Bradley Cooper

From radical chic to Jew-hatred chic

By Jeffrey Salkin — December 1, 2023
(RNS) — Leonard and Felicia Bernstein threw one of the most famous parties in New York social history. It still reverberates today.

The thing about Bradley Cooper’s nose

By Jeffrey Salkin — August 21, 2023
Bradley Cooper playing Leonard Bernstein? No big deal. The nose thing? Meh. Let's all get a grip.

Composer Bernstein’s children defend Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose after ‘Maestro’ is criticized

By Jake Coyle — August 18, 2023
NEW YORK (AP) — To some, Cooper's nose in the trailer seemed like the kind of outsized caricature that has been a regular feature of Jewish portrayals throughout film history.

‘Sniper’ studio condemns anti-Muslim rhetoric

By Andrea Mandell — January 29, 2015
(RNS) Since the film opened, some tweets have referred to "ragheads," "vermin scum" and hatred of Muslims.

Here’s the faith in the ‘American Sniper’ you won’t see in the film

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — January 14, 2015
(RNS) "In that backroom or whatever it is when God confronts me with my sins, I do not believe any of the kills I had during the war will be among them," legendary sniper Chris Kyle wrote in his 2012 autobiography. "Everyone I shot was evil. I had good cause on every shot."
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