Aubrey Plaza hosted this year’s Independent Spirit Awards and had the Academy Awards in the crosshairs during her monologue.
Aubrey Plaza referenced the fact that this year’s Independent Spirit Awards nominations for Best Director contains 60% women, which is higher than normal.
Aubrey Plaza has been receiving praise for her Independent Spirit Award hosting job and many are probably hoping that she’ll end up as the secret host of the Academy Awards tonight, but that seems pretty doubtful.
Whatever the case may be, Plaza brought a great energy to the Independent Spirit Awards, which for the first time in over a decade that there was no overlap in the eight movies nominated for the Best Picture at the Academy Awards and the five competing for Best Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards.