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The winners of the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced on Thursday night (April 22) and you can check out the full list here!

The show was pre-taped and aired on IFC with a two-hour special hosted by SNL‘s Melissa Villasenor.

Nomadland was the big winner of the night, taking home four awards included Best Feature and two more wins for director Chloe Zhao.

There were some surprises in the acting categories and it shows how unpredictable some of the categories at the Oscars are.

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The 2021 Spirit Awards are happening tonight and SNL‘s Melissa Villasenor is hosting for the first time!

The 33-year-old actress and comedian is opening up about working on the show, which was pre-taped without an audience, and what she’ll be joking about at the event.

“I do love an audience. For me, that’s the ultimate. The best thing is feeling the crowd and having the same energy and laughing together. This is tough, but my goal is that I make the camerapeople laugh. Really, I have a podcast [Laughing With Myself] where I just talk to myself about things, so I feel very comfy laughing at my own jokes,” Melissa told THR.

Melissa says she will not be making fun of the nominees.

“Well, we’re not making fun of any of the movies because they’re all pretty heavy. I’m kind of the butt of the joke. I think, with the writers, that we have come up with some pretty fun stuff. Of course, they know my voice and style. I’m not a mean comic. It doesn’t work for me,” she said.

The show is airing on IFC at 10pm ET!

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The nominations for the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards are finally here.

Traditionally, the Film Independent Spirit Awards air the day before the Oscars. However, this year, there have been major shakeups to the awards season schedule. So, this year, the Film Independent Spirit will actually be held three days before the annual Oscars ceremony.

Tune in at 10 p.m. ET on April 22 on IFC.

Often, the Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations can dictate who might get some Oscar buzz. Famously, Adam Sandler won last year for Uncut Gems but was snubbed for an Oscar nomination.

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The 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards now has a date.

The ceremony, dedicated to independent filmmakers, will be taking place on April 24, 2021, organizers confirmed on Tuesday (June 16) amid the global health crisis.

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The news comes just after it was revealed that the 2021 Academy Awards ceremony, which was originally supposed to air on February 28, 2021, has been pushed to April 25, 2021.

The annual event always takes place one day before the Oscars on Saturday afternoon near the Santa Monica Pier.

“The Film Independent Spirit Awards will take place on Saturday, April 24, 2021. Additionally, we will recognize films that were released between January 1, 2020 and February 28, 2021 in acknowledgement of the unique challenges the world of cinema, and the world as a whole, is currently experiencing,” Josh Welsh, President of Film Independent, said in a statement, via Deadline.

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