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Daniel John Bongino (born December 4, 1974) is an American conservative political commentator, radio host, author, and former law enforcement officer who will serve as the 20th deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) beginning in 2025. He currently hosts The Dan Bongino Show on Rumble and previously hosted Unfiltered with Dan Bongino on Fox News until April 2023.
. 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.
Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. He is the first pope from the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit Order), the first from the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere, and the first born or raised outside Europe since the 8th-century Syrian pope Gregory III.
The third season of The White Lotus, an American satirical comedy-drama anthology television series created, written, and directed by Mike White, premiered on HBO on February 16, 2025. The season was greenlit on November 18, 2022, and was filmed in Bangkok, Phuket, and Ko Samui from February to August 2024.
Chhaava (lit. 'Lion's cub') is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language historical action film based on the life of Sambhaji, the second ruler of the Maratha Empire, who is played by Vicky Kaushal. An adaptation of the Marathi novel Chhava by Shivaji Sawant, it is directed by Laxman Utekar and produced by Dinesh Vijan under Maddock Films. The cast also includes Rashmika Mandanna and Akshaye Khanna.
Joachim-Friedrich Martin Josef Merz (German: [mษษts]; born 11 November 1955) is a German politician who has served as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since January 2022 and led the CDU/CSU (Union) parliamentary group as well as being Leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag since February 2022.
Zero Day is an American political thriller television series created by Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim, and Michael Schmidt for Netflix, directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, and featuring an ensemble cast led by Robert De Niro. It is about a former President investigating a devastating cyberattack in the US. The series was released on Netflix on February 20, 2025.
31st Screen Actors Guild Awards
The 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2024, were presented on February 23, 2025, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, United States. Actress Kristen Bell hosted the ceremony for the second time since the 24th ceremony.
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.
Alice Elisabeth Weidel (German: [aหliหsษ หvaษชdlฬฉ]; born 6 February 1979) is a German politician who has been serving as co-chairwoman of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party alongside Tino Chrupalla since June 2022. Since October 2017, she has held the position of leader of the AfD parliamentary group in the Bundestag.
In August 2021, 22-year-old American woman and travelling vlogger Gabrielle Venora Petito was killed by her fiancรฉ Brian Christopher Laundrie while they were traveling together on a vanlife journey across the United States. The trip was planned to last for four months and began on July 2, 2021, but Petito disappeared on August 27.
Sambhaji (Sambhajiraje Shivajiraje Bhonsle, Marathi pronunciation: [saหmหbสฑaหdสiห หbสฑos(ษ)le]; 14 May 1657 โ 11 March 1689), also known as Shambhuraje, ruled from 1681 to 1689 as the second king (Chhatrapati) of the Maratha Empire, a prominent state in early modern India. He was the eldest son of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire.
CDU/CSU, unofficially the Union parties (German: Unionsparteien, pronounced [uหniฬฏoหnspaสหtaษชษn]) or the Union, is a centre-right Christian democratic and conservative political alliance of two political parties in Germany: the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU).
Federal elections were held in Germany on 26 September 2021 to elect the members of the 20th Bundestag. State elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were also held. Incumbent chancellor Angela Merkel, first elected in 2005, chose not to run again, marking the first time that an incumbent Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany did not seek re-election.
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.
The Gorge is a 2025 American science fiction romantic action film directed by Scott Derrickson and written by Zach Dean. It stars Miles Teller, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Sigourney Weaver. Teller and Taylor-Joy portray two elite snipers who are ordered to guard a deep gorge without knowing what lies inside.
Dragon is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age comedy drama film written and directed by Ashwath Marimuthu. Produced by AGS Entertainment, the film stars Pradeep Ranganathan in the titular role, alongside Anupama Parameswaran and Kayadu Lohar, George Maryan, K. S. Ravikumar, Gautham Vasudev Menon and Mysskin.
