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Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is a loose adaptation of the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which in turn is based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation.
Gladiator II (stylized onscreen as GLADIIATOR) is a 2024 epic historical action film directed and produced by Ridley Scott that serves as a sequel to Gladiator (2000). Written by David Scarpa based on a story he wrote with Peter Craig, the film was produced by Scott Free Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Survivor Series: WarGames (2024)
The 2024 Survivor Series: WarGames is an ongoing professional wrestling event produced by the American promotion WWE. It is the 38th annual Survivor Series and takes place on Saturday, November 30, 2024, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The event air via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming and feature wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.
Stephen Michael Kosslyn (born 1948) is an American psychologist and neuroscientist. Kosslyn is the president of Active Learning Sciences Inc., which helps institutions design, deliver, and assess active-learning based courses and educational programs. He is also the founder and chief academic officer of Foundry College, an online two-year college.
The Syrian civil war is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in Syria involving various state-sponsored and non-state actors. In March 2011, popular discontent with the rule of Bashar al-Assad triggered large-scale protests and pro-democracy rallies across Syria, as part of the wider Arab Spring protests in the region.
Northwestern Syria offensive (2024)
On 27 November 2024, a coalition of Syrian opposition groups called the Military Operations Command led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched an offensive against the pro-government Syrian Arab Army (SAA) forces in Aleppo, Idlib, and Hama Governorates in Syria.
Cynthia Onyedinmanasu Chinasaokwu Erivo (; born 8 January 1987) is a British actress and singer. She gained recognition for starring in the Broadway revival of The Color Purple from 2015 to 2017. She earned numerous accolades for her performance, including the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
Lucky Baskhar (stylised as Lucky Baskhaโน) is a 2024 Indian Telugu-language period crime drama film written and directed by Venky Atluri. The film is produced by S. Naga Vamsi and Sai Soujanya under Sithara Entertainments, Fortune Four Cinema and Srikara Studios. It stars Dulquer Salmaan in the titular role, with Meenakshi Chaudhary.
My Chemical Romance is an American rock band from New Jersey. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, lead guitarist Ray Toro, rhythm guitarist Frank Iero, and bassist Mikey Way. They are considered one of the most influential rock groups of the 2000s and a major act in the pop-punk and emo genres, despite the band rejecting the latter label.
The following notable deaths occurred in 2024. 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 reference.
On 29 November 2024, Syrian opposition groups led by Tahrir al-Sham entered the Syrian Arab Army-held city of Aleppo. The battle began on the third day of a large scale rebel offensive. It is the first time fighting has broken out in the city since the earlier prolonged battle, which had ended in 2016.
JonBenรฉt Patricia Ramsey (August 6, 1990 โ December 26, 1996) was an American child beauty queen who was killed at age six in her family's home at 755 15th Street in Boulder, Colorado, on the night of December 25, 1996. Her body was found in the house's basement about seven hours after she had been reported missing. She had sustained a broken skull, and a garrote was tied around her neck.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is an American novel published in 1995, written by Gregory Maguire with illustrations by Douglas Smith. It is the first in The Wicked Years series, and was followed by Son of a Witch (published in September 2005), A Lion Among Men (published in October 2008), and Out of Oz (published in November 2011).
MichiganโOhio State football rivalry
The MichiganโOhio State football rivalry, referred to as The Game by some fans and sports commentators, is an American college football rivalry game that is played annually between the Michigan Wolverines and the Ohio State Buckeyes. As of 2023, Michigan and Ohio State have the most and third most wins of any program in NCAA Division I football history, respectively.
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 governor of Minnesota.
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.
Ayrton Senna da Silva (Brazilian Portuguese: [aหiสtรต หsแบฝnษ dษ หsiwvษ] ; 21 March 1960 โ 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1984 to 1994. Senna won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles with McLaren, andโat the time of his deathโheld the record for most pole positions (65), among others; he won 41 Grands Prix across 11 seasons.
