Da'Vine Joy Randolph is in talks to star in a new musical.The Oscar-winning actress is said to be in negotiations to appear in the untitled Universal film from director Michel Gondry and producer Pharrell Williams.The project is thought to be a coming-of-age musical that draws inspiration from the 'Happy' hitmaker's upbringing in Virginia Beach during the 1970s and Kelvin Harrison Jr. is already confirmed to star.Gondry will direct from a script by Martin Hynes and Steven Levenson with Williams, Mimi Valdes and Gil Netter all serving as producers.Da'Vine, 37, recently won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress after starring as grieving mother Mary Lamb in 'The Holdovers' and explained that she is hoping to "infiltrate" genres where minorities are not traditionally represented in the film industry.She told Variety magazine: "I don't just want to do black movies. I will always pay tribute to, honour, uplift...
- 3/22/2024
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Da’Vine Joy Randolph is making moves after her Oscar win.
The actress is in talks to join a musical in development at Universal from director Michel Gondry and producer Pharrell Williams that has Kelvin Harrison Jr. attached to star, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The untitled coming-of-age project is said to be inspired by Williams’ formative years growing up in Virginia Beach in the 1970s.
Gondry is set to direct from a screenplay by Martin Hynes and Steven Levenson. Williams, Mimi Valdés and Gil Netter will serve as producers.
Randolph won the best supporting actress Oscar earlier this month for her role as Mary Lamb in Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, with other recent credits including Rustin and HBO’s The Idol. Additionally, she is set to star in the movie Shadow Force alongside Kerry Washington, and she filmed Bride Hard with Rebel Wilson last year.
“For so long I wanted to be different,...
The actress is in talks to join a musical in development at Universal from director Michel Gondry and producer Pharrell Williams that has Kelvin Harrison Jr. attached to star, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The untitled coming-of-age project is said to be inspired by Williams’ formative years growing up in Virginia Beach in the 1970s.
Gondry is set to direct from a screenplay by Martin Hynes and Steven Levenson. Williams, Mimi Valdés and Gil Netter will serve as producers.
Randolph won the best supporting actress Oscar earlier this month for her role as Mary Lamb in Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, with other recent credits including Rustin and HBO’s The Idol. Additionally, she is set to star in the movie Shadow Force alongside Kerry Washington, and she filmed Bride Hard with Rebel Wilson last year.
“For so long I wanted to be different,...
- 3/22/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Da'Vine Joy Randolph wore her grandmother's glasses in 'The Holdovers'.The 37-year-old star won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of grieving mother Mary Lamb in Alexander Payne's comedy-drama film and explained how she continued a theme of leaving "subliminal love letters" to those who have inspired her through her character's spectacles.In an interview with Variety magazine, Da'Vine said: "Every role that I do, I always leave subliminal love letters to women of colour in the details. You can go back and check my resume – every single role, there's a connection to someone I know personally, someone in history, a fellow actress. And I love it, because those who know, know."Ultimately what I'm doing is I'm just implanting moments of connection and honesty. And so her glasses were an artefact for me so that if and when I ever got off track or...
- 3/14/2024
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley congratulated her studio’s team after a triumphant Oscars Sunday in which Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
“It was a pinch-me moment for us,” the executive wrote in a Monday memo to employees obtained by TheWrap. “While the parties may be over, I am not done celebrating all of you.”
In addition to “Oppenheimer,” Universal’s specialty division Focus Features got in the win column with “The Holdovers,” with Da’Vine Joy Randolph winning for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as mourning school cook Mary Lamb.
“To the team at Focus, you continue to be the best at what you do — to find those deeply human stories that leave massive marks on our hearts like ‘The Holdovers,’ and make us want to send thank you notes to our favorite teachers,” she wrote.
“Oppenheimer” arrived at Universal after Nolan and...
“It was a pinch-me moment for us,” the executive wrote in a Monday memo to employees obtained by TheWrap. “While the parties may be over, I am not done celebrating all of you.”
In addition to “Oppenheimer,” Universal’s specialty division Focus Features got in the win column with “The Holdovers,” with Da’Vine Joy Randolph winning for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as mourning school cook Mary Lamb.
“To the team at Focus, you continue to be the best at what you do — to find those deeply human stories that leave massive marks on our hearts like ‘The Holdovers,’ and make us want to send thank you notes to our favorite teachers,” she wrote.
“Oppenheimer” arrived at Universal after Nolan and...
- 3/11/2024
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Da’Vine Joy Randolph owned 2024, clinching the first award of the night at the 96th annual Academy Awards. She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mary Lamb in Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb in The Holdovers
Randolph’s win wasn’t entirely unexpected, given her clean sweep throughout awards season. She had already secured the Best Supporting Actress accolade at the Golden Globes, SAG Awards, and Critic’s Choice Award earlier this year.
During her speech after receiving an Oscar, the actress became candid about her challenges. She also made a revelation, stating that acting was never part of her plan, but here she is.
Oscar Winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph Reveals Acting Was Never Her Plan
Da’Vine Joy Randolph in a still from The Holdovers
After tearfully receiving her first Academy Award, Da’Vine Joy Randolph delivered...
Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb in The Holdovers
Randolph’s win wasn’t entirely unexpected, given her clean sweep throughout awards season. She had already secured the Best Supporting Actress accolade at the Golden Globes, SAG Awards, and Critic’s Choice Award earlier this year.
During her speech after receiving an Oscar, the actress became candid about her challenges. She also made a revelation, stating that acting was never part of her plan, but here she is.
Oscar Winner Da’Vine Joy Randolph Reveals Acting Was Never Her Plan
Da’Vine Joy Randolph in a still from The Holdovers
After tearfully receiving her first Academy Award, Da’Vine Joy Randolph delivered...
- 3/11/2024
- by Shreya Jha
- FandomWire
The 2024 Oscars are a go, and various A-list celebrities have made their presence at the ceremony. Jimmy Kimmel returned as host and delivered a great monologue as always. Everyone is brimming as Hollywood celebrates the best of film in 2023.
The 2024 Oscars is off to a great start
The first award that was handed out was the Best Supporting Actress award, which went to Da’Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers. Kimmel handed out the award for Best Costume Design. However, things took a hilarious turn when John Cena turned up na*ed, which had the crowd and even Margot Robbie in splits.
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The 2024 Oscars are in full swing, and various awards are being handed out with great anticipation. Host Jimmy Kimmel started the...
The 2024 Oscars is off to a great start
The first award that was handed out was the Best Supporting Actress award, which went to Da’Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers. Kimmel handed out the award for Best Costume Design. However, things took a hilarious turn when John Cena turned up na*ed, which had the crowd and even Margot Robbie in splits.
Margot Robbie Can’t Stop Laughing as John Cena Turns Up Na*ed on Oscar Stage John Cena had a hilarious cameo in Margot Robbie’s Barbie
The 2024 Oscars are in full swing, and various awards are being handed out with great anticipation. Host Jimmy Kimmel started the...
