Pause for Paws (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
We all know there are lots of different cat breeds but for many people their preference will always be the Persian. It is true that Persian cats are very beautiful and they have gentle personalities and long hair. They are great companions for virtually anyone, and not very demanding. Having said [...]
Vulture (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Bahman Ghobadi's No One Knows About Persian Cats. While the first annual Doha-Tribeca Film Festival — held this past weekend in the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar and organized in part by Tribeca Enterprises — displayed a reasonably broad range of work from all over the globe, we were most intrigued by its spotlight on films from Middle Eastern directors. The region...
A House With Two Cats (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
My first blog entry was on October 21, 2008. I can't believe I missed my own date. Here is my first entry. Much of it you have probably read in bits throughout my posts. This is a picture of my Blue Persian cat Rosie. She'll be 14 in February. The black and white tuxedo cat is Henry. He just turned 3. I know everyone says their animals are special, but I truly think mine are. Rosie actually...
The blog Film (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
The feature film No One Knows About Persian Cats, showing at the festival tonight, shows an aspect of Tehran rarely seen by the west: its underground live music scene In the first two weeks of June 2009, before the presidential election in Iran, TV audiences in the west were shown something different: young Iranians, mostly in Tehran, pushing strict rules on dress and behaviour to their...
Arsenal news (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
My aunt Susan works for the BBC and when we were arranging, in the week, to get together for a meal on Saturday evening she mentioned the possibility of getting press tickets for a film called Noone Knows About Persian Cats at the National Film Theatre
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Writer-photographer's work from Congo won contest The United States' first and only United Nations Citizen Ambassador lives in an apartment above her father's garage in Catonsville with a couple of Persian cats, a few sticks of furniture, cameras and several computers. She doesn't have a car, so there's no way to know if the customary diplomatic parking privileges will apply, nor do lavish...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Writer-photographer's work from Congo won contest The United States' first and only United Nations Citizen Ambassador lives in an apartment above her father's garage in Catonsville with a couple of Persian cats, a few sticks of furniture, cameras and several computers. She doesn't have a car, so there's no way to know if the customary diplomatic parking privileges will apply, nor do lavish...
Arsenal-Mania.com (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
My aunt Susan works for the BBC and when we were arranging, in the week, to get together for a meal on Saturday evening she mentioned the possibility of getting press tickets for a film called Noone Knows About Persian Cats at the National Film Theatre on Sunday afternoon.
Yikes! (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The Baltimore Sun reports : The United States' first and only United Nations Citizen Ambassador lives in an apartment above her father's garage in Catonsville with a couple of Persian cats, a few sticks of furniture, cameras and several computers. She doesn't have a car, so there's no way to know if the customary diplomatic parking privileges will apply, nor do lavish cocktail parties...
Here There and Everywhere (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
... most popular films are Capitalism: a Love Story by Michael Moore, Team Qatar, No-one Knows About Persian Cats, the Coen Brothers’ A Serious Man, and About Elly. The festival’s ‘blue badge’ passes, which offer holders a discount and access to a number of the festival’s events, have been very popular, and almost all the tickets that have been sold so far have been bought by blue badge-holders....
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
... include features with roots in the region, including Iranian Bahman Ghobadi's "No One Knows About Persian Cats," Egyptian Yousry Nasrallah's "Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story" and Palestinian Najwa Najjar's "Pomegranates and Myrrh."Other fest highlights include a screening of Shadi Abdel Salam's 1969 version of "The Mummy" and the world premiere of "Assila," Iraqi helmer Thamer Al Zedi's...
Doe Deere Blogazine (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Outtake from photosession with SNOB magazine. Photographer had a Persian cat :D My dear Deerlings, It’s been a while since I posted a more personal update, about what’s going on in my life. The last few months have been like a trip to DisneyWorld – you have hard time believing what’s actually happening, let alone documenting [...]
UAEinteract.com - News (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
For the second time in 10 days, some of Hollywood's brightest stars graced the red carpet last night at the Emirates Palace hotel. But it was an Iranian film about struggling rock stars that took the limelight on the final night of the Middle East International Film Festival. No One Knows About Persian Cats won the Black Pearl award for Audience Choice while its star, Hamed Behdad, won...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
... best actor, worth 25,000 dollars, went to Iranian Hamed Behdad for his role in No One Knows About Persian Cats. The film, directed by Bahman Ghobadi, also received the audience choice award. The award for best actress was shared by Alicia Laguna and Sonia Couoh for the Mexican film Northless, a movie by Rigoberto Perezcano which also received the jury special mention award. Around...
Firstcoastnews.com Local News (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Officials say 70 dogs and cats were pulled from a Southside puppy mill. First Coast News has learned that same mill was visited back in December.
