House of Sand and Fog

...writer David Ashton and is scheduled to meet with Indian investors later this month. Kingsley, whose credits also include "House of Sand and Fog," "Schindler's List" and "Sexy Beast," is well-known in India for his Gandhi role. With...

In this article: Ben Kingsley, Taj Mahal, Oscar, Mumtaz Mahal, Mohandas Gandhi, Shah Jahan, India, and The Pink Panther 2

...on best picture: "Mystic River" (6-1), "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" (8-1), "Cold Mountain" (10-1), "Finding Nemo" (14-1) and "House of Sand & Fog" (15-1). "Mystic River" didn't win, of course, and 60% of his picks for best-picture...

In this article: Academy Awards, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, National Board of Review, Weinstein Co., and Joan Crawford

...mark by becoming the first Iranian-American and Middle Eastern woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for her work in the movie House of Sand and Fog. Aghdashloo began acting in the Theater Workshop in her native Iran in the early...

In this article: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Emmy Award, Iran, Academy Awards, Ronald Reagan, The Stoning of Soraya M., House of Saddam, Slumdog Millionaire, and Toronto Film Festival

...so compelling is that religion is exploited in the most obscene and hypocritical manner. Recommended if: You saw Shohreh Aghdashloo in House of Sand and Fog and were mesmerized. Not recommended if: The mob violence of Mervyn LeRoy's They...

In this article: The Stoning of Soraya M., Shohreh Aghdashloo, They Won't Forget, Jim Caviezel, and Mervyn LeRoy

...Dream. " From Lehane's geopolitical crane shot, Democratic strategist Shawn Lawrence Otto, who wrote and produced the film "House of Sand and Fog," pans in on a small American town, suggesting that the Democrats look for inspiration in...

In this article: Barack Obama, It's a Wonderful Life, and The Tuskegee Airmen

...Fein, while Sherry Horman will direct it. In 2004, Aghdashloo was nominated for Oscar in the best supporting actress category for her performance in "House of Sand and Fog", while Harden was nominated in the same category for "Mystic River".

In this article: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Marcia Gay Harden, Oscar, Mystic River, London, and New York

...be released on Thanksgiving Weekend 2010. Writers finished the flick's script last year when director Vadim Perelman, who also made 'House of Sand and Fog', signed on to the project, but the cast has yet to be determined. Steven Spielberg...

In this article: Steven Spielberg, Poltergeist, Vadim Perelman, MGM, Tobe Hooper, Punjab, West Bengal, New York, and India

...book by French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam. Aghdashloo - the first Oscar-nominated Iranian actress, for her work in House of Sand and Fog - says it's vaguely known that after the real Soraya's death, her husband took their four...

In this article: Cyrus Nowrasteh, The Stoning of Soraya M., Shohreh Aghdashloo, and Islam

Then, while a woman in a black chador walks a mountain road, a man in a sputtering car pulls into a nearby town. The woman is Zahra (House of Sand and Fog's Shohreh Aghdashloo), whose niece was stoned to death the day before. The man...

In this article: The Stoning of Soraya M., Shohreh Aghdashloo, Islam, and Jafar Panahi

...who say the stoning in this film is graphic should see a real one," Aghdashloo said. Aghdashloo, who received an Oscar nomination for "House of Sand and Fog," called "Stoning" effective in "opening people's eyes to what is going on behind...

In this article: Iran, Cyrus Nowrasteh, The Stoning of Soraya M, Islam, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Amnesty International, and U.S.