Red Carpet Action LIVE! NOW! From the Independent Spirit Awards!!
Watch the red carpet live on IFC.com and on the WE channel.
The red carpet itself is just getting started...I'm perched in Glick's lofty dining room above his living room space, where he'll be receiving celebrity guests for his infamously emphatic interviews. For now, Glick (AKA Martin Short) has been talking to shows like Entertainment Tonight and even CNN. So far he's mounted two lady hosts and has just wobbled out to a throng of beachside onlookers for a hello to the fans.
I'm sitting at the bloggers' table, where we've got an audio/visual feed into Jiminy's interviews and a bird's eye view of the red carpet. Waiting for the "big" indie celebs to roll in.
**OMG Jiminy Glick has joined us in the dining room! Look for Patrick from Cinematical and me on one of Netflix's Indie Spirit Award videos. Patrick does look a bit like a guy from a Preston Sturges movie. And I think I may have just been hit on by Jiminy Glick.
Jason Reitman stops by to chat up Juno, the Oscar favorite that is also up for Best Feature at the Spirit Awards. "Don't you want to talk to my father?" he asks Jiminy. In comes Ivan Reitman, who'd been patiently watching from the wings.
John Waters comes in. The topic of conversation, naturally, turns to Divine's poop-eating scene in Pink Flamingos.
Goodness, these Spirit Awards are a breezy affair. Jiminy Glick's been given license to fly fast and loose with Hollywood's finest -- talking poop with Waters (who, I'm paraphrasing, notes that everyone in Hollywood does so sometime...), humping Maria Bello (who gives a rather racy insight into her own sex life). Allison Janney, Matt Dillon, and Spirit Awards host Rainn Wilson have also come through -- the latter getting into an impromptu pillow fight with Glick. (The big guy won.)
Meanwhile, let's talk awards. Jason Reitman, up for Best Director for Juno (also up for Best Feature, Actress, and Screenplay), tells us he thinks the directing award will go to Julian Schnabel. Does he mean tonight, at the Indie Spirit Awards, or tomorrow night?
Glick to Aaron Eckhart: "Don't you wish you were in Juno?"
Speaking of Juno (Is there any other movie in the running these days?? Geez!) Ellen Page has arrived. The tiny, 20-year-old Best Actress nominee is appropriately/predictably hipster cute in a menswear suit, looking like a deer in headlights under Glick's gaze. Thankfully he doesn't ask any explicit questions. Even Glick must know that would be gross.
One tasty tidbit that comes of Ellen Page's visit is her mention of her Juno follow-up, Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell. "I get my ass kicked by a crazy demon," she explains of the plot, where she plays a girl suffering a supernatural curse. "Do you think it will get released?" Glick asks. "I think because it's Sam Raimi, it might get released," she quips.
Page also says, modestly, that she hasn't prepared her Oscar speech...yet. But she has practiced what she calls her "loser face."
Interestingly enough, the crowd of fans over by the beach have yelled the loudest for Matt Dillon and Keri Russell. Am I the only one that finds this strange?
All of the celebs here try to keep up with Glick, but Ileana Douglas drops this gem: "My grandfather is Melvin Douglas, and he said if you want to get anywhere in this town, you've got to blow Lou Wasserman. And I did!"
Ed Begley Jr., obviously old pals with Glick/Martin Short, comes by. Somewhere in conversation, Glick chokes on a glazed donut and Begley Jr. administers CPR. Glick is saved. Photo is priceless. Later, off camera, Short and Begley gab about the inspired moment: "There's nothing funnier than mouth to mouth!"
It's starting to rain, and Jiminy Glick has returned. With him is a camera crew from Good Morning America, back to make sense of us bloggers. "These people are talking to other people sitting in basements, typing," he explains. He leaves in a flurry, popcorn strewn all over the ground.
The red carpet is wrapping up; the Netflix people have graciously slipped me one of the gratis champagnes floating around for the talent. This glass of bubbly, incidentally, is breakfast.
Here's a shot of our bloggers' dining room, from earlier this morning. The telecast is about to begin -- 2pm PST on IFC, watch it! -- so I'm signing off. More photos, and winner interviews, later. I'll close with the remark Jiminy Glick made to me the first time he came around: "If I had a pair of shears, I'd snip here [gesturing to my dress] and release the hostages!" Stay classy, Jiminy.
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This Saturday, Film Independent will be hosting their annual Independent Spirit Awards -- and we'll be live-blogging the affair, right from Jiminy Glick's red carpet living room!
Technically, yours truly will be one of a handful of elite guests reporting live from the red carpet "dining room" in the house of the lovably ignorant celebrity interviewer, Jiminy Glick (Martin Short). As celebrities stop by to chat with Jiminy, Rotten Tomatoes will be blogging the action leading up to the 23rd annual Spirit Awards, held as always in a cozy beachside tent in Santa Monica, California and broadcast live at 5pm EST on IFC.
The Spirit Awards, unlike their Oscar brethren, celebrate the best of the year's independent films and filmmakers -- taking into consideration both "economy of means" (read: films with a budget up to $20 million) as well as "original and provocative" subject matter in their declaration of the year's best.
Competing for honors this year are Oscar nominees Juno and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (both for Best Feature) as well as more indie-minded fare like Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park (Best Feature), Michael Winterbottom's A Mighty Heart (Best Feature), Julie Delpy's 2 Days in Paris (Best First Feature), and Jeffrey Blitz's Rocket Science (Best First Feature). Films nominated for the screenwriting award include Tamara Jenkins' The Savages and also Waitress, by the late Adrienne Shelley.
Other notable and critically acclaimed films nominated for multiple awards are Sidney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Marisa Tomei - Best Supporting Female, Kelly Masterson - Best Screenplay), Zoe Cassavetes' Broken English (Parker Posey - Best Lead Female, Zoe Cassavetes - Best First Screenplay), and Todd Haynes' I'm Not There (Best Feature, Best Director, Cate Blanchett - Best Supporting Female) and more. Click here for the full list of nominees.
After the show we'll also be interviewing winners backstage, so here's your opportunity to pick the brains of the best independent and indie-spirited filmmakers of the year! Got a question for Spirit Awards M.C. Rainn Wilson, Honorary Chair Javier Bardem, or Robert Altman Award winner Todd Haynes? Submit your questions below and we'll lobby them on the red carpet, and remember to check in with me on RT this Saturday afternoon starting at 11:30am PST/2:30 pm EST for all the Spirit Awards action!
Below is a list of presenters and nominees expected to attend. Send in those questions!
Jason Bateman, Kate Beckinsale, Maria Bello, Cate Blanchett, Zach Braff, Josh Hartnett, Felicity Huffman, Allison Janney, Lisa Kudrow, Eva Mendes, Ellen Page, Dennis Quaid, Ryan Reynolds, Keri Russell, Meg Ryan, Julian Schnabel, Kerry Washington, John Waters, Forest Whitaker, Tom Wilkinson, Steve Zahn, Christian Bale, Roger Birnbaum, John Carney, Diablo Cody, David Cress, Julie Delpy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Richard Gere, Todd Haynes, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tamara Jenkins, Angelina Jolie, Janusz Kaminski, Tony Kaye, Frank Langella, Ang Lee, John Malkovich, Sienna Miller, Ellen Page, Parker Posey, Jason Reitman, Marjane Satrapi, Julian Schnabel, Marisa Tomei, and more.
**The show airs live beginning at 5:00pm EST/2:00 pm PST on IFC (Independent Film Channel). Live red carpet footage will precede the show starting at 1:30 pm PST on WE, with an edited re-broadcast of the ceremony airing later that evening on AMC at 10:00 pm EST/PST.
I'm sitting at the bloggers' table, where we've got an audio/visual feed into Jiminy's interviews and a bird's eye view of the red carpet. Waiting for the "big" indie celebs to roll in.
