PopUps: Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper Rode a Motorcycle Together For Some Reason

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper were spotted riding a motorcycle together Friday night. It's an unexpected pairing and no one is fully sure why the duo were hanging out together.

Gaga and Cooper had dinner at Giorgio Baldi restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif., and Mother Monster hitched a ride on the "American Sniper" star's bike, according to Us Weekly. Though a number of social media users started to ship the pair, a source told the magazine they "might be working on a project together." Gaga is engaged to actor Taylor Kinney and Cooper is currently dating Russian model Irina Shayk.

Deadline speculates the stars got together to discuss a remake of "A Star is Born," the classic 1937 movie that was remade in 1954 with Judy Garland and James Mason and again in 1976 with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson. According to Deadline, the newest remake will mark Cooper's directorial debut at Warner Bros. The website notes it revealed that Cooper was preparing for his behind-the-scenes role last year and in February pointed out the film was selected for tax credits from California.

For awhile, it was rumored that Clint Eastwood would direct the new version of "A Star Is Born" with rumors that Beyonce was to star. That apparently doesn't seem to be the case anymore, however.

Deadline writes:

That opens the door for Lady Gaga, whose participation guarantees a killer soundtrack and who won a Golden Globe acting in front of a camera in Ryan Murphy's "American Horror Story" series. So just watch these two turn up together here and there as Cooper gets serious about making this film. He has offers in other places to make his directing debut, and it's a priority for him after learning a lot at the side of Clint Eastwood in the making of "American Sniper." Cooper produced that film, which was brought in at a reasonable budget. "A Star Is Born" will probably cost $40 million; just the pairing of those two and the budget ought to prompt a quick yes from the studio.

Check out some of the pics of Gaga and Cooper on the motorcycle (via Twitter) below.

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