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comics and hero and praising joaquin phoenix's performance. to this festival has always been known for bold decisions i think they did that this year with a lot of the movies and we're just happy that we're one of them because we took a really bold swing with. roman polanski's military drama and officer and despite one missile the lion grand jury prize his wife accepted the award on his behalf polanski didn't attend the event in person because he fears extradition to the u.s. for a 978 statutory rape can. fiction. the festival organizers face criticism for including the director's work in the program in the wake of the me too movement but jury members defended the award saying it was the film not the man being judged. another winner of the night the swedish film about endless nights won for best director the producer accepted it on behalf of director julie anderson. and just a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you at this hour u.s. president almost trampas canceled sacred peace talks with afghanistan's taliban latest the move

across from joaquin phoenix now you'll see him as joaquins phoenix or joker. >> odd enough the night saw joker the first time i saw i was at the toronto international film festival i went to an event after the movie was over and the weird part for me because the film is so disturbing and such -- >> it stayed with you. >> character dive int arthur fleck becoming the joker, i was wondering what he was going to be likwhen i saw him in person. coolest h guy. e was like happy, fun. >> oh, good. that will be fun today. at.it was weirdth transition for tomorrow and t phillips.m >> you mentioned stephen king. >> yes. >> this is a cool idea. essentially someone wants to p you $1,300 to watch 13 steph king films before halloween through dish nation. i'm sorry dishrk netwo. my apologies and the website says this. if you can scroll down it says get your popcorn ready and the cozy yesterday blanket near. u.s. dish.com is looking for one unlung lucky fan to watch 13 vi besas keding's most chilling novels with it chapter twsnd s aoon. we want to pay you $1,300 to wiesscl 13 horroassics in preparati

what caused joaquin phoenix to walk out of an interview.nie sanders taking on donald trump but not over politics. carly shimkus with reaction to bernie's fashion tips from the campaign trail. ♪ heather: bernie sanders making a fashion statement while campaigning in iowa. >> an armani suit is about $2000 and you look like you're wearing jcpenney. that is the difference. >> actually it is cold. heather: carly shimkus with serious xm 115 here with the online response. >> we may get a fox news alert on this. he fully embraced the disheveled man of the people look. that is going viral sparking some responses. debbie says can i have your cold cash? by giving away money other people earned. martin on twitter says a millionaire who wears normal people's clothes to make people think he is not rich. he does make a lot of money according to his tax returns. heather: i wonder if he has ever been in cole's or jcpenney. if he is like my husband -- let's talk about joaquin phoenix in this movie joker. the previews look remarkable. carley: he recently walk

director todd phillips best known for the hangover trilogy came to venice with his star joaquin phoenix. both were in high spirits. that with joker they have an ace up their sleeves. face a guy who searching for a dent in the i think he becomes mistakenly symbol and really what he was looking for is adulation he was never looking for the world to burn this joker. arthur slick has a condition he bursts into cackles of laughter usually at inappropriate moments he's heavily medicated i want to be stand up comedian he can't keep it together on stage and always bombs he's a loser. i didn't refer to any customer relations of the character. it was just something that felt like it was our creation some ways and the think that's what was really important for me in the key to it. it's an inspired reinvention of the villain purpose even heath ledger's character pales in comparison to joaquin phoenix's joker. he lost 24 kilos to play the part of this underdog turned angel of vengeance. and just. got the office where. everyone laughed at me on no one well now you can say that again. suddenly this me

lauren says joaquin phoenix acted appropriately, a stupid question.n echoing that, totally right to walk out. there you have it. movies being put under a microscope given the uptick in mass shootings. jillian: we talked about this story yesterday. passengers stuck, now they are coming together to raise money. >> 150,000 passengers left stranded after thomas cook suddenly went out of business. this news also shocked employees, many found out they lost their jobs mid flight. a plane full of people from las vegas to manchester, england, pulled their money together to help the flight crew out and then seeing a bunch of supportive messages on facebook, one person says the crew were fantastic and so professional, we feel sorry for all the people losing out of their holidays but felt bad for the crew losing their jobs they quite obviously loved. people raising $6000 for employees and just a crazy story. how the british government is trying to repatriate everybody after this sudden collapse of a historic travel company. rob: why was it so immediate, leaving p

