LVMH Beauty Secrets, Seth Meyers’s Existentialism, Harris’s House Bump

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon download of Puck’s best new reporting.

First up today, William D. Cohan chronicles how the 88-year-old billionaire investor Carl Icahn saw his personal fortune dwindle by $20 billion. Has he simply lost his edge, or is something else afoot inside his holding company?

Plus, below the fold: Lauren Sherman and Rachel Strugatz peek under the hood of LVMH’s beauty empire. Peter Hamby, John Heilemann, and Dylan Byers share their snap analysis of the Trump-Harris presidential showdown in Philly. On The Town, Matt Belloni and Seth Meyers unpack the evolving state of late-night television. And on The Powers That Be, Peter and Abby Livingston parse the post-debate chatter surrounding whether House Democrats will enjoy a Harris bump.

WILLIAM D. COHAN

Now 88 years old, Carl Icahn has seen his personal fortune dwindle by some $20 billion in recent years. Has he lost his edge, or is something else afoot inside his holding company? Anyway, we chatted about it.

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RACHEL STRUGATZ & LAUREN SHERMAN

A dip into the recent plot twists of the nearly half-trillion-dollar beauty industry: Inside LVMH’s Givenchy fumble, the pivot away from “clean beauty,” the Sephora Industrial Complex, and the Drunk Elephant-ization of niche.

JOHN HEILEMANN, PETER HAMBY & DYLAN BYERS

In a very special post-debate conclave, Peter Hamby is joined by John Heilemann and Dylan Byers to share their snap analysis of the climactic Trump-Harris presidential showdown in Philadelphia—the points landed and egregiously missed, the inevitable polling implications, the post-event recalculations, and much more.

MATTHEW BELLONI

Matt is joined by Seth Meyers to discuss the evolving state of late-night television, making content that will work on digital, and the growing trend of the online celebrity interview show. Seth also gives his thoughts on the upcoming 50th anniversary extravaganza for ‘SNL,’ who should take over ‘SNL’ after Lorne Michaels, and Jason Reitman’s new movie, ‘Saturday Night.’