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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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Defector

NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

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Live Event

<p>Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.</p>


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Nicholas Russell

Englishmen in Paris gathered in Galignani’s library, 1820. English gentlemen read books, newspapers and periodicals. Doctor Syntax discovered by his wife in a bookshop. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Charles Williams from Doctor Syntax in Paris; or a Tour in Search of the Grotesque, W. Wright, London, 1820.

Englishmen in Paris gathered in Galignani‚Äôs library, 1820

Interviews

“It Really Matters If Somebody Has Bad Taste”: An Interview With Book Critic Becca Rothfeld

The Sphere on the Las Vegas Strip is seen displaying Super Bowl LVIII signage ahead of Super Bowl LVIII on February 08, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Super Bowl LVIII – Previews

The Super Bowl Before The Crunch

The main character giving a speech in Origin

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Arts And Culture

‘Origin’ Fails As Both Homework And Entertainment

The Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, MA on October 25, 2021.

The Harvard Book Store

Politics

What Comes After The Post-Crisis Reading List?

Antique print of whalers harpooning a sperm whale off New Bedford, Massachusetts. The print is from 1910.

Whalers Harpooning Sperm Whale

A Year In Pursuit Of Moby Dick

A collection of triangular shapes in Michael Heizer's City installation

Art In The Middle Of Nowhere Is Still Somewhere

Thousands of pro-Palestinian protestors gather as they demonstrate against Israeli war on Gaza calling for a ceasefire at Sergelstorg Square in Stockholm, Sweden, October 22, 2023.

Pro-Palestinian demonstration in Sweden

What Happens After The Rally Ends?

Cosplayer Devan Blake dressed as Valak from "The Conjuring" attends the 2019 Comic-Con International on July 18, 2019 in San Diego, California.

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Defector At The Movies

They’ll Just Keep Conjuring That Garbage

The Contenders London presented by Deadline, Arrivals, UK – 06 Oct 2017

Hey It's That Guy

Lois Smith Is Too Cool To Be Hollywood’s Grandma

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The ‘Slough House’ Series Lets Spies Be The Losers They Are

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Can Benny Safdie Just Make Himself Into A Character Actor?

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Life's Rich Pageant

Everyone At The Christian Influencer Convention Was Trapped

Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in the film Barbie

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‘Barbie’ Was Born Out Of The Anxiety Of Modern Filmmaking

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Stephen Root Knows What Lurks Beneath The Everyman

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The Art (And Commerce) Of Livin’: Five Dazed And Confusing Hours Of Matthew McConaughey’s Self-Help Seminar

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‘The Flash’ Resurrecting Christopher Reeve Is Nothing But Bad News

Aerial view of urban sprawl, Las Vegas, Nevada

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What Comes After Meeting The Neighbors?

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 15: Cherry Jones attends the "Downton Abbey: A New Era" New York Premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House on May 15, 2022 in New York City.

“Downton Abbey: A New Era” New York Premiere

Cherry Jones Makes Acting A Breeze

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The Gunplay Of ‘John Wick’ Is A Bit Too Real For Comfort

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Djimon Hounsou’s Been Stuck In Big-Budget Purgatory For Too Long

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‘Physical: 100’ Asks What A Body Is For

Hundreds of people gather in streets in freezing temperatures Monday evening to protest the killing of Tyre Nichols, in Chicago, United States on January 30, 2023. (Photo by Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Tyre Nichols protest in Chicago

Policing

The Stories We Tell Ourselves To Live

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You’ll Never Meet Tilda Swinton Twice

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Sean Harris Leans Into The Pain Of Being A Creep

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Video Games

Sometimes It’s Fun To Be A Weird Guy With A Hand For A Head