In the Spirit of Independence

Lisa Kudrow – Oh, Valerie Cherish, how I miss you! – and Zach Braff announced today the nominations for the 23rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, officially kicking off the 2007 movie awards season.

Among the nominees are:

• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, I’m Not There, Juno, A Mighty Heart, and Paranoid Park for Best Feature Film;


• Pedro Castanda (August Evening), Don Cheadle (Talk to Me), Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Savages), Frank Langella (Starting Out in the Evening), and Tony Leung (Lust, Caution) for Best Male Lead; and


• Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart), Sienna Miller (Interview), Ellen Page (Juno), Parker Posey (Broken English), and Tang Wei (Lust, Caution) for Best Female Lead.

What the frak? Where’s Waitress – out on DVD today, by the way – and its star, Keri Russell? (Alright, the film did receive a nomination for Best Screenplay – a posthumous nod to the late Adrienne Shelly.)

Oh, well. Hollywood Foreign Press, you had better not forget my dear Felicity.

The 2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards will be given out on Feb. 23, the day before the Academy Awards. For the complete list of nominees, click here.

Photo: Focus Features (Talk to Me).