Bradley Cooper was widely considered one of the biggest snubs by the Academy when he didn?t receive a nomination for Best Director for his work on ?A Star is Born.? While it was a surprise for prognosticators, Cooper took the news differently, noting that he was ?embarrassed? to not have done his part to earn a nod. ?I was not surprised. I?m never surprised about not getting anything,? Cooper told Oprah Winfrey on Tuesday as part of her ?Oprah?s SuperSoul Conversations from Times Square.?