- 3/11/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
Da’Vine Joy Randolph has won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her phenomenal performance in The Holdovers. The Paul Giamatti film has been one of the most critically acclaimed features of 2023 and won numerous awards across all the reputed events. While Randolph’s win was expected given her performance in the award season so far, her acceptance speech has won many hearts.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb
The category of Best Supporting Actress was filled with some iconic performances this year, such as Emily Blunt from Oppenheimer and America Ferrara from Barbie. However, Da’Vine Joy Randolph dominated the award season by winning every best-supporting actress award in the Golden Globe, BAFTA, Critics’ Choice, Independent Spirit, and SAG awards.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s Oscar acceptance speech wins hearts Da’Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers
Da’Vine Joy Randolph played the role of a cafeteria manager and a grieving mother,...
Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb
The category of Best Supporting Actress was filled with some iconic performances this year, such as Emily Blunt from Oppenheimer and America Ferrara from Barbie. However, Da’Vine Joy Randolph dominated the award season by winning every best-supporting actress award in the Golden Globe, BAFTA, Critics’ Choice, Independent Spirit, and SAG awards.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s Oscar acceptance speech wins hearts Da’Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers
Da’Vine Joy Randolph played the role of a cafeteria manager and a grieving mother,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Subham Mandal
- FandomWire
Da’Vine Joy Randolph won the first Oscar of her career for “The Holdovers,” a 1970s-set dramedy about a trio that’s stuck at a New England prep school over the holidays.
She took home the trophy for best supporting actress on her first nomination. But in her acceptance speech, she revealed that she didn’t always see herself becoming an actor. That is, until her mother encouraged her to seek out the local theater department.
“I didn’t think I was supposed to be doing this as a career,” Randolph said from the mic. “I thank my mother for doing that. I thank all the people who have been there for me, ushered me and guided me.”
She tearfully reflected on her path in Hollywood before landing on the biggest stage in show business. “I always wanted to be different, but now I realize that I just need to be myself,...
She took home the trophy for best supporting actress on her first nomination. But in her acceptance speech, she revealed that she didn’t always see herself becoming an actor. That is, until her mother encouraged her to seek out the local theater department.
“I didn’t think I was supposed to be doing this as a career,” Randolph said from the mic. “I thank my mother for doing that. I thank all the people who have been there for me, ushered me and guided me.”
She tearfully reflected on her path in Hollywood before landing on the biggest stage in show business. “I always wanted to be different, but now I realize that I just need to be myself,...
- 3/10/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Da’Vine Joy Randolph (‘The Holdovers’) becomes 10th Black woman to win Best Supporting Actress Oscar
Just as Gold Derby predicted, Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”) has prevailed at the 2024 Oscars in the category of Best Supporting Actress. Earlier this awards season, the 37-year-old performer claimed victory at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice, BAFTA and SAG Awards for her role as bereaved cafeteria worker Mary Lamb in Alexander Payne‘s comedy-drama film. This marks Randolph’s first career Oscars win on her first-ever nomination.
Randolph was the overwhelming favorite to triumph on Sunday, March 10 by all 29 of Gold Derby’s Oscar Experts from major media outlets: Andrea Mandell (People Magazine), Anne Thompson (Indiewire), Brian Truitt (USA Today), Christopher Rosen (Gold Derby), Claudia Puig (Kpcc), Clayton Davis (Variety), Eric Deggans (NPR), Erik Davis (Fandango), Grae Drake (Moviefone), Jazz Tangcay (Variety), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby), Keith Simanton (IMDb), Kevin Polowy (Cbr), Matt Neglia (Next Best Picture), Michael Musto (Queerty), Nikki Novak (Fandango), Perri Nemiroff (Collider), Pete Hammond (Deadline Hollywood...
Randolph was the overwhelming favorite to triumph on Sunday, March 10 by all 29 of Gold Derby’s Oscar Experts from major media outlets: Andrea Mandell (People Magazine), Anne Thompson (Indiewire), Brian Truitt (USA Today), Christopher Rosen (Gold Derby), Claudia Puig (Kpcc), Clayton Davis (Variety), Eric Deggans (NPR), Erik Davis (Fandango), Grae Drake (Moviefone), Jazz Tangcay (Variety), Joyce Eng (Gold Derby), Keith Simanton (IMDb), Kevin Polowy (Cbr), Matt Neglia (Next Best Picture), Michael Musto (Queerty), Nikki Novak (Fandango), Perri Nemiroff (Collider), Pete Hammond (Deadline Hollywood...
- 3/10/2024
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Backstage at the Independent Spirit Awards on February 25, Da’Vine Joy Randolph told reporters she wasn’t counting on anything major this Oscars weekend: “I’m not expecting anything,” Randolph said when asked about her Oscar chances. “I’m not betting on anything. I’m just happy to be invited into the building. To me, I’ve already won, because I’ve gained the respect of you guys. That’s what matters to me the most.”
A lovely sentiment, but it became Oscar official on Sunday evening when Randolph won the 2024 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Mary Lamb in “The Holdovers,” a cook at a private school in the 1970s dealing with the recent death of her son in Vietnam.
Co-starring Paul Giamatti (who is also nominated tonight) and Dominic Sessa, the true three-hander from Alexander Payne is nominated for a total of five Oscars, including Best Picture,...
A lovely sentiment, but it became Oscar official on Sunday evening when Randolph won the 2024 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Mary Lamb in “The Holdovers,” a cook at a private school in the 1970s dealing with the recent death of her son in Vietnam.
Co-starring Paul Giamatti (who is also nominated tonight) and Dominic Sessa, the true three-hander from Alexander Payne is nominated for a total of five Oscars, including Best Picture,...
- 3/10/2024
- by Erin Strecker
- Indiewire
Randolph triumphs for her role as a grieving mother in the Alexander Payne-directed film also starring Paul Giamatti
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph has won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in The Holdovers at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
Randolph, who played the school’s head cook Mary Lamb in the film, was the strong favourite for the award, having won nearly every best supporting actress prize in the run-up to the Oscars, including the Golden Globe, Bafta, Critics’ Choice, Independent Spirit and Screen Actors Guild awards. In the end she saw off competition including Jodie Foster (for Nyad), Emily Blunt (for Oppenheimer) and Danielle Brooks (for The Color Purple).
Here’s how and where to watch the Oscars.
The full list of nominations, the all-time biggest snubs and Oscarbait titles that missed the mark.
Read our guide to the best picture movies – along with predictions from Peter Bradshaw.
Oscars 2024 live updates
Da’Vine Joy Randolph has won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in The Holdovers at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
Randolph, who played the school’s head cook Mary Lamb in the film, was the strong favourite for the award, having won nearly every best supporting actress prize in the run-up to the Oscars, including the Golden Globe, Bafta, Critics’ Choice, Independent Spirit and Screen Actors Guild awards. In the end she saw off competition including Jodie Foster (for Nyad), Emily Blunt (for Oppenheimer) and Danielle Brooks (for The Color Purple).