**OMG Jiminy Glick has joined us in the dining room! Look for Patrick from Cinematical and me on one of Netflix's Indie Spirit Award videos. Patrick does look a bit like a guy from a Preston Sturges movie. And I think I may have just been hit on by Jiminy Glick.
Jason Reitman stops by to chat up Juno, the Oscar favorite that is also up for Best Feature at the Spirit Awards. "Don't you want to talk to my father?" he asks Jiminy. In comes Ivan Reitman, who'd been patiently watching from the wings.
John Waters comes in. The topic of conversation, naturally, turns to Divine's poop-eating scene in Pink Flamingos.
Goodness, these Spirit Awards are a breezy affair. Jiminy Glick's been given license to fly fast and loose with Hollywood's finest -- talking poop with Waters (who, I'm paraphrasing, notes that everyone in Hollywood does so sometime...), humping Maria Bello (who gives a rather racy insight into her own sex life). Allison Janney, Matt Dillon, and Spirit Awards host Rainn Wilson have also come through -- the latter getting into an impromptu pillow fight with Glick. (The big guy won.)
Meanwhile, let's talk awards. Jason Reitman, up for Best Director for Juno (also up for Best Feature, Actress, and Screenplay), tells us he thinks the directing award will go to Julian Schnabel. Does he mean tonight, at the Indie Spirit Awards, or tomorrow night?
Glick to Aaron Eckhart: "Don't you wish you were in Juno?"
Speaking of Juno (Is there any other movie in the running these days?? Geez!) Ellen Page has arrived. The tiny, 20-year-old Best Actress nominee is appropriately/predictably hipster cute in a menswear suit, looking like a deer in headlights under Glick's gaze. Thankfully he doesn't ask any explicit questions. Even Glick must know that would be gross.
One tasty tidbit that comes of Ellen Page's visit is her mention of her Juno follow-up, Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell. "I get my ass kicked by a crazy demon," she explains of the plot, where she plays a girl suffering a supernatural curse. "Do you think it will get released?" Glick asks. "I think because it's Sam Raimi, it might get released," she quips.
Page also says, modestly, that she hasn't prepared her Oscar speech...yet. But she has practiced what she calls her "loser face."
Interestingly enough, the crowd of fans over by the beach have yelled the loudest for Matt Dillon and Keri Russell. Am I the only one that finds this strange?
All of the celebs here try to keep up with Glick, but Ileana Douglas drops this gem: "My grandfather is Melvin Douglas, and he said if you want to get anywhere in this town, you've got to blow Lou Wasserman. And I did!"
Ed Begley Jr., obviously old pals with Glick/Martin Short, comes by. Somewhere in conversation, Glick chokes on a glazed donut and Begley Jr. administers CPR. Glick is saved. Photo is priceless. Later, off camera, Short and Begley gab about the inspired moment: "There's nothing funnier than mouth to mouth!"
It's starting to rain, and Jiminy Glick has returned. With him is a camera crew from Good Morning America, back to make sense of us bloggers. "These people are talking to other people sitting in basements, typing," he explains. He leaves in a flurry, popcorn strewn all over the ground.
The red carpet is wrapping up; the Netflix people have graciously slipped me one of the gratis champagnes floating around for the talent. This glass of bubbly, incidentally, is breakfast.
Here's a shot of our bloggers' dining room, from earlier this morning. The telecast is about to begin -- 2pm PST on IFC, watch it! -- so I'm signing off. More photos, and winner interviews, later. I'll close with the remark Jiminy Glick made to me the first time he came around: "If I had a pair of shears, I'd snip here [gesturing to my dress] and release the hostages!" Stay classy, Jiminy.
-----------------------------------------------
This Saturday, Film Independent will be hosting their annual Independent Spirit Awards -- and we'll be live-blogging the affair, right from Jiminy Glick's red carpet living room!
Technically, yours truly will be one of a handful of elite guests reporting live from the red carpet "dining room" in the house of the lovably ignorant celebrity interviewer, Jiminy Glick (Martin Short). As celebrities stop by to chat with Jiminy, Rotten Tomatoes will be blogging the action leading up to the 23rd annual Spirit Awards, held as always in a cozy beachside tent in Santa Monica, California and broadcast live at 5pm EST on IFC.
The Spirit Awards, unlike their Oscar brethren, celebrate the best of the year's independent films and filmmakers -- taking into consideration both "economy of means" (read: films with a budget up to $20 million) as well as "original and provocative" subject matter in their declaration of the year's best.
Competing for honors this year are Oscar nominees Juno and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (both for Best Feature) as well as more indie-minded fare like Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park (Best Feature), Michael Winterbottom's A Mighty Heart (Best Feature), Julie Delpy's 2 Days in Paris (Best First Feature), and Jeffrey Blitz's Rocket Science (Best First Feature). Films nominated for the screenwriting award include Tamara Jenkins' The Savages and also Waitress, by the late Adrienne Shelley.
Other notable and critically acclaimed films nominated for multiple awards are Sidney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Marisa Tomei - Best Supporting Female, Kelly Masterson - Best Screenplay), Zoe Cassavetes' Broken English (Parker Posey - Best Lead Female, Zoe Cassavetes - Best First Screenplay), and Todd Haynes' I'm Not There (Best Feature, Best Director, Cate Blanchett - Best Supporting Female) and more. Click here for the full list of nominees.
After the show we'll also be interviewing winners backstage, so here's your opportunity to pick the brains of the best independent and indie-spirited filmmakers of the year! Got a question for Spirit Awards M.C. Rainn Wilson, Honorary Chair Javier Bardem, or Robert Altman Award winner Todd Haynes? Submit your questions below and we'll lobby them on the red carpet, and remember to check in with me on RT this Saturday afternoon starting at 11:30am PST/2:30 pm EST for all the Spirit Awards action!
Below is a list of presenters and nominees expected to attend. Send in those questions!
Jason Bateman, Kate Beckinsale, Maria Bello, Cate Blanchett, Zach Braff, Josh Hartnett, Felicity Huffman, Allison Janney, Lisa Kudrow, Eva Mendes, Ellen Page, Dennis Quaid, Ryan Reynolds, Keri Russell, Meg Ryan, Julian Schnabel, Kerry Washington, John Waters, Forest Whitaker, Tom Wilkinson, Steve Zahn, Christian Bale, Roger Birnbaum, John Carney, Diablo Cody, David Cress, Julie Delpy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Richard Gere, Todd Haynes, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tamara Jenkins, Angelina Jolie, Janusz Kaminski, Tony Kaye, Frank Langella, Ang Lee, John Malkovich, Sienna Miller, Ellen Page, Parker Posey, Jason Reitman, Marjane Satrapi, Julian Schnabel, Marisa Tomei, and more.
**The show airs live beginning at 5:00pm EST/2:00 pm PST on IFC (Independent Film Channel). Live red carpet footage will precede the show starting at 1:30 pm PST on WE, with an edited re-broadcast of the ceremony airing later that evening on AMC at 10:00 pm EST/PST.
