The Holdovers
ACE Eddie Awards: ‘The Holdovers,’ ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ Among Winners
Universal’s Oppenheimer and Focus Features’ The Holdovers won the top theatrical prizes Sunday at the 74th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, presented by the American Cinema Editors at UCLA’s Royce Hall. ACE president Kevin Tent, who presided over the event, won best edited feature film, comedy, for The Holdovers, while the drama feature award went to […]
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Kevin Tent on His 30-Year Partnership With Alexander Payne and Why He Knew ‘The Holdovers’ Would be a Hit
As Alexander Payne’s longtime editor, Kevin Tent is one of the very first people to see footage of each film. When he watched the first round of dailies come in from the Massachusetts set of The Holdovers, he was struck by the progression of star Paul Giamatti, with whom he first worked on Sideways two […]
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph Has an Update About Those Extra Oscars Tickets: Mission Accomplished
Da’Vine Joy Randolph is going to the Oscars — and she’ll be bringing a few guests. The actress, cleaning up this awards season for her work opposite Paul Giamatti and Dominic Sessa in Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, scored a best supporting actress nomination for the upcoming Oscars. While she was invited to the big party […]
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12 Things the Cameras Missed During the Spirit Awards
Film Independent posted up on Santa Monica Beach on Sunday to present its annual Spirit Awards, the biggest party for the independent film scene. While cameras captured the live show for a stream on YouTube, The Hollywood Reporter was inside the iconic white tent on the beach to bring you all the action you might’ve […]
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph Jokes About Lack of Heated Seats in a Boston Winter While Filming ‘The Holdovers’ in Spirit Awards Acceptance Speech
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 […]
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SAG Awards: ‘The Holdovers’ Star Da’Vine Joy Randolph Calls Supporting Actress Win “Greatest Honor of My Career”
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. […]
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph Evokes New, Old Hollywood Glamour at the SAG Awards
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 […]
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‘The Holdovers’ Producer Mark Johnson on the Anxieties of Trusting a Director: “The Process Works, but It’s as Frustrating as Can Be”
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 […]
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Script to Scene: ‘The Holdovers’ Screenwriter David Hemingson on Bringing Humor to Melancholy Moments
David Hemingson describes this scene as a bridge that slowly brings the film’s central characters — teacher Paul (Paul Giamatti), angsty teen Angus (Dominic Sessa) and cook Mary (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) — closer together. Not only does it put Paul and Mary on equal footing as he helps her prepare dinner, but she quickly takes […]
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Extra Tickets for the Oscars? Da’Vine Joy Randolph Will Take Them
Da’Vine Joy Randolph will take any extra tickets she can get for the Oscars. The actress, who received her first Academy Award nod for her supporting role in The Holdovers, has been on the hunt for additional tickets since the Oscar nominations were announced in January. The actress stopped by Watch What Happens Live on […]
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Santa Barbara Film Fest: Paul Giamatti Talks ‘The Holdovers,’ ‘Sideways’ and Everything in Between, Joking, “I’ve Played a Lot of Snakes, Haven’t I?”
Adding to his awards season accolades, Paul Giamatti was honored with the Cinema Vanguard Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Wednesday, where he sat down for a conversation about his long career and journey to The Holdovers. In a 75-minute chat moderated by The Hollywood Reporter‘s Scott Feinberg, Giamatti walked the Santa […]
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Santa Barbara Film Fest: ‘Holdovers’ Oscar Nominee Paul Giamatti Tapped for Cinema Vanguard Award (Exclusive)
Paul Giamatti, the veteran character actor who is currently generating considerable best actor Oscar buzz for his performance in Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers — for his portrayal of a curmudgeonly boarding school teacher, he won best actor National Board of Review, Critics Choice and Golden Globe awards en route to his pending SAG, BAFTA and […]
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