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Kontinental '25
Kontinental '25 is a 2025 Romanian comedy-drama by Radu Jude, starring Eszter Tompa as bailiff Orsolya in Cluj. Shot on an iPhone 15 in ten days, it won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the 2025 Berlinale and homages Rossellini's Europa '51.
Kontinental Hockey League (Континентальная хоккейная лига)
Kontinental Hockey League (Континентальная хоккейная лига, KHL), Russian-based professional ice hockey league founded 2008 from the Russian Superleague; awards the Gagarin Cup, spans Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, China, Latvia, Finland, and is regarded as the top league outside the NHL.
Kontor
Kontor is a 1999 tile-laying board game by Michael Schacht, published by Goldsieber, set in 17th-century Amsterdam harbor trade in tea, wine, and spices; Spiel des Jahres 1999 recommended list, best for two players, rereleased as Amsterdam (Tilsit, 2008).
Kontra
Kontra is a Finnish card game for two or three players, probably the ancestor of Ristikontra and part of the sedma group of games found across Europe.
Kontroll
Kontroll (Control) is a 2003 Hungarian thriller, Nimród Antal's debut feature, set entirely in the Budapest metro, following ticket inspector Bulcsú (Sándor Csányi) amid a serial killer; it won the Cannes Youth Award and was Hungary's top 2003 draw.
Konvent
Konvent is a Danish death-doom metal band from Copenhagen formed in 2015, fronted by vocalist Rikke Emilie List and signed to Napalm Records since 2018, with albums Puritan Masochism and Call Down The Sun.
Konvict Kulture
Konvict Kulture (formerly Konvict Muzik) is the American hip hop and R&B record label founded by Akon with Melvin Brown and Bu Thiam, rebranded in 2022, known for T-Pain, Akon's Konvicted, and the sister KonLive imprint with Lady Gaga.
Konvoi (reactor design)
Konvoi is a German design of standardized 1,300-MWe pressurized water reactors built by Kraftwerk Union, used at Isar 2, Emsland, and Neckarwestheim 2, all shut down in 2023.
Kony 2012
Kony 2012: 30-minute viral advocacy film released March 5, 2012 by Invisible Children, also called the Stop Kony campaign, urging Joseph Kony's arrest; 100 million views in six days, major criticism, and lasting slacktivism debate.
Konya
Konya (ancient Iconium, Greek Ikonion) is a city and province in Central Anatolia, Türkiye; Seljuk capital of Rum after 1097, home of Rumi and the Mevlevi order, province population 2,320,241 (2022), Türkiye's largest province by area.
Konyaspor
Konyaspor (Anadolu Kartalı, Anatolian Eagle), Turkish Süper Lig football club of Konya, green-white colors; traces to 1922 Gençlerbirliği, formed by 1981 merger; won its first Turkish Cup in 2017.
Konzerthaus Berlin
Konzerthaus Berlin: concert hall on the Gendarmenmarkt in Schinkel's 1821 Schauspielhaus, rebuilt 1979–1984, renamed 1994; home of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under Joana Mallwitz.
Koo Hye-sun (구혜선)
Koo Hye-sun (구혜선), born 1984, South Korean actress famous as Geum Jan-di in Boys Over Flowers (2009), also a film director (The Madonna, Magic, The Peach Tree), painter, novelist, KAIST master's graduate, patent holder, and venture entrepreneur.
Koo Jun-yup (구준엽)
Koo Jun-yup (구준엽, 具俊燁), stage name DJ Koo, born 1969, Korean singer, composer, arranger, DJ and tape artist; half of 1990s dance duo Clon ('Kungtari Shabara'), later Korea's EDM-festival DJ representative.
Koo Koo (duo)
Koo Koo, formerly Koo Koo Kanga Roo, is a Minneapolis comedy dance duo of Bryan Atchison and Neil Olstad, founded 2008, known for call-and-response dance-along songs like Dinosaur Stomp and GoNoodle classroom videos.
