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Precious Leads the 2010 Independent Spirit Award Nominations

BuzzSugar — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:08:25 PST

Matt Dillon and Taraji P. Henson were up to announce the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards nominations this morning in LA, and the nominees are making me smile: Precious is represented in almost every major category, with nods for the director, actresses, screenplay, and film. And though they're yet to be released, both The Last Station and A Single Man won several nominations, which is only upping my anticipation for them. One thing I can't resist mentioning? (500) Days of Summer received nods for best feature and best male lead for Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

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To see the full list of nominations, just read more. BEST FEATURE (500) Days of Summer Amreeka Precious Sin Nombre The Last Station BEST DIRECTOR The Coen Brothers (A Serious Man) Lee Daniels (Precious) Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre) James Grey (Two Lovers) Michael Hoffman (The Last Station) BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer) A Single Man Crazy Heart Easier With Practice The Messenger Paranormal Activity BEST MALE LEAD Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) Colin Firth (A Single Man) Joseph Gordon-Levitt ((500) Days of Summer) Souleymane Sy Savane (Goodbye Solo) Adam Scott (The Vicious Kind) BEST FEMALE LEAD Maria Bello (Downloading Nancy) Helen Mirren (The Last Station) Gwyneth Paltrow (Two Lovers) Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) Nisreen Faour (Amreeka) BEST SUPPORTING MALE Jemaine Clement (Gentlemen Broncos) Woody Harrelson (The Messenger) Christian McKay (Me and Orson Welles) Ray McKinnon (That Evening Sun) Christopher Plummer (The Last Station) BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Mo'Nique (Precious) Samantha Morton (The Messenger) Natalie Press (Fifty Dead Men Walking) Mia Wasikowska (That Evening Sun) Dina Korzun (Cold Souls) BEST SCREENPLAY Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman (The Messenger) Michael Hoffman (The Last Station) Lee Toland Krieger, (The Vicious Kind) Greg Mottola (Adventureland) Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber ((500) Days Of Summer) BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Sophie Barthes Cold Souls Scott Cooper Crazy Heart Cherien Dabis Amreeka Geoffrey Fletcher Precious Tom Ford, David Scearce A Single Man BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY A Serious Man Sin Nombre Treeless Mountain Cold Souls Bad Lieutenant JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer) Big Fan Humpday The New Year Parade Treeless Mountain Zero Bridge BEST DOCUMENTARY Anvil! The Story of Anvil Food Inc. More Than a Game October Country Which Way Home FOREIGN FILM A Prophet An Education Everlasting Moments Mother The Maid ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast) A Serious Man IFC/ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD Kyle Patrick Alvarez (Easier With Practice) Asiel Norton (Redland) Tariq Tapa (Zero Bridge) TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD Natalia Almada (El general) Bill Ross and Turner Ross (45365) Jessica Oreck (Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo)

TV Today: The Independent Spirit Awards, Twice

BuzzSugar — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:00:01 PST

Can't wait till the Oscars for your awards fix this weekend? Well today, you can get a quirky take on the red carpet and awards show fun with Film Independent's Spirit Awards live at 5 p.m. Eastern/2 p.m. Pacific on IFC. If you're unable to catch it live in the afternoon, an edited version will re-air on AMC at 10 p.m. Eastern and Pacific.

This year's host is funny man Steve Coogan, star of Hamlet 2, and I'm looking forward to seeing how he does with the show's free-flowing format. Based on some recent Twitter updates from last year's host, Rainn Wilson, I'm sure the night will offer up some memorable moments. You can check out a list of this year's nominees here and come back a little later today to see a full list of winners.

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Rachel Getting Married Leads 2009 Independent Spirit Noms

BuzzSugar — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:35:45 PST

After all the acclaim heaped on Rachel Getting Married, the family drama starring Anne Hathaway, it makes sense that the movie would lead (along with two other films that also received six nominations each: Sundance favorites Ballast and Frozen River) the year's batch of nominations for the Independent Spirit Awards.