Here’s how and where to watch the Oscars.
The full list of nominations, the all-time biggest snubs and Oscarbait titles that missed the mark.
Read our guide to the best picture movies – along with predictions from Peter Bradshaw.
- 3/10/2024
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Let’s rewind back to November 2023, the very first weekend after the historic Screen Actors Guild strike ended. Back then, star Da’Vine Joy Randolph shared with IndieWire that she was already at ease with how “The Holdovers” would be received, despite only director Alexander Payne being able to promote it during its first couple of months of screening.
“I knew that we would reach people’s hearts,” said the eventual frontrunner for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, who plays Mary Lamb, a prep school head chef and grieving mother in the Focus Features release. “I feel like I was a part of something really special that could have sustained and held it, even if [the strikes] went all the way through the end of the year.”
Sparkling in a plush green full-length dress with fuzzy trimming, seated inside one of the hospitality rooms inside a Beverly Hills hotel, Randolph described her role...
“I knew that we would reach people’s hearts,” said the eventual frontrunner for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, who plays Mary Lamb, a prep school head chef and grieving mother in the Focus Features release. “I feel like I was a part of something really special that could have sustained and held it, even if [the strikes] went all the way through the end of the year.”
Sparkling in a plush green full-length dress with fuzzy trimming, seated inside one of the hospitality rooms inside a Beverly Hills hotel, Randolph described her role...
- 2/27/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Da’Vine Joy Randolph joked about the struggles of filming The Holdovers, including a lack of “heated seats during a Boston winter,” and other resources but also praised independent filmmaking as “the beating heart of this industry” while accepting the Film Independent Spirit Award for best supporting performance on Sunday.
“I often joke that making Holdovers felt like doing a student film,” she said. “Whatever resources we lacked, such as heated seats during a Boston winter, we made up for and care and determination every day. I was astonished by the level of innovation and creativity that our cast and crew exhibited in order to turn what limited resources we had into an incredible piece of art, all of which is a beautiful testament of what can happen when a small group of passionate people are given a chance to come together and tell the story.”
Randolph won the award...
“I often joke that making Holdovers felt like doing a student film,” she said. “Whatever resources we lacked, such as heated seats during a Boston winter, we made up for and care and determination every day. I was astonished by the level of innovation and creativity that our cast and crew exhibited in order to turn what limited resources we had into an incredible piece of art, all of which is a beautiful testament of what can happen when a small group of passionate people are given a chance to come together and tell the story.”
Randolph won the award...
- 2/25/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Pedro Pascal arrives at the 2024 SAG Awards (Photo Provided by SAG)
Members of the Screen Actors Guild honored their own at the 2024 SAG Awards held on February 24, 2024 and streaming live on Netflix. The 2024 awards recognized the best performances in film and television of 2023, with Oppenheimer continuing to rule the season with three SAG Awards wins.
The Oppenheimer ensemble won the Outstanding Performance by a Cast award, and Cillian Murphy was named the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role winner. Robert Downey Jr took home a SAG win in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role category.
On the television side, Succession, The Bear, and Beef cast members were big winners. And The Last of Us‘ Pedro Pascal pulled off a surprise win in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series category over three Succession actors and Billy Crudup from The Morning Show.
Members of the Screen Actors Guild honored their own at the 2024 SAG Awards held on February 24, 2024 and streaming live on Netflix. The 2024 awards recognized the best performances in film and television of 2023, with Oppenheimer continuing to rule the season with three SAG Awards wins.
The Oppenheimer ensemble won the Outstanding Performance by a Cast award, and Cillian Murphy was named the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role winner. Robert Downey Jr took home a SAG win in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role category.
On the television side, Succession, The Bear, and Beef cast members were big winners. And The Last of Us‘ Pedro Pascal pulled off a surprise win in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series category over three Succession actors and Billy Crudup from The Morning Show.
- 2/25/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Oppenheimer won the award for best performance by a cast in a motion picture at the 2024 SAG Awards, which were handed out Saturday night.
The film also scooped up two other awards, for leading actor Cillian Murphy and supporting actor Robert Downey Jr.
Leading actress honors went to Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon, while Da’Vine Joy Randolph was named best supporting actress for The Holdovers.
On the TV side, The Bear won three awards, including best ensemble in a comedy series. Star Jeremy Allen White won the nod for best performance by a male actor in a comedy series, while Ayo Edebiri won the female actor award in the same category. Another awards favorite, Succession, was named best drama series ensemble, but lost out in the other categories in which it was nominated.
Elsewhere, Beef took two awards: Ali Wong won the award for best performance by...
The film also scooped up two other awards, for leading actor Cillian Murphy and supporting actor Robert Downey Jr.
Leading actress honors went to Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon, while Da’Vine Joy Randolph was named best supporting actress for The Holdovers.
On the TV side, The Bear won three awards, including best ensemble in a comedy series. Star Jeremy Allen White won the nod for best performance by a male actor in a comedy series, while Ayo Edebiri won the female actor award in the same category. Another awards favorite, Succession, was named best drama series ensemble, but lost out in the other categories in which it was nominated.
Elsewhere, Beef took two awards: Ali Wong won the award for best performance by...
- 2/25/2024
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Holdovers star Da’Vine Joy Randolph won the best supporting actress in a film award at the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday night and called the win the “greatest honor of my career.”
“Alexander Payne, thank you for your trust and your collaboration,” Randolph said on stage. “You are truly every actors’ dream. Paul Giamatti and Dominic Sessa, thank you for your generosity and honesty. Grief is a slippery emotion to capture and I thank you for creating an environment where I felt safe enough to explore the depths of Mary. How lucky are we that we get to do what we do? Truly, in what other profession are people able to live so many lives and touch so many hearts of those who have never they have never gotten to meet? I wake up every day overwhelmed with gratitude to be a working actor. To be awarded this...
“Alexander Payne, thank you for your trust and your collaboration,” Randolph said on stage. “You are truly every actors’ dream. Paul Giamatti and Dominic Sessa, thank you for your generosity and honesty. Grief is a slippery emotion to capture and I thank you for creating an environment where I felt safe enough to explore the depths of Mary. How lucky are we that we get to do what we do? Truly, in what other profession are people able to live so many lives and touch so many hearts of those who have never they have never gotten to meet? I wake up every day overwhelmed with gratitude to be a working actor. To be awarded this...
- 2/25/2024
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As The Holdovers star Da’Vine Joy Randolph heads into the home stretch of awards season (and her continuous sweep of trophies), her red carpet glam sessions with stylists Wayman + Micah reflect the exhilaration.
