Vijay Hazare Trophy 2022: Tamil Nadu Defeat Arunachal Pradesh by 435 Runs to Set World Record

This victory of Tamil Nadu is now the biggest in List A cricket. They bettered the 32-year-old record set by Somerset in 1990 when they defeated Devon by 346 runs

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Marvel masses wonder if a franchise icon would stand a chance against another MCU badass

Fantasizing about matchups between two of your favorite characters is a practice as old as time; from Goku versus Superman to Deadpool versus Boba Fett to one James Bond versus another James Bond, the world of fiction knows no more frequent a battleground than the imaginations of fans.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe, with its galaxy-sized cast of icons, grants us the luxury of dreaming up fights while only pitching names from canon. One popular choice for a combatant is Black Widow, the hard-boiled assassin who sacrificed herself during the events of Avengers: Endgame. Indeed, since her death means we won’t be seeing her squaring up against anyone anymore, it’s particularly fun to imagine what brawls could have been.

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Who is N Jagadeesan: All You Need to Know About Tamil Nadu Batter Whos Scored World Record in List A Cricket

Jagdeesan is a well-known name in the Tamil Nadu cricketing circle. He has been a part of Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) but never hogged the limelight before his heroics against Arunachal on Monday

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Filming on a quaint period drama keeps getting ruined by Tom Cruise flying a helicopter over the set

In today’s edition of “Tom Cruise can’t stop doing Tom Cruise things”, the action superstar has been causing a most surprising nuisance by constantly flying helicopters over the set of a quaint British period drama.

The 12th season of award-winning BBC favorite Call the Midwife is expected to premiere early next year, with the cast and crew currently filming in close proximity to Cruise and McQuarrie’s mega budget blockbuster sequel Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 2.

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A star-studded blast from the past circles around to end up back in the crosshairs of adulation

Richard Donner is without a doubt one of the greatest blockbuster directors there’s ever been, with the late filmmaker calling the shots on The Omen, Superman: The Movie, The Goonies, Scrooged, Conspiracy Theory, and the Lethal Weapon franchise to name but a few, although his 1994 Western Maverick never tends to get spoken about in the same breath as his other classics.

That’s not to say it wasn’t hugely popular at the time, as evidenced by a $183 million haul at the box office complementing respective Rotten Tomatoes scores of 67 and 71 percent from critics and audiences. Based on the 1950s TV series of the same name, the star-studded action comedy is a pure adrenaline rush of star-studded entertainment from start to finish.

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IND vs NZ: Suryakumar Yadav Ton Too Much for New Zealand As India Take 1-0 Lead

Promoted to number three, Suryakumar Yadav toyed with the bowlers to lift India to a challenging total after New Zealand put the visitors in to bat. He smashed boundaries and sixes at will, his last 64 runs coming off just 18 balls.

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You know it’s officially that time of year when the ‘Die Hard’ debate gets dusted off and defrosted

The festive season brings with it a unique set of cultural quirks that you don’t get any other time of year. People wear intentionally ugly sweaters, consume eggnog like it’s going out of fashion, put up a highly-decorated tree to take pride of place in their home, listen to a specific set of songs that have been replayed for decades, and debate whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie.

Forget Mariah Carey emerging from stasis to enjoy her inevitable stint in the spotlight, the Yuletide festivities officially get underway when John McTiernan’s all-time action classic begins dominating the cultural conversation. True to form, things are already getting heated on social media.

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A panned box office bomb caught up in political turmoil reaches the brink of war on streaming

On the surface, you wouldn’t expect a period-set romantic epic that holds a miserly 19 percent Rotten Tomatoes score to get caught up in one of the longest-running hot-button geopolitical issues, but that was precisely the criticism faced by 2017’s forgotten failure The Ottoman Lieutenant, with questions asked about its origins, existence, and narrative accuracy.

The seemingly-inoffensive story finds an idealistic American leaving the United States after meeting Josh Hartnett’s doctor, who operates a mission located within the titular empire. Unbeknownst to them, the looming specter of what’s about to be known as the Great War is poised to change the world forever, with the personal dynamics complicated further by Michiel Huisman’s title character.

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‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ director admits the sequel was a risky proposition on every level

Even though Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was guaranteed to make serious bank at the box office, it might just be one of the riskiest projects the Marvel Cinematic Universe has ever produced for a variety of reasons, something director Ryan Coogler is fully aware of.

Not only was the sequel forced to recast its title hero in the wake of Chadwick Boseman’s death, but it had to do so in a manner that paid a fitting tribute to the actor’s legacy both on and offscreen, while still fitting neatly into established canon and continuity.

