Hayden Panettiere and how Hollywood fails to protect women

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Juana Summers, Sarah Handel

Published August 17, 2026 at 5:39 PM EDT

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Marlow Stern, chief correspondent for Variety, about actress Hayden Panettiere's life and career after her death at age 36.

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