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The 2026 Golden Globes ceremony took place, with notable winners including the films 'One Battle After Another' and 'Hamnet', as well as the TV series 'Adolescence', which received four awards. Jennifer Lawrence made headlines with her see-through gown at the event. Meanwhile, controversy erupted when a Goodwill shopper shared photos of a local store's nearly empty shelves, sparking outrage and debate about normalcy. In the entertainment industry, U.S. Figure Skating finalized its Olympic squad of 16, and the Golden Globes 2026 ceremony itself was marked by a sense of uncertainty for the future of media.
In other news, Japan plans to dissolve parliament with a possible snap election in February, according to NHK. In the United States, a U-Haul drove into a crowd at an anti-Iranian regime protest in Los Angeles, and Meta blocked 550,000 accounts under a new social media ban in Australia. Health officials in Maryland and Virginia reported a person with measles traveled through the region last week. Additionally, a missing Oklahoma boy was found safe after his mother and stepfather were arrested for alleged child abuse.
The week also saw significant developments in technology and science, including the launch of NASA's Pandora exoplanet mission and the restriction of congressional visits to ICE facilities in Minneapolis. SpaceX launched a massive rocket, and a new theory of gravity could explain cosmic acceleration without dark energy. In the world of business, Alnylam charted an ambitious five-year plan, and Anthropic joined OpenAI's push into healthcare with new Claude tools.
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