This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...

While 2025 may have felt like a dumpsterfire, it’s clear that going to the movies remains one of the best ways to escape the madness. It’s emphatically not an outdated concept - it’s threatened but ...

Never has that sentiment been more true than in 2025 — seen both in the best games of the year and in the culture around them ...

In 2021, David Hollowell fell off his roof and lost his speech. He now says only two sentences and has lost his desire to ...

Well my friends, here we sit together as the year draws to a close on a strange year for the movies. We’ve seen the big ...

Honey badgers are not actually named for their love of honey, in fact, they raid bee hives to loot the delicious, protein-rich larva inside, which seems like an overly complicated way to get protein.

Adam's world shatters when he discovers his 'parents' are his grandparents. He confronts the devastating family lie, forcing ...

To first answer one of the most-asked questions about the two episodes of Taylor Swift’s “The End of an Era” docuseries that have initially gone up for streaming: Is her NFL superstar beau in them?

Few SNL skits have permeated pop culture quite like "More Cowbell." With Christopher Walken demanding "I gotta have more cowbell" and Will Ferrell enthusiastically obliging, it’s a masterclass in ...

How memorable sound effects elevated "Alien: Earth to the next level. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "In space," some marketing ...

Is it the invasion of the genome snatchers? Just in case the idea of aliens walking around in human skin suits wasn’t frightening enough. An outlandish study asserts that aliens might have abducted us ...

We don't yet know why Sydney Chandler's Wendy can communicate with aliens, but we have some new insight into how the show pulled off the effect. Reading time 2 minutes While Alien: Earth fans ...