Independent Spirit Awards Blue Carpet 2024: Celebs Kick Back at the ‘Bisexual Oscars’

The Spirit Awards are the more fun, more laidback cousin of the Oscars. Or, as host Aidy Bryant called them in her opening monologue, the "bisexual Oscars."

By Lauren Tousignant | February 26, 2024 | 11:35am

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It was a trifecta of award shows this weekend with the SAG Awards, the Producer Guild Awards, and the Independent Spirit Awards, the latter being the more fun, more laidback cousin of the Oscars. Or, as host Aidy Bryant called them in her opening monologue, the “bisexual Oscars.” She also joked that, since it’s the 39th annual Indie Spirits, she hopes “you froze your eggs, Spirit Awards.” We love a good reproductive rights joke. The Spirit Awards celebrate independent films and filmmakers working with a shoestring budget. Bryant joked that the ceremony is “the only place in America where $29 million is like no money!” But since they’re not nearly as formal or as fancy as the Oscars (and everyone’s poor from using all their millions to make their films), the red carpet style tends to be a little funkier than other red carpets. Unless you’re Emma Roberts, who seemingly asked her stylist to get her the simplest, most basic dress in existence. But (almost) everyone else took some risks. Let’s take a look.

Natalie Portman

She looks like a Polly Pocket! Cute and unable to comfortably sit down.

Quinta Brunson

Stunning! This might be her best look of the season.

Jessica Chastain

Someone has their color analyst on call.

Greta Lee

This looks like the prettiest, most elegant piece of tissue.

Anne Hathaway

Love to see celebs advocating for Peace. Incredible. Bravo.

Jessica Williams

This kind of looks like it was made from the plastic-covered couch in Adult Chrissy’s house in Now and Then.

Emma Corrin

I’m a sucker for pops of neon green (even if my half-cankles would never let me pull off wearing neon bejeweled tights with a mid-calf dress and a slingback heel) so this is my favorite look of the night.

Charles Melton

I hope we see Charles Melton on red carpets for the rest of our lives.

Rachel Sennott

Catwoman, but you ordered it from Shein.

Emma Roberts

This is so simple that I almost have to wonder if she’s trying to make some kind of radical statement about dressing for the red carpet. (Probably not.)

Colman Domingo

There he is! Another perfect look for the history books.

Ali Wong

This is sparkly! But sparkly doesn’t always mean good.

Stephanie Hsu

I’m obsessed with this and it’s also making me realize how few menswear-inspired outfits we’ve seen on red carpets this season. Unfortunate.

Michelle Williams

Sorry but “What Are Those?!”

Anna Kendrick

Is this a fun and funky awards show or an Instagram bridal shower tea party?

Elizabeth Banks

This is the dress that Natalie Portman’s dress dreams of being when it grows up.

Billie Eilish

OK.

Will Ferrell

This definitely isn’t much but I do appreciate a sneaker with a suit.

Lily Gladstone

Thank you, Lily!

Bel Powley

Here is exactly the kind of quirky outfit the Indie Awards are known for. Funky patterns, big accessories, bold colors. Great job, Bel.

Aidy Bryant

I don’t know that this is what *I* would wear if I were hosting the Independent Spirit Awards. But I’ve never been asked so I’ll never know for sure.

Andrew Scott

He looks ready to debut the role of Laa-Laa in an off-Broadway production of “Teletubbies: All Growed Up.” (A production I would readily buy tickets for if Scott were in the cast.)