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. xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic sites on the Internet. The sponsoring organization is the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR). The registry is operated by ICM Registry LLC. The ICANN Board voted to approve the sTLD on 18 March 2011.
Andrew Albert Christian Edward Mountbatten-Windsor (born 19 February 1960), formerly Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is a member of the House of Windsor. He is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a younger brother of King Charles III. Andrew was born second in the line of succession to the British throne and is eighth as of 2026.
Alysa Liu (born August 8, 2005) is an American figure skater. She is the 2026 Olympic women's singles champion, 2026 Olympic team event gold medalist, 2025 World champion, 2022 World bronze medalist, 2025β26 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time Grand Prix medalist, a four-time Challenger Series champion, and a two-time U.S. national champion (2019, 2020).
Eileen Feng Gu (born September 3, 2003), also known by her Chinese name Gu Ailing (θ°·η±ε), is a freestyle skier. Born and raised in the United States, she has competed for China in halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air events since 2019. Gu is the most decorated female freestyle skier in Olympic history.
Virginia Louise Giuffre (, JOO-fray; nΓ©e Roberts; August 9, 1983 β April 25, 2025) was an Australian and American advocate for survivors of sex trafficking and one of the most prominent accusers of Jeffrey Epstein. Giuffre provided detailed allegations to media outlets about Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Zara Maria Larsson (Swedish: [ΛsΙΜΛra ΛlΙΜΛΚΙn] ; born 16 December 1997) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She first rose to prominence in 2008 after winning the second season of Talang, the Swedish version of the Got Talent format. In 2012, Larsson signed with the record label TEN Music Group and subsequently released her debut extended play (EP), Introducing, in January 2013.
XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is a 2002 American action thriller 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 2026 Winter Olympics (Italian: Olimpiadi invernali del 2026), officially the XXV Winter Olympic Games and commonly known as Milano Cortina 2026, is an international multi-sport event currently taking place from 6 to 22 February 2026 at multiple sites across Lombardy and Northeast Italy, with competition in selected events beginning 4 February 2026.
"XXX" (stylized as "XXX". , pronounced "X-Rated") is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, from his fourth studio album Damn, released on April 14, 2017. The eleventh track on the album (fourth on the Collector's Edition of Damn), the song was written by Lamar, Mike Will Made It, DJ Dahi, Mark Spears a. k. a.
The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
List of people named in the Epstein files
The Epstein files comprise over six million pages of documents detailing the activities of American financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. So far c. 3. 5 million files have been made public, among them 180,000 images and 2,000 videos.
The Board of Peace (BoP) is an international organization with the stated purpose of promoting peacekeeping around the world. Established by Donald Trump and led by the government of the United States, the board is named in United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803 as a body tasked with overseeing the processes of the Gaza peace plan.
Robert Selden Duvall (; January 5, 1931 β February 15, 2026) was an American actor, filmmaker, and producer. Duvall started acting professionally on the stage in 1952, performing in summer plays at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport on Long Island. He continued there until 1959, with a one-year break serving in the U. S. Army.
Leslie Herbert Wexner (born September 8, 1937) is an American billionaire businessman and political activist. He is the co-founder and chair emeritus of Bath & Body Works, Inc He has been the principal in Abercrombie & Fitch, Victoria's Secret and La Senza, amongst several other retail corporations.
James Dell Talarico ( TAL-uh-REE-koh; born James Dell Causey, May 17, 1989) is an American politician, Presbyterian seminarian, and former public school teacher serving since 2018 as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party, Talarico has been called a "rising star" among Texas Democrats.
Wuthering Heights is the only novel by the English author Emily BrontΓ«, initially published in 1847 under her pen name "Ellis Bell". It concerns two extensive upland estates and their landowning families on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons; and their turbulent relationships with the Earnshaws' foster son, Heathcliff.
Jesse Louis Jackson (nΓ© Burns; October 8, 1941 β February 17, 2026) was an American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. A protΓ©gΓ© of Martin Luther King Jr. and James Bevel during the civil rights movement, he became one of the most prominent civil rights leaders of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics β Women's singles
The women's singles figure skating competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 17 and 19 February at the Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan, Italy. Alysa Liu won the gold medal, the first victory by an American athlete in women's singles since 2002.
