Smriti Mandhana Among Four Nominees for ICC Women's Cricketer of Year Award

Mandhana was also nominated for Women's T20 Player of the Year on Thursday. Mandhana was shortlisted for the top award along with Tammy Beaumont of England, Lizelle Lee of South Africa and Gaby Lewis of Ireland.

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‘The Last Duel’ gets reappraised after people actually watch it

Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel found itself in the headlines on several occasions after releasing in theaters on October 15, but the reasons were hardly of the positive variety.

The $100 million historical epic flopped spectacularly at the box office, recouping just over $30 million, although it did go on to find instant success on streaming. Scott then found himself getting roasted online after claiming the reason the movie bombed was because millennials couldn’t tear themselves away from their phones long enough to make the trip to their local multiplex, before he caused another firestorm when a clip of him telling a journalist to go f*ck themselves after questioning The Last Duel‘s historical accuracy went viral.

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Zendaya wanted a different ending for ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

Fans were blown away by almost every aspect of Spider-Man: No Way Home, which somehow managed to deliver on the impossible expectations people had built up in their heads.

Of course, it helps when the multiversal superhero epic roped in a cavalcade of returning favorites to bring audiences fan service on a previously unimaginable scale, but the movie never lost sight of the emotional throughline, either.

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‘The Matrix’ trilogy explodes in popularity on streaming

If you weren’t around at the time, then it’s hard to overstate just how much of a paradigm shift The Matrix was when it first exploded into theaters back in 1999. By now you’ll have witnessed countless imitations, parodies and ripoffs, and we’ve long since passed the point where people that haven’t even seen the movie are fully aware of its major narrative, visual and dialogue beats.

Four years later, the world was gripped by Matrix fever all over again when it was announced sequels Reloaded and Revolutions would be releasing just six months apart. The former did massive business at the box office and was fairly well-received, but the closing chapter saw takings drop by over $300 million, before being roundly criticized as a disappointing conclusion to a potential all-timer of a series.

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Nicolas Cage says he left his own body shooting iconic ‘Face/Off’ scene

It goes without saying that John Woo’s action classic Face/Off is a masterclass in overacting, with stars Nicolas Cage and John Travolta not just chewing on the scenery, but completely inhaling it.

The two A-listers go for broke with their respective dual performances, with Cage as Cage playing Castor Troy one of the most deliriously unhinged turns you’re ever likely to see in a big budget studio blockbuster. As it turns out, the Academy Award winner is of the belief that he came close to full-blown astral projection during the prison sequence.

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Alfred Molina breaks down his ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ return

The earliest promotional and marketing materials for Spider-Man: No Way Home largely revolved around Tom Holland’s Peter Parker doing battle with Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus, to the extent that fans started to grow weary of seeing footage from the bridge scene long before the movie was released.

Part of the reason for that may have been down to the fact Molina was the first veteran from franchises past to confirm his involvement, coming right out in an interview earlier in the year and admitting that he was strapping the tentacles back on, much to the chagrin of Kevin Feige.

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Rohit, Ashwin Among Four Indians Included in Cricket Australia XI of 2021

Besides Rohit and Ashwin, the other two Indians in the team were swashbuckling keeperbatter Rishabh Pant and leftarm spinner Axar Patel.

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‘Encanto’ scores bigger Disney Plus viewership than ‘Shang-Chi’

Streaming viewership is a contentious issue, when Netflix is the only one of the major platforms that releases data in any sort of official capacity, having recently pivoted away from the 28-day model of households reached in favor of weekly film and television rankings that count total hours streamed.

HBO Max, Disney Plus and Prime Video have never been interested in sharing the cold, hard data with the public, and they’re under no obligation to do so. However, third-party aggregator Samba TV has done a sterling job in filling the gaps, revealing how many televisions equipped with the company’s software have been checking out the latest major on-demand titles.

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Centurion Win Notwithstanding, India Can’t Take a First-ever Series win in South Africa for Granted

India’s successes overseas in the past 5-6 years have been built around the efforts of the bowlers – pacemen to a large extent –who have almost unfailingly taken 20 wickets to put the side in positions from where victory is possible.

