“Hooray, independents!” This final line of Melissa Leo’s Best
Actress acceptance speech summed up the overall feeling
inside the tent on Santa Monica Beach, where Saturday’s Independent Spirit Awards were held. “Long before Oscar came along and noticed me,
I was making movies in the independent community and [these] are my
people,” the Frozen River star told EW.com. “It’s so much fun to mingle with people who really love good
art.”
Fun was certainly the order of the day at the Spirits, which have a more freewheeling, flip-flops-and-jeans feeling than the Oscars. “When the first thing you’re offered on your way in is a Jameson on the rocks, you know you’re not in for a boring afternoon,” said Ben Kingsley. While F-bomb-laden acceptance speeches seemed to be practically encouraged, Best Actor
winner Mickey Rourke took his to a whole other level.
His profanity-laced thank-you spiel included botched studio head and
co-star names, references to past escapades with the Santa
Monica police department, and a reminder that not all women can climb a stripper pole equally well.
(“Melissa–er, Marisa [Tomei] had to do all this with a bare ass and she
brought it,” he said of his Oscar-nominated costar.) The room was rolling, including Philip Seymour
Hoffman, who presented the award to Rourke. “It’s been a while and Mickey had a lot
to say,” Hoffman told EW afterward. “And he covered it all.”
Rourke also noted while at the microphone that he was not a fan of
the ceremony’s trademark spoofs of the Best Feature songs, which this year were
performed by Christina Applegate, Teri Hatcher, Taraji P. Henson, Robyn
Hitchcock, and Rainn Wilson. He threatened to beat Wilson up for
singing The Wrestler’s number in a long blonde wig and neon
tights. “I was scared at first and was very glad that Mickey probably doesn’t watch The Office so he probably has no idea who I am,” Wilson told EW
on his way to the after-party. “But he pulled
me aside and said, ‘It’s okay.’ Thankfully, I am not really
on his list.” – Reported and written by Carrie Bell
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Why do they have do be so vile, they are after all getting an award. FOR ART as you say. just sad
Not impressed with profanity. I use it myself but usually not for accepting awards, or other good fortune. Tends to indicates a lack of… creativity.
Meh, it’s not vile, and if you think it shows a lack of creativity, you ain’t doing it right.
They’re just words like any other, it’s only when being overused, like a dumb teenager, that it’s at all “uncreative”. And that’s really no different than overusing “like”.
That’s funny, because I too immediately begin to launch f-bombs every time I accept an award. And let me tell you, I accept a lot.
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