in his acceptance speech, he was full of praise for his leading man, joaquin phoenix.e a beautiful soul, and thank you for trusting me with your insane talents. the grand jury prize went to an officer and a spy, telling the story of the dreyfus affair. its director, roman polanski, still wanted in the us for the drugging and rape of a 13—year—old girl, was not present for the ceremony. the acting prizes went to france's ariane ascaride and italy's luca marinelli. both paid tribute to those risking their lives in the mediterranean. translation: i would like to dedicate this award to all the splendid people who are at sea to rescue other human beings who are fleeing from unimaginable situations. thank you. long live humanity and long live love. and long live thejoker. a great night for comic books and the films they inspire. once dismissed, now honoured. alydia noble, bbc news. thanks for watching bbc world news today. we have sunshine, wind, rain and even tropical air heading our way next week. today the weather has been very pleasant and we had a few showers yesterday

star joaquin phoenix and warner brothers are take heat over the movie's depiction of violence and facingutrage from the families of victims of the aurora movie theater shooting. here's nbc's steve patterson >> reporter: it is a film creating critical acclaim and oscar buzz along with controversy and outrage. warner brothers' new film "joker" features a twisted tour de force performance from actor joaquin phoenix portraying a man suffering from mental illness who resorts to violence. >> think about who this could affect, what could happen. >> reporter: sandy and monty phillips are leading a chorus of growing forces against the film. their daughter jessica was one of 12 people killed in the aurora theater massacre during a showing of "the dark knight rises. they're worried about the message the film sends as well as the impact it could have on people personally affected by mass shooting. >> we have people that are suffering with ptsd and the corporate that is making money off of gratuitous violence needs to be taking care of society as well >> reporter: the phillips are calling on warner b

in his acceptance speech, he was full of praise for his leading man, joaquin phoenix.utiful soul and thank you for trusting me with your insane talents. applause speaks french the grand jury prize went to an officer and a spy, telling the story of the dreyfus affair. its director, roman polanski, still wanted in the us for the drugging and raping of a 13—year—old girl, was not present for the ceremony. the acting prizes went to france's arianne ascaride and italy's luca marinelli, both paying tribute to those risking their lives in the mediterranean. speaks italian "i would like to dedicate this award to all the splendid people "who are at sea to rescue other human beings who are fleeing "from unimaginable situations. "thank you. "long live humanity and long live love." and long live thejoker. a great night for comic books and the films they inspire, once dismissed, now honoured. tim allman, bbc news. that is it for now. you can get more news on our website. you can follow me and the rest of the team on twitter. for now, thank you for watching, and stay tuned right her

. >> reporter: the movie's star is joaquin phoenix. >> if you have somebody that has that level of emotional disturbance, i think that they can find fuel anywhere. >> reporter: warner brothers says part of its job is provoking difficult conversations. as for the aurora movie heater where the massacre took place, "joker" will not be shown here. norah? >> barry, thank you. ♪ here i go again on my own ♪ goin' down the only road i've ever known ♪ ♪ like a drifter i was-- ♪ born to walk alone! ...barb! you left me hangin' on the high harmony there. if you ride, you get it. geico motorcycle. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more. starting a business means i have to be well rested, every night of the month. always overnight pads have up to a 2x larger back for up to 10 hours of protection. it catches leaks, so you can catch zzzzs. because my morning starts, before morning starts. always. ♪ you want a fresh-smelling home, but some air fresheners use heavy, overwhelming scents. introducing febreze one; a new range of innovative air fresheners with no heavy perfumes that you can feel good about using

standing ovations cheering almost all of that screenings down there a large part of that was due to joaquin phoenix's outstanding performance as flick a mentally ill stand up comic who's taking care of his ailing mother and who ends up going down a very very dark path finnick said he lost $52.00 pounds and started to go mad while preparing for the role that occasion. he's always doing that work in phoenix is always diving into roles the film has a lot to say about mental illness and access to guns the act the inspiration for it is said to come from martin scorsese's taxi driver and king of comedy both which spotlight the dark side of american celebrity a big part of this film's punch is that it invites the audience to love the monster so it sounds like a very psychological film very dark i mean i suppose that resonated with a lot of people this time around all right let's talk about director todd philips how important is this win for him it's very important todd phillips is best known for writing and directing the hangover films and for war dogs this is a very very important when the festival and esp

