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Wednesday, January 7, 2026
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Topic: Hollywood

‘The Young and the Restless’ star Brett Hadley no more

Hadley joined the daytime serial as father of Doug Davidson’s character, Paul Williams, in 1980 and remained with the show through 1990, when his character mysteriously disappeared.

Hollywood Foreign Press group to be shut down as Golden Globe Awards sold to private investors

The sale comes as HFPA struggled to repair its reputation after backlash over its ethics and lack of diversity, which led U.S. TV network NBC to drop the Golden Globes ceremony.

Hollywood actors’ union asks members to vote on possible strike

An actors’ strike would lead to a broader shutdown and increase pressure on studios that need programming to feed their streaming services and the fall TV broadcast schedule.

Hollywood should depict gun use safely in film & TV, says USC’s Norman Lear Center study

The guidelines of the report break down the problematic influence of guns in America through myth debunking, intimate partner violence, mass shootings and children’s programming.

Priyanka Chopra’s Love Again is gimmicky, badly written. But it’s an unapologetic rom-com

Celine Dion plays a fairy godmother-esque matchmaker who unites the two lovers played by Chopra and Sam Heughan.

Week-long Hollywood writers’ strike puts ‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ spinoff on halt

It is unclear how long the strike will last. No new talks have been scheduled between the Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

Hollywood writers, studios hold last-minute talks to avert strike affecting TV production

The Writers Guild of America could call a work stoppage as early as Tuesday if it cannot reach a deal with companies such as Walt Disney Co and Netflix Inc.

On Camera

A 2-hour op, precise extradition—what Maduro’s capture tells us about modern US military

Despite multiple agencies being involved, the US could maintain a clear chain of command. This is something India should consider too, as it defines the theatre command structures.

Trump threatens India with fresh tariffs on Russian oil, calls PM Modi a ‘good guy’

The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.

S-300, Su-30 jets, T-72 tanks: Inventory of Venezuela’s largely Russian-origin arsenal

Venezuela also boasts of a diverse portfolio of unmanned aerial vehicles capable of carrying out surveillance, reconnaissance and being employed for kinetic purposes as well.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.