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The star of an acclaimed thriller based their washed-up character on ‘horrible human’ Steven Seagal

John Leguizamo is known for speaking his mind, and the actor has never been shy when it comes to trashing his Executive Decision co-star Steven Seagal.

To be fair, it’s not like the Super Mario Bros. veteran is the only person to have broached the subject of the veteran action hero being an asshole, but he’s finally managed to turn it into something positive by using the controversial martial artist as the inspiration for his performance in acclaimed black comedy thriller The Menu.

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Latest Sci-Fi News: ‘Doctor Who’ fans celebrate Matt Smith’s era yet again as David Harbour explains why his MCU debut might redeem him for ‘Hellboy’

Doctor Who fans have just realized that Matt Smith’s first season as the eleventh incarnation of the titular character is brilliant for a number of different reasons and deserves more recognition. Frankly speaking, the Raggedy Doctor could do with a bit more praise. Not that his tenure isn’t already as popular as all the rest of them, but some of his stories definitely rank among the underrated Who roster.

Meanwhile, Star Wars fans are once again hilariously ripping into the title of Episode II – Attack of the Clones and how it misrepresents the entire narrative. Their alternatives aren’t any better than what Lucas came up with, mind you, but it’s never a boring day when we think about the ridiculousness of Star Wars titles.

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IND vs NZ: Virat Kohli's 'Video Game Innings' Remark for India Batter Goes Viral Within Minutes

Surya Kumar Yadav came at number three in Virat Kohli's absence and smashed boundaries and sixes at will, his last 64 runs coming off just 18 balls.

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Review: ‘Taurus’ is a stripped-back indie effort that pulses with creative intensity

Capturing the self-destructive spiral of fictional musicians on film is difficult without running into cliché. And yet, Taurus manages to pull this it without missing a beat.  

Featuring Colson Baker, aka Machine Gun Kelly, as up-and-coming rock star rapper Cole, Taurus is a full-frontal assault from the opening frame. As well as being an executive producer on the project alongside writer and director Tim Sutton, Kelly also contributed a vast majority of the music – a fact which not only adds an additional layer of authenticity to this moral fable, but ensures that any creative segues onscreen feel grounded in reality. 

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'Just Cleaned all the Seats...': Simon Doull Lambasts Wellington Stadium Officials Over Cleanliness Issues

Doull, who is a part of the commentary panel for the series, lashed out at the organisers for lack of cleanliness at the hospitality section of the Sky Stadium

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Watch: Shikhar Dhawan’s Heartwarming Reunion With His Son Zoravar Leaves Social Media Mesmerised

Dhawan’s Reels has gone viral on social media with over 1.6 million views and still counting

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A steampunk spectacular that kicked off an unfinished trilogy embraces the dark arts on streaming

Hollywood isn’t the sort of place that allows billion-dollar franchises to wither and die on the vine, but here we are a full 13 years after Sherlock Holmes, and 11 since sequel A Game of Shadows, still waiting for that mythical third installment to materialize.

The first two chapters each earned in excess of $500 million at the box office while drawing warm responses from critics and enthusiastic reactions from audiences, who couldn’t get enough of seeing Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law bicker their way through an anachronistic steampunk adventure that boasted no shortage of wit and visual style to spare.

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‘The Defenders’ star hopes Charlie Cox’s ringing endorsement leads to an MCU return

Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio are thrilled to have been welcomed back into mainline Marvel Cinematic Universe canon, but which fan favorite will be next in line to join the dynamic duo in making the jump from Netflix’s Defenders Saga?

Plenty of speculation has, does, and will continue to point in the direction of Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle and Krysten Ritter’s Jessica Jones, but it’d be a missed opportunity on Kevin Feige’s part were Jessica Henwick’s Colleen Wing left on the sidelines, especially when her Defenders co-star Cox has been praising her as his ideal scene partner under new management.

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He's absolutely incredible: Glenn Phillips in Awe of Suryakumar

Both Suryakumar and Phillips had a brilliant time with the bat in the Men's T20 World Cup in Australia. But it was Suryakumar, currently the top-ranked T20I batter, who made a huge splash in the tournament

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Latest Sci-Fi News: A mesmerizing sci-fi flick passes a wormhole into streaming success as ‘Stranger Things’ star Joseph Quinn joins another major franchise

At the moment, there are a lot of exciting sci-fi projects on the horizon — almost enough to make you forget that HBO, of all companies, has canned one of the most important works of the speculative genre in the past decade— but as audiences prepare for the arrival of Avatar: The Way of Water and even Dune: Part Two in a few years, some have looked back on a very beloved and popular movie, which, interestingly enough, was written by the same guy who created Westworld.

