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Hello, Sweetie

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Our poor Doctor. He’s so harangued by River Song. LOL. Even the brief, surprise greeting of, “Hello, Sweetie,” elicits such a hangdog response that you just want to put your arm around The Doctor and tell him that everything will be okay. Being out of the loop, I had no idea there was a current running through fandom with theories about River. I’m pretty bad to take a plot point at face value and just let the story play out, but now I’m dying to get into the conspiracy theorists’ minds.

That’s the big difference with the new series; it’s smarter. Certainly not to disparage RTD’s helm, which was still largely better than anything else on television, but the nuances now are just a bit more mature and cerebral. Perhaps the least cerebral clue, as I mentioned before, is “The Crack” and though I did not spot the crack in the episode, it’s FINALLY being seen by The Doctor in the preview for next week’s episode. Next week’s episode, by the way, looks to be full of excitement, and motion, and intrigue.

In what I consider to be the mark of greatness for a show, a Twitter friend of mine is just getting into Doctor Who, and I’m proud to have him jump on board with Eleven and Amy. Welcome to the greatest show on Earth. Or Gallifrey. Or Raxacoricofallapatorius. Or, well, you get the picture. With The Doctor and the TARDIS, anything is possible!

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  8. Joaquin Phoenix has revealed that he spoke with filmmaker Christopher Nolan about playing Joker which ultimately went to Heath Ledger.

    The 50-year-old actor – whose latest flick Joker: Folie À Deux could be streamed now –
    got candid about potentially playing the supervillain before he actually portrayed him.

    Joaquin recently appeared on Rick Rubin’s Tetragrammaton podcast as he revealed that he spoke
    to the 54-year-old Oscar-winning filmmaker Nolan about portraying Joker over a decade before.

    He said: That didn’t… wasn’t going to happen for
    a number of reasons. I wasn’t ready then.

    ‘That’s one of those things sometimes where you go: “Why am I not doing this project? What is stopping me from doing this? Well it’s not about me, there’s something else. There’s another person that’s going to do something that’s like, I can’t imagine what it would be if we didn’t have Heath Ledger‘s performance in that film.”‘

    Joaquin Phoenix has revealed that he spoke with filmmaker Christopher Nolan about playing Joker which ultimately went to Heath Ledger

    In 2020, Joaquin earned the Best Lead Actor Oscar for Todd Phillips directed Joker which was 11 years after Ledger (pictured)
    posthumously earned Best Supporting Actor for The Dark Knight in 2009

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    Joker: Folie À Deux heading to streaming after box office flop

    In 2020, Joaquin earned the Best Lead Actor Oscar for Todd Phillips directed Joker which was 11 years
    after Ledger posthumously earned Best Supporting Actor for The Dark Knight in 2009.

    Joaquin continued: ‘I don’t know whether Christopher Nolan was coming to me saying, “You are definitely the person.” 

    ‘I can’t remember the context of how we met.
    But I know that we met, and my feeling was, “I shouldn’t do this.” But maybe he also was like,
    “You’re not the guy.” I couldn’t say.’

    Heath died in a New York City apartment on January 22,
    2008, after accidentally overdosing following months of physical and mental exhaustion.

    The Dark Knight actor died aged 28 after taking a fatal cocktail of drugs, leaving behind his daughter, who was two years old at the time.

    Meanwhile Joker: Folie À Deux can now be streamed, just weeks
    after its theatrical release. 

    The movie, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, is now available to rent from home starting October 29, in an effort
    to recoup some of Warner Bros. investment into the film, as per Variety.

    The musical, which bombed at the box office, is
    ‘poised to lose at least $150 million to $200 million in its theatrical run’ according to the
    publication.

    Joaquin recently appeared on Rick Rubin’s Tetragrammaton podcast as he revealed that he spoke to the 54-year-old Oscar-winning filmmaker Nolan (pictured in January) about portraying Joker over a decade before

    Heath died in a New York City apartment on January 22, 2008, after accidentally
    overdosing following months of physical and mental exhaustion. Pictured Heath in 2006

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    Terrifier 3 dethrones Joker: Folie À Deux as box office champ

    The movie studio spent about $200 million to produce
    the film and about $100 million on marketing and
    distribution, according to the report.

