“Fifty Shades of Grey” to receive int’l premiere at Berlin Film FestDecember 22, 2014 - 18:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Fifty Shades of Grey” will receive its international premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, Variety reports. The pic will play on Feb. 11 as a Berlinale Special Gala screening with director Sam Taylor-Johnson, author E.L. James, and actors Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in attendance. Universal and Focus release the pic in the U.S. on Feb. 13. Dornan (“Marie Antoinette”) plays Christian Grey in the film and Johnson (“The Social Network”) is Anastasia Steele. Kelly Marcel penned the screenplay, which was adapted from James’ best-selling book. Pic was produced by Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti, alongside James. Taylor-Johnson’s previous credits include “Nowhere Boy.” 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 | Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. For the first time, Armenia votes in favor of Georgia resolution in UN Armenia on Tuesday, June 4 voted for the first time in favor a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. |