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2023 Oscars when she gave her “Joker: Folie à Deux” co-star Brendan Gleeson an on-the-mouth smooch on the champagne carpet.The “A Star is Born” actress, 36, raised eyebrows after sharing a hugh and kiss with the Oscar nominated “The Banshees of Inisherin” star, 67, just before the ceremony began Sunday at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre.The pair will soon be co-starring in director Todd Phillips’ “Joker” sequel together, alongside Joaquin Phoenix, Zazie Beetz and Catherine Keener.When snapshots of the two looking lovey-dovey hit social media, shocked viewers were quick to share their thoughts. “I’m traumatized for life,” one Twitter user virtually groaned.“IS THIS REAL?” one surprised “little monster” asked.“Get this off my [timeline],” yet another fan added about the lip lock, with one snarking: “Lmao Brendan with his eyes opened.”The “Shallow” singer will be playing Harley Quinn, the love interest to Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck.Director Phillips, 52, first teased Gaga’s appearance last month on social media, sharing a close-up shot of her and Phoenix, 48, in a passionate embrace.Meanwhile, both Gaga and Gleeson were nominated at the Academy Awards, with the pop star earning a nod for Best Original Song for the single “Hold My Hand” from the action flick “Top Gun: Maverick.”Gleeson was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role in the “The Banshees of Inisherin.”She donned a bare and makeup-free look and changed out of her Versace gown and into simple jeans and a T-shirt for the performance.The Grammy winner wound up singing the track during the ceremony, after previously announcing she was unable to due to her busy filming schedule.

95th Academy Awards, ET can confirm that Lady Gaga will be performing at the awards ceremony. The news comes after it was first reported that she would not be able to make the event. Prior to Sunday, 2023 Oscars producer Glen Weiss said Gaga -- who is nominated in the Best Original Song category for her song, «Hold Me Hand,» from -- was invited to perform but was unable to make the commitment at the time. «We have a great relationship with Lady Gaga and her camp,» Weiss said during a press conference last week. Because she's in the middle of shooting a new movie, Weiss said Gaga didn't feel like she could deliver a performance at the caliber that she's used to doing at the annual awards show.

95th Academy Awards, ET can confirm that Lady Gaga will be performing the  single, "Hold My Hand," at the awards ceremony. The news comes after it was first reported that she would not be able to make the event. Prior to Sunday, 2023 Oscars producer Glen Weiss said Gaga, who is nominated in the Best Original Song category, was invited to perform but was unable to make the commitment at the time. «We have a great relationship with Lady Gaga and her camp,» Weiss said during a press conference last week. Because she's in the middle of shooting a new movie, Weiss said Gaga didn't feel like she could deliver a performance at the caliber that she's used to doing at the annual awards show.

Just days before the live telecast of the 95th Academy Awards, it’s been revealed that Lady Gaga will not be performing. The revelation comes after it was first revealed in January that the pop star was nominated for Best Original Song for her “Top Gun: Maverick” single, “Hold My Hand“.

95th Academy Awards, it's been revealed that Lady Gaga will not be performing. The revelation comes after it was first revealed in January that the pop star was nominated for Best Original Song for her single, "Hold My Hand." According to the 2023 Oscars producer Glen Weiss, Gaga was invited to participate in Sunday's ceremony, but she was unable to make the commitment.

the song will be included in clips for “Top Gun: Maverick” and while Gaga was intending to be available for the movies’ big night, her shooting schedule on Todd Phillips’ “Joker: Folie à Deux” will not allow her to attend this year’s ceremony.The last time Gaga performed at the Oscars (in 2020, with “A Star Is Born” costar Bradley Cooper, getting everyone’s bee in a bonnet), she emerged an Academy Award winner for cowriting the high-octane song “Shallow,” and was also a Best-Actress nominee the same evening. But a Best Original Song win could happen all over again this year at Hollywood’s big night.Ironically enough, fellow Oscar nominee Diane Warren will be performing, who was the cowriter of the tune that landed Gaga her first Oscar nomination, the moving “Til it Happens to You” from the sexual assault documentary “The Hunting Ground” in 2015.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor All four of this year’s original song Oscar nominees have been confirmed to perform at the ceremony on March 12 — except for Lady Gaga. Gaga, who was deemed a frontrunner early in the race, landed her fourth career nomination for the “Top Gun: Maverick” song “Hold My Hand,” but has yet to be confirmed for the show. In Oscars tradition, all nominated songs are sung during the ceremony. Rihanna (“Lift Me Up”), Sofia Carson and Diane Warren (“Applause”), Stephanie Hsu, David Byrne and Son Lux (“This Is a Life”) and Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava (“Naatu Naatu”) will all be making appearances this year.

Lady Gaga was cast in “Joker: Folie à Deux” last year, creating a lot of excitement for fans who want to see her manic energy unleashed on a film. To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Warner Bros has teased a photo of Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in character, showing her playing the beloved Harley Quinn for the first time.

Ra, ra, ah-ah-ahhh. Lady Gaga is certainly caught in a bad romance amidst journey to win . On Valentine's Day, the pop star//actor shared a photo from her most recent acting gig in Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel to director Todd Phillips's 2019 film Joker, which won several Oscars, including best actor for Joaquin Phoenix (the titular Joker) and best original score.

Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn in “Joker: Folie à Deux” dropped on Tuesday with her looking devilishly in love.The “A Star Is Born” actress, 36, will portray the DC villain alongside Joaquin Phoenix in the “Joker” sequel.Director Todd Philips posted a set photo of the lovebirds for Valentine’s Day showing the baddies about to share a kiss.The close-up shot featured the “Shallow” singer with messy platinum blond hair and a bloodied mouth as she grabbed Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck close.In December, Philips revealed a first-look image of Phoenix in the highly-anticipated follow-up movie. “Day 1.

The first look at Lady Gaga in the upcoming “Joker” sequel, “Joker: Folie À Deux”, is here! The film’s director, Todd Phillips, shared a still shot from the film on Instagram in honour of love day Tuesday, writing, “Happy Valentine’s Day.”

Instagram.Lady Gaga will play Harley Quinn in the musical “Joker: Folie a Deux,” which will be released on Oct. 4, 2024.

What better way then to celebrate toxic love and toxic relationships than a new image of Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn in the upcoming “Joker” sequel on Valentine’s Day? Well, that is exactly what filmmaker Todd Phillips did this evening on V-day, revealing the first image from “Joker: Folie à Deux,” featuring Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn and Joaquin Phoenix reprising his role as The Joker/Arthur Fleck.

Lady Gaga in the upcoming  sequel, , is here! The film's director, Todd Phillips, shared a still shot from the film on Instagram in honor of love day Tuesday, writing, «Happy Valentine's Day.»The pic sees a bleach-blonde Gaga staring intensely into the eyes of the Joker himself, played by Joaquin Phoenix, who is reprising his role as the DC Comics villain. Gaga has red face paint smeared on her lips and nose, which appears to be from the Joker's made-up face.

Director Todd Phillips unveiled the first look at Lady Gaga in character for the film Joker: Folie à deux.

The first photo of Lady Gaga in character as Harley Quinn in the upcoming movie Joker: Folie à deux has been revealed!

J. Kim Murphy Lady Gaga is putting on a happy face. Director Todd Phillips has shared a new look at “Joker: Folie à Deux,” posting an image depicting star Joaquin Phoenix in the arms of Gaga. “Happy Valentines Day,” reads Phillips’ brief caption on Instagram. The image marks the public’s first look at Gaga in the film.A post shared by Todd Phillips (@toddphillips) Gaga is reportedly playing a version of the DC Comics character Harley Quinn, a psychiatrist who finds herself smitten with the Joker before taking on his villainous ways. Margot Robbie had previously portrayed Quinn in the “Suicide Squad” films and “Birds of Prey.” Kaley Cuoco voices the character on the ongoing HBO Max animated series “Harley Quinn.”

OK, earlier today, you probably read from us that Courtney Love was fired from “Fight Club.” The rocker, singer, actress, and former member of grunge band Hole claims she had the lead role of Marla Singer in the David Fincher film (the part that Helen Bonham Carter played). But during this casting process, she apparently went “nuclear” on Brad Pitt for proposing he star in a Kurt Cobain film directed by Gus Van Sant, and then Pitt got her fired from the film (“I wouldn’t let Brad play Kurt,” Love said.

Joaquin Phoenix is back to portraying Arthur Fleck, better known as the Joker as Joker: Folie à Deux starts filming.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios and George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse acquired in a six-against seven-figure deal screen rights to Hot Dog Money: Inside the Biggest Scandal in the History of College Sports. Book was written by Guy Lawson, whose Rolling Stone article “Arms and the Dudes” became the Todd Phillips’ movie War Dogs at Warner Bros, whose New York Times Magazine article “Ice Pack” has been adapted for Will Ferrell at Sony, his RS article Oxy-Gen is being adapted at MGM for Pete Davidson, and other true-crime reporting spread around town.

Love it or hate it, Todd Phillips‘ 2019 film “Joker” still made $1.074 billion at the global box office. That means even though its sequel doesn’t hit theaters until October 2024, “Joker: Folie á Deux” is one of Hollywood’s most anticipated films.

Lady Gaga‘s casting as Harley Quinn for the upcoming Joker sequel, Folie à Deux.The singer will star alongside Joaquin Phoenix in the new film, which will reportedly be a musical. Robbie previously portrayed the character in three, unrelated DC films: Suicide Squad, Birds Of Prey and The Suicide Squad.Speaking of Gaga’s casting, Robbie told MTV News in a recent interview: “It makes me so happy because I said from the very beginning, all I want is for Harley Quinn to be one of those characters, the way like Macbeth or Batman always gets passed from great actor to great actor.”Robbie went to explain how she doesn’t feel female characters are afforded the same treatment, although she did acknowledge that she was able to portray Queen Elizabeth I after Cate Blanchett.“It’s such an honour to have built a foundation strong enough that Harley can now be one of those characters that other actors get to have a go at playing,” she added.

