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Lady Gaga put on a loved-up display with her fiancé Michael
Polansky as she wowed at the Venice Film Festival premiere
of her new film Joker: Folie à Deux on Wednesday night.

The singer, 38, who stars as Harley Quinn in the upcoming thriller,
wore a dramatic black gown and headdress as she joined Joaquin Phoenix and his sister Rain at
the screening.

She looked stunning in the plunging dress which featured a velvet corset-style top which then flowed into a dramatic puffy skirt.

The look was completed with an intricate lace headdress, huge diamond earrings and a bold red lip -
while she wore her bright blonde tresses in a neat bun.

She gazed adoringly at Michael as she flashed her enormous 8
carat engagement ring on the star-studded red carpet.

Lady Gaga put on a loved-up display with her fiancé
Michael Polansky as she wowed at the Venice Film Festival Joker: Folie
à Deux premiere on Wednesday night

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Joaquin Phoenix, left, and Lady Gaga in a scene from Joker: Folie Ã Deux

Her makeup was flawless as always and she opted for a bold
red lip

The detail in the headdress was incredible

Throughout their years dating, Gaga and Polansky have attended the Super Bowl, the
BAFTAs, and the Critics Choice Awards together

Wedding plans for the couple are underway and their legal plan is being negotiated.
Gaga is reportedly seeking a $900 million prenup before she
walks down the aisle

A source close to the couple told In Touch that 'there are a lot
of assets on both sides, and a prenup will just make everything
clear'

She turned heads in the incredible, dramatic black gown

It showed off her back inkings too

They looked as in love as ever

Her intricate arm tattoos were visible too

The back featured delicate straps and flaunted her toned figure

The gown featured a daring, plunging neckline

Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga and director Todd Phillips attend the premiere

Joaquin and his sister Rain attend the red carpet
extravaganza together on Wednesday evening

He wore a smart black suit and shades

He looked in great spirits on the red carpet

Polansky is a 2006 graduate of Harvard University and runs
Napster founder Sean Parker's Parker Group.

Throughout their years dating, Gaga and Polansky
have attended the Super Bowl, the BAFTAs, and the Critics Choice Awards together.

Wedding plans for the couple are underway and their legal plan is being negotiated.

Gaga is reportedly seeking a $900 million prenup before she walks down the aisle.

And Polansky, who has a $600 million net worth as head of The Parker Foundation, is on board.

A source close to the couple told In Touch that 'there are a lot
of assets on both sides, and a prenup will just make everything clear.'

Gaga 'is worth $900 million, so of course there needs to be a prenup in place,' the insider said.
'And Michael understands that. He's not resisting it.'

Also in Venice for the Joker premiere, Iris Law looked
every inch the red carpet siren in a leggy blue velvet dress

Iris oozed confidence as she hit the red carpet at the Joker:
Folie à Deux premiere during Venice Film Festival on Wednesday

The model, 23, showcased her incredible figure in a teal velvet gown with a racy cut-out detail
and a daring thigh-high split

Iris posed up a storm in front of a sea of cameras

The backless gown showed off her sun-kissed skin

She flashed her dazzling white smile at the event

The 81st Venice International Film Festival is
organised by La Biennale di Venezia and will be held on the
Lido di Venezia from 28 August to 7 September 2024

Jasmine Sanders, 33, meanwhile opted for a black lace number which showed off her toned figure

The model and influencer left little to the imagination in the sheer number

Lady Gaga was seen signing autographs for the many fans at the premiere

She looked incredible in the dramatic black gown

She put on a very loved-up display with her
partner

Her hair was styled to perfection in a slick up do

She beamed a huge smile as she arrived on the red carpet

In addition to her huge ring she wore a stunning diamond necklace

Venice Film Festival is in its second week now and will end on September 7 after a series of incredible premieres

She looked out at the cameras from behind her lace headdress

She posed with her co-star and the director

The pair are set to marry

Her makeup was flawless as usual as she greeted onlookers at the Venice premiere of her
new film on Wednesday evening

She surveyed the crowds of cameras

All eyes were on her for the big night

She looked delighted as she roamed the red carpet for the huge premiere

Joaquin wore orange-tinted shades on the red
carpet as he greeted fans with a friendly wave

Margherita Buy attends the premiere in a silk black dress

TV personality Michela Persico wore a leggy black dress and strappy heels

She climbed out of the boat to head to the premiere

She opted for a natural light pink manicure

The dress was structurally impressive

And put their arms around one another

She wore her blonde tresses slicked back

They gave each other the look of love

The dress had quite the dramatic effect

Also in Venice for the Joker premiere, Iris Law looked every inch the red carpet
siren in a leggy blue velvet dress and Jimmy Choo heels.

