Iranian-American actor and mega-comedian, Maz Jobrani, is set to star in ABC’s first Iranian-American comedy pilot based on Firoozeh Dumas’s book about growing up in the 1970s in Newport Beach, California: Funny in Farsi. For those that know, Persian humor is truly some of the most clever and unique form of comedy. And with Maz Jobrani’s timing and [...]

Ana Lily Amirpour is working on her next project, a short film called KETAB, about a lonely young guy in Tehran who goes to buy a book.  On the surface it appears to be a very basic story, but as it unfolds, a more intricate world is revealed, one that touches on the current dichotomies [...]

Daughter of perpetual-Iranian-TV-personality, Gharib Afshar, the Persian beauty who says she’s “not going to be the cougar in mini-skirts” and is yearning for “suits for the first time in [her] adult life”, Shiva Rose doesn’t just write human rights essays for the Huffington Post. “A certain dress only serves to remind me of eating petites [...]

Iranian actress Shohreh Aghdashloo walked off the stage at the 61st annual Emmy Awards, a green-wristband-wearing winner for her nomination in the “Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie” category Sunday night in Los Angeles, which makes her the first Iranian to win an Emmy Award for her grouping. We had predicted that the baritone-voiced actress would [...]

We’re glad to see Shohreh Aghdashloo maintain a steady career in Hollywood after her Oscar-nominated performance in “House of Sand and Fog” in 2003. The baritone-voiced Aghdashloo, shines in her most current role (and perhaps the ticket to her first Emmy nod) as Saddam’s first wife, Sajida Khairallah Talfah Hussein, on HBO‘s four-part miniseries: House of Saddam. Share

Have you been watching Sarah Shahi as the uber-life-like ”D. Reese” on her second season of NBC’s Life?   We’re really starting to appreciate her believable performance as a tough-chick cop. And it must be said that: it’s due to her super-powerful-yet-natural acting chops, although her beauty can be quite distracting – as her magnetism is penetrating enough to [...]

Born on January 10th, 1980, the hypnotizing Persian-bombshell Sarah Shahi – whose real name is Aahoo Jahansouz Shahi (Aahoo is a Persian name meaning deer) - is back in your life and on your Tv screen! Share