“Cocktails, good music and laughter,” says Micah McDonald — who co-styles Randolph, along with fellow first-time Oscar-nominee Colman Domingo, with Wayman Bannerman — of the experience of working with Randolph ahead of the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards. “We’ve done the work. She’s done the work. The time calls for celebration.”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph at the 2024 SAG Awards
During her pre-carpet practice of staying present and focused, Randolph maintains her tried-and-true rituals of FaceGym, gua sha routines, wood therapy and lymphatic massages. “It hasn’t changed much,” says Randolph of her routine as she also credits “connecting with people” along the way with keeping up her energy. “For me, consistency is key.”
For the SAG Awards, the...
“Cocktails, good music and laughter,” says Micah McDonald — who co-styles Randolph, along with fellow first-time Oscar-nominee Colman Domingo, with Wayman Bannerman — of the experience of working with Randolph ahead of the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards. “We’ve done the work. She’s done the work. The time calls for celebration.”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph at the 2024 SAG Awards
During her pre-carpet practice of staying present and focused, Randolph maintains her tried-and-true rituals of FaceGym, gua sha routines, wood therapy and lymphatic massages. “It hasn’t changed much,” says Randolph of her routine as she also credits “connecting with people” along the way with keeping up her energy. “For me, consistency is key.”
For the SAG Awards, the...
- 2/25/2024
- by Fawnia Soo Hoo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mark Johnson is a veteran producer who won a best picture Oscar in 1989 for Rain Man, one of many collaborations with director Barry Levinson (the pair earned a second best picture nom in 1992 for Bugsy). Just over three decades later, Johnson earned his third Oscar nomination for Focus Features’ The Holdovers, his second film with director Alexander Payne following 2017’s Downsizing.
Set in 1970 over Christmas break at a tony New England boarding school, The Holdovers stars Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti as history teacher Paul Hunnam, who must look after the angsty Angus (newcomer Dominic Sessa) as he cannot travel home to be with family for the holiday. Added to the lonely trio is Oscar nominee Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s Mary Lamb, the school’s grieving cook who recently lost her son in Vietnam.
“I honestly don’t think I’ve ever had anything have the same reverberations as this,” says Johnson,...
Set in 1970 over Christmas break at a tony New England boarding school, The Holdovers stars Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti as history teacher Paul Hunnam, who must look after the angsty Angus (newcomer Dominic Sessa) as he cannot travel home to be with family for the holiday. Added to the lonely trio is Oscar nominee Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s Mary Lamb, the school’s grieving cook who recently lost her son in Vietnam.
“I honestly don’t think I’ve ever had anything have the same reverberations as this,” says Johnson,...
- 2/24/2024
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Alexander Payne’s longtime “secret weapon”, graphic designer Nate Carlson with Anne-Katrin Titze on his favourite scene in The Holdovers: “I think probably it’s the Christmas tree lot. That’s such an Alexander kind of a scene.”
In the first instalment with graphic designer Nate Carlson, Alexander Payne’s longtime “secret weapon”, we discuss his latest cloak-and-dagger work with Payne. The Holdovers, a sparkling gem of wit and insight on the human condition of feeling left behind, has garnered Oscar nominations for Best Film, Leading Actor (Golden Globe winner) Paul Giamatti, Supporting Actress (Golden Globe and BAFTA winner) Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Original Screenplay David Hemmingson, and Editing by Kevin Tent. Susan Shopmaker won a BAFTA for Best Casting.
Nate Carlson on the tree seen when Angus Tully (Dominic Sessa), Mr. Hunham (Paul Giamatti), and Mary Lamb (Da'Vine Joy Randolph) are having their Christmas dinner: “It’s like, here...
In the first instalment with graphic designer Nate Carlson, Alexander Payne’s longtime “secret weapon”, we discuss his latest cloak-and-dagger work with Payne. The Holdovers, a sparkling gem of wit and insight on the human condition of feeling left behind, has garnered Oscar nominations for Best Film, Leading Actor (Golden Globe winner) Paul Giamatti, Supporting Actress (Golden Globe and BAFTA winner) Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Original Screenplay David Hemmingson, and Editing by Kevin Tent. Susan Shopmaker won a BAFTA for Best Casting.
Nate Carlson on the tree seen when Angus Tully (Dominic Sessa), Mr. Hunham (Paul Giamatti), and Mary Lamb (Da'Vine Joy Randolph) are having their Christmas dinner: “It’s like, here...
- 2/20/2024
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
“I think that the six or seven months I spent with Sofia at this time in my life — as a mother, as a wife, having felt like wanting to quit and give up — she pushed me into knowing you have everything that you need inside of you to continue this next chapter and leg in life.” This epiphany by “The Color Purple” star Danielle Brooks about the character she portrayed is just one of many powerful yet similar revelations that connect a handful of female Oscar nominees and their respective performances in movies ranging from “Nyad” to “Barbie,” “Poor Things” and “The Holdovers.” For them, stories of female self-realization that began on-screen transformed them off-screen.
When Brooks got the chance to return to her role as Sofia for the movie musical adaptation of “The Color Purple” nearly 10 years after her initial Broadway debut performance, it was vastly different due to...
When Brooks got the chance to return to her role as Sofia for the movie musical adaptation of “The Color Purple” nearly 10 years after her initial Broadway debut performance, it was vastly different due to...
- 2/16/2024
- by Shanelle Genai
- Variety Film + TV
When you take a peek at Mark Johnson‘s resume, you’re immediately astounded. Consider this partial list of projects he’s been attached to as a producer or executive producer during a career that’s exceeded four decades: “Rain Man” (which won Johnson his lone Oscar), “Good Morning, Vietnam,” “Diner,” “Tin Men,” “The Natural,” “Bugsy,” “Galaxy Quest,” “The Notebook,” “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul.” And now, add “The Holdovers” to the list, for which Johnson has landed his third Academy Award nomination (this one for Best Picture).
“Every day, I still feel like a young boy who can’t believe he’s allowed to do this,” Johnson admits. “Somebody asked me if the Oscar nomination was old hat to me, and I’m like, ‘Are you kidding? I’m thrilled.’ I’m very humbled by it. There are a number of movies I’ve made that I think...
“Every day, I still feel like a young boy who can’t believe he’s allowed to do this,” Johnson admits. “Somebody asked me if the Oscar nomination was old hat to me, and I’m like, ‘Are you kidding? I’m thrilled.’ I’m very humbled by it. There are a number of movies I’ve made that I think...
- 2/8/2024
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
The 2024 Oscar nominations have been officially revealed, and there were 10 first-time nominees, including Cillian Murphy, America Ferrera, Colman Domingo, Emily Blunt and Lily Gladstone.
Murphy scored a nod for best leading actor for his portrayal of J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Blunt received a nom for best supporting actress for her role of Kitty Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer. The Christopher Nolan-directed film received 11 other nominations.
