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Penelope Ann Miller, Michael Shannon and Zoe Saldana are the first confirmed presenters for this year's Film Independent Spirit Awards, Film Independent announced exclusively to TheWrap on Friday.
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In addition, comedian/actor/singer Kate Micucci will perform on the show, which will take place on February 25 on the beach in Santa Monica.
Miller and Shannon appear in the two films that led all Spirit Awards nominees with five nominations each. Miller plays the wife of silent film star George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) in "The Artist," while Shannon is nominated for Best Male Lead for his role as a father with disturbing, apocalyptic visions in "Take Shelter." (work)
Saldana's film include the non-indie "Avatar," and she most recently appeared in the action film "Colombiana."
Micucci has appeared on "Scrubs" and "Raising Hope," and is part of the musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates. She frequently performs music and comedy onstage in Los Angeles, including regular appearances with the Upright Citizens Brigade.
The Film Independent Spirit Awards will be hosted by Seth Rogen and broadcast on February 25 by IFC.
ONTD: please share your favorite independent movies from 2011, which was actually a that weren't Oscarbait! What independent/non-blockbuster films are you looking forward to in 2012, I already know you want to see The Dark Knight Rises / the Avengers?
Also it's a shame there weren't more Sundance posts going so here's a Sundance article starring Zoe and BCoop.
Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana came to the Sundance Film Festival to promote their closing-night film, "The Words."
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The two actors play a married couple in the movie, which follows an aspiring writer who gains fame when he finds an old manuscript and passes it off as his own.
The pair avoided any appearance of their reported off-screen romance by staying apart from one another while posing for photos and giving interviews to support the film. Saldana did affectionately touch Cooper as they passed in a hallway, though. tg for this incisive reporting!)
Both had been to Sundance before, where snow fell throughout the festival and the weather dipped into the teens. Still, Saldana maintained her fashionista edge.
"I did bring warm stuff but I also brought fashion-y stuff. Come on. You've got to pay the price, even if it's too cold," she said.
The 33-year-old actress wore green suede shoes with spiked stiletto heels despite the slushy conditions.
"They're kind of fabulous. They're also lethal. So I have to be really careful, and somebody has to be careful not to piss me off," she said with a smile. "Yeah right. I'm just trying not to fall. It's like `Please don't fall. Please don't fall,' if I'm walking."
Cooper's first time at the festival was 12 years earlier with the eventual cult comedy hit "Wet Hot American Summer."
"I wasn't even able to get into the screening," he recalled.
Saldana said playing Cooper's wife in "The Words" made her think about how she approaches relationships and the concept of unconditional love.
"Like how unconditional am I when I'm in love. Do you bypass certain things? Would I be able to be with a man — or with someone — that feels incomplete, doesn't matter what we do?" she said. "If we change this, if we get married, if we have a baby — just someone that feels incomplete. Would I be able to deal with that for so many years and accept them as who they are and go, `Come as you are. This is who I fell in love with and I don't want to change you?'
"I'm not like that, which is why I wanted to play her, because it was a challenge, you know. Look at me, I totally said I'm not unconditional at all. So awful."
Cooper's part as author-plagiarist Rory Jansen is his second writerly role after playing a novelist in last year's "Limitless." But that's just coincidence, he said. Despite having a degree in English, the 37-year-old actor says he typically only writes in his "girlnal."
"Journal, sorry," he said. "That's a `Wet Hot' reference. Paul Rudd says that."
Saldana, meanwhile, is in the midst of shooting the "Star Trek" sequel in Los Angeles with director J.J. Abrams and much of the original's cast.
"It's wonderful because I've been dying to work with the cast again, to work with JJ," she said. "I love him so much. He's such an amazing human being and such an amazing storyteller and a great director, so what more can I ask for? I start the year and I'm literally going back to a very familiar environment and being a part of a great story."
"The Words," which also stars Dennis Quaid, Jeremy Irons, Ben Barnes and Olivia Wilde, premiered Friday. It was acquired early in the festival by CBS Films, which plans to release it theatrically in the fall. Sundance continues through Sunday.
