Talent free, cannot really sing a note, Gaga isn't half bad as an actress. First time she is coaxed to perform on big stage is pretty intense and thrilling but totally downhill from there. American pop and its present practitioners are simply not interesting enough to fill a film. I mean really. Anyone remember Judy Garland -- someone who had serious pipes? Or even Barbara. But Gaga is pretty pathetic as a superstar. Demonstrates over and over just how pitiful the most popular of our music truly is. I think Cooper peaked in "Silver Lining Playbook" and has little to offer as an actor here. Just another example of the marching morons taking over society