Hollywood’s New Villains, Lacoste’s Room Service Strategy, and the Rise of Rate Squatters

On Monday, September 14th, the hosts of The Best One Yet covered three distinct business stories: the emergence of tech CEOs as Hollywood’s preferred villains, Lacoste’s exclusive hotel room service clothing launch, and the inflation-driven likelihood of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike this week. They also touched on Uber’s air freshener problem, Nintendo’s tariff refund sale, and AI regulation momentum.

Tech CEOs Are Hollywood’s New Villains

Four films releasing this fall and winter feature real-life tech executives as antagonists. The list includes The Social Reckoning, Andrew Sorkin’s sequel to The Social Network, starring Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg; Musk, a four-hour documentary about Elon Musk by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibbney; Artificial, with Andrew Garfield playing Sam Altman; and a surprise three-hour Elizabeth Holmes documentary featuring Nathan Fielder.