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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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Tom Cruise arrives at the US Premiere of "Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning" at Lincoln Center Plaza in New York, New York on May 18, 2025.

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

Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.

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

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Hayley Atwell and Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

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