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Alexander Payne reunites with the 'brilliant' Paul Giamatti for 'The Holdovers'
October 18, 2023 | 6:37pmPaul Giamatti is playing a professor stuck with misfit students in Alexander Payne's new movie "The Holdovers."
'The Holdovers' review: The year's warmest movie
September 13, 2023 | 9:41amIt’s been a chilly summer at the movies. Stories about retail products, the atomic bomb, a revisionist doll and CGI Harrison Ford have gobbled up our attention, for better or...
Alexander Payne issues denial after Rose McGowan allegations
September 4, 2020 | 2:23pmDirector Alexander Payne is denying allegations made by actress Rose McGowan that he "groomed" and raped her when she was 15 years old.
McGowan claims Oscar-winning director 'groomed' and raped her at 15
August 18, 2020 | 10:11am"For years I had thought a man I had sexual relations with was a a sexual experience I had," she wrote. "I now know I was groomed. I auditioned for...
Rose McGowan accuses director of sexual misconduct when she was a teen
August 17, 2020 | 9:06am"Alexander Payne. You sat me down & played a soft-core porn movie you directed for Showtime under a different name," she wrote early Monday.
Director Alexander Payne Could Rebound From 'Downsizing' At Amazon
March 14, 2018 | 1:45pmAfter a rare misfire last year, Payne is in talks to helm Amazon Studios' drama The Burial.
'Downsizing' loses its mojo halfway through
December 20, 2017 | 9:08amAlexander Payne’s new sci-fi comedy, about a near future in which humans can opt to “go small,” squanders its big ideas in record time. Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig star...
'I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry': Somehow Even More Homophobic 10 Years Later
July 20, 2017 | 8:00amThis movie by straight people for straight people disrespects marriage more than any gay wedding ever could.
And the Oscar doesn't go to ...
February 28, 2014 | 2:31pmNo one outside that one accounting firm knows for sure who’s going to win the Oscars at Sunday night’s ceremony. That said, we’re pretty sure who’s not going to win....
ABC News' Sherwood could get boost after 'GMA' rise
February 28, 2014 | 6:36amThe buzz around Tinseltown isn’t all Oscar movie talk. Rumors are swirling that ABC News boss Ben Sherwood could be in for some additional responsibilities as a reward for pulling...
Directors Guild nominations match Oscar front-runners
January 7, 2014 | 4:10pmThere were absolutely no surprises in Tuesday’s Directors Guild of America award nominations, which stuck to five names widely regarded as the Oscar front-runners for Best Director. They are Alfonso...
Drunken protagonist not a winner, but ‘Nebraska’ is
November 14, 2013 | 8:25pmBruce Dern and Will Forte take a black-and-white road trip from Montana to “Nebraska,’’ director Alexander Payne’s latest acutely acted and occasionally hilarious seriocomic look at his Midwestern roots. A...