Lady Gaga put on a loved-up display with her fiancé <br>
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Michael Polansky as she wowed at the Venice Film Festival premiere <br>
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of her new film Joker: Folie à Deux on Wednesday night.<br>
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The singer, 38, who stars as Harley Quinn in the upcoming thriller, wore a dramatic black gown and <br>
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headdress as she joined Joaquin Phoenix and his sister Rain at <br>
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She looked stunning in the plunging dress which featured a velvet corset-style <br>
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The look was completed with an intricate lace headdress, huge diamond <br>
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She gazed adoringly at Michael as she flashed her enormous 8 <br>
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Lady Gaga put on a loved-up display with her fiancé Michael <br>
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Polansky as she wowed at the Venice Film Festival Joker: Folie à Deux premiere <br>
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on Wednesday night<br>
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Her gigantic diamond engagement ring was evident as she posed for <br>
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The singer, 38, who stars as Harley Quinn in the upcoming thriller, wore a dramatic black gown and headdress as <br>
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she joined Joaquin Phoenix and his sister Rain at the screening<br>
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Folie à Deux will see Joaquin Phoenix, 49, reprise his <br>
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role as Arthur Fleck AKA Joker and he arrived to the <br>
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premiere with his glamorous sister Rain<br>
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Michael, a tech entrepreneur, looked smart in a black suit, crisp <br>
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white shirt and bow tie.<br>
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Folie à Deux will see Joaquin, 49, reprise his role as Arthur Fleck AKA Joker <br>
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and he arrived to the premiere with his glamorous sister Rain.<br>
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She looked great in a brown velvet gown and donned stylish shades as she posed with her brother. <br>
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It is the much-anticipated follow-up to 2019's Academy Award-winning Joker, which earned more than $1 billion at the global box <br>
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office and remains the highest-grossing R-rated film of all <br>
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Set for release on October 4, the second instalment finds Arthur Fleck <br>
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'While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur not only <br>
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release shared.<br>
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Lady Gaga has been supported by her fiancé Michael in the lead up to <br>
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the thriller's premiere. <br>
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The couple was first romantically linked around New <br>
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Year's Eve 2019 and later went Instagram official in early <br>
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2020.<br>
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The gown featured a structured skirt that looked rather heavy to lift up <br>
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as she made her way along the red carpet<br>
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She commanded attention in the incredible black lace headdress as she <br>
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She looked phenomenal in the black dress as she blew a kiss to the crowds<br>
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They were the epitome of loved-up as they graced <br>
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She looked stunning in the plunging dress which featured a velvet <br>
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corset-style top which then flowed into a dramatic puffy skirt<br>
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The look was completed with an intricate lace headdress, huge <br>
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diamond earrings and a bold red lip<br>
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Michael, a tech entrepreneur, looked smart in a black suit, crisp white shirt <br>
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and bow tie on the red carpet<br>
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It is the much-anticipated follow-up to 2019's Academy <br>
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Award-winning Joker, which earned more than $1 billion at the global box office and remains the highest-grossing R-rated film <br>
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of all time<br>
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Set for release on October 4, the second instalment finds Arthur Fleck institutionalised at Arkham awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker<br>
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'While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always <br>
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Lady Gaga has been supported by her fiancé Michael in the lead <br>
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The couple was first romantically linked around New Year's Eve 2019 and later went Instagram official in early 2020<br>
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They gave a wave as they arrived on a water taxi<br>
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She headed off the boat carrying her heavy skirt and wandered up the <br>
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Polansky is a 2006 graduate of Harvard University and runs Napster founder Sean Parker's Parker <br>
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Joaquin Phoenix, left, and Lady Gaga in a scene from Joker: Folie à Deux <br>
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Her makeup was flawless as always and she opted for a bold red lip<br>
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The detail in the headdress was incredible<br>
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Throughout their years dating, Gaga and Polansky have attended <br>
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Wedding plans for the couple are underway and their legal plan is being negotiated.<br>
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Gaga is reportedly seeking a $900 million prenup before <br>
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she walks down the aisle<br>
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A source close to the couple told In Touch that 'there are a lot of assets on both sides, and <br>
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a prenup will just make everything clear'<br>
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She turned heads in the incredible, dramatic black gown<br>
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Her intricate arm tattoos were visible too<br>
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The back featured delicate straps and flaunted her toned figure<br>
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Joaquin and his sister Rain attend the red carpet extravaganza together on Wednesday evening<br>
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He wore a smart black suit and shades<br>
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He looked in great spirits on the red carpet<br>
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Polansky is a 2006 graduate of Harvard University and <br>
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And Polansky, who has a $600 million net worth as head of The Parker Foundation, is on board.<br>
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A source close to the couple told In Touch that 'there are a lot of assets <br>
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The model, 23, showcased her incredible figure <br>
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The backless gown showed off her sun-kissed skin<br>
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She flashed her dazzling white smile at the event<br>
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Jasmine Sanders, 33, meanwhile opted for a black lace number which showed off <br>
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Lady Gaga was seen signing autographs for the many fans at the premiere<br>
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She put on a very loved-up display with her partner<br>
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Her hair was styled to perfection in a slick up do<br>
