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Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th century. Over a four-decade career, his musical achievements broke American racial barriers and made him a dominant figure worldwide.
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The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a 2026 American comedy drama film directed by David Frankel and written by Aline Brosh McKenna. A sequel to the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada, it sees Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci reprising their roles, with Justin Theroux, Lucy Liu, and Kenneth Branagh joining as new additions.
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Michael is a 2026 American musical biographical drama film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by John Logan. It follows the early life of American singer Michael Jackson, covering the period from his involvement in the Jackson 5 in the 1960s to the Bad tour in the late 1980s. Michael is portrayed by his nephew Jaafar Jackson and as a child by Juliano Krue Valdi, both in their film debuts.
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. xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic sites on the Internet. The sponsoring organization is the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR). The registry is operated by ICM Registry LLC. The ICANN Board voted to approve the sTLD on 18 March 2011.
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2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Elections were held in West Bengal on 23 and 29 April 2026 to elect 293 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The votes will be counted and the results will be declared on 4 May 2026. The election recorded a historic voter turnout of 92. 93%, the highest ever in the state surpassing the 2011 election.
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Shipping ethics controversy in fanfiction
Beginning in the mid-2010s and continuing into the 2020s, significant discourse emerged in online fandom spaces around the ethical implications of taboo and abusive content within shipping, the depiction of romantic or sexual relationships between characters in fanfiction.
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Alessandro Leone Zanardi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈaːleks dzaˈnardi]; 23 October 1966 – 1 May 2026) was an Italian racing driver and para-cyclist who competed in Formula One between 1991 and 1999, in CART between 1996 and 2001, in the World Touring Car Championship from 2005 to 2009, and at two editions of the Summer Paralympics in 2012 and 2016.
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The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
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Apex is a 2026 survival action thriller film directed by Baltasar Kormákur, written by Jeremy Robbins, and starring Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton, and Eric Bana. It tells the story of a rock climber and kayaker who finds herself being hunted in the wilds of Australia. It was released on Netflix on April 24, 2026.
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KFIM-LP, known on the air as REAL 102. 1, was a low-power FM Christian Music radio station located in Carroll, IA. The station was a music intensive format and carried the Today's Christian Music offering from the Salem Radio Network until it was purchased by EMF (Educational Media Foundation), the non-profit organization which operates KLOVE in early 2025.
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Limonene () is a colorless liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the fragrance and essential oil of citrus fruit peels, taking its name from Italian limone ("lemon"). Limonene is a chiral molecule, and most biological sources produce just one enantiomer (isomer).
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2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Tamil Nadu on 23 April 2026 to elect all 234 members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. The votes will be counted and the results will be declared on 4 May 2026. This election had recorded a voter turnout of 85. 1%,considered as highest ever for an assembly election in the state.
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Sir David Frederick Attenborough (; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, natural historian and writer. His presenting career began as host of Zoo Quest in 1954, and has spanned eight decades; it includes the nine documentary series forming The Life Collection, Natural World, Wildlife on One, the Planet Earth franchise, The Blue Planet and Blue Planet II.
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Katherine Esther Jackson (née Scruse; born May 4, 1930) is the matriarch of the Jackson family of entertainers that includes her children Michael and Janet Jackson. Michael dedicated his sixth studio album Thriller (1982) to her. Janet did the same with her fourth studio album Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989).
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Joel Hans Embiid ( joh-EL em-BEED; born 16 March 1994) is a Cameroonian and American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks, he was drafted third overall by the 76ers in the 2014 NBA draft. The 7-foot (2.
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Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa ˈkiːmi antoˈnɛlli]; born 25 August 2006) is an Italian racing driver who competes in Formula One for Mercedes. Antonelli has won three Formula One Grands Prix across two seasons. Born and raised in Bologna, Antonelli is the son of sportscar racing driver Marco Antonelli.
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Dhurandhar: The Revenge, also referred to as Dhurandhar 2, is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language spy action-thriller film written and directed by Aditya Dhar. It is produced by Dhar, Lokesh Dhar, and Jyoti Deshpande under Jio Studios and B62 Studios. It is a sequel to the 2025 film Dhurandhar and the final installment of a duology.
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The Jackson family is an American family of entertainers from Gary, Indiana. Many of the children of Joseph Walter "Joe" and Katherine Esther Jackson were successful musicians, notably the brothers that formed the Motown boy band the Jackson 5 (later known as the Jacksons). Several of the siblings also had successful solo careers.
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Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Recognized as one of the most versatile performers of her era, Streep is noted for her technical precision, command of dialects, and professional longevity. She is an alumna of Vassar College and the Yale School of Drama, holding a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Fine Arts.
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Project Hail Mary is a 2026 American science fiction film produced and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and written by Drew Goddard, based on the 2021 novel by Andy Weir. It stars Ryan Gosling, who also produced the film; Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz, and Lionel Boyce appear in supporting roles.
