Day: March 5, 2018

The difference between independent and mainstream can sometimes be easy to see, as this weekend proved once again, with Saturday afternoon’s Independent Spirit Awards on IFC followed by Sunday evening’s Academy Awards on ABC. At the indie awards, Nick Kroll and John Mulaney returned to host for a second consecutive year, and nailed their opening monologue. We learned that Lil Rel Howery and Kumail Nanjiani are flat-out funny when handling adversity on live TV. We also learned that Elizabeth Olsen may have no idea who Kristen Wiig is, which seems implausible, and yet. And Andy Samberg did the In...