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James Stephen "Jimmy" Donaldson (born May 7, 1998), better known by his online alias MrBeast, is an American YouTuber, media personality, and businessman. He is known for hosting the reality television series Beast Games, and his fast-paced and high-production YouTube videos featuring him performing elaborate challenges and donating large amounts of money.
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Joan Ann Plowright Olivier (28 October 1929 โ 16 January 2025) was an English actress whose career spanned over six decades. She received several accolades including two Golden Globe Awards, an Olivier Award, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. She was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004.
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Denis Law (24 February 1940 โ 17 January 2025) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward. His career as a football player began at Second Division Huddersfield Town in 1956. After four years at Huddersfield, he was signed by Manchester City for an estimated transfer fee of ยฃ55,000, which set a new British record.
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Severance is an American science fiction psychological thriller television series created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle. It stars Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman, Michael Chernus, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, and Patricia Arquette.
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Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem ( NOHM; nรฉe Arnold; born November 30, 1971) is an American politician who has served since 2019 as the 33rd governor of South Dakota. A member of the Republican Party, she was the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2019 and a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives for the 6th district from 2007 to 2011.
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Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Having won the 2024 presidential election as the nominee of the Republican Party, he is the president-elect and will be inaugurated as the 47th president on January 20, 2025.
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The following notable deaths occurred in 2025. 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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Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress. Prolific in both comedy and drama, her films have grossed over $3 billion in the U.S. box-office. Her output of romantic comedies in the late 1990s and early 2000s established her as a prominent sex symbol and one of Hollywood's most bankable stars, and in 2013 she was named the highest-paid actress over 40.
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He is considered to be one of the best young players in the world Amad Diallo (born 11 July 2002), sometimes known mononymously as Amad, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger, midfielder, or wing-back for Premier League club Manchester United and the Ivory Coast national team. Born in the Ivory Coast, Amad moved to Italy as a child.
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Pamela Jo Bondi (born November 17, 1965) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as Florida attorney general from 2011 to 2019, the first woman elected to the office. In 2020, Bondi was one of President Donald Trump's defense lawyers during his first impeachment trial.
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Saif Ali Khan (pronounced [หsรฆหf ษหli xaหn]; born Sajid Ali Khan Pataudi; 16 August 1970) is an Indian actor and film producer who primarily works in Hindi films. The current head of the Pataudi family and the 10th titular Nawab of Pataudi, he is the son of actress Sharmila Tagore and cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.
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Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier ( LORR-ษnss KUR ษ-LIV-ee-ay; 22 May 1907 โ 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director. He and his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud made up a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles.
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Eraserhead is a 1977 American independent surrealist body horror film written, directed, produced, and edited by David Lynch. Lynch also created its score and sound design, which included pieces by a variety of other musicians. Shot in black and white, it was Lynch's first feature-length effort following several short films.
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Game Changer is a 2025 Indian Telugu-language political action film directed by S. Shankar in his Telugu debut, and produced by Dil Raju under Sri Venkateswara Creations. The film stars Ram Charan in dual roles, alongside Kiara Advani, Anjali, S. J. Suryah, Srikanth, Sunil, Jayaram and Samuthirakani. The film is composed by Thaman S, with cinematography by Tirru.
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Jennifer Chambers Lynch (born April 7, 1968) is an American filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker David Lynch, she made her directorial debut with the film Boxing Helena in 1993. Following a troubled production, the film was a critical and commercial failure, with Lynch receiving a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director.
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Lost Highway is a 1997 drama film directed by David Lynch, and co-written by Lynch and Barry Gifford. It stars Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, and Robert Blake in his final film role. The film follows a musician (Pullman) who begins receiving mysterious VHS tapes of him and his wife (Arquette) in their home.
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Renato Alves Carneiro (born May 21, 1989), known as Renato Moicano, is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional MMA competitor since 2010, Moicano made a name for himself fighting all over his home country of Brazil, and is the former interim Jungle Fight Featherweight Champion.
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Wolf Man is a 2025 American horror film directed by Leigh Whannell from a screenplay he co-wrote with Corbett Tuck. A reboot of The Wolf Man (1941), the film stars Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, and Sam Jaeger. The plot follows a family man seeking to protect his wife and daughter from a werewolf, only to become infected and slowly transform into the creature.
