Obsession

Bollywood actor Richa Chadha has described her husband Ali Fazal's intense attention to their young daughter as occasionally irritating, saying he 'micromanages too much'. She called his devotion to the child an 'obsession', speaking candidly about their differing parenting styles and the small frictions that come with raising a baby in the spotlight.

Japanese golf instructor Iori, known as Samurai Iori, is sharing his four principles for breaking 100 in golf: don't try to hit far, don't obsess over hitting greens, don't chase pin placement, and don't force putts in. The advice reverses conventional goals, urging amateur players to lower expectations on each shot to avoid big mistakes and steadily reach scores under 100.

'Obsession' has been submitted for the Golden Globes' musical/comedy categories rather than drama, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The move is raising eyebrows among awards watchers, since category placement can significantly affect a film's chances at the Globes, which split its top prizes by genre. Reactions so far focus on whether the classification is a strategic bid for an easier competitive field.

Reports say Mike Tomlin, the long-time NFL coach, is an avid fan of the video game Minecraft. The story explores his well-known love for the game, which has surprised and amused football fans. Coverage is circulating widely as people react to the unlikely pairing of an NFL coach and a block-building game.

A political commentator argues that German right-wingers and conservatives obsessively attack the Left Party, while the Left focuses its criticism on the Israeli government, and that both reflexes are identical. In each case, he writes, more urgent and dangerous problems, such as the situation in Saxony-Anhalt, are ignored so that political actors can work off their own enemy image instead of addressing real issues.