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Tom Holland shares his thoughts on ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ ending

Tom Holland recently poured cold water on the rumors claiming he had no interest in playing the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man once he turns 30, insisting his words were misinterpreted by the press. That’s just as well, because it looks as though we’ve still got at least another three solo movies to go.

Even though Kevin Feige confirmed that Holland’s fourth standalone outing is in the earliest stages of development, No Way Home writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers admitted that they wrote the ending of the smash hit blockbuster to be as definitive as possible, in the event that it marked the end of the road for this version of the web-slinger.

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Watch: Ashwin, Pujara, Siraj Dance After India's Historic Test Win in Centurion

Virat Kohli-led team has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match Test series and Ravichandran Ashwin shared a video on Instagram giving fans a glimpse of how the cricketers are celebrating their historic win.

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'Who Had a Problem with My Presence?' Harbhajan Singh Reveals How He Was Sidelined from Indian Team

A veteran of 103 Tests, ‘Bhajji’ said he could have had 100 Test wickets with time on his side being just 31.

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'Viable Alternative': Mike Atherton Suggests England Allrounder Could Succeed Joe Root as Test Captain

Joe Root, who has not won any of his three Ashes series in charge, was reluctant to discuss the long-term future of his captaincy after England lost by an innings and 14 runs in the third test in Melbourne.

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Watch: Virat Kohli Waves to Daughter Vamika After Win Over South Africa

India captain Virat Kohli's wife Anushka Sharma and their daughter Vamika were cheering for the tourists from the stands.

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India vs South Africa 2021-22: Mohammed Siraj Throw Leaves Temba Bavuma in Spot; Fans Slam Bowler | VIDEO

Siraj's unintended throw hit Bavuma hard which even halted play for several minutes.

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India vs South Africa 2021-22: 'Brisbane, Oval, Lord's, Now Centurion'-Twitter Hails India's Win

India beat South Africa to end a great year where they registered overseas wins in England and Australia.

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IND vs SA: 'Discipline Has Been The Biggest Contributor For me in Performing Away From Home' - KL Rahul

KL Rahul has smashed 6 out of 7 Test centuries away from home.

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India vs South Africa 2021-22: 'A Day Was Washed Out, Shows How Well We Played'-Virat Kohli

India beat South Africa by 113 runs to win their first-ever Test match in Centurion.

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WI-U19 vs SA-U19 Dream11 Team Prediction: Check Captain, Vice-Captain And Probable XIs For 3rd Youth One-Day, December 30, 7:00 PM IST

Check here WI-U19 vs SA-U19 Dream11 Team Predictions and hints for the 3rd Youth ODI match between West Indies U19 and South Africa U19. Also, check the schedule of the West Indies U19 vs South Africa U19 match.

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‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ writers break down Andrew Garfield’s arc

Having been in release for two weeks and become Sony’s highest-grossing movie already with over $1.16 billion in the coffers, it would be fair to say that we’re long past the point of trying to avoid Spider-Man: No Way Home spoilers.

It was an open secret that Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield were set to return as their respective Peter Parkers, and it must have been tough for the latter to hit the promotional trail for biopic The Eyes of Tammy Faye and Netflix musical Tick, Tick… Boom! to continually lie through his teeth every time Spider-Man came up, which was a lot.

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India vs South Africa 2021-22: Virat Kohli & Co Breach Fortress Centurion

India beat South Africa by 113 runs to win their first-ever Test match in Centurion.

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‘John Wick’ cinematographer explains how to capture the best of Keanu Reeves

It goes without saying that Keanu Reeves is one of the greatest action stars of all-time, which comes with the territory when you’ve taken top billing in Point Break and Speed, along with The Matrix and John Wick franchises.

Even at 57 years old he shows no signs of slowing down, with The Matrix Resurrections currently playing in theaters and on HBO Max, John Wick: Chapter 4 coming in March 2023 after being hit with another delay, while Chapter 5 has already been given the green light.

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Hoping It's Not Spreading Any Further, Says James Anderson on COVID-19 Cases in England Camp

Anderson, the 39-year-old pacer, spoke for the camp as he assessed a fluid situation with some uncertainty.