Koo Kwang-mo (구광모)
Koo Kwang-mo (구광모) is a South Korean executive who has chaired LG Group since 2018, the first fourth-generation heir of the founding Koo family to lead it.
Koo Stark
Koo Stark, also Kathleen Norris Stark, is an American photographer and former actress (Emily, The Rocky Horror Picture Show) who dated Prince Andrew in 1982-1983, was mentored by Norman Parkinson, and exhibits Kintsugi photography held by the National Portrait Gallery.
Koobface
Koobface, an anagram of Facebook, is a Windows malware family first observed in 2008 that spreads via social network messages linking to fake video pages.
Koodathayi cyanide killings
Koodathayi cyanide killings (Koodathai serial killings, Jolly Joseph case): six deaths in one Kerala family, 2002-2016, allegedly by cyanide poisoning; prime accused Jollyamma Joseph arrested 2019, trial ongoing in Kozhikode.
Koode (കൂടെ)
Koode (കൂടെ) is a 2018 Malayalam drama directed by Anjali Menon, adapted from Sachin Kundalkar's story, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Nazriya Nazim, and Parvathy; released 14 July 2018, it earned ₹23.30 crore worldwide. Not the Koode matrimony app or the Brazilian IT firm koode.
Kooikerhondje
Kooikerhondje (Nederlandse Kooikerhondje), a small Dutch spaniel-type duck decoy dog bred to lure ducks into eendenkooi traps with its white-plumed tail; 16th-century origins, revived by Baroness van Hardenbroek van Ammerstol, AKC-recognized 2018.
Kook Proof
Kook Proof is a kitesurfing school in Esposende, Portugal, founded in 2004 by IKO Examiner Tiago Rocha, teaching the three-pillar Kook Proof Method (decision-making, technique, feedback loops) with private lessons, radio coaching, and rescue boat support.
Kookaburra
Kookaburra (genus Dacelo): large Australian-New Guinean kingfishers famed for the laughing kookaburra's dawn territorial laugh; four main species, cooperative breeders, snake-eating perch hunters, IUCN Least Concern.
Kool (cigarette)
Kool is an American menthol cigarette brand owned by Brown & Williamson, best known for its decades-long advertising to African-American consumers and its music-themed Kool Mixx campaign.
Kool & the Gang
Kool & the Gang: Jersey City funk, soul, and R&B band formed 1964 as the Jazziacs by Robert 'Kool' and Ronald Bell; known for Celebration, Jungle Boogie, Ladies' Night; 70M records, over 1,850 samples, Rock Hall 2024.
Kool G Rap
Kool G Rap (Nathaniel Wilson), Queens rapper of the Juice Crew and the duo Kool G Rap & DJ Polo; pioneer of mafioso rap and multisyllabic rhyming, from Road to the Riches (1989) to 4,5,6 (1995).
Kool Keith
Kool Keith (Keith Thornton, born 1963, Bronx) is an American rapper, Ultramagnetic MC's co-founder, and solo artist behind Dr. Octagon, Dr. Dooom, and Black Elvis, known for stream-of-consciousness, sci-fi and smut lyrics.
Kool Moe Dee
Kool Moe Dee (Mohandas Dewese, born 1962), American old-school rapper of the Treacherous Three, pioneer of double-time flow and battle rap, platinum solo star, and creator of the first rap report card.
Kool-Aid
Kool-Aid, originally Kool-Ade, is an American powdered drink mix created in 1927 by Edwin Perkins in Hastings, Nebraska, from his Fruit Smack syrup; owned by Kraft Heinz, mascot Kool-Aid Man, official soft drink of Nebraska.
Kool-Aid Man
Kool-Aid Man, the anthropomorphic glass-pitcher mascot of Kraft Heinz's Kool-Aid drink mix; created as the Pitcher Man in 1954 and fully realized in 1975, famous for bursting through walls while shouting "Oh yeah!".