Archive for 2010
NYLA Hottie of the Week: Meet Niki Ghazian, Professional Football Player
The quintessential NYLA Persian Hottie of the Week is equal parts spicy, sophisticated, sexy, and for good measure, into sports. L.A. resident Niki Ghazian is all of that, and then some.
You want spicy? The 27-year-old model has appeared in Maxim and FHM magazines, garnering a nomination for Miss FHM in 2006 and the nicknamed “Persian [...]
NYLA Premiere: Lady Gaga’s ‘Alejandro’ Music Video
A Lady Gaga music video on a Persian website? Besides the fact that Persians love her, we also posted this clip because of her Persian ‘Gher’ dancing and shoulder action at the 4:24 clip of her newest video!
Breakfast with Coach Wooden
ESPN.COM columnist and NYLA correspondent Arash Markazi takes you inside the life and the heart of the UCLA basketball coaching legend in this Sports Illustrated piece from 2008. Wooden passed away on June 4.
Toub Throws a ‘Toup’: Actor Delivers Ceremonial 1st Pitch at Dodgers Game
Iranian-American actor Shaun Toub, star of the upcoming summer flick Airbender, joined the likes of Matthew McConaughey and other famous figures when he threw out the first pitch at an L.A. Dodgers baseball game recently.
Milani Goes From Million-Dollar Briefcases to Million-Dollar Manes
After 200 episodes, the popular television game show Deal or No Deal was halted in 2009. Oprah’s favorite briefcase model, Leyla Milani, has evolved into an entrepreneur with the her own line of hair extensions.
Hassan is My Hero
Hassan Chitsaz recently became the 1st Iranian-American boxing champion ever. He’s also 52 years old.
Yellow Dogs: The Latest Iranian Underground Rock Band to Breakthrough
Following the success of Iranian underground rock bands Hypernova and Tarantist, the Yellow Dogs have landed in Brooklyn. The group was featured in Bahman Ghobadi’s flick, No One Knows About Persian Cats.
NYLA Hottie of the Week: Montreal’s Parisa Brings Back Our Popular Series
We started the NYLA Persian Hottie of the Week back in 2006, and were flattered by all imitations it spawned on other websites and blogs. After a little hiatus, it’s baaaack…
We spearhead this generation of Hotties with a worthy pioneer: Parisa from Montreal, Canada. Montreal is the second biggest city in Canada, and proliferated with [...]
Artist of the Week: Armand Mirpour, Sweden’s Secret Sensation
Warner Music Sweden A&R Mattias Wachtmeister’s roster of signed artists includes Arash, DJ Aligator, Laleh and more. HIs latest discovery, an Iranian-Swedish Crooner, may be his biggest yet.
SBE, Sam Nazarian Launch New Hollywood Hotspot, ‘The Colony’
Iranian-born mogul and SBE CEO Sam Nazarian will unveil Hamptons-themed “The Colony,” his largest nightclub ever – as well as the newest addition to his Hollywood empire – by this June.