Other titles in the Best Feature category include the heartbreaking Wendy and Lucy, starring Michelle Williams, and the Mickey Rourke drama The Wrestler. Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona is getting some love, with acting nominations for Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz and a Best Screenplay nomination for Allen. Milk scored several nominations as well, including a Best Actor nod for Sean Penn and a Best Supporting Actor for James Franco.

The winners will be announced at the ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. To check out the full list of this year's Independent Spirit Award nominees,

read more. The 2009 Spirit Award Nominees: BEST FEATURE Ballast Frozen River Rachel Getting Married Wendy and Lucy The Wrestler BEST DIRECTOR Ramin Bahrani (Chop Shop) Jonathan Demme (Rachel Getting Married) Lance Hammer (Ballast) Courtney Hunt (Frozen River) Tom McCarthy (The Visitor) BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer) Afterschool Director: Antonio Campos Producers: Sean Durkin, Josh Mond Medicine for Melancholy Director: Barry Jenkins Producer: Justin Barber Sangre De Mi Sangre Director: Christopher Zalla Producers: Per Melita, Benjamin Odell Sleep Dealer Director: Alex Rivera Producer: Anthony Bregman Synecdoche, New York Director: Charlie Kaufman Producers: Anthony Bregman, Spike Jonze, Charlie Kaufman, Sidney Kimmel BEST MALE LEAD Javier Bardem (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) Richard Jenkins (The Visitor) Sean Penn (Milk) Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) BEST FEMALE LEAD Summer Bishil (Towelhead) Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) Melissa Leo (Frozen River) Tarra Riggs (Ballast) Michelle Williams (Wendy and Lucy) BEST SUPPORTING MALE James Franco (Milk) Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker) Charlie McDermott (Frozen River) Jim Myron Ross (Ballast) Haaz Sleiman (The Visitor) BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Penélope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) Rosemarie DeWitt (Rachel Getting Married) Rosie Perez (The Take) Misty Upham (Frozen River) Debra Winger (Rachel Getting Married) BEST SCREENPLAY Woody Allen (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck (Sugar) Charlie Kaufman (Synecdoche, New York) Howard A. Rodman (Savage Grace) Christopher Zalla (Sangre De Mi Sangre) BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Dustin Lance Black (Milk) Lance Hammer, (Ballast) Courtney Hunt (Frozen River) Jonathan Levine (The Wackness) Jenny Lumet (Rachel Getting Married) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Maryse Alberti (The Wrestler) Lol Crawley (Ballast) James Laxton (Medicine for Melancholy) Harris Savides (Milk) Michael Simmonds (Chop Shop) JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer) In Search of a Midnight Kiss Prince of Broadway The Signal Take Out Turn the River BEST DOCUMENTARY The Betrayal Encounters at the End of the World Man on Wire The Order of Myths Up the Yangtze FOREIGN FILM The Class (France) Gomorra (Italy) Hunger (UK/Ireland) Secret of the Grain (France) Silent Light (Mexico/France/Netherlands/Germany) ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast) Synecdoche, New York Director: Charlie Kaufman Casting Director: Jeanne McCarthy Ensemble Cast: Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Tom Noonan, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Williams IFC/ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD Barry Jenkins, director of Medicine for Melancholy Nina Paley, director of Sita Sings the Blues Lynn Shelton, director of My Effortless Brilliance

Announcing the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards Nominees

BuzzSugar — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:31:02 PST

Last year it was all Sunshine all the time when Little Miss Sunshine took home the majority of the Independent Spirit Awards, given out yearly by Film Independent. This year, the nominations are dominated by Juno, the teen pregnancy dramedy opening December 14, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and to a lesser degree I'm Not There.

Some of the nominations have me squealing with delight: Chiwetel Ejiofor nominated for Best Supporting Male for his outstanding performance in Talk to Me, Julie Delpy's 2 Days in Paris nominated for Best First Feature, and the Irish musical Once nominated for Best Foreign Film. Yet then there's the heartbreaking nomination of Waitress for Best Screenplay, which (if it wins) would have been given to Adrienne Shelly had she not tragically died last year.

