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Fearless (1993 film)
Fearless (1993) is Peter Weir's psychological drama, adapted by Rafael Yglesias from his novel, starring Jeff Bridges, Rosie Perez, and Isabella Rossellini as plane-crash survivors; Perez earned the film's sole Oscar nomination.
Fearless (2006 film)
Fearless (霍元甲, Huo Yuanjia), also Jet Li's Fearless, is Ronny Yu's 2006 martial arts biopic starring Jet Li as Huo Yuanjia, with Yuen Woo-ping choreography, a 104/141-minute cut, and a defamation lawsuit by Huo's grandson.
Fearless (Taylor Swift album)
Fearless (Taylor Swift album): Swift's second studio album, released November 11, 2008 on Big Machine; country-pop breakthrough with "Love Story" and "You Belong With Me," 11 weeks atop the Billboard 200, and 2010 Grammys for Album of the Year; re-recorded as Fearless (Taylor's Version) in 2021.
Fearless (Taylor's Version)
Fearless (Taylor's Version) is Taylor Swift's April 9, 2021 re-recording of her 2008 album Fearless, her first Taylor's Version, with 26 tracks including six vault songs, following the sale of her masters.
Fearless Girl
Fearless Girl is Kristen Visbal's 2017 bronze statue, commissioned by State Street Global Advisors to promote its SHE gender-diversity fund, installed facing Charging Bull and moved in 2018 to Broad Street opposite the NYSE.
Fearless Nadia
Fearless Nadia, born Mary Ann Evans (1908–1996) in Perth, was an Australian-born Indian stunt actress and star of Wadia Movietone films like Hunterwali (1935) and Diamond Queen (1940), India's pioneering action heroine.
Fearless Records
Fearless Records: American independent rock label founded 1994 in Southern California, now a Concord division; known for At the Drive-In, Sugarcult, Plain White T's, the Punk Goes series, and Pierce the Veil, I Prevail, STARSET.
Fearless Tour
The Fearless Tour was the first headlining concert tour by Taylor Swift, staged in support of her 2008 album Fearless across North America, England, Australia, Japan, and the Bahamas.
Fearmongering
Fearmongering is deliberately making people fearful or anxious to manipulate them; near-synonyms are scaremongering and alarmism. Its studied scientific form is the fear appeal, effective mainly when paired with high efficacy, and its documented costs include defensive reactions and distorted risk perception.
Fearne Cotton
Fearne Cotton is a British broadcaster, author, and founder of the Happy Place podcast, festival, and book imprint. A former Top of the Pops and BBC Radio 1 presenter, she now hosts Radio 2's Sounds of the 90s.
Fears to Fathom
Fears to Fathom is an episodic psychological horror game series by Rayll (Mukul Negi), beginning with Home Alone in 2021; six episodes including Ironbark Lookout and Scratch Creek, framed as survivor-narrated true stories.
Fearsome critters
Fearsome critters, also called fearsome creatures or lumberjack tall-tale beasts, are imaginary animals of North American logging-camp folklore, from the hodag and hidebehind to the jackalope, codified by Cox (1910) and Tryon (1939).
Feasibility study
A feasibility study, also called a feasibility analysis, is a documented investigation of whether a proposed project is viable, assessing costs, benefits, and risks before resources are committed.
Feasible generalized least squares
Feasible generalized least squares (FGLS) is a two-step regression estimator that first estimates the error covariance matrix from least squares residuals, then applies generalized least squares.
Feast (2005 film)
Feast (2005 film), John Gulager's horror-comedy debut from Project Greenlight season three, written by Melton and Dunstan; bar patrons battle monsters, grossing $719,135 with 56% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Feast (2014 film)
Feast (2014) is a six-minute Walt Disney Animation Studios short directed by Patrick Osborne, telling a man's love life through his Boston terrier Winston and shared meals; it won the 2015 Oscar for Best Animated Short and preceded Big Hero 6 in theaters.
Feast at Hong Gate
The Feast at Hong Gate (鸿门宴) was a 206 BC banquet near the Qin capital where Xiang Yu declined to kill his rival Liu Bang, who escaped.
Feast of Christ the King
The Feast of Christ the King, also called Solemnity of Christ the King, was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925 and now closes the Catholic liturgical year before Advent.
Feast of Corpus Christi
The Feast of Corpus Christi, also called Fronleichnam or Corpus Domini, is a Catholic solemnity celebrating the Eucharist, best known for its public procession with the consecrated Host.
Feast of Creation
The Feast of Creation, also called Creation Day, is a Christian observance on 1 September celebrating God's creation, begun by the Orthodox Church in 1989.
Feast of Fools
Feast of Fools (fête des fous, festum stultorum): medieval liturgical feast of the Circumcision on 1 January in which subdeacons led worship; developed in northern France, condemned 1435–1445, later reassessed as orderly liturgy.
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
The Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, or Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, is a liturgical feast on 29 June honoring the martyrdom of the apostles Peter and Paul in Rome.
Feast of the Ascension
The Feast of the Ascension, also called Ascension Day or Ascension Thursday, is a Christian holy day commemorating Jesus's ascent into heaven, celebrated 40 days after Easter.
Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul
The Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul is a Christian feast kept on 25 January, commemorating Saul's transformation into the Apostle Paul on the road to Damascus.
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, kept on 14 September by Catholics and Orthodox, commemorates Saint Helena's finding of the True Cross in Jerusalem.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception, or Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, is a Catholic holy day on December 8 celebrating Mary's preservation from original sin.
Feast of the Seven Fishes
Feast of the Seven Fishes (la vigilia): Italian-American Christmas Eve meal of at least seven seafood dishes, rooted in Southern Italian Catholic meatless fast days and developed in the United States from the early 1900s.
Feather
Feather: branched beta-keratin skin appendage unique to birds and their dinosaur ancestors, built from calamus, rachis, barbs, and interlocking barbules; first feathers were simple filaments, with origin timing still debated.
Feather cloak
Feather cloak (kahu huruhuru), a prestigious Māori garment with feathers woven into a flax-fibre muka base; birds as messengers of Tāne, kahu kiwi as highest mana, production common from the mid-1800s.
Feather mite
Feather mites are mites that live permanently on the feathers and skin of birds, feeding on fungi, bacteria, preen oil, and debris. About 2,500 species are described, mostly harmless.