Jennifer Lame, ACE and Kevin Tent, ACE won the marquee feature honors at the 74th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, respectively, for Oppenheimer, which topped the Best Edited Drama category, and The Holdovers, honored for Best Edited Comedy.
Presented by American Cinema Editors (ACE), the Eddie Awards recognize outstanding editing in 14 categories of film, TV and documentaries. Rounding out the winners in the feature categories were Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie for Best Edited Documentary, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse for the animated film prize. Television winners included The Last of Us, The Bear and Beef.
In addition to the announcement of winners in competitive categories, John Waters accepted the prestigious ACE Golden Eddie Award – recognizing an artist for their distinguished achievement in film. Film editors Kate Amend, ACE and Walter Murch, ACE received Career Achievement Awards for their outstanding contributions to film editing. And Stephen Lovejoy, ACE received the ACE Heritage Award for his unwavering commitment to ACE and its mission.
The event was hosted by drag queen, performer and queer activist Nina West who treated guests to an opening musical performance of an original song created especially for the festivities. The event was presided over by ACE president Tent who wound up a winner for The Holdovers. Presenters included longtime John Waters collaborators Mink Stole and Ricki Lake, along with George Lucas, Thomas Lennon, Max Greenfield, Sarayu Blue, LisaGay Hamilton, Kevin Smith, Hank Greenspan and Anna Konkle. Guests enjoyed live music at the after party played by actor, comedian and musician Tom Kenny’s band, Tom Kenny & the Hi-Seas, and there was a special appearance by DJ Lance Rock.
A full list of winners for the 74th Annual ACE Eddie Awards follows:
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Drama, Theatrical)
Oppenheimer
Jennifer Lame, ACE
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Comedy, Theatrical)
The Holdovers
Kevin Tent, ACE
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Michael Andrews, ACE
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (Theatrical)
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Michael Harte, ACE
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (Non-Theatrical)
Escaping Twin Flames: “Up in Flames”
Martin Biehn
Kevin Hibbard
Inbal B. Lessner, ACE
Troy Takaki, ACE
Mimi Wilcox
BEST EDITED MULTI-CAMERA COMEDY SERIES
How I Met Your Father: “Daddy”
Russell Griffin, ACE
BEST EDITED SINGLE CAMERA COMEDY SERIES
The Bear: “Fishes”
Joanna Naugle, ACE
BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES
The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time”
Timothy A. Good, ACE
BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (NON-THEATRICAL)
Reality
Jennifer Vecchiarello
BEST EDITED LIMITED SERIES
Beef: “The Birds Don’t Sing, They Screech in Pain”
Harry Yoon, ACE
Laura Zempel, ACE
BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES
Couples Therapy: “Episode 310”
Delaney Lynch
Helen Kearns, ACE
Katrina Taylor
BEST EDITED VARIETY TALK/SKETCH SHOW OR SPECIAL
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour
Dom Whitworth
Guy Harding
Hamish Lyons
Rupa Rathod
Ben Wainwright-Pearce
Reg Wrench
BEST EDITED ANIMATED SERIES
Blue Eye Samurai: “The Tale of the Ronin and The Bride”
Yuka Shirasuna
ANNE V. COATES AWARD FOR STUDENT EDITING
Ariel Emma Martin – Chapman University
Carrie Coon Relishes Being Part Of An Ensemble–From “The Gilded Age” To “His Three Daughters”
It can be hard to catch Carrie Coon on her own.
She is far more likely to be found in the thick of an ensemble. That could be on TV, in "The Gilded Age," for which she was just Emmy nominated, or in the upcoming season of "The White Lotus," which she recently shot in Thailand. Or it could be in films, most relevantly, Azazel Jacobs' new drama, "His Three Daughters," in which Coon stars alongside Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen as sisters caring for their dying father.
But on a recent, bright late-summer morning, Coon is sitting on a bench in the bucolic northeast Westchester town of Pound Ridge. A few years back, she and her husband, the playwright Tracy Letts, moved near here with their two young children, drawn by the long rows of stone walls and a particularly good BLT from a nearby cafe that Letts, after biting into, declared must be within 15 miles of where they lived.
In a few days, they would both fly to Los Angeles for the Emmys (Letts was nominated for his performance in "Winning Time" ). But Coon, 43, was then largely enmeshed in the day-to-day life of raising a family, along with their nightly movie viewings, which Letts pulls from his extensive DVD collection. The previous night's choice: "Once Around," with Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfus.
Coon met Letts during her breakthrough performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?" on Broadway in 2012. She played the heavy-drinking housewife Honey. It was the first role that Coon read and knew, viscerally, she had to play. Immediately after saying this, Coon sighs.
"It sounds like something some diva would say in a movie from the '50s," Coon says. "I just walked around in my apartment in my slip and I had pearls and a little brandy. I made a grocery list and I just did... Read More