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List of highest-grossing Indian films
This ranking lists the highest-grossing Indian films produced by Indian cinema, based on conservative global box office estimates as reported by organisations classified as green by Wikipedia. The figures are not adjusted for inflation. However, there is no official tracking of figures and sources publishing data are frequently pressured to increase their estimates.
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Wu Yize (Chinese: 吴宜泽, approximately WOO EE-TSUH; born 14 October 2003) is a Chinese professional snooker player. In May 2022 he was named the World Snooker Tour's 'Rookie of the Year'. He won his first ranking title and the first professional title of his career in winning the 2025 International Championship, defeating John Higgins 10–6 in the final.
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Wuthering Heights (stylized with quotation marks) is a 2026 romantic period drama film produced, written and directed by Emerald Fennell. Loosely based on the 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, the film is a reinterpretation intended by Fennell to "recreate the feeling of a teenage girl reading this book for the first time".
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Hokum is a 2026 supernatural horror film written and directed by Damian McCarthy. The film stars Adam Scott as an author who travels to a hotel in Ireland, unaware that it may be haunted. Peter Coonan, David Wilmot, Florence Ordesh, Michael Patric, Will O'Connell, Brendan Conroy, and Austin Amelio appear in supporting roles.
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Emily Olivia Laura Blunt (born 23 February 1983) is a British actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and two Actor Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and four British Academy Film Awards. Forbes ranked her as one of the highest-paid actresses in the world in 2020.
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José L. Ortiz (born October 2, 1993) is a Puerto Rican jockey who has been a rider on the New York Thoroughbred horse racing circuit since 2012. As the jockey for Golden Tempo, he won the 2026 Kentucky Derby. In 2016, he was the leading jockey in North America by number of wins, including his first win at the Breeders' Cup.
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2026 Formula One World Championship
The 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship is a motor racing championship for Formula One cars and the 77th running of the Formula One World Championship. It is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars.
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Charlize Theron ( shar-LEEZ THERR-ən; Afrikaans: [ʃarˈlis ˈtrɔn]; born 7 August 1975) is a South African and American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actresses, she is the recipient of an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 2016, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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Wuthering Heights is the only novel by the English author Emily Brontë, initially published in 1847 under her pen name "Ellis Bell". It concerns two extensive upland estates and their landowning families on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons; and their turbulent relationships with the Earnshaws' foster son, Heathcliff.
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Terry Gene Bollea (; August 11, 1953 – July 24, 2025), better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, was an American professional wrestler and media personality. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most recognized wrestlers of all time, Hogan won multiple championships worldwide, most notably being a six-time WWF/WWE Champion.
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Lisa Marie Presley (February 1, 1968 – January 12, 2023) was an American singer-songwriter. The daughter of singer and actor Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley, she became the sole heir to her father's estate following the deaths of her grandfather and great-grandmother. She was also known for her marriage to Michael Jackson, whom she wed in 1994 and divorced in 1996.
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The Kentucky Derby () is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1+1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs; 2,012 metres). Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kilograms) and fillies 121 pounds (55 kilograms).
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Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Championship and has completed the Triple Crown. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight cue action and his long potting. Born in Harlow, Essex, and raised in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, Murphy turned professional in 1998.
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Euphoria is an American teen drama television series created and principally written by Sam Levinson for HBO. It is based on the Israeli miniseries of the same name created by Ron Leshem and Daphna Levin. The series stars Zendaya as Rue Bennett, a troubled teenage drug addict who struggles to get sober, find her place in the world, and adjust to her relationships after rehab.
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Orthohantavirus is a genus of viruses that includes all hantaviruses (family Hantaviridae) that cause disease in humans, but are not spread by humans. Orthohantaviruses, hereafter referred to as hantaviruses, are naturally found primarily in rodents. In general, each hantavirus is carried by one rodent species and each rodent that carries a hantavirus carries one hantavirus species.
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Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran targeting military and government sites and assassinating several Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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Zack Polanski (born David Paulden; 2 November 1982) is a British politician who has been the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales since September 2025 and a member of the London Assembly (AM) since May 2021. Before being elected leader, Polanski was previously the deputy leader of the Greens from 2022 to 2025.
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Swapped is a 2026 American animated fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Nathan Greno and written by John Whittington, Christian Magalhaes, and Robert Snow, who all co-wrote the story with Greno and Adam Karp. Produced by Skydance Animation, the film features the voices of Michael B. Jordan, Juno Temple, Tracy Morgan, Cedric the Entertainer, and Justina Machado.
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Man on Fire is an American action thriller television series based on the 1980 novel by A. J. Quinnell. Kyle Killen is the showrunner and an executive producer of the series, which stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as an ex-mercenary out for revenge. The series consists of seven episodes and was released on Netflix on April 30, 2026.
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YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen who were all former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google itself.
