Movie Awards Season: In and Out of Hollywood

The 83th Academy Awards will be broadcast on ABC on Sunday, February 27th, live coast to coast: 8 PM Eastern, 7 PM Central, 5 PM Pacific. The show's hosts are actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway.

Watch the nominees being announced and try your hand at selecting the winners at the official website for The Oscars.

It's always interesting to compare and contrast the movies selected to be honored for Film Independent's Spirit Awards. Hosted by Joel McHale, the Spirit Awards will be shown on IFC on Saturday, February 26, at 10 ET/PT.

There was a time when films like "The Kids Are All Right" and "Winter's Bone" would have been much more likely to receive critical acclaim and indie recognition than Oscar nominations, so there's been some merging of the two aesthetics over the years.

I'll be writing more about the nominated movies before the award ceremonies.

Check out both groups of nominees, and add a comment here.

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