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On Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, 20 Years Later

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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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What We're Buying
Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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8 New Clothing Brands You Should Know

It’s hard to define what constitutes a “new” brand. Clothing brands don’t just pop up overnight. It takes a terrific amount of work to start one—establishing a supply chain, creating an online or brick-and-mortar store, designing a product that sells. All that has to happen the first t-shirt, pair of socks,…

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The 9 Most Exciting Games from this Year’s E3

This year’s E3 provided us with a good look at what the next year and a half or so of gaming is going to look like and overall, we’re optimistic. We’ve already started stashing away money so people don’t judge us for our spending habits. If people ask, we’ll say…

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9 Things Every Father Should Pass Down To His Son

You might not have a son yet, but there's a decent chance you will some day. Along with the life lessons and skills you'll want to teach him, there are certain material things that you should have to pass down to him. Some of these you may already have and…

By Mike Newman
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This Rolex Submariner Just Sold For Over $1 Million

The Rolex you see here is officially the most expensive Submariner ever sold, after it moved for the eye-popping price of $1,068,500 yesterday at Christie's, during the auction house's Evening of Exceptional Watches. "Exceptional" is an apt word here, as this Sub looks little like most of the versions we've…

By Mike Newman
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Stanley’s Classic Vacuum Bottle & Thermos Is Half Off

The Stanley vacuum bottle is one of the best coffee thermoses out there, but the timeless bottle can also be used for soups, something stronger or even to keep iced beverages cold for up to 160 hours. It's built to take a beating and still keep going, which is why…

By Cooper Fleishman
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