Mariah Carey's 'Precious' Leads 2010 Spirit Awards Nominations

Tue, 01 December 2009 23:36:22 ET

Collecting five nods at the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards, 'Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire' shares domination with Helen Mirren-starring 'The Last Station'.

"Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire" has come out as one of the nominations leaders at 2010 Independent Spirit Awards. The drama film, which sees Mariah Carey as a social worker, was on Tuesday, December 1 announced to be collecting five nods from the awards honoring independent filmmakers, and thus shared similar number with another drama "The Last Station".

The movie about an abused teen mother nabbed nominations for Best Feature, Best Director, Best Female Lead, Best First Screenplay and Best Supporting Female. It will battle against "Last Station" in the first three categories. For the Best Feature title, it is also up against "500 Days of Summer" "Amreeka" and "Sin Nombre".

"Precious" fails to bring recognition to Carey, but it does land two of its other major cast Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique. Sidibe is listed against Maria Bello, Nisreen Faour, Gwyneth Paltrow and Helen Mirren for Best Female Lead, while Mo'Nique is among the Best Supporting Female nominees that include Samantha Morton and Mia Wasikowska.

The announcement of nominees for next year's Spirit Awards was made by Matt Dillon and Taraji P. Henson at the Sofitel Hotel. The ceremony of the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards itself, which traditionally takes place on Saturday afternoon, will be held instead on Friday night, March 5, 2010. The location is also moved from the beach in Santa Monica to L.A. Live downtown. U.S. cable TV channel IFC will air the awards live.

Complete list of nominees for the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards:

Best Feature:
"500 Days of Summer"
"Amreeka"
"Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire"
"Sin Nombre"
"The Last Station"

Best Director:
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, "A Serious Man"
Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire"
Cary Joji Fukunaga, "Sin Nombre"
James Gray, "Two Lovers"
Michael Hoffman, "The Last Station"

Best Screenplay:
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, "The Messenger"
Michael Hoffman, "The Last Station"
Lee Toland Krieger, "The Vicious Kind"
Greg Mottola, "Adventureland"
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, "500 Days of Summer"

Best First Feature:
"A Single Man"
"Crazy Heart"
"Easier With Practice"
"Paranormal Activity"
"The Messenger"

Best First Screenplay:
Sophie Barthes, "Cold Souls"
Scott Cooper, "Crazy Heart"
Cherien Dabis, "Amreeka"
Geoffrey Fletcher, "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire"
Tom Ford and David Scearce, "A Single Man"

John Cassavetes Award:
"Big Fan"
"Humpday"
"The New Year Parade"
"Treeless Mountain"
"Zero Bridge"

Best Female Lead:
Maria Bello, "Downloading Nancy"
Nisreen Faour, "Amreeka"
Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"
Gwyneth Paltrow, "Two Lovers"
Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire"

Best Male Lead:
Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"
Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, "500 Days of Summer"
Souleymane Sy Savane, "Goodbye Solo"
Adam Scott, "The Vicious Kind"

Best Supporting Female:
Dina Korzun, "Cold Souls"
Mo'Nique, "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire"
Samantha Morton, "The Messenger"
Natalie Press, "Fifty Dead Men Walking"
Mia Wasikowska, "That Evening Sun"

Best Supporting Male:
Jemaine Clement, "Gentlemen Broncos"
Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
Christian McKay, "Me and Orson Welles"
Raymond McKinnon, "That Evening Sun"
Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"

Best Cinematography:
Roger Deakins, "A Serious Man"
Adriano Goldman, "Sin Nombre"
Anne Misawa, "Treeless Mountain"
Andrij Parekh, "Cold Souls"
Peter Zeitlinger, "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans"

Best Documentary:
"Anvil! The Story of Anvil"
"Food, Inc."
"More Than a Game"
"October Country"
"Which Way Home"

Best Foreign Film:
"A Prophet"
"An Education"
"Everlasting Moments"
"Mother"
"The Maid"

Acura Someone to Watch Award:
Kyle Patrick Alvarez, "Easier With Practice"
Asiel Norton, "Redland"
Tariq Tapa, "Zero Bridge"

Truer Than Fiction Award:
Natalia Almada, "El General"
Jessica Oreck, "Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo"
Bill Ross and Turner Ross, "45365"

Piaget Producers Award:
Karin Chien, ("The Exploding Girl", "Santa Mesa")
Larry Fessenden, ("I Sell the Dead", "The House of the Devil")
Dia Sokol, ("Beeswax", "Nights & Weekends")

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