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Second inauguration of Donald Trump
The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States is expected to take place on Monday, January 20, 2025. Due to expected freezing temperatures and high winds, it will be held inside the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C.
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Pushpa 2: The Rule is a 2024 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Sukumar and produced by Mythri Movie Makers, in association with Sukumar Writings. The film stars Allu Arjun in the titular role, alongside Rashmika Mandanna, Fahadh Faasil, Jagapathi Babu, Jagadeesh Prathap Bandari, Dhananjaya, Rao Ramesh, Sunil, Anasuya Bharadwaj and Ajay.
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Mark Joseph Carney (born March 16, 1965) is a Canadian economist, banker, and political candidate who served as the eighth governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 and the 120th governor of the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020. He was the chair and head of impact investing at Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) from 2020 to 2025.
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Elon Reeve Musk (; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman known for his key roles in the space company SpaceX and the automotive company Tesla, Inc He is also known for his ownership of X Corp. (the company that operates the social media platform X, formerly Twitter), and his role in the founding of the Boring Company, xAI, Neuralink, and OpenAI.
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Silo is an American science fiction dystopian drama television series created by Graham Yost, based on the Silo trilogy of novels (Wool, Shift, and Dust) by author Hugh Howey. Set in a dystopian future where a community exists in a giant underground silo comprising 144 levels, it stars Rebecca Ferguson as an engineer who becomes embroiled in the mysteries of its past and present.
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Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (Italian: [izaหbษlla rosselหliหni]; born 18 June 1952) is an Italian actress. The daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, she is noted for her successful tenure as a Lancรดme model and an established career in American and European cinema.
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Nosferatu is a 2024 American gothic horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers. It is a remake of F. W. Murnau's 1922 film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, itself based on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula. The film stars Bill Skarsgรฅrd as Count Orlok, while Nicholas Hoult and Lily-Rose Depp star as Thomas and Ellen Hutter, respectively.
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TikTok, whose mainland Chinese and Hong Kong counterpart is Douyin, is a Chinese short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which may range in duration from three seconds to 60 minutes. It can be accessed with a smartphone app or the web.
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ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched in 2022. It is currently based on the GPT-4o large language model (LLM). ChatGPT can generate human-like conversational responses and enables users to refine and steer a conversation towards a desired length, format, style, level of detail, and language.
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The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that would explicitly prohibit sex discrimination. It is not currently a part of the Constitution, though its ratification status has long been debated. It was written by Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman and first introduced in Congress in December 1923.
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Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent ( BESS-ษnt; born August 1962) is an American investor and hedge fund manager. He was a partner at Soros Fund Management and the founder of Key Square Group, a global macro investment firm. Bessent was a major donor, fundraiser, and an economic advisor for the Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign.
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Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (Koinฤ Greek: ฮฮปฮตฮฟฯฮฌฯฯฮฑ ฮฮตฮฌ ฮฆฮนฮปฮฟฯฮฌฯฯฯ, lit. 'Cleopatra father-loving goddess'; 70/69 BC โ 10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great.
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Inland Empire is a 2006 experimental psychological thriller film written, directed, and produced by David Lynch. It was co-produced by Jeremy Alter and Laura Dern. The film's cinematography, editing, score, and sound design were also by Lynch, with pieces by a variety of other musicians also featured.
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The 2025 Prayag Kumbh Mela also referred to as the 2025 Maha Kumbh, is the ongoing iteration of the Maha Kumbh Mela, scheduled to take place from 13 January to 26 February 2025, at the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. This special Maha Kumbh Mela marks the completion of 12 Kumbh Mela cycles, making it a once-in-144-years event.
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Paul Louis Danan (2 July 1978 โ 15 January 2025) was an English actor who was best known for playing Sol Patrick in the Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, between 1997 and 2001. In 2005, Danan appeared as a contestant on the first series of ITV's Celebrity Love Island and returned for the second series in 2006. Danan was also a contestant on the twentieth series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2017.
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The Traitors (American TV series) season 3
The third season of the American television series The Traitors was announced on February 7, 2024. The season premiered on January 9, 2025.
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Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 60-year career. With an estimated figure of more than 125 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the best-selling musicians of all-time.
