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Angels in Judaism

Angels in Judaism, called mal'akhim (messengers) in Hebrew, are spiritual beings serving God; Jewish angelology covers their nature, ranks, and roles, including named angels like Michael and Gabriel.

Angels in the Outfield (1994 film)

Angels in the Outfield (1994) is Disney's remake of the 1951 MGM baseball fantasy, directed by William Dear, starring Danny Glover, Christopher Lloyd, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt; it grossed $50,236,831 domestically.

Angels Landing

Angels Landing is a sandstone fin in Zion National Park, Utah, with a 5.4-mile chain-assisted hike; permits via seasonal and day-before lotteries have been required since April 2022.

Angels of Death (殺戮の天使) (video game)

Angels of Death (殺戮の天使, Satsuriku no Tenshi) is a four-episode RPG Maker psychological horror adventure game by Makoto Sanada, serialized from 2015, later on Steam and consoles, with manga and anime adaptations.

Angels of Mons

Angels of Mons: WWI legend of angels or phantom Agincourt bowmen saving the British retreat from Mons, August 1914; traced to Arthur Machen's fictional story "The Bowmen" (Evening News, 29 September 1914), which he admitted inventing.

Angels with Dirty Faces

Angels with Dirty Faces is a 1938 Warner Bros. gangster drama directed by Michael Curtiz, starring James Cagney as Rocky Sullivan, Pat O'Brien as Father Jerry, Humphrey Bogart, and the Dead End Kids, famous for its electric-chair ending and 2024 National Film Registry induction.

Angelus

The Angelus is a Catholic devotion honoring the Incarnation, recited three times daily at 6 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m. at the sound of a bell.

Angelus Silesius

Angelus Silesius, born Johann Scheffler (1624–1677), was a Silesian mystic and Baroque poet who converted to Catholicism in 1653 and is known for the Cherubinic Wanderer, a collection of mystical epigrams first published in 1657.

Angelyne

Angelyne, born Ronia Tamar Goldberg in 1950, is the Los Angeles billboard icon who became famous from 1984 via self-promoting billboards, a pink Corvette, runs for governor, and a 2017 identity reveal.

Angelyne (2022 TV series)

Angelyne is a 2022 Peacock five-episode biographical drama limited series starring Emmy Rossum as the Los Angeles billboard celebrity Angelyne (born Ronia Tamar Goldberg), based on Gary Baum's 2017 Hollywood Reporter exposé; scored 87% on Rotten Tomatoes and 74 on Metacritic.

Anger

Anger is a basic human emotion triggered by perceived offense or obstruction, distinct from hostility (attitude) and aggression (behavior); venting does not reduce it, while CBT and arousal-lowering strategies are effective treatments.

Anger management

Anger management, also called anger management therapy, is CBT-based treatment teaching relaxation, cognitive restructuring, and communication skills; arousal-decreasing activities work (g = -0.63) while venting does not.

Anger Management (film)

Anger Management is a 2003 American buddy comedy directed by Peter Segal, in which court-ordered patient Adam Sandler faces unorthodox therapist Jack Nicholson; Marisa Tomei co-stars.

Anger Management (TV series)

Anger Management is an American FX sitcom (2012–2014) starring Charlie Sheen as therapist Charlie Goodson, created by Bruce Helford, produced under a Debmar-Mercury 10/90 syndication deal yielding 100 episodes, and loosely based on the 2003 film.

Anger Tales

Anger Tales is a 2023 Telugu-language anthology web series on Disney+ Hotstar, directed by Prabhala Tilak, with four episodes (Benefit Show, Food Festival, An Afternoon Nap, Helmet Head) about ordinary people confronting anger, starring Venkatesh Maha, Suhas, Madonna Sebastian, and Bindu Madhavi.

Angerona Tholus

Angerona Tholus is a 200-km-wide volcanic dome (tholus) on Venus at 29.8S, 287.2E in the Themis Regio quadrangle, named in 1997 for the Italian goddess of silence.

Angers

Angers, prefecture of Maine-et-Loire in Pays de la Loire, France; historic capital of Anjou, 159,022 inhabitants (2023), tramway lines B and C opened 2023, mayor Christophe Béchu.

Angers SCO

Angers SCO (Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest), founded 1919 in Angers, France, is a Ligue 1 football club; promoted in 2015 and 2024, 2017 Coupe de France finalist, home Stade Raymond-Kopa.

Angevin Empire

The Angevin Empire (l'espace Plantagenêt) was the modern name for Henry II's composite lands, 1154–1204, from Northumbria to Gascony, assembled by inheritance and marriage and lost under John.

Angevin kings of England

Angevin kings of England: Henry II (1154–1189), Richard I, and John, founders of the Plantagenet line, ruling England plus the "Angevin Empire" from Normandy to Aquitaine until John lost most French lands by 1215.

Angevin Poland

Angevin Poland is the period of the Kingdom of Poland from 1370 to 1399, ruled by Louis I of Hungary and then his daughter Jadwiga, ending with the Polish-Lithuanian union.

Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie is a weekly peer-reviewed chemistry journal founded in 1887, owned by the German Chemical Society and published by Wiley-VCH, with an English-language International Edition.

Anggun

Anggun (Anggun Cipta Sasmi), born 1974 in Jakarta, is an Indonesian-born, France-naturalized singer-songwriter. Child star in Indonesia, her 1997 hit 'Snow on the Sahara' sold a million copies in 33 countries; later Francophone albums, Eurovision 2012 for France, judging and acting roles.

Anggun Nan Tongga

Anggun Nan Tongga, also spelled Anggun nan Tungga, is one of the best-known kaba, classical oral narratives of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Angh (film)

Angh is a 2026 Konyak-language drama by Theja Rio, his feature debut, about a Nagaland village chief and his son resisting Christian conversion in the 1960s. It won the Platform Prize at TIFF 2026, qualifying for the 99th Academy Awards.

Anghami

Anghami is a music streaming platform for the Middle East and North Africa, founded in Beirut in 2012 and headquartered in Abu Dhabi since 2021.

Angharad Rees

Angharad Rees (Angharad Mary Rees), Welsh actress and jewellery designer, played Demelza in the BBC's Poldark (1975–1977) opposite Robin Ellis; also Hands of the Ripper and Under Milk Wood; later founded the Angharad jewellery business; CBE 2004; died 2012.

Anghel Saligny

Anghel Saligny (1854–1925) was a Romanian civil engineer, celebrated for the Cernavodă bridge over the Danube, then the longest in Europe, and the world's first reinforced concrete grain silos.

Angie (song)

"Angie" is a 1973 Rolling Stones ballad from Goats Head Soup, written mainly by Keith Richards in a Swiss rehab clinic, recorded in Kingston, Jamaica, and a US number-one single. Not to be confused with other songs titled Angie.

Angie Bainbridge

Angie Bainbridge (Angie Lee Bainbridge, born 1989), Australian freestyle swimmer; Olympic gold 4x200m freestyle relay Beijing 2008 and silver London 2012, both as a heat swimmer; Hunter Swimming Club, OAM.