Nikunj Dixit

@cricbuzz Sachin in the 90’s would have been a formidable T20I player.

#OnThisDay in 1994, Sachin Tendulkar opened for the first time in ODIs. The rest is history 🔥

@MarvelExrth616 Such a bizarre place to introduce Jean Grey, a mutant that has never had any link with Peter Parker.

Sadie Sink is Playing Jean Grey in Brand New Day 🚨 Jeff Sneider confirmed the role of Sadie Sink as Jean Grey Jean Grey's Powers in Brand New Day: • Telepathy (reads minds, bypasses Doctor Strange's spell) • Telekinesis (moves objects, telekinetic kills) • Mind Control/Possession (controls people, body-hopping) • Psychic Manipulation (triggers Grey Hulk transformation) Jean is being hunted by DODC as an emerging mutant. Spider-Man rescues her. Her omega-level psychic powers make her the most powerful character in the film. (Via - @TheInSneider)

@fantasyfooty The fourth point there is the most relevant to me.

I'm not against Snape being black in the new Harry Potter series. I'm not against it on principle. There are obviously some pretty awful things and memes being said/shared that are clearly just racist. But it isn't necessarily racist to be a bit annoyed the character has been changed from the book's description, because his appearance carries meaning. 1. Snape is specifically and deliberately described as having "sallow skin" and being "pale." It mirrors the same pale complexion Voldemort has, which is partly why Snape always feels suspicious. They're designed as visual inversions of each other: Snape has a big hooked nose, Voldemort has a flat snakelike one. The whole point of Snape is that he LOOKS like the villain. Everything about his physical description screams untrustworthy. That's Rowling's deliberate misdirection, teaching readers not to judge by appearances. Change the appearance, you risk losing the power of that twist. 2. There's also an irony nobody seems to be talking about. By making Snape the suspicious, untrustworthy, seemingly villainous character AND the only prominent black actor in the cast, you've actually created the exact optics you were presumably trying to avoid. The one black guy is the one everyone's supposed to distrust? How is that progressive? 3. People are making a false equivalence with Hermione being black in the Cursed Child. That's completely fine because the books never say she's white in the text, and it doesn't affect her story either way. Snape's appearance is different. It's written into the plot. 4. The writers now have a real issue down the line. How are they going to portray Snape being bullied when younger? How are they going to portray James Potter suspending Snape upside down with Levicorpus? Surely they aren't going to force racist undertones onto Lupin, Potter, Black and Pettigrew? PLEASE do not turn this into some politically driven TV series where the Marauders' cruelty becomes a racial storyline. That would ruin both Snape AND James.

@Vipintiwari952 Thing about PBKS is that it really depends on Priyansh, Prabhsimran, Nehal, and Shashank repeating their heroics because they don’t have very accomplished foreign or Indian batting outside of Shreyas.

Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals look like the complete sides right now. Punjab Kings also look solid, and RCB are another team you just can’t ignore when you compare squad depth and firepower. Looking at the overall strength, it feels like MI, DC, PBKS, and RCB are the four teams most likely to lock in playoff spots for IPL 2026. Now obviously, IPL doesn’t care about “on paper” it humbles teams real quick and we might see a different team, but if things go as expected, this top four looks very realistic. What are your predictions?

@edwardbrgr I think he did a very solid job. My only complaint is by excluding so many memories in Half-Blood Prince.

I get that David Yates isn’t everyone’s cup of tea when it comes to the last four Harry Potter films, but honestly, I think he did a great job leaning into the darker, grittier tone those stories needed. It might not have worked for everyone, but it felt like a natural evolution for the world and the characters.

@LoyalSachinFan 180-200 would be the sweet spot.

What kind of average scores would you prefer this IPL season? • Under 180 • 180–200 • 200–250 • Above 250

@cmoncheeeeks He would have to go on an unparalleled run that is even greater than his peak. An under 3x multiplier is a crazy ask.

20 ODIs till March 2027. 10 ODIs in WC. 5 ODIs in Asia Cup. 2 more ODI series in between. Around 40 ODIs to go, 15 centuries left. Can he climb the mountain?

@Akshatgoel1408 Head and Abhishek is clearly the scariest duo.

🚨OPENERS OF EVERY TEAM IN IPL 2026🚨 RCB - Virat Kohli, Phil Salt CSK - Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson MI - Rohit Sharma, Quinton De Kock KKR - Finn Allen, Sunil Narine RR - Y Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi SRH - Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head LKN - Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh GT - Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan PBKS - Prabhsimran Singh, P Arya DC - KL Rahul, Pathum Nissanka Which team has the most dangerous duo??

