Watch : Bradley Cooper Feeling "Pretty Grateful" at 2019 Oscars It's official: Bradley Cooper is far from the shallow now. After a whirlwind awards season, the A Star Is Born actor and director have officially reached the finish line at the 2019 Oscars. Cooper caught up with E! News as he made his way inside Hollywood's Dolby Theatre on Sunday evening, where he and co-star Lady Gaga will take the stage to perform their Best Original Song-nominated track, "Shallow." Bradley told E! 's Giuliana Rancic he's "pretty grateful" for the opportunity, adding, "It's pretty amazing." So what did the A-lister learn from his first time (and certainly not the last) in the director's chair? "Any time you put your whole heart into something, and you ask people to come along with you and watch them do it, too, it is very humbling. It is an experience that I will never forget," Cooper, who attend the Academy Awards alongside Irina Shayk and his mother, reflected.<doc-sep>It's all in the face. If there's one thing we can count on from award shows, it's that celebrities in the star-studded audience will deliver some memorable reactions to the night's best, worst and most unexpected moments. And, thankfully, the 2019 Academy Awards delivered on all of the above. Whether it was "Green Book" being named Best Picture, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's epic performance of "Shallow" or Olivia Colman's cheeky acceptance speech, the 91st Annual Oscars garnered some hilarious and touching reaction faces from the crowd. We've founded out the best reactions from the 2019 Oscars below: Chadwick Boseman reacts to "Green Book" winning Best Picture: Glenn Close reacts to Billy Porter's show-stopping tuxedo gown: When Glenn Close saw Billy Potter at the #oscars. She is all of us! 😍 pic.twitter.com/JcwLIhIa80 — Vauxhall Tavern (@thervt) February 25, 2019 Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper get second standing ovation after their performance: Something major just happened. After “Shallow” perf, @ladygaga & Bradley Cooper exited stage for commercial break. During break, they came back to their seats from stage then audience gave them another standing o. I’ve never seen that happen for any performers. Cue embrace#Oscars pic.twitter.com/k9wNh66tn1 — Chris Gardner (@chrissgardner) February 25, 2019 Jennifer Hudson reacts to Lady Gaga's Best Original Song acceptance speech: Jennifer Hudson is all of us watching Gaga's speech #Oscarspic.twitter.com/xOum9JDwkf — Lindsey Kupfer (@Lindseykupfer) February 25, 2019 Irina Shayk, Bradley Cooper's girlfriend, reacts to Lady Gaga's Best Original Song win: Lady Gaga and Irina Shayk embracing each other after her Best Original Song win; women supporting each other and lifting each other up. #Oscarspic.twitter.com/BbIsPDWpDl — Roman | Gaga Source (@MisterBroRo) February 25, 2019 Emma Stone reacts to her "The Favourite" co-star Olivia Colman's Best Actress win: emma stone being more thrilled by olivia colman's oscar win than her own 2 years ago is a thing of beauty pic.twitter.com/wWtP2myCT6 — Neely O'Horror (@_katiestebbins_) February 25, 2019 More moments from inside the 2019 Oscars:<doc-sep>The wait is over, you can finally see this adorable panda cub Viral 'Charlie bit my finger' video to be taken down. Here's why Actress Gemma Chan arrives for the 91st Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on February 24, 2019. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP) (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) (CNN) — It’s sigh-of-relief time at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. After a tumultuous build-up, a host-free, more streamlined Oscars yielded a mild uptick in ratings Sunday night, and while far from perfect, a slick and satisfying enough show to avoid the disaster that some surely anticipated. The question is: Now what? Like the Grammys, the Oscars achieved a modest audience gain, after an alarming drop in 2018. Yet the lessons that the Academy can apply going forward aren’t entirely clear – thanks in part to all the variables at play – other than the fact that efforts to change or evolve the show and its format in any significant way, including the nominees and winners, are going to be met with stiff resistance from traditionalists who would protect the institution. Sifting through the remnants of Oscar night, here are five key takeaways, and areas that the Academy will surely be contemplating in postmortem conversations: The ratings Oscar ratings exhibited marked improvement after last year’s all-time low, rising to 29.6 million viewers, per Nielsen data, a 12% increase. Then again, with blockbuster nominees, high-profile talent like Lady Gaga – likely to attract viewers who might not have watched otherwise – and the lure of a train wreck that didn’t materialize, the Oscars possessed enough sizzle that anything less than an uptick would have left the Academy as panic-stricken as organizers sometimes looked in the run-up to the awards. Notably, the pattern for the Oscars mirrors the Grammys, which also plummeted in 2018 and rebounded slightly earlier this month. In the current crowded broadcast environment, just holding serve, in tennis terms, feels like reason to jump over the net, even if the lower level becomes the new normal. Mike Blake/Reuters Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper perform "Shallow" from "A Star Is Born." The host The Oscars usually featured the host as a means of promoting the show, since that’s one of the few new elements from year to year. In a way, the absence of a host filled that role this year – wondering what the show would look like – and not having to service one’s shtick did help streamline the ceremony and put the focus on the nominees. Still, forgoing a host doesn’t feel like a change that can as yet be embraced in perpetuity. It’s an option, but hardly a panacea. The structure The Academy retreated from plans to present four technical categories during the commercial breaks – amid serious blowback from its membership – and the buoyant speeches by some of the less-heralded winners made a strong case for keeping them in the show. That said, no other televised awards hands out honors for things like documentary and animated shorts