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Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 8
Bigg Boss 8 is the eighth season of the Tamil-Indian reality television series of Bigg Boss. It premiered on 6 October 2024 on Star Vijay and Disney+ Hotstar. Vijay Sethupathi joined as the host for the season marking his first time.
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Brigham Young ( BRIG-ษm; June 1, 1801 โ August 29, 1877) was an American religious leader and politician. He was the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until his death in 1877. During his time as church president, Young led his followers, the Mormon pioneers, west from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Salt Lake Valley.
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XO, Kitty is an American romantic comedy drama television series created by Jenny Han for Netflix that premiered on May 18, 2023. It is a spin-off of the To All the Boys film series (itself an adaptation of Han's book trilogy To All the Boys I've Loved Before), and marks the first Netflix television series to be spin-off from a Netflix original film.
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Arman Nairovich Tsarukyan (Armenian: ิฑึีดีกีถ ีีกีซึีซีซ ิพีกีผีธึีฏีตีกีถ; born October 11, 1996) is an Armenian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of April 16, 2024, he is #1 in the UFC lightweight rankings.
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Emergency is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language historical biographical drama film directed and co-produced by Kangana Ranaut, based on a screenplay by Ritesh Shah and story written by Ranaut. Based on the Indian Emergency, it stars Ranaut as former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. Principal photography commenced in July 2022 and ended in January 2023.
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Mary Sweeney is an American director, writer, film editor and film producer. She was briefly married to American film director David Lynch, whom she collaborated with for 20 years. Sweeney worked with Lynch on several films and television series, most notably the original Twin Peaks series (1990), Lost Highway (1997), The Straight Story (1999), and Mulholland Drive (2001).
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The Apple Network Server (ANS) was a line of PowerPC-based server computers designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from February 1996 to April 1997. It was codenamed "Shiner" and originally consisted of two models, the Network Server 500/132 ("Shiner LE", i. e. , "low-end") and the Network Server 700/150 ("Shiner HE", i. e.
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1337x is an online website that provides a directory of torrent files and magnet links used for peer-to-peer file sharing through the BitTorrent protocol. According to the TorrentFreak news blog, 1337x is the second-most popular torrent website as of 2024. The U.S. Trade Representative flagged it as one of the most notorious pirate sites earlier in 2024.
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Squid Game (Korean: ์ค์ง์ด ๊ฒ์; originally titled Round Six) is a South Korean dystopian survival thriller horror television series created, written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix. The series revolves around a secret contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a series of deadly children's games for the chance to win a โฉ45.
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2025 Australian Open โ Men's singles
Jannik Sinner is the defending champion. Novak Djokovic is vying for a record-extending eleventh Australian Open title and a record-extending 25th major title. His second round match marked his 430th career major main draw singles match, surpassing Roger Federer's all-time record.
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Oligarchy (from Ancient Greek แฝฮปฮนฮณฮฑฯฯฮฏฮฑ (oligarkhรญa) 'rule by few'; from แฝฮปฮฏฮณฮฟฯ (olรญgos) 'few' and แผฯฯฯ (รกrkhล) 'to rule, command') is a form of government in which power rests with a small number of people. These people may or may not be distinguished by one or several characteristics, such as nobility, fame, wealth, education, or corporate, religious, political, or military control.
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Justin Louis Baldoni (born January 24, 1984) is an American actor and director. He is best known for playing Rafael Solano on the CW telenovela Jane the Virgin (2014โ2019) and for starring in and directing the romantic drama film It Ends with Us (2024). He has also directed Five Feet Apart (2019) and Clouds (2020).
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James David Vance (born James Donald Bowman; August 2, 1984) is an American politician, attorney, author, and Marine Corps veteran who is the vice president-elect of the United States under President-elect Donald Trump. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Ohio in the U.S. Senate from 2023 to 2025.
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YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search.
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Starship flight test 7 was the seventh flight test of a SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. The prototype vehicles flown were Ship 33, the first Block 2 upper stage, and Booster 14, a Block 1 vehicle. After having previously supported Booster 12 during flight 5, Raptor engine #314 was reflown on Booster 14.
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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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Silo is a dystopian series of post-apocalyptic science fiction books by American writer Hugh Howey. The series started in 2011 with the short story "Wool", which was later published together with four sequel novellas as a novel with the same name. Along with Wool, the series consists of Shift, Dust, three short stories, and Wool: The Graphic Novel.
