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DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST:

This is FRESH AIR. The new film "A Star Is Born" opens this weekend. It was directed by and stars Bradley Cooper and gives Lady Gaga her first leading film role as a hopeful singer-songwriter.

Growing up, Bradley Cooper always wanted to be a director. He saw The Elephant Manmovie when he was about 12, but instead of focusing on the actors or their characters, he honed in on director David Lynch's vision.

Terry will interview Bradley Cooper, the director, co-star and co-writer of "A Star is Born.

It's impossible to talk about Great Britain these days without talking about Brexit, the United Kingdom's pending departure from the European Union. Of course, it's easier to say you're leaving a longtime partnership than to do it, and two and a half years after the referendum that decided the issue, what leaving means is still unknown.

On the next Fresh Air, British actress Emily Blunt. She stars as Mary Poppins in the new film Mary Poppins Returns which has news songs and a new story.

Members of Britain's Parliament laughed as Prime MinisterTheresa May presented a Brexit plan.

Bruce Springsteen’s sold out solo Broadway show closes Saturday. But the show was filmed and will be available on Netflix this weekend.

There are quadrillions of insects on earth. Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, a professor of conservation biology at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, estimates they outnumber human beings by a factor of 200 million to one.

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Whether they're going up or coming down, walls have been an important part of history.

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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: It's one of the world's greatest engineering wonders - the Great Wall of China.

In Austin, Texas, a new raft of anti-LGBT legislation is working its way through the state legislature. One of the bills would allow state licensed professionals of all stripes — from doctors and pharmacists to plumbers and electricians — to deny services on religious grounds.

A new story in Buzzfeed News says President Trump directed his former lawyer to lie to Congress. Anthony Cormier, one of the Buzzfeed News reporters who broke the story, talks to Steve Inskeep.