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Despite not being the article for this year's edition of the league, more people seem to land on this article than #4. Maybe more people are googling "IPL" instead of "2024 IPL".
Another post-apocalyptic drama based on a video game franchise (#6), albeit unlike The Last of Us it was a streaming release, namely Prime Video, and had all its episodes coming out at once. Fallout quickly shot up the streamer's viewer charts, receiving attention from video gamers, science fiction lovers, and even regular people who just came across it as well, and added to critical acclaim, it was renewed for a second season last Thursday. Walton Goggins (pictured) stars as Cooper Howard, a once famous actor turned ghoul.
This American golfer has been ranked World Number One since May 2023, and he shot eleven-under-par to win the Masters Tournament (his second) from April 11–14.
Last week kicked off with the league's biggest rivalry and saw four centuries, including one in said match and another in the match that saw the new highest score posted by a team in the league's history. Meanwhile, the 42-year old former India captain MS Dhoni delighted fans with a couple of blitzes, and his arrivals at the crease continue to be met with vocal support from fans, though sometimes they seem to get too loud.
At the Grammy Awards in February, #21 announced her 11th studio album would release soon. This set off the largest pre-order in American Target stores' history. Its release on April 19 surpassed Midnights' 2022 debut on Spotify for highest single-day album streams, and it sold 1.4 million copies in the U.S. on the first day. Critical reception has been mostly positive. It was paired as a double album with The Anthology, which was released a few hours later.
As the American web series adaption (#2) was released to generally favorable reviews and has been renewed for a second season, people are giving some attention to the source material, an RPG series set in a world ravaged by a nuclear war, featuring robots, mutants, and a general 1950s aesthetic (including in the soundtrack!).
With roughly 970 million eligible voters, the world's biggest election, spread over seven phases and 44 days, commenced in India on Friday. The Bharatiya Janata Party has been in power for the last ten years, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is looking to return for a third term. Up against them is the creatively named Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance aka INDIA alliance, a coalition of parties that are united (mostly) in their attempt to defeat the BJP.
In March 1988, this Indian singer, his wife, and two bandmates were shot and killed as they were exiting a van by unknown assailants. No arrests have been made in the unsolved case. The biopic film, released on Netflix on April 12, was written and directed by Imtiaz Ali (pictured).
Alex Garland wrote and directed a movie where the United States are instead divided in a conflict, and two journalists played by Kirsten Dunst and Wagner Moura, plus an aspiring photographer played by Cailee Spaeny, try to reach the White House and interview the President before he's killed by opposing forces. On their journey, many brutal and senseless people make true of Axl Rose's quotation of "What's so civil 'bout war anyway?". Critics and audiences alike were impressed by Civil War, that opened atop the box office and should soon recoup its modest $50 million budget.
The Scottish writer, actor and comedian created and starred in Baby Reindeer, adapted from a one-man show and based on his experiences of being stalked and sexually assaulted.
The Cricket fever in India continued as this week of #10 had intense pressure on players as it plays a key role in the selection for 2024 T20WC – Indian squad which is to be unveiled next week. We can see that it was intense enough to bring the Article to first place in the list for another week.
In a three-day event starting April 25, 32 NFL teams chose their prospective gridiron players (257 in total). From a 2023 trade, the Chicago Bears had the first pick, taking the 2022 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbackCaleb Williams (pictured), in a QB-heavy first round. Mr. Irrelevant, the final pick in the draft on April 27, was Jaylen Key, chosen by the New York Jets.
A series of elections kicked off on April 19 and will conclude on June 1 to elect all 543 members of the Lok Sabha. With 970 million eligible voters, it will be the largest election ever. President Narendra Modi's BJP has a comfortable lead in polls.
A black comedy and drama-thriller based on #2's experiences, this miniseries on Netflix received critical acclaim, and topped viewership figures in several countries.
The famed RPG video games set in a retrofuturistic world ravaged by nuclear war got a Prime Video adaptation, with the story focusing on a Vault Dweller seeking her kidnapped father, a Brotherhood of Steel squire pretending to be a knight, and a Ghoul bounty hunter. Season 1 got big viewership numbers (it's the streamer's second biggest debut after The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power) and critical acclaim, and thus a second one has already been greenlit.
On April 20, the 2021 WBC super lightweight champion went 12 rounds with #17, knocking him down three times and winning in a majority decision. Garcia was ineligible to take the title, due to being three pounds heavy at the weigh-in.
The Cricket fever in India continued as this week of #1 had intense pressure on players as it plays a key role in the selection for 2024 T20WC – Indian squad which is to be unveiled next week.
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