Katherine Sarafian accepts Golden Globe for “Brave”January 14, 2013 - 14:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Executive Producer Katherine Sarafian and Director Mark Andrews accepted the award for Best Animated Feature Film for Brave at the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 13, 2013. The story of headstrong Highland princess Merida, which features the voices of Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane and Kelly Macdonald, beat off competition from Frankenweenie, Rise of the Guardians, Hotel Transylvania and Wreck-It Ralph to take the trophy at the star-studded ceremony in Los Angeles last night. It was the sixth win for Disney’s Pixar Animation unit in the seven years since the Globes added the category. The film, which had its European premier at last year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival, was nominated for an Oscar last week, foreign media reported. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |