Todd Phillips' 'Joker' won the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival.
Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix, had received an eight-minute standing ovation at its premiere in the Italian city on Saturday.
"I want to thank Warner Bros and DC for stepping out of their comfort zone and taking such a bold swing on me and this movie," director Todd Phillips said in his acceptance speech.
"There is no movie without Joaquin Phoenix ... Joaquin is the fiercest and bravest and most open-minded lion that I know."
The movie follows superhero Batman's nemesis' transformation from vulnerable loner to confident villain.
Meanwhile, Roman Polanski's military drama An Officer and a Spy took the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize.
Italian actor Luca Marinelli won best actor for Martin Eden, while France's Ariane Ascaride won best actress for Gloria Mundi.
Best director went to Sweden's Roy Andersson About Endlessness, while Italian director Franco Maresca won the Special Jury Prize for satirical documentary Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be.
Best screenplay went to Chinese filmmaker Yonfan for the animation No. 7 Cherry Lane.
K-pop supergroup BTS will head to the United States this month to start working on new music and will launch its next album early next year ahead of a world tour, it said on Tuesday.
King Charles has decided to scrap Britain's royal train, a service dating back to Queen Victoria, because it is no longer cost-effective, as the monarchy sees its public funding soar by an extra 46 million pounds ($63 million) for the next two years.
Apple's high-octane racing film "F1: The Movie" roared to the top of the US and Canadian box office this weekend, fuelled by star-power and a finely-tuned marketing campaign, according to Comscore.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez, flush from their Venice wedding ceremony on Friday, are gearing up for the final day of partying in the lagoon city with scores of celebrity guests from media, fashion and show business.
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