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Updated 2026-10-08 17:40 UTC 2 sources Neutral

The U.S. Department of Labor reported low unemployment claims, indicating a stable job market. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve signaled cautious interest rate hikes. In entertainment news, reactions to 'Spencer' and new music for Ava DuVernay's film were discussed.

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Axios
A couple more interest rate hikes are probably on the way. But the Federal Reserve is in no great hurry to deliver them. That's the takeaway from the latest round of communications out of the central bank.W
2026-10-08 15:55 UTC
Axios
Data: U.S. Department of Labor; Chart: Courtenay Brown/AxiosNew applications for unemployment benefits have stayed below 200,000 in a stretch rarely seen in mo
2026-10-08 16:10 UTC
Variety
Ava DuVernay’s nonfiction sequel “14th” is set to world premiere as the closing-night film of the New York Film Festival on Friday, Oct. 9, and Variety can exclusively reveal that the film will feature a new original song, “Makings of Tomorrow,” written and performed by Brittany Howard and Robert Gl
2026-10-08 17:30 UTC
Variety
Chuck Lorre is responding to the White House’s recent swipe at him, in a medium where he’s often not been shy in sharing his opinions: His post-episode vanity cards. At the end of Thursday night’s Season 3 premiere of CBS’ “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage,” Lorre addresses, via his production c
2026-10-08 17:30 UTC
Variety
Princess Diana’s younger brother Charles Spencer said Kristen Stewart nailed it in Pablo Larrain’s “Spencer” but called the movie “terrible” during an interview with Tina Brown at a McNally Jackson Books Event. Spencer, whose bombshell memoir “Swan Song: Dia
2026-10-08 17:34 UTC
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