First up is the Film Independent Spirit Awards, held annually on the beach in Santa Monica. The breezy affair celebrates the best of "indie" film -- I put that in quotes since the word takes multiple meanings these days, though technically Film Independent considers films made for $20 million and under to qualify -- and is hosted this year by Seth Rogen. A special credit this year goes to John Waters, who'll provide "The voice of God" for the proceedings. Follow Movieline on Twitter for live-tweets from backstage in the winners' room when the show begins Saturday at 1:30pm PT (the telecast will air on IFC that night at 10pm ET/PT) and check back here at Movieline.com for a wrap up of the night.
Sunday, of course, is the big dance; join S.T. VanAirsdale and Jen Yamato for an 84th Academy Awards live-tweetstravaganza here at Movieline starting at 7pm ET/4pm PT with the red carpet, where we'll watch as filmdom's finest dazzles on their way into Hollywood's glitziest shopping mall! Then let the bubbly-fueled snark rip at for the Oscars telecast Sunday at 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT, hosted by Billy Crystal. Make sure to leave your Oscar predictions in the comments section before the telecast on Oscar Sunday so we can assign bragging rights to a victor at the end of the night...
Catch up on Movieline's coverage of this year's Oscar race.
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