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 on Feb 22 2008 07:08 AM Jason Bateman. I'm sure you never hear this question. Will there be an Arrested Development movie? (Reply to this) |
 on Feb 22 2008 10:52 AM Ellen Page: If you win tonight, what do you think your chances at the Oscars will be? (Reply to this) |
 on Feb 22 2008 11:57 AM I'm curious to know how the stars of Juno feel about the simultaneous surge in the Oscar race and the growing mass annoyance at Diablo Cody, the film's hipster jargon, etc... Anyone else? Come on, you guys MUST be more curious than this!! (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 22 2008 03:38 PM to ms.page: was it difficult adapting to the role of a hip, pregnant teen? were u provided with some form of training in order to better prepare for the role? (not that ur doing a kung-fu epic or anything) lol. (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 22 2008 04:17 PM Here's another question for you guys: What (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 22 2008 06:55 PM Diablo Cody: Do you know where I can score one of those hamburger phones and will you marry me? (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 22 2008 06:57 PM Zach Braff: Garden State was terrific! When will you make another movie and can I be in it? (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 22 2008 07:08 PM Cate Blanchett: I can't wait to see you in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull". What's it been like working with Steven Spielberg? (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 23 2008 07:47 AM In reply to this comment (#1594723) I don't know if I can ask that question. I cannot tell a lie :) (Garden State was overrrrrrated!) (Reply to this) |
 on Feb 23 2008 01:26 PM I am glued to my screen for this report. I'd love to see more photos of the abode. From what I can see, the decor looks very cool. If you speak to Philip Seymour Hoffman I would be really interested to his view on whether his character achieved any level of redemption in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (I have been worrying about it). And I would also LOVE to hear him and Marisa Tomei talk about what it was liking working with a legend like Sidney Lumet. (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 23 2008 01:44 PM The red carpet is wrapping up, so I'll be moving backstage...if PSH wins, I'll put the question to him, jo! (Reply to this) |
 on Feb 23 2008 03:31 PM Not sure if this is still valid, but I'll give it a shot! To Anyone: What is your favorite guilty pleasure film? Who do you think was previously robbed of an award for a great performance, film, screenplay, etc? .... To Jason Bateman: How did your lead role as Matthew Burton on It's Your Move help mold you into the snarky comedian you are now known and loved for today? Eva Mendes: You have a lot more talent and potential than you are often given credit for. Where do you see yourself as an actress in five years? Meg Ryan: You have a killer role as Mary Haines in the remake of The Women. How did you modernize the role and make it your own? John Waters: You are a mad genius. What is up next for you? Todd Haynes: Your film Karen Carpenter: Superstar is very interesting. Do you plan on going in a bizarre experimental direction with any of your future films? Sienna Miller: In the past two years you have proved that you are more than someone's stylish girlfriend. What is your dream role? Parker Posey: Are there any stories you'd like to tell in film? Do you ever see yourself screenwriting or directing? (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 23 2008 03:31 PM Not sure if this is still valid, but I'll give it a shot! To Anyone: What is your favorite guilty pleasure film? Who do you think was previously robbed of an award for a great performance, film, screenplay, etc? .... To Jason Bateman: How did your lead role as Matthew Burton on It's Your Move help mold you into the snarky comedian you are now known and loved for today? Eva Mendes: You have a lot more talent and potential than you are often given credit for. Where do you see yourself as an actress in five years? Meg Ryan: You have a killer role as Mary Haines in the remake of The Women. How did you modernize the role and make it your own? John Waters: You are a mad genius. What is up next for you? Todd Haynes: Your film Karen Carpenter: Superstar is very interesting. Do you plan on going in a bizarre experimental direction with any of your future films? Sienna Miller: In the past two years you have proved that you are more than someone's stylish girlfriend. What is your dream role? Parker Posey: Are there any stories you'd like to tell in film? Do you ever see yourself screenwriting or directing? (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 23 2008 04:21 PM Who won, Jen? (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 23 2008 05:16 PM In reply to this comment (#1597579) About to update with winners. The losers were all the suckers in the press room who lost internet connectivity halfway through the show. :) Just decided to make my way back the office instead and wrap up. Sorry we couldn't nab more people for questions! Hope the blog was entertaining. The show itself was pretty fun - Hollywood Gone Wild, f-bombs being dropped in thank you speeches, Rainn Wilson shirtless...catch it on IFC if you have a chance. (Reply to this) |
 on Feb 23 2008 06:10 PM Javier Bardem: How did you prepare for a role like the one you play in No Country for Old Men both mentally and physically? (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 23 2008 06:14 PM Christian Bale: Will you be back for more Batman sequels (if there are any), and what are your future projects besides Terminator 4? (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 23 2008 06:15 PM Dennis Quaid: Can you tell us anything about the upcoming GI Joe film, that we don't already know about? (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 23 2008 06:17 PM John Malkovich: What can you tell us about The Martian Chronicles, and other future projects? (Reply to this) |
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on Feb 23 2008 08:10 PM In reply to this comment (#1596683) did u ask ellen my question? (Reply to this) |
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