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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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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

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US Premiere of “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Red Carpet)

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If Tom Cruise REALLY Loved Movies, He Would Let Me Watch Him Die

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Kelsey McKinney

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Got A Reading Problem? Ask The Book Doctor!

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Rick Derringer Made Rock And Roll Fun

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Soraya Roberts

Benny (Benito Skinner), Carmen (Wally Baram), Holmes in OVERCOMPENSATING

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‘Overcompensating’ Is Not A Joke

Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.

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Nicholas Russell

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‘Mission: Impossible’ Must Finally Reckon With Tom Cruise’s Ego

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Close Reading Is For Everyone

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Lauren Theisen

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Helen Frankenthaler Is A Reason To Go To Rochester

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Are We Human, Or Are We Slayer?

Investigations Editor. You can contact her at diana@defector.com or dfmoskovitz@protonmail.com. She&#8217;s also on Signal @dmoskovitz.99

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Diana Moskovitz

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Timothée Chalamet Is In His Sports Bro Era

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Visual Editor. Runs <a href="http://defectorstore.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">defectorstore.com</a>. Philadelphia-based, if you couldn’t tell.

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Dan McQuade

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Can You Do Racism Against Italians? A Eurovision Roundtable

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Netflix Keeps Ruining Action Movies

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‘Mitchell’ Is Part Of Joe Don Baker’s Legacy, For Better Or Worse

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Swole Woman Casey Johnston Has Written A Swole Book

Violet Lucca is the author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/david-cronenberg-clinical-trials-violet-lucca/21170132">David Cronenberg: Clinical Trials</a>. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Art in America, Sight and Sound, the Village Voice, and elsewhere. She was the VP of Digital at Harper’s Magazine and Digital Producer at Film Comment, and was the host of their respective podcasts.

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Violet Lucca

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Defector At The Movies

‘The Shrouds’ Is David Cronenberg’s Typically Prescient Epitaph For Our Present And His Career