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The Heavy (band)

The Heavy are an English rock band from Bath, formed in 2007, fusing soul, funk, hip-hop, and rock. Known for "How You Like Me Now?" and "Short Change Hero", widely licensed in ads and film; six albums on Ninja Tune's Counter Records.

The Hedge Knight (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms)

"The Hedge Knight" is the January 18, 2026 premiere episode of HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, adapting George R.R. Martin's 1998 Dunk and Egg novella; written by Ira Parker, directed by Owen Harris, 42 minutes.

The Hedgehog

The Hedgehog is a 2024 Chinese comedy-drama directed by Gu Changwei, starring Ge You and Wang Junkai as an eccentric uncle and his stuttering nephew.

The Heidi Chronicles

The Heidi Chronicles is a 1988 comedy-drama by American playwright Wendy Wasserstein that won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play.

The Heights of Macchu Picchu

The Heights of Macchu Picchu (Alturas de Macchu Picchu) is a 1945 twelve-part poem by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, published in 1950 in his epic Canto general.

The Heike Story (平家物語)

The Heike Story (平家物語, Heike Monogatari) is an 11-episode 2021–2022 anime by Science SARU and director Naoko Yamada, adapting Hideo Furukawa's modern translation of The Tale of the Heike; first TV series adaptation of the classic, with Aoi Yuki as the future-seeing Biwa.

The Heir to the Throne

The Heir to the Throne (家族榮耀之繼承者, also Family Glory: The Successor) is a 2024 30-episode Youku–Media Asia Hong Kong drama, spin-off of Modern Dynasty, starring Charmaine Sheh, Raymond Lam, Him Law and Gallen Lo in a family succession battle.

The Heiress

The Heiress, also known by its working title Washington Square, is William Wyler's 1949 Paramount drama adapted from Ruth and Augustus Goetz's Broadway play and Henry James's novel, starring Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, and Ralph Richardson; it won four Oscars and entered the National Film Registry in 1996.

The Heirs

The Heirs (상속자들, The Inheritors) is a 2013 SBS Korean teen romance drama written by Kim Eun-sook, starring Lee Min-ho, Park Shin-hye, and Kim Woo-bin in a chaebol heir class drama at Jeguk High School.

The Heist (album)

The Heist (2012) is the debut album by Seattle hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, released independently; it hit number two on the Billboard 200, spawned diamond single "Thrift Shop," and won the 2014 Grammy for Best Rap Album.

The Helicopter Heist (miniseries)

The Helicopter Heist (Helikopterrånet) is a 2024 Swedish Netflix miniseries, 8 episodes, created by Ronnie Sandahl, dramatizing the 2009 Västberga G4S helicopter robbery of 39 million kronor, based on Jonas Bonnier's 2017 novel.

The Hell of Oil

The Hell of Oil (Abura no Jigoku, "oil hell") is the title shared by two Japanese works: Saitō Ryokuu's 1891 short story and Chikamatsu Monzaemon's 1721 play Onna Goroshi Abura no Jigoku, The Oil-Hell Murder.

The Hellbound Heart

The Hellbound Heart is Clive Barker's 1986 horror novella, first published in Night Visions 3 (Dark Harvest), about Frank Cotton, a puzzle box, and the Cenobites; it inspired the 1987 film Hellraiser and the Hellraiser franchise, with a standalone HarperPaperbacks edition in 1991.

The Hellp

The Hellp is an American indie-electronic duo of Noah Dillon and Chandler Ransom Lucy, formed 2015 in Durango, Colorado, LA-based, known for the albums LL (2024) and Riviera (2025) and their rejection of the indie sleaze label.

The Help

The Help is Kathryn Stockett's 2009 debut novel about black maids and white employers in 1960s Jackson, Mississippi, narrated by Aibileen, Minny, and Skeeter; a #1 bestseller adapted into a 2011 film and widely criticized as a white savior narrative.

The Help (film)

The Help is a 2011 American drama directed by Tate Taylor from Kathryn Stockett's novel, starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis, and Oscar winner Octavia Spencer; a $200 million sleeper hit later criticized for its white savior framing.

