Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 02-22-2011 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Comedy
Diverse new line-up also includes Matt Kazam (Jewish Iranian), Maria Shehata (Egyptian Christian), Omar Regan (African-American Muslim) and Paul Singh (South Asian Punjabi) who will lampoon current events, culture, religion and politics through clean comedy. Hosted by (African-American Iranian) Tehran Ghasri.
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Washington D.C., February 22, 2011 – PlanetPix Media & Entertainment Group is raising the stakes after a string of intercultural comedy shows in the Los Angeles area in December 2010. The group announced today that the world famous Egyptian-American comedian and actor Ahmed Ahmed will headline ‘FUNATICAL: Taking Comedy to the Extreme’s “We Come in Peace Tour”’ on Thursday night, April 14th, 2011 at Arlington Cinema and Saturday night, April 16th, 2011 at Ernst Cultural Theater in the Washington D.C. metro area.
Ahmed Ahmed is an actor and comedian who has appeared in Iron Man, You Don’t Mess With The Zohan, Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Comedy Show, Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, Swingers, Roseanne, MTV’s PUNK’D, Comedy Central and Showtime. He has also appeared on CNN, The View, NPR and was the recipient of the first annual Richard Pryor Award for Ethnic Comedy at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival. A regular performer at the world famous Comedy Store in Hollywood and Comedy Cellar in New York City, Ahmed tours across America and the world. Just Like Us is his recent directorial debut which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2010.
‘FUNATICAL: Taking Comedy to the Extreme!’ bridges gaps and breaks stereotypes about Muslims, Jews, Christians and other major faiths. With increased Islamophobia in America and the current turmoil in the Middle East, ‘FUNATICAL’ promotes cultural and religious understanding through laughter. The shows are produced by an interfaith team who use comedy as an equalizer to counter prejudices in a humorous way.
The shows will benefit the Nooristan Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit that provides support for charitable and educational projects in Afghanistan.
PlanetPix Media & Entertainment Group is a multicultural media, communications and entertainment production company that specializes in projects that promote cultural understanding and unity.
http://www.funaticalcomedy.com
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Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 12-03-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Comedy
Watch this new hilarious new video for FUNATICAL: Taking Comedy to the Extreme! The tour kicks off on December 9th, 2010 in Los Angeles! To get your tickets before they sell out visit: http://www.funaticalcomedy.com
Tags: funatical comedy, max amini, tissa hami, mike batayeh, samson koletkar, omar regan, noel elgrably, ara basil, elham jazab, planetpix media
Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 12-02-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Comedy
Article posted on Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC):
http://www.mpac.org/programs/hollywood-bureau/starting-with-la-funatical-comedians-hit-the-road.php
The Muslim Public Affairs Council’s Hollywood Bureau is a proud sponsor of the comedy festival “Funatical-Taking Comedy to the Extreme!” The festival features comedians from the interfaith and intercultural communities who poke fun at stereotypes and bring people of all colors together to laugh at themselves and each other.
The lineup includes Muslims, Christians and Jews from diverse backgrounds, who are itching to say things you think but would never say out loud. The festival and comedians are hitting the road on Dec. 9, starting in Los Angeles and ending in Washington, D.C., on March 5, 2011. For a complete list of comedians, times and locations, please visit funaticalcomedy.com.
To catch a sneak peek of what you’re in for.
Buy your tickets as soon as possible, because “Funatical-Taking Comedy to the Extreme” promises to be a sold out hit.
http://www.funaticalcomedy.com
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Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 10-28-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Comedy, Episodes
Beauty and the East TV is a media sponsor of a new comedy tour that is coming to Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington D.C.! Launching this December, FUNATICAL: Taking Comedy to the Extreme tour’s motto is ‘We Come in Peace’, and features multicultural comedians who are Arab, Iranian, South Asian and American of different faiths. Produced by PlanetPix Media & Entertainment Group, the “FUNATICAL” tour launches in Southern California on December 9th at the World Famous Comedy Store and continues on to New York City in January 2011 and the D.C. area in early March. The tour features comedians who poke fun of stereotypes, culture and current events, which they lampoon with humor and satire.
This is a prodigious tour. For the first time, the United Religious Initiative (URI), a United Nations NGO, is supporting an interfaith comedy tour. URI is a global interfaith peace-building organization that is currently active in 72 countries around the world.
With the controversy surrounding the “Ground Zero” mosque and increased Islamophobia, it is more important than ever to highlight cultural and religious tolerance in America. ‘FUNATICAL’ is coproduced by a team of Muslims, Jews and Christians and the tour includes the world’s only Indian Jewish comedian, a black Muslim convert, an Arab Jewish performer, famous American Muslim comedians, a Jordanian Catholic, a half Iranian/half black performer, Hindus, a half Persian/half Russian, an Armenian Orthodox, and an Iranian Bahai
Check out this new animation featuring ‘FUNATICAL’s’ very own Mustlaufa Dajeeni:
Tags: funatical comedy, planetpix, max amini, tissa hami, mike batayeh, samson koletkar, noel elgrably, omar regan, elham jazab, ara basil
Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 10-08-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Comedy
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Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 09-16-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Comedy
Don’t miss Arabs Gone Wild comedy tour coming to your city. For showtimes, dates, and cities, visit: http://www.arabsgonewild.com/
Tags: Dean Obeidallah, Aron Kader, Mysoon Zayid, Arabs Gone Wild Comedy
Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 09-08-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Comedy
According to a recent poll by Time Magazine – most Americans watch “funny” news versus “real” news because they find it to be more honest and revealing. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, a satirical news program, broadcasts on the Comedy Central network in the United States. Two weeks before the Iranian elections in June, The Daily Show sent a reporter and producer to Iran to get the funny truth about the country.
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Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 07-27-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Comedy, Episodes
Watch Beauty and the East TV’s NEW Original Episode- a funny interview with comedians Max Amini, Tehran Ghasri and beat boxer Stevie Soul -hosted by the lovely Mariam Wardak. Learn about Tehran’s half African-American/half Iranian background, Stevie’s disability, and Max’s thoughts about “no Persians in Prince of Persia”.
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Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 07-21-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Music, Comedy, Episodes
Beauty and the East TV’s coverage of comedian Max Amini’s backstage rap with performers Ne Means, Stevie Soul, and Tehran Ghasri
Tags: Max Amini, Ne Means, Stevie Soul, Tehran Ghasri, Exotic Imports, Beauty and the East TV, Mariam Wardak, Samira Atash, Alina Atash
Posted by BeautyandtheEast on 05-22-2010 | Comments | Share | Filed under: Entertainment, Comedy, Episodes
Beauty and the East TV’s new host Rick Khalil interviews Arab-American comedy superstars Dean Obeidallah, Aron Kader, Mike Batayeh, Noel Elgrably, Jimmy Goson, Maria Shehata, Meena Dimian, Amer Zahr. Featuring Monk’s Tony Shalhoub, Baha Khalil, Eman, Eman Morgan:
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