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Adam Sandler
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On the eve of the Academy Awards, stars gathered by the beach in Santa Monica, Calif., to hand out the annual Film Independent Spirit Awards — with accolades going to The Farewell, Booksmart, Adam Sandler, and more. Check out the full list of who went home with awards (which also included Willem Dafoe for supporting actor and Renée Zellweger for lead actress), and stay here to see the winners, nominees, and presenters who stopped through EW's portrait studio.
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Lulu Wang
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Elisabeth Moss
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Idina Menzel
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Renée Zellweger
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Octavia Spencer and Rachel Brosnahan
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Bong Joon Ho
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Robert De Niro
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Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie
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Daniele Tate Melia, Lulu Wang, Andrew Miano, Peter Saraf, and Anita Gou
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Alfre Woodard
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Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, and Scarlett Johansson
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Olivia Wilde
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Zazie Beetz
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Joey King
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Kaitlyn Dever
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Ray Liotta
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Beanie Feldstein
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Taylor Russell
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Noah Jupe
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Steven Bognar, Julie Parker Benello, Lindsay Utz, Julia Reichert, and Jeff Reichert of American Factory
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Stefan Bristol and Fredrica Bailey
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Noah Baumbach
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Nick Kroll
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Jarin Blaschke
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Val Abel, Sergei Stern, Kirill Mikhanovsky, Walter S. Hall, Chris Galust, Michael Manasseri, Alice Austen and Lauren "Lolo" Spencer of Give Me Liberty
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Jim Gaffigan
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Benny Safdie and Ronald Bronstein
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