Meanwhile, Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn has landed a new role in another major sci-fi survival horror franchise, and Anya Taylor-Joy is here to dish on the frustratingly challenging Mad Max: Furiosa shoot with George Miller. Check out all of that and more in today’s sci-fi roundup below.

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Could IND vs NZ 2nd T20 be Unofficial 3rd-place Playoff for T20WC?: Watch Kane Williamson's Cheeky Reply

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson came up with a cheeky replay that left Pandya and the broadcaster in splits

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'Play the Guy Who’s Naturally Destructive': EX-India Opener Questions Prithvi Shaw’s Absence from NZ Tour

Chopra, in a tweet, said that Shaw’s presence could have given India an extra edge in the powerplays; something that has been a weak link for the team in the shortest format of the game

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Zack Snyder marks ‘Justice League’ anniversary with a moving tribute to his late daughter

Yesterday marked the fifth anniversary of Justice League arriving in theaters, and as you can imagine given the regard the disastrous blockbuster is held in by the fandom, nobody had a kind word to say about it.

In most instances, milestones for major releases tend to lead to a period of reflection and renewed praise on social media, but there wasn’t a single shred of positivity to be found regarding Joss Whedon’s $300 million bomb. Instead, just like clockwork, all of the focus was instead placed on Zack Snyder.

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'No Doubt They All Will be Big Players': Kane Williamson Predicts Bright Future For India T20I Squad

A young India T20I squad has been selected for the New Zealand T20I series after the world cup disappointment

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'Where it All Started': Former India Allrounder Ravi Shastri Recalls His Test Debut

Ravi Shastri played his maiden Test for India on February 21, 1981

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‘Star Wars’ stans lament the big buildup for a scene that didn’t really mean a thing

Star Wars fans are still baffled as to why the sequel trilogy introduced a supposedly formidable foe only to eliminate them with shocking ease.

Years have passed since the release of Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi, yet fans remain perplexed over the demise of Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis). KuttyKool took to the r/StarWars subreddit to question the point of an adversarial figure who was so readily vanquished. They wrote, “Why was there so much build-up for Supreme Leader Snoke, including clues that he had been present in earlier canon only for him to be killed of so anticlimactically?”

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Ravi Shastri Wants India to Use Their Wealth of Resources and Follow England's T20 Template

Ravi Shastri wants India to follow and use their rich talent pool to follow England's template of white-ball domination

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A cult favorite fantasy that made $400 million and still bombed overthrows the streaming establishment

The murky world of Hollywood accounting makes it difficult to predict how high a certain movie needs to fly in order to be deemed a success, but we can safely say that 2010’s Tron: Legacy didn’t meet the threshold.

The easiest way to reach that conclusion is the fact a sequel never materialized, despite director Joseph Kosinski admirably voicing his support for another stab at the classic sci-fi property. In the end, a $400 million tally at the box office wasn’t enough to render the long-awaited sequel a catastrophe, but it was most definitely a major disappointment.

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No Harm in Identifying New T20I Captain; If His Name is Hardik Pandya, So Be it: Ravi Shastri

Former India coach Ravi Shastri said for one player to play all three formats of the game is never going to be easy and ther is no harm in having a new captain for T20 cricket

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‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ star reacts to a headline of unquenchable thirst

Actor Winston Duke’s playful response to a risqué news headline about his physical attributes is making waves on social media.

A tweet from Bossip audaciously salivated over the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever star’s powerful thighs, describing them as “man yams.”

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David Harbour’s work ethic wins huge admiration after he reveals a jam-packed 2023

Stranger Things and Black Widow star David Harbour has been the MVP for many fans for years, with Hopper easily ranking up with the most cheered-for members of the Hawkins gang and Red Guardian injecting a healthy dose of hearty goofiness wherever he goes.

But after hearing what’s on the docket for Harbour come 2023, it would be nothing short of a crime to not show the man all the appreciation in the world; the 47-year-old actor recently revealed in an interview with Collider that next year would see him pulling double duty, as the fifth season of Stranger Things and Marvel’s highly-anticipated 2024 film Thunderbolts will both be filming at the same time, and Harbour is fully prepared to be present for both shoots.

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'There's Plenty of ODIs, Then The ODI World Cup'- Explains Pat Cummins For Opting Out of IPL 2023

Australia playing a plethora of matches in the next 12 months was the reason why Test skipper Pat Cummins pulled out of IPL 2023, where he last represented Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2022 edition of the tournament

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Settling on the weirdest movie in a 10-film sci-fi franchise is a tall order, but we may have a clear winner at last

Any sci-fi franchise with designs on longevity is almost destined to become stranger and more far-fetched as it carries on, and that’s especially true when the entire property is predicated on a distant future where humans have been usurped by their simian counterparts at the top of the food chain. Needless to say, then, the Planet of the Apes saga has gotten pretty weird at points.

