Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes aren’t back in Capeside, but their latest reunion in New York City is giving Dawson’s Creek fans all the feels.
The actors — who played love interests Pacey Witter and Joey Potter on the beloved WB series from 1998 to 2003 — stepped out in NYC on Tuesday, April 14, to attend the gala screening for Brunello: The Gracious Visionary.
Jackson, 47, looked dapper in grey slacks while walking the red carpet outside David Koch Theatre at Lincoln Center. Instead of a matching grey suit jacket, the actor wore a merlot-colored jacket over his white shirt and pulled it all together with a grey bowtie.
Holmes, 47, quickly pulled focus with her sexy and sophisticated outfit. She opted for a silver, sparkly maxi skirt and crisp white button-down shirt that fell slightly off her shoulder, revealing one strap of what appeared to be her bra. The actress topped off her look with a black clutch.
While the pair’s solo red carpet poses pulled fans in, it was the pictures they took together that had Us all — and rightfully — freaking out.
In one photo, Jackson looked lovingly at his longtime friend and scene partner Holmes as she laughed back. In a separate picture, the pair linked arms and smiled for the cameras, warming fans’ hearts.
Jackson and Holmes’ joint appearance comes nearly one year after they reunited in July 2025 to begin filming Happy Hours, an upcoming trilogy in which they once again play love interests.
“She’s a lifelong friend now,” Jackson said of Holmes during a March interview on Today. “And for us to get to go back and be able to do this again and honestly for her to create that space for us, was kind of magical.”
Holmes and Jackson’s New York outing also marks the first time they have reunited publicly since the death of their fellow Dawson’s Creek costar James Van Der Beek. Van Der Beek died on February 11 after battling colorectal cancer. He was 48.
Following his death, both Holmes and Jackson shared individual and emotional tributes to the actor, who played the titular character, Dawson Leery, on their hit ‘90s show.
“James, thank you. To share space with your imagination is sacred — breathing the same air in the land of make-believe and trusting that each other’s hearts are safe in their expression,” Holmes wrote in a handwritten letter shared via Instagram on February 12. “These are some of the memories, along with laughter, conversations about life, James Taylor songs — adventures of a unique youth …”
Holmes recalled Van Der Beek having, “Bravery. Compassion. Selflessness. Strength” as well as an “appreciation for life and the action taken to live life with the integrity that life is art.”
She noted that his “journey of a hero” also included “creating a beautiful marriage, six loving children.”
“I mourn this loss with a heart holding the reality of his absence and deep gratitude for his imprint on it,” Holmes added.
Jackson broke his silence over Van Der Beek’s death while appearing on the Today show on March 10.
“He and I shared this amazing time where that [Dawson’s Creek] clip comes from at a very young point in our life and it was formational for us, and I know both of us look back on that time with great fondness,” Jackson explained. “But I will also say that I know that I’m really just a footnote in what he actually accomplished in his life.”
The actor praised his former costar for all he accomplished, saying, “He became what we used to just call a good man, a man of the kind of belief, the kind of faith that allowed him to face the impossible with grace — an unbelievable partner and husband, just a real man who showed up for his family, and a beautiful, kind, curious, interested, dedicated father.”
He concluded, “And so while on the one hand, that’s beautiful, and I think he did lead a very good life and he was a good man, the tragedy of that for his family is enormous.”
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