Cate Blanchett’s “Carol” leads Film Independent Spirit Awards noms November 25, 2015 - 10:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Nominations for the 31st Independent Spirit Awards were announced on Tuesday, November 24. Todd Haynes' "Carol" leads the pack with six nominations including Best Feature and Best Female Lead for stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, AceShowbiz reports. In the Best Feature category, "Carol" fights against other spectacular movies such as "Anomalisa", "Beasts of No Nation", "Spotlight" and "Tangerine". Also dominating the nominations are Cary Fukunaga's "Beasts of No Nation" and Tom McCarthy's "Spotlight", nabbing a total of five nominations each. Meanwhile, lead actor nominees go to Christopher Abbott ("James White"), Abraham Attah ("Beasts of No Nation"), Ben Mendelsohn ("Mississippi Grind"), Jason Segel ("The End of the Tour") and Koudous Seihon ("Mediterranea"). In supporting categories, Robin Bartlett ("H.") and Marin Ireland ("Glass Chin") join Jennifer Jason Leigh, Cynthia Nixon and Mya Taylor, who are nominated for "Anomalisa", "James White" and "Tangerine" respectively. The 2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards will be held on February 27, 2016, the day before the Academy Awards ceremony, and will be broadcast exclusively on IFC.  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 |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