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Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. The recipient of multiple accolades, he is known for directing historical films as well for his action hero roles, particularly his breakout role as Max Rockatansky in the first three films of the post-apocalyptic series Mad Max (1979โ1985) and as Martin Riggs in the buddy cop series Lethal Weapon (1987โ1998).
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William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 โ April 4, 1841) was the ninth president of the United States, serving from March 4 to April 4, 1841, the shortest presidency in U.S. history. He was also the first U.S. president to die in office, causing a brief constitutional crisis since presidential succession was not then fully defined in the U.S. Constitution.
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Benjamin Levi Madden (nรฉ Combs; born March 11, 1979) is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band Good Charlotteโfor which he has received various awardsโas well as pop rock collaboration the Madden Brothers. He formed both of these acts with his identical twin brother, Joel Madden, with whom he was a coach on The Voice Australia from 2015 to 2016.
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Xiaohongshu (XHS; simplified Chinese: ๅฐ็บขไนฆ; traditional Chinese: ๅฐ็ด ๆธ; pinyin: Xiวohรณngshลซ; lit. 'Little Red Book'), commonly known in English as RedNote (stylised as REDnote) or simply RED, is a Chinese social networking and e-commerce platform. Xiaohongshu has been called "China's answer to Instagram".
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Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, comedian, singer, musician and filmmaker. He gained his career breakthrough as a featured player in the sketch comedy show In Living Color from 1991 to 1994. Following this success, he was given his own sitcom, The Jamie Foxx Show, in which he starred, co-created and produced from 1996 to 2001.
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Vivien Leigh ( LEE; born Vivian Mary Hartley; 5 November 1913 โ 8 July 1967), styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British actress. After completing her drama school education, Leigh appeared in small roles in four films in 1935 and progressed to the role of heroine in Fire Over England (1937).
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2024 United States presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 2024. The Republican Party's ticketโDonald Trump, who was the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021, and JD Vance, the junior U.S. senator from Ohioโdefeated the Democratic Party's ticketโKamala Harris, the incumbent vice president, and Tim Walz, the 41st governor of Minnesota.
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January 2025 Southern California wildfires
Since January 7, 2025, a series of 30 wildfires have affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and surrounding regions. As of January 17, 2025, two fires remain active, which are the two largest.
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Erling Braut Haaland (nรฉ Hรฅland, Urban East Norwegian: [หhรฒหlษn]; born 21 July 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester City and the Norway national team. Considered one of the best players in the world, he is known for his speed, strength, positioning, and finishing inside the box.
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The 2025 Bahrain Darts Masters was a professional darts tournament that took place at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, from 16 to 17 January 2025. It was the third staging of the tournament by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and was the first event in the 2025 World Series of Darts.
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The Straight Story is a 1999 biographical road drama film directed by David Lynch. It was edited and produced by Mary Sweeney, Lynch's longtime partner and collaborator, who also co-wrote the script with John E. Roach. It is based on the true story of Alvin Straight's 1994 journey across Iowa and Wisconsin on a lawn mower.
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Madha Gaja Raja () is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Sundar C and produced by Gemini Film Circuit and co-produced by Benzz Media (P) Ltd. The film stars Vishal in the titular role alongside Anjali, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar and Santhanam with Sonu Sood, Manivannan, Subbaraju, Nithin Sathya, Sadagoppan Ramesh, Munna Simon and John Kokken playing supporting roles.
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Timothรฉe Hal Chalamet (English: TIM-ษth-ee SHAL-ษ-may; born December 27, 1995) is a French-American actor and film producer. His accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and four BAFTA Film Awards. Chalamet began his career as a teenager in television, appearing in the drama series Homeland in 2012.
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Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the larger of two autonomous territories within the kingdom, the other being the Faroe Islands; the citizens of both territories are full citizens of Denmark. As Greenland is one of the Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union, citizens of Greenland are European Union citizens.
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Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 18
Bigg Boss 18 also known as Bigg Boss: Time Ka Tandav is the eighteenth season of the Indian Hindi-language reality show Bigg Boss. It premiered on 6 October 2024 on Colors TV and JioCinema. Salman Khan is hosting the show for the fifteenth time.
