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Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy (January 23, 1998 โ June 18, 2018), known professionally as XXXTentacion, was an American rapper and singer-songwriter. Though a controversial figure due to his widely publicized legal troubles, XXXTentacion gained a cult following among his young fanbase during his short career with his depression- and alienation-themed music.
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YouTube is an American online video sharing and social media platform owned by Google. Accessible worldwide, it was launched 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.
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Ruby Franke (nรฉe Griffiths; born January 18, 1982) is an American former family vlogger who ran the now defunct YouTube channel called 8 Passengers. On August 30, 2023, she was arrested in Washington County, Utah, and charged with six counts of aggravated child abuse under Utah law, four counts of which she pleaded guilty to. She was sentenced to up to 60 years in prison on February 20, 2024.
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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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Madame Web is a 2024 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character of the same name. Produced by Columbia Pictures and Di Bonaventura Pictures in association with Marvel Entertainment and TSG Entertainment, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the fourth film in Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU).
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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.
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The Pakistan Super League (PSL) (also known as the HBL PSL for sponsorship reasons) is a men's Twenty20 cricket league contested by six city-based franchise teams. The league was founded in 2015 by the Pakistan Cricket Board. Instead of operating as an association of independently owned teams, the league is a single entity in which each franchise is owned and controlled by the investors.
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John Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland
William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland (17 September 1800 โ 6 December 1879), styled Lord John Bentinck before 1824 and Marquess of Titchfield between 1824 and 1854, was a British Army officer and peer, most remembered for his eccentric behaviour.
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Borderlands is an upcoming American science fiction action comedy film directed by Eli Roth, who co-wrote the screenplay with Joe Crombie, based on the video game series of the same name developed by Gearbox Software. It stars an ensemble cast featuring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramรญrez, Ariana Greenblatt, Bobby Lee, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon, and Jamie Lee Curtis.
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Rituraj Singh (23 May 1964 โ 20 February 2024) was an Indian television actor who worked prominently with Bollywood. He played different roles in a number of Indian TV shows like Banegi Apni Baat aired on Zee TV in 1993, Jyoti, Hitler Didi, Shapath, Warrior High, Aahat, Adaalat, and Diya Aur Baati Hum. He also played the role of Balwant Chodhary in the Colors TV serial Laado 2.
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ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched on November 30, 2022. Based on a large language model, it enables users to refine and steer a conversation towards a desired length, format, style, level of detail, and language. Successive prompts and replies, known as prompt engineering, are considered at each conversation stage as a context.
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True Detective: Night Country is the fourth season of True Detective, an American anthology crime drama television series created by Nic Pizzolatto, which premiered on January 14, 2024, on HBO. The season is set in the fictional town of Ennis, Alaska, and follows the investigation behind the disappearance of eight men from a research station.
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Griselda Blanco Restrepo (February 15, 1943 โ September 3, 2012) was a Colombian drug lord who was prominent in the cocaine-based drug trade and underworld of Miami, during the 1970s through the early 2000s, and who has also been claimed by some to have been part of the Medellรญn Cartel. Blanco was assassinated in Medellรญn on September 3, 2012, age 69.
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Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her versatile artistry, songwriting, and entrepreneurship have influenced the music industry, popular culture, and politics, and her life is a subject of widespread media coverage. Swift began professional songwriting at 14.
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Dune: Part Two is a 2024 American epic science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jon Spaihts. The sequel to Dune (2021), it is the second of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel Dune by Frank Herbert, and follows Paul Atreides as he unites with the Fremen people of the desert planet Arrakis to wage war against House Harkonnen.
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International Mother Language Day
International Mother Language Day is a worldwide annual observance held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism. First announced by UNESCO on 17 November 1999, it was formally recognized by the United Nations General Assembly with the adoption of UN resolution 56/262 in 2002.
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Julian Paul Assange ( ษ-SAHNZH; nรฉ Hawkins; born 3 July 1971) is an Australian editor, publisher and activist who founded WikiLeaks in 2006. He came to wide international attention in 2010 when WikiLeaks published a series of leaks from US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning: footage of a US airstrike in Baghdad, US military logs from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, and US diplomatic cables.
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Sydney Bernice Sweeney (born September 12, 1997) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the HBO drama series Euphoria (2019โpresent) and the first season of the anthology series The White Lotus (2021), which earned her nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. Sweeney first gained attention in 2018 for appearing in the television series Everything Sucks!
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Virat Kohli (Hindi pronunciation: [สษชหษพษหส หkoหษฆli] ; born 5 November 1988) is an Indian international cricketer and the former captain of the Indian national cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional medium-fast bowler. He currently represents Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL and Delhi in domestic cricket.
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David Keith McCallum (19 September 1933 โ 25 September 2023) was a Scottish actor and musician. He gained wide recognition in the 1960s for playing secret agent Illya Kuryakin in the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. His other notable television roles include Simon Carter in Colditz (1972โ1974) and Steel in Sapphire & Steel (1979โ1982).
