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Director Todd Philips Teases ‘More To Come’ As He Celebrates Fourth Anniversary Of ‘Joker’ Movie

It’s the fourth anniversary of Todd Phillips’ “Joker”, and he’s teasing more to come.The 52-year-old director celebrated the milestone by sharing a snapshot of Joaquin Phoenix in the titular role on his Instagram on Wednesday, surrounded by rain and colourful umbrellas.The caption of the anniversary photo read: “Oct.4.Thanks for all the messages.Four years ago we […]

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Lady Gaga Films ‘Joker 2’ Scenes On Staircase From 2019 Film

Lady Gaga continues to shoot scenes for the much anticipated “Joker: Folie à Deux”.Lady Gaga shot more scenes for the hyped sequel on a staircase in New York City in the original film from 2019.Director Todd Phillips and Lady Gaga appeared to be in deep conversation while filming the new footage for the movie.Read More: […]

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Joaquin Phoenix Dedicates SAG Award Win to Actor Nominees and Fellow Joker Actor Heath Ledger

Joaquin Phoenix on Sunday night added yet another notch on his awards season belt at the 2020 SAG Awards, as the Joker star received the prize for outstanding performance by a male actor in a film, beating out a familiar circle of Hollywood heavyweights and fellow nominees including Leonardo DiCaprio and Adam Driver. During previous awards speeches, […]

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Issa Rae Shades the 2020 Oscars Following Female Directors Snub

This sounds familiar.On Monday, Issa Rae and John Cho announced the nominees for the 2020 Oscars, which noticeably left out female directors.Making the Achievements in Directing shortlist for the 92nd Academy Awards were Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Irishman’s Martin Scorsese, 1917 director Sam Mendes, Bong Joon-ho for Parasite and […]

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Charlize Theron Slams “Incredibly Frustrating” Golden Globes After Female Director Shut Out

Who runs the world?! Girls!  Unfortunately, many are accusing the Hollywood Foreign Press Association of not getting the memo when it comes to the upcoming awards show.On Monday, the nominees for the 2020 Golden Globes were announced, and while there was the usual rumblings of snubs and honors, many were upset about the lack of […]

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The Golden Globes Majorly Snubs Female Directors For the 5th Consecutive Year

As Natalie Portman once said, here are the all male nominees.The 2020 Golden Globe nominations were announced on Monday morning, and for the fifth consecutive year, no women have been nominated for Best Director.The nominees for Best Director are Martin Scorsese for The Irishman, Todd Phillips for Joker, Sam Mendes for 1917, Bong Joon-ho for Parasite and Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon A Time…in Hollywood.All of those films […]

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Golden Globes Shut Out Women from the Best Director Race — Again

It’s been nearly two years since Natalie Portman famously called out the Golden Globes for having “all-male nominees” in the best director race, and nothing seems to have changed.Next year’s show will boast, once again, an all-male roster of nominees: Boon Joon-ho (Parasite), Sam Mendes (1917), Martin Scorsese (The Irishman), Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a […]

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How Joker Became 2019’s Most Controversial Movie Before It Even Hit Theaters

Why so serious? That’s the question that’s likely been on the lips of every Warner Bros.and DC exec, not to mention star Joaquin Phoenix and director Todd Phillips, as they’ve prepared for the release of Joker, their gritty, grounded 1970s-set origin story for the iconic Batman comics villain.And that’s because before the film had even […]

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Joker Review: Joaquin Phoenix Isn’t Clowning Around as the Terrifying Batman Villain

In the weeks leading up to its release, this R-rated origins story about the Batman super-villain has been regarded with alarm, caution and fear—with good reason—almost as if it were a mass shooter’s YouTube manifesto rather than the umpteenth attempt to extract new revenue from the DC Comics movie franchise.An Army base in Oklahoma warned […]

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Joker Director Weighs in on Joaquin Phoenix’s Weight Drop & Character Transformation

Joaquin Phoenix lost 52 pounds to play Arthur Fleck in DC’s Joker, and it’s a staggering transformation that we recently got to see play out in the final trailer for this upcoming DC thriller.Now Director Todd Phillips is weighing in on this villainous transformation.Director Todd Phillips of The Hangover series fame, is perhaps not the […]

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