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She beamed a huge smile as she arrived on the red carpet<br>
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In addition to her huge ring she wore a stunning diamond necklace<br>
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Venice Film Festival is in its second week now and will end on September 7 after a <br>
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She looked out at the cameras from behind her lace headdress<br>
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She posed with her co-star and the director <br>
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The pair are set to marry<br>
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Her makeup was flawless as usual as she greeted onlookers at the Venice premiere of her new film on Wednesday evening<br>
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She surveyed the crowds of cameras<br>
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All eyes were on her for the big night<br>
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She looked delighted as she roamed the red carpet for the <br>
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Joaquin wore orange-tinted shades on the red carpet as <br>
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Margherita Buy attends the premiere in a silk black dress<br>
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TV personality Michela Persico wore a leggy black dress and strappy heels<br>
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She climbed out of the boat to head to the premiere<br>
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She opted for a natural light pink manicure<br>
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The dress was structurally impressive<br>
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And put their arms around one another<br>
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She wore her blonde tresses slicked back<br>
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They gave each other the look of love<br>
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The dress had quite the dramatic effect<br>
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Also in Venice for the Joker premiere, Iris Law looked every inch the red carpet siren in a leggy <br>
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The model, 23, opted for a thigh-split and cut-out gown as she made <br>
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The 81st annual Venice Film Festival is in its second week now and <br>
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Audacious, different, bold and brilliant! Joker:<br>
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Folie a Deux is a punchline five years in the making, and boy is it worth the <br>
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Five years have passed since the triumphant opening of Joker at the Venice Film Festival.<br>
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I still vividly remember reeling out of a morning screening, dazzled less by the unforgiving glare <br>
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Five years have passed since the triumphant opening of Joker at the Venice Film Festival.<br>
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I still vividly remember reeling out of a morning <br>
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screening, dazzled less by the unforgiving glare of the Venetian sun than by the movie we'd just been shown.<br>
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Last night, here in Venice, came the world premiere of <br>
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the sequel, Joker: Folie a Deux The director is again Todd Phillips, with Joaquin Phoenix once more in the title role, this time joined <br>
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by Lady Gaga as what I suppose we must call the love interest, although that would <br>
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The film is audaciously different in style from the original, not quite as electrifying, but bold and brilliant all the same. <br>
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It begins with a kind of sinister jauntiness with a Joker animation in the style of a Tom & Jerry cartoon, to show that <br>
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since the events of the first movie, Arthur Fleck along with his murderous alter ego <br>
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has become a cultural phenomenon in Gotham City. There has even been a TV <br>
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Joaquin Phoenix is once more in the title role, <br>
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this time joined by Lady Gaga as what I <br>
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suppose we must call the love interest, although that would <br>
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undervalue her wonderful performance<br>
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The film is audaciously different in style from the original,<br>
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not quite as electrifying, but bold and brilliant all the same<br>
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Joker: Folie a Deux is released on October 4, 2024 and <br>
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But Arthur is behind bars, waiting to see whether he will be judged sane enough to stand trial <br>
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for murder, and in the meantime enjoying his celebrity status both with fellow prisoners and even the warders, <br>
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one of whom, a sadistic Irishman played by Brendan Gleeson, feeds <br>
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Lady Gaga plays Lee, a fellow inmate on her way, we suppose, to becoming Joker's girlfriend Harley Quinn.<br>
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The pair hit it off at a music therapy class, and <br>
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she loves the dangerously charismatic Joker, ‘clown prince of crime', not the gloomily <br>
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Indeed, identity confusion is the theme of this <br>
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It's been said that Folie a Deux is a musical. It's not, but music looms large as an expression of Arthur and Lee's burgeoning love for <br>
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The Band Wagon that Lee, who claims to have been imprisoned for arson, sets <br>
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The ensuing chaos provides an excellent opportunity to escape, yet Phillips and <br>
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The music is a constant, though, with Lady Gaga giving her interpretation of <br>
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lovely old Burt Bacharach and even Motown numbers, and Phoenix more than holding his own. <br>
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There are also a couple of swooning dance routines that make Arthur and Lee look like psychotic versions <br>
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Eventually, after Arthur's high-profile TV appearance with a <br>
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Is Arthur the defendant accused of five murders, or is it Joker?<br>
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His kindly lawyer (Catherine Keener) wants to make clear it is Arthur;<br>
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Lee just as urgently wants him to identify as Joker.<br>
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Lady Gaga plays Lee, a fellow inmate on her way, we suppose,<br>
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Deux to be just another unnecessary Batman spin-off, you should maybe think again <br>
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All this is compellingly directed by Phillips, and <br>
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superbly acted by Phoenix especially, in a role for <br>
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which he seems custom-made, but by Gaga too.<br>
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We've known since A Star is Born in 2018 that she can act, but she really is terrific in a <br>
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bad-girl role. They'd have loved her at St Trinians. <br>
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As for those cinema-goers who consider Joker: Folie a Deux to be just another unnecessary Batman spin-off,<br>
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you should maybe think again. <br>
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This might not quite be in the top rank of films about <br>
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mental illness, alongside all-time greats such as <br>
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Psycho and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. But it's <br>
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not too far off.<br>
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Joker: Folie a Deux opens in the UK on October 4, 2024. <br>
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