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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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Matene Toure

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Arts And Culture

‘Nickel Boys’ Deserves Best Picture

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Actor Wings Hauser poses for a portrait in circa 1980. The Defector Wings Week logo is on his shirt.

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Wings Week

Wings Hauser, American Weirdo

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Israel Daramola

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A Journey Through The Process Of Making And Talking About Art

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

Guy Ritchie speaks onstage during the Special NY Screening of "The Gentlemen" at the Alamo Drafthouse on January 11, 2020 in New York City.

Special NY Screening Of “The Gentlemen” At The Alamo Drafthouse

Guy Ritchie Is The Least Appreciated Director In The World

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Podcasts

A Symphony Of Solidarity Honks, With Adam Conover

David Spade on the set of his 2019 late-night series on Comedy Central.

Comedy Central’s “Lights Out With David Spade,” New Late-Night Series Premieres Monday, July 29 At 11:30 P.M. ET/PT., July 29, 2019

It’s Hollywood’s Biggest Night And All The Stars Are Out, With Vince Mancini

<a href="https://twitter.com/petesegall?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pete Segall</a> lives in Chicago. His fiction has appeared in The Bennington Review, Conjunctions, The Drift, and elsewhere.

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The eponymous hospital in Lars Von Trier's supernatural soap "Kingdom"

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After Two Decades Of Chaos, Lars Von Trier’s Supernatural Soap Opera ‘Kingdom’ Returns

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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I Put My Cat On A T-Shirt That References The Movie ‘Hackers’ And You Can’t Stop Me

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