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Film

Ava DuVernay Is the First Woman of Color to Direct a $100 Million Film

With her much-anticipated adaptation of "A Wrinkle in Time," Ava DuVernay is making history.
Kimberly Lawson
8.4.16
thump news

You’ve Been Pronouncing Your Favorite DJ’s Name Wrong This Entire Time

At least according to this video, which informs us that Marcel Dettmann is actually pronounced "Marshall Deadman."
Colin Joyce
8.4.16
Sports

Olympian Miles Chamley-Watson is Reinventing Fencing

Miles Chamley-Watson is an Olympic Fencer looking to claim gold in Rio this Summer. With his creative style and flair in a sport built on rigid traditions, he definitely stands out from the crowd.
VICE Sports
8.4.16
the basketball tournament

At The Basketball Tournament, Career Opportunities Are Second to Fun

The Basketball Tournament has a $2 million grand prize and an ESPN broadcast deal—which makes it that much more surprising that the players are just there to ball.
David Vertsberger
8.4.16
French cooking

Why French People Need a Culinary Makeover

Don’t ever fuck with French people or their food. It’s a lesson I’ve had to learn the hard way.
Ryan Dolan
8.4.16
Street Food

A Singapore Food Stall that Serves $1.50 Noodles Just Earned a Michelin Star

The noodles at HK Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodle are only $1.50, but there's often a two-hour wait.
Wyatt Marshall
8.4.16
Politics

'I Had to Be the Voice of Women': The First Female Hijacker Shares Her Story

On August 29, 1969, 25-year-old Leila Khaled made her way into the cockpit of TWA Flight 870 and commandeered the plane on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. After that, she became known equally as an icon and a terrorist.
Leila Ettachfini
8.4.16
The VICE Guide to Right Now

Does This 'Seinfeld' Spec Script Prove America's Ready to Laugh About 9/11?

The script, called "The Twin Towers," functions both as a mocking parody of the show—juxtaposing the characters' deep inhumanity next to a horrifying terrorist attack—and as a pitch-perfect homage.
Lincoln Michel
8.4.16
thump news

ANOHNI, David Bowie, and Skepta Are All Up for the 2016 Mercury Prize

The public gets a vote for the first time this year.
Oliver Kinkel
8.4.16
americas

This is already the deadliest year for journalists in Mexico since 2010

Eight journalists were killed in Mexico in the first half of this year, according to a report by the freedom of expression group Article 19 that also registered a doubling in the number of non-fatal attacks on the media.
Alan Hernandez
8.4.16
FIGHTLAND

A Matter of Pride: Giant Silva

One man managed to traverse both Pride and WWF’s heyday: Paulo Cesar da Silva, otherwise known as Giant Silva.
Jake Hughes
8.4.16
Music

This Weekend's Fed Up Fest Proved Queercore's Not Dead

As 24 queer bands blew eardrums in Chicago, the gathering served as a reminder of what made queercore so great in the first place.
Conor Bezane
8.4.16
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