Barbra Streisand Says Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s ‘A Star Is Born’ Was ‘The Wrong Idea’

Ariana DeBose, at first, didn’t have any words to say about her Oscar nomination because she was so shocked.

Amanda Holden looked effortlessly glam as she waltzed into the Heart FM headquarters sporting one of her most dressed down looks yet. The Britain's Got Talent judge, 50, proved that she didn't need to wear jaw dropping attire to still win over the crowd.Instead, the mum-of-two opted to keep her look stylish and on-trend, sporting an orange high-neck jumper and a killer pair of fitted flared denim wash jeans.The I Can See Your Voice star sizzled for the camera as she posed while perched on a desk at the radio station's HQ.Her blonde locks were swooped up into a sleek high bun, to show off her immaculate makeup.Sharing her outfit with her 1.8 million Instagram fans, Amanda decided to jig for the camera.In another snap - also shared to her story - the TV judge can be seen on the move wearing a matching brightly coloured overcoat to complete her spring-time look.Meanwhile last month, Amanda returned to Britain's Got Talent for filming after the programme had been halted for two years due to the on-going Covid pandemic.The ITV star couldn't help stop her emotion from running wild as she returned for the fifteenth series at the London Palladium alongside her fellow panellists - Simon Cowell, 62, Alesha Dixon, 43, and David Walliams, 50.

Setting the record straight. Armie Hammer and his estranged wife, Elizabeth Chambers, have not reconciled their romance despite rumors to the contrary.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorVisionary visual effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull, who died Monday, contributed his groundbreaking inventions and techniques to classics including “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” and “Blade Runner.”Among his many honors were three visual effects Oscar nominations (“Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” and “Blade Runner”); the Academy’s Scientific and Engineering Award for creating the Showscan Camera System; and the Visual Effects Society’s Georges Méliès Award, honoring those who have made significant, pioneering contributions to the effects business, in 2012.A generation of visual effects artists and filmmakers were influenced by his work, including Weta FX senior VFX supervisor Joe Letteri, who said, “Doug stands out as an iconic figure in visual effects, one of the early pioneers who blended a deep knowledge of cinematography and mechanics to develop techniques that we still use today. An early evangelist of high frame rate processes, Doug’s vision for where we can take cinema is just now coming to fruition.” Here’s a look at a five iconic moments Trumbull helped create.Trumbull was Oscar nominated for visual effects for Spielberg’s “Close Encounters,” and one of his significant contributions was the motion control photography used in the scenes featuring the alien’s massive mother ship.

Mark Sutherland If last year’s Brit Awards went out with something of a COVID-restricted whimper, this year’s ceremony came in with a bang.Several bangs in fact, as an unexpected mash-up between emo-metal hybrid Bring Me The Horizon and Ed Sheeran on the latter’s “Bad Habits” launched the show to, no doubt, the bewilderment of mums and dads tuning in at home and expecting the nice, ginger-next-door they usually see at events like this. The arena, however, was ablaze — quite literally, as the unlikely collaborators became the first of several performers to torch the stage.Held at The O2 Arena in south London, this year’s Brits — unlike last year’s event — took place in a country that is largely free of COVID restrictions.

Everyone needs a good cry every now and then. For Will Arnett, it happened on the side of the road. To be fair, the BoJack Horseman actor had recently split with Amy Poehler after nine years of marriage. This made his experience filming the Arrested Development revival “almost excruciating,” as he told The Guardian. “Just brutal, brutal, brutal,” he continued. “I was driving to the set one day and I pulled over to the side of the road and cried for an hour.”

MAYA Jama awkwardly shut down Mo Gilligan's questions about her love life during the Brit Awards 2022. As the presenters chatted in between awards Mo, 33, drew attention to the sparkler on 27-year-old Maya's ring finger.

ED Sheeran and his wife Cherry melted fans' hearts as they shared a sweet kiss on camera at the Brit Awards. The musician, 30, and Cherry enjoyed the rare PDA moments after learning he had won the gong for Songwriter Of The Year.

