News about Leonard Bernstein

Her sit-com character Hyacinth Bucket was famously strict about pronunciation. Now Dame Patricia Routledge herself has revealed she has no time for sloppy speech. She said she 'can't stand' how people drop their aitches and 'now the "ks" and "gs" are going the same way,' she added. And the theatrical grande dame, now 95, also revealed she is a traditionalist when it comes to gendered language. 'I'm an actress, not an actor, by the way,' she said.

Aled Jones (right) said 'gracious' Queen Elizabeth II would ask him how long his performances had taken to practice before telling him his voice was 'sounding great'. However, the Duke of Edinburgh would 'often' come over and ruin the interaction by quizzing him about when his voice was going to break. The former choir boy, who rose to fame after singing the Christmas classic 'Walking in the Air' in 1985, said: '[The Queen] was always so gracious, she was always interested in how long the piece had taken to learn. For instance, I'd met her also after singing with Leonard Bernstein, she [said] ''that must have been tough, how long did that take you'' and ''the voice is sounding great'', she'd say.'

When it was revealed that he would be writing, directing, and acting in the Netflix biopic about Leonard Bernstein, the 49-year-old looked good for a lot of accolades. Cooper, who is dating Palestinian-American supermodel Gigi Hadid, dropped out on BAFTAs, Golden Globes, and SAG Awards before losing out on coveted gongs for Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, or Best Picture at Sunday night's Oscars. His 'flip-flopping' over his support for Israel is said to have been involved in his 12th Oscar snub, with some commenting that he may have remained "neutral" rather than wading into the conflict. According to a source exclusively for this awards season, Bradley's flip-flopping on his support for Israel was partly to blame for his departure this awards season.' 'It was not compatible with his film's message,' says the producer.'

For her red carpet appearance at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the actress wowed in a black and white Balenciaga dress adorned with black opera gloves and Boucheron jewelry. In a video interview with Vogue, she explained how her deliberately chosen outfit was a nod in her her nominated film Maestro's honor.

At the fifth time of asking, no one has worked harder or plunging into greater personal revelation than likeable actor, director, and producer Bradley Cooper, who is vying for a Best Actor Oscar this year. In seven categories, his film Maestro, about composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein's life, has been nominated, and Cooper, 49, has been so worried about naked showers with his father, his six-year-old daughter's conversation with him when he's on the looo, and even posed for a magazine cover in an icy river in only his underwear. When discussing how much he'missed' Bernstein, who he actually never met, he wept on camera. Bernstein's adult children erupted, but Bernstein's children kept on. In a year when the atomic epic Oppenheimer has unstoppable energy, Netflix has been equally occupied - or is that desperate - spending a figure established by sources as 'at least' $20 million on trying to propel Cooper into the winners' circle.

Leonard Bernstein, the Maestro, was preparing to become Leonard Bernstein for six years. However, Bradley Cooper's toughest role yet comes now, as he must convince viewers that he didn't make the film solely to gain accolades. The American actor, 49, has been accused of "oscar baiting" in his latest role, pandering to the voters by ticking off a list of tropes that are often favoured by award bodies.

The actor has admitted that he is not positive he would have been alive if he hadn't become a dad. Lea, the Hangover actor and his model ex-girlfriend Irina Shayk, returned from 2017 to explain how changing his little boy inspired him to change his life for the better and put his previous struggles with heroin behind him for good. "I'm not sure I'd be alive if I wasn't a dad," Bradley said during a Dax Shepard podcast interview.

Despite never knowing him, Bradley Cooper was pounded by fans over'missing' late Maestro composer Leonard Bernstein. As he spoke during a resurfaced December interview with CBS Sunday Morning, the acclaimed actor, 49, who has been nominated in the Best Actor Oscar category for his portrayal of Bernstein, weeps in tears.

This evening, Prince of Wales will attend the Bafta film awards in London alone, as Kate continues to recover from abdominal surgery. According to experts, the Princess of Wales, 42, is unlikely to be seen in public until after Easter. Initially, it was expected that he would miss the Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre's, but it was revealed that he'd attend alone as Kate recovers.

