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This week, we contacted our Media Week Awards media agency Rising Star, Mark Halliday, head of mobile at Manning Gottlieb OMD, as he throws a tantrum after Arsenal lose, discovers his leadership style and worries about his new company headshot .

Forget Tom Cruise's preposterous The Last Samurai - if you haven't already. The only true samurai films come from Japan, not Hollywood, and the classics of the genre all emerged during the country's post-World War II rebuilding years.

In 1956, pianist and band leader Toshiko Akiyoshi made the brave decision to leave Japan and enter the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

Donald DeSantis explains how an unnamed "crime boss" mentored him through his first high-tech startup.

The door opened and into the room walked the most dangerous person I've ever met.