“Forrest Gump” voted best Oscar pic from past 64 yearsFebruary 28, 2014 - 16:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - ABC News Digital announced “Forrest Gump” as the winner of its interactive bracket challenge that it dubbed “The Best Oscar Movie from the Past 64 Years,” Variety said. As part of ABC’s company-wide effort to promote the March 2 Oscarcast, ABC News invited users to select their favorite Oscar-winning films by voting via Facebook or Twitter. Nearly 529,000 votes were cast over the six rounds. It came down to Forrest Gump and Don Corleone in the last round, where “Gump” garnered 54.8 percent of the vote against “The Godfather.” The 1994 Tom Hanks pic also beat out contenders “Ben-Hur” and “The Lord of the Rings” during the final four, as well as “The Sound of Music” and “Rain Man.” Related links: 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 | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |