World News for Students of English

08-09-2023 15:00

Bradley Cooper makes a film about Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein is a famous American musician. He writes classical music and musicals, for example, ‘West Side Story’.

Bernstein’s parents are Jewish. They immigrate to the United States. Bradley Cooper plays Bernstein in the film. Kazu Hiro is the makeup artist of the film. He makes a fake nose for Cooper. He wants to make Bernstein look realistic.

The trailer comes out. But some people do not like the nose. They have bad feelings about it. They say that the nose supports stereotypes about Jewish people. Hiro says that he is sorry that some people feel bad. The film about Bernstein’s life will be on Netflix on Dec. 20.

Difficult words: makeup artist (a person whose job is to apply cosmetics on actors or models), trailer (extracts from a film which people can see before they see the film itself), stereotype (what many people think about a person or thing).

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