Obviously, that’s to be expected when the groundbreaking 1968 original launched four direct sequels, a live-action episodic series, and an animated TV show, before spending decades in development hell until Tim Burton relaunched the IP in incredibly divisive fashion, and that all happened prior to Rupert Wyatt and Matt Reeves delivering an all-time great reboot trilogy, which is itself getting a legacy sequel in 2024.

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ICC T20I Rankings: Suryakumar Yadav Drops Rating Points But Remains Top-ranked Batter

During the T20 World Cup, Suryakumar scored 239 runs at a superb average of 59.75 and a stunning strike-rate of 189.68

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‘Star Wars’ supporters state the case for an unlikely character making the biggest mistake in franchise history

Star Wars fans are ruminating over who was behind what may be the most epic blunder in the franchise’s history.

Kevy96 sparked a heated discussion in the r/StarWars subreddit with their post, “Has Yaddle made the single largest mistake that any character has ever made in Star Wars Canon?”

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A franchise-launching favorite that’s become grossly offensive cracks a streaming case wide open

1994 was the year that Jim Carrey exploded out of relative obscurity to become an A-list megastar, which comes with the territory when you headline widely-quotable smash hits Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber in the span of under 12 months.

The former established the rubber-faced funnyman’s signature style of blending slapstick physical comedy with incredibly exaggerated line readings to set the template for what was to come, while a $107 million haul at the box office on a $15 million budget also ensured that it became incredibly profitable as it punctured the zeitgeist.

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Read Full Statement: Kieron Pollard Announces Retirement From Playing IPL; MI Named Him Batting Coach

Pollard played a total of 189 IPL matches during his illustrious career in which he scored 3412 runs at a strike rate of 147.32.

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Historical accuracy is the least of the concerns for a war epic torpedoed by critics that cratered at the box office

Roland Emmerich was once one of the most consistently bankable and widely popular directors in the industry, but recent evidence points to the “Master of Disaster” losing his crown. Independence Day: Resurgence, Midway, and Moonfall all cost a mammoth amount of money, and yet only lived to disappoint on both the critical and commercial front.

It’s now been well over a decade since Emmerich landed a certifiable box office hit, but he can continue churning out big budget epics because they tend to be independently financed. In fact, Moonfall is one of the most expensive indies ever made at $140 million, while Midway was chump change by comparison at “only” $100 million.

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‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ star told the director he’d ‘rue the day’ he decided on her fate

Succulent spoilers ahead for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, as you may have guessed.

As if it couldn’t be made any clearer, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever hammered home the notion that the throne of the titular African nation may be well and truly cursed.

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A sci-fi reboot that thrilled crowds while irritating diehards blasts off on streaming

J.J. Abrams has accidentally developed a reputation for pissing off longtime fans of iconic sci-fi properties, with Star Trek supporters the first to voice their disdain towards the filmmaker’s handling of a franchise multiple generations hold close to their hearts.

There was skepticism right from the off when it was first revealed that a brand built upon tackling weighty themes and serious subject matter in an intergalactic setting was being dusted off and blasted back onto the screen as an action-packed $150 million summer blockbuster, and that was before the marketing campaign infuriated the diehards even further.

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‘Thunderbolts’ star teases ‘new elements’ for the MCU, but also calls the team ‘a bunch of losers’

Every time a new Marvel Cinematic Universe project rolls around, we’re told without fail that it’s bringing something new, fresh, and exciting to the franchise. At the end of the day, though, the long-running superhero saga has a formula that it resolutely adheres to each and every time a new movie or Disney Plus show arrives, but could Thunderbolts really break the mold?

It’s definitely a unique proposition within the context of the MCU, given that virtually every major character announced so far was initially introduced as either someone painted in heavy shades of grey, or an outright villain. One member of the titular team fans can’t wait to see again is David Harbour’s Red Guardian, who became an instant favorite after debuting in Black Widow.

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Edward Norton shares the neo-noir thriller that sparked his desire to work with Rian Johnson

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is shaping up to be a monster hit for Rian Johnson. The sequel premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September and garnered rave reviews, earning a 92 percent positive score on Rotten Tomatoes, with many saying it’s better than the already excellent opener.

Despite being a Netflix movie (with the streaming giant having paid an astonishing $469 million for the franchise) it’s getting a limited theatrical release later this month, and yesterday saw the cast and crew turn out for the L.A. premiere. Variety interviewed star Edward Norton on the red carpet, where he heaped praise on Johnson’s 2005 debut Brick:

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