Garth Brooks is finally getting a tattoo after all these years.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorJoe Rogan weighed in again on the controversy over his repeated use of the N-word on his podcast — and Spotify’s removal of 70 past episodes because of “racially insensitive language” — and played the victim card.Last Friday, Spotify pulled 70 past episodes “The Joe Rogan Experience” from its platform, which the streamer said it did at the request of Rogan and his team. That came after singer India Arie last week said she was pulling her music and podcasts off Spotify, citing Rogan’s “language around race”; she reposted a video on Instagram compiling 24 times Rogan used the N-word on his podcast, and the clip soon went viral.Rogan addressed the situation in Tuesday’s episode of his podcast.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterCBS has ordered a pilot for a reboot of the drama series “Early Edition,” Variety has learned.The original series starred Kyle Chandler as a man who magically received tomorrow’s edition of the Chicago Sun-Times today, delivered to his door each morning by a mysterious ginger tabby cat. His knowledge of the future then gave him the chance to change it for the better.In the rebooted version, an ambitious but uncompromising journalist starts receiving tomorrow’s newspaper today.

Wendy Williams won’t be returning to her eponymous talk show anytime soon.

Gwen Stefani has a busy 2022 planned based on her recent social media posts. The pop star took to Twitter recently to tease fans with an exciting new update, writing: "Can’t wait to show you what I have planned for this year."MORE: Gwen Stefani stuns in waist-cinching dress as she celebrates exciting news with fans"I hope its a new album," commented one fan as others called for more duets with husband Blake Shelton.

Will Smith is a charismatic star best known for his work in TV, film, and music, but it’s clear that another role means more to him than his longtime career: dad. The actor, 52, has three children: Trey, 28, whom he shares with his ex-wife Sheree Zampino, and Willow, 20, and Jaden, 23, whom he shares with his current wife Jada Pinkett Smith. (The two have been married since 1997, while Will was previously married to Sheree between 1992 and 1995.)

Daniel Craig topped Variety's list of the biggest movie star salaries with an astounding $100 million.The list, published Wednesday, includes 17 of the highest recent film star salaries and shows other A-listers like Dwayne Johnson, Will Smith and Denzel Washington earning sky-high payments in the mid eight-figures, while Jenifer Lawrence and Julia Roberts were tied for the highest-paid female actors.A heavy contributor to the expanding salaries is the rise of streaming releases, in which stars negotiate for higher up-front payments to make up for tiered payments based on theatrical ticket sales.

Barbra Streisand thinks Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's 2018 rendition of was the «wrong idea.» In a new interview with, Streisand shared what she had hoped for the Oscar-winning film, including seeing Will Smith and Beyoncé at the helm.«At first, when I heard it was going to be done again, it was supposed to be Will Smith and Beyoncé, and I thought, that's interesting. Really make it different again, different kind of music, integrated actors, I thought that was a great idea,» Streisand shared of the once-rumored casting.

Babs is not happy with Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s 2018 remake of "A Star Is Born." After previously celebrating the musical drama, Barbra Streisand is now taking back her praise. While appearing on the Australian talk show "The Project" to promote her new album, "Release Me 2," the 79-year-old seemed to blast the film for its unoriginality.

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.The singer, 79, starred in the 1976 version of the movie alongside Kris Kristofferson, with the film also previously being made in 1954 featuring Judy Garland and James Mason, and originally 1937 with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March.Before the 2018 film was made, it was rumoured Beyonce and Will Smith would take the leading roles.In a new interview with The Sunday Project, Barbra says the former Destiny’s Child singer and the Men In Black star would have been more ‘interesting’.She said: ‘At first, when I heard it was going to be done again, it was supposed to be Will Smith and Beyoncé, and I thought, that’s interesting. ‘Really make it different again, different kind of music, integrated actors, I thought that

Not quite her taste. Barbra Streisand, who starred in the third version of A Star Is Born in 1976, wasn’t really a fan of the 2018 remake led by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.

Barbra Streisand threw a little jab at Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper‘s A Star Is Born remake.

Barbra Streisand has weighed in on the recent A Star Is Born remake, suggesting that it was “the wrong idea”.The 2018 film, which starred Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, is the third remake of the classic 1937 film following the 1954 version starring Judy Garland and James Mason, and Streisand and Kris Kristofferson’s 1976 film.Speaking on The Sunday Project, Streisand reflected on the latest incarnation: “At first, when I heard it was going to be done again, it was supposed to be Will Smith and Beyoncé, and I thought, that’s interesting.“Really make it different again, different kind of music, integrated actors, I thought that was a great idea.