Party Down South Casting Tour! Doron Ofir Casting & 495 Productions announce their latest casting call, for their most recent project, The Party Down South (working title). We know the Iranian-American community is a formidable group in the US that expands across the coastlines, boundaries, and cliques…but do we have any representatives in the South? [...]

In Vanity Fair’s February 2011 issue, two of the luxe magazine’s writers, Richard Rushfield and Adam Leff, “shed light on reality TV’s trashy stereotypes” in their piece: Intelligence Report: Ethno-spolitation Groups.

“Initially the show was going to focus on a group of hipsters, of Middle-Eastern descent, but after a lot of thought, [we] thought it would be much more riveting to explore how eight extremely diverse twenty-something Torontonians co-habitate,” says producer Maryam Rahimi of her Toronto-based co-venture.

If you’re one of the haters of the still-in-production reality TV show, the much-hyped-about Jersey Shore spinoff, the Persian Version…You should probably stop reading…Now. Otherwise…We’ve got some pretty cool news for all you reality-TV junkies: You’ll be seeing more Perrr-zhians on your tube yet again, since the newest of Persian-cast-based-reality-shows, Persian Princesses, is casting!

The highest rated episode this season of MTV’s Disaster Date, #236: Jersey Shore Juicehead,”–where Persian Actor/comedian K-von plays a “Situation”-esque character on the dating prank show–sets up disaster-dater Juliette (via accomplice Samira) for a hilariously fist-pump-induced jaryaan (situation). And if you’ve seen at least one of the show’s episodes featuring K-von, like us, you’re wondering how he keeps his act [...]

Did we call this one? Or…Did we call this one? Nearly four months ago, in a chat with Persian comedian K-von, we asked the Disaster Date actor  if he thought it was time to showcase a Persian-filled cast series, to which he responded: “Of course. I have been giving [MTV] ideas for possible shows for 5 [...]