![]() ![]() ![]() Sting's non-binary child Eliot splits with model Frankie Herbert and unfollows her on Instagram as she shares a photo of her kissing at London's Pride parade DEAN DUNHAM: Can I force a double glazing firm to fix my faulty windows? They were only fitted last year.Monday was the world's hottest day since records began and temperatures could rise even FURTHER in coming weeks.How a giant tank under the lawn could save you £100 a year.SARAH VINE: I understand why the woman whose husband slashed her wrists forgives him - lockdown had driven him to desperation.Mother, 82, who gifted her £1.4m home of 40 years to her daughter, 52, for 'inheritance tax reasons' is kicked out following bitter family break-up and court battle.my poor mum, then my dad, my grandparents, my uncle, it just keeps coming back for us': TV's Fiona Phillips tells of her agony at being diagnosed with Alzheimer's after it ravaged her family - but vows to fight on Some people in Lebanon are protesting corruption and the political elite in “Joker” make-up: pic.twitter. There’s a Joker facepaint station at the protests in Beirut /C7BSRyOjS1 The Joker protests against tax hikes and corruption #Lebanon #TheJoker /Bed9H7qoyR “Joker” continues to play in theaters nationwide. As the film continues to tap into the worldwide zeitgeist, it could get near or even surpass the coveted $1 billion mark at the box office. ![]() The appearance of Phoenix’s Joker at so many political rallies is a testament to just how big of a reach the movie has developed over its first month of release. The catchphrase “we are all clowns” from the film was recently added to the foot of a statue in Los Ángeles, Chile, France24 reports. Even quotes from the movie have begun popping up in protest cities. While some film critics initially feared “Joker” would encourage violence, not many predicted the iconography of Phoenix’s clown would become a fixture at international government protests. The movie has proven to be just as popular worldwide as it is stateside, with grosses in Hong Kong nearing the $6 million mark. and has spent four of its five weekends in the top spot at the domestic box office. “Joker” was released October 4 in the U.S. Joaquin Doesn’t Want You to Take Mushrooms Before Watching ‘Beau Is Afraid’ “It echoes a form of protest against a political system that people believe is inflexible and not listening to the people… At the end of Todd Philipps’ film, a bit like at the end of ‘V for Vendetta’, everyone putting on the same mask is their way of coming together as a group, to create a collective, to not feel alone with your struggle.” “Todd Philipps’ film about the Joker has a real evocative power,” historian William Blanc told France24. A group of graffiti artists in Lebanon known as Ashekm have even painted a giant mural of Phoenix’s Joker holding a Molotov cocktail. A new report from France24 states that protestors in Chile, Lebanon, Hong Kong, and Iraq have been wearing the “Joker” clown makeup at public demonstrations protesting government corruption and elitism. As “ Joker” heads above the $850 million mark at the worldwide box office (it’s now the highest grossing R-rated release of all time, unadjusted for inflation), the clown face of Joaquin Phoenix’s troubled Arthur Fleck has begun popping up at government protests around the work.
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