Alexander Payne

Chaos before the Oscars! Just a day before the 96th Academy Awards, The Holdovers, directed by Alexander Payne, has landed deep into trouble after facing plagiarism accusations by another Hollywood writer. The script for The Holdovers, penned by David Hemingson, is currently in the running for Best Original Screenplay at the 2024 Oscars scheduled to kick off on March 10. Meanwhile, Simon Stephenson, renowned for penning the 2019 film Luca, called out the abovementioned script as very similar to his own. Alexander…

"I'm dying to know what she wants to talk to me about" Is Cher a huge fan of Paul Giamatti? During an appearance on The Howard Stern Show, Howard Stern asked The Holdovers actor about playing a bizarre game of phone tag with the singer. “There’s this thing around you that Cher is a huge fan of yours and she wants to speak to you and speak with you,” Stern said, promoting Giamatti to confirm the rumor is true. “Every now and then I get a message from somebody that says Cher — she really …

No Greta Gerwig or Margot Robbie for Barbie? And what about Greta Lee and Charles Melton? The Academy got plenty right this year but a lot wrong Every year, the Academy Awards wake everybody up at some ungodly hour and instantly turn actors, directors, and a host of below-the-line industry folks into Oscar nominees. Some get to add this to the front of their name for the first time, and others simply have the pleasure of adding one more gold star next to theirs. Congratulations…

A key music choice can really make a movie scene sing, for lack of a better word — whether it be a surprising needle drop, a song to underscore a character’s motivation or even a opening credit track that sets the tone of a film. Four directors from this season’s biggest contenders spoke with THR about the tunes they selected for their films, some of which represent the time in which the films are set or, in one case, gives a sense of a character who is notably absent from most of the feature.…

Yorgos Lanthimos film was nominated alongside Air, American Fiction, Barbie, The Holdovers, and May December Poor Things scored a surprise victor for Best Picture — Musical or Comedy at the 2024 Golden Globes, beating out heavy favorite Barbie. Director Yorgos Lanthimos accepted the award on behalf of the cast, who he thanked after making sure to shout out how excited he was to talk to Bruce Springsteen, who was also in attendance at Sunday night’s ceremony. Poor Things centers around Emma…

Barbie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, SuzumeImage: Warner Bros., Sony, CrunchyrollThe Golden Globe Awards will be handed out January 7 on CBS (the Oscars, meanwhile, aren’t until March 10), so if you’re taking advantage of holiday downtime to catch up on your awards-season viewing, here’s a handy guide to where you can stream the nominees. Not every title is available for home viewing, but most are available for digital rental or purchase, with a few already on subscription streaming services.This year’s Golden…

Christmas horror movies are never not popular—but what about those holiday-themed dramas, film noirs, and action comedies that never seem to surface on festive watch lists? We’ve gathered 10 movies to stream if all the traditional titles make you want to gouge your eyes out with candy canes.Read more... Christmas horror movies are never not popular—but what about those holiday-themed dramas, film noirs, and action comedies that never seem to surface on festive watch lists? We’ve gathered 10 movies to stream if all the…

At a boarding school in the early 1970s, a student who’s been eagerly awaiting winter vacation gets a call with bad news: they’ll be spending Christmas at school instead of with their family. Is it Alexander Payne’s new Oscar-buzz movie The Holdovers—or Jenn Wexler’s new Shudder release The Sacrifice Game? Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI UnlockedSuffice to say, similarities between the two don’t extend much beyond that broad set-up, which manages to envelop both a coming-of-age drama and an eerie yet…