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Anthropic’s Mythos Myth, MAGA vs. the Vatican, Nike’s New Groove

Happy Friday and welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon guide to Puck’s best new reporting. Here’s what you need to know…

  • What I’m Hearing: There hasn’t been a new Star Wars movie for seven years, A.I. is eating Hollywood’s lunch, movie theaters are on life support—and Jon Favreau has thoughts about all of it. Matt Belloni sits down with the veteran filmmaker at CinemaCon for his unfiltered take on bringing The Mandalorian to theaters, why he’s been slow to embrace A.I., and what new Lucasfilm leadership means for the future of Star Wars on the big screen. [Read More]
  • Line Sheet: Nike’s turnaround is taking longer than anyone anticipated—revenues are flat and profits are down 35 percent in the latest quarter, and the stock is down more than 40 percent since C.E.O. Elliott Hill cut short his retirement to save the company. Malique Morris goes deep on the sneaker giant’s slow comeback and whether it may be turning a corner. [Inner Circle Exclusive] 
  • The Best & The Brightest: When Viktor Orbán lost to Péter Magyar in Hungary’s election last Sunday, the American liberal establishment immediately made it about themselves, assuming they’d found a template for how Democrats could retake Washington in 2028. Julia Ioffe explains what everyone is getting wrong about Hungary’s post-authoritarian moment. [Read More]
  • The Hidden Layer: Anthropic says its new model, Mythos, is too dangerous to release. Ian Krietzberg talks to a former N.S.A. hacker about whether the fearmongering is for real or just another ingenious marketing ploy. [Read More]

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  • The Varsity: LIV Golf teed off in Mexico City this week under a cloud of existential uncertainty, hours after reports came out that the Saudis were “on the verge” of pulling their funding. John Ourand has exclusive reporting about LIV’s seemingly inevitable collapse and what it portends for the PGA Tour’s looming rights negotiations. [Read More]

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  • Impolitic: John Heilemann and Peter Hamby weigh in on Donald Trump and J.D. Vance’s ongoing battle with Pope Leo XIV, and whether it might cause lasting damage to MAGA with Catholic voters. [Listen Here]
  • The Powers That Be: Peter and Julia Alexander discuss YouTube’s blockbuster Coachella deal and what it signals about the future of live entertainment. [Listen Here]

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Matthew Belloni Matthew Belloni
The Jon Favreau Doctrine

The Jon Favreau Doctrine

The Mandalorian creator, director, and food truck impresario talks about bringing his Star Wars streaming hit to the big screen, his complicated relationship with A.I., his thoughts on Lucasfilm, and how he’s leaning into the whole “space opera thing.”

FASHION

Malique Morris Malique Morris
Is Nike… Just Doing It?
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Is Nike… Just Doing It?

After a years-long decline, Nike is fighting to get back to its performance roots with a burst of creativity—including an Our Legacy collab and a new Alphafly. But the latest innovations also make clear how far Nike has drifted from the days when it had a visionary, design-focused leader at the helm.

WASHINGTON

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Orbán’s Fall & The De-Trumpification Fantasy

Orbán’s Fall & The De-Trumpification Fantasy

The collapse of Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party, after 16 years of authoritarian rule, offers mixed signals for America’s left—and a harsh preview of the monumental task that awaits Democrats after Trump is gone.

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A.I.

Ian Krietzberg Ian Krietzberg
Deconstructing the Mythos Myth

Deconstructing the Mythos Myth

Is Anthropic’s mysterious new model really too powerful to release to the public, or is this just another fearmongering marketing stunt? A former N.S.A. hacker explains how Mythos’s capabilities have been “overhyped”—but why the danger is still very real.

SPORTS

John Ourand John Ourand
LIV & Let Die… Again

LIV & Let Die… Again

How much longer is Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund willing to continue pumping billions into its quixotic bet on LIV Golf, as the Iran war dislocates sporting events like Formula One and Fanatics flag football?

WASHINGTON

John Heilemann John Heilemann
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Peter Hamby: Swalwell’s Fall, POTUS vs. Pontifex & The V.P.’s Podcast Mouth

John welcomes his partner and Puck superfriend Peter Hamby to discuss former California congressman and gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell’s ignominious implosion and its implications for the race to succeed Gavin Newsom. Hamby also weighs in on Donald Trump and J.D. Vance’s ongoing battle with Pope Leo XIV and whether it might cause lasting damage to MAGA with Catholic voters.

MEDIA

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Julia Alexander Julia Alexander
The Powers that Be Daily, Starring Peter Hamby

YouTube’s Coachella Moment & Smart Specs Appeal

Julia Alexander joins Peter to discuss YouTube’s exclusive Coachella deal and what it signals about the future of live entertainment. They also dig into the smart-glasses arms race at Meta and Snap, and why putting cameras on fans at concerts and stadiums raises some genuinely thorny copyright questions. Plus, Julia dishes on the Hasan Piker phenomenon—and what his audience loyalty on Twitch reveals about everything linear TV is getting wrong.

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