The Helpful Fox Senko-san (世話やきキツネの仙狐さん)

The Helpful Fox Senko-san (Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san) is a Japanese comedy manga by Rimukoro, serialized from 2017, about an 800-year-old fox demigoddess who pampers an exhausted office worker.

The Helpful Gallaghers

The Helpful Gallaghers is Season 3, Episode 4 of the US series Shameless, a 47-minute comedy-drama in which Carl goes to cancer camp, Sheila introduces Jody to toy time, and Jimmy learns his father is gay.

The Herculoids

The Herculoids is a Hanna-Barbera Saturday-morning science-fiction cartoon created and designed by Alex Toth, debuting on CBS September 9, 1967. Zandor, Tara, Dorno, and five creatures defend planet Amzot; revived in Space Stars 1981-1982.

The Herdsman (牧马人)

The Herdsman (牧马人) is a 1982 Shanghai Film Studio drama directed by Xie Jin, adapted from Zhang Xianliang's story 灵与肉, starring Zhu Shimao and Cong Shan; it drew over 130 million admissions, won Hundred Flowers and Golden Rooster awards, and went viral again in 2019.

The Heritage

The Heritage (Heimatmuseum) is a 1978 novel by Siegfried Lenz, published by Hoffmann und Campe in Hamburg. His longest novel, at about 654 pages, it was an immediate success.

The Hero (2017 film)

The Hero (2017) is an American drama directed by Brett Haley, starring Sam Elliott as aging Western actor Lee Hayden facing pancreatic cancer; Sundance premiere, The Orchard release, $4.1M box office.

The Hero: Love Story of a Spy

The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (दी हीरो : लव स्टोरी ऑफ़ अ स्पाई) is a 2003 Hindi spy thriller by Anil Sharma starring Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, and Priyanka Chopra in her debut; an Indian agent stops an ISI nuclear plot, and the big-budget film underperformed.

The Heroes of Olympus

The Heroes of Olympus is Rick Riordan's five-book Camp Half-Blood Chronicles series (2010-2014), from The Lost Hero to The Blood of Olympus, in which seven demigods unite Greek Camp Half-Blood and Roman Camp Jupiter against Gaea.

The Heroes of Telemark

The Heroes of Telemark is a 1965 British war film directed by Anthony Mann, starring Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris, dramatizing the Norwegian Operation Gunnerside sabotage of the Vemork heavy water plant.

The Heroic Legend of Arslan (アルスラーン戦記)

The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Arslan Senki, アルスラーン戦記) is Yoshiki Tanaka's 1986 heroic fantasy novel series about Prince Arslan of Pars, concluded in 16 volumes in 2017, with a Hiromu Arakawa manga and 2015 anime adaptations.

The Heroic Legend of Arslan (アルスラーン戦記) (TV series)

Arslan Senki (アルスラーン戦記), The Heroic Legend of Arslan TV anime: two seasons (25 episodes in 2015, 8 in 2016) adapting Hiromu Arakawa's manga of Yoshiki Tanaka's fantasy novels, produced by Liden Films for the MBS/TBS network.

The Heroic Ones (十三太保)

The Heroic Ones (十三太保) is a 1970 Shaw Brothers martial-arts film directed by Chang Cheh with David Chiang and Ti Lung, about Li Keyong's thirteen adopted sons destroyed by Zhu Wen's scheming; it earned HK$1,395,310 in Hong Kong.

The Heroine of the Yangs (穆桂英 (亚视电视剧))

The Heroine of the Yangs (穆桂英) is ATV's 1998 two-part, 60-episode Hong Kong costume drama on the Yang family legends, starring 陳秀雯 as Mu Guiying and 焦恩俊 as 楊宗保, produced by 楊紹鴻, premiering 18 May 1998.

The Hershey Company

The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY), founded 1894 by Milton Hershey, is a leading North American chocolate and confectionery maker; brands include Hershey's, Reese's, and Kisses; 2025 net sales were $11.69 billion amid a record cocoa price shock.