The Nepal Premier League (NPL) (Nepali: เคจเฅเคชเคพเคฒ เคชเฅเคฐเคฟเคฎเคฟเคฏเคฐ เคฒเคฟเค), also known as Siddhartha Bank NPL for sponsorship reasons, is a men's Twenty20 (T20) cricket league held annually in Nepal. Founded by the CAN (the Cricket Association of Nepal) in 2024, the league features eight provinces/cities-based franchise teams.
Hayสผat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS; Arabic: ููุฆุฉ ุชุญุฑูุฑ ุงูุดุงู , romanized: Hayสผat Taแธฅrฤซr aลก-ล ฤm, lit. ''Organization for the Liberation of the Levant' or 'Levant Liberation Committee''), commonly referred to as Tahrir al-Sham, is a Sunni Islamist political and armed organisation involved in the Syrian Civil War.
Lindsay Dee Lohan ( LOH-ษn; born July 2, 1986) is an American actress, singer-songwriter, producer, and businesswoman. Born in New York City and raised on Long Island, Lohan was signed to Ford Models at age three. She appeared as a regular on the soap opera Another World at the age of 10, and her breakthrough came in the 1998 Walt Disney Pictures film The Parent Trap.
Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 โ 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.
The 2024 Melon Music Awards (Korean: 2024 ๋ฉ๋ก ๋ฎค์ง์ด์๋), part of the Melon Music Awards series, was an awards ceremony held on November 30, 2024. It was organized by Melon, and Kakao Entertainment and broadcast through Melon, 1theK for global audience, and Unext in Japan. Aespa, IU, and TWS are the most nominated artists at the ceremony, with seven nominations each.
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. His other involvements include 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.
Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate is the name given to the GeorgiaโGeorgia Tech football rivalry. It is an American college football rivalry between the Georgia Bulldogs and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. The two Southern universities are located in the U.S. state of Georgia and are separated by 70 miles (110 km).
Jarad Anthony Higgins (December 2, 1998 โ December 8, 2019), known professionally as Juice Wrld (pronounced "juice world"; stylized as Juice WRLD), was an American rapper and singer-songwriter. He emerged as a leading figure in the emo and SoundCloud rap genres, which garnered mainstream attention during the mid-to-late 2010s.
Ryan Patrick Day (born March 12, 1979) is an American football coach and former college football player. He is the 24th and current head football coach at Ohio State University, a position he has held since 2019. Day was also the acting head coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes for the first three games of the 2018 season.
Bashar al-Assad (born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician and dictator who has been the 19th and current president of Syria since 2000. In addition, he is the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. He is a son of Hafez al-Assad, who was the 18th president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000.
Red One is a 2024 American action-adventure Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Chris Morgan, from an original story by Hiram Garcia. The film follows the head of North Pole security (Dwayne Johnson) teaming up with a notorious hacker (Chris Evans) in order to locate a kidnapped Santa Claus (J. K. Simmons) on Christmas Eve.
Wheel-well stowaways are individuals who attempt to travel in the landing gear compartment, also known as the wheel bay or undercarriage of an aircraft. Between 1947 and June 2015, a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) researcher had documented 113 such attempts on 101 flights. These 113 people were all male and predominantly under age 30.
Haynes King (American football)
Haynes King (born January 9, 2001) is an American football quarterback for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. He previously played for the Texas A&M Aggies.
Arcane (titled onscreen as Arcane: League of Legends) is an adult animated steampunk action-adventure television series created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee. It was produced by the French animation studio Fortiche under the supervision of Riot Games, and distributed by Netflix. Set in Riot's League of Legends universe, it primarily focuses on sisters Vi and Powder.
Kristin Dawn Chenoweth (; born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth; July 24, 1968) is an American actress and singer, with credits in musical theatre, film, and television. In 1999, she won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Sally Brown in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown on Broadway.
