Five years after A Star Is Born scored eight Oscar nominations, Bradley Cooper is back in the awards race with Netflix’s Maestro — his sophomore effort as a director-star, as well as his second movie set in the music world. This time, the actor plays a real-life music titan, Jewish American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, whose storied career included …

Kanye West’s legal troubles are piling up like Yeezy sneakers in an Adidas warehouse. On June 3, the rapper and designer’s former assistant sued him for sexual harassment and wrongful termination. Lauren Pisciotta, who worked for West for two years, alleges that he sent her sexually explicit texts and behaved inappropriately in her tenure with him. West has not yet …

Arriving at a big ceremony, viewers watch as the young female protagonist onscreen steps out in a formal dress and heads into an event. There, in a beautiful gown that merely enhances her inner beauty, we watch as the male lead is stunned by her presence upon first glance. He sees her in a different light, maybe even the way …