    It would need to gross about $450 million at the
    box office to break even — when factoring
    in the cut taken by theaters — though Warner Bros.

    sources claim the number is $375 million.

    A Warner Bros. spokesperson responded to the report,
    saying ‘Any estimates suggested by anonymous “insiders” or “rival executives” are
    grossly wrong and continues a trend where rumor is reported as
    fact.’

    ‘The film continues to play in theatrical release,
    included with this week’s opening in China, and will continue to
    earn revenue throughout its home viewing and
    ancillary run.’

    So far, the musical about Batman’s nemesis has grossed $51.5 million domestically and $165 million globally after two weeks of release.

    In comparison, the first Joker grossed $96.2 million domestically and
    $248.4 million globally after three days of release.

    The hotly-anticipated sequel to the 2019 billion dollar Oscar-winning film was considered a surefire hit for Warner Bros Pictures, yet ended
    up being slammed by critics and failed to ignite at the box office. 

    Joker: Folie À Deux has garnered the lowest CinemaScore in comic book movie history as the film bombed at the
    box office on opening night. 

    The psychological musical thriller — which has been criticized as
    ‘bleak’ and ‘disappointing’ — officially released in theaters on Friday, October 4.

    Joker: Folie À Deux, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, can be
    streamed now, just weeks after its theatrical
    release; Phoenix and Gaga seen in a still

    The movie will be available to rent from home starting October 29, in an effort to recoup
    some of Warner Bros. investment into the film, according to Variety 

    The film is ‘poised to lose at least $150 million to $200 million in its theatrical run’ according to the publication

    The sequel to the 2019 billion dollar Oscar-winning film was considered a surefire hit for Warner Bros, yet ended up being
    slammed by critics and failed to ignite at the box
    office

    Phoenix reprised his role as the Joker in the sequel, which had earned him an Oscar for his portrayal in the 2019
    film, while Gaga took on the role of Harleen Lee Quinzel (Harley Quinn)

    Phoenix reprised his role as the Joker in the sequel,
    which had earned him an Oscar for his portrayal in the 2019 film, while Gaga
    took on the role of Harleen Lee Quinzel (Harley Quinn).

    However, Joker: Folie À Deux has been given a D rating on CinemaScore — the lowest
    score for a comic book movie.

    Madame Web — which notably also flopped in theaters earlier
    this year and also received terrible reviews — holds a higher score with a C+.

    On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie currently holds an audience score of 31% and a critic score of 32%.

    The sequel has been roundly criticized for being a musical and ‘ignoring’
    the DC fanbase – with an agent familiar with director Todd Phillips’ process telling Variety he ‘wanted nothing to do with
    DC’ during the making of the film, with DC bosses James Gunn and Peter Safran notably
    absent from the film’s LA premiere afterparty last month. 

    A source said: ‘If the first movie was about some down-on-his-luck,
    mentally ill guy in a downtrodden city, it makes maybe $150 [million] worldwide.

    Not a billion. People showed up because that guy was
    Joker.’

    In an apparent snub by Phillips, the opening sequence of the film
    does not include a DC Studios logo.

    A Warner spokesman added that a DC logo appears
    at the end of the Joker sequel, while Phillips declined
    to comment to the publication.

    Several frictions are said to have developed between Phillips, DC and Warner- with claims that Michael DeLuca, Chairperson of Warner Bros.
    Entertainment, and CEO Pamela Abdy seemed ‘unwilling’ to say no to Phillips due to his huge past successes.

    It is claimed Phillips would ‘only’ speak with DeLuca and
    Abdy rather than Gunn and Safran – who took control of DC two months before production began on Joker 2 in December 2022.

    Gunn and Safran did attend the first director’s cut screening for the studio but Phillips fueled rift speculation when he told a reporter: ‘With all due respect to them, this
    is kind of a Warner Bros. movie.’

    Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav also met with Phillips shortly after WarnerMedia and Discovery
    merged in April 2022 and was ‘open to filming in Los Angeles if the director would make the sequel at a lower price point.’

    The studio wanted to film in London which would have cost around 20 per cent
    less.

    A source directly involved with the film recently shared: ‘The one thing
    about genre stuff: If you don’t listen and pay attention to
    what the fan expectations are, you’re going to fail’; director Todd Phillips seen with Gaga
    and Phoenix at the LA premiere September 30

    However, Phillips insisted on filming in LA with the budget remaining static.

    A Warner spokesman told the publication the studio ‘supported the decision to film
    in Los Angeles’.

    A source directly involved with the film said:
    ‘No one could get through to Todd. And the one thing
    about genre stuff: If you don’t listen and pay attention to what the fan expectations are,
    you’re going to fail.

    Insiders also claim studio bosses did not want to premiere the film at the
    Venice Film Festival, but Phillips pushed back – with a
    Warner spokesman saying the studio ‘fully supported the decision to bring the film to
    Venice. 

    Along with Gaga and Phoenix, other stars that had appeared in the sequel include Brendan Gleeson, Catherine
    Keener, Zazie Beatz and Steve Coogan. 

    Christopher NolanJoaquin Phoenix

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  9. M. Night Shyamalan threw an epic Halloween party in Philadelphia on Saturday night.

    The Sixth Sense director, 54, dressed as the villainous
    Joker for his ‘Shyamaween’ bash.

    His makeup was perfectly creepy and his costume was from the 2008
    film The Dark Knight, which saw the late Heath Ledger play the iconic villain.  

    Shyamalan’s wife, Dr. Bhavna Shyamalan, 55, looked beautiful in an amber-colored, Victorian era gown with bats all over it.

    Her makeup was a cross between zombie and goth as she proudly posed next to her talented husband who looked adoringly at her.

    M. Night Shyamalan threw an epic Halloween party in Philadelphia
    on Saturday night

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    The couple’s daughter, Isha Shyamalan, 25, attended the party
    dressed as a blood-soaked cheerleader. 

    The Shyamalans throw the party annually to benefit the M.
    Night Shyamalan Foundation. 

    The foundation ‘supports the grassroots efforts
    of emerging leaders as they work to eliminate the
    barriers created by poverty and social injustice in their communities,’ according to its website.

    M. Night shot to fame in 1999 with his film The Sixth Sense, which celebrated turning 25-years-old in August.

    Shyamalan recently opened up about that film’s impact on his career in an interview with People.

    ‘At this point, there’s so many generations of people that
    have watched [my] different movies,’ the director said.

    He added that some, people ‘only know me from [2015 movie] The Visit from then on,
    so they don’t even know about The Sixth Sense. So when I
    think about that, it’s wild.’

    ‘Each movie, I feel this way — that I don’t know if it’ll ever get
    made. I don’t know if I’ll ever get to make another one… “If this is the last one, I want it to just represent me,”‘ he continued.

    Dubbed ‘Shyamaween,’ the Sixth Sense director, 54, dressed
    as the Joker from the recently released film Joker: Folie
    à Deux starring Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix

    His makeup was perfectly creepy and he wore a woman’s nurse’s uniform
    to complete his costume

    The couple’s daughter, Isha Shyamalan, 25, attended the party dressed as a blood-soaked cheerleader

    The Shyamalans throw the party annually to benefit the M.
    Night Shyamalan Foundation 

    Heath Ledger’s 2008 portrayal of The Joker was M.
    Night’s inspiration for his costume this year

    Shyamalan, who was born in Mahé India but grew up in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania, released two films in the
    1990s before The Sixth Sense.

    That set off a string a big hits for the filmmaker
    that includes Unbreakable (2000), Signs (2002) and The Village (2004), that ultimately ended with the release of Lady In The Water (2006), which barely covered the $70 million budget.

    His biggest box office success was with The Sixth
    Sense, grossing $672.8 million while working with a $40 million budget 25 years ago.

    To date, the film made $6.6 million on its first
    day, including an estimated $2.2 million from the Thursday night previews.

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