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (German: Franz Joseph Karl [fสants หjoหzษf หkaสl]; Hungarian: Ferenc Jรณzsef Kรกroly [หfษrษntอกs หjoหสษf หkaหroj]; 18 August 1830 โ 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his death in 1916.
Harshad Shantilal Mehta (29 July 1954 โ 31 December 2001) was an Indian stockbroker and businessman also a convicted fraudster. Mehta's involvement in the 1992 Indian securities scam (about โน30,000 crore) led him to gain infamy for market manipulation. Of the 27 criminal charges brought against Mehta, he was only convicted of four, before his death (by sudden heart attack) at age 47 in 2001.
Charles Kushner (born May 16, 1954) is an American real estate developer and disbarred former attorney. He founded Kushner Companies in 1985. In 2005, he was convicted of illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering after hiring a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, arranging to record a sexual encounter between the two, and sending the tape to his sister.
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 Republican nominee, he is scheduled to be inaugurated as the 47th president on January 20, 2025.
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, United States, it is the second-most visited website in the world, after Google Search.
When The Phone Rings (Korean: ์ง๊ธ ๊ฑฐ์ ์ ํ๋) is an ongoing South Korean television series written by Kim Ji-woon, co-directed by Park Sang-woo and Wi Deuk-gyu, and starring Yoo Yeon-seok, Chae Soo-bin, Heo Nam-joon, and Jang Gyu-ri. It premiered on MBC TV on November 22, 2024, and airs every Friday and Saturday at 21:50 (KST). It it also available for streaming on Netflix in selected regions.
Ethan Samuel Slater (born June 2, 1992) is an American actor, singer, writer, and composer known for his role as SpongeBob SquarePants in the musical of the same name, for which he received a Tony Award nomination and won a Drama Desk Award in 2018. He most recently played the Historian, Prince Herbert, and others in the 2023 Broadway revival of Spamalot at the St. James Theatre.
The Syrian Salvation Government (SSG; Arabic: ุญููู ุฉ ุงูุฅููุงุฐ ุงูุณูุฑูุฉ, romanized: แธคukลซmat al-สพInqฤdh al-Sลซriyya) is a de facto alternative government of the Syrian opposition in Idlib Governorate, formed in early November 2017 under the initiative of the Hayสผat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel coalition in the context of the Syrian civil war.
The Day of the Jackal (TV series)
The Day of the Jackal is a British television series, based on the Frederick Forsyth novel of the same name. It stars Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch. It is written and created by Ronan Bennett, produced by Christopher Hall and directed by Brian Kirk, Anthony Philipson, Paul Wilmshurst and Anu Menon.
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest. It is a republic comprising 14 governorates.
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is a Kurdish-led coalition formed by ethnic militias and rebel groups, and serves as the official military wing of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). The SDF is allied to and supplied by the United Statesโled CJTFโOIR international alliance.
XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is a 2002 American action film directed by Rob Cohen, produced by Neal H. Moritz and written by Rich Wilkes. The first installment in the xXx film series, the film stars Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman, and rebellious athlete-turned-reluctant spy for the National Security Agency.
Lena Waithe (; born May 17, 1984) is an American actress, producer, and screenwriter. She is the creator of the Showtime drama series The Chi (2018โpresent) and the BET comedy series Boomerang (2019โ20) and Twenties (2020โ21). She also wrote and produced the crime film Queen & Slim (2019) and is the executive producer of the horror anthology series Them (2021โpresent).
The World Chess Championship 2024, officially known as the World Chess Championship 2024 presented by Google, is an ongoing chess match between the reigning world champion Ding Liren and the challenger Gukesh Dommaraju to determine the World Chess Champion. The match is currently taking place between 25 November and 13 December 2024, with Singapore chosen as the host country for the match.
ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched in 2022. It is 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.
Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 8
Bigg Boss 8 also known as Bigg Boss: Aalum Puthusu, Aatamum Puthusu is the eighth season of the Indian Tamil-language reality television series Bigg Boss. It premiered on 6 October 2024 on Star Vijay and Disney+ Hotstar. Vijay Sethupathi joined this season.
