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The Last of Us showrunner Neil Druckmann revealed a teaser image for the second season of the critically-acclaimed video game adaptation. As expected, it will be adapted from the multiple award-winning games The Last of Us Part II, but it will take another year or two before the second season premieres. So while fans eagerly wait in anticipation, we have created a list of what to expect from the s...

HBO’s The Last of Us has already trounced the Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon on viewership count. The video game adaptation has received universal acclaim and has been one of the most popular HBO originals since Game of Thrones. The series aired its finale earlier this week and it could be a while before a second season releases. But for eager fans hoping to rewatch the series, here’s...

Some of the most popular TV shows have offered incredible moments and iconic characters over the years. And more often than not, these characters become pivotal to the show’s success. From Topher Grace’s Eric Forman from That ‘70s Show or Steven Carell’s Michael Scott from The Office, these iconic characters have drummed up a fan following of their own. So it’s hardly surprising that their charact...

The Oscars 2023 winners have been announced. The sci-fi action drama Everything Everywhere All at Once bagged seven Oscars this year, including top honours such as Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh and Best Supporting Actress for Jamie Lee Curtis. This marked the first Oscar win for both actresses and they surely were the most deserving recipients from the list of nominees. But it’s not always that t...

The Oscars 2023 is set to be a star-studded affair yet again with various filmmakers and actors from Hollywood and across the globe vying for a coveted Academy Award. On this episode of List hai toh hit hai, we take a look at Hollywood actors who are yet to win an Academy Award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Oscar season, and the Academy is set to announce this year’s winners. Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Banshees of Inisherin, and All Quiet on the Western Front are the hot favourites to sweep a few Oscars this year. For today’s List hai toh hit hai we take a look at iconic films that failed to win a single Academy Award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Kumbalangi Nights to Kapoor and Sons, here’s our pick for the best movies featuring dysfunctional families Families in films are often exaggerated for effect. Packing eccentricities that hardly seem plausible, they’re depicted through a lens that seems entirely divorced from reality. And this couldn’t be more true than in the case of movies featuring dysfunctional families. And if you loved t...

From Schitt’s Creek’s Jocelyn to Abbott Elementary’s Ava, here’s our pick for the most underrated actors on TV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Malayalam films have found maker takers in recent years thanks to the surge in the popularity of streaming platforms. The success of regional remakes of Malayalam films such as Manichitrathazhu, Ramji Rao Speaking, and Drishyam has also been a validation for the industry. The Telugu remake of the 2020 Malayalam film Kappela, titled Butta Bomma releases on Netflix on 4th March and the eponymous Tam...

If you’re one who loves sitcoms, you’ve surely binged on popular American shows on repeat. There’s a familiar comfort in rewatching a Friends or Seinfeld episode that recent sitcoms can hardly deliver. But there are a lot of underrated comedy shows that slipped through the cracks because they never received a mainstream showcase or perhaps, didn’t boast of a star-studded cast to draw us in. These...

Thunivu can be billed as one of the most ambitious heist movies of 2023 as yet. But despite a reasonably average theatrical run and managing to cross swords with Vijay’s Varisu in cinemas, it is, essentially, a very exaggerated if not overrated film. Indian movies about great robberies have ranged from plagiarised versions of Hollywood blockbusters such as Sanjay Gupta’s Kaante to those which elab...

From Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Rosa Diaz to Breaking Bad’s Mike Ehrmantraut, here’s our pick for the most iconic characters from popular TV shows who deserve to headline their own spin-off Most iconic shows have characters who leave such an indelible mark with their compelling turns that we hope to explore their world a little more closely. Be it George Costanza from Seinfeld or Detective Rosa Diaz fro...

The Disney+ Hotstar original series The Night Manager has managed to disrupt the world of Indian streaming. The adaptation of the 2016 British series follows the story of the night manager of a luxury hotel in Bangladesh who has a chance encounter with an international arms dealer of exceptional disrepute. Following a series of unprecedented events, this hospitality professional is recruited by In...

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, the third film of the Ant-Man franchise is bigger in scale and execution and serves as the first stage towards the next Avengers films set for 2025 and 2026. Kang, essayed by Jonathan Majors, is the next ‘big-bad’ of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, filling the void left by Josh Brolin’s Thanos. While the new film introduces fans to new characters and potential sto...

Finally the wait is over, the highly-anticipated season three of The Mandalorian is set to release on March 1, 2023. The season will pick up after the final episode of The Book of Boba Fett, where the bounty hunter Din Djarin and his little Yoda pal Grogu finally reunite and are set to embark on new and exciting adventures. They will be heading to the desolate Mandalorian homeland of Mandalore, ho...

Daggubati Venkatesh, better known as Venkatesh, is considered as one of Telugu film industry's most iconic stars. The veteran superstar has appeared in several blockbuster films in a career spanning three decades. Venkatesh is all set to star alongside his nephew Rana Daggubati, best known for his turn in Baahubali, in the upcoming Netflix series Rana Naidu. The thriller action series is a remake...

Superheroes have become a pop-culture mainstay since the early 2000s. The film adaptations of popular comic books have shattered several box-office records over the last decade and have been lauded for packing incredible action and drama. Some of these stories have also delved into romantic relationships involving superheroes, as they have in the comic books they’re adapted from. The ‘super couple...

In recent years, films have depicted the LGBTQ+ community in a range of stories. This has played a great role in inclusivity and on-screen representation of the community which was largely marginalised if not invisible in pop culture only a few decades ago. These engaging stories, through their authentic depiction, have also busted myths and stereotypes associated with those from the community. Mo...

Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi has established himself as one of the most versatile actors in the country. From his roles as the dreaded gangster Vedha in Vikram Vedha to the transgender woman named Shilpa in Super Deluxe, he has become one of the undisputed stars of the Tamil industry. Furthermore, his humble and down-to-earth nature has earned him a huge fan following from around the world. Sethup...

Every Valentine’s Day, we’re bombarded with a slew of unsolicited romantic sagas and romcoms. Their aim is to fill up our date nights or home-alone plans with stories that culminate in those happily-ever-afters. But art is supposed to be a reflection of reality and it’s well established that not all love stories are meant to be. So, this brings us to consider and acknowledge the sub-genre of anti-...

Every Valentine’s season, many rummage through watchlists struggling to find just the kind of movie that would capture the emotion and hit the spot. After all, date night movies can be a struggle and finding a watch that’s worthy and compatible with the significant other can be a challenge. Mainstream media and pop culture have carved a certain construct for romantic relationships which have trans...

Hollywood’s powerhouse of talent Viola Davis made history at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards when she won the Best Spoken Word Album category. But Davis has been making history for a while. She became the first actress of colour to win the Emmy for Lead Actress in a drama in 2015 for her role Annalise Keating in How To Get Away with Murder. She also won an Oscar for best supporting actress for her r...

The Oscar nominees announced for this year by the Academy featured some stellar names and a few surprise omissions. Films such as Aftersun, despite receiving rave reviews garnered only a single nomination, whereas a few other films such as The Woman King, The Northman, and Nope were shockingly deprived of any nominations this year. So for today’s List hai toh hit hai we have curated a list of crit...

Hollywood star Viola Davis is an acting powerhouse who has won the Triple Crown of Acting; which includes an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy, and a couple of Tony Awards for theatre as well. The talented 57-year-old has also been nominated for a Grammy this year. Her latest film, The Woman King, is a period drama set in 1820 West Africa and revolves around an all-female warrior unit called the Ago...

For today’s List hai toh hit hai we have picked our contenders for who should win an Oscar and who the Academy is most likely to pick as the winner. Does our vote match yours? Let’s find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices