Richard E Grant gets the winning Spirit
Moonlight director Barry Jenkins has dominated this year’s Independent Spirit Awards – the Santa Monica ceremony that honours, as its name suggests, American
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British talent makes a rare appearance among Independent Spirit Nominations
The Scottish director Lynne Ramsay and the English actors Carey Mulligan and Richard E Grant are among the nominees for the Independent Spirit
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Get Out takes top honours at the Independent Spirit Awards
The racially charged thriller Get Out was the big winner at Independent Spirit Awards – seen as the low-budget Oscars and the curtain-raiser
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Progressive Spirit Awards cock a snook at Oscars
As the entertainment world gears up for an Oscar ceremony that’s been tainted by a row about a lack of diversity, the Independent Spirit Awards, handed out a day ahead of the Academy’s trophies, has shunned the establishment with three of the four acting awards going to black performers – and one of those being transgender.
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Carol & Spotlight among more independent Spirit nominees
Cate Blanchett in Carol Todd Haynes’ 1950s-set lesbian romance Carol – starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara as secret lovers – is leading
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