Mexican Armenian comedian Jack Assadourian, stage name Jack Jr., left, and Armenian chef Ara Zada sample Arm-Mex Fries, celebrating their cultures, while making a food video at Zada's home in ...

Glendale-born comedian Jack Jr. will perform at the Alex Theatre for a hometown special taping. (Emil Ravelo / For The Times) A birthday, a graduation and a homecoming all rolled into one. That’s the ...

Writer-director-actor Michael A. Goorjian crafts a timely metaphor for displacement in Armenia’s shortlisted Oscar entry. The movie’s dreamlike prologue follows a young Armenian boy escaping the ...

Using late-night munchies to crossbreed cultures is a long-held tradition of the L.A. food scene. Add in comedy, a rekindled friendship between a Mexican Armenian comic and an Armenian chef to the mix ...

A birthday, a graduation and a homecoming all rolled into one. That’s the feeling comedian Jack Assadourian Jr. — better known as Jack Jr. — gets when he pulls up to the Alex Theatre in Glendale, a ...