Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga's Oscars Performance

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Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga's Oscars Performance refers to a series of memes and jokes about the actors' performance of "Shallow" from the film A Star Is Born, which starred Cooper and Lady Gaga, at the 91st annual Academy Awards. Among the most popular memes, a shot of the two staring in each other's eyes inspired a number of image macros.

Origin

On February 24th, 2019, Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga performed "Shallow" at the 91st annual Academy Awards, which won best original song at the ceremony (shown below).

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ABC's official Twitter ^[4] account tweeted a GIF Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper looking into each other's eyes. The post received more than 1,200 retweets and 4,700 likes in 24 hours (shown below).

#Oscars https://t.co/zSrvQG8ZE6 pic.twitter.com/krC58i4HXw

— ABC News (@ABC) February 25, 2019

That evening, others shared a screen capture from the performance with people adding the caption about their perceived affection for one another. Twitter ^[1] user @ejdickson tweeted the picture with the caption, "Me every time my husband says he just unloaded the dishwasher." Within 24 hours, the post received more than 10 retweets and 100 likes (shown below, left). Twitter^[2] user @goldengateblond posted images of the pair with the caption "welp I’m pregnant #oscars." The post received more than 775 retweets and 5,400 likes in 24 hours (shown below, center). Twitter^[3] user @sbstryker tweeted an object-labeled variation, labeling Gaga "gays" and Cooper "iced coffee in the winter." The post received more than 1,400 retweets and 7,900 likes in 24 hours (shown below, right).

Several media outlets covered the meme, incliuding Mashable, ^[5] Vox^[6] and more.