| MATTHEW LYNCH,
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The government shutdown is in its second week, but you wouldn’t know that on Wall Street, where Eric Lutz today reports on the vibes being pretty standard for the Trump 2.0 era at the moment. Okay, so some traders are messing around with gold and Bitcoin a little more than normal, but otherwise: shrugsville. One pseudo-hilarious reason for the steel nerves? As Lutz reports, the release of economic data that might otherwise cause agita are on hold with the rest of the federal government.
Elsewhere today, we give the memoirs of Anjelica Huston a close read, Sarah Snook continues her hot streak, and Republicans are still mad about Bad Bunny’s planned Super Bowl show. More tomorrow… |
The government shutdown may have entered its second week. But for investors, it’s been business as usual. Much of the uncertainty that’s loomed over federal workers, food-program beneficiaries, and small businesses has so far seemingly failed to reach the markets, which have continued to enjoy record highs. And investors seem largely unfazed by the standoff in Washington, confident that this latest shutdown will—like previous ones—reach a resolution without a long-term effect on the overall economy.
“Not a whole lot has really changed for businesses,” one analyst tells Vanity Fair, with investors turning to gold and Bitcoin to make money in the melee. |
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The Succession star is now starring in a gripping new series that she couldn’t resist, despite its maternal darkness. “It’s a real gift of a twist, so I couldn’t say no,” Snook tells VF. Ahead, an exclusive first look. |
As the shutdown drags on, Republicans use their precious time to rage at the singer for appearing to sit during not-the-national-anthem at a Yankees game. |
Lead single aside, Taylor Swift’s new album is no Shakespearean drama, but a feel-good romp that could’ve starred Julia Roberts or Kate Hudson, writes VF’s Savannah Walsh. |
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Anjelica Huston is the scion of a famed Hollywood family and has been a top model and an Oscar-winning actor in films like Prizzi’s Honor, The Grifters, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Dead, The Addams Family, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and The Witches. In Huston’s two autobiographies—2013’s A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London, and New York and 2014’s Watch Me: A Memoir—she also reveals herself to be an excellent writer whose keen eye for aesthetics and detail would have made her a great fashion editor, travel writer, or gossip columnist as well: “For a sophisticated girl,” she notes, “I could be tragically gullible.” |
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