People's Choice Awards: "Captain America” leads movie nomsNovember 16, 2016 - 11:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The nominations for the 2017 People's Choice Awards were announced by Jordana Brewster, Jamie Chung and more at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills on November 15. In movie field, the likes of "Captain America: Civil War" and "Deadpool" lead the nominees, according to AceShowbiz. The two Marvel movies are nominated in both Favorite Movie and Favorite Action Movie categories. Another Marvel movie joining the competition is "X-Men: Apocalypse". Other blockbusters joining the race include "Finding Dory", "Zootopia" and DC's "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice" and "Suicide Squad". In actor/actress categories, "Deadpool" star Ryan Reynolds will compete against the likes of Kevin Hart, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Hanks and Will Smith in the Favorite Movie Actor category. The Merc with a Mouth depicter is also nominated for Favorite Action Movie Actor. Meanwhile, Scarlett Johansson is up for Favorite Movie Actress against the likes of Jennifer Lawrence and Margot Robbie. Fans can vote for their favorites on PeoplesChoice.com, Facebook and/or Facebook Messenger. Winners in all categories, including music, TV and others, will be announced during the ceremony airing on CBS from Los Angeles' Microsoft Theater on January 18, 2017. 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 | Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. EU still discussing funding Armenia through European Peace Facility Discussions continue in the EU on providing Armenia with funds from the European Peace Facility, Vassilis Maragos says. |