VIDEO : Glenn Close, Joaquin Phoenix Contenders For Independent Spirit Awards

According to Reuters.com, "Coming-of-age movie ?Eighth Grade? and family drama ?If Beale Street Could Talk? scored best feature nominations on Friday for the Independent Spirit Awards, the annual honors given to Hollywood?s lower-budget movies." They also reported that the film 'We the Animals' got five nods and stars three biracial brothers. Glenn Close got a best female lead nomination for 'The Wife' and Joaquin Phoenix was nominated for best male lead for his performance in ?You Were Never Really Here."