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Saturday's alternative to the Oscars gets under way in blustery Santa Monica today. As usual, many of the low-budget Oscar contenders (under $20 million) will take home Indie Spirit awards. Expect "12 Years a Slave" to score Best feature, Director and supporting actress. Matthew McConaughey will duke it out with Chiwetel Ejiofor. First feature was won handily by "Fruitvale," while "Nebraska" tooke home a win for first screenplay. "Act of Killing" should win best doc. And "Blue is the Warmest Color" is likely to win best foreign. We "Inside Llewyn Davis" wins one for cinematography. The first ever editing award at the Indie Spirits was handed to "Short Term 12. We interviewed star/nominee Keith Stanfield on the red carpet. Watch that video after the jump. On the red carpet, publicists shuttled most of the A-list stars--Matthew McConaughey, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie among them--quickly past my post, but I was »
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