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american director todd phillips the film is a dark origin story of the batman villain starting joaquin phoenix in the title role and it's the 1st golden lion for phillips as a director. well for more on all this i'm joined in the studio now by melissa holroyd from v.w. culture melissa very good to see you ok so joker's been awarded the top prize at the venice film festival do you think it deserves that when so many looked like it deserved it during the screenings it got standing ovations showing a lot of its screenings there and largely i think because of work in phoenix's outstanding performance he apparently lost a lot of weight when he went half crazy during his preparations but you know people are speaking very highly about about his performance he plays a stand up comic who turns into a killer a killer clown the urban nightmare takes place in a very grubby gotham city and a big part of this film is punch is that the film invites the audience to love the monster it has a lot to say about mental illness and access to guns and its inspiration reportedly comes from martin scorsese's taxi driv

by the american told phillips the film is a dark origin story of the bat man villain starring joaquin phoenix in the title role it's the 1st golden lion to phillips that might put him on the costs to oscar picked the old stuff glory the last 2 venice winners roma and the shape of water went on to win the best picture academy award. it watching news live from berlin coming up next shift living in the digital age looks at the algorithms that you tube uses to keep users on its site for as long as possible i remember you can find all the latest headlines around the clock on our website at. www dot com i'm on you tube there's mckinnon on behalf of the whole team here in berlin thanks for watching. him how to be going to close our borders reliance. on our end of the small i never .

big winner at this year's venice film festival torn phillips joke took the golden lion starring joaquin phoenix the film is a dramatic take on the origins of batman comic book villain the joker. this is the last time we'll be meeting. you how the city here. is the same questions over. his future. are you having a good or fast. look at it. like really it's just. starting a new. pair of critics celebrating joker is a daring reboot of the d.c. comics and a hero and praising him phoenix's performance. this festival has always been known for bold decisions i think they did that this year with a lot of the movies and we're just happy that we're one of them because we took of really bold swing with. roman polanski's military drama and office and despite one misses the lion the grand jury prize his wife accepted the award on his behalf polanski didn't attend the event in the person because he fears extradition to the u.s. for a 900. 78 statutory rape conviction in. the system organizes face criticism for including the director's work in the program in the wake of the me too movement but jury members de

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and joaquin phoenix is getting rave reviews for his latest movie. recreates the batman arch villain in the highly anticipated movie, joker, and reportedly received an eight minute long-standing ovation when the movie premiered at the venice film festival over the weekend. reports say when phoenix's name appeared in the credits at the end, shouts of bravo erupted with some saying he could win an oscar for the l role. the movie opens in the u.s. on october 4th. and that is what's happening now. ashley: wow, tracee, thank you. he's a ver a very talented acto. lauren: i'm in the mood for a good movie. ashley: as opposed to a he sequel. coming up, is technology going to make school field trips a thing of the past? lauren: i hope not. ashley: how virtual reality is hitting the classroom. keep it here on "fbn: at fidelity, we believe your money should always be working harder. that's why, your cash automatically goes into a money market fund when you open a new account. just another reminder of the value you'll find at fidelity. open an account today. >> s

veil moment with gaga for "a star is born," but this year he's a producer on "joker" starring joaquin phoenix. speak of of batman is chris stan bale going to bat for r-patz? >> all the best to him. i think he's an absolutely fantastic actor. wonderful choice for batman. >> bale's promoting his car racing biopic with matt damon. >> christian and i both let the stunt drivers do their job. >> you know, it's funny, the factors always get out and i go i did my own stunts, but like the older i get, the more i'm like nah i didn't do that at all. >> the fan frenzy for brie larson, michael b. jordan and jamie foxx. >> their film "just mercy" is getting early oscar buzz. jamie and brie have statuettes. michael, you can could be next. >> what do you make of the buzz? >> it's incredible. >> not this buzz, the award buzz. >> oh, i mean, i'm thinking about today. i try not to think about that stuff too much. >>> also getting early oscar buzz renee zellweger in the bio pic "judy." >> i love her. i love what she wore, the sound of her voice, all of it. ♪ somewhere over the rainbow >> that's actually renee si

inspired reinvention of the villain purpose even heath ledger's character pales in comparison to joaquin phoenix's joker. he lost $24.00 kilos to play the part of the underdog turned angel a vengeance. and just. got the bosses where. everyone laughed at me on no one well now you're saying that you have. suddenly this mentally ill freakish figure has followers a parable for our time in ne case again there were there were more things than just societies indifference toward him that made him and turned him into the joker there was this narcissism in arthur and this need to be applauded and looked up and you know. todd phillips joker surpasses expectations it's a blockbuster with us. all of an independent film a definite oscar contender garden news. is a joke to you but. a memory one small thing yeah where you bring me a. community juice muse joker. the . joker shows cinemark and still combined spectacle and substance the hollywood and art house traditions the old ways of making movies are being disrupted but filmmakers are finding new ways to tell their stories and get them seen on screens both big a