Idina Kim Menzel ( ih-DEE-nษ men-ZEL; nรฉe Mentzel; born May 30, 1971) is an American actress and singer. Particularly known for her work in musicals on Broadway, she has been nicknamed the "Queen of Broadway" for her commanding stage presence, powerful mezzo-soprano, and reputation as one of the most influential stage actors of her generation.
The Syrian opposition (Arabic: ุงูู ุนุงุฑุถุฉ ุงูุณูุฑูุฉ al-Muสปaraแธatu s-Sลซrฤซyah, [almสหสaหษพadหคษtu s. suหหษพษชj. ja]) is the political structure represented by the Syrian National Coalition and associated Syrian anti-Assad groups with certain territorial control as an alternative interim Syrian government.
Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It traditionally marks the start of the Christmas shopping season and is the busiest shopping day of the year in the United States. Many stores offer highly promoted sales at heavily discounted prices and often open early, sometimes as early as midnight or even on Thanksgiving.
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.
. xxx (pronounced "dot triple-ecks" or "dot ecks ecks ecks") 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.
BRICS is an intergovernmental organization comprising nine countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates. BRICS was originally identified to highlight investment opportunities. The grouping evolved into a geopolitical bloc, with their governments meeting annually at formal summits and coordinating multilateral policies since 2009.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a 1900 children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their home by a cyclone.
Edward Bridge Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American comic actor. He achieved stardom playing the lead character Sam Malone on the NBC sitcom Cheers, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He was further Emmy-nominated for the legal drama Damages (2007โ2010) and the NBC comedy The Good Place (2016โ2020).
The 2024 Nepal Premier League (NPL) (also known as Siddhartha Bank NPL 2024 for sponsorship reasons) is the inaugural season of the Nepal Premier League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in Nepal. The tournament features 8 teams competing in 32 matches from 30 November to 21 December 2024 (15 Mangsir to 6 Poush 2081 BS).
Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil and Germany. It is also observed in the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessings of the harvest and of the preceding year.
The Agency is an American espionage thriller television series for Showtime produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov and starring Michael Fassbender. The series is based on the critically acclaimed French series Le Bureau des Lรฉgendes created by รric Rochant that aired on Canal+ from 2015 to 2020. The series premiered on November 29, 2024.
Deadpool & Wolverine is a 2024 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Deadpool and Wolverine. Produced by Marvel Studios, Maximum Effort, and 21 Laps Entertainment, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 34th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the sequel to Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018).
Yellowstone (American TV series)
Yellowstone is an American neo-Western drama television series created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson that premiered on June 20, 2018, on Paramount Network. The series stars Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley, Cole Hauser, Kelsey Asbille, and Gil Birmingham.
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal union of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the states of Alaska to the northwest and the archipelagic Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean.
Meenakshi Chaudhary is an Indian actress and beauty pageant titleholder who works in Telugu and Tamil film industries. She represented the state of Haryana at the Femina Miss India 2018 pageant, where she was crowned as Femina Miss India Grand International 2018. Chaudhary represented India at Miss Grand International 2018 and was crowned as the first runner up.
The Trunk (Korean: ํธ๋ ํฌ) is a 2024 South Korean mystery melodrama television series based on the novel of the same name by Kim Ryeo-ryeong. Written by Park Eun-young, directed by Kim Kyu-tae, and starring Seo Hyun-jin and Gong Yoo. The series depicts two people under one-year marriage contract and a mysterious trunk.
Sikandar Ka Muqaddar (transl. The Fate of Sikandar) is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language heist thriller film, written and directed by Neeraj Pandey, starring Avinash Tiwary, Jimmy Sheirgill and Tamannaah Bhatia. The film is produced by Shital Bhatia and Vipin Agnihotri. It was released on Netflix on 29 November 2024.