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‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ writers address potential plot holes

At the end of the day, the plot of Spider-Man: No Way Home involves a superpowered teenager accused of murder going to a wizard for help, so nobody was going in expecting an airtight narrative.

However, Marvel Cinematic Universe fans love few things more than nitpicking minor details, so writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers faced a tough task in trying to ensure the screenplay came together without any holes that could be picked apart and slowly unraveled in the aftermath.

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IND vs SA, 1st Test Day 5 Lunch Report: India Inch Closer as South Africa Struggle to 182/7

Temba Bavuma (34 batting) is fighting it out with Marco Jansen (5 batting) for company but if he can pull off a heist from the current match situation, it would certainly be one of the biggest in the history of South African cricket.

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One of the worst movies ever made soars up the Netflix ranks

Nicolas Cage might be in the midst of a resurgence thanks to the eclectic and eccentric likes of Mandy, Color Out of Space, Pig, Prisoners of the Ghostland and next year’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, but the Academy Award winner hasn’t half made some absolute crap during his career.

His nadir came in the last decade, where he apparently felt compelled to sign on to every project that came his way, the vast majority of which turned out to be nothing short of terrible. Forgettable thrillers are one thing, but 2014’s Left Behind is a woeful affront to cinema, one that’s regularly named as one of the worst movies ever made.

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‘The Unforgivable’ gives Sandra Bullock a unique Netflix record

Hard-hitting drama The Unforgivable didn’t fare too well with critics, winding up with a disappointing 37% score on Rotten Tomatoes, but it’s turned out to be a massive success for Netflix.

The dramatic thriller from Nora Fingscheidt was trending constantly after first premiering on November 24, topping the most-watched list in 83 countries and leaving audiences in awe of Sandra Bullock’s phenomenal performance. As it turns out, The Unforgivable has proven to be so popular that it’s entered the platform’s all-time Top 10 list.

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Kevin Feige explains how ‘Harry Potter’ inspired the MCU’s ‘Spider-Man’

Up until the Marvel Cinematic Universe came along, Harry Potter held the title of being cinema’s highest-grossing franchise ever, with the eight-film saga following the Boy Who Lived turning a literary phenomenon into a cultural one.

Of course, Kevin Feige’s monolithic series of interconnected comic book adaptations have since built up an unassailable lead at the head of the pack, with Spider-Man: No Way Home taking the MCU’s cumulative earnings within touching distance of the $25 billion mark.

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‘The Expendables 4’ star shares excitement at joining the franchise

It looked for a long time as though The Expendables 4 would never happen, with eight years having passed since the third installment, before it was confirmed that Sylvester Stallone was getting at least some of the band back together for another action-packed adventure.

The last outing for the aging band of heroes was viewed as a huge disappointment, with the PG-13 rating neutering the entire appeal of the property, while a pristine copy leaking online in its entirety weeks ahead of release did the movie’s box office prospects no favors.

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A dire Bruce Willis thriller shoots for Netflix success

Although his recent filmography might suggest otherwise, Bruce Willis movies do occasionally arrive in theaters, even if it’s become increasingly rare as the action icon hedges his bets on a succession of forgettable VOD genre films that tend to arrive at alarmingly regular intervals.

The actor has lent his grizzled talents to no less than nineteen features since the beginning of 2018, and a whopping four of them have seen the inside of a multiplex. Sure, his contributions to The LEGO Movie: The Second Part were limited to a cameo, Glass was a major disappointment and Motherless Brooklyn flopped, but they still happened played on the big screen.

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Devon Conway Ready for Bangladesh Series After Recovering from Freak Injury

On Wednesday, Conway fielded for close to 77 overs in the two-day practice game between New Zealand XI and the tourists, showing no discomfort.

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Kevin Feige recalls huge pressure for the MCU to get Spider-Man right

Sony’s handling of Spider-Man was rightly called into question by a lot of fans after the studio had been directly responsible for watching two separate franchises implode long before they were supposed to, something that really stung for a lot of fans as they watched the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe unfold concurrently.

