Writer’s Guild of America Awards due Feb 19 February 17, 2012 - 15:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 64th Annual Writer’s Guild of America Awards will take place this weekend, simultaneously from the east and west coast, according to The Celebrity Café. On February 19, the glitz and glam of Hollywood and New York City will once again step out for the next big awards show before the Academy Awards. Nominees will be honored in five different categories including television and news, radio, screen, new media and video games, promotional writing, and graphic animation. The east coast celebration will be hosted by Rachel Dratch at B.B. King Blues Club. The Writer’s Guild of America East reports Jonathan Ames, Jon Benjamin, Jimmy Fallon, Geoffrey Fletcher, Seth Meyers, Kristen Wiig, Terence Winter, among others, as presenters with special honorees including Judd Apatow, Claire Labine and Susan Kim. The west coast extravaganza will be hosted by Zooey Deschanel and Joel McHale from the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, Calif. Presenters for the Writer’s Guild of America West, as stated on their website, include Amy Poehler, Michael Schur, Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan, Kat Dennings, Lisa Kudrow and Matthew Weiner, just to name a few. Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer have the honor of presenting the Paul Selvin Award to The Help’s screenwriter-director Tate Taylor. Related links:   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 Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |