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Prince Harry of Wales will attend the Bafta film awards in London alone, while Princess Kate continues to recover from abdominal surgery. William, president of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta), is attending his first high-profile royal appearance since his wife's operation. On Sunday, it was expected that he would miss the event at the Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre.

After being nominated for an Oscar for her role in Maestro, Carey Mulligan has said that actors who claim awards are "100% wrong." Felicia Montealegre, Leonard Bernstein's long-serving wife in the Netflix biopic, is the 38-year-old, who has been nominated for two Academy Awards but has yet to walk away with the golden statuette. Carey revealed her 'heart was racing' when the live nominations were revealed and revealed husband Marcus Mumford placed a encouraging Post-It around the TV in case her appearance was overlooked.

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Carey Mulligan of Maestro has shared just how realistic her make-up was when playing Leonard Bernstein's wife Felicia Montealegre in the Netflix biopic. As she co-star and director Bradley Cooper, 49, the actress, 38, who has been nominated for an Academy Award for her work, talked about the changes with the support of prosthetics. Carey, a pregnant woman filming her third child, recalled how she became sick and that a doctor was sent to administer antibiotics.

On Thursday morning, Carey Mulligan spoke with Lauren Laverne of BBC Radio 6 to discuss her role in the recently Oscar-nominated biopic Maestro and the Golden Globe-nominated erotic thriller Saltburn. The BAFTA-winning actress, 38, talked about being directed by and star opposite Bradley Cooper in last year's hit biopic Maestro, before explaining how she nabbed the role as Poor Dear Pamela in Saltburn. Maestro, an American biographical romantic drama film, focuses on Leonard Bernstein's friendship with his wife Felicia Montealegre, an actress.

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Mirren and Cooper's appearances are edited to make them seem more Jewish on social media. I see The Academy has shortlisted Golda and Maestro in the *Hair And Makeup* category,' he wrote in his post on X. Jewface is up for a nomination.' It comes after the actors received backlash for playing the roles, with Mirren playing former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and Cooper playing American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. Reacting to Baddiel's post, one person commented: 'I don't want to laugh at that comment but it did actually make me Lol!Sorry!'

Bradley Cooper's film Maestro has been nominated in the Best Director category at the Oscars for his film Maestro (left, and right in the film). The actor, who has been nominated in other major awards shows this series, but he failed to impress the Academy Awards' voting committee. Bradley stars in, co-wrote, co-produced, and directed Netflix's Leonard Bernstein biopic, which has been nominated for Best Lead Actor and Best Picture. And yet, the director snub will no doubt be a sore subject for the actor, who made his feelings well before he was refused an Oscar for his directorial debut in 2018's A Star Is Born.

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Bradley Cooper was pictured after being refused yet again for the Oscar nomination for Best Director. The actor, 49, helmed the critically acclaimed Maestro, Leonard Bernstein's biopic. Although the film received multiple Oscar nominations, Cooper was definitely not selected for Best Director. On Tuesday morning, Bradley stepped out in New York after the nominations were revealed.

Bradley Cooper seems to have fallen from grace recently. The spian, who was once Hollywood's golden boy, has received a lot of flak recently. Some of it is thought to be due to him for wearing a prosthetic nose in Maestro. Some have mocked him for his reaction to losing out the Best Picture - Drama trophy to Cillian Murphy at the recent Golden Globes, with others referring to him as "desperate" for wanting to win. (Pictured clockwise from L. Bradley Cooper and his former partner Irina Shayk in 2019; as Leonard Bernstein in Maestro after losing out in the Golden Globes)

Bradley Cooper is the toast of Hollywood and one of the favorites to win an Oscar for his role in Leonard Bernstein's film Maestro. In 1999, the now three-time Best Actor Oscar nominee, 49, earned his first-ever acting role in Sex and the City before his meteoric rise to fame.

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