The Spirit Award nominees have been announced and they’re usually a pretty accurate indicator of who will be up for an Oscar!
And the nominees are:
Best Female Actress Nominees
Maria Bello – Downloading Nancy
Nisreen Faour – Amreeka
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Gwyneth Paltrow – Two Lovers
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
Best Male Actor Nominees
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – (500) Days of Summer
Souleymane Sy Savane – Goodbye Solo
Adam Scott – The Vicious Kind
Best Director Nominees
Ethan and Joel Coen – A Serious Man
Lee Daniels – Precious
Cary Joji Fukunaga – Sin Nombre
James Gray – Two Lovers
Michael Hoffman – The Last Station
Best Picture Nominees
The Last Station
Precious
Sin Nombre
(500) Days of Summer
Amreeka
Additionally, the cast and casting director of A Serious Man was awarded the Robert Altman Award.
Thoughts on the nominees?
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