Amber Elaine Glenn (born October 28, 1999) is an American figure skater. She is a 2026 Olympic Games team event gold medalist, the 2024β25 Grand Prix Final champion, a three-time U.S. national champion (2024β26), a six-time ISU Grand Prix medalist, and a five-time ISU Challenger Series medalist. She has also finished within the top ten at five ISU Championships.
Peter Green (May 10, 1959 β December 12, 2025), known professionally as Peter Greene, was an American actor. A character actor, he was generally known for portraying villains. He was best known for his roles in the 1994 films The Mask, in which he played the main antagonist Dorian Tyrell, and Pulp Fiction, where he portrayed Zed, a sadistic security guard.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV series)
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is an American fantasy drama television series created by Ira Parker and George R. R. Martin. A prequel to Game of Thrones (2011β2019), it is the third television series in Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire franchise and is an adaptation of the Tales of Dunk and Egg series of novellas, beginning with The Hedge Knight.
Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell (born 25 December 1961) is a British former socialite. In 2021, she was found guilty of child sex trafficking and other offences in connection with the deceased American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In 2022, she was sentenced to 20 yearsβ imprisonment in the United States.
Megan Keller (born May 1, 1996) is an American professional ice hockey player and captain for the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team, with whom she won gold medals at the 2018 and 2026 Winter Olympics, scoring the golden goal in the final match of the latter tournament.
"Wuthering Heights" (stylized with quotation marks) is a 2026 period romantic drama film produced, written and directed by Emerald Fennell, loosely based on the 1847 novel by Emily BrontΓ«. Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi respectively star as Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, alongside Hong Chau, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver, Martin Clunes, and Ewan Mitchell in supporting roles.
XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is an American action spy 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.
Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 β July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, and filmmaker. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy, which was formed from his experiences in unarmed fighting and self-defenseβas well as eclectic, Zen Buddhist, and Taoist philosophiesβas a new school of martial arts thought.
Shia Saide LaBeouf ( SHY-Ι lΙ-BUF; born June 11, 1986) is an American actor and filmmaker. He played Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens, a role for which he received Young Artist Award nominations in 2001 and 2002 and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2003. He made his film debut in The Christmas Path (1998).
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms since 8 September 2022. Charles was born during the reign of his maternal grandfather, King George VI, and became heir apparent when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, acceded to the throne in 1952.
Carolyn Jeanne Bessette Kennedy (nΓ©e Bessette; January 7, 1966 β July 16, 1999) was an American fashion publicist. She worked for Calvin Klein until her 1996 marriage to attorney and publisher John F. Kennedy Jr. Her life and fashion sense became the subjects of intense media scrutiny afterwards.
Sarah Margaret Ferguson (born 15 October 1959), formerly Sarah, Duchess of York, and commonly known by the nickname Fergie, is the former wife of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, then Prince Andrew, Duke of York, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and younger brother of King Charles III. Ferguson was raised in Dummer, Hampshire, and attended the Queen's Secretarial College.
XXX: State of the Union (released as xXx2: The Next Level and XXX: State of Emergency outside North America) is a 2005 American action spy film directed by Lee Tamahori and a sequel to the 2002 film XXX. It is the second installment of the XXX film series, and was produced by Revolution Studios for Columbia Pictures.
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
Protests led by students, known in China as the June Fourth Incident, were held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, from 15 April to 4 June 1989.
Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics β Men's tournament
The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics takes place in Milan, Italy between 11 and 22 February 2026. Twelve countries qualified for the tournament; eight via ranking by the IIHF, three via qualification tournaments, and Italy as hosts. Russia and Belarus were banned from competing due to the countries' invasion of Ukraine.
The 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup is the tenth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, co-hosted by Board of Control for Cricket in India and Sri Lanka Cricket from 7 February to 8 March 2026. Sri Lanka had previously hosted the competition in 2012 and India in 2016. A total of twenty teams are competing in 55 matches across five venues in India and three in Sri Lanka.
Quintin Jerome Hughes (born October 14, 1999) is an American hero and professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hughes was drafted seventh overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 2018 NHL entry draft and played his first seven seasons with the team, serving as captain from 2023 until his trade to the Wild in 2025.