. >> reporter: the movie's star is joaquin phoenix. >> if you have somebody that has that level of emotionalturbance, i think that they can find fuel anywhere. >> reporter: warner brothers says part of its jobs is provoking difficult conversations. as for the aurora movie theater where the massacre took place, "joker" will not be shown here. norah? >> o'donnell: barry, thank you. today, u.n. scientists released thei ocea are w, sea levels rising and polar ice is melting. all of that is accelerating because of increasing carbon dioxide levels. we're already seeing the effects in more intense storms and floods. fish populations are dropping, and animal species are being driven from their habitats. the report warns the harshest consequences may be on low-lying coasts where almost 700 million people live. well, in tonight's "eye on earth," mireya villarreal looks at the potential impact on south florida, where more than six million live. >> reporter: multi-million dollar homes and yachts line the shores of miami beach. for more than 60 years, this has been home for charter boat captain dan kipne

the joker starring joaquin phoenix documents the yearly gaze of the villain from the batman franchise and shows him as a lonely figure descends into madness is not yet on public release but a screening at the venice film festival they get people arguing online with many saying it encourages viewers to sympathize with problematic things i don't want to have sympathy for a man best known for his robbery murder and arguably rape shoved down my throat for 2 hours it was not that long ago when a socially isolated described chilled white man who felt wronged by society quite literally dressed up as a joker and shot up a movie theater in colorado joker a film where you're supposed to sympathize with a mediocre white man radicalising to do range violence will no doubt be appealing to the wrong audience for the worst reasons millions of children will see the upcoming film joker to laugh at a clown millions of children will be taught that crime violence and mayhem are the stuff of jokes one will howl with take responsibility for promoting a culture of crime however we did speak with a filmmaker

the shape of water won this award in 2019 and that was later named best picture at the oscars joaquin phoenixgetting rave reviews for his performance as the joker the film opens in the u.s. on october 4th. >>> still ahead, "pennywise" mo their babies behind barbed wire. fight for piggyback rides fight for 7 am makeouts. every year, walgreens helps millions of people fight the flu. fight to protect the ones you love. walgreens. be a flu fighter. get your free flu shot today at your neighborhood walgreens. stop struggling to clean tough messes with sprays. try clean freak! it has three times the cleaning power to dissolve kitchen grease on contact. it works great on bathtubs. and even stainless steel. try clean freak from mr. clean. a lot of folks ask me why their dishwasher doesn't get everything clean. i tell them, it may be your detergent... that's why more dishwasher brands recommend cascade platinum. it's specially-designed with the soaking, scrubbing and rinsing built right in. cascade platinum's unique actionpacs dissolve quickly... ...to remove stuck-on food. . . for sparkling-clean dis

joker starring joaquin phoenix is directed by todd phillips.shows the results when a lonely man with mental health problems is given a gun. one small thing... yeah? when you bring me out, can you introduce me asjoker? phoenix's performance was one of the most talked about performances of the festival. it scooped a traditionally arthouse prize, venice's golden lion. it's all so exciting the way the movie's been impressed by the venice film festival. this festival has always been known for bold decisions, i think they did that this year with a lot of these movies, we really took a bold swing with the film. the venice film festival has become the place to launch an oscar winner. from gravity to birdman to the shape of water. they all had their first screenings here. creating a buzz at venice can often launch it straight into awards contention. whilejoker continued its progress towards toronto, another film also appearing at both festivals picked up venice's golden lion for best screenplay. no.7 cherry lane is a two—hour hand drawn animation, penci

stay with us on bbc news, still to come: thejoker, starring joaquin phoenix, takes the top golden lion. freedom itself was attacked this morning and feeding will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, and the blacks in soweto townships as well as the white in their rich suburbs. we say to you today, in a loud and clear voice, enough of blood and fears. enough. the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. lam free. this is bbc news, the latest headlines a senior british cabinet minister, amber rudd, has resigned, accusing the prime minister, borisjohnson, of an assault on decency and democracy over his handling of brexit. the aid effort in the bahamas is intensifying in the wake of the devastating hurricane dorian. russia and ukraine have exchanged dozens of prisoners, in a move which the ukrainian president described as the first s

