“…During the proceedings, Kevin Smith recalled that he had a first date with his wife on the night he was a Spirit winner and that she responded enthusiastically in ways we won’t go into. He went on to suggest that the night’s winners might have the drawn the same response from her.

Standing outside after the show, Mr. Smith was asked whether this year’s Oscars seemed almost redundant, being centered on just the kind of small films that the Spirit awards are. (”Brokeback Mountain” won best picture and Ang Lee best director — Imagine that.)

“Do any awards show matter, really?” he said, not in a cranky way, but just asking the question. “I’m no expert, I guess. I am not the awards kind of director. I’m the director that you call when you want to give out awards to other directors.” Terrence Howard, who chose a crystal encrusted Bluetooth earpiece while selecting goodies, said there was no danger that he would join Three 6 Mafia in their performance of “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp.” “Nah, I think my rapping days are over,” he told the Bagger outside one of the press tents.”

“…Comedian/actress Sarah Silverman served as this year’s master of ceremonies, but her salty and sexual banter was easily upstaged by director Kevin Smith, who presented the best director honor with a wind-up laced with expletives — many involving his own wife — that drew groans and catcalls from the audience.”

“…While show producers might have feared that the notoriously potty-mouthed host may have kept the censors busy, the raunchiest moment of the night actually came from Best Director presenter Kevin Smith, who turned his remembrance of his first Spirit Awards experience into an over-sharing anecdote about him and his wife’s first lovemaking escapade.”