Gladstone is not only a first-time Oscar nominee but also the first Native American acting nominee. She earned a best leading actress nod for her role of Mollie Burkhart in Killers of the Flower Moon, which scored nine other noms. “It’s long overdue. I feel like it’s circumstantial that it’s me because there have been so many immense, incredible performances,” she told The Hollywood Reporter after learning of her nom. “I stand on the shoulders of some unbelievable talent.”
Ferrera is nominated for...
Murphy scored a nod for best leading actor for his portrayal of J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Blunt received a nom for best supporting actress for her role of Kitty Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer. The Christopher Nolan-directed film received 11 other nominations.
Gladstone is not only a first-time Oscar nominee but also the first Native American acting nominee. She earned a best leading actress nod for her role of Mollie Burkhart in Killers of the Flower Moon, which scored nine other noms. “It’s long overdue. I feel like it’s circumstantial that it’s me because there have been so many immense, incredible performances,” she told The Hollywood Reporter after learning of her nom. “I stand on the shoulders of some unbelievable talent.”
Ferrera is nominated for...
- 1/23/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Nearly a dozen actors will now have an Academy Awards section added to their Awards and Nominations page on Wikipedia. Bright and early on Tuesday morning, Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid announced the 2024 Oscars nominations live from Los Angeles. With 20 nominees across four acting categories, some names were past nominees and winners — like Jodie Foster, Emma Stone, and Bradley Cooper. But 10 nominees saw their names announced for the first time in their careers.
Cillian Murphy became a first-time Academy Awards nominee for his performance in the titular role in Christopher Nolan...
Cillian Murphy became a first-time Academy Awards nominee for his performance in the titular role in Christopher Nolan...
- 1/23/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers is set in the last weeks of 1970 and, if attention is paid, you’ll see Da’Vine Joy Randolph pay homage to Isabel Sanford, particularly how the tv legend wore her hair when she played Louise “Weezy” Jefferson in the classic TV comedy The Jeffersons.
“I do this all the time with my characters,” Randolph tells me as she explains how she likes to distract herself from “Da’Vine,” and of how she has sacrificed much of her private life to her professional life.
In her portrait of Mary Lamb, the catering manager at an elite boys school, she felt like she was “walking this emotional, psychological tightrope,” because Mary’s only child has been killed fighting for his country in Vietnam.
It was a case of constant checks and balances because she didn’t want her Mary to be “whiny and cry. Didn’t...
“I do this all the time with my characters,” Randolph tells me as she explains how she likes to distract herself from “Da’Vine,” and of how she has sacrificed much of her private life to her professional life.
In her portrait of Mary Lamb, the catering manager at an elite boys school, she felt like she was “walking this emotional, psychological tightrope,” because Mary’s only child has been killed fighting for his country in Vietnam.
It was a case of constant checks and balances because she didn’t want her Mary to be “whiny and cry. Didn’t...
- 1/17/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
When Dominic Sessa found out he had been cast in Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, he was a high school senior at the prestigious boarding school Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and was in the middle of writing a paper about “Hamlet or something” for a teacher who rarely gave good grades and was “super hard to impress,” he says. It was a tiny bit of art imitating life, as Sessa had just discovered he would be playing a teen at a fictional institution not unlike Deerfield who develops a bond over one lonely Christmas with an irascible professor played by Paul Giamatti — who rarely hands out an A.
Sessa never ended up finishing the paper. “I remember just slamming my laptop shut,” he recalls. It seems unlikely that Giamatti’s Paul Hunham would ever give Sessa’s Angus Tully the benefit of the doubt, but in real life, Sessa got away with this academic lapse.
Sessa never ended up finishing the paper. “I remember just slamming my laptop shut,” he recalls. It seems unlikely that Giamatti’s Paul Hunham would ever give Sessa’s Angus Tully the benefit of the doubt, but in real life, Sessa got away with this academic lapse.
- 1/16/2024
- by Esther Zuckerman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa are having a great awards season already!
The co-stars of The Holdovers hit the red carpet alongside fellow star Paul Giamatti at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards on Sunday (January 14) at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.
Early into the ceremony, Da’Vine won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her work as Mary Lamb in the movie. Dominic also won for his work in the project as Angus Tully in the Best Young Actor/Actress category!
Paul is still in the running for the Best Actor award of the evening as Paul Hunham in the movie. Paul also took photos with couple John Krasinski and Emily Blunt on the red carpet.
The Critics Choice Awards show is being hosted by Chelsea Handler this year, marking her second year in a row as host. The ceremony airs on The CW starting at...
The co-stars of The Holdovers hit the red carpet alongside fellow star Paul Giamatti at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards on Sunday (January 14) at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.
Early into the ceremony, Da’Vine won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her work as Mary Lamb in the movie. Dominic also won for his work in the project as Angus Tully in the Best Young Actor/Actress category!
Paul is still in the running for the Best Actor award of the evening as Paul Hunham in the movie. Paul also took photos with couple John Krasinski and Emily Blunt on the red carpet.
The Critics Choice Awards show is being hosted by Chelsea Handler this year, marking her second year in a row as host. The ceremony airs on The CW starting at...
- 1/15/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Alexander Payne’s 2023 film, The Holdovers, left an enduring mark on my cinematic experience this year. The movie’s brilliance lies in its portrayal of significant characters like the strict history teacher, Paul Hunham, portrayed impeccably by Paul Giamatti. As we delve into the lives of characters like Mary Lamb, the head cook at the boarding school played by Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and the rebellious student Angus Tully, played by Dominic Sessa, a captivating story unfolds. The narrative centers around Mr. Hunham, who finds himself trapped with holdover students during the Christmas holidays at the prestigious boarding school called the Barton Academy. The film beautifully weaves together moments of hilarity and a symphony of sentimental emotions and nostalgia as these characters have to spend the holiday break together. The characters’ warmth and relatability felt very nostalgic, like cozy hugs on a chilly winter night. Mr. Hunham’s character undergoes a remarkable transformation,...
- 1/11/2024
- by Sutanuka Banerjee
- Film Fugitives
Nominations for the 30th annual SAG Awards were announced Wednesday, with Barbie and Oppenheimer mirroring their big summers at the box office by leading the way with four nominations apiece in the movie races, while on the TV side the last season of Succession scored five noms to lead the field.
Noms were revealed in a presentation hosted by Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani.
See the full list of nominees below and the scorecards below.
Barbie and Oppenheimer are joined in the Cast category by American Fiction, The Color Purple and Killers of the Flower Moon, with each scoring multiple noms. Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and the stunt team picked up noms for Barbie; Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and Robert Downey Jr did the same for Oppenheimer.
Robbie is part of a Lead Female Actor category that includes Nyad‘s Annette Bening, Flower Moon‘s Lily Gladstone, Maestro‘s Carey Mulligan...
Noms were revealed in a presentation hosted by Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani.
See the full list of nominees below and the scorecards below.
Barbie and Oppenheimer are joined in the Cast category by American Fiction, The Color Purple and Killers of the Flower Moon, with each scoring multiple noms. Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and the stunt team picked up noms for Barbie; Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and Robert Downey Jr did the same for Oppenheimer.
