  BAFTA 2020: Andy Serkis awarded for Outstanding Contribution to Cinema February 3, 2020 - 12:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Actor and filmmaker Andy Serkis has received a BAFTA award for Outstanding British contribution to Cinema for his pioneering performance motion-capture work. He created characters such as Gollum in "Lord of the Rings", Caesar in the "Planet of the Apes" reboots and the big gorilla in "King Kong". Legendary actor Ian McKellen, who starred alongside Serkis in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies, presented the award to the motion capture pioneer on Sunday, February 2. Born and raised in Ruislip, his mother was English and his father an Iraqi gynecologist of Armenian descent.   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 Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan  The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops.Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |
