--- title: Why Bradley Cooper Is Singing As Himself at the 2019 Oscars description: Bradley Cooper apparently will not be singing in the voice of his A Star Is Born character when he performs "Shallow" at the 2019 Oscars. canonical: https://time.com/5533614/bradley-cooper-oscars-2019/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-20T20:23:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T08:23:04.029Z og:title: Why Bradley Cooper Is Singing As Himself at the 2019 Oscars og:description: Apparently it's hard keeping it so hardcore og:url: https://time.com/5533614/bradley-cooper-oscars-2019/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt703aa79ea6a5b632/69893939656a3fcd24bd55d4/a-star-is-born-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2405 og:image:height: 1353 og:image:alt: A STAR IS BORN og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why Bradley Cooper Is Singing As Himself at the 2019 Oscars twitter:description: Apparently it's hard keeping it so hardcore twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt703aa79ea6a5b632/69893939656a3fcd24bd55d4/a-star-is-born-lady-gaga-bradley-cooper.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why Bradley Cooper Is Performing As Himself at the 2019 Oscars > Sponsored content. 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The Favourite, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, and Roma, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, lead the nominees with 10 nods each, closely followed by Vice and A Star Is Born, with eight nominations apiece._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 20, 2019 8:23 PM UTC The Favourite, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, and Roma, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, lead the nominees with 10 nods each, closely followed by Vice and A Star Is Born, with eight nominations apiece.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 20, 2019 8:23 PM UTC Although Bradley Cooper is set to perform [“Shallow”](http://time.com/5514182/lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-shallow-a-star-is-born/) with [Lady Gaga](http://money.com/money/5509693/lady-gaga-net-worth-2019-oscars/) at the [91st Academy Awards](http://time.com/5517545/everything-to-know-2019-oscars/), he apparently will not be singing the hit [_A Star Is Born_](http://time.com/5382763/a-star-is-born-review/) song in the voice of his character, Jackson Maine. During a February appearance on the _The Late Show_, Cooper — who is nominated for Best Actor —told Stephen Colbert that he has officially retired the gravelly tones of his onscreen rocker persona. “As was revealed when I went up on stage in Vegas, I had to create a character. Because that guy certainly isn’t a rock star,” he explained, referencing his recent [surprise performance at Gaga’s Las Vegas residency show](http://time.com/5514182/lady-gaga-bradley-cooper-shallow-a-star-is-born/). “I watched the video back…I just look like this sort of idiot from Philadelphia who’s singing with Lady Gaga…But I was like, ‘Oh, Jackson’s gone.'” Cooper went on to confirm that he has no plans of reviving his portrayal of Jackson at the 2019 Oscars. “He’s gone. I’m not gonna try to get him back. But I will be me singing,” he said. “I hope to be present and enjoy it. And hopefully people love the song sung that night.” Cooper and Gaga’s performance of “Shallow” is not without precedent. In fact, it follows in the Oscars ambitious instances of staging full movie scenes during the ceremony, like Madonna’s 1991 rendition of “Sooner or Later” as the femme fatale Breathless Mahoney from _Dick Tracy_ and _Beauty and the Beast_ star Jerry Orbach’s 1992 “Be Our Guest” spectacle. ## Transcript And now for performance by an actor in a leading role. [ MUSIC ] Christian Bale in Vice. Bradley Cooper in A Star is Born. Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate. Rami Malek [ APPLAUSE ] in Bohemian Rhapsody and Vigo Mortensen in green book. Me too I'm going to go work out for three to four hours really. I do pull ups, push downs. Here we go I don't believe you. For performance by an actress in a leading role. [ MUSIC ] Yalitza Aparicio in Roma. [ APPLAUSE ] Glenn Close in The Wife. [ APPLAUSE ] Olivia Colman in The Favorite. [ APPLAUSE ] Lady Gaga in A Star Is Born. [ APPLAUSE ] And Melissa McCarthy in can you ever forgive me [ APPLAUSE ]. Dreams just coming throughout here. [ LAUGH ] Here are the nominees for achievment in [ UNKNOWN ] Directing. [ MUSIC ] Black Klansman, Spike Lee. [ APPLAUSE ] Cold War, Pawel Pawlikowski. [ APPLAUSE ] The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos. [ APPLAUSE ] Roma, Alfonso Cuaron. [ APPLAUSE ] And Vice, Adam McKay [ APPLAUSE ] Hey I'm gonna work on [ INAUDIBLE ], my God, here it is. The final one. Gosh. Wanna do the big one together? Yes, let's do this together. Okay, here we go. And finally, here are the films selected as Best Picture nominees. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Black Panther. Kevin Feige, producer. [ APPLAUSE ] BlacKkKlansman, Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele And Spike Lee, producers. [ APPLAUSE ] Bohemian Rhapsody, Graham King, producer. [ APPLAUSE ] The favorite, ��� Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday and Yorgos Lanthimos, producers. [ APPLAUSE ] Green Book Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga producers. Roma Gabriela Rodriguez and Alfonso Cuaron. [ APPLAUSE ] Producers. [ APPLAUSE ] A star is born. Bill Gerber, Bradely Cooper and Lynette Howell Taylor producers. [ APPLAUSE ] And the eight and the final nominee. Vice. Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay, and Kevin Messing, producers. Wow. Wow. And congratulations to all the nominees. 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