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Diary of a Crash: Indie Spirit, Lite Porn and Carson's Posse

Sun., Feb. 25, 2007 10:17 PM PST by Caroline Kepnes

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I only became Reel Girl what, like five minutes ago? So, it's okay that I didn't get invited to the Independent Spirit Awards after-party, the other huge star-packed deal this weekend. I'll get over it. Because, well, I snuck in.

I had to. I mean, I was so excited, I was having vivid flashbacks to last year's Spirit Awards, when the Wayans brothers told me their plans for a female version of Brokeback Mountain that they would call BrokeBUSH Mountain.

So, I started texting like mad and laying on the eyeliner. An hour later, my friend and I had pulled off the sneak and stood guzzling champagne at Shutters on the Beach in Santa Monica. Yes, yay.

I don't want to say how we did it. I had to be very quiet, which is very hard for me, and I succeeded.

During the awards, Sarah Silverman cracked jokes that don't get old and gave one hell of a monologue. Yay! Frances McDormand won for Friends with Money? Yay yay! Jason Reitman won Best Screenplay for Thank You for Smoking? Yay?

That's it. I. Am. Going. To. The. Party.

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So, now I share my thoughts on the hipster movie prom.

Indie Suddenly Equals Strobe Lights: Last year, the IFC threw a party that felt like a mellow house gathering. It was all very chill, as in hanging out on the deck smoking cigarettes with Josh Lucas and having an almost-private dance floor downstairs. This year, whoa. The main room was like a nightclub. The Spirit Awards are suddenly hot. Funny.
Cuba Gooding Jr. Knows Oxygen Lite Porn! Jerry Maguire has been on TV a lot lately, and I have never watched Boyz n the Hood without crying. This is why I had to go up to Cuba when I saw him standing with a dude. He was supernice off the bat and all excited when I told him about my new gig. And suddenly, we're having this conversation about Oxygen lite porn and why this party is better than any Oscar gathering.
Carson Daly Has the Coolest Posse—No, Really, He Does! Surrounding one teensy cocktail table for like 20 minutes were hostess Ms. Silverman, her man Jimmy Kimmel, funnyman Adam Carolla and…bright-eyed Carson Daly. No point to my sharing this sighting, it just made me very happy, you know? Good for Carson.