Independent Spirit Awards | featured news

Silver Linings Playbook takes four awards at the Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California, on the eve of the Oscars.

"The Artist" won best picture and three other prizes Saturday at the Spirit Awards honoring independent film, a possible prelude to a big night at the Academy Awards for the black-and-white silent movie....

The ballet thriller "Black Swan" won four prizes Saturday at the Spirit Awards honoring independent film, including best picture, best actress for Natalie Portman and director for Darren Aronofsky.James Franco was picked as best actor for the survival story "127 hours," while the Ozarks crime story "Winter's Bone" earned both supporting-acting prizes, for John Hawkes and Dale Dickey.

The 2010 Independent Spirit Awards ceremony unfolded last night in Los Angeles. With the Academy Awards closer to "hours" than "days" away, the stars came out while fans of film watched for any hint of what is to come on Sunday night during what is the biggest awards show of the season.