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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…

The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes almost looked very different.

A new behind-the-scenes feature from Entertainment Weekly explores stories from the set of the upcoming film, which hits theaters and IMAX on November 17, with director Francis Lawrence and producer Nina Jacobson.

During the discussion, it was revealed that Rachel Zegler originally turned down the role of Lucy Gray.

Find out what happened…

Barbie is the hottest movie of the year, but there are some parts of it that we still haven’t seen yet.

From musical moments to surprise cameos and a very viral monologue, there’s so much to love about the movie.

In the months since its box office premiere, we’ve learned more about deleted scenes that got left on the cutting room floor.

What did we miss out on seeing? Director Greta Gerwig has spilled the tea on a couple of deleted scenes. Some of them feature stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. Others feature some supporting characters. All of them sound iconic.

On the bright side, fans will get to see some of the leftover footage with Barbie‘s weeklong IMAX run. In the meantime, we rounded up the biggest deleted scenes and also revealed the one scene that Greta fought to keep in through editing.

Scroll through the slideshow to see all of the Barbie scenes that didn’t make it into the movie…

Gal Gadot had already established herself in the action world with her portrayal of Gisele Yashar in the Fast & Furious franchise when she became Wonder Woman, the leading lady of the DCEU.

The actress joined the DC Comics franchise alongside Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill and was lauded as one of the brightest lights for her portrayal of Diana Prince in 2016′s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Since then, Gal has reprised the role in several projects, including two solo movies. There have been ongoing questions about her future in the franchise.

She’s synonymous with the character, but Gal had to audition for it and faced some stiff competition.

In fact, we can say for a fact that she faced off against at least three other actresses to land the part. Of the three, two of them have opened up about their experience auditioning. One of them even explained why they knew that they “never” had a chance to land it.

With there being so much interest in Gal‘s future in the franchise, we decided to do some research into who else might have been wielding the Lasso of Truth.

Scroll through the slideshow to see who else was up to play Wonder Woman in the DCEU…

Chris Evans weighed in on some viral comments famed director Quentin Tarantino made about the Marvel Cinematic Universe last year.

In an appearance on the 2 Bears 1 Cave podcast in December 2022, Quentin opined that the MCU’s actors are “not movie stars.”

“Captain America is the star. Or Thor is the star. I mean, I’m not the first person to say that. I think that’s been said a zillion times…but it’s like, you know, it’s these franchise characters that become a star,” he explained.

At the time, multiple actors in the mega-successful film universe weighed in, including one of Quentin‘s friends and a central actor in the cast.

Months after the fact, Chris reacted to the comments and revealed where he stood. His answer might surprise you.

Read more about Chris Evans and Quentin Tarantino…More Here! »

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The Mean Girls musical movie will be coming the a theater near you instead of premiering on Paramount+ as initially planned. How grool is that?!

The musical retelling of the hit movie stars Renee Rapp as Regina George, the ruler of the popular group known as the Plastics, and Angourie Rice as Cady Heron, who was once played by Lindsay Lohan.

Deadline confirmed that the movie was getting a theatrical release and revealed a premiere date.

Keep reading to find out more…More Here! »