Elizabeth Banks walked the blue carpet in an eye-catching look on the Santa Monica Pier for the 2024 Independent Spirit Awards.
The Cocaine Bear director, 50, wore a short, red dress with an unusual cut and shoulder pads that gave her shoulders and torso a rounded appearance.
The garment ended above the actress’ mid-thigh and had a unique back featuring what appeared to be a scarf attached to the dress and dangling down the center of the back cutout.
The frock was rather shapeless in the back. The 40-Year-Old Virgin actress accessorized with red patent leather slingbacks, a red clutch handbag, gold hoop earrings and black sunglasses, which she cheekily donned for photographs.
The Hunger Games star wore her blonde hair in a bun with long, face-framing bangs that also fell across her forehead.
Elizabeth Banks walked the blue carpet on the Santa Monica Pier for Sunday’s Independent Spirit Awards
The Cocaine Bear director, 50, wore a short, red dress with an unusual cut and shoulder pads that gave her shoulders and torso a rounded appearance
The Film Independent Spirit Awards, Hollywood’s premiere event for the independent film and television community, is returning for its 39th annual celebration.
Saturday Night Live star Aidy Bryant will be hosting the soiree, set to take place in Santa Monica, California on February 25.
Viewers can now tune in via livestream on YouTube, as it will no longer be available on television.
Nominations were announced back in December, with American Fiction, May December, and Past Lives leading the pack with five nods each.
All of Us, American Fiction, May December, Passages, Past Lives, and We Grown Now will all be competing for Best Feature, one of the biggest categories of the evening.
A host of A-listers are up for nominations, including Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, and more.
Best Lead Performance nominations went to Jessica Chastain for Memory, Greta Lee for Past Lives, Trace Lysette for Monica, Natalie Portman for May December, Judy Reyes for Birth/Rebirth, Franz Rogowski for Passages, Andrew Scott for All of Us Strangers, Teyana Taylor for A Thousand and One, Jeffrey Wright for American Fiction and Teo Yoo for Past Lives.
Nominations for Best Supporting Performance were given to Erika Alexander for American Fiction, Sterling K. Brown got American Fiction, Noah Galvin for Theater Camp, Anne Hathaway for Eileen, Glenn Howerton for BlackBerry, Marin Ireland for Eileen, Charles Melton for May December, Da’Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers, Catalina Saavedra for Rotting in the Sun and Ben Whishaw for Passages.
This year sees the introduction of a new category: Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series for which the nominees went to: Clark Backo for The Changeling, Aria Mia Lorbert for All The Light We Cannot See, Adjani Salmon for Dreaming While Black, Kevionn Montreal Woodard for The Last of Us and Kara Young for I’m a Virgo.
The Hunger Games star wore her blonde hair in a bun with long, face-framing bangs that also fell across her forehead
Saturday Night Live star Aidy Bryant will be hosting the soiree, set to take place in Santa Monica, California on February 25
Viewers can now tune in via livestream on YouTube, as it will no longer be available on television
The dress ended above Elizabeth’s mid-thigh and had a unique back featuring what appeared to be a scarf attached to the dress and dangling down the center of the back cutout
The 40-Year-Old Virgin actress accessorized with red patent leather sling backs, a red clutch handbag, gold hoop earrings and black sunglasses, which she cheekily donned for photographs
Nominations were announced back in December, with American Fiction, May December, and Past Lives leading the pack with five nods each
Nominees come from over 27 different countries with budgets ranging from $10,000 to $28 million. Nominees were determined by the Spirit Awards Nominating Committees using the following guidelines: uniqueness of vision, original and provocative subject matter and economy of means.
‘Of all nominated writers, directors, producers and technical artists, 40% are women and 32% are BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color). Among the nominated performers, 49% are women and 40% are BIPOC. And of all 2024 nominees, 42% are women and 34% are BIPOC,’ a press release for the organization states.
The nominating committees for the show are made up of writers, directors, actors, cinematographers, editors, critics, film festival programmers, casting directors, and other working professionals in the film industry.
‘This year, the Spirit Awards nominating committees are 56% female, 3% Nonbinary, 3% Transgender, and 49% BIPOC; 29% identify as LGBTQ+ and 3% identify as people with disabilities (PWD),’ the release adds.
