-Kirby at The Washington Post on the gender dynamics within A Star is Born.
- Owen Gleiberman at Variety on A Star is Born as an elegy for a certain archetypal masculinity.
- Elsa Keslassy at Variety on Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga bonding over their Italian roots at the Venice Film Festival.
- Jake Pitre at Pitchfork on the metafictional aspects of Lady Gaga’s casting in A Star is Born.
- Elahe Izadi at The Washington Post on how A Star is Born does and doesn’t mirror the life and career of Lady Gaga.
- Neil McCormick at The Telegraph on Lady Gaga’s turn towards rock ‘n’ roll with Joanne.
- Jordan Sergent at Spin discusses the pleasant pop of Lady Gaga’s Hair Body Face from the soundtrack to A Star is Born.
- Daniel Attwood at The Irish Times on the idea that fatal car crashes may disguise suicides.
- Michelle Ruiz at Vogue on whether the Grammys are out of touch.
- Alison Grace Schwab at The Odyssey on how the Grammys became a joke.
- Nate Jones at Vulture on the peculiarity of Lady Gaga’s Shallow scream.
- Katrina Onstad at The Globe and Mail on Beyoncé rebranding as “Mrs. Carter.”
- Dee Lockett at Vulture on Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s joint brand and album.
- Telephone by Lady Gaga and Beyoncé on YouTube.
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