"Silver Linings Playbook" wins big at Satellite AwardsDecember 17, 2012 - 17:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Silver Linings Playbook" was the big winner at Sunday, December 16 night's Satellite Awards, a show produced by and voted on by the International Press Academy and held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Beverly Hills, TheWrap said. The David O. Russell comedy, which has been overshadowed in the awards picture by more recent films like "Les Miserables" and "Zero Dark Thirty," won five awards, including Best Motion Picture. Rusell won the award for directing, while stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence were named best actor and actress. The film also won for editing. Supporting actor and actress awards went to Anne Hathaway for "Les Miserables" and Javier Bardem for "Skyfall." Mark Boal won the original-screenplay award for "Zero Dark Thirty," while David Magee won the adapted-screenplay honor for "Life of Pi." Other winners: "Rise of the Guardians," best animated film; "Chasing Ice," best documentary; and a tie between "The Intouchables" and "Pieta" for best foreign film. Proving that the the IPA is a body of voters inclined toward sweeps, the television series "Homeland" and "The Big Bang Theory" each won three awards in the TV categories, picking up honors as best drama and comedy series, respectively, and also winning the actor and actress awards. 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 | Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. |