Robbie is part of a Lead Female Actor category that includes Nyad‘s Annette Bening, Flower Moon‘s Lily Gladstone, Maestro‘s Carey Mulligan...
- 1/10/2024
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2024 SAG Awards nominations have been revealed.
Oppenheimer and Barbie each scored four nominations, including nods in the SAG Awards’ top category of best cast. However, one of Barbie’s nominations is in the stunt performance category. Still, Barbie is the only film nominated in other categories to land a stunt nod.
Joining Oppenheimer and Barbie as best cast nominees are American Fiction, The Color Purple and Killers of the Flower Moon.
Oppenheimer was also nominated in the categories of best actor (Cillian Murphy), supporting actor (Robert Downey Jr.) and supporting actress (Emily Blunt). Barbie is also nominated in the categories of best actress (Margot Robbie) and supporting actor (Ryan Gosling).
Killers of the Flower Moon and American Fiction earned three nominations apiece, including the best cast nods. In addition, Killers’ Lily Gladstone is nominated for best actress and Robert De Niro is nominated for best supporting actor. American Fiction...
Oppenheimer and Barbie each scored four nominations, including nods in the SAG Awards’ top category of best cast. However, one of Barbie’s nominations is in the stunt performance category. Still, Barbie is the only film nominated in other categories to land a stunt nod.
Joining Oppenheimer and Barbie as best cast nominees are American Fiction, The Color Purple and Killers of the Flower Moon.
Oppenheimer was also nominated in the categories of best actor (Cillian Murphy), supporting actor (Robert Downey Jr.) and supporting actress (Emily Blunt). Barbie is also nominated in the categories of best actress (Margot Robbie) and supporting actor (Ryan Gosling).
Killers of the Flower Moon and American Fiction earned three nominations apiece, including the best cast nods. In addition, Killers’ Lily Gladstone is nominated for best actress and Robert De Niro is nominated for best supporting actor. American Fiction...
- 1/10/2024
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paul Giamatti and Da'Vine Joy Randolph won Golden Globes for their performances in Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, spot-on costumes by Wendy Chuck
On Sunday night, two of the stars of Alexander Payne’s intricately layered The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson) won Golden Globes. The first award of the night, Best Supporting Actress in any Motion Picture, was presented by Jared Leto and Angela Bassett to Da'Vine Joy Randolph. The Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy was presented by the clowning duo of Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell (a Barbie producer) to Paul Giamatti.
Reese Witherspoon wearing the necklace as Tracy Flick in Election, collection Wendy Chuck
In the second installment with Wendy Chuck, Alexander Payne’s longtime, brilliant costume designer, we discuss the Virgin Mary colours for Mary Lamb (Da'Vine Joy Randolph), connecting with shades of...
On Sunday night, two of the stars of Alexander Payne’s intricately layered The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson) won Golden Globes. The first award of the night, Best Supporting Actress in any Motion Picture, was presented by Jared Leto and Angela Bassett to Da'Vine Joy Randolph. The Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy was presented by the clowning duo of Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell (a Barbie producer) to Paul Giamatti.
Reese Witherspoon wearing the necklace as Tracy Flick in Election, collection Wendy Chuck
In the second installment with Wendy Chuck, Alexander Payne’s longtime, brilliant costume designer, we discuss the Virgin Mary colours for Mary Lamb (Da'Vine Joy Randolph), connecting with shades of...
- 1/9/2024
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Oppenheimer was the top winner at the 81st annual Golden Globes on Sunday night, with the Christopher Nolan film taking home five wins including best picture (drama), best director, best actor, best supporting actor and best original score.
Anatomy of a Fall and Poor Things won two prizes each, with the former taking best non-English film and best screenplay, the latter winning best picture (musical or comedy) and best actress.
Lily Gladstone won best actress in a drama for her breakout performance in Martin Scorcese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, becoming the first Indigenous performer to win a Golden Globe. She opened her speech with words said in the Blackfeet language, the tribe to which she belongs. “This is for every little rez kid, every little urban kid, every little Native kid out there who has a dream, who is seeing themselves represented and our stories told by ourselves in our own words,...
Anatomy of a Fall and Poor Things won two prizes each, with the former taking best non-English film and best screenplay, the latter winning best picture (musical or comedy) and best actress.
Lily Gladstone won best actress in a drama for her breakout performance in Martin Scorcese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, becoming the first Indigenous performer to win a Golden Globe. She opened her speech with words said in the Blackfeet language, the tribe to which she belongs. “This is for every little rez kid, every little urban kid, every little Native kid out there who has a dream, who is seeing themselves represented and our stories told by ourselves in our own words,...
- 1/8/2024
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Los Angeles, Jan 8 (Ians) The first honour at the 81st Golden Globe Awards has been doled out and it goes to actress Da’Vine Joy Randolph as the Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her work in the film ‘The Holdovers’.
She played the role of Mary Lamb in the Christmas comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne.
The film, which is set in 1970, follows a bad-tempered history teacher at a New England boarding school who is forced to chaperone a handful of students with nowhere to go on Christmas break.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph won her first Golden Globe for ‘The Holdovers’.
“Oh Mary, you have changed my life,” she said about her role on the show.
The official ‘X’ account, congratulated the actress as they tweeted, “Da’Vine Joy Randolph has won the award for Best Supporting Female Actor — Motion Picture for her performance in The Holdovers! #GoldenGlobes.
She played the role of Mary Lamb in the Christmas comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne.
The film, which is set in 1970, follows a bad-tempered history teacher at a New England boarding school who is forced to chaperone a handful of students with nowhere to go on Christmas break.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph won her first Golden Globe for ‘The Holdovers’.
“Oh Mary, you have changed my life,” she said about her role on the show.
The official ‘X’ account, congratulated the actress as they tweeted, “Da’Vine Joy Randolph has won the award for Best Supporting Female Actor — Motion Picture for her performance in The Holdovers! #GoldenGlobes.
- 1/8/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
The Golden Globes shook up the supporting actress race by awarding Da’Vine Joy Randolph the prize for her scene-stealing work in The Holdovers. Randolph has quickly become the actress to watch after her vulnerable and hilarious performance as Helen in the 1970s-set drama.
As Mary Lamb, the school prep cook who lost her son, Randolph lights up the screen opposite co-stars Paul Giamatti and Dominic Sessa. She crafts Mary as a woman barred from opportunity but oozing talent, yearning for community.
Receiving her award from presenters, previous Golden Globe winners Angela Bassett and Jared Leto, she thanks the Hpfa and Alexander Payne, “Alexander Payne, thank you for giving me the opportunity to portray this beautiful and flawed woman,” she said. She also thanks actors Paul Giamatti and first time actor Dominic Sessa.
“Paul and Dominic, you have been an absolute dream to work with. And I thank you for...