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Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name derives from the face book directories often given to American university students.
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Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical thriller film written, directed, and co-produced by Christopher Nolan, starring Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist credited with being the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Projectโthe World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons.
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Porn and Ice Cream (Spanish: Porno y helado) is an Argentine comedy television series created by Martรญn Piroyansky for Amazon Prime Video. Premiered on March 11, 2022, it stars Piroyansky, Ignacio Saralegui and Sofรญa Morandi. Filmed in Uruguay, the series stars a cast of Argentines and Uruguayans actors. In October 2022, it was renewed for a second season.
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The Iron Claw is a 2023 biographical sports drama film written and directed by Sean Durkin about the Von Erichs, a family of professional wrestlers who are "cursed" by constant tragedy. The film depicts the struggles of wrestling company owner Fritz Von Erich's sons to achieve the success their father groomed them for, from 1979 to the early 1990sโresulting in more tragedy.
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Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 โ February 21, 1965) was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam (NOI) until 1964, he was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the Black community.
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Rakul Preet Singh (born 10 October 1990) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. She has won several awards including a South Indian International Movie Award, in addition to four nominations at the Filmfare Awards South. Singh made her acting debut with the Kannada film Gilli (2009).
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The Von Erich family is an American professional wrestling family. Originally from Texas, their actual surname is Adkisson, but every member who has been in the wrestling business has used the ring name "Von Erich," after the family patriarch, Fritz Von Erich (Jack Adkisson). Jack took on the name as part of his wrestling gimmick (i. e.
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The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America, between Canada and Mexico. It is a liberal democracy and republic of 50 federated states, a federal capital district (Washington, D.C.), and 326 Indian reservations that overlap with state boundaries.
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Dakota Mayi Johnson (born October 4, 1989) is an American actress. The daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, she made her film debut at age ten with a minor role in Crazy in Alabama (1999) with her mother. After graduating high school, she began auditioning for roles in Los Angeles and was cast in a minor part in The Social Network (2010).
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Bramayugam (transl. The Age of Madness) is a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language dark fantasy horror thriller film written and directed by Rahul Sadasivan and jointly produced by Night Shift Studios and YNOT Studios. The film stars Mammootty, Arjun Ashokan and Sidharth Bharathan. Principal photography began on 17 August 2023 and was shot across locations such as Ottapalam, Athirapally and Kochi.
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Anushka Sharma (pronounced [ษหnสสka หสษrma]; born 1 May 1988) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. She has received several awards, including a Filmfare Award. One of the highest-paid actresses in India as of 2018, she has appeared in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 since 2012 and was featured by Forbes Asia in their 30 Under 30 list of 2018.
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Anyone but You is a 2023 American romantic comedy film directed by Will Gluck, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ilana Wolpert. Loosely based on Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, it stars Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell. The supporting cast includes Alexandra Shipp, GaTa, Hadley Robinson, Michelle Hurd, Dermot Mulroney, Darren Barnet, Bryan Brown, and Rachel Griffiths.
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Miller's Girl is a 2024 American erotic thriller film written and directed by Jade Halley Bartlett. The film stars Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman as a student and teacher who enter into a complicated relationship after a creative writing assignment. The film was theatrically released in the United States by Lionsgate on January 26, 2024.
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The Premier League is the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League (EFL). Seasons typically run from August to May, with each team playing 38 matches against all other teams, both home and away.
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Abdul Taib bin Mahmud (Jawi: ุนุจุฏุงูุทูุจ ุจู ู ุญู ูุฏ; 21 May 1936 โ 21 February 2024) was a Malaysian politician who served as the seventh Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak from March 2014 to January 2024 and the fourth Chief Minister of Sarawak from March 1981 to February 2014. He is referred to as the Father of Modern Sarawak (Bapa Pemodenan Sarawak).
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Instagram is an American photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location via geographical tagging. Posts can be shared publicly or with preapproved followers.
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XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is an American spy fiction action film series created by Rich Wilkes. It consists of three full-length feature films: XXX (2002), XXX: State of the Union (2005) and XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017), and a short film: The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage. The series has grossed $694 million worldwide.
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Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language into another. It offers a website interface, a mobile app for Android and iOS, as well as an API that helps developers build browser extensions and software applications.
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Marry My Husband (Korean: ๋ด ๋จํธ๊ณผ ๊ฒฐํผํด์ค) is a 2024 South Korean television series written by Shin Yoo-dam, and starring Park Min-young, Na In-woo, Lee Yi-kyung, and Song Ha-yoon. It is based on a web novel of the same name, which was also serialized as a webtoon. It aired on tvN from January 1, 2024 to February 20, 2024, every Monday and Tuesday at 20:50 (KST).
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Vikrant Massey (born 3 April 1987) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films and television. After completing his education from R. D. National College, Massey made his acting debut with Dhoom Machaao Dhoom (2007) and worked in television serials such as Dharam Veer (2008), Balika Vadhu (2009โ2010) and Qubool Hai (2013).
