BLACK SWAN was the big winner at last night's 26th Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica. The film won Best Feature, Best Director (Darren Aronofsky), Best Female Lead (Natalie Portman), and Best Cinematography.
James Franco won Best Male Lead for his role in 127 Hours. Best Supporting Female went to Dale Dickey from Winter's Bone, and Best Supporting Male went to John Hawkes for Winter's Bone.
Sandra Oh kicked off the red carpet with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and an announcement that the LG Cinema 3D HDTV, the next generation 3D TV, made a $125,000 contribution to Film Independent's signature diversity program Project:Involve, which nurtures the careers of talented writers, directors and producers from under-represented communities.
Backstage in the LG Cinema 3D HDTV gift lounge, stars like Trevor Donovan, Kate Walsh, Anne Heche and Zoe Saldana picked up fun gifts from New Balance, Pure Dark, Nautica, Altoids, AMC and Vera Bradley.
