Still recovering from his time in rehab, and dealing with serious depression, Jack believes he is responsible for his wife's decision to put her career on hold. The manager implies that Jackson is ruining his wife's life and profession. Before he can attend, Ally's music manager drops by, and guilts the country singer by suggesting the cancellation of the pop star's first major European tour will be damaging for her career.

Returning home from rehab, Jackson is scheduled to join his wife at a local concert. As he is in recovery, Ally decides to cancel a previously-announced European tour so that she can be with her husband. While in rehab, Jack foreshadows the end of the movie when he tells his therapist about a suicide attempt he made years before, when he tried to hang himself with a belt. At a high-profile award ceremony, Jack inadvertently embarrasses Ally, and goes to rehab as a result. Plus, as Ally's musical direction takes her away from her husband's country music roots, Jackson begins to feel lost, and fall deeper into substance abuse. He's also seriously lonely, something which changes when he meets Ally one night in a drag club.Īlly and Jackson marry in a spur-of-the-moment ceremony, but as Ally's fledgling pop career starts to explode, Jack finds it difficult to handle the attention focused on her. Jack is successful, but battling an alcohol addiction and struggling with severe tinnitus, making it more and more difficult for him to perform live. The movie follows two musicians- country singer Jackson Maine, played by Cooper, and unknown singer-songwriter Ally, played by Lady Gaga. Here's everything you need to know about the movie's origin ahead of Sunday's Oscars. The musical drama, also directed and co-written by Cooper, has a lot of individuality and an unforgettable soundtrack, and has become a pop culture phenomenon in the months since its release.

And if you haven't managed to see it ahead of the Oscars-where it's nominated for eight Academy Awards and stars Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga will perform-you may be wondering what all the fuss is about.

Bradley Cooper's directorial debut, A Star Is Born, has garnered rave reviews and prestigious award nominations since its release in October 2018.

A star is born soundtrack covert art