{"id":293174,"date":"2026-02-15T22:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/293174\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T22:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:31:09","slug":"how-to-watch-the-2026-spirit-awards-livestream-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/293174\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch the 2026 Spirit Awards Livestream Online"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards<\/a> is set to take place on Sunday, Feb. 15, from the Hollywood Palladium, and fans can catch all of the action streaming live on YouTube.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe ceremony<\/a> recognizing the best in independent film and TV, hosted by Ego Nwodim<\/a>, will stream live on Film Independent<\/a> and IMDb<\/a>\u2018s YouTube channels starting at 2 p.m. PT\/5 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

\n\tNominations for the Independent Spirit Awards<\/a> were announced in December, topped by Peter Hujar\u2019s Day with five nods. A number of films each scored four nominations: Blue Sun Palace; Lurker; One of Them Days; Sorry, Baby; and Train Dreams. Lucky Lu, The Plague and Twinless each received three nods.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the TV categories, Adolescence, Forever and Mr Loverman lead with four nominations apiece.<\/p>\n

\n\tPeter Hujar\u2019s Day; The Plague; Sorry, Baby; Train Dreams; and Twinless are all nominated for the top prize of best feature. Francis Lawrence\u2019s The Long Walk, meanwhile, will receive the Robert Altman Award, given to a film\u2019s director, casting director and ensemble cast.<\/p>\n

\n\tAdolescence, Forever and Mr Loverman are all nominated for best new scripted series, alongside Common Side Effects and North of North.<\/p>\n

\n\tNwodim\u2019s hosting gig comes after her surprise departure from Saturday Night Live<\/a> this past fall after seven seasons on the NBC late night sketch comedy show.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe joins a long list of SNL stars to host the Spirit Awards<\/a>, picking up the torch from fellow SNL alum Aidy Bryant, who hosted in 2024 and 2025. Other SNL stars-turned-Spirit Awards<\/a> hosts include Melissa Villase\u00f1or, Kate McKinnon, Fred Armisen and Andy Samberg.<\/p>\n

\n\tThough she didn\u2019t consult Bryant for hosting tips, Nwodim is excited about her emcee gig.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI love the unpredictability of any kind of gig. Within reason,\u201d Nwodim recently told The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019ve moved to the Hollywood Palladium this year, for the first time since 1994, so it\u2019s giving brand new.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tJoining Nwodim onstage are a number of star presenters including Francois Arnaud, Rose Byrne, Kaia Gerber, Judy Greer, Rebecca Hall, Robby Hoffman, Kate Hudson, Regina King, Jane Levy, Delroy Lindo, Amy Madigan, John Magaro, Lamorne Morris, Wunmi Mosaku, Wagner Moura, Kumail Nanjiani, Tig Notaro, Dylan O\u2019Brien, Keke Palmer, Issa Rae, Natasha Rothwell, Jenny Slate, Tessa Thompson and filmmaker Lulu Wang, who is set to serve as honorary chair of this year\u2019s ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards is set to take place on Sunday, Feb. 15, from the Hollywood…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1096,148903,146,99202,85,99203,46,99204,148904],"class_list":["post-293174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-awards","tag-ego-nwodim","tag-entertainment","tag-film-independent-spirit-awards","tag-il","tag-independent-spirit-awards","tag-israel","tag-spirit-awards","tag-spirit-awards-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}