"Joker" Was Based On This True Story of an Unhinged Man

Disgraced Return

Disgraced in his failure, Joaquin and his father returned to Puerto Rico. However, after getting back, they learned that River had overdosed outside of a bar called The Viper Room. He was pronounced dead hours later. Tabloids turned to Joaquin for comments and outbursts, but instead, Joaquin retreated from the limelight to mourn his brother. 

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The More You Know

  • Following the release of Rocky IV, a joke was making rounds in Hollywood. Since Rocky had run out of opponents, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made. Jim and John Thomas took the joke seriously and wrote a screenplay based on it, which later became the movie "Predator".
  • "E" is the most common letter and appears in 11 percent of all english words.
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