. >> reporter: the joker, played by joaquin phoenix is portrayed as a sympathetic protagonist dealingal emotional struggles who then turns to violence. phoenix believes it is not the responsibility of the filmmaker to teach the audience morality. >> if you have somebody that has that level of emotional disturbance, i think that they can find fuel anywhere. >> reporter: in an alert sent by the military, which contained intelligence from the fbi, an army base in texas encouraged people to identify two escape routes in theaters and run, hide, fight if in an active shooting situation. the alert was apparently related to extremists, classified as incels, a group who describes themselves as being unable to find sexual partners, and whose members have on occasion resorted to excessive violence. >> we're all dealing, including our family with ptsd. >> reporter: tina marine coons' son was in the aurora shooting. 12 people were killed. 70 more injured at a midnight showing of another batman movie, "the dark knight rises" seven years ago. coon joined several relatives of the victims expressing t

and joaquin phoenix has faith in his viewers. you let angry woke people who have concerns. the threat should be taken seriously. but idea that creating a film is an endorsement is ridiculous and could shut down hollywood as we know it. kennedy: and free speech. >> absolutely. >> we do have to be sensitive, the republican argument a few weeks ago with discussing -- video games somehow transfer -- >> always wrong. kennedy: some republicans. >> but those of us free speech advocates. >> from the president. >> he was wrong. >> many senate republican leadership trying to justify. so, i think we have to just be consistent. but i think there -- we're on a slippery slope. >> i don't disagree. kennedy: you have to realize your artistic vision in u.s. of america i am sorry. >> i just think we have to be sensitive think holistic. that -- >> thinking holistically is what puts you on path to curtailing free speech. >> landmark theater said people cannot dress up any more and go to movies, that is mean, i'm going to try to explain it in a sensi

my big concern, joaquin phoenix is going to be playing the joker. i'm concerned that he could be charged with cultural appropriation. he's at least eight shades lighter. the albino community may be writing letters, laura. >> laura: the jennifer anniston does she ever age? she looks great. >> she looks fantastic. >> laura: she looks beautiful. >> we're always concerned about the relations between police and the communities they protect. a case in new york i think may have gone a bit too far. last monday, during the west indian day parade in brooklyn, a uniformed onduty officer. >> laura: we video. >> a woman began twirking on the cop. and the cop joins in on the act. this is, laura, not the first time one of these incidents occurred during this parade. believe it or not this has happened multiple times. here's a cop dancing with a man during a pride parade in 2015. then footage from the west indian parade from 2011. nypd investigated this incident but we're not sure if the cop was actually disciplined.in should have been. i think this is outrageous.

next week, we have new shows with jonathan van ness, joaquin phoenix, gwyneth paltrow, magic johnson,abeth olsen and chef evan funke. with music from jon pardi, lunay, lukas nelson and promise of the real and anderson paak with smokey robinson. so please join us for that, oh, and another important programming note. the week of october 21st, we are loading our whole show into a container and bringing it to brooklyn, new york for five shows at the brooklyn academy of music. if you'd like to join us live and in person, you can get tickets at kimmelinbrooklyn.com. and before we go, guillermo will be driving a welcome wagon across the country, spreading joy and tequila along the way. this is his vehicle, the guillermo-bile. guillermo will be in this bad visiting dallas, chicago, pittsburgh and philadelphia. if you are there, come see him. especially if you look like him at each stop on the tour. we are looking for locals in those cities who look like guillermo. so if that is you, post a picture on twitter, facebook, or instagram with the hashtag, "i am guillermo." then look for a message f

the joker's played by joaquin phoenix. he's joining jared leto and heath ledger.r who is played the role is batman's average enemy. the movie will be in movie theaters on october 49. >>> in today's dollars and cents, google says it will block ads selling treatments that have no biomedical or scientific basis. it will also blockade as for treatments with scientific bates but insufficient clinical testing. the move is in response to several fake stem cell companies falsely advertising treatment for diseases like als. starbuck's is offering ride- sharing options to help workers get home safety. the coffee chain like taking inventory and scheduling. >>> and record sales have been on the rise. now music analysts say they are expected to top sales for the first time since 1986. vinyl sales grew 13% during the first half of year compared to last year. streaming is still key making up 80% of all the revenue from the music industry. tomorrow the biggest event of the year. the unvailing of new products. according to bloomberg and the business insider, apple will probably un

"the irishman" with martin scorsese and also "joker" with joaquin phoenix and todd philips directed itfic he was great >> jimmy: in the film you -- >> i don't like what he does to me >> jimmy: from what i've seen, the trailer, you kind of play -- well you play a talk show host reminds me of -- i mean. [ laughter ] >> i wonder who. >> jimmy: i didn't get a phone call i didn't get any research. i mean, what -- answer me. was it hard to play a talk show host >> no. it was fun [ laught ] i wasn't happy the way it turned out. >> jimmy: okay all right. maybe i'll only watch the first half let's talk about "the irishman." wow. i can't even -- we've been talking about this film for years now. >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: over the last couple appearances you've been on this took a long time >> yeah, i think i started -- i looked at the book when we started shooting about two years ago and it had been ten years, so 12 years from now that i had started reading the book because i make a note when i read it just to remind myself how long ago it was and notes and everything >> jimmy: the book is called