CHICAGOLAWBULLETIN.COM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2018 ® Volume 164, No. 200 Serving Chicago’s legal community for 163 years He is effortless as Maine, a kindly abusive alcoholic. As direc- Even in fourth tor, actor, and even as singer, Cooper gets Maine. Although stratospheric as a mu- sician, “A Star is Born”is Gaga’s RE B E C CA first feature film of any substance. iteration, ‘A Star is L. FORD Ally’s looks are her Achilles heel, and Gaga takes a huge risk by appearing without the conceptual Rebecca L. Ford is counsel to Scharf costumes and glittery makeup of B orn’still shines Banks Marmor LLC, and concentrates her the Gaga character. She is beau- practice on complex litigation, compliance, board governance and specialized tiful in the way that Cher is beau- employment issues. She is the former tiful —partly because she is ex- Cooper ’s directorial debut and Gaga’s first executive vice president for litigation and otic, but mostly because she wills intellectual property at MGM. She can be it to be so. big-screen moment is magnetic, memorable reached at
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