LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Portraying a single mother whose teenage daughter suddenly disappears in "American Woman" was a "grueling" role for Sienna Miller that forced the British-American actress to imagine her worst nightmare.

MEXICO CITY, Oct 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When an Avengers comic featuring a gay kiss was banned from Brazil's largest book festival, author Nana Queiroz stuffed copies of her latest bestseller into a suitcase in a bid to outwit authorities' latest move to silence LGBT+ storytellers.

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - In the courtyard of a jail that was shuttered last week, a man wearing a surgical mask and gloves used an underground scanner to search the earth for hidden graves in what was for decades one of Mexico's most violent prisons.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Brazil, which had halted funding for about 80 films including a handful with LGBT+ themes, must resume the financing a federal judge has ruled, granting a victory to LGBT+ and other film-makers whose upcoming grants had been frozen.

LONDON (Reuters) - Director Fernando Meirelles is a fan of Pope Francis but says his new film, which tries to get into the head of the Argentine pontiff, also shows some of his weaknesses.

LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) - Warner Bros.' "Joker" laughed its way to a new record at the domestic box office.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Weeks of controversial headlines aren't getting in the way of a record-breaking weekend for Warner Bros.' "Joker."

LONDON (Reuters) - A new documentary seeks to move away from "rumors and tabloid headlines" to paint an intimate portrait of late INXS frontman Michael Hutchence, charting his rise to global stardom and personal troubles.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Joaquin Phoenix's "Joker" scored a record $13.3 million on Thursday night in North America.