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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

The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Barry Petchesky

SHAOYANG, CHINA - FEBRUARY 16: People read books at Songpo bookstore during the Spring Festival holiday on February 16, 2021 in Shaoyang, Hunan Province of China. (Photo by Teng Zhizhong/VCG via Getty Images)

Bookstore In Shaoyang

Life Lessons

Buy Yourself A Gift Card

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Kelsey McKinney

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Sabrina Imbler

Anne Hatahway cries in her Subaru in a scene from The Idea of You

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Arts And Culture

The Ideas Of ‘The Idea Of You,’ According To Us

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Paramount Plus Is Ruining My Life, And It Is Time For Jeff Probst To Do Something About It

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Israel Daramola

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John Mulaney Made A Perfect Late-Night Show For Just One Week

Pro-Palestinian protesters opposing Israel's participation in the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) demonstrate in Malmo, Sweden, on May 11, 2024, with a poster saying : NEJ TILL FOLKMORD, Welcome to the Genocide Song Contest

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The Myth Of An Apolitical Eurovision

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David Roth

Steve Albini performs with his band Shellac at the FYF Fest in Los Angeles in 2016.

FYF Fest 2016 – Day 1

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Everyone Has A Steve Albini Album

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Alex Sujong Laughlin

South African singer and songwriter Tyla arrives for the 2024 Met Gala in a Balmain gown meant to evoke sand in an hourglass. She is being helped by a procession of men in tuxedos who are holding the train of her gown in order for her to walk.

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How Do You Compartmentalize The Spectacle?

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What’s In A Frame?

Kendrick Lamar performing on stage at the Glastonbury music festival in England in June 2022.

Glastonbury Festival 2022 – Day Five

Kendrick Lamar And Drake Battle For The Lowest Blow

Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.

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Nicholas Russell

DJ FRONT COVER

Cindy Lee’s ‘Diamond Jubilee’ Is A Gift Worth Savoring

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Soraya Roberts

Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O'Connor sitting on a bed in a scene from Challengers

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You Can’t Not Surrender To The ‘Challengers’ Soundtrack

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 02: Drake appears via video during the Recording Academy Honors presented by The Black Music Collective during the 65th GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (

65th GRAMMY Awards – Recording Academy Honors Presented By The Black Music Collective

Everybody Hates Drake: A Guide To Millennial Rap’s Midlife Beef Crisis

Corey Atad is a freelancer writer based in Toronto with an unhealthy Air Bud obsession.

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Corey Atad

Ethan Hawke and Maya Hawke attend a screening of "Wildcat" at Angelika Film Center on April 11, 2024 in New York City.

Dior, Cinema Society & Oscilloscope Laboratories Host A Screening Of “Wildcat”

Ethan Hawke Wants To Make Movies That Begin At The End

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This Is So Stupid

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‘Ripley’ Turns Black And White To Color

Asher Elbein is <a href="https://www.asherelbein.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.asherelbein.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1712179533443000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2CJ0U-vHMdK0s6sOdzlGGF">a journalist and fiction writer</a> based in Austin, Texas. Among other places, his work has appeared in The New York Times, Scientific American, Undark Magazine, Audubon, and Texas Monthly.

Asher Elbein

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The Judgment Of Magneto

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2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards – Arrivals

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Lauren Theisen

2023 PEN America Literary Gala – Inside

PEN America Chooses The Most Cowardly Words

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The Recording Academy Honors 2007

Rico Wade And Organized Noize Were The Architects Of Southern Rap

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The Forbidden Worlds Of Toshiko Takaezu

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‘The Sympathizer’ Is In Good Hands With Park Chan-Wook

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‘Shōgun’ Is The Best And Most Human Show On TV

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‘The Kid Detective’ Is Too Good To Be Forgotten

Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

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Drew Magary

A promotional poster for the James Bond film "No Time To Die" starring Daniel Craig at a cineplex in Shanghai showing all six actors who have played the character James Bond.

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It’s Not Who Plays The Next Bond, It’s How You Write Him