Independent Spirit Awards
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Awards season calendar 2024: See key show dates for Emmys, Grammy and Golden Globe nominations, more
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Film Independent Spirit Awards 2024: See the full winners list
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Free Palestine protester disrupts Film Independent Spirit Awards
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2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations: See the full list
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Film Independent Spirit Awards 2023: See the full winners list
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Cate Blanchett hides under table to avoid Hasan Minhaj bit at Independent Spirit Awards
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Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Bear lead 2023 Film Independent Spirit Award nominations: See the full list
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The Lost Daughter finds the spotlight at Film Independent Spirit Awards: See the full list of winners
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See all the stars on the 2022 Independent Spirit Awards red carpet
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2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards lift Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Lost Daughter in Oscar race
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Nomadland wins big at Film Independent Spirit Awards: See the full winners list
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Melissa Villaseñor does her best Kate McKinnon, John Mulaney, and Sarah Silverman impressions at Indie Spirits
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With Black Bear, Aubrey Plaza has become the new queen of indies
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2021 awards season calendar: See new dates for Oscars, Grammys, Indie Spirits, more
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Film Independent Spirit Awards 2020: See the full winners list
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Stars strike a pose in EW's 2020 Independent Spirit Awards portrait studio
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Snubbed by Oscars, Adam Sandler wins big at Independent Spirit Awards for Uncut Gems
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Michael Shannon, Aubrey Plaza fart up a storm in Lighthouse spoof at Independent Spirit Awards
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See all the stars at the 2020 Independent Spirit Awards
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The Awardist podcast: Analyzing this year's Indie Spirit Award nominees
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What the Independent Spirit Award nominations mean for the Oscars
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Uncut Gems, Lighthouse lead 2020 Film Independent Spirit Award nominations
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Spirit Awards honors Oscar nominees and snubs
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Glenn Close's dog Pip steals the show during best actress Spirit Awards win
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RuPaul's Drag Race star Shangela death drops into the Spirit Awards with fierce musical number
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Parks and Recreation's 'Jerry' takes one for the team in Fyre Festival spoof at Spirit Awards
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Aubrey Plaza sacrifices 'not a virgin' Finn Wolfhard in wild Indie Spirit Awards opening