Da'Vine Joy Randolph of Shadow Force
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
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4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
This week, Tommy is joined by Academy Award-winning actress Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who captured audiences with her breakout role opposite Eddie Murphy in DOLEMITE IS MY NAME. Randolph also starred in the acclaimed film THE HOLDOVERS earning numerous prestigious accolades including that Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and so many more. You also may know and love Da’Vine from her fan-favorite role in ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING. Now she’s kicking some butt in the action thriller SHADOW FORCE (also starring Kerry Washington and Omar Sy) in theaters May 9th. Today, Da'Vine opens up about how winning her Academy Award has become a way for her to pay it forward, the pressure that comes after winning an Oscar, how she learned to find inspiration and motivation from within, why she believes that anxiety can sometimes be a gift if you listen to it, what made her want to join her first action movie, the one thing she believes is crucial to making an action movie believable, her #1 tip to kicking some butt, why Bradley Cooper is still at the top of her list to work with, the movie she wants to remake with him, how Hollywood constantly challenges her worth, what keeps her focused and able to persevere, filming the new season of ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING, if she finally has more scenes with Meryl Streep, if her and Selena Gomez bust out a tune on set, why empathy allows us to feel more connected to one another, and so much more.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:06.6 | I want you to ask yourself right now, how am I actually doing? |
| 0:10.0 | Because it's a question that we rarely ask ourselves. |
| 0:13.2 | All of May is actually Mental Health Awareness Month. |
| 0:15.2 | And on the psychology of your 20s, we are taking a vulnerable look at why mental health is so hard to talk about. |
| 0:22.0 | Prepare for our conversations to go deep. |
| 0:24.0 | I spent the majority of my teenage years and my 20s just feeling absolutely terrified. |
| 0:29.6 | I had a panic attack on a conference call. |
| 0:32.0 | Knowing that she had six months to live, I was no longer pretending that this was my best friend. |
| 0:35.6 | So this mental health awareness month, take that extra bit of care of your well-being. |
| 0:39.3 | Listen to the psychology of your 20s |
| 0:41.0 | on the IHart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, |
| 0:43.3 | or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:45.8 | My husband has a secret son from a past partner. |
| 0:48.5 | Hold up Sam. How do we know? Have we done the DNA test? |
| 0:50.8 | Well, John, luckily, it's mother. May I have a DNA test week on the OK Storytime podcast? |
| 0:55.2 | So we'll find out soon. |
| 0:56.4 | And this wife writes, my husband received a Facebook message from a woman saying that he is the father of a five-year-old. |
| 1:01.5 | Whoa! |
| 1:01.8 | At first, he didn't remember her, but then he realized they had a one-night stand right before we started dating. |
| 1:06.8 | Wait, but do we have proof he's the dad? To hear the explosive finale, listen to the OK |
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