Michelle Williams & “The Artist” Steal The Night At The Film Independent Spirit Awards

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In case you didn’t know, there were not one — but two big award shows this weekend in La La Land!

On Saturday, the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards (considered by some to be a prelude to The Academy Awards) took place on the beach in Santa Monica. “The Artist” scooped Best Picture while Michelle Williams took home best actress for her role as Marilyn Monroe in “My Week With Marilyn.”

“I wore my own clothes back then, which were not very good, and I cut my own hair, which also was not very good,” Williams said in her best actress acceptance speech. “I still remember the feeling that in this room, unlike others, that that was OK. Possibly even preferred. And what I thought then and I still feel now is that it’s because this room was a room full of misfits, outcasts, loners, dreamers, mumblers, delinquents, dropouts. Just like me.”

Umm, how much do you love her?

There was plenty of positive energy in the air at Saturday’s Spirit Awards. In between awards, celebrities roamed around the tents, stopping by the Piaget and Jameson lounges to relax and unwind and then got gifted at the Official Presenter Gift Lounge.

Shailene Woodley (“The Descendents”), William H. Macy (“Shameless”), Anna Kendrick (“Up In The Air”), Anthony Mackie (“The Hurt Locker”) and the handsome Matt Bomer (USA Network’s “White Collar”) were just some of the stars who stopped by the gift lounge, taking home super sweet swag from Wella Professionals, Tree Hut, New Balance, Emergen-C, AMC Theatres, Cult of Individuality, The Ritz-Carlton New York, & Crunch Gym.

Photo Gallery of the red carpet and more… after the jump!