As Mary Lamb, the school prep cook who lost her son, Randolph lights up the screen opposite co-stars Paul Giamatti and Dominic Sessa. She crafts Mary as a woman barred from opportunity but oozing talent, yearning for community.
Receiving her award from presenters, previous Golden Globe winners Angela Bassett and Jared Leto, she thanks the Hpfa and Alexander Payne, “Alexander Payne, thank you for giving me the opportunity to portray this beautiful and flawed woman,” she said. She also thanks actors Paul Giamatti and first time actor Dominic Sessa.
“Paul and Dominic, you have been an absolute dream to work with. And I thank you for...
- 1/8/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
After a year that saw actors hit the picket lines for four months, it’s no surprise that the awards season has felt more urgent and emotional than previous years. That was no more apparent than at the 35th annual Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards Thursday. The event, hosted by Mary Hart, honored 9 acting nominees and one feature film (Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon”) that, no doubt, we’ll be hearing more of in the coming months.
The night was filled with tears and laughter, starting with Danielle Brooks, who won the Spotlight Actress Award for her role as Sofia in “The Color Purple.” The actress gave Oprah Winfrey a shout-out, praising her for taking Steven Spielberg’s advice while making the 1985 film and not losing weight. For Brooks, it allowed curvy women to feel they had a space in Hollywood. She also talked about the...
The night was filled with tears and laughter, starting with Danielle Brooks, who won the Spotlight Actress Award for her role as Sofia in “The Color Purple.” The actress gave Oprah Winfrey a shout-out, praising her for taking Steven Spielberg’s advice while making the 1985 film and not losing weight. For Brooks, it allowed curvy women to feel they had a space in Hollywood. She also talked about the...
- 1/5/2024
- by Kristen Lopez
- The Wrap
The old saying goes that there’s no place like home for the holidays, but sometimes, spending time with loved ones just isn’t in the cards. That’s the case for three very different people at a New England prep school in 1970 in “The Holdovers,” premiering on Peacock on Friday, Dec. 29. Paul Giamatti plays a curmudgeonly history teacher forced to remain on campus over the Christmas vacation to keep an eye on the students who can’t return home for the holidays. Over the break, he forms a surprising family with a mischievous student and the school’s head cook, both of whom are looking for something they can’t get at home. You can watch with a subscription to Peacock.
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Director Alexander Payne’s latest film,...
How to Watch 'The Holdovers' When: Friday, December 29, 2023 Where: Peacock Stream: Watch with a subscription to Peacock. Sign Up$5.99+ / month peacocktv.com About 'The Holdovers'
Director Alexander Payne’s latest film,...
- 12/29/2023
- by Matt Tamanini
- The Streamable
The Holdovers director Alexander Payne (in Nirvana T-shirt) with Anne-Katrin Titze on Westward The Women: “It’s as though Jean Renoir and Akira Kurosawa got together to make a Western.”
In the first instalment with Alexander Payne on his intricately layered Golden Globe-nominated The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson with an Oscar-shortlisted score by Mark Orton) we started out discussing a film he recommended, William A Wellman’s Westward The Women (screenplay by Frank Capra and Charles Schnee), starring Robert Taylor and Denise Darcel with a formidable supporting cast of women, led by Hope Emerson.
Angus Tully (Dominic Sessa) and Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) with Mary Lamb (Da'Vine Joy Randolph)
From there we touched upon his longtime collaborators, Wendy Chuck and Nathan Carlson, production designer Ryan Warren Smith, a scene between (Golden Globe-nominated) Paul Giamatti and Carrie Preston leading to Slavoj Žižek’s comment in Sophie Fiennes’s The Pervert’s Guide To Ideology...
In the first instalment with Alexander Payne on his intricately layered Golden Globe-nominated The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson with an Oscar-shortlisted score by Mark Orton) we started out discussing a film he recommended, William A Wellman’s Westward The Women (screenplay by Frank Capra and Charles Schnee), starring Robert Taylor and Denise Darcel with a formidable supporting cast of women, led by Hope Emerson.
Angus Tully (Dominic Sessa) and Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti) with Mary Lamb (Da'Vine Joy Randolph)
From there we touched upon his longtime collaborators, Wendy Chuck and Nathan Carlson, production designer Ryan Warren Smith, a scene between (Golden Globe-nominated) Paul Giamatti and Carrie Preston leading to Slavoj Žižek’s comment in Sophie Fiennes’s The Pervert’s Guide To Ideology...
- 12/24/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
When Paul Giamatti read an early draft of “The Holdovers” from screenwriter David Hemingson, it took him about five seconds before he knew he wanted to star in it. “I thought it was terrific,” he says. “I love this kind of setting of things. And I’m a sucker for a Christmas thing. I thought it was very funny. I just thought it was lovely, and I loved the period thing.”
The film centers on three damaged people who are stuck inside a fictitious elite New England boarding school over the holidays in 1970 and trickling into ’71: cantankerous history professor Paul Hunham (Giamatti), a cafeteria director named Mary Lamb who’s grieving her son’s death in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) and a brilliant but brooding and troubled student, Angus Tully (newcomer Dominic Sessa). “I loved all three of those characters,” he emphasizes. Watch the exclusive video interview above.
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The film centers on three damaged people who are stuck inside a fictitious elite New England boarding school over the holidays in 1970 and trickling into ’71: cantankerous history professor Paul Hunham (Giamatti), a cafeteria director named Mary Lamb who’s grieving her son’s death in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) and a brilliant but brooding and troubled student, Angus Tully (newcomer Dominic Sessa). “I loved all three of those characters,” he emphasizes. Watch the exclusive video interview above.
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- 12/1/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
One of the most interesting things about two-time Oscar-winning director Alexander Payne‘s new movie “The Holdovers” that’s set in 1970 and ’71 is that it doesn’t just look like a period film but one that was actually shot back then and pulled from a vault more than half a century later. It has the old grainy look that films back then had. Even the Focus Features logo flashed at the beginning has a vintage appearance. It was all part of the plan to create a throwback feel. “God is in the details, as they say,” Payne says. “Don’t forget it’s what’s being shot that helps produce a convincing effect. So locations, production design, costume design, even selection of extras who have the right hair (all contribute). All of that’s important to produce a convincing period film. And then on the technical side, we did shoot digitally.
- 11/30/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
The New York Film Critics Circle has significantly boosted the Oscar prospects for Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” by anointing the Western epic best film and naming Lily Gladstone best actress.
The film, distributed by Apple Original Films in partnership with Paramount Pictures (overseeing theatrical distribution), marks the streaming service’s inaugural win from the NYFCC.
NYFCC’s winner for best film has typically had a strong correlation with the Academy Awards’ best picture prize. Since the expansion to 10 nominees in 2009, only “Carol” (2015) and “First Cow” (2020) have missed out on a best picture nom. The latter was the first film in the organization’s long history to fail to garner a single Oscar nom. Since 1935, NYFCC and the Academy have matched 43% of the time.
