“Jessica Jones,” “The Martian” win top prizes at Hugo Awards August 22, 2016 - 14:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Netflix’s Marvel series “Jessica Jones” and Ridley Scott’s “The Martian” both took home top honors at this year’s Hugo Awards ceremony, which annually honors the best in science fiction, Entertainment Weekly reports. As announced on Saturday, August 20 night, “Jessica Jones” took home Best Dramatic Presentation in the Short Form category for its season finale, titled “AKA Smile.” Showrunner Melissa Rosenberg, Scott Reynolds, and Jamie King penned the episode, while Michael Rymer directed. The show’s official Twitter account celebrated the win, writing, “Cool. Won something at the #HugoAwards. Shots on Trish then?” “The Martian,” directed by Scott and based on a screenplay by Drew Goddard, won the same award for the Long Form category. James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy earned the honor last year. The full list of winners below. Best Novel: The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin Best Novella: Binti, Nnedi Okorafor Best Novelette: “Folding Neijing,” Hao Jingfang with translation by Ken Liu Best Short Story: “Cat Pictures Please,” Naomi Kritzer Best Related Work: No award Best Graphic Story: The Sandman: Overture, Neil Gaiman with art by J.H. Williams III Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: The Martian Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Jessica Jones, “AKA Smile” Best Editor, Short Form: Ellen Datlow Best Editor, Long Form: Sheila E. Gilbert Best Professional Artist: Abigail Larson Best Semiprozine: Uncanny Magazine Best Fanzine: File 770 Best Fancast: No award Best Fan Writer: Mike Glyer Best Fan Artist: Steve Stiles The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer: Andy Weir  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 |  Latest news Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan  A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia.U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel.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. |