Iron Man was released a year after Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3, but the filmmaker’s plans for a fourth installment ultimately fell by the wayside. The Amazing Spider-Man duology saw Sony begin to lay the foundations for an entire shared Marvel mythology of their own, but after Andrew Garfield’s sequel became the lowest-grossing and worst-reviewed Spidey movie ever, development was halted on a multitude of additional projects.

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1st Test, Day 4 Lunch Report: Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara Stabilize India After KL Rahul's Departure

At lunch, India scored 79/3 in 32 overs with Kohli (18*) and Pujara (12*) in the middle.

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‘Eternals’ director reveals alternate ending people would have hated

Most of the hubbub surrounding the end of Eternals came from the credits scenes, which was understandable when the two stingers set some very interesting things in motion for the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s short and long term future, while also giving us the very poorly-rendered Pip the Troll into the bargain.

Harry Styles made his franchise debut as Eros, brother of Thanos, who looks set to factor into either a direct sequel to Chloe Zhao’s intergalactic extravaganza, or whatever comes next for the plucky band of immortal aliens. On top of that, Mahershala Ali’s Blade made his first offscreen MCU appearance to intone an ominous warning in the direction of Kit Harington’s Black Knight, which could set the latter up for a role in the Daywalker’s reboot.

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Wasim Jaffer Roasts Michael Vaughan After Australia Bowl Out England for 68 in 3rd Ashes Test

Wasim Jaffer decided to take advantage of the situation to take a subtle dig at ex-England skipper Michael Vaughan.

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‘Don’t Look Up’ director claims a mistake in the movie was intentional

Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up has proven to be a huge hit for Netflix after comfortably topping both the most-watched list and the weekly viewership charts, but it would be an understatement to say the general consensus has been fairly divisive.

Some people are going wild for the star-studded, razor sharp and often absurd disaster comedy, while just as many folks decry the filmmaker’s cloying smugness, heavy-handedness and holier-than-thou approach to the material. With a $75 million budget and some impressive effects, Don’t Look Up is immaculately assembled from a technical perspective, but some fans still think they spotted a noticeable mistake.

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India vs South Africa 2021-22: Head Coach Rahul Dravid Rings Bell At Start of Play

Ringing the bell is an old tradition in England which was the birthplace of the game.

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Woodlands Hospital Provides Latest Update: Sourav Ganguly 'Haemodynamically Stable' on 2nd Day of Admission

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly is stable and the team of doctors are keeping a close tab on his wellbeing.

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Pay More Attention to Red-Ball Cricket: Moeen Ali After England's Ashes Debacle

On Tuesday, England lost the third Ashes Test and also the series after their innings and 14-run demolition by Australia at the MCG.

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‘The Matrix Resurrections’ always featured a new Morpheus

Hugo Weaving revealed a while back that he was approached about reprising the role of Smith in The Matrix Resurrections, and with the movie now out there for all the world to see, anyone that’s plugged themselves back in will know that would’ve created an entirely new and even more self-aware dynamic to drive the first act.

Unfortunately, scheduling conflicts wound up getting the way to pour cold water on that particular notion, but it wouldn’t be unreasonable to think that perhaps Laurence Fishburne found himself in the same boat. Then again, the O.G. Morpheus admitted the reason he wasn’t part of Resurrections was because nobody asked him, and it turns out that a new bearer of tiny sunglasses was always on the cards.

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Wasim Jaffer welcomes KL Rahul to an exclusive club with meme

Jaffer, who is renowned for his amusing social media postings, took to Twitter to congratulate Rahul for joining the "limited club of Indian openers who have scored a Test century in South Africa."

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‘The Lord of the Rings’ star reveals bizarre encounter with plot hole obsessed fan

Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Phillipa Boyens did an incredible job with The Lord of the Rings, bringing Tolkien’s world to life in a trilogy that’s stood the test of time. But with such long and detailed movies, there are naturally a few goofs that slip through the cracks, like the very brief glimpse of what appears to be a car driving past the shire or hardcore fans quibbling that tomatoes shouldn’t be present in Middle-earth.

