Deathly Hallows Part 2 wins 2012 Empire Awards March 26, 2012 - 19:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The final instalment of the Harry Potter film franchise has won the top prize at Britain’s 2012 Empire Awards. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 scooped best film and best director for David Yates, with many of the film's cast attending the ceremony. Gary Oldman won best actor for his role in political thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Oldman won the best actor prize after losing out to France's Jean Dujardin, who starred in The Artist, at both the Oscars and the Baftas. Oldman's film went on to win best British film and best thriller. And The Inbetweeners Movie beat Bridesmaids to pick up best comedy. Blockbusters Thor and The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn also won. Olivia Colman got best actress for hard-hitting English drama Tyrannosaur. Director Tim Burton, whose films include Edward Scissorhands, Sweeney Todd and the 1989 version of Batman, picked up the Empire Legend award. Michael Fassbender, star of X-Men: First Class, was given the Empire Hero prize, BBC News reported. The Empire Awards are voted for entirely by the public.   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 Your home is in Armenia – Ameriabank offers mortgage loans for the Diaspora  To buy real estate, Diasporans can apply to Ameriabank online to buy, renovate or build a home anywhere in Armenia.Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar.Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province.Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. |
