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Sheeraz Hasan

TV Personality

Sheeraz Hasan is the creator and host of Tinseltown TV, a Hollywood-based show about movies and movie stars which is broadcast to dozens of Asian countries. (The program, aimed in particular at fans of India's Bollywood movie industry, is also broadcast to immigrant audiences in the United States and elsewhere.) Hasan himself is an immigrant success story, having come to the United States early in 2002 from London, where he ran his family's restaurant. Tinseltown TV debuted in 2002. By 2003 Hassan claimed that Tinseltown TV was reaching an audience of 500 million Asians.

Extra credit: Hasan's heritage is Pakistani -- his parents moved from Pakistan to London in 1965... His family's restaurant in London also is named Tinseltown.

Other Hollywood-related TV hosts: Jay Leno, Oprah Winfrey, Debbie Matenopoulos and Joan Rivers.

Four Good Links

Tinseltown TV

Official site of Hasan's flagship show

Interview With Sheeraz Hasan

2003 chat with IndianTelevision.com

Bollywood's Newest Star

December 2003 Fortune profile of Hasan

Sheeraz

His personal official site includes a video bio

Vital Stats

Birth

1975
(age 33)

Birthplace

London, England

Death

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Best Known As

Host of Tinseltown TV