song on the a star is born soundtrack won lady gaga her first academy award®?

Seamlessly integrating terrific original songs with a script he wrote with Eric Roth and Will Fetters, Cooper refashions his Star for a right-now generation tired of watching blunt truth give way to softball fantasy. By dumping the usual Hollywood bullshit for something that feels raw, scrappy and lived-in, Cooper and Gaga knock it out of the park. Though there’s no disguising the film’s dated origins, the actor-turned-director’s defiantly fresh approach allows A Star Is Born to emerge as a skyrocket of soul-stirring music, drama and heartbreak. The movie starts and you think, “Oh no, not again.” And then, boom: Cooper sneaks up and snaps you to attention. So why in hell did Bradley Cooper choose to make his debut as director with the third remake of A Star Is Born? What could he bring to the role of the self-destructive headliner living in the shadow of the protégée he loves? And why did he have Lady Gaga, going out on a limb in her first starring role, to follow in the footsteps of the legends who previously aced the role of the newbie: Barbra Streisand (1976), Judy Garland (1954) and Janet Gaynor (1937)? Talk about walking a tightrope without a net.

It’s a tale as old as time, flattened and fatigued by constant repetition. One star soars the other crashes and burns.

Song on the a star is born soundtrack won lady gaga her first academy award®?