For the full list of nominees - and there are some greats on there -

read more BEST FEATURE The Diving Bell and the Butterfly I'm Not There Juno A Mighty Heart Paranoid Park BEST DIRECTOR Todd Haynes (I'm Not There) Tamara Jenkins (The Savages) Jason Reitman (Juno) Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) Gus Van Sant (Paranoid Park) BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer) 2 Days in Paris Director: Julie Delpy Producers: Julie Delpy, Christophe Mazodier, Thierry Potok Great World of Sound Director: Craig Zobel Producers: Melissa Palmer, David Gordon Green, Richard Wright, Craig Zobel The Lookout Director: Scott Frank Producers: Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Laurence Mark, Walter Parkes Rocket Science Director: Jeffrey Blitz Producers: Effie T. Brown, Sean Welch Vanaja Director: Rajnesh Domalpalli Producer: Latha R. Domalapalli JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000) August Evening Owl and the Sparrow The Pool Quiet City Shotgun Stories BEST SCREENPLAY Ronald Harwood (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) Tamara Jenkins (The Savages) Fred Parnes & Andrew Wagner (Starting Out in the Evening) Adrienne Shelly (Waitress) Mike White (Year of the Dog) BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Jeffrey Blitz (Rocket Science) Zoe Cassavetes (Broken English) Diablo Cody (Juno) Kelly Masterson (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead) John Orloff (A Mighty Heart) BEST FEMALE LEAD Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart) Sienna Miller (Interview) Ellen Page (Juno) Parker Posey (Broken English) Tang Wei (Lust, Caution) BEST MALE LEAD Pedro Castaneda (August Evening) Don Cheadle (Talk To Me) Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Savages) Frank Langella (Starting Out in the Evening) Tony Leung (Lust, Caution) BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There) Anna Kendrick (Rocket Science) Jennifer Jason Leigh (Margot at the Wedding) Tamara Podemski (Four Sheets to the Wind) Marisa Tomei (Before the Devil Knows You're Dead) BEST SUPPORTING MALE Chiwetel Ejiofor (Talk To Me) Marcus Carl Franklin (I'm Not There) Kene Holliday (Great World of Sound) Irrfan Khan (The Namesake) Steve Zahn (Rescue Dawn) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Mott Hupfel (The Savages) Janusz Kaminski (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Milton Kam (Vanaja) Mihai Malaimare, Jr. (Youth Without Youth) Rodrigo Prieto (Lust, Caution) BEST DOCUMENTARY Crazy Love Lake of Fire Manufactured Landscapes The Monastery The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair BEST FOREIGN FILM 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Romania) The Band's Visit (Israel) Lady Chatterley (France) Once (Ireland) Persepolis (France) ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film's director, casting director and its ensemble cast) I'm Not There Director: Todd Haynes Casting Director: Laura Rosenthal Ensemble Cast: Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bruce Greenwood

Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis Show Love After Lunch

Katie Henry — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:30:07 PST

Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis shared a quick hug yesterday outside a Los Feliz restaurant while waiting for her car. Jason's been enjoying a two-week hiatus from SNL by spending time with Olivia on the West Coast. He'll be heading back to the Big Apple before Feb. 4, when The Vow's Channing Tatum takes over hosting duties.

Olivia skipped this year's Sundance Film Festival, where her independent feature The Words premiered. Her costars, new couple Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana, made the trek to Utah to showcase the movie. Instead of kicking it in the snow, Olivia spent the weekend in Palm Springs with Jason and her dog Paco. The trio relaxed at a luxury resort and didn't seem to mind when the power went out due to high winds. Olivia's also been able to fit some time on the set of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone into her schedule alongside her leading men Steve Carell and Jim Carrey.

Our 15 Favorite Sundance Celebrity Sightings!

Molly Goodson — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:30:00 PST

The opening weekend of the Sundance Film Festival was jam-packed with celebrities, red carpets, and hot performances in Park City. Stars braved the blizzard conditions on Saturday night to check out the likes of Drake at the Bing Bar, LMFAO at Park City Live, and more. Christina Hendricks looked adorable snuggled up to her husband Geoffrey Arend and we witnessed an adorable moment between Kristen Bell and her camera-shy fiancé Dax Shepard. Cozy fashion, gifting suites, and old friends reuniting are trademarks of the independent film festival at this point. Check out our favorite sightings from our time at Sundance!

