Joaquin Phoenix says he ”started to go mad” while preparing for his lead role in “Joker”. He lost 52 pounds to portray Batman’s most famous foe in the upcoming DC Comics origins story, and he says that his rapid weight loss helped him get into character. “Joker” opens on Oct. 4.
Joaquin Phoenix’s new Joker movie received an eight-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival.
Justin Bieber proclaimed he had the best day of his life after finding out that he is related to fellow Canadian stars Ryan Gosling and Avril Lavigne. Bieber posted a list, generated by ancestry.com, that was able to connect the three by DNA over many generations.
50 Cent says that Chris Brown has overtaken Michael Jackson as the king of pop. Fiddy took to social media to proclaim that Brown is “better” than Michael Jackson. He also shared a screenshot of another tweet that stated Chris Brown has now sold 69.5M singles in the US, making him the 7th best selling singles artist of all time.
Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth’s divorce proceedings are going quite smoothly. The couple’s split should be completed by Halloween. Talks are so “amicable” that the celebs are okay with lawyers taking care of the paperwork. Miley and Liam apparently had an “iron-clad prenup” that’s making things easy.
John Travolta’s new movie, ”The Fanatic”, only earned $13,000 over Labor Day weekend. Rotten Tomatoes critics gave the movie an 18 out of 100.
Brad Pitt attended Kanye West’s Sunday church service in Watts, California. He stood behind Kanye for most of the service.
Ellie Goulding married art dealer Caspar Jopling on Saturday. She wore a wedding dress that took 640 hours to make.
Adele has bought two homes in the same Beverly Hills neighborhood where Jennifer Lawrence, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz and Katy Perry live.
The Jonas Brothers made a surprise hospital visit to a teenage fan, who was unable to attend their concert in Hershey, Pennsylvania because she is undergoing chemotherapy.
Fetty Wap was arrested over the weekend for punching a valet car parker at the Mirage Hotel. Another Mirage staffer made a citizen’s arrest and held Fetty until the cops arrived and took him into custody for misdemeanor battery.
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom may marry at a gothic castle in Ireland.
Orlando Bloom recently received a speeding ticket for zooming through Beverly Hills at 60 mph in a 25 mph speed zone. Orlando’s eight-year-old son was with him at the time of the ticket.
Like John Travolta, Gigi Hadid also mistook drag queen Jade Jolie as the real Taylor Swift at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards. Jade recalls that “…at the after-party, Gigi Hadid kept thinking I was Taylor–they’re really good friends.” The drag queen adds, “The drunker we got, I guess the more Taylor I became for everyone!”
ZENDAYA might be dating her “Euphoria” co-star JACOB ELORDI.
ARIANA GRANDE canceled a meet-and-greet before a show in Belgium because her, quote, “depression and anxiety have been at an all-time high lately.”