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Lady Gaga won her first Oscar playing up-and-coming singer/songwriter Ally Maine alongside Bradley Cooper in 2018′s A Star is Born. However, she wasn’t the only pop icon considered for the role.

A Star is Born signified the first time that Mother Monster took the lead in a blockbuster. She landed a nomination for Best Actress at the 2019 Oscars and snagged the award for Best Original Song at the ceremony.

Years later, her award-winning duet with Bradley “Shallow” is still generating headlines.

While she’s iconic in the role, some fans might not be aware that A Star is Born is a movie that had already been made three times before Lady Gaga was cast. The first version of the movie was released in 1937 and starred Janet Gaynor; the second came out in 1954 with Judy Garland in the lead. Barbra Streisand took center stage in the version of the movie released in 1976.

A fourth version of A Star is Born had been in the works for years with various talent associated with it by the time that Gaga was cast. That included four other female vocalists who could have landed the starring role. One of them was even attached to the movie at least twice, with reports suggesting that she wasn’t selected because the studio couldn’t afford her asking price.

Who were they and what happened that led to them being overlooked? We did all the digging!

Scroll through all of the musical acts that were considered for Lady Gaga’s part in A Star Is Born…

Lady Gaga won her first Oscar playing up-and-coming singer/songwriter Ally Maine alongside Bradley Cooper in 2018′s A Star is Born. However, she wasn’t the only pop icon considered for the role.

A Star is Born signified the first time that Mother Monster took the lead in a blockbuster. She landed a nomination for Best Actress at the 2019 Oscars and snagged the award for Best Original Song at the ceremony.

Years later, her award-winning duet with Bradley “Shallow” is still generating headlines.

While she’s iconic in the role, some fans might not be aware that A Star is Born is a movie that had already been made three times before Lady Gaga was cast. The first version of the movie was released in 1937 and starred Janet Gaynor; the second came out in 1954 with Judy Garland in the lead. Barbra Streisand took center stage in the version of the movie released in 1976.

A fourth version of A Star is Born had been in the works for years with various talent associated with it by the time that Gaga was cast. That included four other female vocalists who could have landed the starring role. One of them was even attached to the movie at least twice, with reports suggesting that she wasn’t selected because the studio couldn’t afford her asking price.

Who were they and what happened that led to them being overlooked? We did all the digging!

Scroll through all of the musical acts that were considered for Lady Gaga’s part in A Star Is Born…

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper‘s A Star Is Born duet “Shallow” is a massive hit that fans are unlikely to forget anytime soon.

However, it might have never become a thing if Bradley had gotten to use the Gaga song he originally wanted for the movie.

In a new interview, Mark Ronson opened up about how Bradley, who directed and starred in the 2018 blockbuster, had his sites set on one of Mother Monster’s very personal numbers for the movie.

He explained what happened and shared a bit of the story about the creation of “Shallow,” which famously topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2019.

Read more about the Lady Gaga song Bradley Cooper wanted for A Star is Born…More Here! »

Barbra Streisand threw a little jab at Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper‘s A Star Is Born remake.

If you don’t know, the legendary singer starred opposite Kris Kristofferson in the 1976 version of A Star Is Born. There have been several iterations of the movie, and Barbra‘s was the third.

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Lady Gaga has a new look!

The 33-year-old singer and actress showed off her new pink hair while celebrating the anniversary of her movie A Star Is Born.

Gaga just received a new plaque for the film’s soundtrack selling six million albums worldwide and she’s showing it off to fans. She posed with the plaque in front of all of her Grammy Awards!

“A year ago, A Star was Born, and here we are 6 times pink platinum,” Gaga captioned the photo on Instagram.

Fans are eagerly awaiting the release of Gaga‘s upcoming sixth studio album.

The 2018 Venice Film Festival premiere of A Star Is Born will forever be remembered as one of Lady Gaga‘s most epic red carpet moments and we’re taking a look back at the event, exactly one year later!

The premiere took place on August 31, 2018 and kicked off the film’s awards campaign.

Gaga was joined by her co-star (and the film’s writer, director, and producer) Bradley Cooper at the premiere. You can see all of the photos in the gallery!

A Star Is Born was nominated for eight Oscars, including Best Picture, and won for Best Original Song.

Gaga was joined at the event by her then-fiance Christian Carino while Bradley was joined by then-girlfriend Irina Shayk. Both couples have since split.

FYI: Gaga is wearing a Valentino Haute Couture gown with Chopard jewelry. Bradley is wearing Gucci.

Barbra Streisand is bringing on the nostalgia!

The 77-year-old music icon performed at Hyde Park on Sunday evening (July 7) in London, United Kingdom.

During her performance, her A Star Is Born co-star, Kris Kristofferson, who was an opening act on the bill, came out on stage to perform “Lost Inside of You” from the 1976 film.

She introduced Kris by calling him “one of my favorite leading men.”

“Here’s a song that we sang together in the movie, right? I love this song,” she told the sold-out crowd of over 65,000 people.

Barbra previously performed the song during her 2012 and 2013 tours with her tourmate, Chris Botti. Click here to see footage of their performance!

The two previously reunited in April for a picture together on Barbra‘s Instagram.

“It was so wonderful to see my friend Kris who stopped by yesterday. Stay tuned…😉” she wrote. Check it out inside…