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The 2026 Thomas & Uber Cup is the 34th edition of the Thomas Cup and the 31st edition of the Uber Cup, hosted by Badminton Denmark and organised by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournaments will be held at Horsens, Denmark, from 24 April to 3 May 2026. China successfully defended the Thomas Cup title after defeating France, bringing their total number of championships to 12.
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Toriano Adaryll "Tito" Jackson (October 15, 1953 – September 15, 2024) was an American musician. He was a founding member of the Jackson 5 (later known as the Jacksons), a group who rose to fame in the late 1960s and 1970s with the Motown label and had continued success on the Epic label in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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Half Man is a British six-part television drama created by, written, and starring Richard Gadd, also starring Jamie Bell. It is a co-production by Thistledown Pictures and Mam Tor Productions for the BBC and HBO. The series premiered on 23 April 2026 on HBO and 28 April on BBC One (24 April on BBC iPlayer).
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Bhooth Bangla (transl. Haunted Mansion) is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language comedy horror film directed by Priyadarshan and produced by Akshay Kumar, Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under Balaji Motion Pictures and Cape of Good Films. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Jisshu Sengupta, Rajpal Yadav, Tabu and Wamiqa Gabbi.
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Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
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2026 World Snooker Championship
The 2026 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2026 Halo World Snooker Championship) is a professional snooker tournament that is taking place from 18 April to 4 May 2026 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, the 50th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship is being staged at the venue.
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Beef is an American comedy drama anthology television series created by Lee Sung Jin for Netflix. Season 1 stars Steven Yeun and Ali Wong as Danny Cho and Amy Lau, two strangers whose involvement in a road rage incident escalates into a prolonged feud. Appearing in supporting roles are Joseph Lee, Young Mazino, David Choe, and Patti Yasutake.
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Gilberto Ramírez Sánchez (born 19 June 1991) is a Mexican professional boxer. He won titles in two weight class having previously held the held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) super middleweight title from 2016 to 2019 and the unified World Boxing Association (WBA) and the WBO cruiserweight titles from 2024 to 2026.
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Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. (born February 13, 1997), known as Prince Jackson, is an American charity co‑founder. The eldest child of Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe, he co‑founded the Heal Los Angeles Foundation while studying at Loyola Marymount University, supporting community programs and pandemic‑related food assistance.
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Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (née Roberts; 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013), was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold the office.
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup, also marketed as FIFA World Cup 26, will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will take place from June 11 to July 19, 2026. It will be jointly hosted by sixteen cities—eleven in the United States, three in Mexico, and two in Canada.
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Randy Jackson (Jacksons singer)
Steven Randall Jackson (born October 29, 1961) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and dancer. He is the ninth child in the Jackson family. Randy is the youngest Jackson brother and the second-youngest Jackson sibling before his sister Janet.
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Vickie Lynn Marshall (née Hogan; November 28, 1967 – February 8, 2007), known professionally as Anna Nicole Smith, was an American model, actress and television personality. Smith started her modeling career as a Playboy magazine centerfold in May 1992 and won the title of 1993 Playmate of the Year. She later modeled for clothing companies, including Guess, H&M and Heatherette.
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David Allan Coe (September 6, 1939 – April 29, 2026) was an American singer and songwriter. Coe took up music after spending much of his early life in reform schools and prisons. He first came to prominence for busking in Nashville and initially played mostly in the blues style, before transitioning to country music, becoming a major part of the 1970s outlaw country scene.
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The Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim (Korean: 우수무당 가두심) is a South Korean streaming television series, starring Kim Sae-ron and Nam Da-reum. It is KakaoTV's first original fantasy mystery series and premiered on July 30, 2021, at 20:00 Korean Standard Time (KST), also airing three hours later on another local streaming website, Watcha.
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Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish former professional football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time, having won more trophies than any other manager in the history of football.
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Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph.
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Desert Warrior is a 2025 historical action film directed by Rupert Wyatt, who co-wrote the screenplay with Erica Beeney and David Self. The film's cast includes Anthony Mackie, Aiysha Hart, Sharlto Copley, and Ben Kingsley. The story sees an Arabian princess team up with a bandit to confront a ruthless emperor, who wanted the former to be his concubine.
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Cameron Young (born May 7, 1997) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, where he has won three titles, including the 2025 Wyndham Championship, the 2026 Players Championship, and the 2026 Cadillac Championship. After playing collegiately for Wake Forest University, Young turned professional in 2019.
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2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in West Bengal, to elect all 294 members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. This electoral process of 292 seats unfolded between 27 March to 29 April 2021, taking place in eight phases. Voting for the two remaining constituencies was delayed to 30 September 2021.
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Miss Universe Philippines 2026
Miss Universe Philippines 2026 was the seventh edition of the Miss Universe Philippines pageant, held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, on May 2, 2026. The event was hosted by Filipino drag performer Marina Summers and featured a performance from Filipino boy band BGYO and singer Jason Dy.
