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Diamonds and Pearls
Diamonds and Pearls is a 1991 studio album by the American musician Prince, his first with the New Power Generation, featuring the Billboard number-one single "Cream".
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is a Jule Styne and Leo Robin show tune from the 1949 musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, introduced by Carol Channing and made iconic by Marilyn Monroe's pink-dress 1953 film number.
Diamonds Are Forever (film)
Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 James Bond film directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Sean Connery as 007 investigating a diamond smuggling ring led by Blofeld.
Diamonds Are Forever (song)
"Diamonds Are Forever" (1971) is the Shirley Bassey theme song for the seventh James Bond film, music by John Barry, lyrics by Don Black; recorded at CTS Studios London, nearly rejected by producer Harry Saltzman as too sexy.
Diamonds from Heera
Diamonds From Heera is a 1986 album by the British bhangra group Heera. Directed by Deepak Khazanchi, it is regarded as an early example of Punjabi pop.
Diamthazole
Diamthazole (dimazole, Asterol), CAS 95-27-2, is a benzothiazole topical antifungal introduced in 1951 for tinea, withdrawn in France in 1972 and by the US FDA in 1977 over neurotoxic reactions.
Dian Fossey
Dian Fossey (1932–1985), American primatologist, founded Rwanda's Karisoke Research Center in 1967, studied mountain gorillas for 18 years, wrote Gorillas in the Mist, founded the Digit Fund, and was murdered at Karisoke in 1985, case unsolved.
Dian Kingdom
The Dian Kingdom (滇国) was an ancient state centered on Dianchi Lake in present-day Yunnan, China, absorbed by the Han dynasty under Emperor Wu around 109 BC.
Dian Parkinson
Dian Parkinson (Dianna Lynn Batts, born 1944), American model, Miss World USA 1965 and Miss World first runner-up, and a Barker's Beauty on The Price Is Right from 1975 to 1993; later sued and then dropped a harassment suit against Bob Barker.
Dian Wei (典韦)
Dian Wei (典韋), died 197 CE, was Cao Cao's personal bodyguard commander in the late Han, famed for wielding double halberds of eighty jin and for dying holding the gate at Wancheng during Zhang Xiu's rebellion; known from the Sanguozhi and the novel.
Dian yang Tak Kunjung Padam
Dian yang Tak Kunjung Padam is a 1932 Indonesian novel by Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana, published by Balai Pustaka, telling of a poor villager's failed love for a wealthy young woman.
Diana
Diana is the Roman goddess identified with Greek Artemis, but originally an independent Italic Latin deity of woods, the moon, and childbirth. Key markers: the Aventine federal temple, the slave-priest Rex Nemorensis at Lake Nemi, and her protection of women, slaves, and outcasts.
Diana (2013 film)
Diana (2013) is Oliver Hirschbiegel's biographical drama starring Naomi Watts as Diana, Princess of Wales, and Naveen Andrews as Hasnat Khan, covering her final two years, land-mine campaign, and secret affair; critically panned at 7% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Diana (mythology)
Diana (Roman mythology): ancient Italic goddess of the moon, wild places, hunt, and childbirth, later identified with the Greek Artemis; Aventine temple of Servius Tullius, dies servorum festival, and the rex Nemorensis priesthood at Nemi.
Diana Ankudinova
Diana Ankudinova (Диана Анкудинова), Russian contralto singer born 2003 in Arsenyev; winner of Ty Super! season 2 and its Superseason Grand Prix, Showmaskgoon, and Mask contestant; albums D.A. and TIS.
Diana Armstrong (world record holder)
Diana Armstrong is an American woman from Minneapolis whose record fingernails, measured at 42 ft 10.4 in in 2022, earned her two Guinness World Records.
Diana B. Petitti
Diana B. Petitti, also known as Diana Petitti, is an American epidemiologist and preventive-medicine physician and clinical professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Phoenix.
Diana Barrymore
Diana Barrymore (Diana Strange Blythe, 1921-1960), American actress and socialite, daughter of John Barrymore and Michael Strange; Broadway and Universal films, memoir Too Much, Too Soon (1957), died by suicide at 38.
Diana Bianchedi
Diana Bianchedi, born 1969 in Milan, is an Italian foil fencer and sports executive: two Olympic team golds (Barcelona 1992, Sydney 2000), five world team titles, first female CONI vice president, and Milano Cortina 2026 strategy chief.
Diana C. Hargreaves
Diana C. Hargreaves is an American molecular biologist and professor at the Salk Institute who studies how the BAF chromatin remodeling complex shapes immune function and cancer therapy response.
Diana Canova
Diana Canova (Diana Rivero, born 1953) is an American actress, daughter of Judy Canova, known as Corinne Tate on Soap, Broadway's They're Playing Our Song and Company, Throb, and later Connecticut theatre directing and voice teaching.
Diana Chasma
Diana Chasma is a 938-km-long canyon on Venus at 14.8 S, 154.8 E, in eastern Aphrodite Terra, part of the Diana-Dali corona-chasma chain, with Venus's steepest trough slopes exceeding 30 degrees.
Diana Churchill
Diana Churchill was the name of two twentieth-century British women: Diana Spencer Churchill, eldest daughter of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Diana Josephine Churchill, a London stage actress.
Diana Coupland
Diana Coupland (Betty Diana Coupland, 1932-2006), English actress and singer; Jean Abbott in ITV sitcom Bless This House opposite Sid James, and the singing voice of Ursula Andress's Honey Ryder in Dr No (1962).
Diana D. Cardenas
Diana D. Cardenas is an American physiatrist and spinal cord injury researcher who chaired rehabilitation medicine at the University of Miami and joined the Institute of Medicine in 2004.
Diana DeGarmo
Diana DeGarmo (Diana Nicole DeGarmo), American singer and Broadway actress; American Idol season 3 runner-up to Fantasia Barrino in 2004; later starred in Hairspray, Hair, 9 to 5, and releases country albums including GEMINI.
Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette, born 1957, is an American Democratic politician and former civil rights attorney who has represented Colorado's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House since 1997.
Diana Dors
Diana Dors (Diana Mary Fluck, 1931–1984), English actress and Britain's 1950s blonde sex symbol, dubbed the British Marilyn Monroe; best known for Yield to the Night (1956), three marriages, and a late-career reappraisal.
Diana Douglas
Diana Douglas, born Diana Love Dill (1923–2015), was a Bermudian-born American actress, the first wife of Kirk Douglas and the mother of actor Michael Douglas.
Diana Elbourne
Diana Elbourne (D. Elbourne) is a trials methodologist and perinatal health researcher, Professor of Healthcare Evaluation at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, known for the UK neonatal ECMO and CESAR trials.