Klassiek Shakespeare-verhaal over Romeo en Juliet, twee jongeren die hun liefde trachten te bezegelen temidden van hun tegen elkaar strijdende families, de Capulets en Montagues

De jonge Molly Moon woont in een weeshuis vlak buiten Londen waar ze vaak botst met de onaardige directrice Miss Adderstone. Nadat ze in de bibliotheek een boek over hypnose heeft gevonden, oefent ze hiermee dagelijks.

At the beginning of Paris fashion week, a beautiful young model is brutally murdered. Investigative journalist Madison Castelli, certain that it is more than the "crime of passion" the French press says, comes to Paris to follow her story.

The story of a famously lavish five-day party held by the Shah of Iran in 1971 to celebrate 2,500 years of Persian monarchy. The event was held at a specially constructed oasis surrounded by a city of tents and attended by 60 world leaders, who enjoyed a five-course banquet and a pageant featuring thousands of soldiers dressed in historical costume. However, the decadence on display had far-reaching consequences, breeding resentment of the Shah's regime among the Iranian people.