“Deadpool”, “La La Land”, “Moonlight" nommed for 2017 PGA Awards January 11, 2017 - 10:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - After its big victory at the 2017 Golden Globe Awards, "La La Land" scores a nomination at the upcoming Producers Guild of America Awards. The Damien Chazelle-directed musical is vying for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures alongside "Deadpool", "Moonlight", "Manchester by the Sea", "Hell or High Water", "Lion", "Hacksaw Ridge", "Hidden Figures", "Fences" and "Arrival". Meanwhile, "Silence", "Jackie", "Sully", "Loving", "Captain Fantastic", "Nocturnal Animals", "20th Century Women" and "Florence Foster Jenkins" are overlooked by PGA voters, despite they're being award contenders. "Deadpool", an anti-superhero movie adapted from comic book with the same name, comes as a big surprise among the nominees. Producer Simon Kinberg says, "We are beyond thrilled and humbled by this honor." He adds, "We really wanted to make something that broke all the rules, and somehow we didn't get punished for it." "Finding Dory", "Kubo and the Two Strings", "Moana", "The Secret Life of Pets" and "Zootopia" are nominated in Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures category. Previously, PGA announced nominees for feature length documentary, which include "Dancer", "The Eagle Huntress", "Life Animated", "O.J.: Made in America" and "Tower". PGA will also honor Tom Rothman with Milestone Award, James L. Brooks with Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television, Irwin Winkler with David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, "Loving" with Stanley Kramer Award and Megan Ellison with Visionary Award. The 2017 PGA Awards will be held on January 28 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.   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 U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west  Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for childrenMoscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said.Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |
