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If there's one upcoming movie on everyone's lips, its Todd Phillips' Joker. The psychological origin story was met with near universal acclaim when debuting at the Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals. Joaquin Phoenix has been praised for his performance, with early talks of an Oscar nomination already happening. But there has been some controversy surrounding the movie, with critics fearing it might incite violence. And now those concerns have even reached the U.S. Military. There have been concerns about Joker's contents after its early screenings. Some felt that Todd Phillips' movie has the potential to encourage volatile moviegoers who...

The Army has warned about a potential mass shooting being planned to take place when a new Warner Bros. film, “Joker,” opens in theaters next month. A memo issued this week to Army personnel stationed in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, said that the base’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) received intelligence about a “credible potential mass shooting to occur at an unknown movie theater during the release of the new Joker movie scheduled on October 4, 2019.”

A 13-year-old former Truman Middle School student was arrested and booked with terrorizing after authorities say he posted a photo with a caption threatening to shoot up the school on Friday (Feb. 23). The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office did not identify the student, the fifth arrested since Tuesday in connection with investigations into reported school shooting threats, said Lt. Jason Rivarde, spokesman for the department.The boy posted an unidentified image on his Instagram account Thursday night and wrote "ima (sic) shoot up truman tm at 12:00 be there," according to Rivarde. -snip-- A student at Helen Cox High School in...