@academy_dinda That’s an absolutely insane ask. 6 hundreds would be incredible but at least it’s somewhat realistic.

It’s okay if Virat Kohli has a mid IPL but he must score 10 hundreds in the next 20 ODIs which will happen within next 10 months 🫡

@Rajiv1841 The fact that idiots like you don’t get that all you have done is spread his discourse even further is hilarious. Literally every mention of Rathee means that there are more people finding out about the discourse.

Dhruv Rathee's low IQ fans realising that Dhurandhar made even better numbers after Dhruv's review video coz it triggered people to watch the movie in theatre & Dhruv Rathee still goes on to make another one just for his monetary gains over their emotions!

@ravimane53 ‘Prime Brett Lee’? I think he retired from international cricket in this year.

Young Virat Kohli smashed a step-out six against prime Brett Lee. Kids are comparing him with Shubman Gill or Abhishek Sharma — don’t disrespect King Kohli.

@Khanmohammed12 Lee was one of the most likable Aussie cricketers. You knew that it was not on purpose and Sachin was obviously godlike in his calm.

Sachin Tendulkar Was On 98 When Brett Lee Bowled A Beamer😱 However, Lee Walked Towards Sachin To Apologize 👌

@TacticalKafir Dear god! You could not use a worse example to make your point. No only is Munich not a chest thumping nationalistic movie, showing the bad side of the Mossad mission. It is also real while Dhurandhar is complete fiction, based on no verifiable facts.

Watch Steven Spielberg's movie "Munich" based on Mossad's op wrath of God Shows how Mossad operatives tracked and k*lled each Palestinian terrorist who was involved in Munich attack and how the Israeli govt. supported them When an Indian director does the same, these folks cry

@LauraRbnsn The idea of any big name actor signing up for a role for this long is insane. That’s why the movies were populated by British character actor thespians, not big stars.

Adam Driver is not going to be on a 10+ year HBO show.

@RachelMoiselle Agreed. You can’t replicate zeitgeist. That was a very unique situation of the movies and books coming out simultaneously. I remember 2007 very fondly with the hype of Deathly Hallows book and OOTP movie to be released a few months apart. The school was buzzing in the lead up.

Honestly the new Harry Potter show could be superb in every way and still it won’t ever be on the league of the original films. While the Harry Potter story will always be timeless, the specific decade between 2001 and 2011 when the films and later books were released, was a specific moment in time that can never be replicated. I'm thankful to have grown up in the Harry Potter era: queuing up at midnight to buy the new books, dressing up to go see the new films. It was a zeitgeist of magic and hope that will never be recreated. You really just had to be there, as they say, and I’m so very grateful I was.

@demonsthenes13 @aureabore That’s because we don’t really see that part of history. We really only know about Lily and James when they were together. The transitional phase where James stopped being a cocky jerk and Lily grew to like him is not depicted anywhere.

@aureabore her never getting with Snape makes sense...her getting with James doesn't make sense...that's all

for some reason there’s a misconception that Lily “rejected” Snape and for his looks, at that? she never did that, she ended the friendship because he called her an in-universe slur and twisting the narrative to be “girl rejects boy” is counterproductive and also gross

@Darkseid241 @aureabore You have the chronology very wrong. Lily was not friends with James when Snape called her a mudblood. And the apology didn’t change the fact that Snape was heading down the path of being a death eater and Lily recognized it.

@aureabore After she became besties with his bullies, stated in a vey humiliating situation, he apologized afterwards. Lilly betrayed Snape by becoming friends with James, later even marrying him

@redmamba___ @ladywestcliffs That was GoF, but I think that was only for the Yule Ball.

@ladywestcliffs She did beautify herself later in the books though. I can't remember if it's book three or four where she started to do spells about her hair and teeth.

crazy how philosopher's stone is the only entry they kept hermione's hair kinda book accurate in the movies

@Rajiv1841 It’s amazing that one boasts about squandering your own money over being petulant.

After watching Dhruv Rathee's video, I have decided to watch Dhurandhar 2 for the 3rd time which was not in my plan before.

@WW_Direct They have screwed up the potential for this world, learning all the wrong lessons from the Fantastic Beasts movies.

HBO has no plans for any spin-offs of the HARRY POTTER TV series "First of all, we'll be so busy… adapting the books is going to be a long process. So, no, the idea is not to go into this and turn it into, you know, a DC or a Marvel, or anything like that. The idea is to go in and do the books. The opportunity, the creative opportunity, is to spend more time to spend more time with the books than an arbitrary two-hour runtime of a movie." - Casey Bloys for @RadioTimes