List of international cricket centuries by Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli is an Indian cricketer and a former captain of the Indian national cricket team. A right-handed top-order batsman, he has made 82 centuries in international cricketโ30 in Test cricket, 51 in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and 1 in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). However Sachin Tendulkar remains to have the most international centuries in the sport.
Captain America: Brave New World
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Captain America: Brave New World is a 2025 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Sam Wilson / Captain America.
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.
Severance is an American science fiction psychological thriller television series created by Dan Erickson, and executive produced and primarily directed by Ben Stiller. It stars Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman, Michael Chernus, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, and Patricia Arquette.
The ICC Men's Champions Trophy, formerly called the ICC Knockout Trophy, is a quadrennial cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council. It is played in ODI format. Inaugurated in 1998, The ICC conceived the idea of the Champions Trophy โ a short cricket tournament to raise funds for the development of the game in non-test playing countries.
Virat Kohli (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian international cricketer who plays Test and ODI cricket for the national team and is a former captain in all formats. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional right arm medium pace bowler. He is called the king and the chase master for his playing style, skill and records.
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.
The Left (German: Die Linke [diห หlษชลkษ]), commonly referred to as the Left Party (German: Die Linkspartei [diห หlษชลkspaสหtaษช] ), is a democratic socialist political party in Germany. The party was founded in 2007 as the result of the merger of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) and Labour and Social Justice โ The Electoral Alternative.
Timothรฉe Hal Chalamet (English: TIM-ษth-ee SHAL-ษ-may; born December 27, 1995) is an American and French actor and film producer. His accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, 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.
Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: Benedictus PP. XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger, German: [หjoหzษf หสaหlษษชฬฏs หสatอกsษชลษ]; 16 April 1927 โ 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013.
Aimee Lou Wood (born 3 February 1994) is an English actress. After early stage roles in Mary Stuart (2016โ2017) and People, Places and Things (2017), Wood made her screen debut on the Netflix series Sex Education (2019โ2023), which won her a British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance.
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 in New York City, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
Walton Sanders Goggins Jr. (born November 10, 1971) is an American actor. He has starred in various television series, including The Shield (2002โ2008), Justified (2010โ2015), Vice Principals (2016โ2017), The Righteous Gemstones (2019โpresent), Invincible (2021โpresent), Fallout (2024โpresent), and The White Lotus (2025).
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (German: Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands [หkสษชstlษชรง demoหkสaหtษชสษ สuหniฬฏoหn หdษสtสlants], CDU, German pronunciation: [หtseหdeหหสuห] ) is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is the major party of the centre-right in German politics. Friedrich Merz has been federal chairman of the CDU since 31 January 2022.
Patrick Arnold Shriver Schwarzenegger (born September 18, 1993) is an American actor. He is the son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver. He began his career playing minor roles in the early 2000s, and has since starred in the television series The Staircase (2022), American Sports Story (2024), and the third season of The White Lotus (2025).
The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy is the ninth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy. It is being hosted by Pakistan with matches being played in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates from 19 February to 9 March 2025. The tournament is contested by the top eight ranked men's national teams qualified from the 2023 Cricket World Cup.
The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance โ Reason and Justice (German: Bรผndnis Sahra Wagenknecht โ Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit [beห. ษsหveห], BSW) is a political party in Germany founded on 8 January 2024. It has been described as far-left, left-wing populist, left-wing nationalist, socialist, culturally conservative, socially conservative, Eurosceptic and critical of the United States.
Social Democratic Party of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany (German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands [zoหtsiฬฏaหldemoหkสaหtษชสษ paสหtaษช หdษสtสlants], SPD, German pronunciation: [ษspeหหdeห] ) is a social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany.
The Brutalist is a 2024 epic period drama film directed and produced by Brady Corbet, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mona Fastvold. It stars Adrien Brody as a Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor who emigrates to the United States, where he struggles to achieve the American Dream until a wealthy client changes his life.
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 the last active Hellenistic pharaoh. 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.
Sarah Catherine Hook (born April 21, 1995) is an American actress and singer. She has starred in the film The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021). On television, she is known for her roles in the Netflix supernatural series First Kill (2022), the Prime Video drama Cruel Intentions (2024), and the third season of the HBO black comedy anthology series The White Lotus (2025).
Angela Dorothea Merkel (German: [aลหษกeหla doสoหteหa หmษสklฬฉ] ; nรฉe Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. She is the only woman to have held the office. Merkel previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2000 to 2018.
Barry Ferguson (born 2 February 1978) is a Scottish football coach, former player and pundit who is the interim manager of Scottish Premiership club Rangers. Ferguson spent most of his playing career at Rangers, in two spells either side of a ยฃ7. 5 million transfer to English club Blackburn Rovers.
Olaf Scholz (German: [หoหlaf หสษlts] ; born (1958-06-14)14 June 1958) is a German politician who has served as the chancellor of Germany since 2021. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), he previously served as vice chancellor in the fourth Merkel cabinet and as Federal Minister of Finance from 2018 to 2021.
Parker Christian Posey (born November 8, 1968) is an American actress. She was labeled "Queen of the Indies" for her roles in a succession of independent films throughout the 1990s, such as Dazed and Confused (1993), Party Girl, The Doom Generation, Kicking and Screaming (all 1995), The Daytrippers (1996), The House of Yes, Clockwatchers (both 1997), and Henry Fool (1998).
Free Democratic Party (Germany)
The Free Democratic Party (German: Freie Demokratische Partei, FDP, German pronunciation: [ษfdeหหpeห] ) is a liberal political party in Germany. The FDP was founded in 1948 by members of former liberal political parties which existed in Germany before World War II, namely the German Democratic Party and the German People's Party.
Lalisa Manobal (Thai: เธฅเธฅเธดเธฉเธฒ เธกเนเธเธเธฒเธฅ; born Pranpriya Manobal, March 27, 1997), known mononymously as Lisa (Korean: ๋ฆฌ์ฌ), is a Thai rapper, singer, dancer and actress. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Blackpink, which debuted under YG Entertainment in August 2016. She made her acting debut in 2025 in the HBO television series The White Lotus.
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.
Shivaji I (Shivaji Shahaji Bhonsale, Marathi pronunciation: [สiหสaหdสiห หbสฑos(ษ)le]; c. 19 February 1630 โ 3 April 1680) was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. Shivaji carved out his own independent kingdom from the Sultanate of Bijapur that formed the genesis of the Maratha Confederacy. Shivaji I was the founder of the Maratha Empire which later become the Maratha Confederacy.
1923 is an American Western drama television series. The series is a prequel to the Paramount Network series Yellowstone and serves as a sequel to the series 1883, with Isabel May reprising her role from the latter as narrator Elsa Dutton. 1923 premiered its first season on December 18, 2022, on Paramount+, which consisted of eight episodes.
The 97th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), will take place on March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the gala, the AMPAS will present Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories, honoring films released in 2024.
Joy-Ann M. Lomena-Reid (nรฉe Lomena; born December 8, 1968) is an American progressive political commentator and television host. She was a national correspondent for MSNBC and is best known for hosting the political commentary program The ReidOut from 2020 to 2025. Her previous anchoring credits include The Reid Report (2014โ2015) and AM Joy (2016โ2020).
Reacher is an American action crime television series developed by Nick Santora for Amazon Prime Video. Based on the Jack Reacher book series by Lee Child, it stars Alan Ritchson as the title character, a self-proclaimed hobo and former U.S. Army military policeman with formidable strength, intellect, and abilities.
The bush stone-curlew or bush thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius, obsolete name Burhinus magnirostris) is a large, ground-dwelling bird endemic to Australia. Its favoured habitat is open plains and woodlands, where it stalks slowly at night in search of invertebrates such as insects. Its grey-brown coloration is distinguished by dark streaks, its eyes are large and legs are long.