-Sandy Cohen
Sources: TheWrap
SFGate
Penelope Ann Miller, Michael Shannon and Zoe Saldana are the first confirmed presenters for this year's Film Independent Spirit Awards, Film Independent announced exclusively to TheWrap on Friday.
In addition, comedian/actor/singer Kate Micucci will perform on the show, which will take place on February 25 on the beach in Santa Monica.
Miller and Shannon appear in the two films that led all Spirit Awards nominees with five nominations each. Miller plays the wife of silent film star George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) in "The Artist," while Shannon is nominated for Best Male Lead for his role as a father with disturbing, apocalyptic visions in "Take Shelter." (work)
Saldana's film include the non-indie "Avatar," and she most recently appeared in the action film "Colombiana."
Micucci has appeared on "Scrubs" and "Raising Hope," and is part of the musical comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates. She frequently performs music and comedy onstage in Los Angeles, including regular appearances with the Upright Citizens Brigade.
The Film Independent Spirit Awards will be hosted by Seth Rogen and broadcast on February 25 by IFC.
ONTD: please share your favorite independent movies from 2011, which was actually a that weren't Oscarbait! What independent/non-blockbuster films are you looking forward to in 2012, I already know you want to see The Dark Knight Rises / the Avengers?
Also it's a shame there weren't more Sundance posts going so here's a Sundance article starring Zoe and BCoop.
Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana came to the Sundance Film Festival to promote their closing-night film, "The Words."
The two actors play a married couple in the movie, which follows an aspiring writer who gains fame when he finds an old manuscript and passes it off as his own.
The pair avoided any appearance of their reported off-screen romance by staying apart from one another while posing for photos and giving interviews to support the film. Saldana did affectionately touch Cooper as they passed in a hallway, though. tg for this incisive reporting!)
Both had been to Sundance before, where snow fell throughout the festival and the weather dipped into the teens. Still, Saldana maintained her fashionista edge.
"I did bring warm stuff but I also brought fashion-y stuff. Come on. You've got to pay the price, even if it's too cold," she said.
The 33-year-old actress wore green suede shoes with spiked stiletto heels despite the slushy conditions.
"They're kind of fabulous. They're also lethal. So I have to be really careful, and somebody has to be careful not to piss me off," she said with a smile. "Yeah right. I'm just trying not to fall. It's like `Please don't fall. Please don't fall,' if I'm walking."
Cooper's first time at the festival was 12 years earlier with the eventual cult comedy hit "Wet Hot American Summer."
"I wasn't even able to get into the screening," he recalled.
Saldana said playing Cooper's wife in "The Words" made her think about how she approaches relationships and the concept of unconditional love.
"Like how unconditional am I when I'm in love. Do you bypass certain things? Would I be able to be with a man — or with someone — that feels incomplete, doesn't matter what we do?" she said. "If we change this, if we get married, if we have a baby — just someone that feels incomplete. Would I be able to deal with that for so many years and accept them as who they are and go, `Come as you are. This is who I fell in love with and I don't want to change you?'
"I'm not like that, which is why I wanted to play her, because it was a challenge, you know. Look at me, I totally said I'm not unconditional at all. So awful."
Cooper's part as author-plagiarist Rory Jansen is his second writerly role after playing a novelist in last year's "Limitless." But that's just coincidence, he said. Despite having a degree in English, the 37-year-old actor says he typically only writes in his "girlnal."
"Journal, sorry," he said. "That's a `Wet Hot' reference. Paul Rudd says that."
Saldana, meanwhile, is in the midst of shooting the "Star Trek" sequel in Los Angeles with director J.J. Abrams and much of the original's cast.
"It's wonderful because I've been dying to work with the cast again, to work with JJ," she said. "I love him so much. He's such an amazing human being and such an amazing storyteller and a great director, so what more can I ask for? I start the year and I'm literally going back to a very familiar environment and being a part of a great story."
"The Words," which also stars Dennis Quaid, Jeremy Irons, Ben Barnes and Olivia Wilde, premiered Friday. It was acquired early in the festival by CBS Films, which plans to release it theatrically in the fall. Sundance continues through Sunday.
-Sandy Cohen
Sources: TheWrap
SFGate