The model, 23, opted for a thigh-split and cut-out gown as she made
sure to flash plenty of skin. Jasmine Sanders meanwhile opted for a black lace number
which showed off her toned figure.

The 81st annual Venice Film Festival is in its second week now and will end on September 7 after a series
of incredible premieres.

Audacious, different, bold and brilliant! Joker:
Folie a Deux is a punchline five years in the making, and
boy is it worth the wait, writes BRIAN VINER

Five years have passed since the triumphant opening of Joker at the Venice Film Festival.

I still vividly remember reeling out of a morning screening,
dazzled less by the unforgiving glare of the Venetian sun than by the movie
we'd just been shown.

Five years have passed since the triumphant opening of Joker at the Venice Film Festival.
I still vividly remember reeling out of a morning screening, dazzled less by the unforgiving glare of the Venetian sun than by the movie
we'd just been shown.

Last night, here in Venice, came the world premiere of the sequel, Joker:
Folie a Deux The director is again Todd Phillips,
with Joaquin Phoenix once more in the title role, this time joined by Lady Gaga as what I suppose we must call the love interest, although that would
undervalue her wonderful performance.

The film is audaciously different in style from the original,
not quite as electrifying, but bold and brilliant all the same.

It begins with a kind of sinister jauntiness
with a Joker animation in the style of a Tom & Jerry cartoon, to
show that since the events of the first movie, Arthur
Fleck along with his murderous alter ego has become a
cultural phenomenon in Gotham City. There has even been a TV movie about him.

Joaquin Phoenix is once more in the title role, this time joined by Lady
Gaga as what I suppose we must call the love interest, although that would undervalue her
wonderful performance

The film is audaciously different in style from the original, not quite as electrifying, but bold and brilliant all the same

Joker: Folie a Deux is released on October 4, 2024
and will premiere at the 81st annual Venice Film Festival

But Arthur is behind bars, waiting to see whether he will be judged sane enough
to stand trial for murder, and in the meantime enjoying his celebrity status both with fellow prisoners and even the warders, one of whom, a sadistic Irishman played by
Brendan Gleeson, feeds him cigarettes in return for jokes.

Lady Gaga plays Lee, a fellow inmate on her way, we suppose, to becoming Joker's girlfriend Harley Quinn.
The pair hit it off at a music therapy class, and are soon mutually smitten, but Lee makes it clear that she loves the dangerously charismatic Joker,
‘clown prince of crime', not the gloomily introspective Arthur.

Indeed, identity confusion is the theme of this film, which delves even deeper than the original
into schizophrenia and other types of mental illness.

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
one another. It is while watching Vincente Minnelli's 1953 classic The Band Wagon that Lee, who claims to have been imprisoned for arson, sets fire to their prison wing.

The ensuing chaos provides an excellent opportunity to escape, yet Phillips
and his co-writer Scott Silver toy with our expectations throughout;
each time we anticipate which way the narrative is
going to go, it confounds us by wheeling
off in another direction.

The music is a constant, though, with Lady Gaga giving her
interpretation of lovely old Burt Bacharach and even Motown numbers, and Phoenix more than holding his own. There
are also a couple of swooning dance routines that make
Arthur and Lee look like psychotic versions of Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in La La
Land.

Eventually, after Arthur's high-profile TV appearance with a smug interviewer
played by Steve Coogan, it is time for the trial, with
all of Gotham gripped by the subject of multiple personality disorder.

Is Arthur the defendant accused of five murders, or is it Joker?
His kindly lawyer (Catherine Keener) wants to make clear it
is Arthur; Lee just as urgently wants him to identify as
Joker.

Lady Gaga plays Lee, a fellow inmate on her way, we suppose, to becoming Joker's girlfriend Harley Quinn

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