Bluepoint Games Inc. was an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2006 by Andy O'Neil and Marco Thrush, the studio is known for video game remasters and remakes, such as Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (2015), Shadow of the Colossus (2018), and Demon's Souls (2020).
Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics
The curling competitions of the 2026 Winter Olympics are being held at the Cortina Olympic Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Curling competitions are scheduled for every day of the Games, from 4 to 22 February. This will be the ninth time that curling has appeared on the Olympic program.
The ICC Men's T20 World Cup, formerly the ICC World Twenty20, is a biennial world cup for cricket in Twenty20 International (T20I) format, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was held in every odd year from 2007 to 2009, and since 2010 has been held in every even year with the exception of 2018 and 2020.
Shivaji I (Shivaji Shahaji Bhonsale, Marathi pronunciation: [ΚiΛΚaΛdΚiΛ ΛbΚ±os(Ι)le]; c. 19 February 1630 β 3 April 1680) was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. Shivaji inherited a jagir from his father who served as a retainer for the Sultanate of Bijapur, which later formed the genesis of the Maratha Kingdom.
Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973) is an American model, television personality, producer, writer, and actress. She began her career as a model at the age of 15 and was the first African American woman to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, on which she appeared three times. Banks was one of only a few Black models to achieve Supermodel status.
Yoon Suk Yeol (Korean: μ€μμ΄, pronounced [jun sΚ°ΚΕnjΚΙ]; born 18 December 1960) is a South Korean politician who served as the 13th president of South Korea from 2022 until his removal from office in 2025. A member of the People Power Party during his presidency, he was the shortest-serving directly elected president in the country's democratic history since 1987.
Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics
The figure skating events at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held from 6 to 19 February at the Milano Ice Skating Arena in Milan, Italy. Medals will be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, ice dance, and the team event.
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice towards a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called rocks, across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a circular target marked on the ice.
Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics
The ice hockey competitions of the 2026 Winter Olympics will be played at two venues located in the Milan cluster: the PalaItalia and one of the Fiera Milano pavilions. The men's tournament will have 12 teams competing, and the women's tournament 10.
2026 Winter Olympics medal table
The 2026 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXV Winter Olympic Games, are an international winter multi-sport event held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 22 February. A total of 2,900 athletes representing 92 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are expected to participate, including first-time entrants Benin, Guinea-Bissau, and the United Arab Emirates.
Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( BAY-zohss; nΓ© Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman best known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. According to Forbes, as of December 2025, Bezos's estimated net worth is US$239. 4 billion, making him the fourth richest person in the world.
Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi (Beatrice Elizabeth Mary; born 8 August 1988), is a member of the British royal family. She is the elder daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, and a niece of King Charles III. Born fifth in the line of succession to the British throne, she is ninth as of 2026.
O' Romeo is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language romantic action thriller film written and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. It is produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. Based on the book Mafia Queens of Mumbai by Hussain Zaidi, the film stars Shahid Kapoor, Triptii Dimri, Nana Patekar, Avinash Tiwary, Tamannaah Bhatia, Disha Patani, Farida Jalal and Vikrant Massey.
Instagram is an American photo and short-form 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.
Love Story is an American biographical romance anthology television series created by Connor Hines and executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, D.V. DeVincentis, Kim Rosenstock, and Hines. The fifth installment in the American Story media franchise, it airs on FX and FX on Hulu.
The Housemaid is a 2025 American erotic psychological thriller film directed by Paul Feig. It is based on the 2022 novel by Freida McFadden, and stars Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, and Brandon Sklenar. In the film, Millie Calloway, a young woman with a troubled past, becomes the live-in maid for a wealthy family whose household hides dark secrets.
Dario Amodei (born 1983) is an American artificial intelligence researcher and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, the company behind the large language model series Claude. He was previously the vice president of research at OpenAI. In his capacity as Anthropic's CEO, he often writes on the benefits and risks of advanced AI systems.
List of Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Ice hockey is a sport that is contested at the Winter Olympic Games. A men's ice hockey tournament has been held every Winter Olympics (starting in 1924); an ice hockey tournament was also held at the 1920 Summer Olympics. From 1920 to 1968, the Olympics also acted as the Ice Hockey World Championships, and the two events occurred concurrently.
Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics β Women's tournament
The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics took place in Milan, Italy between 5 and 19 February 2026. Ten countries qualified for the tournament; six via ranking by the IIHF, three via qualification tournaments, and Italy as hosts. Russia and Belarus were banned from competing due to the countries' invasion of Ukraine.
The Invisible Gorilla is a non-fiction book published in 2010, co-authored by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons. The title of this book refers to an earlier research project by Chabris and Simons revealing that people who are focused on something can easily overlook something else. To demonstrate this effect, they created a video of students passing a basketball between themselves.
Tom Noonan (April 12, 1951 β February 14, 2026) was an American actor, director and screenwriter, best known for his roles as Francis Dollarhyde in Manhunter (1986), Frankenstein's Monster in The Monster Squad (1987), Cain in RoboCop 2 (1990), The Ripper in Last Action Hero (1993), Kelso in Heat (1995), Sammy Barnathan in Synecdoche, New York (2008), Mr. Ulman in The House of the Devil (2009), Reverend Nathaniel in Hell on Wheels (2011β2014), the Pallid Man in 12 Monkeys (2015β2018), and as the voice of everyone but Michael and Lisa in Anomalisa (2015).
Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (Edward Antony Richard Louis; born 10 March 1964), is a member of the British royal family. He is the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the youngest sibling of King Charles III. Edward was born third in the line of succession to the British throne and is 15th as of 2026.
Lent (Latin: Quadragesima, 'Fortieth') is the solemn Christian religious observance in the liturgical year in preparation for Easter. It echoes the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, before beginning his public ministry.
56 Days is an American thriller television series developed by Karyn Usher and Lisa Zwerling and is based on Catherine Ryan Howard's novel of the same name. The series is executive produced by James Wan for Amazon Prime Video and stars Dove Cameron and Avan Jogia. The series premiered on February 18, 2026.
Tara Kristen Lipinski (born June 10, 1982) is an American sports commentator and former competitive figure skater. A former competitor in women's singles, she was the 1997 U.S. national champion and world champion, a two-time Champions Series Final champion (1997β1998), and the 1998 Olympic champion.
Ami Nakai (δΈδΊ δΊηΎ, Nakai Ami; born April 27, 2008) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2026 Winter Olympics bronze medalist, 2026 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2025-26 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, the 2025 Grand Prix de France champion, and the 2025 Skate Canada International bronze medalist.
Mia Gypsy Mello da Silva Goth (born 25 October 1993) is a British actress and model. After modelling as a teenager, Goth made her acting debut in the erotic art film Nymphomaniac (2013). She earned recognition with the films A Cure For Wellness (2016), High Life (2018), Suspiria (2018), and Emma (2020).
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank ( YOO-zhΙ-nee; Eugenie Victoria Helena; born 23 March 1990), is a member of the British royal family. She is the younger daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, and a niece of King Charles III. At birth, Eugenie was sixth in the line of succession to the British throne and is 12th as of 2026.
Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics β Women's tournament
The women's curling tournament of the 2026 Winter Olympics will be held at the Cortina Olympic Stadium in Cortina dβAmpezzo from 12 to 22 February 2026. Ten nations will compete in a round robin preliminary round, and the top four nations at the conclusion of the round robin will qualify for the medal round.
Charles I (19 November 1600 β 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland. After his father inherited the English throne in 1603, he moved to England, where he spent much of the rest of his life.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is a 2026 post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Alex Garland. It is the fourth instalment in the 28 Days Later film series, and was shot back-to-back with its predecessor, 28 Years Later (2025). It stars Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, and Chi Lewis-Parry.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 β 9 April 2021) was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II and served as consort of the British monarch from her accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal consort in British history.
Ilia Malinin (born December 2, 2004) is an American competitive figure skater. He is a 2026 Olympic Games team event gold medalist, two-time World champion (2024, 2025), three-time Grand Prix Final champion (2023, 2024, 2025), seven-time Grand Prix gold medalist, four-time Challenger Series gold medalist, and four-time U.S. national champion (2023β26).
YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen, who were former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google itself.