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THAT AIN'T COOL: Tribute to Boney M's Bobby Farrell (1949 -2010)

Bobby Farrell, lead singer of the 1970s disco group Boney M, has died at the age of 61, in St Petersburg, Russia>>>

EMINENT PERSIANS: Former banker Shahin Amir Arjomand turns to art in fight to survive (VOA)

Iranian artist Shahin Arjomand's work can safely be called different from other creative works that are often exhibited in Dubai>>>

ROYALTY ON SCREEN: Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor" (1987)

Winner of 9 Oscars including best film and director, The Last Emperor is a 1987 biopic about the life of Puyi, the last Emperor of China, whose autobiography was the basis for the screenplay>>>

PRIMARY COLORS: Reza Pahlavi and Trita Parsi Take a Stroll Down The Political Lane ;0)

Veiled Prophet of Khorasan's generous plea to Iranian Americans to give NIAC a chance in his recent Blog prompted me to make a similar suggestion to Trita Parsi through this cinematic metaphor. ;0)>>>

PAX AMERICANA: Hitchens VS Kondracke on Reality or Fantasy of American "Imperialism" (1991)

Christopher Hitchens (then Columnist of The Nation) debates with Morton Kondracke (then senior editor of The New Republic) on the Realities of Not of American Imperialism in the Middle East>>>

MEMORABLE INTERVIEWS: Dame Judi Dench interview with Sir Richard Eyre (BBC)

THEOCRACY ON SCREEN: John Goodman and Johanna Wokalek in "Pope Joan" (2010)

A European coproduction « Pope Joan » tells the story of a legendary female Pope who supposedly reigned for a few years sometime thought to be between 853 - 855 AD>>>

CHAT PERSAN: Persian cat becomes newest recruit of Paris' Bristol Palace

His Majesty Fa-Raon has the right to walk freely in the lobby of the famous palace, in the French garden or on the hallways. A true life of an aristocat!>>>

ROYALTY ON SCREEN: Jack Black and Emily Blunt in "Gulliver's Travels"

Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens. A modern take on Jonathan Swift's classic 18th Century satire>>>

ROYAL FORUM: Zahra Rahnavard Monarchist Muslim? ;0)

IRI Academic Vahid Jalili expresses criticism for the way in which Zahra Rahnavard conducted her interviews aimed at proving the elections of 2009 Iranian elections were rigged and fraudulent>>>

SOUND OF CHRISTMAS: Season's Greeting To My Fellow IranianDot Comer's

Wishing everyone of you friends or foe a wonderful Christmas and an upcoming Happy New Year 2011 with a Special Thought for the grief stroke families of Christmas Island and Kerman Earthquake this year>>>

IRAN-RESIST: French TV interview with Kaveh Mohseni an Opposition activist in Paris

Kaveh Mohseni Iranian opposition activist and editor of Iran-resist website, speaks with Infolive.tv from his exile in Paris, discusses life under the Teheran regime>>>

BLOODY REDCOATS: Obamas Not Invited to Prince William, Kate Middleton Wedding? ;0)

President Obama and First Lady Michelle apparently won’t be invited to Prince William's wedding to Kate Middleton while France’s President Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni are expectedto attend. ;0)>>>

MEMORABLE INTERVIEWS: Dick Cavett and Jean-Luc Godard (1980)

Dick Cavett's interview with Godard from two 1980 episodes of The DickCavett Show. Godard received an honorary Oscar last month amidst controversy over his politics>>>

CINEMA SOLIDARNOSC: Looking Back at The Film's Community's Support For Jafar Panahi

Last Summer Jafar Panahi became the Political Symbol of Cannes Film Festival 63rd edition in absentia following his arrest>>>