Ally Beardsley, Lisa Gilroy and Zac Oyama tackle tearful poetry, Joker choreography and more — all in the name of sincerity. The bit-o-meter is dead. The Seal songs have been sung — twice.

Joaquin Phoenix is following up the critical and commercial disaster of Joker 2 with a smaller-scale crisis that's closer to home. The 50-year-old Oscar winner had a run-in with thieves at his LA ...