Danielle Mone Truitt attends the 35th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on Saturday, February 8, 2020. UPI Photo Jim Ruymen/UPI Back to top

Jimmie Fails and Joe Talbot (R) attend the 35th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on Saturday, February 8, 2020. UPI Photo Jim Ruymen/UPI Back to top

(L-R) Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Noah Jupe, and Chriss Leggett attend the 35th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on Saturday, February 8, 2020. UPI Photo Jim Ruymen/UPI Back to top

(L-R) Julian Cautherley and Bronwyn Cornelius attend the 35th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on Saturday, February 8, 2020. UPI Photo Jim Ruymen/UPI Back to top

Marc Maron and Lynn Shelton attend the 35th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on Saturday, February 8, 2020. UPI Photo Jim Ruymen/UPI Back to top

Kimberly Steward attends the 35th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on Saturday, February 8, 2020. UPI Photo Jim Ruymen/UPI Back to top

To the display designer at Ah Men on Santa Monica Boulevard, it’s a window with a Raging Bull poster and a mannequin in red boxer shorts. To Swifty Lazar, it’s hosting yet another star-studded bash up­stairs at the Bistro. To William Morris super agent Joan Hyler, “Oscar night is not just another business evening, but a rit­ual.”

Actor Orson Bean is dead after a multi-vehicle accident in Los Angeles on Friday night. The 91-year-old "Being John Malkovich" actor was killed while crossing the street on Venice Boulevard in Los Angeles,

US actress/singer Jennifer Lopez arrives for the 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards at Barker Hangar Santa Monica airport on January 12, 2020 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jean-Baptiste LACROIX / AFP) (Photo by JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX/AFP via Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The 35th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards ...

The 35th annual Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent cinema, are currently underway in Santa Monica. Hosted by Aubrey Plaza, this year’s nominees include “The Lighthouse” and “Uncut Gems,” which scored five nods apiece, as well as “The Farewell,” “Honey Boy,” and “Marriage Story.” The Safdie brothers’ “Uncut ...