Some people care very deeply about this sort of thing, occasionally to a scary degree. Now Sean Astin – who played the loveable Samwise Gamgee – has recalled one bizarre encounter in an interview with ScreenRant. The anecdote came as he discussed the instant stardom the cast experience in the wake of the films’ release:

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MCU theory says the Captain America name is now tainted

One of Hawkeye‘s big highlights was Rogers: The Musical. It makes a ridiculous amount of sense that Broadway would attempt a toe-tappin’ adaptation of Steve Rogers’ life and the show brought Captain America to the stage in style – so much so that the full unedited clip was eventually presented to viewers as a ‘Christmas Present’ mid-credits scene after the finale.

But MCU fans have been wondering why it’s titled ‘Rogers: The Musical’ and not ‘Captain America: The Musical’ – as well as why the shield-wielding Statue of Liberty makes no reference to “Captain America”.

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ICC Announces Nominees For Men's Test Player of the Year, Ravichandran Ashwin Finds Place

Ace spinner R Ashwin enjoyed great success in 2021 with both bat and ball.

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IND vs SA: 'Being Relieved of Vice-Captaincy Would've Sent a Particular Signal to Ajinkya Rahane' - Sanjay Bangar

Ahead of the ongoing Test series, Rahane was sacked as India's Test vice-captain and Bangar feels it has relieved the Test specialist and he came out all guns blazing on day 1.

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Ashes 2021-22: Wild Scenes as 100 Fans Ejected From Melbourne Cricket Ground

Excited fans could be seen drinking beers from shoes, pouring them on their heads as police got involved to reportedly remove exactly 100 of them from the venue.

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‘Doctor Strange 2’ fans are hoping for some major cameos

Now that Spider-Man: No Way Home has set the bar for surprise cameos, Marvel Cinematic Universe fans are fully expecting Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness to sail over it with the greatest of ease.

Ever since Benedict Cumberbatch’s solo sequel was given an official title, the rumor mill has remained in a perpetual state of overdrive, with virtually every star to have played a decent-sized role in any Marvel Comics adaptation dating back 20 years finding themselves linked with a return.

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IND vs SA: 'I Have Surprised Myself' - KL Rahul After Century in Boxing Day Test

Rahul achieved some massive feat as he registered his seventh Test century in Centurion.

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Kevin Feige explains why the MCU didn’t reboot Green Goblin or Doc Ock

The first two installments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man franchise made a conscious decision to use villains that had never been seen in live-action before, a wise move to differentiate itself from the Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield eras.

It was a decision that paid huge dividends after Michael Keaton’s Adrian Toomes and Jake Gyllenhaal’s Quentin Beck turned out to be inspired pieces of casting, providing formidable foes for Tom Holland’s Peter Parker to contend with, while bringing some fresh antagonism to the table.

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Ashes Series in the Balance After Virus Scare in Melbourne

Before play even began on Monday, Cricket Australia called for calm after a COVID-19 scare involving two members of England’s support staff resulted in a 30-minute delay to the start of play.

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An undisputed festive favorite charts on multiple streaming platforms

The annual debate over whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie has become a rather moot point, because the vast majority of people are fully aware that the action classic qualifies as a festive favorite, even though some folks still love to try and stir up a social media debate by acting like they’re the first person to come up with the wild and crazy theory.

Director John McTiernan even went to great lengths explaining why John McClane’s adventure in, on and around the Nakatomi Plaza is a Christmastime romp, which kind of draws a line under the whole thing. It also helps that Die Hard is arguably the single greatest action extravaganza to come out of Hollywood, so it’s re-watchable at any time of year.

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Sneaky ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Easter Egg drops ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ hint

Even though we’re only a few months away from the release of Taika Waititi’s Thor: Love and Thunder, and we’ve got a pretty good idea of how all the major players are going to fit into the story, plot details remain virtually non-existent.

Chris Hemsworth’s Odinson was partnered up with the Guardians of the Galaxy the last time we saw him, while Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie is dealing with the pressures of ruling New Asgard. Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster makes her Marvel Cinematic Universe return after almost a decade, and she’s getting superpowers for good measure, without even mentioning Christian Bale’s Gorr the God Butcher looking to live up to his name by slaying some deities.

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