Happy Friday and welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon compendium of Puck’s best new reporting.
First up today, Lauren Sherman digs into the enduring mystery surrounding acclaimed and idiosyncratic designer Phoebe Philo and her perennially delayed namesake LVMH-backed line. What’s really behind the two-year holdup?
Plus, below the fold: Jonathan Handel presents five essential takeaways after pouring over the 94-page WGA deal. Tara Palmeri counts the nails in the G.O.P. candidates’ campaign coffins after yet another dispiriting debate. On The Powers That Be, Peter Hamby and Julia Ioffe discuss the shutdown’s impact on Ukraine aid, while Ben Landy and Tina Nguyen chew over DeSantis’s doomsday scenario. And on The Town, Matt is joined by former NBC exec Warren Littlefield to revisit the most vital lessons from the “must-see TV” era.
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