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AYATOLLAH BUSTER: Tribute to Naked Gun Star Leslie Nielsen (1926-2010)

Canadian born veteran comic actor Leslie Nielsen, star of Forbidden Planet, Airplane! and The Naked Gun, has died at the age of 84. Thanks for the Laughs Leslie and RIP.>>>

THEOCRACY VS ROYALTY ON SCREEN: Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole in "Becket" (1964)

An English king comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the king's>>>

SHIRAZ INTL ARTS FESTIVAL '69: Documentary "Sound the Trumpets Beat the Drums" (1969)

The late 60s saw globetrotting film-maker Tony Williams chronicles an east meets west festival held in the Iranian city of Shiraz. The film caught the attention of the director James Ivory (later of Merchant Ivory fame)>>>

ROYALTY ON SCREEN: Peter O'Toole in "The Lion in Winter" (1968)

1183 AD: King Henry II's three sons all want to inherit the throne, buthe won't commit to a choice. They and his wife variously plot to force him>>>

FINALLY GETTING IT RIGHT: Shirin Ebadi say's "I Don't believe in an Islamic Declaration of Human Rights"

Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate of 2003 said "An Islamic Human Rights is wrong both Theoretically and Politically" at the Carnegie Endowment Conference covered by FORA TV>>>

ROYAL FORUM: Unauthorized Bio Tarnishes King of Sweden's Reputation With Wild Sex Allegations

PRESIDENCY ON SCREEN: John Travolta in "Primary Colors" (1998)

Jack Stanton (Travolta), is the charismatic governor of a Southern state, who decides to run for President of the United States>>>

STUNNING CARLA: Did French First Lady Make Republican Guard Go Weak At The Knees?

Elysée Palace Republican Guard had to be helped to his feet after fainting while on duty during a gala dinner hosted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni>>>

PRESIDENCY ON SCREEN: Henry Fonda vs Cliff Robertson in "The Best Man" (1964)

Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson square off as political adversaries during a presidential primary inthis sardonic, insightful drama that brings out the best, and worst, in American politics>>>

DIPLOMATIC CORPS: IRI's New UK Ambassador and Wife On Way to Buckingham Palace

Iran's new ambassador (name?) and wife (name?) on way to Buckingham Palace to deliver his letters of credentials to Queen Elizabeth>>>

THEOCRACY ON SCREEN: Rex Harrison as the Warrior Pope in "The Agony and The Ecstasy" (1965)

The biographical story of Michelangelo's troubles while painting the Sistine Chapel at the urging of Pope Julius II>>>

ROYAL FORUM: King Charles or King William? Britons want Charles to step aside for William

Regular Polls indicate that most British subjects want Charles to step aside for William>>>

THEOCRACY ON SCREEN: Anthony Quinn is Pope in "The Shoes of the Fisherman" (1968)

Set in a futuristic vision of the late 1980's, Ukrainian Archbishop Kiril Lakota is set free after two decades as a political prisoner in Siberi>>>

DINNER FOR ONE: Same procedure as EVERY year, James ... ;0)

The British slapstick sketch, totally unknown in the English-speaking world, has become the highest-rated TV show in German history>>>

IRANIAN SOLIDARNOSC: Crown Prince Reza's First Public Rally in exile at the LA Stadium (1992)

Crown Prince Reza's First Public Rally in exile with a crowd of 25,000 supporters at the LA Stadium in 1992 for the 10th Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution >>>