PULLING DOUBLE DUTY AS BOTH HOST
AND MUSICAL GUEST.
>>> TONIGHT'S GRAMMY AWARDS IN
LOS ANGELES WILL HAVE A BIT OF
AN ACADEMY FEEL.
THE SONG "SHALLOW" FROM "A STAR
IS BORN" PERFORMED BY BRADLEY
COOPER AND LADY GAGA NOMINATED
FOR FOUR GRAMMYS INCLUDING
RECORD OF THE YEAR AND SONG OF
THE YEAR.
FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE RELEASE OF
THE FILM, "SALLOW" IS THE NUMBER
TWO SONG ON THE iTUNES CHART AND
THE SOUND TRACK IS THE NUMBER
TWO ALBUM.
COOPER AND GAGA ARE BOTH
NOMINATED FOR THE LEAD ACTING
AWARDS.
THE MODERN REIMAGINING OF THE
MOVIE MADE FAMOUS BY THE LIGHTS
OF JUDY GARLAND AND BARBARA
STREISAND.
BRADLEY AND I GOT TOGETHER HERE
IN NEW YORK FOR A SUNDAY
SIT-DOWN.
>> I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE
AROUND YOU WHO SAID LOVE THAT
YOU WANT TO BE A DIRECTOR, GO
FOR IT AND DON'T START THIS
AMBITIOUS --
>> START DIRECTING.
>> YEAH, I WAS ONE OF THEM.
>> DID YOU EVER LISTEN TO THAT
VOICE MAYBE IT IS NOT THE PLACE
TO START.
>> I CERTAINLY LISTENED TO IT.
MAYBE IT ALLOWED ME TO PERSEVERE
MORE.
THERE WERE A BUNCH OF DIRECTORS
THAT I WAS WORKING WITH AND THEY
DID NOT ASK ME TO JOIN THEM.
THAT WAS WHAT PROMPTED ME OUT OF
FRUSTRATION SO I GOT TO DO IT BY
MYSELF.
>> ONCE BRADLEY COOPER DECIDED
TO CREATE A NEW VERSION OF AN
OLD CLASSIC IN "A STAR IS BORN,"
HE NEEDED A STAR.
HER SINGING IS LIKE A NUCLEAR
WEAPON AND NOW LEARNING ABOUT
HER ENERGY AND WHO SHE IS WHEN
SHE WALKS IN THE ROOM, I FELT
LIKE I HAD A GOLD MIND.
>> THERE IS A BIG REACTION TO
HER NEVER STARTING IN A MOVIE.
>> WHICH MEETING HER AT HER
HOUSE AND I THOUGHT, IF I CAN
GET HER TO BE AS OPEN AND AS
FREE AND WARM AS SHE IS RIGHT
NOW INFUSED INTO ALLEY, I THINK
WE'LL BE OKAY.
>> I REMEMBER THE FIRST SUMMER
WHEN WE WERE SINGING THE SONG
"DIGGING MY GRAVE" AND WE
STARTED SINGING AND I DIDN'T
SOUND HORRIBLE, I THOUGHT THIS
IS WORKING.
>> COOPER WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE
WHO THOUGHT IT WAS WORKING.
STEVEN SPIELBERG WAS A MENTOR ON
THE MOVIE, HE PRESENTED COOPER
WITH THE BEST DIRECTOR AWARD AT
THE RECENT NATIONAL BOARD OF
REVIEW GALA.
>> "A STAR IS BORN" IS NOT A
COMBINATION OF HIS WORK BUT
SOMETHING MUCH EXCITING, IT IS
THE BEGINNING.
>> I WAS IN THE WING WITH HIM
WHEN HE WENT UP AND TALKING
ABOUT YOU, HE SAID I KNEW
IMMEDIATELY.
>> HE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT
ENCOURAGED ME TO GO FOR IT.
>> DID HE?
>> YES, WHE SAID YOU HAVE TO SE
IT THROUGH.
>> PART OF SEEING IT THROUGH
MEANT BEING A CONVINCING
MUSICIAN, A YEAR OF GUITAR AND
LESSONS GOT HIM ON STAGE WITH
LADY GAGA, I THOUGHT MAYBE I CAN
PLAY A MUSICIAN BASED ON THE
FACT THAT ALL OF THESE ROCK
STARS THAT I IDOLIZED AS KIDS
AND MY FATHER PLAYING SO MUCH
MUSIC.
THE 44 YEARS OLD COOPER GREW UP
OUTSIDE OF PHILADELPHIA, HIS
MOTHER WORKED FOR A LOCAL TV
STATION.
COOPER GRADUATED WITH HONOR FROM
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY AND THEN
EARNED HIS MASTER DEGREE FROM
THE ACTOR OF NEW YORK.
>> NEED A LIGHT?
AFTER BREAKING IN WITH A SMALL
ROLE ON "SEX AND THE CITY,"
COOPER MOVED TO LOS ANGELES AND
IN 2001, HE GOT HIS FIRST BIG
BREAK WITH "ALIAS" ALONGSIDE
WITH JENNIFER GARDNER.
2005, COOPER PLAYED IN "THE
WEDDING CRASHER."
THE TRAJECTORY OF COOPER'S
CAREER CHANGED IN 2009 WHEN HE
STARRED IN THE BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE
"THE HANG OVER" WITH ITS TWO
SEQUELS AND IT GROSSED WELL OVER
A BILLION DOLLARS AT THE BOX
OFFICE.
>> GET IT?
>> WHAT DID THE "HANGOVER "DO
FOR YOU?
>> THE IDEA OF MAKING MONEY LIKE
THAT BLEW ME AWAY.
WITHOUT THAT, THERE IS NO WAY
PEOPLE WOULD TAKEN A CHANCE.
EVEN WITH THE SUCCESS OF THE
"HANGOVER."
HE NEEDED THE NEXT ICON TO CLOSE
THE DEAL IN "LIMITLESS."
>> THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE A
MOVIE UNLESS THERE WAS NOT A
NAME.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANYONE BESIDES
DINERO.
>> YOU WALKED IN AND A POSTER ON
THE WALL --
>> I DID HAVE HIS POSTER ON MY
WALL.
>> FIGURATIVELY, THAT WOULD BE A
LITTLE WEIRD, I GUESS.
>> I DID.
>> ONE OF YOUR HEROES THOUGH AND
YOU HAVE THE JOB OF CONVINCING
HIM TO TAKE A ROLE.
>> HE CALLED IN AND SAID I WANT
TO DO THE MOVIE.
>> I AM NOT DOING THE DANCE, I
AM OUT.
>> THE NEXT YEAR COOPER TEAMED
WITH DINERO AGAIN IN "SILVER
LINING PLAY BOOK," THE
PERFORMANCE EARNED COOPER HIS
FIRST OSCAR NOMINATION FOR BEST
ACTOR.
IN 2014, HE WAS NOMINATED FOR
ANOTHER OSCAR FOR HIS ROLE AS A
CON MAN IN "AMERICAN HUSTLE."
>> YOU ARE GOING TO DO THIS
BECAUSE YOU GOT NO CHOICE, YOU
WORK FOR ME.
>> A YEAR LATER, A HALF BILLION
DOLLARS BOX OFFICE FOR HIS
PORTRAYAL OF CHRIS KYLE, IN
AMERICA
"AMERICAN SNIPER."
>> COOPER HAS A YOUNG DAUGHTER
WITH HIS PARTNER, HIS BIGGEST
FAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN HIS MOTHER.
>> MY MOM THINKS EVERYTHING IS A
HUGE HIT.
>> THAT'S WHAT MOMS DO.
>> NO, THIS ONE IS NOT GOING TO
WORK.
MOM, IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK.
OH, MAYBE I AM WRONG.
NOW SHE DOES IT WITH CAUTION
WHICH I KIND OF DIG.
IT IS TOUGH OUT THERE.
>> YEAH, SHE'S DEFINITELY DID A
TOTAL 180.
IN 2011, JUST AS COOPER'S CAREER
WAS TAKING OFF, HIS BELOVED
FATHER, CHARLIE, DIED AFTER A
LONG FIGHT WITH CANCER.
>> DO YOU THINK ABOUT AND I KNOW
YOU DO WHERE YOUR DAD THINK
ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE IN YOUR
CAREER RIGHT NOW?
>> SURE.
YEAH.
>> WHAT DO YOU THISNK HE'S
THINKING?
>> I DON'T KNOW, MAN -- HE
KNOWS, IT IS PART OF LIFE.
>> HE'S YOUR GUY.
>> YEAH.
>> BRADLEY'S FATHER IS
UNDOUBTEDLY PROUD OF THE SON
WHO'S MAKING THE KIND OF MOVIES
HIS DAD TAUGHT HIM TO LOVE.
>> THIS BUSINESS IS SO HARD AND
SO OFTEN THINGS DON'T WORK.
WHEN THINGS WORK, YOU HAVE TO
MAKE SURE TO TAKE IT IN, THAT'S
THE THING I KEEP TELLING MYSELF
TO MAKE SURE TO TAKE IT IN.
>> BRADLEY SAYS STUDIOS WERE
SKEPTICAL OF HIS IDEA TO BRING
"A STAR IS BORN" BACK TO LIFE.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE EIGHT OSCAR
NOMINATIONS, THE MOVIE NOW HAS
MADE MORE THAN $400 MILLION AT
THE BOX OFFICE SO FAR.
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