Film Independent’s First-Ever Spirit Award TV Nominations Successfully Figure Out What ‘Indie TV’ Is

Jordan Moreau Despite taking place virtually and over a shorter duration, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival nabbed its largest audience ever this year, the Sundance Institute announced Monday.The 2021 festival took place from Jan. 28-Feb.

As the award season rolls in, so do the nominations. After SAG Awards and Golden Globes nominations, the 2021 Critics Choice Award nominations are finally here! The prestigious show that combines film and television awards to highlight the best of the best of the past year, released their TV nominations last week.

Saturday Night Live cast member Melissa Villaseñor has been tapped to host the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards. The Spirit Awards — which are the nonprofit art organization's primary fundraiser for its programs, which support the careers of emerging filmmakers and promote diversity and inclusion across the film industry —are set to air on IFC and AMC+ at 10 p.m.

Get ready for what looks to be a really funny Film Independent Spirit Awards ceremony, which will keep us in stiches for some time. The show, which will not be live from the Santa Monica Beach this year due to Covid, has tapped SNL’s Melissa Villaseñor to host this year’s 2021 edition.

“Saturday Night Live” star Melissa Villaseñor will host the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards on April 22, the organization announced on Monday.She will host the first primetime version of the Spirit Awards, which this year will air on IFC on the Thursday night before the Oscars instead of the traditional Saturday afternoon event near the Santa Monica pier.“As someone who considers herself a pretty dependent person, I’m truly honored to host the Film Independent Spirit Awards,” said

Michael B. Jordan is celebrating his late friend Chadwick Boseman’s achievements.

Da 5 Bloods, One Night In Miami, and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom are in the running for top prizes at the 2021 Screen Actors Guild Awards.They will compete with Minari and The Trial of the Chicago 7 for the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture accolade, while Chadwick Boseman is up for a pair of posthumous acting nods for for his work in Ma Rainey and Da 5 Bloods.In the TV categories, The Crown and Ozark will face off with Better Call Saul, Lovecraft Country, and Bridgerton for

two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations one day after getting completely shut out at the Golden Globes.Adapted from Julia Quinn's best-selling novels about 1800s London society, scored a series nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series on Thursday morning.

Mrs. America), Nicole Kidman (The Undoing), Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen's Gambit), and Kerry Washington (Little Fires Everywhere).Twitter is celebrating Coel's nomination, saying that it's a victory after she was overlooked by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Chadwick Boseman made Screen Actors Guild history on Thursday, becoming the first actor to earn four SAG Award nominations in a single year.Boseman earned posthumous nominations for both Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for and Male Actor in a Supporting Role for, as well as dual Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture nominations as part of both film's ensembles.The recognition comes six months after Boseman's death in Aug.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“Better Call Saul” are among the top nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards, landing a nod for best drama series, as well as three nominations in the episodic drama category. “The Simpsons” landed four nominations in best animation, while newcomers “Ted Lasso” and “The Great” both scored nominations in best comedy, new series and episodic comedy.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association often differs with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences when it comes to films not in the English language. Case in point this year, two titles not eligible in the International Feature Oscar race made the cut with the Golden Globes this morning as both Italy’s The Life Ahead and A24’s Korean-American family drama Minari scored nominations in the Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language category.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeSometimes the biggest surprise is that there aren’t any.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeIcon, meet icon. Norman Lear has been tapped to receive the third-ever Carol Burnett Award at the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards next month.

What a busy morning! Not only did the National Board of Review announce its winners, the Film Independent Spirit Awards revealed their nominees. It was quite the precursor day, to say the least! NBR gave their top prize to Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, while the Spirit Awards were led by Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

Film Independent has unveiled its nominations for the 2021 Independent Spirit Awards, a major stop on this year's virtual awards season. Eliza Hittman's Never Rarely Sometimes Always scored a leading seven nominations, including for best feature, with Lee Isaac Chung's Minari landing six nods and George C.

Clayton Davis The Film Independent Spirit Awards bestowed their nominations on Hollywood this morning, and classically, there were some glaring surprises and omissions. For the first time, the group also included nominations for television.

EXCLUSIVE: Never Rarely Sometimes Always writer-director Eliza Hittman said she found inspiration for the Focus Features film in 2012, when she read about a woman who died after being denied a life-saving abortion.