In “Needle,” plaintive young Florence Winners plays Lily, a middle-school-aged student whose mother is taking her to get her ears pierced by her doctor father at a hospital undergoing a distressing amount of renovation. In the first scene, Lily’s mother tells a friend about her divorce and its attendant anguish (“It’s never gonna end,” she says, as ... Continue reading »

This is the beta approach to business success. As a leadership philosophy, it is driving growth in the most talked-about companies in the world. Building a beta culture in your organization will rip loose hundreds, even thousands, of innovators whose innate curiosity in experimenting with new technologies, new products, new services, and new ideas ... Continue reading »

An Iranian director not seen in public since being sentenced to six years in prison for alleged anti-regime propaganda is to make a triumphant return at the Cannes film festival tomorrow.   Mohammad Rasoulof will be presenting his filmManuscripts Don’t Burn - made secretly in Iran - on Friday, The Independent can reveal. Rasoulof has not been seen ... Continue reading »

Go to Google in Iran and type in the words 'buying a doctorate' and you'll get around 4 million hits. Many links take you to online shops where you'll find anything your heart desires – from toasters, to fashion, cosmetics and…ta-da…PhDs – on any subject you want. One provider even supplies the address of his office in Tehran and touts the irresist ... Continue reading »