Santa Monica, California hosted the Film Independent Spirit Awards 2013 on Saturday night (Feb 23rd) highlighting the best of the indie films for the year.

Silver Linings Playbook came out on top taking four wins, just one day ahead of the movie industry’s biggest night – the Academy Awards – giving the film more momentum.

The Indie Spirit Awards honored the David O. Russell flick about families struggling with bipolar disorder and awarded the movie Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Female Lead for Jennifer Lawrence.

Matthew McConaughey, who was nominated for Best Actor for his role in Killer Joe, ended up taking the win for Best Supporting Actor in Magic Mike. The Best Actor trophy went to John Hawkes for The Sessions. Hawkes costar, Helen Hunt grabbed the award for Best Supporting Actress.

Other winners included The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Beasts of the Southern Wild and Amour. See the fill winners list below.

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1st President of the United States, George Washington (1732 – 1799)
Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892 – 1950)
Illustrator and artist Edward Gorey (1925 – 2000)
Massachusetts Senator Edward “Ted“ Kennedy (1932 – 2009)
Basketball great Julius Erving, 63
Actress Ellen Greene, 62
Actor Kyle MacLachlan, 54
‘Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin (1962 – 2006)
Actress & comedianne Rachel Dratch, 47
Actress Jeri Ryan, 45
Actor Thomas Jane, 44
Television Talk Show Host Clinton Kelley, 44
Actress Lea Salonga, 42
Musician James Blunt, 39
Actress Drew Barrymore, 38

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Founding Father, politician, inventor Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790)
Gangster Al Capone (1899 – 1947)
Actress/comedianne Betty White, 91
Singer Eartha Kitt (1927 – 2008)
Hairstylist/entrepreneur Vidal Sassoon (1928 – 2012)
Actor James Earl Jones, 82
Talk Show host Maury Povich, 74
Boxer Muhammad Ali, 71
Comedian/actor Andy Kaufman (1949 – 1984)
Actor/talk show host Steve Harvey, 56
Bangles singer and musician Susannah Hoffs, 54
Actor Jim Carrey, 51
First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama, 49
Actor Joshua Malina, 47
Singer Shabba Ranks, 47
Actor Naveen Andrews, 44
Director/animator (Star Wars: Clone Wars, Samurai Jack, Dexter’s Lab) Genndy Tartakovsky, 43
Musician Kid Rock, 42
Actress Zooey Deschanel, 33
Singer Ray J, 32
Basketball player Dwayne Wade, 31
Glee actor Max Adler, 27

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“There are moments to indulge and enjoy, but I always know when it’s time to go home and wash my knickers.”

- Kate Winslet

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Actress Ethel Merman (1908 – 1984)
Director John Carpenter, 65
Dancer/choreographer/actress Debbie Allen, 63
Comedian Robert Schimmel (1950 – 2010)
Singer Sade, 54
Actor Denis O’Hare, 51
Singer Maxine Jones, 48
Singer Jill Sobule, 48
Actor David Chokachi, 45
Model Kate Moss, 39
Singer Aaliyah (1979 – 2001)
Baseball player Albert Pujols, 33

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“I’m starting to feel I have to cure my addiction to Hollywood money, because while it’s delightful, it’s also insidious.”

- Alec Baldwin

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Actor Lloyd Bridges (1913 – 1998)
Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 – 1968)
Actor Mario van Peebles, 56
Actor James Nesbitt, 48
Singer Lisa Lisa, 47
Actor Chad Lowe, 45
Actress Regina King, 42
TV Host Edith Bowman, 39
Quarterback Drew Brees, 34
Musician Howie Day, 32
Rapper Pitbull, 32
Actress Jessica Schram, 27

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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association celebrated the accomplishments of the television and movie industry last night with the 2013 Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

The 70th annual show was hosted by the undeniably funny and  charming duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Among those chosen as winners: Ben Affleck and Argo took Best Director and Best Drama for the film that captured the daring rescue of hostages in Iran during the 1970s. Affleck, who was left off the Academy Awards nominees list for Best Director, has now won two awards (the GG and the Critics’ Choice Award) for his film.

On the TV side, Showtime‘s Homeland dominated it’s categories with Best TV Show, Actress and Actor – Claire Danes and Damian Lewis earning the wins.

Other winners include Daniel Day-Lewis picked up the trophy for Best Actor in a Drama for his role in Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty’s Jessica Chastain took the top nod for Best Actress.

Christoph Waltz, Anne Hathaway, Quentin Tarantino, Don Cheadle and Lena Dunham also walked away with wins.

Jodie Foster was also honored for her work in the entertainment industry, presented to her by her good friend Robert Downey Jr. Foster made a passionate, sometimes rambling speech about carving out privacy for herself but also officially came out of the closet as a gay woman.

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Don’t treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used. And don’t try to give me that nerd argument that your heart is a ‘Batman’ with a limited-edition silver bat-erang and therefore if it stays in its original packing it increases in value.

- Amy Poehler

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Designer Nina Ricci (1883 – 1970)
Photographer Sir Cecil Beaton (1904 – 1980)
Commentator Andy Rooney (1919 – 2011)
Actress Faye Dunaway, 72
Musician/producer T-Bone Burnett, 65
Actor Carl Weathers, 65
Director Lawrence Kasdan, 64
Director Steven Soderbergh, 50
Actress Kerri Green, 46
Actress Emily Watson, 46
Rapper/actor LL Cool J, 45
Actor Jason Bateman, 44
Musician Dave Grohl, 44
Actor Kevin Durand, 39
Model/singer Karen Elson, 34
Model Angela Lindvall, 34
Kings of Leon singer Caleb Followill, 31
Glee actor Grant Gustin, 23

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