Eva Mendes Spends the Weekend With Ryan Gosling's Dog

Lauren Turner — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:27:51 PST

Eva Mendes brought a special companion - Ryan Gosling's dog George! - to her Beverly Hills offices Saturday. It looks like she's taking care of the pup while her boyfriend Ryan is in Thailand filming Only God Forgives. He made the overseas trip earlier this month, which meant he missed multiple award show appearances. Ryan wasn't on hand for the People's Choice Awards, Critics' Choice Awards, or the Golden Globes, where he was nominated, but there were plenty of other hot men on the red carpets to make up for his absence. The Drive star's award season run is almost over since he's not up for any honors at this weekend's SAGs, and he wasn't included in this morning's 2012 Oscar nominations announcement, but he does still have a chance at next month's Independent Spirit Awards.

5 Entertaining and Romantic Movie Dates

Anna Monette Roberts — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:50:00 PST

In honor of this year's Sundance Film Festival that just began yesterday, it's time to explore different movie date night options for you and your honey to warm up to this Winter. Beyond your average movie complex, there is a whole world of independent theaters and festivals to explore and attend to have a romantic and memorable date experience. Here are a few ideas to reinvigorate the ol' movie night standard.

Technicolor features: Films in technicolor have intensely vivid and dreamy hues. Usually independent and historical theaters will screen special technicolor features, and it's a unique and rare opportunity to see such amazing colors and classic films like Gone With the Wind on the big screen. Even if the film you see isn't a classic, it's still nice to curl up close and enjoy the romantic, sleepy quality of technicolor.
Historical theaters: Check to see if your town has at least one historical theater with a classic, blinking marquee and intricate interior architecture. Research the history behind the building before you go so you and your date can appreciate the theater's story and architectural details upon your visit.
Cult midnight movies: There is an entire culture that follows midnight screenings of B-rated films like The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The especially diehard will dress up, act out scenes, and sing along. Attending a midnight movie like Rocky can be a ridiculous yet fun way to bond and break any inhibitions.
Film festivals: Independent, horror, documentary, shorts, underground, and international are just a few of the dozens of film festivals that take place in North America. It's cold and dark during the Winter, so you might as well use the time to expand your film repertoire and have a dozen new stories and concepts to discuss with your date afterward.
Drive-ins: If you live in an area with a milder climate, you could drive out of town to go to a drive-in theater. The tickets are cheaper, you're in the comfort of your car, and you can bring your own food. Most importantly, depending on your parking spot, you might have enough privacy to engage in some high-school-esque backseat action.

Elizabeth Olsen Dons Two Chic Designer Looks - Which One Is Your Fave?

Brittney Stephens — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:50:25 PST

Elizabeth Olsen has been blowing up our style radar lately, and for good reason - the budding actress knows just how to play with prints and proportions while enhancing her statuesque frame. At last night's Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, Elizabeth wore a sexy, floral-print cutout dress by Proenza Schouler and carried a pearlescent striped clutch from Edie Parker. This morning at the Independent Spirit Awards nominee brunch, she switched things up by going soft and louche in a pretty dress and blazer combo from Chloé. She finished the look with nude pumps and a cream-colored box clutch - but Elizabeth's best accessory might have to be her killer smile. Which look do you love more?

Michelle Williams Continues Her Busy Week of Marilyn Moments

Allie Merriam — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:05:33 PST

Michelle Williams attended another screening of My Week With Marilyn in LA last night. The actress dressed up in a gorgeous girl. by Band of Outsiders dress to participate in a Film Independent Screening Series of her Marilyn Monroe biopic at the Bing Theatre inside LACMA. It's been a busy week for Michelle, who stopped by The Tonight Show to talk about her film just a few days ago. This evening is booked as well, since she's due to attend a party for the jewelry brand Forevermark.

On Saturday night, Michelle Williams debuted her reddish hair on the red carpet at the Palm Springs Film Festival gala. She picked up the Desert Palm Achievement Award, and dedicated the win to Marilyn Monroe herself. From the stage, Michelle joked about good and bad advice she's received in her career. Michelle avoided the suggestion she change her name, otherwise she could have been known as Michelle Montana.