That's my guy! Zoe Saldana flashes a big smile as boyfriend Bradley Cooper gets a nod at Spirit Awards nominations
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Zoe Saldana bought glamour and a big smile to the Spirit Awards nominations in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
And it's no surprise she was in such a great mood - she had the pleasure of announcing that her boyfriend Bradley Cooper was up for best lead actor.
His film Sliver Linings Playbook also jointly leads the way with the most nominations for the 2013 ceremony.
The quirky film is up for five gongs, including best picture, but does face some stiff competition from oddball romance Moonrise Kingdom, also with five nominations including best picture.
Leading ladies: Zoe Saldana and Anna Kendrick came together to announce the 2013 Spirit Award nominations at the W hotel in Hollywood on Tuesday
Silver Linings Playbook is a comic drama based on a man just released from a mental hospital and a troubled young widow while Moonrise Kingdom is a first-love story between a precocious boy and girl who run away together.
The Spirit Awards are said to be a good indicator of the Oscars and the nominations were announced on Tuesday at the W Hotel in Hollywood by Saldana, as well as actress Anna Kendrick.
Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence has been tipped for best female lead and is up against he likes of child star Quvenzhane Walls, who starred in Beasts of the Southern Wild.
The eight-year-old is also hotly tipped for an Academy Award and could make history by being the youngest ever actress to receive the prestigious award.
Shirley Temple was just five when she won an 'honorary' Oscar and the youngest person to date to win a standard one is Tatum O Neal, who was 10 when she won the best supporting actress gong in 1974 for Paper Moon.
So pretty: Saldana is dating Bradley Cooper whose film Silver Lining Playbook is up for five gongs
Stunning: The Pitch Perfect star wore a flirty nude coloured dress and skyscraper metallic heels
The best actor category for the Spirit Awards is made up of some of Hollywood's hottest talent.
Nominees include Bradley Cooper, Matthew McConaughey in Killer Joe and Jack Black in black comedy Bernie
Moonrise Kingdom also earned directing and screenplay nods for Wes Anderson, who co-wrote the script with Roman Coppola.
Silver Linings Playbook's David O. Russell is up for directing and screenplay awards also.
Matthew McConaughey actually received two nominations, best actor as well as best supporting actor in Magic Mike.
Previous Academy Award winner Helen Hunt has a supporting-actress nomination for The Sessions.
Among other acting nominees are John Hawkes for The Sessions, Rosemarie DeWitt for Your Sister's Sister, Michael Pena for End of Watch, Sam Rockwell for Seven Psychopaths and Mary Elizabeth Winstead for Smashed.
Nod to Oscars. Rapper Common also attended the nominations. The prestigious awards are said to be a tip off to the Academy Awards
Joining Anderson and Russell in the directing category are Julia Loktev for The Loneliest Planet, Ira Sachs for Keep the Lights On and Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild, which won the top prize at last January's Sundance Film Festival.
Though the Spirit Awards honour lower-budgeted film outside the Hollywood mainstream, the nominations, as previously mentioned, often overlap heavily with Oscar contenders.
Though the Spirit Awards honour lower-budgeted film outside the Hollywood mainstream, the nominations, as previously mentioned, often overlap heavily with Oscar contenders.
Last season's big Oscar winner The Artist also won the top prize at the Spirit Awards, while films such as The Descendants, Beginners and My Week with Marilyn had wins or nominations at both shows.
However there are several big-budget studio films such as Les Miserables, Lincoln and Argo this year and they are already shaping up as early favourites to dominate the Oscars.
However there are several big-budget studio films such as Les Miserables, Lincoln and Argo this year and they are already shaping up as early favourites to dominate the Oscars.
Leading the way: Sliver Lining's Playbook starring Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence are up for best picture. Pictured at a special screening in Los Angeles earlier in the month
Co-stars: Both Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper play quirky troubled characters in Silver Linings Playbook
The Spirit Awards will be handed out at an afternoon ceremony on the beach in Santa Monica, California on February 23, the day before the Oscars.
Nominees are chosen by panels of film professionals, who judge gauge contenders on criteria like uniqueness of vision, original, provocative subject matter, how economically they were produced and percentage of financing from independent, non-Hollywood sources.
Eligible films typically range from tiny-budgeted movies shot for $500,000 or less to productions that cost as much as $20 million.
Members of Film Independent, including filmmakers and movie fans, are eligible to vote on the winners.
Award winner: Bruce Willis is also up for best supporting actor for his role in Moonrise Kingdom. Pictured at Lay the Favorite premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Los Angeles
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