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All Progressives Congress

All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria's ruling party since 2015, formed 6 February 2013 by merger of ACN, CPC, ANPP and an APGA faction; won presidencies under Buhari (2015, 2019) and Tinubu (2023).

All Queens Chess

All Queens Chess (Ducks in a Row) is a 2008 two-player ThinkFun abstract game by Elliot Rudell: six queens each on a 5x5 board, no captures, first to line up four queens in a row wins.

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues) is Erich Maria Remarque's 1929 anti-war novel about Paul Bäumer in World War I; it sold 1.2 million German copies, was banned by the Nazis, and inspired the 1930 and 2022 films.

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film)

All Quiet on the Western Front (西线无战事) is Lewis Milestone's 1930 Universal anti-war film adapted from Remarque's 1929 novel, starring Lew Ayres; it won the Oscars for Outstanding Production and Directing and was later banned in Nazi Germany.

All Quiet on the Western Front (1979 film)

All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) is Delbert Mann's made-for-TV adaptation of Remarque's novel, starring Richard Thomas, Ernest Borgnine, and Patricia Neal; broadcast on CBS November 14, 1979, it won a Golden Globe and an Emmy and follows the book more closely than the 1930 film.

All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 film)

All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues) is Edward Berger's 2022 German Netflix adaptation of Remarque's 1929 antiwar novel, the first German film version, starring Felix Kammerer; it won four Oscars and seven BAFTAs.

All Red Line

The All Red Line was the network of British-controlled and British-operated electric telegraph cables linking the British Empire to Britain without passing through foreign territory, completed in 1902.

All Right Now

All Right Now is a 1970 rock single by English band Free, written by Andy Fraser and Paul Rodgers for Fire and Water; it hit No. 2 UK and No. 4 US, was re-released in 1991 at No. 8, and became Free's signature song.

All rights reserved

All rights reserved is a copyright notice phrase from the 1910 Buenos Aires Convention requiring reservation of rights; now legally superfluous under the Berne Convention, it signals the owner grants no reuse permission, contrasted with Creative Commons' some rights reserved.

All Rise (TV series)

All Rise is an American legal drama created by Greg Spottiswood, starring Simone Missick as Judge Lola Carmichael in Los Angeles. It ran two seasons on CBS (2019–2021) and a 20-episode third season on OWN in 2022 after cancellation.

All roads lead to Rome

All roads lead to Rome is a proverb meaning many paths reach the same goal, rooted in the Roman road network and the Milliarium Aureum, first recorded by Alain de Lille c. 1175 and in English by Chaucer (1391).

All Saints (group)

All Saints: British-Canadian girl group (Melanie Blatt, Shaznay Lewis, Natalie and Nicole Appleton) formed in London in 1993 as All Saints 1.9.7.5; five UK number-one singles including Never Ever and Pure Shores, over 12 million records sold.

All Saints (TV series)

All Saints is an Australian medical drama on the Seven Network (1998-2009), 12 seasons and 493 episodes, set first in Ward 17 then the Emergency Department of the fictional All Saints Western General Hospital, starring Georgie Parker as Sister Terri Sullivan.

All Saints, Margaret Street

All Saints, Margaret Street, Fitzrovia, London: Grade I listed Anglo-Catholic parish church (1849–59) by William Butterfield, Ecclesiological Society model church, polychrome brick Backsteingotik, 220 ft spire, consecrated May 1859.

All Saints' Church (United Kingdom)

All Saints' Church, a very common UK parish church dedication; examples include the Grade I medieval church at Chevington, Suffolk (NHLE 1186968), Leicester's 12th-century church, and Whitstable's Grade II church.

All Saints' Day

All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day or the Feast of All Saints, is a Christian feast on November 1 honoring all saints, known and unknown.

All Seas Capital

All Seas Capital is a pan-European private capital firm founded around 2018 by former KKR credit partners Marc Ciancimino and Cristobal Cuart, based in London.

All Shall Be Well (从今以后) (film)

All Shall Be Well (從今以後) is Ray Yeung's 2024 Hong Kong drama about an elderly lesbian couple; after Pat dies without a will, Angie loses legal claim to their flat. It won the 2024 Berlinale Teddy Award for Best Feature Film.

All Souls Church, Langham Place

All Souls Church, Langham Place is a conservative evangelical Church of England parish church in Marylebone, London, designed by John Nash in 1822–24 as the last surviving Nash church and a Grade I listed pivot of Regent Street.

All Souls College, Oxford

All Souls College, Oxford is a college of the University of Oxford founded in 1438 by Henry VI and Archbishop Henry Chichele, with no student members, only Fellows.

All Souls' Day

All Souls' Day, formally the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, is a Western Christian observance on 2 November on which the faithful pray for all the dead.

All Star (song)

"All Star" (also "All-Star") is a 1999 Smash Mouth song written by Greg Camp, lead single of Astro Lounge, later the Shrek opening theme and one of the internet's most remixed meme songs.

All Star Comics

All Star Comics (All-Star Comics) was a DC predecessor anthology series, 1940–1951, 57 issues, that introduced the Justice Society of America in #3 (December 1940) and Wonder Woman in #8, then became All Star Western.

ALL STAR SAAS FUND

ALL STAR SAAS FUND is a series of SaaS-focused venture funds managed by Singapore's BEENEXT, founded by Teruhide Sato and Hiro Maeda, investing in Japanese SaaS startups from seed to pre-IPO.

All Star Shore

All Star Shore is a canceled Paramount+ reality party competition series (2022–2023, 2 seasons, 23 episodes) in which 14 reality stars from Jersey Shore, Love Is Blind, Geordie Shore, and similar shows competed in the Canary Islands for $150,000.

All Summer Long (album)

All Summer Long is the Beach Boys' sixth studio album, released July 13, 1964 on Capitol (T-2110/ST-2110), produced by Brian Wilson; it peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and features the No. 1 single I Get Around.

All Summer Long (Kid Rock song)

All Summer Long is a 2008 Kid Rock song from Rock n Roll Jesus, sampling Sweet Home Alabama and Werewolves of London; it reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart in August 2008.

All That

All That is Nickelodeon's children's sketch comedy series created by Brian Robbins and Mike Tollin, airing 171 episodes over 10 seasons (1994-2005) plus a 35-episode 2019-2020 revival; it spawned Good Burger, Kenan & Kel, and The Amanda Show.

All that glitters is not gold

All that glitters is not gold is an English proverb meaning appearances deceive. Known from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice (1596) as "all that glisters," it derives from Latin and 12th-century sources predating him.

All That Heaven Allows

All That Heaven Allows is a 1955 Douglas Sirk Technicolor melodrama starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson, about a widow's romance with her younger gardener; initially dismissed by critics, now considered Sirk's masterpiece.