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WhatsApp (officially WhatsApp Messenger) is an instant messaging (IM) and voice-over-IP (VoIP) service owned by technology conglomerate Meta. It allows users to send text, voice messages and video messages, make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other content. WhatsApp's client application runs on mobile devices, and can be accessed from computers.
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Poor Things is a 2023 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and written by Tony McNamara. It stars Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, and Jerrod Carmichael. Based on the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray, the plot follows Bella Baxter, a young woman in Victorian London who comes to life through a brain transplant and embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery.
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Kepler Laveran de Lima Ferreira (born 26 February 1983), known as Pepe (Brazilian Portuguese: [หpษpi]), is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Primeira Liga club Porto, which he captains. Born in Brazil, he plays for the Portugal national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders of his generation.
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Kiribati ( KIRR-ih-BASS), officially the Republic of Kiribati (Gilbertese: [Ribaberiki] Kiribati), is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the central Pacific Ocean. Its permanent population is over 119,000 as of the 2020 census, with more than half living on Tarawa atoll. The state comprises 32 atolls and one remote raised coral island, Banaba.
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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. Trump received a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968, and his father named him president of his real estate business in 1971.
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Nimarata Nikki Haley (nรฉe Randhawa; born January 20, 1972) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 116th governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017 and as the 29th United States ambassador to the United Nations from January 2017 to December 2018. A member of the Republican Party, Haley is the first Indian American to serve in a presidential cabinet.
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Samuel Benjamin Bankman-Fried (born March 5, 1992), or SBF, is an American entrepreneur who was convicted of fraud and related crimes in November 2023. Bankman-Fried founded the FTX cryptocurrency exchange and was celebrated as a "poster boy" for crypto. At the peak of his success, he was ranked the 41st-richest American in the Forbes 400.
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True Detective is an American anthology crime drama television series created by Nic Pizzolatto. The series, broadcast by the premium cable network HBO in the United States, premiered on January 12, 2014. Each season of the series is structured as a self-contained narrative, employing new cast ensembles, and following various sets of characters and settings.
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Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya
Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (transl. My heart got so entangled in your words) is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language science fiction romantic comedy starring Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon. Produced under Maddock Films and Jio Studios, the film is written and directed by Amit Joshi and Aradhana Sah, in their directorial debuts. Principal photography commenced in October 2022 and ended in April 2023.
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Tiffany Cornilia Haddish (born December 3, 1979) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. Her breakthrough came in with a leading role in the comedy film Girls Trip (2017), which earned her several accolades and was included on The New Yorker's list of the best film performances of the 21st century.
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Barry Keoghan ( KYOH-gษn; born 17 October 1992) is an Irish actor. He has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, and has been nominated for an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, he was listed at number 27 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
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Beyoncรฉ Giselle Knowles-Carter ( bee-ON-say; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter and businesswoman. Dubbed as "Queen Bey" and a prominent cultural figure of the 21st century, she has been recognized for her artistry and performances, with Rolling Stone naming her one of the greatest vocalists of all time.
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Al Nassr Football Club (Arabic: ูุงุฏู ุงููุตุฑ ุงูุณุนูุฏู; Naแนฃr meaning Victory) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Riyadh. It was established on 24 October 1955; the club plays its home games at Al-Awwal Park. Their home colours are yellow and deep blue, and away colours are dark blue.
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Xabier Alonso Olano (Basque: [หสaฮฒi aหlonsฬบo oหlano], Spanish: [หสaฮฒj aหlonso oหlano]; born 25 November 1981) is a Spanish football coach and former professional player who is currently the head coach of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. He is regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation. As a manager he is considered as one of the most promising young managers in the world.
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This is a general list of musicals, including Broadway, Off-Broadway, and West End musicals, as well as film and television musicals, whose titles fall into the AโL alphabetic range. This is not a complete list of musicals, and is limited to musicals that have their own articles on the English-language wikipedia.
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Kevin Ross Adkisson (born May 15, 1957) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Kevin Von Erich. A member of the Von Erich family, Von Erich is best known for his appearances with his father's World Class Championship Wrestling promotion. He is a one-time world champion, having held the WCWA World Heavyweight Championship.
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Tulsi Gabbard ( TUL-see GAB-ษrd; born April 12, 1981) is an American politician, United States Army Reserve officer and political commentator who was the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2013 to 2021. Gabbard was the first Hindu member of Congress and also the first Samoan-American voting member of Congress.
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The Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum, HEE-lษ) is a species of venomous lizard native to the Southwestern United States and the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is a heavy, slow-moving reptile, up to 56 centimetres (22 in) long, and it is the only venomous lizard native to the United States.
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Nina Simone (born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 โ April 21, 2003) () was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and pop. The sixth of eight children born into a poor family in North Carolina, Simone initially aspired to be a concert pianist.
