TORONTO: Third time’s the charm and that is certainly true for Raffi Boghosian. The Los Angeles-based entertainment reporter has tried to launch his own show twice but it is only now, on his third try, that everything has fallen into place. Arab News sat down with Boghosian to get all the details on his latest venture with digital media hub Blinx. For the latest updates, follow us on Instagram @arabnews.lifestyle “The show is called ‘Raffi Talks’ because it has been my nickname since I was 16. And in Hollywood, if you go to any red carpet, and you say Raffi, they know it’s Raffi Talks … it’s part of me,” he said. As a child, Boghosian always dreamed of being on a talk show and constantly asked for anything microphone-related as a birthday present. “I remember my mom said: ‘You used to bring your sister and you told her to act like this famous celebrity and you would interview her.’ So, I guess I always had it. And I always knew that I wanted to be a TV personality.” With passion fueling his project, Boghosian is ready to take the show to new heights. “The show will be crazy. It’s going to be reality-style and a combination between a cinema show and a magazine show,” said the HFPA Golden Globe member. “It’s my job to critique and say what’s good, what’s bad, you know? So, I want to give this experience to my audience and I want to speak about the latest news. I want to just talk about everything cinema and TV, in a funky Gen-Z way. “I want to bring people behind the scenes. For example, one of the episodes will show how they shoot action films. I’m going to be acting in an action scene. How do they set a person on fire in a scene? Is this is real or fake? I’m going to experience that. We’re going to put a stunt man on fire. And, of course, in my show, I’m going to interview all the Hollywood stars.” It took almost eight years for Boghosian to get the show but his previous setback never once deterred him from getting what he wanted. “I feel I’m more mature, more knowledgeable, I have bigger connections. Overall, I feel the dots all clicked together this time with Blinx, which is the platform that it is going to be on,” he said. “I believe in opportunities. I believe in luck — and sometimes you can create luck for yourself. If you work hard, you can create opportunities for yourself and one day you will be rewarded. And God today rewarded me with the show that I always dreamed of.” Blinx is a digital media hub focused on Middle Eastern youth that launched in Dubai in September. It aims to connect Gen-Z and Millennials across multiple screens, platforms and smart devices.