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Watch the groovy, gritty new trailer for Joaquin Phoenix's hotly anticipated 'Joker'

Joaquin Phoenix puts on the makeup in "Joker." (Photo: Niko Tavernise WARNER BROS.) The film-festival appearances and Oscar talk are all good, but director Todd Phillips delivered what fans of his "Joker" film really want: a new trailer. Fresh footage arrived online Wednesday from the upcoming drama, which stars Joaquin Phoenix in a dark character study based on the infamous Batman comic-book villain. "You don't listen, do you? You just ask the same questions every week," says wannabe standup and clown-for-hire Arthur Fleck (Phoenix), sneering at the counselor who tells him they won't be meeting again. "How's your job? Are you having any negative thoughts? All I have are negative thoughts." Popfunk The Dark Knight Heath Ledger Joker with Card T Shirts & Stickers The new trailer teases Arthur's path from failed comedian to face-painted menace, inspiring darkness in Gotham City and even requesting the na...

Leonardo DiCaprio's new environmental fund pledges $5 million in aid amid Amazon fires

Earth Alliance, a new environmental organization created by Leonardo DiCaprio and his philanthropic friends, Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth, has pledged $5 million to help preserve the Amazon rainforest. Fires have surged in the Amazon this year -- the world's largest rainforest is burning at its highest rate since 2013 -- and Brazil's National Institute for Space Research says more than one-and-a-half soccer fields of Amazon rainforest are being destroyed every minute of every day. The Amazon, which produces about 20% of earth's oxygen, is often referred to as "the planet's lungs." It is considered vital in slowing global warming. Once upon a Time in Hollywood [4K UHD]