Muhi al-Din Muhammad (3 November 1618 โ 3 March 1707), commonly known by the title Aurangzeb, and also by his regnal name Alamgir I, was the sixth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707. Under his reign, the Mughal Empire reached its greatest extent, with territory spanning nearly the entirety of the Indian subcontinent.
Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frรฉdรฉric Macron (French: [emanษฅษl makสษฬ] ; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. He previously was Minister of Economics, Industry and Digital Affairs under President Franรงois Hollande from 2014 to 2016 and deputy secretary-general to the president from 2012 to 2014.
South Schleswig Voters' Association
The South Schleswig Voters' Association (German: Sรผdschleswigscher Wรคhlerverband, SSW; Danish: Sydslesvigsk Vรฆlgerforening, SSV) is a regionalist political party in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. The party represents the Danish and Frisian minorities of the state.
Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-American actress, model and media personality. She rose to prominence after being selected as the February 1990 Playboy Playmate of the Month. She went on to make regular appearances on the magazine's cover and held the record for the most Playboy covers by any individual.
Killing Me Softly with His Song
"Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. The lyrics were written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman after she was inspired by a Don McLean performance in late 1971. Denied writing credit by Fox and Gimbel, Lieberman released her version of the song in 1972, but it did not chart.
Ne Zha 2 (Chinese: ๅชๅไน้ญ็ซฅ้นๆตท; pinyin: Nรฉzhฤ zhฤซ Mรณtรณng Nร ohวi; also known as ๅชๅ2; Nรฉzhฤ รr) is a 2025 Chinese animated fantasy adventure film written and directed by Jiaozi. It is the sequel to the 2019 film Ne Zha. The film was released in theaters across China on 29 January 2025, coinciding with the first day of Chinese New Year in 2D, 3D, IMAX, CINITY, CGS, Dolby Cinema and other formats.
The Substance is a 2024 body horror film written and directed by Coralie Fargeat. It follows a fading celebrity, Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) who, after being fired by her producer (Dennis Quaid) due to her age, uses a black market drug that creates a younger version of herself (Margaret Qualley) with unexpected side effects. The film has been widely compared to Death Becomes Her (1992).
Maye Musk (nรฉe Haldeman; born April 19, 1948) is a model and dietitian. She has been a model for 50 years, appearing on the covers of magazines, including a Time magazine health edition, Women's Day, international editions of Vogue, and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She is the mother of Elon Musk, Kimbal Musk and Tosca Musk.
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank is a 1984 science fiction television film starring Raul Julia and Linda Griffiths. Based on the 1976 John Varley short story of the same name from the Eight Worlds series, the film takes place in a dystopian future where an employee at a conglomerate gets trapped inside the company's computer and ends up affecting the real world.
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which had started in 2014. The invasion, the largest and deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II, has caused hundreds of thousands of military casualties and tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties. As of 2025, Russian troops occupy about 20% of Ukraine.
Alan Michael Ritchson (born November 28, 1982) is an American actor. He made his acting debut as Aquaman / Arthur Curry on The CW superhero series Smallville (2005โ2010), where he appeared as a guest star between the fifth and tenth seasons. Ritchson had a starring role in the Spike TV sitcom Blue Mountain State (2010โ2012), a role he reprised in the 2016 film sequel.
Anora is a 2024 American comedy drama film produced, written, directed, and edited by Sean Baker. It follows the beleaguered marriage between Anora Mikheeva (Mikey Madison), a sex worker, and Vanya Zakharov (Mark Eydelshteyn), the son of a Russian oligarch. The supporting cast includes Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, and Aleksei Serebryakov.
Kieran Kyle Culkin (born September 30, 1982) is an American actor. Known for portraying distasteful yet sympathetic characters across stage and screen, his accolades include two Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a nomination for an Academy Award and a SAG award. Culkin began his career as a child in theater productions for the Light Opera of Manhattan.
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.
Department of Government Efficiency
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), officially the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization, is an initiative of the second Trump administration. DOGE is a temporary organization under the United States DOGE Service (formerly the United States Digital Service).