Scorsese claimed his third top prize from the NYFCC, following “Goodfellas” (1990) and “The Irishman” (2019). His achievement places him among a select few directors...
The film, distributed by Apple Original Films in partnership with Paramount Pictures (overseeing theatrical distribution), marks the streaming service’s inaugural win from the NYFCC.
NYFCC’s winner for best film has typically had a strong correlation with the Academy Awards’ best picture prize. Since the expansion to 10 nominees in 2009, only “Carol” (2015) and “First Cow” (2020) have missed out on a best picture nom. The latter was the first film in the organization’s long history to fail to garner a single Oscar nom. Since 1935, NYFCC and the Academy have matched 43% of the time.
Scorsese claimed his third top prize from the NYFCC, following “Goodfellas” (1990) and “The Irishman” (2019). His achievement places him among a select few directors...
- 11/30/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Da’Vine Joy Randolph admits that the name Alexander Payne didn’t really ring a bell for her when her agent asked her to meet with the two-time Oscar winner. He wanted to discuss the role of vulnerable cafeteria worker Mary Lamb in “The Holdovers,” the next film Payne would be directing. “I knew enough to know, ‘Oh, this is a lovely man, he’s very intelligent and talented,” Randolph recalls. “Toward the end of the conversation, I was really digging him and so I asked, ‘Hey, do you have any (of your) films I should watch?’ And he was very humble. He was like, ‘No, it’s Ok.’ And I said, ‘No, it’s important to me as an artist to know who I’m working with and their style and their sensibility.’
“And so he was like, ‘Well, there’s this movie called ‘Sideways,’ And I was like,...
“And so he was like, ‘Well, there’s this movie called ‘Sideways,’ And I was like,...
- 11/27/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
“Only Murders in the Building” star Da’Vine Joy Randolph is having quite an awards season.
After receiving raves for her moving and funny performance opposite Paul Giamatti in Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers,” the actor will receive the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s esteemed Breakthrough Performance Award on Jan. 4 at the Palm Springs Convention Center.
“In ‘The Holdovers,’ Da’Vine Joy Randolph brings not only her significant comedic talents to the table, but also extremely moving emotional depth to her portrayal of Barton Academy head cook Mary Lamb, who is grieving the recent loss of her son,” chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi said in a statement. “It is our honor to present the Breakthrough Performance Award to this talented actress in celebration of her outstanding work and recognizing her emerging talent.”
Randolph joins “Oppenheimer” star Cillian Murphy and “Poor Things” star Emma Stone in receiving special honors this year in Palm Springs,...
After receiving raves for her moving and funny performance opposite Paul Giamatti in Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers,” the actor will receive the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s esteemed Breakthrough Performance Award on Jan. 4 at the Palm Springs Convention Center.
“In ‘The Holdovers,’ Da’Vine Joy Randolph brings not only her significant comedic talents to the table, but also extremely moving emotional depth to her portrayal of Barton Academy head cook Mary Lamb, who is grieving the recent loss of her son,” chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi said in a statement. “It is our honor to present the Breakthrough Performance Award to this talented actress in celebration of her outstanding work and recognizing her emerging talent.”
Randolph joins “Oppenheimer” star Cillian Murphy and “Poor Things” star Emma Stone in receiving special honors this year in Palm Springs,...
- 11/20/2023
- by Jason Clark
- The Wrap
Alexander Payne, director of The Holdovers, said he gets pushback for the kinds of films that he makes but he plans to persevere and hopes there will be more space for “human” stories in theaters.
“People ask ‘How is it you’re making these human comedy-dramas? I’m like, ‘Why aren’t other people?’ And I don’t want to say I am the only one. A lot of quality stuff is being done on streamers, both features and series. Now that the superhero kind of hegemon takes up a lot of real estate in theaters, a lot of other writing is taking place on streaming. And I am so grateful for that. But I do wish we had a larger percentage of theatrical real estate dedicated to more human films,” Payne said during a Q&a at Deadline’s Contenders Film event in LA.
“People ask ‘How is it you’re making these human comedy-dramas? I’m like, ‘Why aren’t other people?’ And I don’t want to say I am the only one. A lot of quality stuff is being done on streamers, both features and series. Now that the superhero kind of hegemon takes up a lot of real estate in theaters, a lot of other writing is taking place on streaming. And I am so grateful for that. But I do wish we had a larger percentage of theatrical real estate dedicated to more human films,” Payne said during a Q&a at Deadline’s Contenders Film event in LA.
- 11/18/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
It could have been easy for Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s role in “The Holdovers” to be yet another stereotypical trope for Black women that Hollywood has lazily thrown out throughout history. If that had been the case, the actress tells Variety that would have passed. “When I meet with these studio execs and they ask ‘What is it you would like to do next?’ she says. “I straight up say I would like to tell the same stories as a white straight male in this body. I’m challenging you. Figure it out.”
The industry needs to figure it out because the Philadelphia-born actress is an outstanding and vibrant talent, as seen by her invigorating turn in director Alexander Payne’s latest dramedy. She plays Mary Lamb, a cafeteria worker who, in the midst of dealing with the children left at an elite boarding school during the holiday break,...
The industry needs to figure it out because the Philadelphia-born actress is an outstanding and vibrant talent, as seen by her invigorating turn in director Alexander Payne’s latest dramedy. She plays Mary Lamb, a cafeteria worker who, in the midst of dealing with the children left at an elite boarding school during the holiday break,...
- 11/16/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Thank god for Alexander Payne. The filmmaker is, and always has been, a true humanist. A writer-director more interested in human beings, something that has always been the special effect of his movies. A two-time Oscar-winning writer, his latest film, The Holdovers, which had its world premiere on Thursday at the Telluride Film Festival, is one of his rare movies in which he doesn’t have a writing credit. David Hemingson did the screenplay, but the idea, an inspired one, came from Payne, a real film buff who was always intrigued by Marcel Pagnol’s 1935 French film Merlusse about a group of boarding school students stuck over the holidays with a much-despised teacher. The director thought it had the bones for a new story and developed it with Hemingson.
Set in 1970, it is Payne’s first period film after a celebrated career for movies like Sideways, The Descendants and many others.
Set in 1970, it is Payne’s first period film after a celebrated career for movies like Sideways, The Descendants and many others.
- 9/1/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Dominic Sessa stars as Angus Tully and Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham in director Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features / © 2023 Focus Features LLC
From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).
https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-holdovers
From this first trailer, this film looks delightful, the cast spot-on and the story will pull at your heart-strings.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph is best known for her work in Dolemite Is My Name (2019) as Lady Reed and The United States vs. Billie Holiday...
From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph).
https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-holdovers
From this first trailer, this film looks delightful, the cast spot-on and the story will pull at your heart-strings.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph is best known for her work in Dolemite Is My Name (2019) as Lady Reed and The United States vs. Billie Holiday...
- 7/18/2023
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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