Joanna Gaines’ Ruffle-Sleeve Top Is the Pretty Style Your Closet Might Be Missing — Similar Shirts Start at $15

Photo:Larry Busacca / Getty Larry Busacca / Getty The design maven wore a dark gray T-shirt with ruffle sleeves, cropped mid-rise blue jeans, sandals, and a baseball cap in a recent Instagram Reel. It doesn’t get more basic than jeans and a tee, but Gaines made a few subtly smart decisions with her styling to upgrade the look in this case. The ruffles add movement and personality, while the slimmer fit of the top is more flattering and easier to loosely tuck at the front like she did.

Joaquin Phoenix 'Encouraged' Lady Gaga to 'Sing Poorly' inJoker 2: 'She Felt Naked Without' Her Vibrato

Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix inJoker: Folie à Deux(2024).Photo:Warner Bros. Pictures/YouTube Warner Bros. Pictures/YouTube Lady Gagahad a unique challenge inJoker: Folie à Deux.The singer-actress, 38, has a voice and musical talent that has earned her 13Grammy Awards, among other accolades. But to play Harley Quinn in the upcomingJokersequel, she had to go a different direction, said costarJoaquin Phoenix.“I encouraged her to sing poorly,” Phoenix, 49, toldVoguein a cover profile of Gaga for the magazine’s October 2024 issue.

Joaquin Phoenix Says He Was Considered for the Joker inThe Dark Knight: 'I Wasn't Ready Then'

Joaquin Phoenixplayed his Joker cards over the long haul. The actor took home anAcademy Awardfor playing the sinister Batman villain in 2019’sJoker, and recently reprised the role in its sequelJoker: Folie à Deux. But in a new interview onTetragrammaton with Rick Rubin, Phoenix, 50, said he was circling the character more than a decade earlier. “I talked toChris NolanaboutThe Dark Knightand that didn’t happen for whatever reason,” the actor said, referring to 2008’s second film in Nolan’sDark Knighttrilogy and the Joker role that eventually went to (and nabbed a posthumous Oscar for)Heath Ledger.

Joaquin Phoenix ScaredJoker: Folie à DeuxCostar's Mom By Appearing on Their FaceTime in Full Joker Makeup

It seems thatJoaquin Phoenixlived up to hisJoker: Folie à Deuxcharacter’s name on set. While speaking withVarietyabout the upcoming comic book movie sequel, actor Harry Lawtey said that Phoenix, 49, “suggested, as a joke, that we FaceTime my mum and scare her” during a rehearsal — while theAcademy Awardwinner remained in full clown makeup for the role. “My mum was in England, so it was quite late, and she was getting ready for bed.

Joaquin Phoenix Sparks Marriage Rumors After Referring to Rooney Mara as His 'Wife'

Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix.Photo: VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Joaquin Phoenixjust referred to longtime loveRooney Maraas his “wife.” While discussinghis 2020 Oscars acceptance speechduring a rare podcast appearance, Phoenix, 49, sparked marriage rumors after seemingly referring to Mara, 39, as his “wife” publicly for the first time. During the Sept. 29 episode ofTalk Easy with Sam Fragoso, Phoenix revealed that he ultimately found the inspiration for the speech while he “was talking with my mom and my wife.