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Leigh Ann Caldwell
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December 17, 2024
Trump’s Senate Lunch Goes Sideways
After blindsiding Republicans by refusing to sign their landmark housing bill, the president relentlessly lectured senators about not passing the SAVE Act—and got into an “intense” altercation with Bill Cassidy.
Peter Hamby
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December 17, 2024
The Suicide Squad
Hill Democrats are panicking over a trio of Mamdani-backed, socialism-brained congressional candidates who make the A.O.C.-era Squad look like moderates. Will they help Republicans hold the House?
Dylan Byers
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December 17, 2024
Ben on a Wire
The Daily Wire is pitching investors on the dream of a conservative media empire in growth mode—but the company’s declining revenue, disappearing audience, and executive turmoil tell a very different story. Is anyone buying Ben Shapiro’s narrative that the Wire is 18 months from a $2 billion I.P.O.?
Lauren Sherman
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December 17, 2024
Balenciaga Names a C.M.O.
After a long spell without a marketing chief, the luxury brand has named a Nike vet to fully communicate Pierpaolo Piccioli’s vision. Plus, scenes from Jonathan Anderson’s hôtel particulier and more.
Rachel Strugatz
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December 17, 2024
Fenty & The Beast
The once white-hot, Rihanna-fronted beauty brand has cooled significantly, and co-owner LVMH is shopping its stake. As the rules of celebrity beauty lines keep changing, and the competition mounts, where does Fenty’s future lie?
William D. Cohan
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December 17, 2024
Tinker Saylor Soldier Spy
Bitcoin has now fallen by more than 50 percent from its all-time high. Does the cryptocurrency’s number one evangelist have an escape hatch?
Marion Maneker
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December 17, 2024
Condition Report: Kara Vander Weg, Gagosian Gallery
The Gagosian senior director offers a behind-the-scenes look at the gallery’s show of German artist Anselm Kiefer—and the erudite collectors and institutions who seek him out.
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Malique Morris
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December 17, 2024
A Pair of Skims Exits
As the intimates brand enters a new phase of corporate life, a pair of executives head for the door.
Eriq Gardner
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December 17, 2024
The Oncoming Hollywood-D.C. Car Crash Over A.I.
Passage of the bipartisan NO FAKES Act, which would regulate voice and likeness rights in the A.I. age, is inching toward the end zone. Now may be the time for the media to reckon with its application when it comes to biopics and documentaries.
John Ourand
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December 17, 2024
Sports Betting Enters Its World Cup Era
FanDuel president Christian Genetski is only six weeks into his newly expanded role running the company, but he’s got plenty of thoughts about the state of the sports-betting business—from FanDuel’s move into prediction markets to the Sorsby headache and why this year’s World Cup is like March Madness on steroids.
Malique Morris
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December 17, 2024
God’s Plan for OVO
With Drake back in the cultural conversation after a fallow period, his business partners are hoping to connect on a licensing deal for his lingering apparel concern, OVO. A recent creditor lawsuit sheds a lot of light on why their time is now.
Leigh Ann Caldwell
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December 17, 2024
About Rick Scott’s Lunch With Trump…
Naturally, there’s been frenzied speculation surrounding Sen. Scott inviting Trump to his weekly policy luncheon—including the notion that he’s plotting to challenge John Thune’s leadership. But that’s not what’s happening here.
Ian Krietzberg
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December 17, 2024
The Bores Identity
Whatever happens on primary night, the A.I. dark money battle over Alex Bores is merely the opening of a broader industry proxy war—with hundreds of millions of dollars ready to deploy into 2028.
Ingrid Abramovitch
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December 17, 2024
NOMAD Takes the Hamptons
The roving art fair has already captivated the three-comma crowd with exclusive design offerings in rarefied settings—and now, despite recent turbulence, it’s setting up shop in the East Coast’s ultimate summer enclave.
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Lauren Sherman
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December 17, 2024
Louis Vuitton’s New Stylist
How Will Welch, Pharrell Williams’s jack of all trades, helped land a surprising stylist for this week’s men’s show. Plus, remembering late Condé Nast C.E.O. Chuck Townsend.
Kim Masters
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December 17, 2024
Amazon–Altman Aftershocks & Mike ’n’ Pam’s J6 Movie Questions
In the days since the tech giant scrapped plans to release Luca Guadagnino’s OpenAI movie, CAA has scrambled to find a home for the all-but-completed project. It seems the only sure thing in Hollywood these days is tech’s growing reach across town.
Leigh Ann Caldwell
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December 17, 2024
The Mamdani–Jeffries Proxy War
Zohran Mamdani is backing a slate of democratic socialist-adjacent candidates in New York primaries, going up against Hakeem Jeffries’ incumbents and institutionalists in the first major test of the young mayor’s political power beyond City Hall. Plus: News and notes on the Jack Schlossberg situation and Trump’s can't-lose bet in South Carolina.
Dylan Byers
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December 17, 2024
MacCallum of Duty
Amid all the Sturm und Drang at CNN as it shifts under the purview of the Ellisons, everyone inside the WarnerMount mothership seems to agree on one thing: Alex MacCallum, the C.O.O. of CNN, may be the one person with a vision for how to drag the global news network into the future.
Eriq Gardner
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December 17, 2024
Midnight in the Garden
An apparently massive cybersecurity breach at Madison Square Garden was all but lost in the chatter surrounding the Knicks’ NBA Finals win. But as the confetti is swept up and the offseason begins, here come the inevitable lawsuits.
Lauren Sherman
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December 17, 2024
A Surprisingly Polarizing Prada Show
The men's calendar in Milan reflected the general retrenchment of the fashion industry lately. Meanwhile, Miuccia and Raf's latest was curiously divisive.
Lauren Sherman
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December 17, 2024
Emporio State of Mind
With his one-and-done season for Versace quickly gathering its own legend, Dario Vitale is enjoying life as fashion’s premier free agent. But with few openings to fit his stature, could he really wind up at Emporio Armani?