The Independent Spirit Awards are supposed to be pretty chill – just artists hanging out in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica. Usually, the most scandalous thing that happens is a raunchy joke. Not this year. This year, a couple (literally, two people) decided to protest the Spirit Awards. One of them had a bullhorn and he made a huge, loud ruckus, shouting variations of “Free Palestine.” The cops didn’t do anything, and so for more than an hour, independent filmmakers tried to talk over the noise. It set everybody on edge. You’ve got to think that similar “protests” are probably planned for the Oscars. I won’t argue about the guy’s politics, but I will say that I find it interesting that none of these protestors are ever around or outside Trump’s Nazi rallies.

As for the Spirit Award winners, it was a mixed night, mostly because the Spirits are doing the “genderless” acting categories (so every gender is nominated in the same acting categories). Some big winners, on the film side, included: Past Lives (Best Feature & Director), Jeffrey Wright (lead actor), Anatomy of a Fall (International Film), Dominic Sessa (Breakthrough Performance), Da’Vine Joy Randolph (Supporting), American Fiction (Screenplay) and Showing Up (the Robert Altman Award). You can see the full list of winners here.

I’m including a mixed bag of some winners, presenters and nominees. Notable fashion: Anne Hathaway wore Valentino & bangs; Natalie Portman wore Balmain, Ali Wong wore Cong Tri, Michelle Williams’ ensemble is probably Chanel; Emma Corrin wore Miu Miu; Jessica Chastain wore Oscar de la Renta.

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