“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” leads Saturn Awards nomsFebruary 25, 2016 - 12:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” leads this year’s pack of Saturn Awards nominees, with 15 nominations including Best Science Fiction Film and Best Director for J.J. Abrams, TheWrap reports. The blockbuster also received nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Music, as well as acting nods for Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Carrie Fisher and Lupita Nyong’o. Guillermo Del Toro‘s “Crimson Peak” and George Miller‘s “Mad Max: Fury Road” came in with nine nominations each, while “Jurassic World” received seven. On the television side, “The Walking Dead” leads with seven noms, while HBO’s “Game of Thrones” follows with five and “Daredevil,” “Hannibal,” “Supergirl” and “Wayward Pines” receiving four nominations each. The awards, presented by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, will be handed out in June. Top stories 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”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. |