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'Precious' Grabs Five Spirit Award Nominations

The Spirit Awards are almost always a precursor to Oscar nominations and if this year is any indication Precious will rack up this year. 

monique-preciousThe Spirit Awards are almost always a precursor to Oscar nominations and if this year is any indication Precious will rack up this year.  The Spirit Awards has honored outstanding independent films for over 25 years.  This year, Taraji P. Henson helped announce the nominations, which gave five to Precious and five to a film called The Last Station -- those two received the most nods.  As expected, Mo'Nique and Gabourey Sidibe received nods.\r
BEST FEATURE\r
(500) Days Of Summer" - Producers: Mason Novick, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Steven J. Wolfe\r
Amreeka" - Producers: Paul Barkin, Christina Piovesan\r
Precious" - Producers: Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness\r
Sin Nombre" - Producer: Amy Kaufman\r
The Last Station" - Producers: Bonnie Arnold, Chris Curling, Jens Meuer
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BEST DIRECTOR\r
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - "A Serious Man"\r
Lee Daniels - "Precious"\r
Cary Joji Fukunaga - "Sin Nombre"\r
James Gray - "Two Lovers"\r
Michael Hoffman - "The Last Station"
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BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY\r
Sophie Barthes - "Cold Souls"\r
Scott Cooper - "Crazy Heart"\r
Cherien Dabis - "Amreeka"\r
Geoffrey Fletcher - "Precious"\r
Tom Ford, David Scearce - "A Single Man"
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BEST FEMALE LEAD\r
Maria Bello - "Downloading Nancy"\r
Nisreen Faour - "Amreeka"\r
Helen Mirren - "The Last Station"\r
Gwyneth Paltrow - "Two Lovers"\r
Gabourey Sidibe - "Precious"
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BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE\r
Dina Korzun - "Cold Souls"\r
Mo'Nique - "Precious"\r
Samantha Morton - "The Messenger"\r
Natalie Press - "Fifty Dead Men Walking"\r
Mia Wasikowska - "That Evening Sun"
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There were very little African-American projects nominated at the Spirit Awards. In the best documentary category Lebron James' documentary More Than A Game received a nod.\r
The Spirit Awards will air March 5th, 2010.\r
Check out this article fromThe New York Times Success of ‘Precious’ Highlights an Absence.\r
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