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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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The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Merch v3

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US actor Ben Stiller attends the premiere of Apple TV+'s "Severance" at the DGA (Directors Guild of America) theatre in Los Angeles, April 8, 2022.

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Ben Stiller Explains How ‘Severance’ Became The Rare Streaming Show That’s Actually Good

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Defector At The Movies

‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Is Where The Chaotic, Splintered Universes Of Modern Life All Collide

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What’s So Great About Relatability?

Protesters from Students For a Democratic Society demonstrate on the University of Utah campus against an event where right wing writer and commentator Ben Shapiro is speaking on September 27, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Campus authorities have increased security ahead of the appearance by Shapiro, a former editor-at-large for Breitbart News. Around 500 people marched across campus, chanting and giving speeches.

University Of Utah Braces For Protests As Right Wing Commentator Ben Shapiro Speaks On Campus

I Watched A Ben Shapiro Movie By Accident

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Life Lessons

I Hate Games

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And Just Like That, I Watched An Entire Season Of ‘And Just Like That…’

Premiere Of 20th Century FOX’s “Bad Times At The El Royale” – Arrivals

We Don’t Need Joss Whedon’s Cover Story

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In ‘Yellowjackets,’ The Old Eat Their Young

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Cold Comforts

‘Elle’ Is The Kind Of Dark, Twisted, Sexy Christmas Movie Only Paul Verhoeven Could Dream Up

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‘Red Road’ Is A Revenge Story So Hot You Can’t Look Away

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In ‘The Vanishing,’ What Can Kill You Is What You Want To Know

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The Muddy Ethics Of The Thai Cave Rescue Entertainment Machine

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‘Dear Zachary’ Is A Greek Tragedy Come To Life

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‘Forbrydelsen’ Seduced The World With A Sweater And A Murder

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The Bleak, Austere, Horny World Of ‘The Piano Teacher’

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Watching ‘Touching The Void’ Should Qualify As An Extreme Sport

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‘Love & Anarchy’ Has Liberated The Rom-Com From Its Neoliberal Shackles

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‘Collective’ Shows Why Newsrooms Will Always Matter More Than Newsletters

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‘The Investigation’ Might Be The Perfect Crime Series