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Da’Vine Joy Randolph Wins Oscar for Best Supporting Actress: ‘Thank You for Visiting’

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Da’Vine Joy Randolph just took home the gold! The actress won her first Oscar on the 96th Annual Academy Awards, winning the coveted award for her acclaimed performance as Mary Lamb in “The Holdovers.”

Da’Vine Joy Randolph accepts the Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in “The Holdovers” on the Academy Awards on Sunday in Hollywood. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

In Alexander Payne’s drama, Randolph plays Mary Lamb, a cook and grieving mother at a New England boarding school who, through the school holiday break, develops an unlikely friendship with a professor (played by Paul Giamatti) and a student (Dominic Sessa). . . Previous Best Supporting Actress winners Lupita Nyong’o, Regina King and more presented the statuette to Randolph, who swept the awards season for his performance, winning a Golden Globe, BAFTA, Critics Choice and SAG awards ahead of Oscar night.

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“God is so good,” Randolph said through tears at the tip of her speech. “I didn’t think I should pursue it professionally,” she continued, recalling the moment when her mother encouraged her to pursue a profession in theater. She then thanked her mother and all of the individuals who “entered” her path, “introduced” her and guided her.

“For so long I always wanted to be different, but now I realize I just have to be myself,” she said. “And thank you, thank you for seeing me.” She also thanked all the ladies who were by her side, including her teachers, team and publicist.

“I pray to God that I can do it more than once. Thank you for watching me spend a blessed night.”

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“It all comes down to choice,” she said, discussing the range of roles she was capable of tackle. “And you’ve to have balls or ovaries, as we should always actually say. Because it’s going to require strategy. To stand your ground, you wish the need and confidence to imagine in yourself and your goals.


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Inside the mind of Tyler Perry: Craft

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In his latest film “Dulacity” Tyler Perry delves into a posh area – confronting controversial problems, testing the bonds of friendship and revealing hidden motifs. Known for his emotional history, Perry takes the audience on a journey, which just isn’t only exciting, but in addition socially resonant.

“Observing people thrilling the narrative of these movements … You will find that one or the other is happening something like a wicked thing” Perry explains. “Instead, understanding here is a problem that should be solved.” With a confrontation with the real danger of polarization and avoidance, emphasizing: “If we still run on both sides and we can’t deal with it, it will happen.”

Stories of Perry has long been rooted in powerful emotional arches, especially those focused on women. “My mother and my aunt raised me and I watched them go through different things,” he says. “The scope of emotions that a woman expresses and can freely express is very, very powerful.” He believes that he “releases” discovering these emotional depth in his letter. However, he admits: “People are more difficult for me because of limiting emotions.”

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The drama in “Dulite” doesn’t simply develop through emotions, but in addition by tension and treason. “It’s about some friends who you think really care about themselves, but everyone seems to be for themselves,” reveals Perry. “There are betrayals that can be quite shocking.” But ultimately these twists are intended: “This is a lot of what my audience wants to see.”

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Denzel Washington celebrated after a tense meeting on the red carpet: “It was a great evening”

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Denzel Washington’s “Great Evening” in Cannes, which included an unexpected honor and standing ovation, began with a heated exchange on a red carpet.

On Monday, May 19, on the red carpet for the premiere of the movie Neo-Niir from Spike Lee “Highest 2 lowest”, through which Washington and $ AP Rocky perform, Washington talked to Lee when a member of paparazzi caught his arm.

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Based on Material from this incident When making rounds on the web, the 70-year-old actor turns and warns the man to “stop”. When Washington turned to return to posing along with his Rocky star, the man did it again. This time Washington’s answer is rather more intense.

However, despite the hot exchange, Washington’s representative said People magazine“It was a great evening.”

A moment later, proving how happiness can change in ten centuries, Washington received the unexpected honorary Palme d’Or, the festival’s highest honor and standing ovation during acceptance.

“It’s a total surprise for me, so I’m a bit emotional, but I thank everyone from the bottom of my heart” Washington said. “It was a great opportunity to work again with my brother – brother from another mother, Spike.”

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He continued: “You know, we are simply blessed beyond measure, I am blessed beyond measure, until my heart thank everyone. Thank you.”

Before the premiere of the red carpet, Washington joined Rocky and Lee to take a photo Since then, this has turn into popular due to the contagious show of joy. Three men, with wide smiles and coordinating white and black bands-in a white suit competing with Ton Montana, Washington in a black T-shirt and dark rinsing, and Lee in a white shirt and creamy pants-a series of funny shots. In a few shots, Rocky is inside older men, and in other shots all three are having fun with silly poses and faces.

“The highest 2 lowest”, reinterpretation of the Japanese thriller of the crime Akira Kurosawa from 1963 “High and low”, set in modern New York, means the fifth cooperation of Washington and Lee. The film has a buzzing forged, including Rocky, Jeffrey Wright, Wendell Pierce, Ice Spice of their film debut and more. “The highest 2 lowest” is to be released in cinemas on August 22 and will probably be available for streaming on Apple TV+ from September 5.

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With stopping at Denzel, Spike will present the “highest 2 lowest” in Cannes

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Denzel Washington he noted a visit to the air trumpet to Film Festival in Cannes Between Broadway performances for the premiere of the “top 2 lowest” Spike Lee on Monday.

Cannes overturned a few of the plans to accommodate Speedy France Trip in Washington, which took place his lonely day while performing “Othello” in New York. “The highest 2 lowest” premiered on Monday evening in Cannes. And although the festival’s photographic phones often occur the next day, Cannes hosted one for the “highest 2 lowest” earlier Monday.

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Washington, jokingly posing to Lee and the star A $ AP RockyHe showed no signs of the jet after arriving on Monday. Washington is predicted back to New York immediately after the show.

The indisputable fact that Washington would find a way to travel was some extent stuck for Cannes. When the festival was the first announced his composition last month“The highest 2 lowest” has not been announced. However, inside a number of hours Lee himself announced that the film was heading to Cannes. Festival representatives said they were waiting for confirmation that Washington was attending a walk on the red carpet.

“The highest 2 lowest”, remake of the film Akira Kurosawa from 1963 “High and low”, will be released in cinemas by A24 on August 22 before the broadcast on Apple TV+ 5 September.

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