that practically no one in the viewing audience has seen, or little-understood technical skills like sound mixing. Racing through those categories – having a single pair of presenters hand out multiple awards rapid-fire – simply makes sense, at least, until the Academy perhaps inevitably tries again to squeeze them out of the telecast. As it was, other obligatory elements, like the “In Memoriam” segment and acknowledging lifetime-achievement honorees, felt somewhat truncated. Clearly, this year’s commitment to shorten the show – which still ran beyond three hours – isn’t going to fade away, given ABC’s commitment to that strategy. The nominees/winners The Academy dispensed with plans for a “popular film” category, then actually nominated – and even extended several honors to – some popular films, including “Black Panther,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “A Star is Born.” Problem solved? Not exactly. “Green Book” turned out to be a highly divisive choice for best picture. But it felt like a more conventional choice, whereas its two principal rivals faced historic impediments: “Black Panther” is a superhero movie, a genre that the Academy had never deigned to even nominate before; and “Roma” came from Netflix, a streaming service that – despite the millions spent on promotion – remains an upstart in movies, and indeed a perceived threat to the basic theatrical model. In hindsight, the example of “The Lord of the Rings” might be the most instructive, as the third movie in the trilogy, “The Return of the King,” finally won best picture in 2004, in what amounted to recognition of director Peter Jackson’s overall accomplishment. For a movie like “Black Panther” to win, given the Oscars’ recent history, it’s likely going to require such trailblazers, with the beneficiaries building on what they accomplished. The same likely goes for “Roma,” as Netflix appears determined to wear down the movie business, mirroring its approach to television. Patti Perret/Unive Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen in 'Green Book' Inclusion Many hailed the diversity of winners and nominees on Oscar night, just a few years after the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag. Despite the Academy’s conscious efforts to address the issue, this is one area where the organization remains reliant on the companies that submit films for consideration. Simply put, a greater abundance of on-screen opportunities – more at-bats for movies made by and starring people of color – will yield more contenders. On the plus side, the success of movies like “Black Panther” and “Crazy Rich Asians” should pave the way for more. And if there’s one thing that has remained true of Hollywood, even in these fast-changing times, it’s the old adage that nothing succeeds quite like success.<doc-sep>
The stars were out to play at the 91st Academy Awards. Green Book won best picture as Rami Malek and Olivia Colman took top acting honours The stars were out to play at the 91st Academy Awards. Green Book won best picture as Rami Malek and Olivia Colman took top acting honours... It was the 2019 Oscars moment that set tongues wagging — had Lady Gaga and her A Star Is Born co-star Bradley Cooper’s on-screen romance spilt over into real life? The pair took to the stage for one of the most anticipated moments in yesterday’s ceremony, performing their hit duet Shallowfor only the second time in public. Even devoted fans of the film were stunned by the pair’s undeniable sexual chemistry: Gaga gazed at her co-star adoringly as he opened the song, before he joined her behind the piano, embracing her as they sang in unison. As the song finished, the camera closed in tight on Gaga and Cooper’s faces, the pair lingering just millimetres from each other and looking like they’d kiss any second: Viewer reaction was instant and twofold. First: Wild, thirsty speculation about Gaga and Cooper: I seriously thought Bradley Cooper and Gaga were going to start making out #Oscars — Shupette (@Shupette) February 25, 2019 I wish anyone would look at me the way Bradley does at Gaga. Hot damn. #oscarsfromfiji — Lucy Hale (@lucyhale) February 25, 2019 Lady Gaga almost risked it all for Bradley Cooper at The #Oscars pic.twitter.com/sW23JLLZXJ — 🌹 (@fabulousfeed) February 25, 2019 break up with your girlfriend bradley, gaga is bored pic.twitter.com/y8TAVQRdcj — oscar winner (@poxaandy) February 25, 2019 did bradley cooper just rememered that he has a girlfriend?! it really looked like he wanted to kiss lady gaga #oscars⁠ ⁠ — mia saw la la land 11x times (@justmiaslife) February 25, 2019 Second: Unsolicited pity for Cooper’s real-life partner Irina Shayk, sat in the front row and watching the steamy performance unfold. Sucks to be Bradley Cooper’s girlfriend right now. Christ pic.twitter.com/aeGc3Pd5lM — Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) February 25, 2019 Spice Girl Melanie B even ludicrously accused Gaga of breaking “women’s code” with the performance, which she found “uncomfortable” to watch. “See, I felt so uncomfortable for Bradley’s girlfriend, oh my gosh,” she said during a British TV appearance today. But candid unseen photos form inside the Dolby Theatre show that perhaps we should all cool it with our Gaga/Cooper erotic fan fiction. Here’s Cooper giving Shayk a big kiss as he and Gaga return to their seats following the performance: And Gaga giving Shayk a kiss on the cheek: And finally, Gaga and Shayk warmly embracing: Hardly the salacious love triangle the internet is frothing over. It makes sense that Gaga and Cooper would pour every last bit of energy into the performance — the Oscars were the final victory lap for A Star Is Born, a film that pundits speculated before release could be Gaga’s own Glitter but ended up a critically acclaimed, near-half-billion-dollar worldwide box office hit. Speaking to news.com.au’s Andrew Bucklow after winning the Oscar for Best Original Song yesterday, Gaga explained that she and Cooper had given her one Marie Kondo-esque direction for the performance. “What Bradley said to me yesterday right before we did our last rehearsal for this performance of Shallow … He said, ‘Let’s just drop a little bit of joy.’ And I said, ‘OK’.” Mission accomplished.