Margot Robbie is opening up about Lady Gaga taking on the Harley Quinn role in the Joker sequel alongside Joaquin Phoenix. Joker: Folie à Deux is reportedly a musical and the Born This Way crooner will play the villain Robbie has portrayed in three different films: Suicide Squad, Birds of Prey and The Suicide Squad.

Margot Robbie is excited for the future of her iconic character Harley Quinn.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media Brendan Gleeson, currently generating Oscar buzz for his work in “The Banshees of Inisherin,” is about to move from the west coast of Ireland to the seedy streets of Gotham City. The veteran character actor is set to appear in “Joker: Folie à Deux,” Variety has confirmed, alongside Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, who play the clown prince of chaos and his main squeeze, Harley Quinn. Todd Phillips, who directed Phoenix to an Oscar in 2019’s “Joker,” returns as director. But whereas the first film played like a comic book riff on Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver,” the follow-up is a musical, albeit more in the vein of “A Star is Born” than “West Side Story” or “Singing in the Rain.”

EXCLUSIVE: We are hearing from several sources this afternoon that former Warner Bros executive Dan Lin’s name is one of those in the mix for the top spot at DC Films.

The Toronto Film Festival has named Oscar-winning Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir (Women Talking) and award-winning Welsh Egyptian filmmaker Sally El Hosaini (The Swimmers) as honorees of the 2022 TIFF Tribute Awards, which return to an in-person gala fundraiser for its fourth edition at Fairmont Royal York Hotel on September 11th. The former will receive the TIFF Artisan Award, with the latter claiming the TIFF Emerging Talent Award.

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros is going all in on The Batman director Matt Reeves and his 6th & Idaho production company. He has become the first filmmaker given an overall first look film deal since Warner Bros Pictures Group Co-Chairs/CEOs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy were hired by Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav to steer the film division. In addition, Reeves has re-upped with the Warner Bros. Television Group and Chairman Channing Dungey, where he is also working on The Batman spinoff series The Penguin with Colin Farrell.

The California Film Commission announced today 18 upcoming projects that will benefit from the state’s Film and TV Tax Credit Program, receiving a combined $93.7 million break for generating an estimated $915 million in spending.Todd Phillips’ “Joker” sequel “Folie à Deux,” a remake of “The Thomas Crown Affair” starring Michael B. Jordan, and “Rebel Moon Part 2” are among the big-budget films selected for the program. An untitled Netflix production, which qualifies for more than $20.5 million in tax credits, is the priciest project at $107.7 million in qualified spending.

While Warner Bros. Discovery has announced its intentions to “reset” the DC Universe, some “old” projects are still moving forward.

Wilson Chapman editorZazie Beetz is being eyed to return to the upcoming “Joker” sequel “Folie à Deux,” Variety has confirmed.Beetz appeared in the original 2019 “Joker” as Sophie Dumond, a single mother and the neighbor of Joaquin Phoneix’s Arthur Fleck. How Beetz could reprise her role is an open question: Although the film depicted Arthur entering into a romantic relationship with Sophie, it’s revealed that the majority of their scenes together were a delusion from Arthur’s imagination.

Zazie Beetz is in talks to return for the Joker sequel, Joker: Folie à deux.

Lady Gaga has confirmed she will star in the forthcoming sequel to Todd Phillips’ 2019 film Joker alongside Joaquin Phoenix.The musician and actor, real name Stefani Germanotta, shared a teaser of the film confirming both her and Phoenix’s involvement in Joker: Folie à Deux earlier today (August 4).Joker: Folie à Deux10.04.24 pic.twitter.com/obp7T9lBFL— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) August 4, 2022Phillips confirmed back in June that a sequel to 2019’s Joker was on the way, sharing a cover of the script written by himself and collaborator Scott Silver, along with a photo of Phoenix reading the screenplay.Shortly after Folie à Deux was revealed, it was reported that Gaga was in early discussions to play Harley Quinn, the Joker’s psychiatrist at Arkham Asylum who falls in love with him, helps him escape the facility and eventually becomes his sidekick and love interest. It was also rumoured that the film – the title of which translates to “shared madness” in French – will be a musical.Gaga has had multiple starring roles in recent years, such as 2018’s A Star Is Born – which Phillips produced – and last year’s House of Gucci.Gaga’s confirmation of her involvement in the film comes shortly after its release date was announced.

The Joker has finally met his match. After months of speculation, Lady Gaga confirmed that she will star opposite Joaquin Phoenix in the upcoming Joker sequel.

The Joker.Lady Gaga announced the casting in a video on her official Twitter page. Silhouettes of Phoenix and Gaga slowly dance over a red background as an instrumental version of the jazz standard “Cheek to Cheek” plays in the background. The two silhouettes dance together as Phoenix's laughter can be heard in the background over the title card.

Joaquin Phoenix, 47, in “Joker: Folie à Deux,” which is set to premiere on Oct. 4, 2024.Mother Monster confirmed the highly anticipated news through a clip posted to social media. The 18-second tease splashes “Phoenix” in black text against a red background, followed by the actor’s blacked-out silhouette.The word “Gaga” follows, along with her silhouette, before the pair embrace as they twirl to the tune of “Cheek to Cheek” — a song she’s previously covered with her former musical collaborator Tony Bennett.