Writer’s Guild of America Awards due Feb 19February 17, 2012 - 15:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 64th Annual Writer’s Guild of America Awards will take place this weekend, simultaneously from the east and west coast, according to The Celebrity Café. On February 19, the glitz and glam of Hollywood and New York City will once again step out for the next big awards show before the Academy Awards. Nominees will be honored in five different categories including television and news, radio, screen, new media and video games, promotional writing, and graphic animation. The east coast celebration will be hosted by Rachel Dratch at B.B. King Blues Club. The Writer’s Guild of America East reports Jonathan Ames, Jon Benjamin, Jimmy Fallon, Geoffrey Fletcher, Seth Meyers, Kristen Wiig, Terence Winter, among others, as presenters with special honorees including Judd Apatow, Claire Labine and Susan Kim. The west coast extravaganza will be hosted by Zooey Deschanel and Joel McHale from the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, Calif. Presenters for the Writer’s Guild of America West, as stated on their website, include Amy Poehler, Michael Schur, Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan, Kat Dennings, Lisa Kudrow and Matthew Weiner, just to name a few. Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer have the honor of presenting the Paul Selvin Award to The Help’s screenwriter-director Tate Taylor. Related links: 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 | Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic. Pashinyan: Armenia’s desired goal is “on the horizon” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Armenia is moving forward “without interruption”. Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan. |