Directors Guild noms “Mad Men,” “GOT,” “The Knick” for TV awardsJanuary 14, 2016 - 15:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - After announcing the nominees for best film direction, the Directors Guild of America has now unveiled the nominations in TV field, AceShowbiz reports. In Dramatic Series category, "Game of Thrones" seeks to add a trophy for David Nutter after his Emmy win last September for his direction of the fifth season finale "Mother's Mercy". He is facing a stiff competition from Lesli Linka Glatter ("Homeland"), Matthew Weiner "Mad Men", Michael Engles ("Downton Abbey") and Steven Soderbergh ("The Knick"). In Comedy Series category, Louis C.K. ("Louie") is up against Chris Addison ("Veep"), Mike Judge ("Silicon Valley"), Gail Mancuso ("Modern Family") and Jill Soloway ("Transparent"). "Show Me a Hero" and "The Wiz Live!" appear in the list of nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Miniseries. "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon", "Saturday Night Live", "Inside Amy Schumer" and "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart", meanwhile, are nominated in Variety/Talk/News/Sports category. The winners will be announced at the 68th Annual DGA Awards on February 6 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. Jane Lynch will be hosting the event. 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 | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |