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LOS ANGELES — Mo’Nique won the supporting-actress honor Friday at the Spirit Awards for independent film for the Harlem drama “Precious,” while Woody Harrelson earned the supporting-actor trophy for the war-on-terror story “The Messenger.”
Both are up for the same honors at Sunday’s Academy Awards, where Mo’Nique is the front-runner for her searing performance as the loathsome mother of an abused teenage girl, played by Gabourey Sidibe in her screen debut. Sidibe was nominated for best actress at the Spirit Awards and the Oscars.
“Precious” also won for best screenplay by a first-time writer for Geoffrey Fletcher. The Associated Press
