July 16, 2025 05:17 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Rare oil painting of Mahatma Gandhi sells for an astounding Rs 1.7 crore | Brother of Yemeni man killed by Nimisha Priya opposes pardon of Kerala nurse | Can't win today's warfare with outdated weapons: CDS General Anil Chauhan seeks upgradation of India's defence system | Shubhanshu Shukla returns to Earth after his 18-day mission to space | India's Got Latent host Samay Raina, other influencers appear in SC over remarks mocking disabled | Drunk teenager who rammed Porsche into two-wheeler leaving two dead won't be tried as an adult | Jaishankar calls on China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing | Jaishankar calls on China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing | Supreme Court slams cartoonist Hemant Malviya for 'inflammatory' cartoon of PM Modi, RSS | Donald Trump threatens Russia with 'very severe tariffs' if no Ukraine negotiations within 50 days

Actor Joaquin Phoenix wins Oscars Best Actor for Joker

| @indiablooms | Feb 10, 2020, at 09:52 am

Los Angeles/IBNS: As was expected by many of his fans, actor Joaquin Rafael Phoenix won the Oscars Best Actor in a Leading Role award for his memorable performance in the movie 'Joker'.

Joker is a 2019 American psychological thriller film directed and produced by Todd Phillips, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scott Silver.

The film, based on DC Comics characters, stars Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker and provides a possible origin story for the character.

Joker premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2019, where it won the Golden Lion, and was released in the United States on October 4, 2019.

The film is nominated for a leading 11 awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Phoenix, in the Academy Awards.

At the 77th Golden Globe Awards, it won Best Original Score for Hildur Guðnadóttir and Best Actor – Drama for Phoenix. It also earned a leading 11 nominations at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor for Phoenix. It won the Best Original Score.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Close menu